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Venezuela: Economic Populism or Pragmatism?
July 4, 2006 ... introduces a special set of challenges, called the "Dutch disease" or "resource curse." Many observers of the ... these challenges. One potential effect of the "Dutch disease" is a rise in inflation, resulting from a rapid ... around that shoal. An alternative effect of the "Dutch disease" is an overvalued currency, which stimulates an ... -
Chavez Saves "The Fierce People" - The Yanomamö
February 16, 2006 ... brought with them a number of other less benign gifts: disease, guns, tourism and a systematic eradication of their ... question (paraphrase): 'If your mission work brought a disease to the tribe you're working with - a disease that killed 200 people - but resulted in the ... -
"Cooperatives are the businesses of the future". Interview with Felipe Perez-Martí
September 17, 2003 ... economy, I realized that the problem of the “Dutch Disease” appears to be a very important issue for the ... without addressing the problem of Venezuela’s “Dutch Disease,” which makes it extremely difficult for domestic ... deal with this problem, assuming that there is a “Dutch Disease” in Venezuela? Perhaps you have a different ... -
Barrio Adentro As Seen from the Perspective of a U.S. Health Professional
August 7, 2008 ... idea of the tremendous work that is being done to prevent disease and promote the health of the Venezuelan people. I ... has showed us that a band aid approach will not eliminate disease and health care has to be in concert with a radical ... -
A Pandemic Is No Time for US Economic Sanctions
March 25, 2020 ... a massive outbreak, judging from the rapid spread of the disease since the first diagnosis in that country 12 days ... on countries that are struggling to deal with the disease. The Treasury Department should also issue guidelines ... -
Talking Dirty About Revolution: Sexual Health and Gender Inequality in Venezuela
August 20, 2007 ... face health problems including higher rates of disease, STDs, unplanned pregnancies and unsafe abortions. ... for so long, they don’t know if they have a chronic disease like hypertension or diabetes. So on our health ... and long term."[1] Accurately knowing the prevalence of disease makes community-directed interventions more ... -
“A Daunting Situation”: Doctor Zaira Medina Speaks about Venezuela’s Medicine Shortages
September 2, 2014 ... sought out for patients with hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, lung diseases -- catastrophic sicknesses. Many of ... -
Venezuela Is Not a Sponsor of Terrorism
December 5, 2018 In a letter to the Washington Post editor, Lissett Hernandez blasts the idea that Venezuela could be placed on the list of state sponsors of terrorism. -
What is Venezuela all about? And where is it going?
October 1, 2007 ... For example, he completely misunderstands the "Dutch Disease" when he writes the following (p. 102): However - and this is the second obstacle, the Dutch Disease - just as happened in the 1970s, the huge oil ... building a more diversified economy. Currently this Dutch Disease manifests itself in Venezuela through an overvalued ... -
Latin American "Populism" Doing Well
March 28, 2006 ... would be forgiven for thinking that populism was a dreaded disease, like botulism. But the reality is another story ... -
Venezuelans Protest Big Business for their Role in the Economic War
September 3, 2014 ... severe obstacles in increasing production, due to Dutch Disease, or perhaps what is more aptly referred to as “neo-colonial disease,” which makes imports far cheaper than domestically ... -
Venezuela Leads on UN Human Development Goals
November 21, 2011 ... have been incorporated into the national strategy for disease prevention. In 2008 alone, more than 32 million doses ... -
Urban Gardens & Self Revolution
April 6, 2010 ... be attributed to an economic syndrome known as “Dutch Disease,” a “development that results in a large inflow ... direct investment.”[1] A country catches this economic disease whenever a commodity brings an increase of income in ... [1] Ebrahim-Zadeh, Christine. “Back to Basics – Dutch Disease: Too much wealth managed unwisely.” Finance and ... -
Between Venezuela and Nothingland
August 28, 2004 ... vote many times in each election perhaps due to Parkinson disease. “Here there is no freedom of expression!” ... -
Hugo Chávez Editorial
August 11, 2007 Few governments in the world have been victims of devastating campaigns full of hatred. The Venezuelan government, led by President Hugo Chávez, is one of those victims. His enemies have tried everything: Coup d’État, oil strike, flow of capital, plots… After the attack against Fidel Castro, a similar situation has not ever happened in Latin America.