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The Weekly Rundown: Aid Standoff in Venezuela, European Competitiveness and U.S.-Saudi Relations

Similarly, the aid shipments are intended to put the Maduro government in a politically difficult position. Maduro's continued refusal to let the aid into Venezuela will harm what little domestic supp... read more

Spain: Early election announced , “Defeat the right in the ballot boxes and in the streets!”

In the context of a profound crisis of Spanish and international capitalism, social democracy failed in its attempt to carry through agrarian reform ... to the substantial aid obtained from ... read more

The Evolution of President Duterte

Duterte Version 1.0, if one can call him that in the early months of his presidency, was acting like the Mayor of the Philippines ... 2.0 has also been a strong supporter of economic reforms. Through ... read more

Spanish investors eye PH rail projects

The governments of the Philippines ... “Promotion of social rights is the key to the development of the country,” Castaño said. The Spanish ambassador also expressed support to the DOF’s proposed tax ... read more

3 questions from the WHO board sessions

He reiterated U.S. continued investment in and support ... social media. Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Hea... read more

Early Feminism in the Philippines

The struggle for women’s right to vote was the site for early feminism in the Philippines. It spanned three ... of the organization at that time were limited to social concerns such as prison reform, ... read more

Filipinos’ trust in Duterte falls to lowest level - survey

Trust is used by independent pollster Social Weather ... in the Philippines today”, with the church facing child abuse cases in the Philippines and elsewhere. Ramon Casiple, head of the Institute for ... read more

Africa's Rich Oil - From Blessing to a Curse of Rampant Corruption and Bad Governance On the Continent?

aid assistances and support towards projects in Africa. Unlike in other regions like Latin America and Europe where the United States maintains political influence, China on one hand maintains ... read more

Philippines: Timely Reconstruction to Lessen Impact of Typhoon Yolanda—World Bank

thereby mitigating the disaster’s social impact while maintaining the country’s growth momentum,” said Motoo Konishi, Country Director of World Bank in the Philippines. The newly approved budget suppo... read more

The Lost Morality of Economics

This illusion – and illusion it is – is strongly assisted by the fact that modern economics is taught with the aid of impressive-looking mathematical ... Many of the political and social reforms that ... read more

Philippines’ Duterte Seeks Peace

The roots of the armed conflict can be traced to the colonial and neocolonial domination of the Philippines by the Spanish ... Secretary of Agrarian Reform and a veteran academic activist leader who w... read more

Jain: How Canada's coddling of Cuba is helping Venezuela's dictator

However, while the current government is happy to condemn abuses in Saudi Arabia and the Philippines, it has remained ... Despite its domestic economic reforms, Cuba has continued to support violent p... read more