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The United States of LATAM

Latin America (orthographic projection)

Latin America has a common origin and history. The level of cultural homogeneity between the countries than conform it is significantly higher than that of the nation-states that comprise the European Union. Yet the level of economic and political integration in LATAM is not anywhere near what Europe has accomplished amid the great degree of idiosyncratic, economic and political heterogeneity that characterizes that region. Given this reality, how can LATAM states learn from the EU to foster regional integration and cooperation?

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Social media and the modern presidency

Trump-Pence 2016

Using social media for tits for tats is “modern day presidential”, according to the man with small hands. Yet being modern does not justify one for being scornful. And, while I am still hopeful his hubris will cease, President Trump’s tweets, along with the mainstream media’s deceits, are saturating the country with moral debris.

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