Category: International Affairs

Valter Pomar, former executive secretary of the São Paulo Forum: “we need a left-wing government, not just a progressive one”

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Dialogues with Luis Bonilla-Molina, Gustavo Sefereian, and Israel Dutra Valter Pomar (São Paulo, 1966) is a historian, university professor, and leader of Brazil’s Workers’ Party (PT), with an extensive career in the Brazilian and Latin American left. The son of political activists who lived underground during Brazil’s military dictatorship, Pomar experienced political repression firsthand: in […]

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Did someone pull a fast one on Delcy? Oil deal with the U.S. shields private partners without guaranteeing revenue for Venezuela

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The Daily Journal – A recent investigation by U.S. news outlet ProPublica has revealed critical details about a new energy agreement in the region. The oil deal promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump with Venezuela protects the interests of private businesspeople. Still, it does not explicitly require the payment of $209 billion in taxes and […]

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