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Colombia’s Duque faces dilemma over extradition

Colombia’s Duque faces dilemma over extradition

Colombia’s President Iván Duque is in a quandary. While bewailing the fact that his government was thwarted in its efforts to see the vanished senior Farc leader Seuxis Paucias Hernández Solarte (‘Jesús Santrich&rs...

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Is investment the key to Central American Migration?

Is investment the key to Central American Migration?

Optimists, including Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, believe there is a simple solution to the North American migration crisis. It is to invest in economic development and create jobs in southern Mexico and northern Ce...

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A not so peaceful region

A not so peaceful region

The world is a less peaceful place than it was a decade ago, but, for the first time in five years, the global peace index (GPI) registered an improvement, according to the Global Peace Index 2019 report compiled by the Australia-based Institute f...

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The conclusion on 28 June of two-decade-long trade talks between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) has been at the centre of the news in the Mercosur member countries – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay...

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Paid work is the primary source of income for most people around the world. Labour markets are supposed to match employers with workers, but maintaining a healthy labour market is not easy....