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Venezuela Is Headed in the Wrong Direction
By Carlos J. Pérez Pulido · ISHEA Institute ·
An op-ed for the Financial Times arguing that Washington has discarded the lessons that made Eastern Europe's transitions work, and is steering Venezuela down a far costlier path.
Note — Short piece published openly. Thinking in progress, not a result.
VENEZUELA HEADED ON THE WRONG DIRECTION
Below OpEd I wrote for today’s Financial Times
The jist is that the Trump team threw away the lessons that led to successful transitions in Eastern Europe starting on 1989.
I stay focused on the political angle. Had I focused on what the Trump Administration is fomenting on the oil side it would truly be a horror story. For that you can read an X article from a few days ago: https://lnkd.in/ertJ9uEw
If you are into real gore, follow up the above with this article from Axios. Not sure anyone comes out looking well from this appalling mess. https://lnkd.in/eKueDjai
The link to today’s OpEd, which I have pasted below, is: https://lnkd.in/eZvhTG8t| 18 comentarios en LinkedIn
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