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Vasily Melnichenko, a farmer from a village close to Yekaterinburg, became famous after speaking during the Moscow Economic Forum. “We joined the WTO, but we are certainly not competitive” Melnichenko said. “We want to develop a clear economic and social program because the level of idiocy has, generally speaking, already […]

What do Nissan, Mazda, Chrysler, Volkswagen and Honda all have in common? That’s right, they’re all cars manufactured in Mexico. The country’s auto industry has boomed over the last 20 years and now manufactures more than 2.5 million vehicles a year, making it the fourth-largest exporter of new light vehicles […]

Abstract: 52.6 million people around the world work as domestic workers. 90% of them are women. 19.6 million are in Latin-America and the Caribbean. The lack of governmental regulations for these kind of workers has permitted that a high number of women, but also children and/or adolescents, live in conditions […]

Abstract: In a global dynamic in which the concept of borders seems to mutate and even fade, free trade agreements are the order of the day. In the case of Peru, where the negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership are currently taking place, netizens have been mobilizing activists with […]

Abstract: It is very hard to tell if Free Trade Agreements are “good” or “bad”, but what I can tell as a consumer is that I cannot see their advantage, products are still as expensive as they were before said agreements; free competition is not that free if competing sectors […]