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  • Mexican pesos. Photo by Speaking Latino CC BY 2.0

    Mexico’s middle class takes a body blow

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    A struggling middle class watched from the sidelines while Congress mangled a ‘miscellaneous fiscal reform’ through the Senate and passed it in ‘fast-track’ mode, creating great concern among millions of households. When Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto took up office in 2012, he came in embracing his role as the […]

  • Austerity for the sake of fairness?

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    I do believe in the broader European Union including almost everything that comes with it. That also means that I uphold the idea of solidarity among members of the EU. Solidarity, however, is not supposed to be lopsided. Take a closer look at recent developments and the financial support given […]

  • 240,000 Brazilians protest across country for reforms

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    São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and five other Brazilian cities have already announced bus fare cuts By Rasheed Abou-Alsamh BRASILIA, Brazil – In a movement devoid of any overt political demands and run mostly by young Brazilians fed up with being ignored for so long, Brazilians across the country spilled […]