“Trump needs to be removed now, because after the massacre it will be too late.”
Author Archive | Jake Johnston
‘The people have spoken’: estimated 400,000 Puerto Ricans flood streets to demand Rosselló resign immediately
For him to think he can keep governing for another year and a half as if nothing has happened is insulting to our core.
Analysis of the OAS Mission’s Draft Final Report on Haiti’s Election
A draft copy of the Organization of American States (OAS) Report on Haiti’s election, “Organization of American States Expert Verification Mission, President Election — First Round 2010 — Final Report,”1 was leaked to the press last week, and the Center for Economic and Policy Research posted a copy on its website after receiving it from […]
Haiti’s Fatally Flawed Election
Executive Summary Before Haiti’s November 28 election was held, its legitimacy was called into question because of the exclusion of over a dozen political parties from the election — including Haiti’s most popular political party, Fanmi Lavalas. The ban on Fanmi Lavalas was analogous to excluding the Democratic or Republican Party in the United States. […]
The Gains from Trade: South American Economic Integration and the Resolution of Conflict
It has long been argued that expanding commercial relations between countries acts as an incentive for nations to avoid hostilities up to and including armed conflict. Indeed this was a major impetus behind the economic integration of Europe1 after World War II, which led to the European Union and more recently the currency union of […]
