Argentina has until the end of the month to settle with the victors in its recent Supreme Court case, or else it will default. But so far, it looks like it might not even be negotiating at all.
UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest insurer, will dramatically expand the number of state exchanges in which it offers plans next year. But widespread consumer confusion could threaten the stability of their new customer base.
“Between Sovereign states there can be no last resort except war; if war no longer serves that purpose, that fact alone proves that we must have a new concept of the state.”
—Hannah Arendt, in an interview with Adelbert Reif, 1970.
France has established a standing force in Western Africa to counter terror threats. That’s likely to be helpful to both the region and the United States.
In response to a 2003 strike, then-President Hugo Chávez fired some 18,000 employees from Venezuela’s state-owned oil firm. The effects of that decision are still visible in the country’s flagging oil production.
Libya’s Foreign Minister entreats the U.N. Security Council for non-military aid, warning that the country is dangerously close to becoming a “failed state.”
They both resent American power, and they both have Marxist roots. But can China and the Latin American lefties play nice? Negotiations may be bumpier than expected.
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