Venezuela’s ongoing descent into economic and political chaos is a cautionary tale of the dangerous influence that resource wealth can have on developing countries.
Trump’s Venezuela oil deal gives US access to vast reserves as Iran war drives energy concerns | The National
Agreement deepens US involvement in Venezuela’s oil industry as midterms approach and energy prices remain elevated
Trump says U.S. has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves
President Trump says his administration has entered a sweeping agreement with Venezuela that could give the U.S. access to vast amounts of the South American country's untapped oil reserves, at cost.
Venezuela misinformation spreads like wildfire online
The right clearly get that people aren't happy about what Trump did in Venezuela. So, they're pumping out misinformation and AI slop
Watch the Watchers: Surveillance technologies for political control in Venezuela
Despite changes in leadership, Venezuela's extensive surveillance infrastructure remains fully operational.
Beyond the Petrostate: Ecuador's Left Dilemma - Dissent Magazine
In Ecuador, to oppose resource extraction is to be an enemy of the state.
The Brazilianization of the World - American Affairs Journal
The West’s involution finds its mirror image in the original country of the future, the nation doomed forever to remain the country of the future, the one that never reaches its destination: Brazil. The Brazilianization of the world is our encounter with a future denied, and in which this frustration has become constitutive of our social reality. While the closing of historical horizons has often been a leftist, indeed Marxist, concern, the sense that things don’t work as they should is now widely shared across the political spectrum. Welcome to Brazil. Here the only people satisfied with their situation are financial elites and venal politicians. Everyone complains, but everyone shrugs their shoulders. This slow degradation of society is not so much a runaway train, but more of a jittery rollercoaster, occasionally holding out promise of ascent, yet never breaking free from the tracks. We always come back to where we started, shaken and disoriented, haunted by what might have been...
Carlos E. Perez on Twitter / X
What exactly drives the late-stage capitalist US economy?https://t.co/ERU764NoC4— Carlos E. Perez (@IntuitMachine) May 28, 2026
The myth of catch-up development: trends in core–periphery inequality from 1960 to 2023
The conventional narrative in international development holds that poorer countries are “catching up” with richer countries through the process of capitalist growth. This paper assesses this claim ...
The Imperial History Behind the Raid on Venezuela
Peter Beinart interviews scholar Greg Grandin on the history of US intervention in Latin America and what Trump’s new “doctrine” may portend.
Capitalism, Inequality, and the Myth of Catch-Up Development
Prevailing narratives in international development hold that poorer countries can and will "catch-up" with richer countries through the process of
Vou sempre lutar pelo xmpp – isaCloud Blog
Em 2025 os assuntos soberania nacional e liberdade ganharam muita força no âmbito digital. Do jeito que os maiores figurões do mercado de tecnologia iniciaram o ano de 2025 com seus apoios quase irrestritos às políticas do presidente americano eleito, emergiu um despertar de milhares de pessoas sobre como isso era um sinal de alerta e o que fazer a respeito.
Lo del pogromo
Sánchez ha desaparecido en la crisis de Ceuta, lo que parece indicar que hay algo que desconocemos en todo este suceso híbrido o hay algo que, sencillamente, desconocemos y que puede aludir al ámbito privado del presidente
Vox, fascismo y revolución | Columna
Lo que caracteriza a algunos políticos de ultraderecha no es la melancolía por el pasado, sino su voracidad por el porvenir
Exocapitalism: economies with absolutely no limits
There is a touch of destiny with this one. We have real…
Venezuela is a founding member of OPEC. What they are realizing is it is a new world when it comes to oil. "Oil markets would lose a global supply manager that steps in when surpluses emerge, leaving prices more liable to drop and the global petroleum industry more exposed to shocks."
OPEC’s Future Darkens With Venezuela Latest Nation to Mull Exit
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