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José Eduardo Dos Santos, la dictature et les pétrodollars

L’ancien président angolais est décédé ce vendredi à Barcelone. Retour sur un règne sans partage. José Eduardo dos Santos passait pour un autocrate discret. Il a marqué l’histoire de son pays pendant des décennies. Déjà à 16 ans, il intégrait le Mouvement populaire de libération de l’Angola (MPLA) alors que …

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The End of Magic Money

Inflation and the Future of Economic Stimulus Two years ago, I predicted in Foreign Affairs that the COVID-19 recession, coming on top of the financial crisis of 2008, would lead rich democracies to redefine the outer limits of their monetary and fiscal power, ushering in an “age of magic money.” …

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Russia vetoes UN measure renewing aid to northwest Syria

“People will die because of this vote,” US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said of the Security Council’s failure to reauthorize the cross-border mechanism. Millions of Syrian lives hang in the balance after Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Friday that would have kept humanitarian aid flowing …

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