The Way I See it

Venezuelans cross the Simon Bolivar bridge linking San Antonio del Tachira, in Venezuela with Cucuta, Colombia, to buy basic supplies on 16 July, 2016. Photograph: George Castellanos/AFP/Getty Images The CDA-Institute – https://cdainstitute.ca- carried a link to this piece in its newsletter of 1 November. The burgeoning meltdown in Venezuela has several dimensions, all of them important for anyone concerned about the political health of the Americas and how this can impact on

photo courtesy of http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-budget-fiscal-year-2018-gdp-assumptions-tax-cuts-2017-5 In 1982, Meryl Streep starred in a film called Sophie’s Choice, widely acknowledged as being one of her best performances and one that gave her an Academy Award. In the film, the Sophie played by Streep faced two monumental choices: one was between two suitors; the other, incomparably more tragic, was about deciding which of her two children would be sent to a conce