Just want to open the floor for some interesting new discussions on anything global. I know at least Brytt, Andy, and I need some hot topics for papers to write this spring for an international trade seminar. Of course, I don't want anyone to throw out paper topics per-se, instead I just want to spit ball some ideas out their and see if anyone shares my interests.
1. Hugo Chavez and his own personal piggy bank in South America that we know as Venezuela and PDVSA. This guy kills me. How he's avoided assasination is beyond me. A true politician though, with somewhat of an iron fist.
2. My name is Diego Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die! haha. okay, so, different name, and probably uses lots of huge guns instead of a sword, but no less entertaining and interesting to read or watch. Colombian drug lords are always fun to read about, especially if you know that at one time, the Colombian "bam-bam" industry was worth more than five of the U.S. top fortune 500's combined. Check Diego out. Anyone compared to Pablo Escobar is a big deal for international trade, at least in this hemisphere.
3. short and simple: Mexican Imigration into U.S. - Capital Flight out of U.S.? Any thoughts? Any input? Any opinions?
4. What is the UAE doing with all that money? The emirates' current ruler, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, is also the Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE. Check this guy out and is new building projects off the coast of Dubai.
5. Anything goes here. just write about what you feel interested in. time to talk.
Have fun people.
3 comments:
Chavez maybe disliked by the US (in general) but he is well-liked by many in Venezuela, particularly the lower class sectors. He has handed out thousands of dollars to those individuals (when I say handed out, I mean in terms of welfare, education, etc.) which is why many of the poor support him. In that way, he would probably fit right in with many in our own Democratic Party. The academics and college age individuals in Venezuala may not like him, but they are certainly not the majority in that country. In addition, many probably support him out of plain old fear, which can be very motivating. Also, others probably support his anti-American stance seeing as how that is a popular force in many areas of the world (but not all). All of this support, once you put it together, probably equals at least a majority if not much more. So he is not going away.
Foreign workers at US plants overseas suing US companies in the US. This seems ripe for a law journal article.
Chavez does as all socialist presidents do, he dumps millions into short-term socialist programs (i.e. welfare) at election time. He gets the vote, the programs fail, the people continue to starve in the long run. He does not teach the men how to fish, he just gives them a fish when he wants them to vote. Not only are the academics against him, but the majority of middle to upper middle class greatly despises him. Basically, anyone with a brain and some money, with a pension for capitalism, despise Chavez' plan for systematically destroying Venezuela's domestic economy.
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