The West's biggest misunderstanding towards China

XULIO RIOS
Probably the West's biggest misunderstanding of China is its strategic intentions. There are two ideas that sneak into any debate with hardly any discussion. The first is that China's success necessarily equals our ruin. The second is that this success leads to an exacerbation of conflicts.

It is true that China develops its own discourse. It is a unique model for those who demand the respect due to their sovereignty - which cost them a lot to recover - but who does not wish to impose on third parties in an exercise of a messianic vocation.

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On Chinese threats and American friends

PASCUAL SERRANO
As things stand with the new panorama announced on April 18, the American company Chevron is the only one that is granted permission to market, leaving the Spanish Repsol, the Italian Eni and the Spanish company out of the market and under threat of sanction. the French Maurel/Prom, all of them in commercial negotiations with PDVSA.

With the alibi of pressuring the Venezuelan government to be more democratic on the eve of its presidential elections on July 18, the “American friend” whom it truly sanctions is the European oil companies, which it prevents from marketing Venezuelan oil.

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Milei goes for everything and against everyone

CECILIA VALDEZ
The surplus hides an adjustment that has slowed consumption, destroyed salaries, increased rates, punished one of the most vulnerable sectors of society - the retirees - and fueled a time bomb in a country where more than half of the population is poor (57%).
Many of those who supported him (and still support him) are beginning to question the deadlines. The great unknown is whether Argentine society will be able to find some coordinated response to such an onslaught.

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Gestures of complicity between Spain and China with a European perspective

XULIO RIOS
The recent visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, to Spain has left important messages. The first, the outstretched hand, the willingness to continue promoting bilateral cooperation at all levels. For Beijing, Spain continues to be a “good and reliable partner.” The absence of conflict is a notable characteristic of Spanish-Chinese relations.

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Will Machado be able to repeat the Milei phenomenon?

CLODOVALDO HERNANDEZ
Machado has been the protagonist in all attempts to violently take power, although now he claims to be a staunch supporter of the electoral confrontation with Chavismo. She was the standard bearer in the request for a foreign military invasion through the obsolete Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) and for years requested to radicalize the blockade and unilateral coercive measures against Venezuela, as a formula to remove Maduro from power.

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