What We’re Reading: Latin American Debt and Russian Science Fiction

Weekly reviews of what's on our bookshelves.

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Allison Fedirka and Ekaterina Zolotova
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The Dance of the Millions: Latin America and the Debt Crisis By Jackie Roddick Latin America has been hit hard by the pandemic for a host of reasons, many of which have nothing to do with political mismanagement. Reliance on exports, large informal sectors, jobs that cannot go online, large households living in a single […]

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Allison Fedirka
Allison Fedirka
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/author/afedirka/
Allison Fedirka is the director of analysis for Geopolitical Futures. In addition to analyzing and writing about global geopolitical issues, she helps train new analysts, oversees the intellectual quality of analyst work and helps guide the forecasting process. Prior to joining Geopolitical Futures, Ms. Fedirka worked for Stratfor as a Latin America specialist and subsequently as the Latin America regional director. She lived in South America – primarily Argentina and Brazil – for more than seven years and, in addition to English, fluently speaks Spanish and Portuguese. Ms. Fedirka has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and international studies from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s degree in international relations and affairs from the University of Belgrano, Argentina. Her thesis was on Brazil and Angola and south-south cooperation.
Ekaterina Zolotova
Ekaterina Zolotova
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/author/ezolotova/
Ekaterina Zolotova is an analyst for Geopolitical Futures. Prior to Geopolitical Futures, Ms. Zolotova participated in several research projects devoted to problems and prospects of Russia’s integration into the world economy. Ms. Zolotova has a specialist degree in international economic relations from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. In addition, Ms. Zolotova studied international trade and international integration processes. Her thesis was on features of economic development of Venezuela. She speaks native Russian and is fluent in English.