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Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Guerra (1942)
Apropos the India-EU trade “deal” (as yet to be ratified)
Indian drinkers would seem to be the main beneficiaries of Modi’s tariff cuts in the EU “trade deal”
Source: FT
Over the last generation, Mexico’s economy has lagged behind Latin American peers
Nevertheless the government is popular and welfare has increased: “they lifted over 13m of Mexico’s 132m people out of poverty between 2018 and 2024. They have trebled the minimum wage over that period, to 315 pesos ($18) a day. A proposal to cut the working week from 48 to 40 hours is before Congress.”
Source: The Economist
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Brad Setser@Brad_Setser
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@Rory_Johnston does consistently great work
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Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Bibliothèque (1949)
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Martin Luther King recites Langston Hughes’ ‘Mother to Son’
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Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Le theatre PIrandello (1976)
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