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<p>In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DiegoRuzzarin/videos" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Diego Ruzzarin</a>, a prominent (and controversial) political commentator in the Spanish-speaking world with nearly 1.4 million Subscribers, who primarily covers politics in Latin America as well as Marxist theory. In this episode, we talk about the various governments in Latin America, from Argentina under Javier Milei, Claudia Sheinbaum/AMLO in Mexico, Lula in Brazil, Gabriel Boric in Chile, and Gustavo Pedro Colombia, and Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. We also debate the concept of "BRICS" and the differences between China and Russia. </p>
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00:00 Argentina Disaster
01:53 Debating Russia and China
05:44 Who is Diego Ruzarin?
07:00 The State of the Latin American "Left"
34:29 Chile and Gabriel Boric
35:29 Brazil and Lula
37:36 Colombia and Gustavo Petro
39:42 Argentina and Javier Milei
46:18 Debating Russia, China and BRICS
54:23 Venezuela and Maduro</p>
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