Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology…

Noam Chomsky
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Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against. ✨ Noam Chomsky on Venezuela. Interview with Rory Carroll, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2011.
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Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against. ✨ Noam Chomsky on Venezuela. Interview with Rory Carroll, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2011.

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