Articles by Fabio Rafael Fiallo
Fabio Rafael Fiallo is a Dominican-born economist and writer and retired official of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). His latest publication, “Ternes Eclats” or “Dimmed Lights” (L’Harmattan), presents a critique of the conventional wisdom of international organizations.
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27 January 2012, By Fabio Rafael Fiallo
One more Cuban martyr – and Latin America’s leadership turns a blind eye
The day of reckoning will inevitably come for the tribunal of History to deliver the last word with respect to the Cuban ordeal. On that day, some of Latin America's leaders will receive a moral condemnation
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08 December 2011, By Fabio Rafael Fiallo
Lenin, Trotsky and the 99 percent: The denial of democracy
The Spanish fiasco of the Indignants is the latest avatar of the pernicious nature of the denial of democracy. Such a denial, when manifested by those who hold power, leads to a totalitarian State
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24 November 2011, By Fabio Rafael Fiallo
The obstinacy of a crumbling Castroism
Meaningless economic "readjustments" will be remembered, not as the initiators of the rejuvenation of the Cuban economy, but rather, as the final rattles of one of the few remaining relics of communism
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08 September 2011, By Fabio Rafael Fiallo
Palestinian leaders may be hoist with their own petard at the UN as they push for "statehood"
A meaningless recognition of a Palestinian State by the UN may exacerbate the disconnect between Palestinians and their own leadership, says a former UN official.
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07 August 2011, By Fabio Rafael Fiallo
The "final crisis" of capitalism, again...
The Left is trying to say that turmoil in the Arab world and in our financial markets heralds the end of capitalism. When will they ever learn?
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01 July 2011, By Fabio Rafael Fiallo
Market bashing puts global players on the wrong track
Marxian eschatology lingers in the tendency to blame markets and capitalism. It's wrong. Here's why.
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31 May 2011, By Fabio Rafael Fiallo
The Arab Spring, Iran and the Neocons
A lucid analysis of recent events tends to prove that foreign involvements abroad are not as stigmatic as the press would have you believe.
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05 May 2011, By Fabio Rafael Fiallo
The Hamas-Fatah accord: where will it lead?
A renewed Hamas-Fatah agreement spells danger for the peace process and for Fatah as a party.
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Leaving the politics aside, Scotland deserves freedom
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Bad week for The Guardian
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Cameron loses to Miliband, but beats the Speaker
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Noam Chomsky’s half-truths and distortions are still loved by the British Left
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PMQs: Luckless Miliband won for the third time in a row, but there was one rather large problem
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