http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21715658-economy-collapsing-nation-war-government-blame-venezuelas-leaders

This article provides a background and context for the economic struggle plaguing venezuela today.
“HE WHO leads must listen even to the hardest truths”

http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21715694-nicol-s-maduro-draws-wrong-conclusions-economic-crisis-venezuela-crumbles


Here, we can draw certain similarities between Trump's "alternative facts", and the strategies employed by struggling dictatorships.

http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21717105-donald-trump-through-latin-american-eyes-peronist-potomac

This great article shows just how frighteningly similar Trump and Latin American populists really are.