Over the weekend Argentinian President Macri announced the imposition of capital controls in an effort to stabilize the country’s currency and avoid a deepening of the current financial crisis. Cornell University experts weigh in on what to expect as the Latin American country continues to tackle its debt crisis.

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The European Union announced it has set up an “International Contact Group,” including members of the EU as well as four Latin American countries, to help find solutions to the ongoing political crisis in Venezuela. The group, set to meet in Uruguay on Thursday, will pressure Venezuela’s current president to set a date for new elections. Lourdes Casanova, academic director of Cornell University’s Emerging Markets Institute, says that on top of the uncertain political situation, Venezuela’s economic realities also do not leave much room for easy solutions.

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Victoria Beard, professor of city and regional planning at Cornell University and expert on how planners need to address urban inequality and poverty, is available for interviews about the long-standing infrastructure problems compounding India’s management of COVID-19.  

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Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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Protests continued in Thailand on Friday after parliament failed to reach an agreement on possible constitutional reforms. Demonstrators have been taking to the streets since July in an effort to pressure parliament to limit the powers of the country’s monarchy. Tamara Loos, professor of history and Thai studies at Cornell University, says that the rallies highlight how Thai society has changed its approach to politics, and the monarchy. 

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Jeremy Wallace, associate professor of government at Cornell University and an expert on Chinese politics, says that China's decision to postpone its annual political meetings is a sign of the outbreak’s ongoing disruption on China’s politics, as well as on its economics.

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Mason Peck, professor of astronautical engineering at Cornell University and former NASA Chief Technologist, comments on the upcoming 20 year anniversary of humanity living in Earth orbit aboard the International Space Station.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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As protesters in Myanmar continue to rally against the military coup that reversed last November’s election, members of the United Nations are renewing their efforts to address the crisis. Magnus Fiskesjö, says that in claiming election fraud, generals seem to have taken a cue from recent events in the U.S.

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Virology expert Gary Whittaker, who studies the coronavirus, says while the virus is spreading rapidly, good public health measures will limit further contagion. 

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Adam Smith, director of the Cornell University Institute of Archaeology and Materials Studies, and Lori Khatchadourian, professor of Near Eastern studies, say the Russia-brokered agreement will have wide-spread impacts on archaeological sites in the contested region.

Arts & Humanities

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Uriel Abulof, a visiting professor in Cornell University’s government department and professor at Tel-Aviv University, says the peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates makes official a relationship that has developed over time as a result of joint regional interests.

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