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The Mega-Rotondas, Part Two

NOTE: The following is the second part of a fictional take on innovative communities that could potentially be created in many parts of the Western Hemisphere. Or the world, for that matter. * * * The China threat turns into a silver lining Initially, the Mega-Rotondas were not meant to be as large as they eventually became. The original plan called for them to be small, but part of closely tied geographic groups made up…

Pedro ChavezAugust 12, 2021

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The Catalyst Behind the China Miracle

On July 15, 1971, the president of the United States, Richard Nixon, announced that he would visit the People’s Republic of China the following year. That visit ultimately took place from February 21 to the 28, 1972. It was a watershed moment for the United States and China. The sojourn would soon lead to full diplomatic relations between both countries and to a commercial and trade exchange that on most counts has benefited them both.…

Pedro ChavezAugust 4, 2021

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The Mega-Rotondas of a Time to Come

NOTE: The following is a fictional take on innovative communities that could potentially be created in many parts of the Western Hemisphere. They might seem too utopian and unreal to some readers, but such arrangements make a lot of sense. To me, anyway. * * * Sometime in the mid-Twenty-Thirties They’re called “Mega-Rotondas” because they’re big and round. They’re really huge. The circumference in most of them is about six miles, close to ten kilometers…

Pedro ChavezJuly 30, 2021

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A Time for a New Alliance in the Americas

“We are joined together in this Alliance as nations united by a common history and common values. And I look forward—as do all the people of this country—to the day when the people of Latin America will take their rightful place beside the United States and Western Europe as citizens of industrialized and growing and increasingly abundant societies.” President John F. Kennedy, March 13, 1962 Excerpt from a speech on the first anniversary of the…

Pedro ChavezJuly 27, 2021