Tag: Bank of London

• Are you ready for some futbol? History and the World Cup

  During the recently concluded qualifying rounds for next summer’s 2014 World Cup, I was reminded of Paraguay’s run at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.  So much hope for a more equitable world seemed to mis/dis-placed onto the upsets Ghana and Paraguay scored to advance to the quarterfinals of that event. The tournament ultimately…

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  November 24, 2013

  Anti-Neoliberalism, Book excerpts, Book Reviews, History, Sports, Uncategorized

  a, Argentina, Bank of London, Barack Obama, Brazil, Eduardo Galeano, Football in Sun and Shadow, Futbol, Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia, Ghana, Huey Long, Hugo Chavez, Netherlands, Open Veins of Latin America, Paraguay, Spain, Standard Oil, War of the Triple Alliance, World Cup