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<journal-id>0253-9276</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Universidad de La Habana]]></journal-title>
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<issn>0253-9276</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Dirección de Publicaciones Académicas de la Universidad de La Habana (Editorial UH) ]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0253-92762021000200007</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Estados Unidos: desafíos en el ciclo electoral de 2020]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[United States: Challenges in 2020&#8217;s Electoral Cycle]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fernández Tabío]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis René]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de La Habana Centro de Investigaciones de Economía Internacional ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>292</numero>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0253-92762021000200007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0253-92762021000200007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0253-92762021000200007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El artículo explora la relación existente entre los desafíos económicos y epidemiológicos causados por la COVID-19 y el agravamiento de los problemas sociales, raciales y políticos en Estados Unidos, que alcanzan hasta la política de identidad nacional. Esta crisis se presenta como resultado del nuevo coronavirus, pero sus raíces descansan en las contradicciones y desequilibrios propios del capitalismo, empeoradas por el mandato de la administración de Donald Trump. Las circunstancias complejizan el escenario de recuperación, debido al carácter mundial de la pandemia y la interconexión de los problemas financieros, productivos y de servicios, exacerbados por las políticas aislacionistas y unilaterales del gobierno, en lugar del multilateralismo y la colaboración. La respuesta de la administración hacia los principales desafíos podría ser decisiva en las elecciones presidenciales de noviembre y en la posición de Estados Unidos en el balance global de poder en los próximos años.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The article explores the relationship between the economic and epidemiological challenges caused by COVID-19 and the aggravation of social, racial and political problems in the United States, reaching as far as national identity politics. This crisis is presented as a result of the new coronavirus, but its roots lie in the contradictions and imbalances inherent to capitalism, worsened by the mandate of Donald Trump's administration. The circumstances complexify the recovery scenario, due to the global nature of the pandemic and the interconnectedness of financial, productive and service problems, exacerbated by the administration's isolationist and unilateralist policies, rather than multilateralism and collaboration. The administration's response to these major challenges could be decisive in the November presidential election and in the U.S. position in the global balance of power in the coming years.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[elections]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[crisis management]]></kwd>
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