The US has one clear goal in sight: to get Argentina to sever its ties with China, particularly by terminating a long-standing currency swap agreement. More
Is the Trump Administration Mad Enough to Launch Drone Attacks Against Mexico?
“Are they just playing insane or are they actually insane?”More
What Is Blackwater Founder, Erik Prince, Doing in Ecuador a Week Before the Country’s Presidential Elections?
Prince is making bank as a security consultant for US-friendly governments in Latin America just months after trying to crowdfund a coup against a less friendly one.More
Why Does the US Want Everyone’s Biometric Data (Regardless of Who Is in the White House)?
And can it be trusted with it? (rhetorical question)More
As Future of Panama Canal Hangs in Balance, Mexico Quietly Begins Testing Its Interoceanic Rail Corridor
South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai just became the first company to use the rail corridor, which is being touted as a possible plan B to the embattled canal. More
Banks and Payment Card Companies Form a Discount Cartel to Take Down Cash in “Cash-Addicted” Germany
The cash assassins set their sights on Europe’s biggest economy.More
Five Reasons Why Euro Area Citizens Should Be Terrified By the ECB’s (Apparently) Fast Approaching Digital Euro
Imagine a technology that could facilitate an unprecedented expansion of totalitarian power in the hands of the ECB and EU Commission. What could possibly go wrong?More
Moody’s Heaps Further Pressure on Mexico’s Economy by Changing Outlook of Banking System to Negative
This time, it’s not just Wall Street banks that should be worried about the contagion risks from a full-blown banking crisis in Mexico. So, too, should their European counterparts. More
Caribbean Countries Blast US Plans to Sanction Cuban Medical Missions Around the World
While Cuba exports doctors to the world, the US exports sanctions.More
Stablecoins vs CBDC — US and EU Are on Different Paths to the Same Destination: Programmable Money
While the programmability features of CBDCs have generated considerable alarm, it’s a very different story for the stablecoins that the US government seeks to regulate with its “GENIUS” act.More
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