Recent trends and developments in Northern Europe suggest the shift away from cash and toward purely digital payment systems may have reached its limits — at least for now.More
Quelle Surprise: Vulture Funds Set Their Sights on the Argentine Gold Milei’s Government Just Shipped to Europe
Europe is hardly the safest place for financial assets these days, as Russia and Venezuela can attest. It may now be Argentina’s turn to have its assets frozen or even stripped.More
On Third Day of Claudia Sheinbaum’s Presidency, Mexico’s Supreme Court Plunges Country into Constitutional Crisis
Some people, including three of the Supreme Court judges, are calling it an attempted “coup”. Unsurprisingly, Washington’s fingerprints are all over this. More
Washington Enters Panic Mode As Even Javier Milei’s Argentina Seeks Closer Economic Ties With Beijing
“China is a very interesting trading partner,” said Javier Milei, who just a year ago described the Chinese government as an “assassin.” They “do not make demands, the only thing they ask is that they not be bothered.”More
Quelle Surprise: Ecuador’s US-Born President, Daniel Noboa, Plans to Scrap Constitutional Ban on Foreign Military Bases
During his first ten months in power, Noboa has done everything he can to place Ecuador even more firmly under Washington’s thumb. More
China and Mexico Seek to Deepen Cooperation As Bilateral Trade Surges to Record Levels
Amid rising diplomatic tensions with the US, Mexico’s diplomatic and economic relations with China appear to be going from strength to strength. More
Are Europe’s Too-Big-To-Fail Banks About to Get Even Bigger?
As two potential big bank mergers — both hostile, one cross-border — hang in the balance, Mario Draghi and the editorial boards of the FT and Bloomberg call for a fresh round of European bank consolidation. More
Google Wallet Unveils Plans to Develop a New Digital ID System By Digitising US Passports
“People are increasingly looking for ways to digitize everyday items — with one of the top requests being a digital ID.”More
No Country for Old Men (or Women): Pensioners in Argentina Bear Brunt of Milei’s Hardcore Austerity
Cloaked in a flimsy veil of libertarianism, neoliberalism is not just alive and well in Argentina; it is more virulent and rapacious than ever.More
Another Regime Change Operation Begins to Fizzle in Venezuela, As Opposition Leader Flees to Spain
Does this mean Venezuela is about to have another parallel government with a puppet leader in exile? In other words, a Guaidó 2.0? Probably not.More
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