“Too many doses, billions in costs – the government [of Germany] wants to cancel the vaccine deal.”More
A Primer on Mexico’s Unconventional Economic Success Story (Which You’re Unlikely to Hear Much About in the MSM)
Mexico’s economy was one of the best performers of 2022, despite (or perhaps because of) a whole raft of worker-friendly policies from the AMLO government.More
The US and China are in a War “for Peru’s Soul”, says Mexican Geopolitical Analyst
“We are seeing a surreptitious clash, a war that no one dares name, between China and the United States for Peru’s soul.”More
Israeli Government Takes Leaf Out Of EU Commission’s Playbook, Claims It Can’t Find Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Agreement
Israel was the lab for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, as newly reelected President Benjamin Netanyahu admitted in a recent interview with Jordan Peterson. Yet the health ministry now claims to have mislaid or, even worse, never signed the vaccine agreement. More
As Crypto-Crisis Metastasizes, Big Moves Are Being Made on CBDCs
Leading the charge are the world’s two most populous nations, China and India, which between them account for roughly three out of every eight people on the planet. More
Will the Fallout from “Qatargate” (and now also “Moroccogate”) Splatter the European Commission?
As the Qatargate scandal widens, questions are being asked as to whether its reverberations will reach the Commission, the EU’s executive branch. Recent revelations suggest the EU’s Chief Diplomat Josep Borrell could be implicated.More
On Bicentennial of US-Mexico Diplomatic Relations, Former US Ambassador to Mexico Accuses AMLO of “Goading” Washington
The thorniest issue remains, of course, the Russia-Ukraine conflict. “It is frustrating that Mexico does not pronounce itself in favor of [Ukrainian] sovereignty,” said the former US Ambassador. More
The New “Left Tide” Sweeping Latin America Just Hit a Couple of Big Rocks
Peru continues to stumble from crisis to crisis, scandal to scandal, and president to president. In Argentina, one of the towering figures of Latin America’s political left, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, just received a 6-year prison sentence.More
The Central Bank of Nigeria Just Gave a Whole New Meaning to the Term “Financial Repression”
To try to salvage its floundering central bank digital currency (CBDC), the eNaira, Nigeria’s Central Bank just launched an all-out assault on physical cash. More
Against Backdrop of War, Rolling Blackouts and Internet Outages, Ukraine is Trying to Digitize Everything
“The Government needs to become as flexible and mobile as an IT company, to automate all functions and services,… reduce 60% of officials, introduce large-scale privatization and outsourcing of government functions”: Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation. More
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