The Spanish banking giant doesn’t appear to have heard of the Streisand effect. Or perhaps it considers itself immune from its fallout.More
Ecuador Pays A High Price, In Bananas and Carnations, for Giving Russian-Made Weapons to US (and By Extension, Ukraine)
The impact is likely to be significant for a country that is already reeling from an economic crisis and whose government is in the process of unleashing yet another round of IMF-approved austerity.More
Why Is Tony Blair So Keen for the UK’s National Health Service to Sell Off Its Patients’ Health Data to Private Companies?
What is being proposed is obviously a terrible deal for NHS patients. But could the Tony Blair Institute’s biggest donor benefit handsomely?More
The DEA Takes Aim at Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Misses Badly
“There was no evidence for what they were trying to say,” said former DEA agent Mike Vigil. “I did not see any evidence that López Obrador was involved, had knowledge or intention of receiving ‘hot money’ from drug traffickers.”More
EU’s Digital Services Act Poses Existential Threat to Freedom of Speech in Europe, Warns Retired German Judge
“This legislation… is a Trojan horse: it presents a facade of respecting democratic principles… But behind this liberal facade, the exact opposite is happening: an attack is taking place against the constitutional order.”More
Sales of US-Made Guns and Weapons, Including US Army-Issued Ones, Are Under Spotlight in Mexico Again
The “iron river” continues to flow. More
A Year After US and EU Requests, A Latin American Country (Ecuador) Finally Gives Up Its Russian-Made Weaponry
Until now, Latin American nations had refused to play a direct role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, preferring to take a more neutral, hands-off approach. But that fragile unity has now been shattered. More
ECB and EU Commission Seek to Prevent EU Member States from Constitutionally Enshrining Right to Use Cash
Are national governments in the Euro Area about to lose another vital piece of their economic sovereignty?More
What Happens When National Governments and Law Enforcement Agencies Use Biometric ID and Surveillance Systems Illegally?
The answer, it seems, is nothing. But some governments, including the UK and Australia, are now modifying their laws to make sure it is no longer illegal.More
More Signs of War in South America, As Ecuadorian Government Declares “Internal Armed Conflict” With Drug Cartels
The Noboa government’s labelling of the drug cartels as “terrorist organisations” and “belligerent non-state actors” opens the door even wider to the possibility of US military support.More
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