The threat should not be taken lightly, especially given Peru’s long history of coups d’états.More
First UK Inquiry Into Greensill Scandal Calls for Extension to Lobbying Ban for Former Ministers and Civil Servants
The inquiry also recommends greater transparency and accountability from the government. Unfortunately, the trend is in the opposite direction.More
WHO Celebrates As Indian Health Regulator Removes Ivermectin from Its Covid-19 Protocol
After India finally gets somewhat of a grip on its deadly second wave, one of its health regulators just took away one of its main lines of defense. More
The Empire Strikes Back Against Mexican President AMLO
The Economist urges Mexican voters to vote for anyone but AMLO and the US government is up to its old tricks: funneling money to political opposition groups.More
Bank of England Chief Economist: Avoid Inflation Surge “Like the Plague”
“An upside surprise to inflation is among the greatest risks”; we’d need “to tighten policy even more rapidly or on a more significant scale, or possibly both, in a way that would take the legs out of the recovery.”More
How my Friend’s Small Hostel in Barcelona Survived
“It’s impossible to know how many of these shuttered hotels and hostel will reopen.”More
“I Don’t Know of a Bigger Story in the World” Right Now Than Ivermectin: NY Times Best-Selling Author
So why are journalists not covering it?More
More Bad Omens for Business Travel, As WEF Axes Tropical Davos and Mobile World Congress Suffers Wave of Cancellations
The cancellation of the World Economic Forum’s Singapore meeting and the gathering exodus of participants from the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona do not bode well for the near-term future of business travel.More
Spiking Inflation, Rate Hikes, and Debt Defaults in Latin America
Mexico and Brazil, having seen the economic destruction that high inflation can wreak, don’t want to see it again.More
Bayer-Monsanto Fails (At First Attempt) to Block Mexico’s Phaseout of Glyphosate and Ban on GMO Corn
Mexico has already gone mano a mano with Monsanto before, and it came out on top. But this time it’s on a direct collision course with Big Ag and the U.S. government.More
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