Author Archives: Nick Corbishley

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

“Are they just playing insane or are they actually insane?” Amid all the economic chaos and fallout triggered by Trump’s tariffs barrage and with markets continuing to slide even after Trump’s announcement of a 90-day pause on tariffs on everyone but China, one could be forgiven for failing to hear the faintest but growing sounds […]

Prince is making bank as a security advisor for US-friendly governments in Latin America while trying to raise funds for coups against less friendly ones.

And can it be trusted with it? (rhetorical question)

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.  

The cash assassins set their sights on Europe’s biggest economy. 

Imagine a technology that could facilitate the single greatest expansion of totalitarian power in history in the hands of the European Central Bank and EU Commission. What could possibly go wrong?

This time, it’s not just Wall Street banks that should be worried about the contagion risks of a full-blown banking crisis in Mexico. So, too, should their European counterparts. 

While Cuba exports doctors to the world, the US exports sanctions.

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.

But what could it mean for China’s trade relations with Latin America, in particular the US’ largest trade partner Mexico?

“I send money to [Milei’s] sister and he signs everything I say and does what I want,” claims Hayden Mark Davis, the creator of the $LIBRA meme coin.

As the world’s largest soft drinks manufacturer faces a consumer boycott in one of its largest global markets, its marketers come up with a cunning plan. But will it work?

The goal, says Singapore’s president, is to develop “a reliable (sic) carbon credit system with a stapling on of water and biodiversity credits.”

One of the few things that the Trump 2.0 administration and Keir Starmer government have in common is the amount of influence Ellison seems to wield over them.