Latin America
Glencore and Other Mining Corporations Make Record Profits, Violate Human Rights,...
By Peter Koenig
Aug. 27, 2018
Glencore, according to statista.com is the world’s largest mining company by revenues. As a way of introduction, here is what...
Argentina Hikes Interest Rate to 60% as Peso Crashes
30 August 2018
The currency hit a new record low Thursday of 39 pesos per U.S. dollar, making it the world's worst-performing currency.
Argentina's central bank yanked...
Sanctions, Sanctions, Sanctions – the Final Demise of the Dollar Hegemony?
By Peter Koenig
17 August 2018
Sanctions left and sanctions right. Financial mostly, taxes, tariffs, visas, travel bans – confiscation of foreign assets, import and export...
Argentina Is Persecuting Abortion Rights Activists
16 August 2018
Three police raids took place Wednesday in the small city of Rio Grande, in Argentina, against feminist activists.
The justice system of the...
Brazilian Indigenous Leader, Guardian of the Amazon Murdered
16 August 2018
The leader of the Indigenous Guajajara people in the Brazilian Amazon is believed to have been murdered by illegal loggers.
Brazilian environmental and...
The global implications of the Turkish lira crisis
16 August 2018
As the tenth anniversary of the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis approaches, the ongoing turmoil engulfing the Turkish lira sounds...
Facebook restores Telesur page with vague explanation of controversial block
15 Aug, 2018
The English language page of the Latin American channel Telesur has reappeared on Facebook after two days. The social network offered a...
Facebook, a pillar of Totalitarian Order
Facebook Page of 'Venezuelanalysis' Back Up After Brief Suspension
9 August 2018
Facebook has yet to respond to the website's management about why the page...
Washington, FMI, patronat, travailleurs, retraités… même combat ?
Par Maurice Lemoine
14 mai 2018
C’est dans une déclaration datée du 16 avril que le président de l’Institut nicaraguayen de sécurité sociale (INSS) Roberto López...
Nicaragua is now the target
U.S. organizations like the National Endowment for Democracy and USAID have meddled in other countries’ affairs since their founding at the height of the...