A new star rises

We are in Nicaragua, and here the local news comes in whispers. “You wouldn’t believe the panic that has gone on here. They’re running scared. And I don’t blame them.” Our old friend was being cautiou

Washington DC FBI raid: In a move ...

“The dollar is the cornerstone of US power… it is the main weapon used by the US to maintain its power… [But] as soon as the political leadership decided to use the US dollar as a political instrument

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” Antonio Gramsci’s words, written in prison near Bari almost 100 years ago, ring out to us now. The politi

Last year was a “tumultuous” one for Latin America’s biggest economy, says The Economist. Former president Jair Bolsonaro was jailed in November for plotting a coup, prompting “punitive tariffs” from

For the past decade, immigration has been a ...