Self-Hatred: Would-Be Latino Builders of Trump's Wall Maret 26, 2017 Add Comment Americana, Latin America Edit As Eddie Money once sang, " Gimme Some Water ." To me, it's the most distasteful thing imaginable: why would persons of Latin ... Read More
Fightback: Mexico's Options in a 'Post-NAFTA' Age Januari 27, 2017 Add Comment Latin America, Trade Edit It's time to get it on? And so what was perhaps inevitable has finally broken out: Mexican President Pena Nieto's fruitless efforts ... Read More
Actually, Trump's Been Great for Mexico's Exports (So Far) Desember 26, 2016 Add Comment Latin America, Trade Edit Koreans and others are still doing alright in Mexico. Arguably even better in recent months. Let us first get an update on the state of Mexi... Read More
Corporate Racket: Pretend to Leave Trump's USA Desember 04, 2016 Add Comment Americana, Latin America Edit Wave this in front of the dimwit Trump and collect lots of government money. US President-elect Donald Trump's avowed interest in keepin... Read More
Mrs Clinton's New E-Mail Investigation Hits Mexican Peso Oktober 28, 2016 Add Comment Currencies, Latin America Edit There's an interesting article on MarketWatch on how the FBI issuing a recent statement that it would look further into Hillary Clinto... Read More
Venezuelan Oiler PDVSA: Debt Swap or Bankrupt Oktober 19, 2016 Add Comment China, Energy, Latin America Edit "Delay when we need to pay you back...or we'll default on Oct. 28!" Investor relations, Venezuela-style. When oil prices were ... Read More
£4M Per Olympic Medal: UK's Cost of Success Agustus 26, 2016 Add Comment Europe, Latin America, Sports Edit The United Kingdom's unprecedented feat at the 2016 Rio Olympics--winning more medals [67] in the event following the one they hosted [6... Read More
Remembering When Concordes Flew to Venezuela Agustus 21, 2016 Add Comment Latin America, Travel Edit Remembering when Venezuela wasn't a Chavista hellhole: Of Concordes and oil wealth. The international humiliation of Venezuela illustrat... Read More
Will MSCI Demote Peru From Emerging to Frontier Market? Juni 14, 2016 Add Comment Development, Latin America Edit Stock market "trading"--something of a Peruvian novelty. Later today, the market indexing firm MSCI will issue guidance on whethe... Read More
High-Speed Rail: Venezuela's "Red Elephant" Project Mei 20, 2016 Add Comment China, Infrastructure, Latin America Edit Paraphrasing Enya: Rail away, rail away, rail away. They say that you may lend a country so much that you eventually end up owning it if it ... Read More
Bolivar Showdown: Venzuelan Gov't vs Dolar Today Mei 13, 2016 Add Comment Latin America Edit The mighty dolartoday.com says it's now over a thousand bolivars to the buck. Those following goings-on in Venezuela's slow-motion ... Read More
Fighting PRC Illegal Fishers in Argentina, Indonesia Maret 23, 2016 Add Comment China, Latin America, Southeast Asia Edit PRC "fishing" boat headed for Davy Jones' Locker . The PRC's fisher militia strikes again, destroying goodwill as it poach... Read More