Friday, March 29, 2024

Banking, Finance & micro-credit

Mexico: A gated economy powered by NAFTA

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The Mexican economy has been divided into gated enclaves where the rich conceal their assets and those on lower incomes become invisible.

BRICS: Expectation vs reality

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As the BRICS countries prepare for their summit in Fortaleza, Brazil, foreign policy (e.g. Syria) and a BRICS bank head the agenda as the new group comes of age.

Argentina – the vultures are still hovering

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Holders of some so-called vulture funds are threatening to seize Argentine state assets.

Argentina forced into a ‘technical’ default

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The Jubilee Debt Campaign UK is organising a petition of support for the Argentine government in its struggle against 'vulture funds'.

Uruguay punches above its weight

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Uruguay, once regarded as a backwater, is taking on the Big Boys with its daring new policies.

Venezuela: Maduro and the ‘economic war’

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Is the Maduro government deploying canny pragmatism, or has it retreated from Chavez' commitment to redistribution?

Venezuela: the struggle to preserve a dream

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Former LAB editor Javier Farje visited Caracas recently and explored communities and walked the streets of the Venezuelan capital to find a people who are not prepared to give up just yet.

Argentina – Nisman murder still a mystery

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A fascinating article by a US investigative journalist argues convincingly that Nisman was not murdered because he had irrefutable proof that Iran and the Argentina government were covering up those behind the AMIA bombing.

Mexico: Slim pickings

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How can a country where half the population lives below the poverty line, produce Carlos Slim often regarded as the world's richest man?

Grand Nicaragua Canal: 6- Another nail in the coffin of the...

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Nicaragua’s Grand Canal project continues to be delayed amid news that Wang has lost 85 percent of his fortune. The canal seems ever more to be a mirage. Russell White investigates.

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