Author Archives: Nick Corbishley

The escalation, as we’ve argued, has nothing to do with the drugs trade and everything to do with Venezuela’s huge deposits of oil, gas, gold and other minerals.

Too little, too late? Yes, but surely better than nothing — unless, of course, it’s pure virtue signalling. 

“All-out war in Venezuela cannot be ruled out”, warns Jeffrey Sachs. “Anything is possible because this is a long-standing operation.” 

As the problem of digital bank fraud grows, one issue that will become increasingly heated is who should pay for it.

Second question: does the “supposed” Cartel de los Soles actually exist?

It makes a nice change to read scathing critiques of Milei’s disastrous economic program from the right as well as the left.

The US Empire’s drums of war are once again beating loud and hard in Latin America.

The “Chat Control” law threatens to transform the Internet into an even more centrally controlled, surveilled environment. And it could be a legal reality by October. 

Javier Milei is desperate to declare Netanyahu an “honorary resident” of Argentina. But if the Israeli prime minister visits the South American country, he could face arrest. 

The Trump administration’s latest escalatory threat comes just days after Rolling Stone reported on a secret drug trafficking cartel operating out of Fort Bragg. 

The ECB insists that cash’s role will be protected once the digital euro goes live. But can its word be trusted?

“The IMF’s maximum credit to Argentina… is projected to reach 1,352% of the country’s quota in 2026. This would be the Fund’s largest exposure in absolute terms in its history.”

It looks like we were right: online age verification is being used as a Trojan horse for the mass rollout of digital identity systems.

“Nobody is going to listen to us ever again when we go around telling others to respect human rights and international law”: the EU’s former chief diplomat, Josep Borrell. 

As Trump’s bumbling threats continue to alienate the US in Latin America, China is increasingly determined to hold its ground in the US’ so-called “backyard”.