Author Archives: Nick Corbishley

“Seldom in the history of Spanish diplomacy… has a foreign policy initiative had such disastrous results,” as Spain loses its grip on diplomatic relations with Algeria at the worst possible moment.

As recent events in Germany (and elsewhere) have shown, even strong proponents of a cashless economy have an interest in safeguarding the future of cash, if only for the sake of financial stability. 

Neither airports nor airlines in the UK have restored enough capacity into their operations to handle the predictable surge in passenger numbers as the skies reopen.

The EU’s latest hare-brained gambit is likely to put further downward pressure on economic activity while exerting further upward pressure on inflation, which is already at or around decades-highs in most places.

“If the US assumes that it has staunch allies [in Latin America], it is making a big mistake.”

The Conti Group’s cyberattack on Costa Rica continues to metastasize, spreading to 27 government institutions, nine of which have been “seriously affected.”

The roll-out of biometric-authenticated payments is merely the latest example of the accelerating encroachment of biometrics into everyday life. But a global push back is gathering.

Peru’s prime minister, Mirtha Vásquez, claims that Repsol “apparently” did not even have a contingency plan in place for an oil spill.

“The real risk is that — after nearly three decades of summitry — this year’s [Summit of Americas] may be interpreted as a gravestone on U.S. influence in the region.”

Life is getting harder and harder for Europe’s largest lender as it tries desperately to continue bridging two worlds — the West and China — that increasingly appear to be on collision course

Two of Latin America’s most respected dignitaries say the unspeakable about the conflict in Ukraine, setting blood to boil in Western corridors of power. 

The plot keeps getting thicker and thicker.

As Europe’s energy crisis deepens in the East, relations are souring between the EU’s fourth largest economy, Spain, and its largest natural gas supplier, Algeria. Once again, the US has played a major role in escalating tensions.

As the World Bank drives the implementation of digital ID programs across the Global South, its fellow Bretton Woods institution, the IMF, is doing exactly the same for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

Fears are rising that the boundaries of the cyber war between Russia and NATO could soon spread beyond Europe.