Author Archives: Nick Corbishley

We thought no head of state was mad enough to volunteer for such a mission. Maybe we were wrong.

But is it already too late to reverse course?

A taste of things to come under Trump’s “Shield of the Americas”?

This is part of a broader European — or more specifically, Central European — trend.

But what if one of the country’s biggest drug cartels is being run by the US-born president’s family business? 

Madrid’s words and actions regarding West Asia once again stand in stark contrast with those of the continent’s “Big Three”, Germany, France and the UK.

The Trump administration is capable of just about anything these days, especially when it comes to Cuba, Marco Rubio’s most coveted prize of all. 

The US’ suspension of tariffs on countries that provide Cuba with oil (h/t SCOTUS) may, however, provide a window of opportunity to get oil to the island. But which country will take the risk?

The Epstein scandal, Gaza genocide and 50 years of neoliberalism have shown beyond doubt that our” mis-leadership” class don’t give a flying fig about “the children”.

All six Latin American leaders share an ideological affinity with Trump, and are the closest thing his government has to strategic partners/vassals in the region.

The European Parliament wants a central bank digital currency. And it wants it as soon as possible, and in all its possible forms.

The US State Department insists that US restrictions on oil in Cuba are not amplifying the need for humanitarian aid there.

One thing is already clear: Peter Mandelson (aka the Prince of Darkness) is now a spent force in British politics.  

Donald Trump’s vision of low-cost colonialism bears echoes of the fiscal receivership model pioneered by Theodore Roosevelt, which did not end well for most concerned.    

“Argentina has become the centrepiece of the United States’ strategy for Latin America”: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.