Economics

Juan Guaidó continues to advocate punishing the Venezuelan people with US coercive economic measures. Recently shipped to Washington DC, the former “interim president” of Venezuela pleaded, “You can’t use a kind or soft approach,” such as easing the suffering, because…

Elections are approaching. With regard to the elections that elect representatives to the courts of the Kingdom of Spain, there is a new electoral proposal which is “Sumar”. It is not here that we wish to analyse either this political…

Some 345 million people are acutely food insecure worldwide, more than twice as many as before the covid-19 pandemic, said a new report by the UN World Food Programme (WFP). “Conflict, economic shocks, weather extremes and soaring fertiliser prices are…

A corporation does not have morals—it has a bottom line. Disney’s lawsuit against Florida is more about being able to reap profits while underpaying workers than it is about protecting LGBTQ communities. By Sonali Kolhatkar Florida’s Republican governor Ron DeSantis is…

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang has addressed the opening ceremony of the Lanting Forum on China and World Modernisation in Shanghai. Qin said that China’s path to modernisation means the modernisation of a huge part of the world’s population, thus…

From 21 to 23 April at the Ateneo La Maliciosa in Madrid The International Conference on debt and vulture funds will be held at the Ateneo La Maliciosa in Madrid from 21 to 23 April. During these three intense days,…

“It is no coincidence, by no means, that virtual hyper-communication, the obsession with personal and individual success and the pursuit of pseudo-achievements reign in our times to the detriment of abysmally more important aspects of our lives…” By Opazo Today…

When the way things are isn’t working, we can build something better if we draw from our collective power and focus on care and interconnection. By April M. Short We are alive in a unique time of challenges that arrive…

The BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – is expected to increase their share of the global economy to nearly 35% by 2028, Bloomberg reported on Monday. By Countercurrents Collective According to Bloomberg’s calculations based on the…

Ex-Footballer’s livestream self-immolation following a ‘banana sale dispute’ wreaks havoc in Hafuz, Tunisia. Ex-football player, Nizar Issaoui died on Thursday, April 13th, after he poured gasoline on his body and set himself on fire in a livestream video outside a…