Global Banks Sabotage Uruguay’s Efforts to Legalize Marijuana by Don Quijones • Sep 3, 2017 • 59 Comments It’s hard to do business without banks.
How Did Things Get This Bad This Fast for Oil Giant, Pemex? by Don Quijones • Aug 27, 2017 • 36 Comments A slew of reasons. But one stands out, and it’s not the price of oil.
Two of Mexico’s Biggest Bugbears Surge Again by Don Quijones • Aug 11, 2017 • 12 Comments And footloose hot money that has flooded Mexico can quickly dry up.
Argentina (!) Sells 100-Year Dollar-Denominated Junk Bonds by Wolf Richter • Jun 20, 2017 • 35 Comments What have central banks wrought?
Goldman Sachs Accused of “Aiding and Abetting” Venezuela’s “Dictatorial Regime” by Wolf Richter • May 29, 2017 • 43 Comments A very risky bond deal with a huge yield.
It Gets Ugly in Brazil by Wolf Richter • Feb 24, 2017 • 34 Comments The price of corruption: Unemployment spikes to record.
Brazil Retail Sales Collapse as Inflation and Unemployment Whack Consumers by Wolf Richter • Feb 14, 2017 • 12 Comments A very inconvenient connection.
Mauled by Peso Crash & Inflation, Mexico to Cut its Dependence on US Food Producers by Don Quijones • Jan 15, 2017 • 51 Comments It’s not all NAFTA’s fault, however.
Why the Peso Crisis Won’t be “Contained” to Mexico by Don Quijones • Dec 11, 2016 • 33 Comments In a world that has become immensely exposed to Mexico’s debt and peso.
Despite what Everyone Thinks, Biggest Threat to Mexico’s Economy isn’t Trump but Pemex by Don Quijones • Nov 6, 2016 • 22 Comments Mexico could face its worst fiscal and financial crisis in decades.
