CFP Founder Robert Amsterdam below provides an insightful analysis, shedding light on a more tangible ‘Obama doctrine’, based on the U.S. President’s historic meetings with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev over the last few days. There is true potential for greater international awareness with regard to the drawn curtain that has been Russia’s government, especially when [...]
On the twelfth of June, United State’s congress passed one of the toughest anti-tobacco bills in history. The acclaimed crusaders who had long waged war against ‘Big Tobacco’ have united in triumph, with Senator Edward Kennedy hailing the bill as proof that ‘miracles still happen’ in Washington, DC.
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act [...]
Is it now or never for Zimbabwe?
A nation in constant political flux is a nation which I am naturally intrigued to document, and so it is that I have done so almost daily on this blog. In documenting today, I find there is greater potential for corporate investment through greater progression in the Zimbabwean government’s [...]
As President Barack Obama moves to ease restrictions on trade with Cuba, cigar lovers in the United States are savoring the prospect of legally lighting up a smoke that has long required a black- market connection and a willingness to flout the law.
The lift on the embargo could very well have an adverse effect on the cigar [...]
CFP Contributor David Harris below features a compelling story that has yet to make the rounds in media circles, one that serves as but another precedent for investors to invest in emerging markets with low political risk.
The argument for emerging markets has never been stronger:
The western media have ignored the largest smuggling bust in the history [...]
It started with thunderous applause, applause for both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, two Presidents who have combined governed arguably the most powerful nation on Earth for the last sixteen years. Bill Clinton began by speaking on his current work with the Clinton Global Initiative and the Clinton Climate Initiative, noting how dramatically important [...]
CFP Contributor David Harris has provided below a valuable lesson on why and how westerners should invest in commodities and emerging markets:
As the world sinks deeper into recession, rising oil prices are bringing comfort to the Middle East’s oil rich economies. Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia are attracting renewed interest from international investors, and stock markets [...]
Africa is the world’s second largest and second most populous continent after Asia, covering 20% of the world’s total land area, and home to 14% of the world’s human population, yet remains the world’s poorest and most underdeveloped continent. Innovative investment has not only attempted to curb this situation, but has bore fruit for those [...]
Fidel Castro on Barack Obama during the election: “Obama’s speech (on maintaining the embargo) may be formulated as follows: hunger for the nation, remittances as charitable handouts and visits to Cuba as propaganda for consumerism and the unsustainable way of life behind it.“
It should be noted he later praised Mr. Obama over Republican adversary John [...]
CFP Contributor David Harris provides a perspective on US-Latin American relations, following the Summit of the Americas:
It may be good news that US-Latin American relations look to be improving but the restoration of ambassadors is only the first of many steps required for true reconciliation. The newfound solidarity of Latin American nations and the ALBA trade [...]
