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 [...]
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 [...]
Ross Hendin, CFP Contributor and Principal of Hendin Consultants, brings us another addition to our case study of the Ignalina Power Plant, here discussing unique approaches from individual nations to capitalize on Ignalina and win the ongoing geo-political game of energy-chess: I found this article from Penki, published on April 16th, to be very interesting. [...]
Joseph S. Tulchin of Foreign Policy magazine has written an insightful piece on the power of Hugo Chavez in his nation of Venezuela, and the power of his nation in contemporary geo-politics. For the Summit of the Americas to be a stepping stone for US-Latin American relations and indeed equate to increased investment, President Obama [...]
A power shift from New York to Washington, from Dubai to Abu Dhabi, from Shanghai to Beijing. The fall of globalization and the rise of state capitalism. President Obama shifting global opinion of the US back out of the red, but its a shift that is blown far out of proportion. These were but a [...]
It is one of the biggest political initiatives since U.S. President Barack Obama took office. Today, the President lifted all restrictions on the ability of individuals to visit relatives in Cuba, as well as to send them remittances. He is also apparently going to allow telecommunications companies to provide cell and television service to people on the [...]
How do investors interested in Latin America view Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez landing in Beijing? Would they view it as a flamboyant fanatic’s desperate last leg of a world tour made to prop up a failing PDVSA? Would they view it as the final stop on a very successful and diverse investment campaign for Latin [...]
Marcus Gee, of Canada’s The Globe and Mail, has written an insightful article on China’s attitude shift as the G20 summit in London approaches. China has taken excruciating care not to alarm the rest of the world of its growing might, but in light of the upcoming political convergence, has begun to assert itself on [...]
In a dramatic move, the Obama administration today announced that restructuring plans issued by General Motors and Chrysler are untenable, upping the likelihood of bankruptcy among the Big Three and effectively launching one of the biggest instances of government intervention the economic recession has yet seen. “These companies and this industry must ultimately stand on their own, not as [...]
