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- What’s Powering Argentina at the World Cup? 1,100 Pounds of Yerba MateThe herbal drink is beloved by South American players, who have taken it with them around the world — including to Qatar.
DOHA, Qatar — Yerba mate is not, to be fair, for everyone.
A strong and often bitter herbal infusion brewed hot or cold from the le...
- Is Guyana Getting a Fair Cut of Its Oil Bonanza? The government is set to tweak its baseline contract with fuel companies after criticism it got fleeced.
From Backwater to Deepwater
Most South American economies have grown sluggishly this year. But Guyana has been an outlier—both in the region and the world at large. The small country ...
- Argentine politics in flux: Can ‘Kirchnerism’ survive without Kirchner?When Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner started her livestream following a high-profile corruption conviction last week, few expected the divisive former president to elicit a united response.
Yet, when espousing her innocence, she announced she would not run again for...
- World Cup: Can France or Argentina reap economic dividends?The World Cup final takes place on Sunday. For the hosts Qatar, much has already been said about the tournament's economic legacy. But what about the winners?
For four weeks,the World Cuphas commanded the globe's attention and on Sunday evening it will all be ...
- Guyana Is Becoming A Top-Tier Oil ProducerDespite the dire predictions ofpeak oil demand, which will is expected to arrive during the next decade as the world transitions to a low-carbon economy, international energy companies are investing heavily in fossil fuel exploration and production. One region which has caught the world by surprise...
- Visa to invest $1 billion in Africa over 5 years to cash in on e-payments boom– Visa Inc plans to invest $1 billion over the next five years in Africa to capitalize on the emerging economy’s rapid growth in digital payments, the company said at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on Wednesday.
U.S. President Joe Biden is hosting dozens of African leaders for the t...
- How Venezuelan women in Trinidad and Tobago are using entrepreneurship to resistTrinidad and Tobagohasthe highest per capita rates of Venezuelan migrants in the world. A group of Venezuelan women havedecided to face the challenges of displacement with entrepreneurship and togetherness, asSebastianAlsina(LSE)found
Only seven miles away from the coast of Venezuela, the dua...
- Best Countries to Invest in 2023The past few years have been interesting for global markets, to say the least, and it’s unlikely that 2023 will be any different. As such, the best countries to invest for 2023 are ones with a longstanding record of growth and stability.
We’re going through a period of ...
- Venezuela’s Maduro enters 2023 seeking global recognitionLIMA — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was not invited to a summit of Western Hemisphere leaders in June. But by October, he traveled to Egypt for a conference where he joked with French President Emmanuel Macron and shook hands with John Kerry, the U.S. government’s cl...
- Russia’s turn to Asia, Africa and Latin AmericaThe aggression on Ukraine brought about a drastic geopolitical divide between the West and Russia, almost completely isolating the Russian economy from Western markets and compelling Moscow to turn to other regions of the world for support. As early as last May, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey La...