It seemed like a longshot, but anything was possible in the mind of an ambitious, 30-year-old Eduardo Elsztain. Elsztain, then living in New York, had
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The Dark Secret Behind a British Billionaire’s “Parallel State” in Argentina’s Patagonia
At the “end of the world,” spanning the southernmost regions of Argentina and Chile, lies the land of Patagonia, much of which remains a pristine
South America’s “Prosur” Is a Pivotal Component of “Fortress America”
Last week the leaders of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru created the so-called “Forum for the Progress of South America”, or “Prosur”, in
On the Road to a Post-G20 World
The trade war launched by the Trump administration against China may not have been solved by a 2½-hour dinner between Chinese President Xi Jinping and
Royal Road Ahead: Saudi Prince Leaves G20 Confident, Turning Corner after Khashoggi Scandal
THERE WAS A high-five from Vladimir Putin. And for Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi it was business as usual. At home, Saudi Arabia’s media trumpeted
Sayonara, ‘America First’! We Hardly Knew Ye!
President Donald Trump’s cancellation of his planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Buenos Aires G20 is another sign of the now almost
The Argentinian-Chinese Partnership Can Balance Trump’s “Fortress America”
Despite the post-Kirchner government’s many faults, one thing that it’s doing right is retaining the Argentinian-Chinese Strategic Partnership, which holds the best hope for Beijing
Crashing Currency Chaos Spreads Across the Global South
The Iranian rial: crash. The Turkish lira: crash. The Argentine peso: crash. The Brazilian real: crash. There are multiple, complex, parallel vectors at play in
