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The recovery of the Russian ruble and Putin's approval
• International sanctions have affected Russian imports much more than its exports. • These sanctions had the unintended consequence of boosting Russia's net oil and gas exports. Natural resources make up nearly 50% of Russia's GDP and so far only the United States,
Apr 6, 20222 min read
The nuclear threat of Russia
This week several Russian officials close to Putin have put on the table the use of nuclear bombs in case Russia should face an...
Apr 1, 20222 min read
How Third World War could start from the conflict in Ukraine
• Today Sunday, an American journalist was shot by the Russian army while traveling in a vehicle with other journalists in Irpin, a...
Mar 13, 20224 min read
The influence of neo-Nazis in Ukraine
The vast majority of Nazi movements in Ukraine date back to just before World War II started when Soviet dictator Josef Stalin shifted...
Mar 5, 20223 min read
The first days of war in Ukraine, the Nato debate in Finland and Sweden, and sanctions on Russia
All the big cities of Ukraine are still resisting and have not fallen into Russian hands. Facing increasing military challenges, Putin...
Mar 1, 20223 min read
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Feb 6, 20220 min read
The record increase of murders in the United States
In 2020, the United States had its largest spike in the homicide rate ever recorded in a single year since 1905, when standardized...
Feb 5, 20224 min read
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Jan 31, 20220 min read
Dictatorship in Nicaragua and Daniel Ortega's new term
Daniel Ortega led the Marxist Sandinista National Liberation Front during the Nicaraguan Revolution that overthrew the right-wing...
Jan 11, 20222 min read
Protests in Kazakhstan
From the end of last year until this January 1, the price of LPG gas in Kazakhstan doubled from 0.14 dollars per liter to 0.28. On...
Jan 6, 20223 min read
Russia's crack down on the NGO Memorial and foreign agents
The Supreme Court of Russia has just ordered the dismantling of Memorial, the oldest NGO in Russia founded in 1987 by Andrei Sakharov,...
Jan 4, 20223 min read
The theory of trade deficits and Trump's war on tariffs with China
The United States has been a country with a trade deficit every year since 1976, and this process accelerated when China joined the World...
Dec 15, 20215 min read
The background of the tensions in Ukraine
Despite the fact that the Russian nation was founded around the 9th century in Kyiv, the current capital of Ukraine, and Vladimir Putin's...
Dec 11, 20213 min read
Facts of Climate Change and the COP26 in Glasgow
The planet's global temperature has risen 1.2 °C since 1880, and the change in the land surface has been more intense than in the seas...
Nov 29, 20214 min read
Economic pressures on China, new data of the origin of the pandemic and the AUKUS alliance
China's GDP had an annualized growth of 4.9% last quarter, one of the lowest in decades and drastically less than 18.3% for the first...
Nov 3, 20214 min read
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Real Estate bubble in China and the bankruptcy of Evergrande
The largest real estate company in China is called Evergrande and it is on the verge of bankruptcy. It was founded in 1996 by a farmer...
Oct 3, 20214 min read
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