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Ecuador At A Breaking Point: Can Noboa Steer The Country Back From The Brink?

(Analysis) Ecuador is facing its gravest security crisis in a generation. Since January 2024, the government has treated the fight against drug cartels and...

Florida Tests Hard Money: Gold and Silver Enter Legal Tender, Dollar Still Reigns

(Analysis) Florida has approved a law that would let people and public agencies, on a voluntary basis, use certain gold and silver as legal tender for in-state payments starting July 1, 2026. The twist is...

Davos And The World Economic Forum At An Inflection Point

(Analysis) For half a century, Davos stood for elite consensus. Between 2019 and 2025, that aura faded as governance turmoil, changing geopolitics, and a...

Prophecy, Power, And Brazil: The U.S. Evangelical Push Behind A New Political Sermon

In packed arenas and viral clips, a new cast of U.S. evangelical stars is...

U.S. Opinion On Israel’s War: Support For Israelis, Criticism...

(Analysis) Two years after Oct. 7, 2023, most Americans now distinguish sympathy for Israelis from skepticism toward Prime Minister...

Silicon’s Circular Moment: NVIDIA, OpenAI, Intel, and the Next Boom-Bust Cycle

(Op-Ed Analysis) The chip king bankrolls the hungriest AI lab; the lab commits to buy the chip king’s hardware at industrial scale; both sprinkle...

What’s Up With Switzerland? UBS, Nestlé, Privacy—and an EU Agreement Package Unmaking the Alpine Fortress

(Op-Ed Analysis) For decades, Switzerland sold a simple promise—stability, privacy, competence, quiet prosperity. In 2025, that promise looks strained. The...

Europe’s Faustian Bargain: Seize Russian Reserves to Fund Its Own Armory?

(Op-Ed Analysis) Europe today finds itself in a paradox: deeply committed to Ukraine’s defense, yet financially strained. With Washington signaling...

Corridor Ignored, Blockade Tested: Spain’s Lone Course on Israel and NATO

(Op-Ed Analysis) Spain ordered a navy patrol vessel to sea after Spanish citizens joined...

China’s Threat to Mexico Is a Warning to Latin America

(Op-Ed Analysis) China has taken off the mask. When Mexico announced tariffs on more than...

Latin America’s Failed Drug War: When Sovereignty Becomes Criminal Negligence

The latest U.S. presidential determination identifying 23 major drug-producing or transit countries reveals a stark reality about Latin America's...