Benjamin (Ben) Norton is an investigative journalist and analyst. Ben is the founder and editor of Geopolitical Economy Report. He lived in and reported from Latin America for several years, and is now based in Beijing, China. (Publicaciones en español aquí.)
The Trump admin is propping up Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei with $82 billion in US dollar-denominated debt that can't be paid, ensuring the...
The Donald Trump administration seeks to forcibly impose the US empire's hegemony in Latin America. While hypocritically using "war on drugs/terror" rhetoric, it is...
The Donald Trump administration is using $20 billion of US government money plus $20B more in private loans to bail out Argentina's corrupt libertarian...
The USA is waging war on Venezuela. Trump authorized CIA "lethal operations" to try to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro. The US military is killing...
2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado, a US government-funded far-right coup leader, vowed to privatize Venezuela's oil. US companies will "make a...
Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado is a far-right Venezuelan coup-plotter funded by the US government. She supports Israel as it commits genocide...
Leaders from many countries condemned the USA and Israel at the UN General Assembly, demanding intervention in Gaza to save Palestinians from genocide. Diplomats...
The US has vetoed six Security Council resolutions that called for a ceasefire in Gaza. Meanwhile, a UN commission stated conclusively that Israel is...