Benjamin (Ben) Norton is a journalist, analyst, and political economist. Ben is founder and editor of Geopolitical Economy Report. After years in Latin America, he now lives in Beijing, China. (Publicaciones en español aquí.)
Burkina Faso's new President Ibrahim Traoré has vowed to fight imperialism and neocolonialism. Pledging a "refoundation of the nation", invoking revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara,...
37 years after a 1986 International Court of Justice ruling, the United States still refuses to pay Nicaragua the reparations it legally owes. Today,...
Rising corporate profits have caused 45% of inflation in Europe, compared to 40% for rising import prices and just 15% for workers' wages, according...
The US Congress held a hearing titled "Dollar Dominance: Preserving the U.S. Dollar’s Status as the Global Reserve Currency", as countries around the world...
Media outlets claimed China is building a secret station in Cuba to spy on the US, citing anonymous intelligence officials. But the Pentagon admitted...
The BRICS bloc's New Development Bank, an alternative to the US-dominated World Bank, is de-dollarizing its loans, promoting local currencies, and adding new members:...
Foreign ministers from BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) met to discuss expanding the Global South-led bloc and creating a new global...
US politicians from both parties agree: the deficit doesn't matter. In their bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling, Biden and Republicans are boosting...