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.)
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Trump's illegal "maximum pressure" sanctions seek to "collapse" Iran's economy by cutting off oil exports, denying hard currency,...
At Davos, Canadian PM Mark Carney admitted that the West's imperialist "rules-based international order" was "false", hypocritical, and exploitative. What does his criticism of...
Ecuador's Trump-backed right-wing oligarch President Daniel Noboa tried to rewrite the constitution to allow US military bases in the country's territory. 61% of Ecuadorians...
An analysis of Donald Trump's attacks on Venezuela, the economic impact of US sanctions, and the similarities and differences with the successful Western regime-change...
María Corina Machado, the far-right Venezuelan coup leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize, vowed "massive privatization", offering to sell off $1.7 trillion of...