Sovereignty and the rule of law are under threat from Trump’s attacks on Lula’s administration just as they have been across Latin America, argue CARLOS MARTINEZ and SARA VIVACQUA
WHY do the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the World Bank — three of the most highly regarded international economic organisations — project a bleak road ahead for the global economy?
Ominously, the World Bank warns of the possibility of a coming “lost decade” for economic growth.
In January of this year, the World Bank dropped its global growth projection for 2023 to 1.7 per cent from its June 2022 projection of 3 per cent.
Friedrich Merz’s call for a new Plaza Accord ignores how Washington’s 1985 currency ambush destroyed Japan without fixing US deficits — China, a sovereign socialist state with 1.4 billion consumers, cannot be bullied the same way, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the US is tightening the noose to destroy Cuban socialism — the need for immediate, international solidarity is urgent
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE



