By introducing Bitcoin as its national currency in the fall of 2021, El Salvador has set a global precedent. Six months into this revolutionary experiment,…
iGlobenewsApril 27, 2022
Gabriel Boric won the highly contested Chilean presidential election on 19 December 2021. Boric, leader of the left-wing Chilean party, has promised to turn a…
iGlobenewsJanuary 11, 2022
In recent months Haiti has faced the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, a devastating earthquake, and Tropical Storm Grace. Haitian civil society argues that Haiti…
iGlobenewsSeptember 8, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inherent inequality and poverty prevalent in most countries throughout the world. This rings especially true in Latin America and…
iGlobenewsAugust 25, 2021
At the end of April 2021, a series of protests began in Colombia after the government proposed a new tax reform. Following the public outcry…
iGlobenewsJune 7, 2021
The EU-Mercosur free trade agreement is an historic opportunity which would solidify economic relations between these two blocs. Vocal interest groups such as European farmers,…
iGlobenewsJune 2, 2021
Since the annulment of former Brazilian President Lula's corruption conviction, polls indicate that a united-left front with Lula as candidate could defeat conservative President Bolsonaro…
iGlobenewsApril 26, 2021
Towards the end of 2020, the Cuban government launched a currency unification policy amidst the island’s worst economic crisis since the early 1990s. Coupled with…
iGlobenewsMarch 22, 2021
