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It is official: The European Union now owns Cyprus
The agonizing struggle between Cyprus and the euro zone is coming to an end. Cornered by the European Central Bank’s ultimatum to sign a bailout before midnight Sunday, the President of Cyprus, Nikos Anastasiades, tried to turn the situation to its European partners threatening to resign, leaving in the air the possibility of an uncontrolled Read full article...
In Cyprus your money is not really yours
Banks in Cyprus has imposed a daily limit of cash withdrawal of 100 euros at ATMs, reports Reuters. The measure, advanced by the Laiki Bank, which allowed out until now 260 euros, will now blocking customers from accessing their savings should they decide to withdraw more than 100 euros at a time. According to some Read full article...
Kerry offers $450 million to rescue Egyptian economy
Shortly before ending his first visit to Cairo, the new Secretary of State of the United States, John Kerry, said that in his meeting with President Mohamed Morsi he pledged to provide 450 million dollars (350 million euros) in aid to the Arabic country. With various regions declared in default, the government and the opposition Read full article...
Argentina freezes food prices to avoid higher inflation and mass hunger
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA | AP | FEBRUARY 5, 2013 Argentina announced a two-month price freeze on supermarket products Monday in an effort to break spiraling inflation. The price freeze applies to every product in all of the nation’s largest supermarkets — a group including Walmart, Carrefour, Coto, Jumbo, Disco and other large chains. The companies’ Read full article...
IMF issues plan to starve Portuguese people even further in 2013
By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | JANUARY 10, 2013 Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho warned a month ago: The Portuguese, that bears a progressive and growing cut in services for the last year and a half, intends to save another 4,000 million euros a year starting now. For ideas on where to Read full article...
IMF presses Euro countries to hand over Sovereignty
By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | NOVEMBER 9, 2012 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged countries that are under pressure from markets and high financing costs, including Spain, to seek the help of the European bailout funds to enable the debt purchase program created by the European Central Bank (ECB) to be Read full article...
Greek government imposes more Austerity
By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | NOVEMBER 8, 2012 The same worn out ineffective policies that have done nothing to help Greece come out of the dire situation it has been for years have found more support at the highest levels of the Greek government. Congress in that country had the guts to Read full article...
Brussels sees darker times for Spain and Europe
By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | NOVEMBER 6, 2012 Brussels sees no green grass across the fence when it comes to an economic recovery. The economic forecasts for 2013, which will be made public on Friday, will describe a dark and rainy future for Spain and most likely the rest of Europe. Forecasts are just that, good Read full article...
China: The New Bin Laden
Paul Craig Roberts May 12, 2011 George Orwell, the pen name by which Eric Blair is known, had the gift of prophecy, or else blind luck. In 1949 in his novel, 1984, he described the Amerika of today and, I fear, also his native Great Britain, which is no longer great and follows Washington, licking Read full article...
IMF calls for Alternative Reserve Currency, Again
CNNMoney February 11, 2011 The International Monetary Fund issued a report Thursday on a possible replacement for the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. The IMF said Special Drawing Rights, or SDRs, could help stabilize the global financial system. SDRs represent potential claims on the currencies of IMF members. They were created by the IMF Read full article...
