Posted on November 29, 2017. Tags: Africa, Mugabe, Sanctions, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has finally toppled its longtime dictator, Robert Mugabe. So it’s time for the the international community to lift its sanctions on the country, right? Wrong. The new leader of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, was one of Mugabe’s most notorious henchmen until he fell out of favor a few months ago. It would be premature to […]
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Posted in Africa, Global Economy, UN, World
Posted on September 28, 2015. Tags: Castro, Cuba, embargo, Investment, Latin America, Obama, Sanctions
Since D17 (17th December 2014), when President Obama announced sweeping change in U.S. policy toward Cuba, news about the country has been exciting. Headlines such as ‘Obama making history’, ‘Diplomatic Relations Restored’, ‘Cuba off the Terrorist List’,‘Cuba Reopen D.C. Embassy’, ‘The American Flag being raised outside the U.S. Embassy in Havana’ and ‘American businesses preparing to […]
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Posted in Economics, Global Economy, Latin America, US, World