Geopolitical Economy Report

Most of Latin America has opposed the US-backed coup in Peru, standing with elected President Pedro Castillo, including Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, and several Caribbean nations. Meanwhile, the unelected regime is massacring protesters, with Washington's support. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=0-bbzsiqFN0 Report on CIA agent turned US ambassador meeting with Peru's defense minister one day before the coup: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/14/coup-us-ambassador-peru-cia Joint statement by Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and Bolivia: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/13/mexico-argentina-bolivia-colombia-peru-castillo-coup ALBA's statement: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/15/alba-peru-castillo-coup-argentina-kirchner Honduras' statement: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/13/honduras-coup-peru-pedro-castillo

The US ambassador in Peru, Lisa Kenna, worked for the CIA for 9 years, as well as the Pentagon. One day before the coup against elected left-wing President Pedro Castillo, Kenna met with Peru’s defense minister, who then ordered the military to turn against Castillo. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=QhVdgvgCBtA Source and more information here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/14/coup-us-ambassador-peru-cia En español aquí: https://geopoliticaeconomica.com/2022/12/15/embajador-eeuu-peru-cia-golpe

In this joint stream of Multipolarista with Ben Norton, the Left Lens with Danny Haiphong, and Friends of Socialist China with Carlos Martinez, we discuss the latest developments in China, including: - the government's response to protests, - relaxation of its zero-Covid policy, - President Xi Jinping's historic visit to the Persian Gulf, - Beijing's plan to buy oil and gas in its currency the yuan, directly challenging the petrodollar VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RdeeeTdwVDw

British colonialism in India caused 165 million deaths and stole trillions of dollars of wealth. This led to the rise of fascism and inspired Hitler. The devastating impact of British rule in India included extreme poverty and mortality rates. Winston Churchill's admiration for Hitler highlights the connection between colonialism and fascism. British colonial rule drained wealth from India, hindered modernization, and increased poverty.

Peru's elected left-wing President Pedro Castillo was overthrown in a coup by the right-wing-controlled congress. Ben Norton speaks with Peruvian activist Daniela Ortiz about the protests demanding a new constitution and the freedom of Castillo, a humble teacher and union organizer from a rural, indigenous-descent community in a country whose political system has long been dominated by racist elites. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ek2evCbKYKU TRANSCRIPT: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/10/peru-coup-president-pedro-castillo Daniela's website: https://daniela-ortiz.com Follow Daniela on Twitter at https://twitter.com/danillaortiz

"Geopolitical Economy Report" discusses the recent coups in Latin America, including those against Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Peru's President Pedro Castillo. The podcast explores the concept of hybrid warfare and coups in the region, US dollar dominance and control through debt, recent coup attempts in other Latin American countries, initiatives in Latin America like the creation of the sucray currency, restrictions on deficit spending in the Eurozone, and Latin American leaders' support for Julian Assange's freedom.

Latin America’s leftist presidents are leading the campaign to free Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks journalist has the support of Brazil’s Lula da Silva, Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Colombia’s Gustavo Petro, Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega, Bolivia’s Evo Morales, and Honduras’ Manuel Zelaya. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cPLLuBUAhRk Sources and more information here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/06/free-julian-assange-latin-america-left-leaders

The podcast discusses the influence of Western Big Oil corporations on the US government and the CIA coup in Iran. It explores the deep state's role in post-WWII Japan, Eisenhower's plan for deterrence, the Dulles brothers' impact, oil corporations' involvement in Indonesian coup, the US-Saudi Arabia oil agreement, and Operation Ajax in Iran. The podcast also delves into the expansion of powers by the US government and the contrasting American culture of leisure and entertainment alongside imperial realities.

Advising Brazil’s President-elect Lula, Ecuadorian economist and leftist presidential candidate Andrés Arauz made a blueprint for a “new regional financial architecture” to unite Latin America, including an international currency to challenge the hegemony of the US dollar and IMF. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4acHVf_rnJ8 Sources here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/01/latin-america-us-dollar-currency Brazil’s Lula proposes creating Latin American currency to ‘be freed of US dollar’ dependency: https://multipolarista.com/2022/05/04/brazil-lula-latin-america-currency-us-dollar

EU leaders are furious that the US is making lots of money from the proxy war in Ukraine by selling weapons and exporting expensive natural gas. Meanwhile European industries are being destroyed as high energy prices and US subsidies push its companies to go overseas. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=N3wWaoOtVZI Sources in our article here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/28/europe-us-profits-ukraine-war-economy