Geopolitical Economy Report

An enormous scandal is unfolding in Latin America, which says everything about politics in the 21st century. Far-right Argentine election meddling specialist Fernando Cerimedo was arrested in Bolivia after hiring hitmen to try to assassinate his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Nadia Beller. They failed, and she is now revealing the truth.

Cerimedo has deep links to the US government and Donald Trump's top allies, such as Marco Rubio. Cerimedo worked for many US-backed right-wing leaders in Latin America, including Argentina's Javier Milei, Bolivia's Rodrigo Paz, Brazil's Bolsonaro family, and Honduras' Nasry "Tito" Asfura. Cerimedo is now also being investigated for drug trafficking.

Ben Norton explains this insane scandal, which exposes how powerful US-backed right-wing groups, with funding from rich oligarchs, are manipulating elections and destroying democracy.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqIJDC5gsl8

Sources and links here: https://www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/fernando-cerimedo-elections-latin-america-trump-us

Topics
0:00 Huge election meddling scandal
1:05 Criminal Fernando Cerimedo
1:40 La Derecha Diario
3:06 Attack on Nadia Beller
4:18 Drug trafficking allegations
5:26 Bot farms spread disinfo
7:36 Bots dysfunction after arrest
8:49 US government propaganda
9:36 Shield of the Americas
11:03 Neocolonial Donroe Doctrine
11:33 Op against Latin American left
13:29 Argentina's Javier Milei
13:57 Elon Musk in Argentina
14:42 Corruption in Argentina
18:42 Bolivia's Rodrigo Paz
21:01 Honduras' Nasry "Tito" Asfura
21:42 Trump pardons drug lord JOH
22:17 Election meddling in Honduras
24:22 Election interference
25:18 Coup attempt in Brazil
26:41 Bolsonaro family
28:15 Mar-a-Lago & Latino Wall Street
30:48 Cerimedo's links to US gov't
31:35 Damián Merlo, lobbyist
32:50 Mauricio Claver-Carone, Trump advisor
33:50 Lobbying in Washington
35:02 Marco Rubio & María Elvira Salazar
36:20 Brad Parscale, Trump campaign chief
39:58 La Derecha Diario erases evidence
40:58 Javier Negre, new owner
42:17 La Derecha Diario's fake news
44:18 Javier Negre takes credit for elections
45:31 US neocolonialism in Latin America
46:23 This is NOT "democracy"
47:33 Outro

Donald Trump has restarted his trade war with Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney revealed that the US government made last-minute demands for control over Canada's trade deals, critical minerals, and French language policies, violating the country's sovereignty. Ben Norton explains how the trade war could blow back, given the USA's dependence on Canadian oil, exacerbating the global energy crisis caused by Trump's war on Iran.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D97iyWy4-KU

Check out our related video explaining why the US lost its trade war with China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtuYVMrXmAM

Topics
0:00 US trade war with Canada
1:17 US dependence on Canada's oil
2:35 Potential blowback on US economy
3:25 Trump sabotages his own USMCA
4:52 Trump's "art of the deal"
5:52 US violated deals with Iran
6:48 US "power play" with Canada
7:57 (CLIP) PM Mark Carney on sovereignty
9:03 US demands of Canada
9:52 (CLIP) PM Carney on trade deals
10:14 Canada's critical minerals
11:02 French language in Canada
13:11 "51st state" threats
14:41 Canadians see USA as top threat
14:57 US official talks of war with Canada
15:48 (CLIP) Transport Secretary Sean Duffy
16:11 Canada's trade surplus with USA
17:40 Canada defends itself
19:31 Prime Minister Mark Carney
21:38 (CLIP) Carney admits Western hypocrisy
22:20 Canada moves closer to China
23:33 Carney's speech on trade war
23:57 (CLIP) Carney: USA can't be trusted
24:48 More US demands of Canada
26:00 (CLIP) Canada energy exports to US
26:40 Canadian crude and US refineries
28:24 US oil imports
32:18 US energy vulnerability
32:46 US oil reserves running out
34:09 Gasoline prices rise before midterms
34:54 Why Trump will likely lose
36:56 Trump lost his trade war with China
37:48 Outro

Colombia's former President Gustavo Petro formally accused the USA and Israel of meddling in his country's election to put in power new far-right leader Abelardo de la Espriella, a US citizen and Trump ally who worked as a lawyer for years in Miami, Florida, defending drug traffickers. Ben Norton explains.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rBhz7_rlg0

Check out our related video on the Sandinista Revolution and Nicaragua's resistance against US imperialism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIXMyFvMeMc

Topics
0:00 US & Israeli meddling in Colombian election
2:34 US-backed coups in Latin America
4:23 Abelardo de la Espriella, US citizen
6:36 De la Espriella defended drug traffickers
8:19 US govt supports drug traffickers
11:17 De la Espriella's business interests
12:14 De la Espriella's botox scandals
13:40 Far-right paramilitaries in Colombia
15:42 Sociopathy
16:23 Colombia's new right-wing regime
16:52 Marco Rubio
17:27 US military alliance with Colombia
18:27 US-backed narco leader Álvaro Uribe
19:58 Marco Rubio's extremist ties
20:34 War on Drugs 2.0
22:13 Ecuador's narco-dictator Daniel Noboa
23:38 Operation Condor 2.0
25:27 Colonialist Donroe Doctrine
26:53 Gustavo Petro cut ties with Israel
28:48 Israel's new alliance with Colombia
29:53 Colombia: the Israel of Latin America
31:08 Israel occupies Syria's Golan Heights
32:50 Morocco occupies Western Sahara
33:23 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
36:00 Morocco supports Israel
36:53 US backs Morocco in Western Sahara
38:09 Colombia's relations with China
39:39 US Cold War Two against China
40:22 US puppet regimes in Latin America
41:15 US National Security Strategy
42:45 Neocolonialism
43:56 Anti-imperialist resistance
45:23 Outro

The US government quietly bailed out Japan. The Treasury intervened in the foreign exchange market to try to stabilize the yen, the Japanese currency. Ben Norton explains how this reflects a larger, structural problem with the dollar system. Japan is the largest holder of US Treasury securities (US government debt), and Washington doesn't want other countries to sell its bonds, fearing that yields could rise and cause a debt crisis.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngGQrWxNdV4

Topics
0:00 USA bails out Japan
1:04 Japanese yen falls against USD
1:29 USA will "do whatever it takes"
2:21 Japan's holdings of US Treasuries
3:03 China de-dollarizes
3:31 US empire and Japan
4:26 Japan's role in dollar system
5:32 Carry trade
7:24 Wall Street benefits
8:24 Real reason for US intervention
9:39 US fears sales of its bonds
10:37 US bond yields rise
11:38 US government debt
12:14 Inflation in US
12:56 Foreign demand for US bonds
14:35 Seizure of Russian assets
16:06 Central banks buy gold
16:55 US bond market problems
17:58 US Treasury sells euro
19:37 Crisis in dollar system
22:07 Dollar dominance in decline
24:30 Why the yen is falling so much
24:51 Energy crisis and Iran War
26:57 Inflation in Japan
27:47 Interest rates in Japan
29:25 US govt backs carry trade
30:36 Economic stagnation in Japan
31:03 Enormous debt to GDP in Japan
33:10 US debt problems
33:44 Slow-motion financial crisis
34:46 Outro

Donald Trump administration insiders have been widely accused of corruption, insider trading, and market manipulation related to the US war on Iran. Ben Norton analyzes the evidence, showing why this may explain Washington's contradictory policies and flip-flopping between bombings and peace talks.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUkg472Ia1Q

Topics
0:00 Trump TACOs on Iran War
1:40 USA has no clear strategy
2:49 Market manipulation
4:30 Oil market volatility
5:50 Options trading
6:49 Iran alleges US corruption
8:31 Steve Witkoff & Jared Kushner
9:56 Insider trading accusations
10:57 Shady trades on Wall Street
11:28 Corruption in US Congress
12:43 Trump sells early access
14:12 Big Oil sees record profits
14:42 USA is losing the war
15:22 Rich oligarchs are winning
17:27 Outro