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Officials sit in front of APEC 2025 Banner ¿Qué es la APEC?

La APEC 2025 se celebra en un momento global crucial, sumido en la extorsión arancelaria de Trump y en medio de cambios radicales hacia un mundo multipolar.

Officials sit in front of APEC 2025 Banner What is APEC?

APEC 2025 is happening at a pivotal global moment mired in Trump’s tariff extortion amidst seismic shifts towards a multipolar world.

Brazilian social movements submit proposals to BRICS finance ministers

The documents were delivered to the Ministry of Finance on June 17, the BRICS summit will take place in Rio de Janeiro in July

Why did Milei apply for another IMF loan and what are the chances of the peso’s devaluation?

Three economists analyze Argentina’s secret IMF. Their conclusion: the government, which is secretly negotiating against the clock to achieve exchange rate stability, is about to unravel.

Working people place cost of living as top concern in US elections

The economy and cost of living continues to be the top issue for the people of the US, who are struggling under astronomical housing and grocery costs

Milei’s unfinished promises: Argentina has the highest inflation in the world

Javier Milei’s right-wing government promised to stop inflation in Argentina, and has thus far failed

How did the Filipino working class fare in 2023?

Wage deflation and jobs gap continue to plague workers and the poor, who are caught between shrinking amount of products and the shrinking value of wages

Capitalists want to see “pain in the economy.” For US workers, the pain is already here

After pandemic-era aid expired, the child poverty rate more than doubled and the US saw the highest year-to-year jump in poverty on record

Hip hop and the conditions that gave rise to a cultural movement

Hip hop, the most popular cultural export of the United States, emerged out of the uniquely devastating conditions of deindustrialization and the criminalization of poverty

Attacks on student loan forgiveness threaten millions in the US

Congress is spearheading an effort to force millions student debtors deeper into financial despair

Is China’s housing market in trouble?

What is the actual situation of the real estate market in China and what is the government doing?

Lula visits China

The agenda for the visit includes former president Dilma Rousseff’s inauguration as New Development Bank president