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This Week in U.S. Politics

Lima Charlie’s Weekly Review: U.S. Politics Edition – Highlights of the week in U.S. domestic, geo, cyber, politics. US Domestic Politics   President Trump Signs $1.3 Trillion Dollar Omnibus Spending Bill, Funding Government Through September 2018 On Friday, Congress passed the $1.3 trillion dollar omnibus spending… Keep Reading

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This Week in Business Intelligence

Highlights of the week in finance, investment, emerging-markets, risk, and crypto markets from Lima Charlie Business Intel. This week’s report covers Venezuela, Russia, Ireland, Peru, Myanmar, China, Japan, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Mali, Cyprus, Turkey, the Mediterranean, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the US. Geopolitics… Keep Reading

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This Week in U.S. Politics

Lima Charlie’s Weekly Review: U.S. Politics Edition – Highlights of the week in U.S. domestic, geo, cyber, politics – March 17, 2018. US Domestic Politics   Marine-Vet Conor Lamb Clinches Narrow Victory in Pennsylvania Special Election By a margin of less than 0.3%, Marine Veteran and… Keep Reading

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This Week in Business Intelligence

Highlights of the week in finance, investment, emerging-markets, risk, and crypto markets from Lima Charlie Business Intel. This week’s report covers Brazil, the Southern Cone Economies (Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile), the Andean Economies (Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela), the Caribbean, Ghana, Ivory Coast,… Keep Reading

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Venezuela’s refugees add pressure to Colombia’s presidential race

“Please. I’m pregnant, and we won’t survive there,” pleaded a Venezuelan woman standing on a bridge that stretches between the northern Colombian city of Cúcuta and Venezuela. “I’m sorry, honey, but you need to go back,” said a Colombian female police officer, sending the sobbing… Keep Reading

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This Week in Business Intelligence

Highlights of the week in finance, investment, emerging-markets, risk, and crypto markets from Lima Charlie Business Intel. 2018 Global Elections to Watch and Their Impact on Emerging-Market Investors  Emerging-market investors have their eyes set upon 4 major investments, whose sovereign bonds and corporate stocks are… Keep Reading

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Lima Charlie Weekly Review: U.S. Politics

Lima Charlie’s Weekly Review: U.S. Politics Edition – Highlights of the week in U.S. domestic, geo, cyber, politics – March 11, 2018. U.S. Domestic Politics Following a 7-hour-long hostage-taking incident at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville—the largest veterans home in the United States—three… Keep Reading

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Environmental activist assassination exposes corruption in Honduras

On March 2nd of 2016, the internationally renowned human rights activist Berta Cáceres was murdered in her home in La Esperanza, Honduras. 6 shots were fired in her bedroom, killing Cáceres and leaving one witness to testify to the authorities. Given the nation’s long history… Keep Reading

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Lima Charlie Weekly Review: U.S. Politics

Lima Charlie’s Weekly Review: U.S. Politics Edition – Highlights of the week in U.S. domestic, geo, cyber, politics – March 3, 2018. U.S. Domestic Politics On Friday, President Donald Trump announced impending tariffs on steel and aluminum, leading many to consider the national and geopolitical… Keep Reading

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U.S. markets prepare for inflation and politicized central banks

Last week January’s jobs report sent markets into a spiral. This week all eyes are on January’s Consumer Price Index on Wednesday and on Thursday’s Producer Price Index. These reports give investors the latest data, and, with a .5% increase in consumer prices in January, are confirming… Keep Reading

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Molten Salt Energy Storage Making Strides

SolarReserve is developing technology to make a solar system with 24-hr power generating capacity. The system relies on molten salt for its efficiency.   In 2015, SolarReserve opened 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes solar energy facility. It has 1,100 megawatt-hours of energy storage, and the facility can… Keep Reading

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A fight for natural resources in Colombia

Last week, a cease fire between the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN), a communist guerrilla army, came to an end, and the rebels went straight to work attacking the county’s oil infrastructure.  #Atención | Por atentandos al oleoducto #CañoLimónCoveñas, le pedimos a… Keep Reading

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