Geopolitical Economy Report

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

The Nazi-saluting fascist gangs that carried out the US-backed coup against Bolivia's democratically elected socialist President Evo Morales in 2019 are once again using violence to try to topple current leader Luis Arce, burning down farmers' unions buildings. Bolivia-based journalist Ollie Vargas discusses the violent tactics of the right-wing extremists in Santa Cruz, a bastion of separatism which has received longstanding support from Washington. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qIbZ-7mVN0k Follow Ollie at https://twitter.com/OVargas52 Support Kawsachun News at https://kawsachunnews.com

A leaked confidential strategy paper shows Germany is preparing for a potential war with Russia, as it boosts its budget and plans to become the world’s third-biggest military spender. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=toyPvPg7Yaw Sources here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/24/germany-military-war-russia

Top news outlet the Associated Press falsely claimed Russia fired a missile at NATO member Poland, risking World War III. This fake story came from an anonymous US spy. AP’s correspondent insisted, “I can’t imagine a U.S. intelligence official would be wrong on this.” VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZQNDOT2IivI Sources here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/23/ap-fake-news-us-spy-russia-poland

France's ex US Ambassador Gérard Araud criticized Washington for frequently violating international law and said its so-called "rules-based order" is an unfair "Western order" based on "hegemony." He condemned the new cold war on China, instead calling for mutual compromises. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=XrGjuGpj5bI Sources here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/21/gerard-araud-france-us-rules-based-order

Aaron Good, a historian focused on the US military-industrial complex's origins, delves into its deep ties with Wall Street and NSC 68's influential role. He discusses the evolution of military strategies post-World War II, linking economic motives to national security. The impact of socialist fears and labor unrest on government policies is explored, alongside the dollar's dominance in shaping global finance. Good analyzes how elite interests drive the military-industrial complex, emphasizing the ongoing geopolitical tensions and their implications for workers globally.

Multipolarista host Ben Norton discusses an important yet little known US-Saudi "oil war" in 2014, when Washington pressured Riyadh to overproduce crude and make prices plummet on the global market in order to hurt the export-reliant economies of Russia, Iran, and Venezuela. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OuArMYIZ-Ck SOURCES: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/18/oil-war-us-saudi-crash-russia-iran-venezuela-2014 Check out our interview with historian Aaron Good for more information on how oil is used as a geopolitical weapon: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/16/oil-geopolitical-weapon-opec-saudi-petrodollar