Argentina

The importance of elections was declared by President Calvin Coolidge, April 19, 1926: "The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box.”

Iran and Russia have finalized an agreement to trade using their local currencies instead of the U.S. dollar, according to Iranian state media.

Libertarian Javier Milei was inaugurated over the weekend as the new president of Argentina.

Economist Javier Milei was elected President of Argentina on November 19 and will take office on December 10.

Digital ID systems may threaten individual freedoms.

The BRICS consortium (comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is set to see its share in global GDP jump to 30% in January 2024.

The good news is the crisis could lead to a return to limited constitutional government, a true free-market economy free of corporations and cronyism, a foreign policy based on peace and free trade, and a free-market monetary system.

“We have decided to invite the Argentine Republic, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to become full members of BRICS.”

There "is no plan as such for a combined BRICS currency," said India's Minister of External Affairs.

"By tracking every financial transaction, they will have access to every detail of our spending, the recipient of our money, and how we allocate our resources. In essence, it replicates George Orwell’s dystopian society depicted in 1984," critics have argued.