The Global Observer

Around the world, governing is becoming more difficult and, in many cases, impossible

Since 2010, the share of Americans aged between 18 and 29 who hold a favorable view of capitalism has fallen from 68% to 45%

Once the political system in some countries learns how to toss out a head of state, it seems to develop a taste for it, and starts doing it again and again

While there is consensus that the capitalist system needs major reforms, there is no agreement on what these reforms should be

The electoral successes of Brexit, Trump and Chávez have some revealing commonalities

In Muslim countries incomes are lower than in the rest of the world, while illiteracy is higher and life expectancy lower. Why?

We don’t believe the government or the experts, but we do believe anonymous social media posts

We have to accept that democracy requires more effort than just casting a vote every few years

Both institutions have a long history of unacceptable behavior on the part of some of their members

While appearing to be of little interest to the general public at first glance, the institutions that sponsored them and the credibility of their authors make these warnings difficult to ignore

While Trump was busy frightening supporters about an imminent refugee invasion, American women were getting out the vote for women candidates

In January 2016, Donald Trump said: “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.” When Americans vote in the mid-term elections this Tuesday, we’ll see if that is really true

Two rising Latin American leaders have figured out voters are hungry for messiah figures, not lectures about the institutions that limit presidential power

Relying on colored pieces of paper for our transactions will soon become a thing of the past

Deepfake is a new and powerful weapon in the arsenal available to the merchants of lies

Political instability distracts us from economic challenges while economic crises distract us from our political problems

Will Mexico’s president-elect try to change the Constitution in order to stay in power?

The best antidote to covert meddling is an independent media, but that too is being stealthily meddled with

In a kleptocracy all high-level government officials are complicit and their priority is to enrich themselves, and use their accumulated wealth to perpetuate themselves in power

Hackers and whistle-blowers have pulled back the curtain on the international financial system while autocrats go out of their way to stage fake elections

This article is a blow-by-blow dissection of the statements made by the Venezuelan president in a recent op-ed published in EL PAÍS

“We have managed to control the nation with the largest oil reserves on the planet without firing a single shot and without openly involving our armed forces. And we have done it without the world realizing that the Venezuelan government’s most important decisions are made by us”

The US government is failing to protect its citizens from the predatory behavior of some corporations. Irresponsibly lax gun control, the opioid epidemic, pharmaceutical price gouging and the ravages of climate change are just four examples

Venezuelans want to vote, but not in elections where traps and tricks will guarantee the continuity of this government

The problem is no longer the lack of schooling but rather that once children get there, they do not learn

Before, companies needed financial, human, technological and brand capital to succeed. From here on they will also need digital capital