(2022-10-25). Biden Administration Steps Up Sanctions on Nicaragua. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration on Monday announced a series of steps it's taking against Nicaragua in the most expansive sanctions on the country since the US rejected the results of last year's Nicaraguan presidential election. The State Department announced visa restrictions on over 500 Nicaraguan individuals and their family members. In a statement on the sanctions, …
(2022-10-24). Trouble brewing in $24 trillion US Treasury market. wsws.org Financial Times columnist Gillian Tett noted last week that while surface conditions in the market for US Treasury bonds appeared calm, in contrast to the turmoil in the UK, beneath this "surface veneer, some nasty currents are swirling in the Treasuries world."