(2023-05-22). The Inevitable De-dollarization of Global Economy, With Ben Norton (Lowkey's The Watchdog). orinocotribune.com The US dollar is in crisis. In just a few short months, it has gone from the unquestioned global reserve currency to one that scores of countries are dumping in favor of using their own or regional currencies for international transactions. | One individual who is not lamenting the dollar's sharp decline is Ben Norton, who joins the show today. Ben is an American journalist based in Nicaragua and the editor-in-chief of the independent news outlet Geopolitical Economy Report. | In the past year, dozens of countries have announced that they will no longer be using the US dollar for international transactions, pr…
(2023-05-22). De cómo una marimba me dio una lección de patrimonio cultural. peoplesworld.org 
°La cultura de la gente importa! Y necesita la protección del pueblo. La primera vez que aprendí esto fue en la Nicaragua sandinista de la década de 1980, pero es universal, incluso aquí en los EE. UU. Fue en la década de 1980 cuando estaba tratando de traer una marimba de madera casera de Nicaragua …
(2023-05-22). How a marimba taught me a lesson in cultural patrimony. peoplesworld.org People's culture matters! And needs the people's protection. The first time I learned this was in the 1980s Sandinista Nicaragua, but it's universal, including here in the U.S. It was in the 1980s when I was trying to bring a homemade wooden marimba from Nicaragua to the U.S. that I first learned of cultural hegemony, …