ECONOMIC CRISIS

Modi says the economy isn’t so bad; He’s right – it’s worse

by Samarth Bansal and Aman Sethi On October 4, Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered a robust defence of his government’s management of the economy, shortly after the Reserve Bank of India lowered its Gross Value Added (GVA) growth estimates for the current fiscal year from 7.3% to 6.7%. Since then, the ruling party has been … Continue reading Modi says the economy isn’t so bad; He’s right – it’s worse

Brazil sinks deeper into crisis as its unelected President faces corruption charges

Back on 29th August 2016 I wrote an article for The Duran in which I said that the pending impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was a disaster for Brazil, removing from office a President who for all her mistakes had been democratically elected and was not corrupt, and replacing her with Michel Temer, an appointed President who would inevitably be compromised by the grossly partisan method of his appointment through a flawed impeachment process orchestrated by a corrupt and self-seeking elite.