No Future in LatAm – Gross ‘Macro Swans’ Are Gathering
Economically lame and culturally lackluster, LatAm is growing more sinister by the day. Socialism has ruined the place…
Social and political upheaval in Central and South America – in particular, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Paraguay, Nicaragua and Venezuela – is spawning black swans and nail biting national security hazards by the minute. The region’s current tumult reflects the impact of romanticized socialism, fragile institutions, organized crime, enervating boredom, drug peddling, and gang violence. The whole place is gripped by rage, fear, despair and a deep sense of loss. Endemic corruption has sapped civil society and crushed the people’s will to do well. The US State Department has issued travel advisories for the region as a result of the gushing ultra violence.
LatAm is an expanding swirl of lawless anarchy, infiltrated and besmirched by narco-syndicates, Russian spooks, Islamic-inspired terrorists (Hezbollah, ISIS, etc.), money-laundering cosa nostras and creepy clendestinos. The place is grosser than ever. Risks are ripening fast and we’re really worried. You should be, too.
At VIVISXN, we see the following ‘threat vectors’: 1. Increased political fragmentation and the problem of governability 2. The proliferation of extortion gangs, drug-traffickers and all forms of black market rogues and contraband (MANPADS, TOWs, human trafficking/bondage, jihadist cells, etc.) 3. Spillover of right-wing paramilitary groups and diabolical death squads 4. Macroeconomic challenges and ‘tail risks’ – inflationary pressures, fiscal deficits, currency devaluations, bank runs/insolvency and contagion; and 5. Mass refugee exodus that will impinge on the developed world, especially the US. Our girl, Whitney Arana of Project Syndicate, provides an interesting (um, slightly conspiratorial) rundown…And our boy, the great Greg Gutfeld, unpacks the real underlying causes of LatAm’s human/socio-economic cannibalism. Listen up, ya’ll…
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VIVISXN MEDIA – Socialism in LatAm + Chaos in Honduras – Paraguay – Nicaragua – Venezuela + Grossest places on Earth + Geopolitics + Semi-failed states + Places to avoid in LatAm
