Dilemma X

Haiti hopes gold ore find will spur mining boom     Martha Mendoza Associated Press   Haiti’s capital is blighted with earthquake rubble. Its countryside is shorn of trees, chopped down for fuel. And yet, Haiti’s land may hold the key to relieving centuries of poverty, disaster and disease: There is gold hidden in its […]

Was British prime minister Margaret Thatcher correct about the euro, European Central Bank and a European Union?    Dilemma X     Margaret Thatcher’s statement of  October 30, 1990 to the House of Commons on the European Council meeting at Rome held on October 27/28, 1990. Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from  May 4, 1979 […]

  After fiery speech by Congressman John Lewis, Voting Rights Amendment is pulled By Jennifer Steinhauer The New York Times Sometimes during lengthy floor debates on bills, interesting things happen in the witching hours. Such was the case late Wednesday, when Representative John Lewis of Georgia pushed back with a fiery speech directed at an […]

South Africa’s economy to grow about 3% By Andres R. Martinez and Franz Wild Bloomberg South Africa’s economy will probably expand about 3 percent this year, even after a slump in manufacturing output cast doubt on the outlook for growth, South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said. Factory production unexpectedly fell 2.7 percent in March […]