By RICARDO CASTILLO The Return of the Swaps The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) struck a deal with eight national central banks, including the Banco de México (Banxico), to back up dollar-denominated loans in global markets in an attempt to stabilize the exchange market, now under stiff pressure from the Covid19 pandemic. Banxico issued a press release explaining: “The swap mechanism
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By RICH GRANT WELLINGTON – The Lonely Planet travel guide books once called Wellington the “coolest capital city in the world,” an accolade the town loved so much, they made it their official slogan. And why not? New Zealand’s capital city is a pretty cool place, and the 300,000 people who live here know it. More than a quarter of
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS New Zealand Ambassador to Mexico Mark Sinclair hosted a reception at his Colonia Polanco residence on Tuesday, Feb. 6, to commemorate the 178th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, which led to the creation of that island nation The treaty is considered New Zealand’s founding document, and it outlined the association agreement between New Zealand’s indigenous Maori
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