Author Archives: Nick Corbishley

After two-thirds of Swiss voters rejected the government’s proposed e-ID system in 2021, a slightly revamped “Digital Passport Act (E-ID Act)” is back on the political agenda

While the old Guaidó lives it up in Florida, at somebody’s apparent expense, the new Guaidó, Edmundo González Urritia, appears to be going nowhere. 

The media’s role in selling the next military adventure should never be underestimated, even in this media-skeptic age.

After avoiding the issue for years, the legacy media are now trying to manufacture public complacency and consent for the government’s digital identity — and by extension, CBDC — agenda. On July 5, the day Keir Starmer became UK prime minister, we wagered that a Starmer government would intensify the push to roll out a […]

Will Trump take a more pragmatic approach to US relations with Caracas this time? Or will he double down on an (until-now) failed strategy of sanctions escalation and regime change?

“Both the USMCA and this ruling issued by the trade dispute panel are designed primarily to protect the interests of transnational corporations.”

Twenty years ago, the largest US embassy in the world was in occupied Iraq. Today, it is in Mexico. The first person to take charge of the embassy will be a former CIA agent and Green Beret. 

The “revolt of the keys” has started, says the Tenants’ Union. But what chance of success does it have?

Normally, when a Latin American government passes legislation that contravenes its national constitution, shrieks of outrage inevitably follow from Western governments. Not this time.

“The deep chainsaw is coming” in the second year.

What is the scandal-tarnished Japanese tech giant Fujitsu doing running the government’s digital Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS)?

If one of the presumed goals of president elect Donald Trump’s first round of tariff threats was to sow discord and division among Washington’s USMCA partners, it’s working like a dream.

As unintended consequences go, this could be a big one. 

“It is a question of having access to all the services of the State without having a computer, smartphone or tablet.”

The USMCA trade agreement, in its fifth year of existence and up for renegotiation in 2026, is already looking frail.