With oil prices climbing to higher than $133, to what extent does Mexico benefit from this? Is it taking advantage of this special time?

Amidst all the furore regarding the Labour administration’s embarrassingly mis-managed tax shortcomings, the cries of those in the UK warning of a growing humanitarian crisis in the developing world have been lost.

Now the days are not only longer but finally starting to warm, what happened in the financial world this week? Well, on Monday Mervyn King stepped up to the plate and offered a deal for UK banks. They could swap assets of unknown worth mortgage-backed securities for those of known worth government bonds .

Just imagine if gasoline cost $20 a gallon. You’d start by cutting your driving in half. Then you’d almost never go out to restaurants, because food would become so expensive. You’d probably pull the old bike out of the closet. America would scream bloody murder and lynch the CEO of ExxonMobil.

I’ve been so wrapped-up in the ongoing credit crunch that I might have missed an even larger crisis brewing, that’s threatening the global economy: FOOD!

Concerns about the U.S. economic slowdown are starting to blunt some of the optimism surrounding Latin American economies.

Learning to truly enjoy bear markets – to lust for them – is not easy.

Entering a dangerous and troublesome period in financial history…the battle between the forces of inflation and deflation wages on… The Liquidation War…the coming of the Greater Depression…Cattle is no longer such a hot commodity in Argentina…what will hobble agriculture in the future?…and more!

The real problem with the inflation/deflation battle…when your farthings aren’t worth what you thought… Which way will this tug-of-war go?…the end of a 28-year long road…the trouble with food…Dismembering the financial sector…the loose financial mores of the U.S. financial system…and more!

Uh oh, what’s this? “Argentina may face worst unrest since the ’70s”, says a headline in the TIMES of London. Hmmm… we’re on a way to Argentina on Friday… to see our new grandson. The last thing we want is trouble.