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Ariel Noyola Rodríguez

Economist graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Involved in the Centre for Research on Globalization, Global Research, based in Canada. His reports on World Economy are published in the weekly magazine Contralínea and his opinion columns in the international news chain Russia Today. The Journalists Club of Mexico awarded him the National Journalism Prize in the category of Best Economic and Financial Analysis for his pieces issued in the Voltaire Network during 2015.

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Santiago de Chile: the yuan’s financial stronghold in Latin America

by Ariel Noyola Rodríguez

Mexico City (Mexico) | 15 August 2015

Economic relations between China and Latin America are living increasing tensions. As a result of deflation (fall in prices) on a global scale, the South American region is suffering the consequences of concentrating the bulk of its exports to China on commodities. However, the opening of the (...)

The BRICS’ pending affair

Lead the world economy’s yuan-ization

by Ariel Noyola Rodríguez

Mexico City (Mexico) | 17 July 2015

In international press, a lot of ink has been devoted to the BRICS. Without a doubt the participation of the five-party in the world economy block has increased over the course of the last years, competing directly with the United States and the European Union. However, the details about the (...)

The Troika pretends to suffocate Greece at all costs

by Ariel Noyola Rodríguez

Mexico City (Mexico) | 28 June 2015

On June 18, negotiations between Greece and the Eurogroup stagnated again. The Troika insists that Yanis Varoufakis, finance minister, must present a “credible” plan with reform proposals for its creditors, in other words destroying labor rights, boosting austerity and along with that, giving (...)

China’s “Silk Road” enriches its influence on South America

by Ariel Noyola Rodríguez

Mexico City (Mexico) | 31 May 2015

During his tour through Brazil and Peru, China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang committed to the construction of the “Silk Road” of South America; a continental train that would connect the Atlantic to the Pacific. Within its objectives, this mega-project will seek to impulse the industrialization (...)

Canada: China’s «Trojan horse»

by Ariel Noyola Rodríguez

Mexico City (Mexico) | 15 May 2015

The number of adepts of the Chinese currency is ever-growing in its process of internationalisation. After gaining support in Pacific Asia and Europe by installing clearing centres and permit the investment of financial assets denominated in yuan, now Canada, the United States’ long-time ally, (...)

Strategic partnership between Russia and Argentina promotes the construction of a multipolar world

by Ariel Noyola Rodríguez

Mexico City (Mexico) | 6 May 2015

The current world out-stands the creation of alliances between emerging countries which favor the conformation of a multipolar new world order. The visit of the Argentinian president to Moscow on the third week of April is a clear example of this process, since it fulfilled the objective of (...)

China’s defiance before the IMF

Incorporate the yuan into the Special Drawing Rights

by Ariel Noyola Rodríguez

Mexico City (Mexico) | 12 April 2015

Despite US opposition, the global rise of the yuan has become unstoppable. In the light of IMF reunions, the Chinese government is now looking for a way to incorporate the yuan into the Special Drawing Rights, which is a crucial step in order to convert it into a global reserve currency.

How the Common Market of the South and the Eurasian Union defy the United States and the hegemony of the dollar

by Ariel Noyola Rodríguez

Mexico City (Mexico) | 20 March 2015

In the light of the imperial offensive Washington launched against Russia and the democratically chosen governments in Latin America, the strategic partnership between the Common Market of the South and the Eurasian Union emerges like a crucial mechanism in the defense of sovereignty and the (...)

China has become main banker in Latin America

by Ariel Noyola Rodríguez

Mexico City (Mexico) | 13 March 2015

The loans granted by China have changed into an instrument of foreign politics. At the same time these loans permit China to forge closer ties with fundamental allies and reduce the influence of financial institutions under the aegis of the United States in strategic areas.

Athens diplomacy looks to Moscow

by Ariel Noyola Rodríguez

Mexico City (Mexico) | 6 February 2015

After Syriza’s victory, everything seems that the new orientation of the Greek foreign policy is in favor of Russia and against the European Union. The troika efforts to impose the interests of creditors in Greece and the reinforcement of the economic sanctions policy against the Russian (...)

Beijing, the Asian Dawn Post Bretton Woods

by Ariel Noyola Rodríguez

Mexico City (Mexico) | 1 November 2014

The establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank was finally approved by 22 Asian countries on Friday 24 October. On the one hand, the new regional development bank enters into direct competition with the Asian Development Bank, established in 1966 under the overwhelming (...)

The Common Market of the South: the long and difficult path to integration

by Ariel Noyola Rodríguez

Mexico City (Mexico) | 2 September 2014

Integration in Latin America is moving forward with missteps, contradictions of peripheral capitalism and the strong opposition from the United States. However, the prompt implementation of the Banco del Sur in partnership with the new development bank of the BRICS could call into question the (...)

6th BRICS Summit: the seeds of a new financial architecture

by Ariel Noyola Rodríguez

Mexico City (Mexico) | 3 July 2014

BRICS are laying the foundations of a new financial architecture with the Contingent Reserve Arrangement and the creation of their own development bank. However, as Ariel Rodriguez Noyola points out, cooperation among its members is plagued by strong rivalries, making it difficult for them to (...)

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