http://thesantosrepublic.com The Voice of the 21st Century Generation Wed, 23 May 2012 00:08:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/new-path-for-europe-french-president-hollande-cuts-his-pay-and-cabinet-by-30-percent/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/new-path-for-europe-french-president-hollande-cuts-his-pay-and-cabinet-by-30-percent/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 17:19:41 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=123938 May 19. 2012 (TSR) - New president Francois Hollande will slash his salary and his ministers’ salaries, amid promises not to ratify the European treaty on fiscal discipline unless it is amended to include commitments to promote economic growth. “What we’ve said is the treaty will not be ratified as it stands,” Moscovici told BFM TV. [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/new-path-for-europe-french-president-hollande-cuts-his-pay-and-cabinet-by-30-percent/feed/ 0 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/ukip-leader-to-eu-parliament-the-eu-titanic-has-now-hit-the-iceberg-break-up-the-eurozone/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/ukip-leader-to-eu-parliament-the-eu-titanic-has-now-hit-the-iceberg-break-up-the-eurozone/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 17:38:48 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=123876 May 13, 2012 (TSR) - In an impassioned plea before the European Union’s so-called “Parliament,” United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader and popular MEP Nigel Farage compared the EU to the Titanic hitting the infamous iceberg — warning that mass civil unrest, revolution, the re-emergence of National Socialism (Nazism) and economic disaster could all be imminent [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/ukip-leader-to-eu-parliament-the-eu-titanic-has-now-hit-the-iceberg-break-up-the-eurozone/feed/ 0 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/hollande-snubs-cameron-you-only-care-about-the-city-and-treat-europe-like-self-service-restaurant/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/hollande-snubs-cameron-you-only-care-about-the-city-and-treat-europe-like-self-service-restaurant/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 23:19:49 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=123767 May 9, 2012 (TSR) - France’s new president Francois Hollande has made a thinly-veiled attack on David Cameron by claiming Britain treats Europe ‘like a self-service restaurant’. The new Socialist president-elect made his aggressive position towards the UK clear while outlining plans for his first meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron. Asked by the news website [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/hollande-snubs-cameron-you-only-care-about-the-city-and-treat-europe-like-self-service-restaurant/feed/ 0 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/ilo-report-worldwide-unemployment-over-200-million/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/ilo-report-worldwide-unemployment-over-200-million/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 00:19:44 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=123518 May 2, 2012 (TSR) - The International Labor Organization, in its annual report on global labor conditions issued Monday, forecast that more than 200 million workers will be unemployed in 2012. The United Nations agency estimated that 50 million jobs had been wiped out since the 2008 financial crisis, and predicted no worldwide recovery in jobs [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/ilo-report-worldwide-unemployment-over-200-million/feed/ 0 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/04/eurasian-secret-west-hates-chinas-high-speed-railway-land-bridge-to-europe/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/04/eurasian-secret-west-hates-chinas-high-speed-railway-land-bridge-to-europe/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:09:14 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=123454 by F. William Engdahl, Economist and Freelance Journalist April 30, 2012 (TSR) - The prospect of an unparalleled Eurasian economic boom lasting into the next Century and beyond is at hand. The first steps binding the vast economic space are being constructed with a number of little-publicized rail links connecting China, Russia, Kazakhstan and parts of [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/04/eurasian-secret-west-hates-chinas-high-speed-railway-land-bridge-to-europe/feed/ 0 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/04/chinas-rise-americas-fall-which-superpower-is-more-threatened-by-its-extractive-elites/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/04/chinas-rise-americas-fall-which-superpower-is-more-threatened-by-its-extractive-elites/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:05:51 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=123333 by Ron Keeva Unz, Chairman, English for the Children April 25, 2012 (TSR) - The rise of China surely ranks among the most important world developments of the last 100 years. With America still trapped in its fifth year of economic hardship, and the Chinese economy poised to surpass our own before the end of this decade, [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/04/chinas-rise-americas-fall-which-superpower-is-more-threatened-by-its-extractive-elites/feed/ 0 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/04/the-obama-economic-recovery-rhetoric-and-reality/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/04/the-obama-economic-recovery-rhetoric-and-reality/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:31:12 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=122993 April 12, 2012 (TSR) - Arguably the most noteworthy feature of President Obama’s reelection campaign is its sheer cynicism. Having devoted his entire tenure to protecting and expanding the wealth of the financial elite at the expense of the working population, Obama is now presenting himself as the partisan of the common man and opponent of [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/04/the-obama-economic-recovery-rhetoric-and-reality/feed/ 0 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/04/tax-bill-precipitates-crisis-for-japanese-government/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/04/tax-bill-precipitates-crisis-for-japanese-government/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:25:47 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=122943 April 3, 2012 (TSR) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s cabinet approved a sales tax hike bill on March 30 and submitted it to the Diet for deliberation. The measure has split the government under conditions of widespread popular opposition to the tax and disillusionment with all the major parties. The ruling coalition is made up [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/04/tax-bill-precipitates-crisis-for-japanese-government/feed/ 0 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/04/spanish-government-unveils-e27-billion-in-budget-cuts/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/04/spanish-government-unveils-e27-billion-in-budget-cuts/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:34:36 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=122939 April 3, 2012 (TSR) - On Friday, Spain’s Popular Party government announced €27.3 billion (US$36.4 billion) in cuts to the 2012 budget. With cuts equivalent to 2.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), the budget is the most austere since the fascist dictatorship. The figure, which includes cuts of €15 billion announced in December, will be [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/04/spanish-government-unveils-e27-billion-in-budget-cuts/feed/ 0 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/03/the-greek-bailout-and-germanys-plan-b-if-germany-bails-on-the-euro-the-eu-will-collapse/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/03/the-greek-bailout-and-germanys-plan-b-if-germany-bails-on-the-euro-the-eu-will-collapse/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:55:09 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=122836 March 13. 2012 (TSR) - While the Second Greek Bailout may or may not be complete (depending on whether we get a credit event as a result of it), Germany can and will walk from the Euro if it needs to. This is the unforeseen black swan everyone is ignoring. Obviously, Germany wouldn’t want to do this as it would [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/03/the-greek-bailout-and-germanys-plan-b-if-germany-bails-on-the-euro-the-eu-will-collapse/feed/ 0