Mathiew Leiser

4 days ago | barrons.com | Mathiew Leiser |Juan B Restrepo

With cocaine production at an all-time high, Colombia's government is trying a new approach to its narcotics problem: paying farmers to uproot crops of coca, the drug's main ingredient. Among the beneficiaries are Alirio Caicedo and his son Nicolas, who a decade ago planted an expanse of coca as they staked their future on the continued patronage of criminal gangs. Today, they are uprooting the crops and hoping for the best.

4 days ago | barrons.com | Juan B Restrepo |Mathiew Leiser

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1 month ago | barrons.com | Ty Ferguson |Mathiew Leiser |Jorge Uzon

A small community in Canada's conservative-leaning western province of Alberta welcomes US President Donald Trump's talk of annexing Canada as its "51st State", seeing as a path to getting their "freedoms back.” Trump is reviled across much of Canada but in Alberta -- whose economy hinges on oil -- 23 percent of people support the US president, according to a March survey from pollsters Leger.

Jan 6, 2025 | barrons.com | Mick Gzowski |Aron Ranen |Mathiew Leiser |Leonardo Niño

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Nov 25, 2024 | lapresse.ca | Mathiew Leiser

Le Canada, l’un des premiers producteurs mondiaux d’hydroélectricité, est confronté à une « combinaison » d’épisodes météorologiques « extrêmes » liés au changement climatique qui ont récemment affecté sa production et menacent la structure même de ses barrages, selon plusieurs experts. Ces dernières années, une sécheresse prolongée dans les trois principales provinces productrices – Québec, Colombie-Britannique et Manitoba – a fait chuter la production.