Charles Benavidez

Staff Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 27 Feb 2018

Contact Contributor

Biography

• 40% Of Americans Are One Missed Paycheck Away From Poverty

  Published 01 February 2019 | viewed 548 times

  As was witnessed during the recent partial government shutdown, missing a single paycheck can put a household into financial uncertainty. But it’s not just furloughed…

• Will The Bank Of England Give Maduro His Gold?

  Published 28 January 2019 | viewed 1,452 times

  Maduro wants to cash in Venezuela’s gold stashes as he tries to hang on to power—possibly with Russian assistance—and the opposition-declared “president in charge” is…

• Travel, Tax Returns At Risk Despite Shutdown Carries On

  Published 23 January 2019 | viewed 339 times

  With the IRS union warnings that workers might not show up, claiming “hardship” after a month without pay, and the air travel union warning of…

• Is This The Beginning Of The End For Maduro?

  Published 24 January 2019 | viewed 649 times

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro last night gave American diplomats 72 hours to leave the country after Washington threw its support behind opposition leader and National…

• Zimbabwe Pulls Plug On Internet Amid Fuel Price Protests

  Published 23 January 2019 | viewed 425 times

  In a move that would be the envy of any dictatorship, the government of Zimbabwe shut down the country’s internet last week following violent clashes…

• Workers Walk A Tightrope As Shutdown Puts Paychecks On Hold

  Published 19 January 2019 | viewed 644 times

  As the government shutdown drags into its 28th day over the $5-billion border wall, Federal workers are still showing up to work even though they’re…

• U.S. Trade Deficit With China Grows To Record High

  Published 16 January 2019 | viewed 770 times

  China’s exports are down, and imports are down even further, which translates into a trade surplus for Beijing that could set Trump on an even…

• Russia’s Post-Soviet Calendar Boy, The Putin Phenomenon

  Published 13 January 2019 | viewed 421 times

  Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s approval rating may be declining, but the lure of the now-famous Putin calendar, featuring the best of the president’s testosterone-filled shots--from…

• Gold Turns Bullish On Major China Bump

  Published 09 January 2019 | viewed 2,081 times

  The Bank of China increased it gold holdings in December for the first time since the third quarter of 2016 in major bullish news for…

• Vatican Banking Gets A Dose Of Transparency

  Published 04 December 2018 | viewed 559 times

  After decades of financial scandal and nearly 10 years of reform, the Vatican is taking a big leap toward transparency by joining the European banking…

• Tariff Troubles Are Bankrupting American Farms

  Published 29 November 2018 | viewed 1,952 times

  A total of 84 farms in the Midwest have filed for chapter 12 bankruptcy protection over the 12 months ending in June, according to a…

• China’s “Singles’ Day” Sees $31 Billion In Sales

  Published 13 November 2018 | viewed 545 times

  China’s Alibaba e-commerce giant launched the ‘Singles Day’ shopping event in 2009, with $7.8 million in sales. The same event in 2017 brought in over…

• Mexico Moves To Legalize Recreational Marijuana

  Published 09 November 2018 | viewed 1,056 times

  Mexico’s new populist government, whose president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador officially takes office on 1 December, is poised to put a new spin on the…

• Can The U.S. Afford The Geopolitical Consequences Of Iranian Sanctions?

  Published 06 November 2018 | viewed 822 times

  Turkey was granted a waiver for Iran sanctions on Monday, and a day later, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says the country won’t be complying in…

• U.S. Consumers Hit Hard By Tariff War

  Published 29 October 2018 | viewed 963 times

  While the world waits for shipping data on $216 billion in Chinese goods subject to U.S. tariffs, data from the first round $34-billion round of…

• Saudi Stocks Plummet As Foreign Investors Bail

  Published 23 October 2018 | viewed 1,079 times

  Over $1 billion has vanished from the Saudi stock market, as foreign institutional investors wash their hands of what is rapidly becoming equated with blood…

• $100M Saudi Payment For Syria Fails To Help ‘Davos in the Desert’

  Published 18 October 2018 | viewed 972 times

  Money has always been the most powerful advantage of the Saudis, and the disappearance of prominent, self-exiled Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi following a visit to…

• Saudi Business At Stake Over Journalist Murder Allegations

  Published 16 October 2018 | viewed 765 times

  Alleged murder isn’t great for business—and alleged dismemberment is even worse, as the Royal Kingdom is now learning, with billionaire Virgin Galactic founder the most…

• Ford Continues To Struggle As Trade War Escalates

  Published 10 October 2018 | viewed 2,654 times

  With car sales down, trade tariffs biting and investors trying very hard to see what the long-term plan is here, Ford stock is down nearly…

• Erdogan Turns His Back On The IMF As Lira Crisis Worsens

  Published 08 October 2018 | viewed 1,101 times

  Inflation in Turkey has hit almost 25 percent, the lira is still in crisis mode and the Central Bank remains way behind the inflation curve,…