Charles Benavidez

Staff Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 27 Feb 2018

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• Why Gold Prices Are About To Skyrocket Even Higher

  Published 13 August 2019 | viewed 1,192 times

  The gold bears have finally caved under the deafening barrage of fiscal and geopolitical catalysts, from Fed hints to intensely brewing conflict with Iran. But…

• Golden Ice Cream And Spiced Vodka: The Craziest Things Made From Gold

  Published 23 July 2019 | viewed 3,062 times

  It’s currency. It’s luxury. It’s even dessert. But those are only the base uses of gold. This is the stuff of gods, big and small.…

• Tech Billionaire Takes Aim At Google

  Published 15 July 2019 | viewed 692 times

  Some of the more subtle voices in the tech industry are probably wondering whether this isn’t a re-run of McCarthyism.  That’s what happens when someone…

• $32 Million Crypto Heist Halts Tokyo Exchange

  Published 13 July 2019 | viewed 1,113 times

  Tokyo’s Bitpoint Japan Exchange has just been hacked to the tune of $32 million in various digital currencies held in a connected hot wallet, forcing…

• The Tech Breakthrough Set To Reshape Cannabis Markets

  Published 07 July 2019 | viewed 604 times

  What happens when new technology legitimizes a market that’s already worth nearly $350 billion? We are about to find out. The market is cannabis, and…

• U.S. Slaps New Sanctions On Cuba To End ‘Glamorization Of Communism’

  Published 18 April 2019 | viewed 18,149 times

  The U.S. flirtation with Cuba was incredibly short-lived, with the Trump Administration unleashing new measures against the country this week for its support of Venezuela’s…

• America’s Biggest And Most Profitable Actually Got Tax Rebates

  Published 16 April 2019 | viewed 1,244 times

  Everyone has heard many times over that Amazon paid zero Federal income taxes in 2018, but now that we’re one day past 2019 tax filing…

• Turkey Blames The West For Pre-Election Lira Volatility

  Published 26 March 2019 | viewed 3,360 times

  Ahead of crucial elections in Turkey, the lira took a bit hit and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is fuming, with Turkish regulators launching investigations…

• Putin Signs “Digital Iron Curtain” Into Law

  Published 19 March 2019 | viewed 9,344 times

  Widespread protests have failed to halt the Kremlin’s march towards internet censorship and population control, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has now signed into law…

• Lobster, Golf Carts And Fidget Spinners: What’s In The Federal Budget?

  Published 12 March 2019 | viewed 1,161 times

  For American taxpayers who cringe at the thought of footing the bill for things like Medicaid and Medicare, it provides little comfort to know that…

• Critics Call For Apple, Google To Remove Controversial App

  Published 24 February 2019 | viewed 3,495 times

  When in June last year Saudi Arabia lifted its decades-old ban on women driving, many thought that was a sign of the change to come—though…

• Lobbying Is Big Business During Election Season

  Published 20 February 2019 | viewed 655 times

  A lot has changed since then-presidential candidate Trump quipped in 2015 to the Republican Jewish Coalition: “I don’t want your money, I’m self-funding my campaign…

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

  Published 01 February 2019 | viewed 902 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 2,150 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 566 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 900 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 699 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 1,921 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 3,203 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 787 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…