[The New York Times] Illegal Laundering Rig found in Latin America

An underground network of Rigs that stretched across the entirety of Latin America have been uncovered


As countries grow wary of an unstable word order, they have started to increase intelligence operations across the globe. Under these efforts, the United States has now discsovered an underground rig that cleans its money in Argentina, with them cracking down on all imports that go to Argentina via the United States immediately. As allies of the West come together via NATO and bilateral relations to collectively to crack down on Latin American trade, Latin America faces a great challenge in its upcoming days. 


All in all, as stock markets recoil, Asia remains in turmoil and now Latin America comes under pressure, we are approaching a drastic change in the financial system as we know it. Tensions have reached new highs, with a new kind of collaboration required for a rekindling of economic growth...


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