IBOV 178,721.76 ▲ 0.73% IPSA 11,315.26 ▼ 1.14% IPC MEX 65,430.32 ▼ 0.08% MERVAL 3,070,880 ▲ 1.22% COLCAP 2,467.03 ▲ 1.73% BVL PERÚ 59,450.29 ▲ 0.04% USD/BRL5.14▼ 0.79% USD/MXN16.95▼ 0.24% USD/CLP936.20▲ 0.21% USD/COP3,192▼ 0.31% USD/PEN3.36▼ 0.08% USD/ARS1,512▲ 0.18% USD/UYU40.24▲ 0.68% USD/PYG5,873▲ 0.47% USD/BOB12.08▲ 3.98% USD/DOP58.56▲ 0.38% USD/CRC446.47▲ 1.09% USD/GTQ7.62▲ 1.63% USD/HNL26.84▲ 1.11% USD/NIO36.62▲ 0.14% USD/VES796.33▼ 0.13% USD/PAB1.00— 0.00% USD/BZD2.00— 0.00% USD/JMD 157.28 — 0.00% USD/TTD6.69▼ 0.06% EUR/BRL5.96▼ 0.76% BRENT 88.88 ▼ 0.03% WTI 83.11 ▼ 0.11% IRON ORE 161.91 — — COPPER 6.61 ▲ 0.03% GOLD 4,461 ▲ 1.78% SILVER 65.59 ▲ 1.26% SOY 1,184 ▲ 3.20% CORN 480.50 ▲ 10.02% WHEAT 655.00 ▲ 3.93% COFFEE 317.25 ▼ 5.51% SUGAR 16.43 ▼ 1.79% ORANGE JUICE 138.55 ▼ 0.47% COTTON 85.03 ▲ 2.33% COCOA 5,719 ▲ 3.18% BEEF 223.60 ▼ 3.93% CATTLE 339.10 ▼ 3.16% LITHIUM 75.20 ▲ 1.47% PETR4 41.64 ▼ 0.05% VALE3 72.97 ▲ 0.83% ITUB4 38.60 ▼ 1.03% BBDC4 16.85 ▲ 0.36% ABEV3 14.89 ▼ 0.80% BBAS3 19.37 ▲ 0.47% B3SA3 14.26 ▼ 0.21% WEGE3 47.59 ▲ 0.49% PRIO3 59.14 ▼ 0.19% SUZB3 41.33 ▲ 2.35% RENT3 34.68 ▼ 0.09% AZZA3 15.89 ▼ 2.63% CSAN3 3.22 ▼ 1.83% RAIZ4 0.25 — 0.00% PCAR3 2.75 ▼ 0.36% GMAT3 3.65 ▼ 1.08% PSSA3 48.13 ▼ 0.54% CVCB3 1.33 ▼ 2.92% POSI3 3.36 ▲ 2.44% SLCE3 13.34 ▲ 0.30% NATU3 8.14 ▼ 0.73% IBOV 178,721.76 ▲ 0.73% IPSA 11,315.26 ▼ 1.14% IPC MEX 65,430.32 ▼ 0.08% MERVAL 3,070,880 ▲ 1.22% COLCAP 2,467.03 ▲ 1.73% BVL PERÚ 59,450.29 ▲ 0.04% USD/BRL 5.16 ▲ 0.01% USD/MXN 17.06 ▼ 0.24% USD/CLP 913.98 ▲ 0.04% USD/COP 3,140 ▲ 0.03% USD/PEN 3.36 ▼ 0.66% USD/ARS 1,493 ▲ 0.10% USD/UYU 40.27 ▲ 1.24% USD/PYG 5,939 ▲ 1.68% USD/BOB 11.64 ▼ 0.76% USD/DOP 58.34 ▲ 1.25% USD/CRC 445.92 ▲ 0.89% USD/GTQ 7.62 ▲ 2.21% USD/HNL 26.79 ▲ 1.57% USD/NIO 36.62 ▲ 0.69% USD/VES 762.44 ▼ 0.13% USD/PAB 1.00 — 0.00% USD/BZD 2.00 — 0.00% USD/JMD 157.28 — 0.00% USD/TTD 6.70 ▲ 0.61% EUR/BRL 5.95 ▲ 1.01% BRENT 88.88 ▼ 0.03% WTI 83.11 ▼ 0.11% IRON ORE 161.91 — — COPPER 6.61 ▲ 0.03% GOLD 4,461 ▲ 1.78% SILVER 65.59 ▲ 1.26% SOY 1,184 ▲ 3.20% CORN 480.50 ▲ 10.02% WHEAT 655.00 ▲ 3.93% COFFEE 317.25 ▼ 5.51% SUGAR 16.43 ▼ 1.79% ORANGE JUICE 138.55 ▼ 0.47% COTTON 85.03 ▲ 2.33% COCOA 5,719 ▲ 3.18% BEEF 223.60 ▼ 3.93% CATTLE 339.10 ▼ 3.16% LITHIUM 75.20 ▲ 1.47% PETR4 41.64 ▼ 0.05% VALE3 72.97 ▲ 0.83% ITUB4 38.60 ▼ 1.03% BBDC4 16.85 ▲ 0.36% ABEV3 14.89 ▼ 0.80% BBAS3 19.37 ▲ 0.47% B3SA3 14.26 ▼ 0.21% WEGE3 47.59 ▲ 0.49% PRIO3 59.14 ▼ 0.19% SUZB3 41.33 ▲ 2.35% RENT3 34.68 ▼ 0.09% AZZA3 15.89 ▼ 2.63% CSAN3 3.22 ▼ 1.83% RAIZ4 0.25 — 0.00% PCAR3 2.75 ▼ 0.36% GMAT3 3.65 ▼ 1.08% PSSA3 48.13 ▼ 0.54% CVCB3 1.33 ▼ 2.92% POSI3 3.36 ▲ 2.44% SLCE3 13.34 ▲ 0.30% NATU3 8.14 ▼ 0.73%
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All you need to know about ‘The Great Reset’

By · August 2, 2022 · 2 min read

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Is “The Great Reset” a conspiracy theory that only exists in the minds of freedom activists, alternative media, and conservatives? No. Even though some people have spun conspiracy theories based on it – The Great Reset is real.

In fact, German Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) – a famous organization composed of the world’s political, economic, and cultural elites that meet annually in Davos, Switzerland – and Thierry Malleret, co-founder and lead author of the Monthly Barometer, have a book titled COVID-19: The Great Reset.

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In this book, they define the Great Reset as a means to fix the “weaknesses of capitalism” that were supposedly exposed by the COVID pandemic.

Watch the 2022 docuseries by Rebel News on The Great Reset to better understand why you will read and hear more about it in the future than you think.

The first half of a two-part series looks at what Klaus Schwab calls the Technological Reset (or the Fourth Industrial Revolution), Rebel News examined some of the key figures and types of technology that are shifting the world as we know it:

This next episode touches on the origins of the WEF, its founder Klaus Schwab, and some other key players:

The Great Reset involves 5 separate but interlocking pillars: (1) Technology, (2) Society, (3) Economy, (4) Environment, and (5) Geo-political. Schwab’s book “The Great Reset” touches on all these themes.

 

 

 

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