Before we get going, here's the bit where I remind you that nothing we discussed should be considered as investment advice.

This conversation is for informational and hopefully entertainment purposes only.

So, while we hope you find it both informative and entertaining, please do your own research

or speak to a financial advisor before putting a dime of your money into these crazy markets.

And now, on with the show. Welcome everybody to the first episode of the new year for the 100-year pivot,

joining me, my good friend and co-host and the Sancha Panza to my Don Quixote,

or in fact, the other way around,

Dmitri Caffinus. Hey, my friend. How are you? How was your holidays? Have a good time? Yeah, actually, it was. It was a good time. It was like one of the only times that I've had even a few days where I don't do anything that's related to work or anything productive. It's hard, isn't it? It's hard, but we were just discussing how I'm at a stage now where that is a discipline that I need to instill in myself.

You know, when you're younger, you learn to say yes to every opportunity.

And then you have to unlearn that as you get older, and it's surprisingly difficult.

Yeah.

No, I'm reminded of the old

joke about the father bull and the son bull at the top of the hill, look at all the cows, but I won't do

it here. This is a family show, but it's very true. As you get older, as you get older, you have to

prioritize and be a lot more patient with things. Yeah, for sure. So, I mean, we have a fantastic guest on us today that

you have brilliantly lined up for us, Brian Winter. Now, I was unaware of Brian until you

suggested him for this conversation. And then I started digging in to his body work. And what a

tremendous conversation this can be. So why don't you tell people a little bit about Brian?

Yeah, he's the editor-in-chief of America's quarterly and the vice president of policy for

America Society and the Council of the Americas. He's an expert on Latin America. He's lived in

Brazil, Argentina, and I think Mexico as a journalist for Reuters. And he just has fantastic

takes on the region. He's been on my list of guests that I

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