THE LATEST | CANADAWall Street Journal: Hedge funds and other investment firms, already boosted by a sharp rally in Venezuelan debt, are mapping out trips to Caracas to scope out on-the-ground opportunities. Some are investigating niche instruments, like arbitration claims and unpaid state debts.
Others are eyeing debt in Colombia and Cuba, while shares of a tiny bank in Greenland—another territory in Trump’s sights—have surged recently as the U.S. president pursues his own spin on the Monroe Doctrine that saw 19th-century America claim half of the globe as its sphere of influence…