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China Sends Over 120 Troops To Venezuela In Defiance Of US Warnings
China Sends Over 120 Troops To Venezuela In Defiance Of US Warnings It doesn’t appear last Friday’s strong warning from national security adviser John Bolton for countries “external to the Western Hemisphere” to keep their militaries out of Venezuela had the intended effect. Bolton’s and other White House statements saying “Russia has to get out” […]
CNN And WaPo Demand That Trump Further Escalate Tensions With Russia
CNN And WaPo Demand That Trump Further Escalate Tensions With Russia CNN has aired a segment in which pundit Fareed Zakaria tells the network’s audience that the US president has “been unwilling to confront Putin in any way on any issue” and asks “will Venezuela be the moment when Trump finally ends his appeasement?” The segment is a […]
Reuters: OPEC’s Oil Production Drops To Lowest Since 2015
Reuters: OPEC’s Oil Production Drops To Lowest Since 2015 OPEC’s oil production in March 2019 fell to its lowest level since February 2015, as Saudi Arabia cut more than it had pledged under the output cut deal and Venezuela continued to struggle amid U.S. sanctions and a major blackout, the monthly Reuters survey showed on Monday. The […]
“Return To Middle Ages”: Venezuela Again Plunged Into Darkness, Red Cross Mobilizes
“Return To Middle Ages”: Venezuela Again Plunged Into Darkness, Red Cross Mobilizes Ahead of broad opposition protests planned for Saturday, Caracas and other large cities across Venezuela were once again plunged into darkness Friday evening, just as the country struggled to fully recover from prior days-long outages. The latest blackout began just after 7:00pm, leaving most of […]
Hyperinflation is Becoming Common in The 21st Century
Hyperinflation is Becoming Common in The 21st Century How destructive is hyperinflation? To quote economist Thomas Sowell, “Hyperinflation can take virtually your entire life’s savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all.” A number of countries are currently experiencing the destructive effects of hyperinflation. With the Venezuelan Bolivar at […]
Stay Out Of Western Hemisphere! Bolton Warns Russia Over Troops In Venezuela
Stay Out Of Western Hemisphere! Bolton Warns Russia Over Troops In Venezuela The White House has dramatically stepped up its rhetoric threatening action against Russia’s military presence in Venezuela after the Kremlin deployed a troop contingency to Caracas last Saturday. Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton took tensions to a new level, on Friday issuing a new […]
Pompeo Demands Moscow “Cease Unconstructive Behavior” In Venezuela
Pompeo Demands Moscow “Cease Unconstructive Behavior” In Venezuela As we predicted a number of times before, a proxy war between Russia and the United States appears now heating up in Venezuela — this after over the weekend Russia sent a military transport plane filled with Russian troops commanded by First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Land Forces of Russia Gen. Vasily Tonkoshkurov, which landed in Caracas […]
The Russians are coming (and they’re bringing oil)
The Russians are coming (and they’re bringing oil) As America’s Russia hysteria is stirred once again by the arrival of the long-awaited report of the U.S. Department of Justice on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, a surge in Russian oil imports has arrived on America’s shores. The surge was little noticed by what passes […]
Venezuela Military Deploys S-300 Missiles Following Russian Troop Arrival
Venezuela Military Deploys S-300 Missiles Following Russian Troop Arrival Following the major weekend development of Moscow unambiguously asserting its ‘red line’ concerning potential US military intervention in Venezuela, for which Russia sent a military transport plane filled with Russian troops which landed in Caracas Saturday, new satellite images reveal a major deployment of S-300 air defense missile systems to […]
Russian Troops, Aid Arrive In Venezuela After Delivering Red Line Warning To Trump
Russian Troops, Aid Arrive In Venezuela After Delivering Red Line Warning To Trump Just days after a high-level meeting in Rome this week, during which Russia reiterated a grave warning to the US – Moscow will not tolerate American military intervention to topple the Venezuelan government with whom it is allied – it appears Russia is taking no […]
Russia Gives US Red Line on Venezuela
Russia Gives US Red Line on Venezuela At a high-level meeting in Rome this week, it seems that Russia reiterated a grave warning to the US – Moscow will not tolerate American military intervention to topple the Venezuelan government with whom it is allied. Meanwhile, back in Washington DC, President Donald Trump was again bragging that the […]
Venezuela collapse: looting, hunger, blackouts
Venezuela collapse: looting, hunger, blackouts [ Venezuela is experiencing a double whammy of drought and low oil prices, which has lead to blackouts and inability to import food. It just keeps getting worse and worse. Related posts: Book review of “In order to live: A North Korean girl’s journey to freedom” by Yeonmi Park Inside North […]
After Pressure on Twitter, Christine Assange’s Account is Restored; Venezuela’s Telesur Now Hit
After Pressure on Twitter, Christine Assange’s Account is Restored; Venezuela’s Telesur Now Hit UPDATED: The Twitter account of Julian Assange’s mother was restored on Wednesday night after her supporters sent a flood of messages to Twitter. Telesur English Hit By Same Restrictions Christine Assange, the mother of WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange, had her […]
A Different View of Venezuela’s Energy Problems
A Different View of Venezuela’s Energy Problems It would be easy to write a story about Venezuela’s energy problems and, in it, focus on the corruption and mismanagement that have taken place. This would make it look like Venezuela’s problems were different from everyone else’s. Taking this approach, it would be easy to argue that the […]
Is Trump Really About to Attack Venezuela?
Is Trump Really About to Attack Venezuela? Last week Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered the last of the US diplomats out of Venezuela, saying their presence was a “constraint” on US policy toward the country. The wording seemed intended to convey the idea that the US is about to launch military action to place […]
