Trump Pressed Aides, Latin American Leaders on US Invasion of Venezuela

Trump Pressed Aides, Latin American Leaders on US Invasion of Venezuela

US President Donald Trump repeatedly pressed his top aides as well as the heads of right-wing governments in Latin America on the possibility of a US invasion of Venezuela, according to a report by the Associated Press. The report comes amid a growing campaign of sanctions and political pressure mounted by the Trump administration against…

Nicaragua’s 10-Military Training Deal Is Really a Pro-US Sell-Out

Nicaragua’s 10-Military Training Deal Is Really a Pro-US Sell-Out

Nicaragua passing a law that allows 10 different armed forces to train on its territory. President Ortega’s decree grants “servicemen, aircraft, and vessels from Russia, the United States, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, the Dominican Republic and Taiwan the right “to stay on the territory of Nicaragua for humanitarian purposes, with the goal to…

Cambridge Analytica Parent Co. Used Yemen as Test Site for Global Manipulation Tactics

Cambridge Analytica Parent Co. Used Yemen as Test Site for Global Manipulation Tactics

Leaked documents show that Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL), the parent company of the notorious Cambridge Analytica, carried out a surveillance operation embedded among local Yemeni populations in 2009. The research and psychological tactics of deception were likely later used against populations around the world including Libya, Syria, and Iran where SCL Group carried out various operations…

PM Abiy’s Opposition Outreaches will Assist Ethiopia’s Peaceful Revolution

PM Abiy’s Opposition Outreaches will Assist Ethiopia’s Peaceful Revolution

Prime Minister Abiy’s decision to take three main “armed opposition” groups off of his country’s terrorist list and to travel to America to meet with some of their leaders is an unprecedentedly positive outreach that will greatly assist Ethiopia’s peaceful “revolution” by giving these forces a chance to participate in the inclusive political framework that…

Why’s Iran So Desperate for Europe to Save the Nuclear Deal?

Why’s Iran So Desperate for Europe to Save the Nuclear Deal?

Iran’s insistence that Europe do more to preserve the nuclear deal suggests that it’s worried about becoming too strategically dependent on Russia in the coming future and is anxious to find a “balancing” partner before that happens. Iranian President Rouhani is in Europe trying to get the three relevant signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal…

Pakistan’s Financial Crisis Puts China’s Belt and Road on the Spot

Pakistan’s Financial Crisis Puts China’s Belt and Road on the Spot

Increased Pakistani dependence on China to help it avert resorting to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to avoid a financial and economic crisis spotlights fears that the terms of Chinese investment in massive Belt and Road-related projects would not pass international muster. Concerns that China’s US$ 50 billion plus investment in Pakistani infrastructure and energy,…