As we reported last week, “CHILE VOTERS: OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW,” voters in Chile – especially the young – came out en masse earlier this month to deal a blow to the country’s entrenched political parties. They voted for a hard-left special assembly to draft a Constitution that is expected to...
Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS
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BELARUS STUNT = U.S. ABUSE
How many Americans know where Belarus is? Or, more appropriately, if considering the general public’s level of knowledge of international goings-on, most would ask, “What’s a Belarus?” In the true spirit of Washington – to hate all things Russian – Belarus, a Russian ally, was “breaking news” in America over the past several weeks. On...
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MOROCCANS SWARM SPANISH TERRITORY
Many people might be surprised to learn that part of Spain is not on the Iberian Peninsula but is instead in North Africa. The city of Ceuta is a Spanish “exclave” and would otherwise be part of Morocco, from which the city of 85,000 is separated and secured by a high double fence with barbed...
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COLOMBIA: PROTESTS ESCALATING
As we have explicitly detailed in the Trends Journal, anti-establishment protests were sparking up across the globe in 2019, and we had forecast they would intensify in 2020. (See our “TOP TREND FOR 2020: NEW WORLD DISORDER.”) While we can forecast trends, we continually note that no one can predict the future because there are...
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CHILE VOTERS: OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW
Voters in Chile – especially the young – came out en masse last week to deal a severe blow to the country’s establishment political parties, voting for a hard-left special assembly to draft a Constitution that is expected to lead to a significant increase in social spending. The Wall Street Journal reported that President Sebastian Piñera,...
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ROUND #2: CHINA TELL U.S. TO “F” OFF
In March, we reported on a meeting in Anchorage, AK with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his team meeting with their Chinese counterparts. We noted that after Blinken’s opening remarks, warning the Chinese to follow “rules-based international order,” and the follow-up by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, who told the delegation the U.S....
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SPAIN’S DÍAZ AYUSO’S BIG WIN OFFERS BLUEPRINT FOR VICTORY
As we reported in our 22 September issue, the anti-lockdown message of Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the head of Madrid’s regional government, had begun to resonate with Spaniards. Her anti-lockdown message served her movement well – it won her a landslide victory in the Madrid regional election, which resulted in her Popular Party more than doubling...
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BRIT’S PM BENEFITS FROM “VACCINE BOUNCE”
The U.K.’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson – facing the first big test since his 2019 victory after elections were postponed due to the COVID War – saw his Conservative Party snag a seat in Hartlepool, in northern England, which the Labor Party has held since 1974. Johnson said, “I think what this election shows is...
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SCOTS READY TO BREAK AWAY FROM U.K.
Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National party won 64 seats in parliament – one shy of an overall majority – which paves the way for a second referendum on Scotland separating from the United Kingdom. Sturgeon told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the second referendum is “a matter of when, not if,” the Associated Press reported. The AP reported...
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ALGERIA: PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS STAMPED DOWN
Algerian police cracked down on pro-democracy protests and journalists set to cover them on Friday, as the country continues to feel pressure from protests led by the movement Hirak, also known as the Revolution of Smiles. The AFP reported several people were detained, including one of their photographers, who was released after spending eight hours in...