David Beasley, the head of the U.N.’s World Food Program, told reporters last week after a visit to Yemen that the conditions on the ground in the country are “hell.” Beasley underscored his point by describing a children’s wing of a hospital: “In a children’s wing or ward of the hospital, you know, you normally...
Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS
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SENEGAL: DEADLY CLASHES, YOUTH REVOLUTION
Thousands of young protesters took to the streets in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, over the indictment of a popular opposition candidate and to lash out about socioeconomic conditions, according to reports. The Financial Times reported last week that at least eight people were killed and military vehicles were deployed throughout the city after rape...
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ARGENTINIAN ECONOMIC CRISIS WORSENS
Argentinian President Alberto Fernández’s decision to increase taxes for the thriving farm sector and wealthy individuals to pull Latin America’s third-largest economy out of a three-year recession has rankled business leaders who have been reducing their investments in the country. The Wall Street Journal interviewed Javier Rotondo, a farmer, who said the country’s move to...
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MYANMAR PROTESTS: 39 PROTESTERS KILLED ON SUNDAY
As we have reported in our 9 March article, “PROTESTS RAGE IN MYANMAR DESPITE MILITARY CRACKDOWN,” protesters have continued to face off against the military-backed police in the country to voice opposition against the military coup last month. The protesters are demanding the release of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint, and...
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CHINA 2021: THE CHINESE CENTURY
CHINA’S XI: “EAST IS RISING, WEST IS DECLINING.” President Xi Jinping said in a closed-door meeting last month that China is on the ascent while the U.S. is on the descent and continues to be its biggest “source of chaos.” “The United States is the biggest threat to our country’s development and security,” he said,...
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U.N. WARNS LATIN AMERICAN ECONOMIC DISASTER LOOMING
The U.N.’s Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean warned last week that the COVID-19 outbreak threatens another “lost decade” for what the commission called the world’s worst-affected developing region in the world. The Financial Times reported the commission said extreme poverty in the region is at its worst level in 20 years and impacts 78...
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LEBANON FACES FINANCIAL MELTDOWN
The Lebanese pound collapsed last week to 10,000 to the U.S. dollar, which has added more fuel to rising poverty rates, declining living standards, and political instability… which had intensified before the COVID War began last year. Indeed, back in October 2019, we reported in the Trends Journal that in Lebanon, an estimated one million...
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THAI PROTESTERS TAKE TO THE STREETS, DEFYING ORDERS
Protests broke out in Bangkok last week demanding the release of fellow demonstrators who were arrested last year during violent rallies calling for the resignation of the country’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. As noted in the Trends Journal’s 10 November 2020 article, “PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS CONTINUE TO RAGE IN THAILAND,” many of the disenfranchised youth in Thailand...
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PROTESTS RAGE IN MYANMAR DESPITE MILITARY CRACKDOWN
As we reported in our 9 February article, “MYANMAR PROTESTS SURGE, JUNTA CLAMPS DOWN,” protests in Myanmar have raged across the country since the 1 February coup, and demonstrators risk jail and a growing assertiveness by the military-backed police in the country. The protesters are demanding the release of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi,...
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ISRAEL: TARGET IRAN
Benny Gantz, the Israeli defense minister, said in an interview last week that his country stands ready to act alone if Iran continues to accelerate its nuclear program, and the country is updating its plans to strike Tehran’s nuclear facilities. The remarks come as President Biden’s team is considering rejoining the 2015 nuclear deal, called...