Congresswoman Mary Miller issued an apology last week after a comment she made about Adolf Hitler during a “Save the Republic Rally” outside the U.S. Capitol. Miller, the Illinois Republican, has insisted her comments at the rally were taken out of context. She said some politicians are “trying to intentionally twist my words into something...
Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS
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LATIN AMERICANS GOING POPULIST?
Populist candidates in Latin America have benefited from a frustrated public due to economic damage caused by the COVID War and aim to give establishment candidates in upcoming elections a run for their money. Christopher Sabatini, a senior fellow for Latin America at Chatham House, a think tank, told the Financial Times these politicians are “only...
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EUROPEAN UNION SNUBS GUAIDÓ
Go back to January 2019. Remember the big geopolitical news? With Nicholas Maduro poised to be sworn in as President of Venezuela on 10 January, the U.S. implemented a coup attempt with its coronation of Juan Guaidó as the country’s interim leader… in effect dismissing Maduro from office. President Trump’s administration launched the propaganda campaign...
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IRAN SEIZES OIL TANKER
South Korea’s chief delegate was sent to negotiate with his counterpart in Iran after Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards seized a 9,797-ton oil tanker as it sailed the Strait of Hormuz. South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said five of the crew’s 20 members are South Korean. Tehran’s act of aggression reportedly stemmed from Seoul’s decision to freeze Iranian...
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INDIA’S FARMERS KEEP FIGHTING
Today marks the 48th day of Indian farmers’ protests over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new farm laws they say were designed without their knowledge, stripping them of earning potential and allowing major conglomerates to come in and crush their businesses. Modi’s administration disagrees with these protesters and insisted the new laws are urgent and allow...
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BEIJING: NO W.H.O. REPRESENTATIVES ALLOWED
A WHO team that was supposed to visit China to study the origins of the coronavirus outbreak was turned back by Beijing, despite the fact their arrival was not unexpected. China has already been criticized over its handling of COVID’s early days. Epidemiologists say it is imperative to learn about the virus’s origins, and the...
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UGANDA’S PRESIDENT SUED BY OPPOSITION CANDIDATE
Bobi Wine, the opposition leader front-runner in Uganda, sued the Ugandan president and some of his top officials over allegations of widespread human rights abuses in the country that he claims were orchestrated by the administration. The Associated Press reported that Wine was seen in a virtual press conference last week being confronted by Ugandan police...
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DEMOCRATS: IMPEACH TRUMP
The United States House of Representatives will meet on Wednesday to consider the articles of impeachment for President Trump. Democratic leaders want to remove President Trump from office, and they don’t want him to be able to run again in four years, so they are rushing to get Republican support to impeach him (again) with...
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ETHIOPIAN WAR RAGES ON
We have been reporting on the escalating war in Ethiopia since it broke out in early November when it’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, launched an attack against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) after the region held its own election in September without Ahmed’s approval. Last week, the...
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ERDOGAN POWER GRAB OR LOSING POWER?
Human rights groups bristled at a newly passed law in Ankara, the capital of Turkey, that grants new government control over non-government organizations (NGOs), which critics say threaten any dissent in the country aimed at President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party. Tarik Beyham, Director of Amnesty International in Turkey, told the Financial...