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Four Chicago Teachers Union representatives went to Venezuela, a failed nation, singing praises of its corrupt leader.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel closed some decaying half-empty Chicago schools.
Those closures...
Axios is calling it President Trump's Venezuela naval blockade "obsession" based on accounts of unnamed administration officials: "President Trump has suggested to national security officials that the U.S. should station Navy ships along the...
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will travel to Canada on Thursday for discussions on Venezuela and the detained Canadian citizens in China, the State Department announced in a press release.
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Last time we checked in on the situation in Venezuela it was basically a stalemate. Negotiations between the government of Nicolas Maduro and supporters of self-declared interim President Juan Guaido, being hosted by Norway have stagnated and were...
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The U.S. has opened up secret communications with Venezuelan socialist boss Diosdado Cabello, an alleged drug kingpin and the second most powerful person in Venezuela, after President Nicolás Maduro, The Associated Press reported late Sunday,...
The U.S. has opened up secret communications with Venezuela's socialist party boss as members of President Nicolas Maduro's inner circle seek guarantees they won't face retribution if they cede to growing demands to remove him, a senior...
Authored by J.G.Martinez D. via The Organic Prepper blog,
This article is related to a recent shooting between a gang, and the death squads used by the red ones, on August 1, 2019.
There are some things in life that still have the potential to...
Even if China continues to thwart US sanctions on Iran, in the case of Venezuela Trump appears to be gaining the upper hand.
Bloomberg reported Friday that China National Petroleum Corp. (parent company of oil giant PetroChina Ltd) — the...
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Sebastien Roblin
Security,
They'll never pay it back.
Venezuela’s economic death spiral has left it unable to pay for maintenance and training with these expensive military systems. Despite restructuring the loans into a ten-year repayment plan...
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Threatening to bring forward parliamentary elections is the latest card played by Venezuela’s regime to put pressure on the US-backed opposition at the negotiating table, analysts say. The National Assembly is the only branch of government...
The US reinstated harsh sanctions against Tehran following Washington’s unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal in May 2018. The White House then slapped restrictive measures on Venezuela in January 2019, when opposition leader Juan...
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Six cops shot in Philadelphia; Trump expanding surveillance state; Israel bars entry to progressive congresswomen
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The infrastructure in Venezuela is deteriorating fast, causing ripple effects in an economy that is already collapsing. The power can go out for days,...
Mariana Atencio, an award-winning news correspondent for MSNBC/NBC, says that a former manager at NBC warned her away from looking "too Latina" ahead of a White House Correspondents' Dinner.
The Venezuela-born correspondent made the claims in her...
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VOA Contributor Greta Van Susteren interviews National Security Advisor John Bolton on topics including Venezuela sanctions, Russian and Chinese involvement in Venezuela, Hong Kong protests, North Korea, nuclear proliferation, Myanmar refugee...
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If you’re a socialist dictator whose country is suffering from hyperinflation leading to starvation and mass suffering, what do you do? The answer for Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro is that you maintain your grip on power by making sure the...
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The United Nations humanitarian wing launched a new Response Plan (HRP) on Wednesday, that aims to help around 2.6 million people in Venezuela through to the end of the year, almost half of whom are youth.
Six months after the United States recognized interim president Juan Guaidó as the legitimate leader of Venezuela, dictator Nicolás Maduro remains firmly in power. This, despite US-backed efforts to force humanitarian aid into the country in...
Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido warned President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday that any attempts to bring forward parliamentary elections would end in "disaster" for the government.Elections to renew the National Assembly, the only branch of...