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Congratulations to the Republicans for handing Brazil, the largest economy in Latin America and an agriculture and energy superpower, to China.
🚨O que o espera… #Brasil🇧🇷View quoted post on X
Joseph Bouchard
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If Rubio wants nothing to do with the Haiti mission, that tells you a lot about his ambitions, and the faith that even the most rabid hawks have in this adventure.
El Salvador's military deployment in Haiti is exposing the divisions in Washington. Trump gave the okay to Bukele, but Rubio and the State Department are pissed.
Yesterday, Rubio didn't even mention El Salvador when talking about Haiti, saying "there's no plan B" if the GSF doesn't work.
Today, @MarcACaputo provides details on some of the behind the scenes fighting ...View quoted post on X
So the argument from the CFR is: Regime change is good, and we should disregard all the obvious crimes, stealing of natural resources, arresting foreign leaders on mucked-up charges, killing fishermen, invading on false pretenses, if it leads to pro-American "democracy"? Got it.
“The 2030s will likely determine whether Venezuela regains stability, democracy, and prosperity or remains authoritarian and dysfunctional,” write experts Will Freeman and Paul J. Angelo. “U.S. credibility in Latin America relies on the United States using its newfound leverage to drive democratization and economic recovery.”
“An open and secure Venezuela would increase stability in the region and help protect the U.S. homeland and critical supply chains,” they write.
Read more: cfr.org/articles/a-pat…View quoted post on X
The president of Venezuela is now praising George Washington, surrounded by American flags, in Marine-occupied Caracas. Twilight zone stuff.
Venezuela: Rodríguez Praises George Washington’s ‘Legacy’ in Plaza ReinaugurationView quoted post on X
The public ceremony in Caracas featured Venezuelan schoolchildren holding US flags and a youth orchestra playing the US national anthem.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela…
Exactly right. The US is straight up murdering hundreds of fishermen in the Caribbean and Pacific for no reason.
The boat strikes aren't even war crimes they're just straight-up crimes because there's no authorization for the use of force - no war - in the Caribbean.View quoted post on X
