Relations Sour Between US and Colombia Over Colombian President Petro’s Refusal To Condemn Hamas

October 17, 2023October 17, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

“The only way for Palestinian children to sleep in peace is for Israeli children to sleep in peace. The only way for Israeli children to sleep in peace is for Palestinian children to sleep in peace. War will never achieve this.”
Relations Sour Between US and Colombia Over Colombian President Petro’s Refusal To Condemn Hamas

Humor in the Headlines Over China in Latin America

October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
“As China arrives with a splash in Honduras, the US wrings its hands”- Washington Post, October 2, 2023

In a break from its hysterical coverage of the existential threat posed by Donald Trump, the Washington Post – house organ of the Democratic National Committee – cautions us of the other menace, China. “When the leader of this impoverished Central American country visited Beijing in June,” we are warned, “China laid out the warmest of welcomes.”
Humor in the Headlines Over China in Latin America

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“Faced with unimaginable hatred.” Ukrainian Nazi veteran promised to go to South America

September 29, 2023October 3, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

*Short Version, in English: “Faced with unimaginable hatred.” Ukrainian Nazi veteran promised to go to South America

H/T: Nicolas Cinquini

Floor to the defence. Hunka comments on September 28. Brisk but resentful, the 98 year-old alt Kamerad complains that due to the Canadian and international outrage, he is forced to seek refuge with friends in South America.
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*Long Version, AI translation:

Blinken picks up guitar for new US music diplomacy push

September 29, 2023June 24, 2024 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)2 Comments

He is better known for rallying global support for Ukraine, but US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday picked up another favorite tool of diplomacy — his guitar.
Blinken picks up guitar for new US music diplomacy push

Global Music Diplomacy Initiative

LOL! YouTube even recently auto-generated a ‘topic’, for Blinken, although they’re all older videos. It’s no wonder that Michael McCaul approved, of it, as he introduced the PEACE Through Music Diplomacy Act. Interestingly, the band that Blinken played with is called the Coalition of the Willing. My bet is they use this as a way to implement color revolutions/regime changes!

US seeks to ‘militarize’ Venezuela-Guyana disputed territory

September 28, 2023December 7, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Geopolitics in Conflict Show

The Venezuelan Foreign Minister says that the parliament recently passed a referendum protecting the sovereign territory from US encroachment, adding that the US is again trying to interfere in the 200-year-old dispute of Essequibo.
US seeks to ‘militarize’ Venezuela-Guyana disputed territory

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The Venezuelan leader added that his country would continue to back China’s Belt and Road Initiative as well as the internationalization of the yuan, and is also willing to cooperate with Beijing in multilateral forums such as the BRICS group and the United Nations (UN).

Is the West’s influence waning in South America?

September 9, 2023September 9, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Against a long-standing absence of interstate conflicts, South American armed forces largely focus on domestic operations, including fighting organized crime. However, the region’s defense and security capabilities are undermined by aging equipment amid reduced fiscal space.
Is the West’s influence waning in South America?

AOC-Led Delegation Can Push for New Approach to Latin America

September 6, 2023September 7, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

You might not know it by the relatively scant news coverage, but the U.S. congressional delegation, led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, that visited Brazil, Chile, and Colombia in August marked a big step forward in the development of a new U.S. approach to Latin America and highlighted the important role that the U.S. progressive left has to play in it.
AOC-Led Delegation Can Push for New Approach to Latin America

Asked if the left needs to build a counterweight network, Ocasio-Cortez, whose trip to Latin America was branded “AOC’s socialist sympathy tour” by Rupert Murdoch’s conservative Wall Street Journal newspaper, replied: “I absolutely believe that the battle for democracy must be transnational and it must be global, and it especially must be hemispheric.

The U.S. double standard on nuclear power is dangerous

August 26, 2023August 26, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

A potential component of Saudi-Israeli normalization would allow the U.S. to help Saudi Arabia develop a nuclear program. In contrast, U.S. hostility to Iranian nuclear capabilities shows a dangerous double standard.
The U.S. double standard on nuclear power is dangerous