David Villamar interviewed about Ecuador’s violent crime disaster

February 10, 2024February 11, 2024 Ms. Cat

Despite the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Ecuador’s violent crime problem is such an incredible disaster that it manages to attract international attention. Criminals have recently taken over live newscasts. Supporters of the rightwing governments that created the disaster (for example, The Economist) have declared Ecuador to be the deadliest country in the Americas. It’s difficult for Ecuador to get international news coverage. In recent years, it generally has to be something very bad (or sports-related).
David Villamar interviewed about Ecuador’s violent crime disaster

Ecuador: Quasi Civil War

January 13, 2024January 13, 2024 Ms. Cat

Ecuador: Quasi Civil War

Los Choneros is tied to the Mexican drug Sinaloa Cartel and Los Lobos to Jalisco. Ecuador itself, together with Bolivia and Colombia, is part of the so-called cocaine triangle, which is the world’s largest producer of the drug. From Ecuador, it travels overland to Brazil and Peru and by sea to Mexico, European countries, and the African market.

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Finally, and thirdly, another version of the reason for the current conflict outbreak is the activation of the CIA and their agents who want to destabilize the entire Andean region (after all, the situation in Peru and Chile is also complicated). Although it sounds like a conspiracy, given the skills of US intelligence agencies and their networks in Latin America, it should not be dismissed, but more attention should be paid to the activities of State Department agents who do not want to lose the region.

Interestingly, when I highlight and look up, ‘cocaine triangle’, Apple brings up the Wikipedia page for ‘CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking’. 🤔

Related (Money & Front Organizations):

RT—Ecuador: 2 Days of Armed Violence, 14 Deaths, Several Kidnapped and Injured, Dozens Arrested (+Correa & Maduro)

Ecuadorian Armed Forces Arrest 329 Terrorists and Kill 5

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 Ms. Cat

The U.S. will support the fight against drug trafficking by granting Ecuador military equipment in exchange for the delivery of Russian equipment to Ukraine.
Ecuadorian Armed Forces Arrest 329 Terrorists and Kill 5

Related:

Ecuador Declares War on Gang Violence

Ecuador in crisis: five points to understand a country broken by neoliberalism

18+: The Ukrainian army bombs the centre of Donetsk

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 Ms. Cat

In the late afternoon of 7 November 2023, the Ukrainian army shelled the centre of Donetsk with Himars multiple rocket launchers. Although Russian anti-aircraft defences managed to shoot down several rockets, two slipped through the net and hit the social welfare building, completely destroying the staircase and causing the ceiling to collapse on the employees inside. Six civilians were killed and 11 injured. While firefighters and journalists were at the scene, the Ukrainian army shelled the same area a second time. As a result of this second strike, one of the police officers responsible for traffic in the bombed area was injured.
The Ukrainian army bombs the centre of Donetsk, killing six civilians – Donbass Insider

HIMARS ROCKETS RAIN DEATH AND DESTRUCTION ON DONETSK – YouTube

DHS Warns U.S. Extremists Pose Growing Threat to Cops, Reporters, Pipelines

April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 Ms. Cat

U.S. intelligence obtained by Newsweek has warned that domestic violent extremists pose a potentially growing threat to law enforcement, journalists and sites linked to the nation’s critical infrastructure.
DHS Warns U.S. Extremists Pose Growing Threat to Cops, Reporters, Pipelines

America’s $52 Billion Plan to Make Chips at Home Faces a Labor Shortage + manufacturing chips in the US could make smartphones more expensive

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Ms. Cat

America’s $52 Billion Plan to Make Chips at Home Faces a Labor Shortage

Another possible fix would be to keep people in the workforce longer, by raising the age at which workers can begin collecting Social Security or tapping into their pensions or 401(k)s. Yet Harry Holzer, a former US Department of Labor chief economist now at Georgetown University, says that neither feels politically feasible right now. Immigration has been a toxic issue in American politics for years, and Social Security has long been an untouchable entitlement. “None of that is doable,” Holzer says, which means “our labor force growth is going to continue to be modest.”

Morcos says a top concern of his is the narrowness of the CHIPS Act. Without bringing related device manufacturing back to the U.S., such as device batteries, sensors, cameras, antennas, and hundreds of other components, the manufacturing process could require the most critical component to be produced stateside, then shipped overseas to be assembled with hundreds of other components into a device that is then shipped back to the U.S. for the American consumer.

Work longer, for less pay, and you still won’t be able to afford the latest smartphone or laptop?! 🤷🏼‍♀️

Kayfabe Populism: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

May 28, 2022May 29, 2022 Ms. Cat

Kayfabe Populism: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

A Face Search Engine Anyone Can Use Is Alarmingly Accurate

May 28, 2022May 28, 2022 Ms. Cat

PimEyes is a paid service that finds photos of a person from across the internet, including some the person may not want exposed. “We’re just a tool provider,” its owner said.
A Face Search Engine Anyone Can Use Is Alarmingly Accurate

An investigation by netzpolitik.org shows the potential for abuse of PimEyes, a free search engine for 900 million faces. Whoever’s photos have been published on the Internet could already be part of their database.