Why the U.S. Government Cares About the Coup in Niger + More

August 23, 2023August 24, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Let us travel back in time to April 9, 1999. It was the middle of hot season in the West African country of Niger and 120 degrees in the shade. Jocelyn, one of the authors, was a newly minted Peace Corps volunteer and had recently arrived in a rural community 60 miles south of Niamey, the capital, where she would spend the next two years. That day, President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara and five other people were shot dead at the airport, a mutiny by his presidential guard. But there was no international outcry, no evacuation of Americans and Europeans. Jocelyn was told to stay put in the small community where she was living. Life went on as usual.
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The tedious China scare in Latin America

February 10, 2023February 10, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

In a January article for Foreign Affairs, former Peruvian presidential candidate Julio Armando Guzmán depicts increased Chinese investment in Latin America as an existential threat to the region’s democracies.
The tedious China scare in Latin America

NED/CIA’s candidate lost the 2021 Peruvian general election and is calling for regime change in Peru, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and El Salvador!? 🧐💭

Africa taken for ‘neo-colonial’ ride

August 14, 2022August 14, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram – Jul 26, 2022

SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 26 2022 (IPS) – Like so many others, Africans have long been misled. Alleged progress under imperialism has long been used to legitimize exploitation. Meanwhile, Western colonial powers have been replaced by neo-colonial governments and international institutions serving their interests.
Africa taken for ‘neo-colonial’ ride

Modi’s Farm Produce Act Was Authored Thirty Years Ago, in Washington D.C.

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The kisan agitation at the gates of Fortress Delhi has forced even the corporate media to take note of the corporate drive to capture control of the remaining non-corporate sectors of the country’s economy, including its agriculture; the phrase “Ambani-Adani” is now a popular term for this process.
Modi’s Farm Produce Act Was Authored Thirty Years Ago, in Washington D.C.

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The tedious China scare in Latin America

Modi’s Farm Produce Act Was Authored Thirty Years Ago, in Washington D.C.