The bridge collapse Tuesday that shut the Port of Baltimore and closed a major highway will cause weeks or months of transportation disruptions in the Mid-Atlantic region and accelerate a shift of cargo to the US West Coast as importers and exporters try to avoid potential bottlenecks at trade gateways from Boston to Miami.
Baltimore Bridge Fallout to Extend Coast-to-Coast in Cargo Shift
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World Court orders Venezuela to refrain from action in border dispute with Guyana + More
World Court orders Venezuela to refrain from action in border dispute with Guyana
Friday’s ruling is the latest development in the larger border dispute. The ICJ said in April it had jurisdiction over the case, but a final ruling could be years away.
Interestingly, Judge Joan Donoghue used to work for the US State Department. 🤔
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Venezuela v Guyana re: Essequibo w/Stephen Sefton & Camila Escalante
Opposition NGO warns Essequibo question might end up in war between Venezuela and Guyana + More
Control Ciudadano (Social Watch – CC) Chairwoman Rocío San Miguel said Guyanese President Irfaan Alí’s recent statements regarding the military support of several countries to defend the Essequibo amounted to a “very strong warning for Venezuela,” which will hold a referendum on the matter on Dec. 3.
NGO warns Essequibo question might end up in war between Venezuela and Guyana
Rocío San Miguel is Venezuelan Opposition.
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US Defense officials to visit Guyana amid Venezuela row: Guyanese VP
Both nations claim the 160,000-square-kilometer (62,000-square-mile) region, in a dispute that has intensified since ExxonMobil discovered oil there in 2015.
Another major discovery in Essequibo in October added further to Guyana’s reserves, making them greater than those of Kuwait or the United Arab Emirates.
US Escalates Essequibo Dispute by Militarizing Guyana
Venezuela: Maduro Warns of ExxonMobil Interference Ahead of ‘Historical’ Essequibo Strip Vote
For historical context: The Secret Agenda Behind the Venezuela-Guyana Conflict
How A Fruit Juice Company Forcefully Stole The Hawaiian Kingdom
Why did the US want Hawaii? With even a glance at its sensual beaches and lush jungles, it’s no surprise that the scenic islands have always been desirable. But as with any story of settlement, the development of Hawaii didn’t come about as peacefully or honorably as its sumptuous vistas would have you believe. For American lawyer and entrepreneur Sanford Ballard Dole, Hawaii was a gold mine — or at least a pineapple one — and he used his government influence and self-appointed position in Hawaii to push the US toward taking over the islands in the late 1890s.
The Insane Story Of How A Fruit Juice Company Forcefully Stole The Hawaiian Kingdom
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The US Followed a Policy of Foreign Intervention Long before World War II
In history classes (in public or private schools, colleges, and others), state propaganda, and mainstream history, a historical fiction has been spun that allegedly debunks any notion of noninterventionism. This is the myth of American isolationism.
The US Followed a Policy of Foreign Intervention Long before World War II
The Messed Up Truth About The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase is usually presented as an incredible, inspiring moment in American history in which President Thomas Jefferson, wise, benevolent eyes twinkling under his powdery white wig, made an incredibly shrewd real estate deal with notorious, disgraced French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and, with one stroke of his giant quill pen, doubled the size of the United States of America for the bargain price of $15 million, or just three cents an acre. What we don’t usually learn about is the negative domino effect this treaty had in terms of inspiring the concept of manifest destiny or the belief that white colonists had a God-given duty to expand across North America and redeem and remake the land in their own image.
The Messed Up Truth About The Louisiana Purchase
Smedley Butler on Interventionism
Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC.
War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.
Smedley Butler on Interventionism
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“War Is A Racket” By Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, Read By Jon Gold
US Sanctions Prevent Dozens of Ships Carrying Food from Reaching Iran
Dozens of merchant ships carrying grain and sugar are stuck outside Iranian ports due to payment issues as a result of Western sanctions, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
US Sanctions Prevent Dozens of Ships Carrying Food from Reaching Iran
How Ukrainians voted for the preservation of the Soviet Union in 1991, but still ended up in an independent state later that year
By Alexander Nepogodin, RT, 8/10/22
Back in early 1991, few thought the disappearance of the Soviet Union from the political map was likely. The results of a huge national referendum held in March indicated as much. Ukraine’s vote exceeded 70%, and public discussion of the joint future for all the socialist republics mainly focused on various forms of a federation.
How Ukrainians voted for the preservation of the Soviet Union in 1991, but still ended up in an independent state later that year
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