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Hezbollah has been busy making inroads into Latin America.

Ontario has not given a F*** about it's North or anywhere slightly north, west or east of Toronto, so not surprising.

Also stealing!

It was a serious issue there in 1994, one of the guys in my brothers company got kidnapped and never seen again. I had lowlifes in other Venezuelan towns warn me about how crazy Caracas was. Never went into that city during my time there as it was just to dangerous.

Meanwhile over in Madagascar

Was just about to post that. Does help people wrap their head around the possible consequence of the move by Trump. Not sure if I agree with the bleakness of his predictions though.

Buy licences for equipment from other countries if you are going to do the above, include the right to modify the design as well.

Is a government run by María Corina Machado or Edmundo González Urrutia a puppet regime? Considering they were either barred from running or disenfranchised by the current regime.

Geography might also be useful.....

Define "civilian" Does that include key members of the PSUV or gangs that have been terrorizing the population? I have no doubt she want the PSUV stay an official party, but the US might(likely) force them to dissolve and become illegal organization in the country. The incoming government...

Almost all the oil revenue will have to go back into rebuilding the infrastructure, for at least a decade just to get it back to 2007 levels. That does mean more local legitimate jobs.

Trump is shortsighted and who goes for who has something to give him now. They have no choice but to interact with her for the moment, but that tactic can change in a heartbeat. We have to wait and see what she offers up.

In Trumps eyes, respect= fear, submission. So in his view the statement is correct. The civil government, oil industry and military are stacked with loyalists to the Chavez/Marduro regime. It's unlikely they give up power easily and worry that people will come for them if the regime is gone. So...

Sounds like Rubio has been given the task to ensure some sort of power transition As of January 3, 2026, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is reportedly "working on dealing with" Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez following the U.S. military capture of Nicolás Maduro. According to recent...

The US is not arguing that Venezuela is historically part of the US, which is the main part of Putin claim on Ukraine.

The US position has been pretty clear for at least two decades The U.S. position on Venezuela's nationalization of oil is historically one of opposition, viewing it as theft of American assets, leading to sanctions and escalating tensions, with recent Trump administration rhetoric demanding...

To be fair, the international community believes and supports Edmundo Gonzalez as the legitimately elected President. So in that context, the US did not decapitate a legitimate government. The international community has to decide is Maduro a international criminal or not...

I think that the west influence on Pakistan has been overestimated for decades. Solar is good for developing countries, due to the limited infrastructure required. They create little islands of reliable electricity, but suffer from having very little surge capacity.

Two interesting things for this country, which almost everyone pretends is not a country. Peoples thoughts, if you have any? Ethiopia signing a port access deal, with a promise of recognition in the near future...

The father at the funeral said his son was a protestor, not a IRGC member.