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Jan 08 2026 
Oily dreams flowing into a Venezuelan dark pit
So the Big Oil Picture in Venezuela is way more complex than the Trump 2.0 gang suspects.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
Let’s start with neo-Caligula’s new edicts on the imperial satrapy he says he now owns; not exactly edicts but outright threats directed to interim President Delcy Rodriguez:
Crack down on “drug trafficking… Continue reading
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Mar 19 2024 
Back in the EU, site of the 21st century’s biggest political disaster
Why is the biggest political story of our era so underreported?
with thanks to Ramin Mazaheri via Ramin’s Substack.
I have returned to Paris and can report that things are as politically bleak as ever, continuing a trend which began with the rubber bullet-smashing of the Yellow Vest movement in 2019. The European Union has become truly… Continue reading
