Venezuela votes to seize Guyana territory Land grabs are rivaling military coups as the trending event in geopolitics. Venezuela is mounting the latest land grab. It is doing so today through a referendum on annexing an oil-rich region of Guyana. The referendum will ask Venezuelans … if they agree with creating a new state called Guayana Esequiba in the Essequibo region, granting… Read more.
The Americas
US Abandons Venezuela’s Opposition Leader Guaidó. Iranian Protesters Should Take Heed.
Three years ago, Washington was hailing Venezuela’s opposition leader, Juan Guaidó. He was the most celebrated exiled leader since France’s Charles de Gaulle. President Trump even invited Guaidó as his guest of honor at the 2020 State of the Union Address. US Abandons Venezuela’s Opposition Leader Guaidó I was neither impressed nor encouraged. The title… Read more.
Useful Idiots! Neymar Supporting Bolsonaro like Kanye Supporting Trump.
Unfortunately, President Jair Bolsonaro seems hell-bent on living up to his reputation as the “Trump of the Tropics.” Polls have consistently shown former president Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva handily defeating him today – by double digits. Yet Bolsonaro has spent the last few weeks whipping his supporters into a frenzy with Trumpian lies about… Read more.
Genivaldo de Jesus Santos: the Brazilian George Floyd…
The comparisons between the killing of Genivaldo de Jesus Santos this week and the killing of George Floyd two years ago this week are as uncanny as they are unavoidable. Here is how Sky News reported it on Friday: _________ Videos showing a Brazilian man dying while trapped in the boot of a police car… Read more.
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Cinco de Mayo is a holiday that purportedly celebrates the victory of a ragtag band of 4,000 Mexicans fighters over 8,000 French soldiers on May 5, 1862. But this historic feat seems lost on most people of Mexican heritage in the United States. After all, they mark the occasion by celebrating their culture much in… Read more.
War in Ukraine Has US Sacrificing Principles for Venezuelan Oil
Ukraine is begging NATO to enforce a no-fly zone to help it fend off Russian bombs. Short of that, it’s begging for fighter jets. But NATO leaders fear both would escalate the War in Ukraine into World War III . Therefore, NATO is refusing. For obvious reasons, refusing to enforce a no-fly zone makes sense.… Read more.
Canadians Ape Americans By Desecrating Their Capitol While Waving Nazi and Confederate Flags
Most Canadians would like to think they are more civil than their American neighbors. Except nothing betrays their thinking quite like the “aboriginal sin” that has been haunting them lately. I am referring to belated reckoning for the inferior and often dehumanizing way they treated indigenous people throughout their history. This finally forced Canadians to… Read more.
Maduro Holds onto Power in Venezuela and Guaido Is Struggling to Get It
Maduro Holds onto Power in Venezuela Venezuela is reeling under President Maduro’s leadership. He’s ruling more like an autocratic tyrant than a socialist revolutionary. Venezuela’s interim president, Juan Guaido, has announced his intention of returning to his homeland [today] from Ecuador, a move that would likely result in his arrest by Venezuelan authorities. … Last… Read more.
Miss Haiti Beauty Pageant Crowns ‘White’ Hope Sarodj Bertin
Haiti held the Miss Haiti beauty pageant on May 16. But the winner reflects more White hope than Black beauty. I published the blog post “Black Is Beautiful! Just Not in South Africa” a few months ago. In it, I referenced a high schooler who repeated the famous Kenneth Clarke experiment. Clarke’s experiment in 1954 found that Black schoolgirls preferred White… Read more.