The Amazon has been on fire for the last three weeks. And those blazes — they’re actually visible from space — have resulted in widespread outrage and alarm among lawmakers, environmental activists, and celebrities. This year, the number of fires in Brazil is the highest on record since 2013 and is up by 85 percent…
Greetings from Tyler, Amid considerable stupidity and the incredible admission from the Editor in Chief of the New York Times this week, something else stands out. We’ve known for years that the “diplomatic” statements that come from the likes of Israel’s enemies don’t often reflect what they’re saying to their followers. The so-called “president” of…
This video of Venezuelan garbage men throwing away trash bags of paper money caught my attention today: Prof. Steve Hanke@steve_hanke Note: See video at source The clip is real and that really was Venezuelan money. However, the catch here is that because of hyperinflation the socialist government issued new currency almost exactly one year ago….
| The Venezuelan leader has confirmed that he is in talks with the Trump administration. -AFP Venezuela’s embattled President Nicolás Maduro said he had been in talks with the Trump administration for months, even as the US ramped up its sanctions. The US is one of more than 50 nations which do not recognize Mr….
Greetings from Tyler, The Hong Kong airport is back open after being shut down completely this week, with over a thousand flights canceled. Riot police showed up in force, and Chinese officials are issuing one stern warning after another as they accumulate troops at the ready. Even though the protesters have backed away from the…
Americo De Grazia (L) and other allies of Juan Guaidó participate in a mass protest against Nicolas Maduro’s regime in Caracas on April 10, 2017. (Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images) BOGOTA, Colombia—The regime of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro lashed out at the country’s opposition-run congress this week by prosecuting some of its members for supporting new economic sanctions imposed by the…
FEDERICO PARRA, JIM WATSON/AFP President Donald Trump has ordered a freeze on all of the Venezuelan regime’s U.S.-based assets. In a press release on Tuesday, the White House announced they were “cutting off financial resources from Maduro and his cronies” while “isolating the regime from the global financial system.” The measures include freezing all the assets owned…
Guatemala/CIA The Guatemala Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance is reporting a significant increase in dengue fever cases in 2019 to date. On 29 July, the Minister of Health declared an Epidemiological Red Alert to report an “epidemiological crisis due to the increase in dengue cases” affecting over 75 percent of the country. They…
Venezuela’s state-run economic model wasted the world’s largest oil reserves. The country owes $100 billion to foreign creditors. Its educated, professional class has fled. Economic shock therapy, implemented in regions like the former Soviet bloc, could be its only chance. View of damages in a supermarket in Valencia, Carabobo State, on May 5, 2017, the…
Greetings from Tyler, Are these the best of times, or the worst? It seems that for now at least, the foreign policy of the United States is solid. Iran is still holding the British owned tanker taken hostage in the Straits of Hormuz, though it was engaged in no unlawful activity. Apparently, that is in…