Day: August 13, 2019

Adding Context to ‘News’ about Venezuela

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11 August 2019 — The Saker

by Eric Zuesse for The Saker Blog

This past week’s meeting of the U.S.-and-Canada-created anti-Venezuela Lima Group of nations failed to achieve the U.S. regime’s intention of organizing a coalition of its members to participate in a U.S.-led invasion to overthrow Venezuela’s Government and install Trump’s choice, the self-styled ‘interim President’ of Venezuela, Juan Guaido, to rule there. Although 100 nations had been invited, only 60 attended, and the U.S. regime wasn’t ble to obtain even one ally for an invasion. John Bolton (U.S. National Security Advisor) and Wilbur Ross (U.S. Secretary of ‘Commerce’ — mainly U.S. oil companies) represented U.S. President Trump at the meeting, which started on August 5th. The meeting ended with no official announcement. It was a humiliating defeat for the U.S. regime.

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China News Links 12-13 August 2019

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13 August 2019 • 19:40 — The New Dark Age

There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back

Trump delays some tariffs on Chinese imports
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49287494

Farmers Hit Back as USDA Chief Mocks Those Harmed by Trade War as “Whiners”
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ActivistPost/~3/tGWtQlhgn9U/farmers-hit-back-as-usda-chief-mocks-those-harmed-by-trade-war-as-whiners.html

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Why is the media dismissing questions about Jeffrey Epstein’s death as “conspiracy theories”?

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13 August 2019 — WSWS

Nearly 72 hours after billionaire money manager and accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was found unconscious on the floor of his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York City, more and more evidence leads to the conclusion that his death was not the simple suicide proclaimed in the newspaper headlines and cable television reports.

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UK government is pushing ahead with extreme US trade deal

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13 August 2019 — True Publica

UK government is pushing ahead with extreme US trade deal with no mandate

By TruePublica: Currently, Britain has a Prime Minister who was elected not by the public, but by around 90,000 Conservative party members. With a majority in the House of Commons of just one seat, without any real political mandate, Britain is being pushed towards a hard Brexit. In little more than 80 days – it is predicted British business will need a bail-out fund to help them survive, the economy will fall straight into recession (described by the BoE as an ‘economic shock‘), jobs will be lost and a constitutional and political crisis will see the beginnings of the eventual end of the union.

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Sick to the Stomach: Pesticides and the Cocktail of Toxicity By Colin Todhunter

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12 August 2019 — Global Research

Dame Sally Davies is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England and recently released the CMO annual report for 2019. The report focuses on UK engagement with global health and forging partnerships.

However, there appears to be no mention of cancers in the report, a serious omission according to environmental campaigner Rosemary Mason. Like many others, she has been campaigning tirelessly for many years to draw attention to the links between agrochemicals and certain cancers and health conditions.

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U.S. military presence and popular resistance in Sri Lanka by Asoka Bandarage

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12 August 2019 — Covert Action Magazine

United States Arleigh Burke-class destroyers docked in Sri Lanka. Included in the task-force were the USS Howard (DDG 83), USS Shoup (DDG 86), USS Pinckney (DDG 91) and the USS Kidd (DDG 100). (October 28-31, 2017) [Credit: Sri Lanka News / Ada Derana
via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVVKAKSz1rU]

The Indian Ocean is one of the most contested regions in the world today. China, the United States, India, and also Japan, Saudi Arabia and other rich and powerful states are struggling for influence over Sri Lanka, located in the geographical heart of the Indian Ocean. Sea lanes of the Indian Ocean are considered to be the busiest in the world with more than 80% of global seaborne oil trade estimated to be passing through them.
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