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Post #225: Trump’s Crusade in Latin America

28 Jan 201927 Jan 2019
What we are witnessing in Venezuela is a Latin America policy that draws from the Cold War and the era of US interventions, when regard for democracy and international law…
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Post #215: On Dealing with China

18 Sep 201826 Sep 2018
(Note: A slightly different version of this article has been published as "The China Conundrum" at https://www.chinausfocus.com/foreign-policy/the-china-conundrum.) A Self-Confident China Ever since China’s economic reforms began in 1978, the goal…
American Politics and the World…

Post #143: Donald Trump’s Fake News Conference

12 Jan 201727 Feb 2017
The media waited with baited breath for Donald Trump’s first news conference in 167 days.  But I’m sure many journalists knew what was coming: a show, orchestrated by The Apprentice…
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Post #138: Food Politics: The GMO Conspiracy

3 Dec 201627 Feb 2017
One of the longest-standing tricks of the corporate trade is to produce an item that is dangerous, breakable, or soon to be obsolete and then produce another item that will…
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Post #74 – After Cuba: Will Obama Follow Up with Venezuela?

14 Apr 201527 Feb 2017
A year ago mainstream news reports out of Venezuela suggested that the post-Hugo Chàvez era was going badly for his successor, Nicolás Maduro.  The US media painted a picture of…
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Post #59 – What Works: Engaging Cuba

17 Dec 201427 Feb 2017
President Obama has finally reversed what he called the “failed policy” of isolating Cuba, announcing today (December 17) the start of normal relations.  “These 50 years [without official relations] have…

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