Argentina: Tri-partite approach to politics

 Argentina: the two party system comes to an end?

For decades, Argentina has been about Peronistas (Justicialistas) and Radicales, not that the names actually represent what both Justicialistas and Radicales used to represent. Argentina has gone from crisis to crisis, from military regimes to military regimes, from debt to even bigger debt and now faces inflation rates of more than 115 percent with massive levels poverty.

A newcomer in Argentine politics manage to reach levels of support of 30% leaving both Justicialistas and Radicales behind. In October 2023, Argentina faces the first round of elections and there could be a second round of elections (ballotage) if no candidate reaches the minimum required for an outright result.

Many years ago, Argentina attempted to maintain the value of the Peso pegged to the US Dollar, something that ended in tears as it was practically impossible to maintain parity without massive levels of indebtedness leading to default. The newcomer proposes to replace the Peso altogether to adopt the US Dollar as currency. Why? Because he says that it will be the ultimate weapon to get rid of inflation.

If Argentina adopts the US Dollar as national currency, what happens to Mercosur? The regional block has been under enormous economic and political pressures because of both internal and external issues. Just by mentioning the names of the countries that are members of Mercosur one realizes what a complex situation this is.

MERCOSUR countries:

Full Members: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay

Associate Members: Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname

Venezuela was supposed to be full member, but has been suspended indefinitely

Trade with China has been a bone of contention. Uruguay that exports 56% of what it produces to China even threatened that if an agreement was not reached its membership of Mercosur could come to an end.

At one point, it was suggested that that Mercosur should have its own currency to challenge the US Dollar. So what happens when a major member and founding member of Mercosur playes with the idea of replacing its own national currency with the US Dollar?

If the issues concerning China would not break up Mercosur, such a currency change could certainly be the last drop.

Therefore, for Mercosur, who holds the rains of power in Argentina could be a make or break situation for the entire block.

Allende before, Lula next

 

In the 1970s, many in the left celebrated the arrival of Salvador Allende. 11 September 1973 ended with bloodshed and the rest is history.

I happened to be in the River Plate region at the time. I was told about the imminent military coup in Chile and was even told when and how it was going to happen.

There are different versions about Salvador Allende's death: one version of events was that he killed himself not to be arrested and another version is that he was killed when he was still at La Moneda Palace. It makes no difference. The fact is that that put an end to his life and to his government.

This is Lula's second coming and this time the difference between his party and the opposition is less than 1 per cent of the vote. This means that opposition in Parliament will be fierce. As soon as Lula tries to implement any policy that goes against the flow, the transit of any bill through Parliament will be traumatic. 

When Latin American countries go left, alarm bells start ringing in the US State Department and like it happened in 1973, the CIA and others will have already made contingency plans to deal with governments that are seen as a security threat to the USA.

In Argentina, the second most important member of Mercosur, the situation is unbearable. Neither Radicales nor Justicialistas have been able to bring things under control. Indebtedness, galloping inflation in Argentina has led Uruguay to take urgent measures to curb importation of goods coming from Argentina as a massive influx would endanger Uruguay's own economy.

What happens in Chile? Well, just a few days ago a Referendum was called to try and reform Pinochet's Constitution and there were not enough votes to change the Constitution. The fact that this happens many years after the end of the military regime tells you, without a shadow of a doubt, that the country is very much divided. And what happens in Venezuela? Let us remember that Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Venezuela are members of Mercosur. With Lula at the helm, will Brazil get closer to Venezuela and Cuba? Left-wing hope could well lead to left-wing tragedy.  

Rishi Sunak: EU embargo of Russian oil and gas will tip EU into recession

 

You couldn't make it up. On the one hand, Western politicians try to sound menacing and decisive and after speeches especially made with that purpose comes reality. Just a few days ago, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz raised the alert that such embargoes would seriously undermine the German economy. By extension if market prices go up, inflation will start to speed up in the EU and in the UK. Prices are no determined by particular countries. Prices are global. Only for this reason, there have been approaches to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela to seek oil and gas production increases.

The Bank of England has just put up the basic interest rate on Thursday this week and announcing increases of interest rates would become the norm rather than the exception in months to come. Taking money away from peoples' pockets will curb consumption and curbing consumption means reduced economic activity. Reduced economic activity in turn means that with less demand many jobs will become redundant and jobs are being made redundant as you read both in terms of public jobs and private jobs. Why did a major ferry operator lay off 800 staff today? Is it because the company expects to have big earnings in the coming months? What about spring and summer when people tend go on vacation? Is it because they expect a reduction or an increase of the number of passengers wanting to travel to and from the continent?

The coming summer season could be a lot hotter and not just because of rising temperatures. Keep checking rising utility bills, travelling fares, fuel at the pumps and grocery bills.

The Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011 is said to be coming to an end. This will make the political situation a lot more fluid. But putting aside national elections, let's see what happens to the British economy from now until the May 2022 elections. Ordinary people are living under enormous pressure and such pressure is bound to be stronger if unemployment and inflation suddenly pick up. The combination of the two will be deadly.  

Prime Minister Theresa May on the way out. What next?

Prime Minister Theresa May on the way out. What next?

As Prime Minister Theresa May announces that she will be leaving as Prime Minister on June 7th 2019, the clock is ticking for President Donald Trump to unequivocally offer the United Kingdom a Trade Deal that will be so magnificent that it will prevent the rise of Marxist Prime Minister in the United Kingdom. 

I am sure that neither Republicans nor Democrats want to take the risk of Britain falling on the wrong side of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) at a time when both Germany and France favour the creation of a new arrangement that would make NATO redundant. If things go the way things are going, USA could find itself as minority of one in the United Nations Security Council and so much talked about Special Relationship could turn into something else.

A new Labour Government would have an agenda that it would be exactly the opposite of the USA agenda in many areas including Iran, Syria, Venezuela and the Middle East. As troubling as the situation is for Britain, it would be a lot more troubling for the USA.  

Plot to destroy Jeremy Corbyn

Plot to destroy Jeremy Corbyn

Zionists are out to destroy Jeremy Corbyn and this coincides with their agenda to prevent any criticism against the expansionist and colonialist policies of Benjamin Netanyahu who - incidentally - is wanted in Israel on corruption charges. But there is more.

Jeremy Corbyn has been instrumental for several decades to put a stop to policies of aggression that include the illegal invasion of Iraq that created Islamic State and completely destabilised the Middle East to the advantage of one country - namely Israel or the Jewish State of Israel as it is now called.

As if this was not enough to mobilise the Huns, Jeremy Corbyn has also called for a moderate and rational approach in Venezuela and this makes the America for the American Huns very angry since as they wanted to seize Iraqi oil they also want to seize Venezuela's oil and every single resource they can get their hands on by plotting against democratic governments, destabilising countries, creating violence to then justify putting in place an useful idiots that will allow them to do whatever they want with the resources of the conquered countries.

There is no coincidence. Looking at what has been happening in the Middle East and Asia Minor and now happening in Latin America the intention is self-evident. The warmongers don't want anybody to stand on their way. This is the geopolitical angle. Not, let's look at the national angle. For an embattled Conservative Party under Theresa May, this comes like hand in glove. Instead of talking about contract for ferry services provide by companies that have no ferry or about the messy business of the Home Office that might be about to produce yet another Windrush Scandal that could fatally wound Britain's reputation and literally destroy lives - the issue of the rights of EU citizens and the processing of applications that could lead to deportations from Britain with the rest of the EU replying in kind when it comes of UK citizens living in the EU.

The rights of UK and EU citizens is by far the most important issue because of the implications for both national and geopolitical reasons in terms of creating animosity between European countries. This is quickly brushed aside when convenience and short-termism are much of a priority.

If they cannot destroy the Labour Party in the polling stations, they will try and destroy the Labour Party in the courts in the very same manner that they have sought to destroy individuals and organisations that do not sing their tune. The struggle is not about Anti-Semitism. It has nothing to do with Anti-Semitism. This is about geopolitics, expansionism and colonialism and about silencing any kind of criticism.   

Dirty War: I was there and I saw how it was done

Dirty War: I was there and I saw how it was done

Venezuela 2019 (Oil) is a repeat of Chile 1973 (Copper) and before that it was Guatemala under Jacobo Arbenz 1954 (United Fruit). Before that was Iran 1953 when USA and UK destroyed the democratic movement in Iran and supported the Shah to get their hands on Iranian Oil. Same Mafia, same methods. They destabilise a country and provoke a gigantic political crisis. The aforementioned are not the only countries that have suffered the actions of the said Mafia.

We are on the verge of yet another military adventure that will start another bloody chapter in the history of Latin America. 

Lets rewind a little bit. I was willing part of the Dirty War that led to more than 30,000 people killed in Argentina and many more across Latin America. My orders were shoot to kill and shoot first ask questions later. We don't want White Gloves Troops for Parades. We want Black Gloves Troops for Killing. If when we give you the order to shoot you don't shoot, your mates will shoot you. 

Today, people complain about 'water boarding'(placing a towel over a person's face and throwing water on top of his or her face. It produces high anxiety and the feeling of drowning. We did a lot more than that. We connected live electricity wires to peoples bodies and especially genitals. We made people sit on ice until their organs failed and they screamed in pain because of cold burns, we tortured, drugged and threw people from aircraft flying at high altitude so that when their bodies hit the surface of the sea their faces would be disfigured making them unrecognisable. We did this and much more. All this was done as part of USA Operation Condor with full support of the US State Department and support provided by several agencies including most especially the Central Intelligence Agency.

Now, it is Venezuela's time. Another tragedy in the horizon. They will stop at nothing. They will use every dirty bloody means to get what they want.

     

Texas getting ready to defend US borders

TEXAS GETTING READY

Texas is gearing up to defend our own border if necessary.

Each State has the right to do that individually with the federal government or own their own if the federal government can't or won't. We have militia/Minutemen and Texas National Guard under the authority of the Governor already there.

The President is sending federal troops to individual border States. Texas will defend our border and I assume other border States will do the same except California who, as a State, has an open border policy. I believe the President will and may already have send national troops to California to keep these invaders out of the US. Don't worry about Texas, they won't get in here. We'll defend with deadly force if need be.

However, if the national military doesn't deal with California, they could get in there, then be bussed all over the USA from California. That's the real problem. The governments of the invaders are being dealt with economically. Trump has cut off all aid to them. Venezuela is the country that is paying for these invaders.

I'm sure Venezuela is being given the money to use by people like Soros and the Clintons. It's all meant to cause problems for our midterm elections. The bad guy are losing and they can't cheat their way into office any more. They are pulling out all the stops to keep from losing what's left of their power during this election. Those bombs are a false flag, a set up to try to make it look like they are victims of attacks/threats from Republicans, specifically Donald Trump supporters.

They hope that will make people vote for democrats. It won't work. This is a war. They are losing badly and are terrified their crimes and evil will be exposed and they will end up in jail or worse. They should be scared. We have to be vigilant because other nations are involved with the corrupt here and they don't want to be exposed to their people. This goes very deep and very wide. Britain is deeply involved with our corrupt/evil people here. They will answer for their part in all of this as well.

Holli Snider-Feeley

US commits treason against NATO allies

US strategists force Russian withdrawal from treaty that limits Conventional Forces.

The subject did not appear in any of the so called British mass media.

Not long ago, Sergei Borisovich Ivanov, former Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, clearly stated that any conflict in Europe will be decided by Conventional Forces.

Now, forcing Russian out of Treaties limiting numbers of Conventional is as catastrophic a mistake as the mistake Hermann Goering made by targeting British cities instead of targeting RAF airfields.

This literally means that US has committed treason against its NATO allies because no NATO countries have not even a shadow of the military capabilities in terms of Conventional Forces to have anything resembling any kind of balance.

In this state of affairs, Prime Minister David Cameron very well knows that Britain is defenseless in terms of Conventional Forces, incapable of defeating barefooted Taliban fighters travelling on Toyota pick-up trucks.

The whole balance of forces has been thrown into disarray thanks to US stupidity. From now on, thanks to US, there will no limitations in terms of how bigger Russian Federation Conventional Forces can be.

Russian Federation plans to have not less than 2 million men as part of its Armed Forces will be implemented with the advantage that they can be supported by an unlimited number of tanks, airplanes and other tools of war.

But there is an even bigger threat. One of the achievement of President Ronald Reagan and President Mikhail Gorbachev could be thrown into question. If agreements regarding limitations affecting nuclear arsenals are declared void then all treaties regarding nuclear non-proliferation will be void and the world will be truly on the way to nuclear armaments and this will include Developing World nations like Iran, Syria and Venezuela.