Geopolitics

Trump maintains tough China policy; Kissinger seeks appeasement

Earlier this month, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order barring U.S. financial investment in Chinese companies linked to the People’s Liberation Army. Read More.

Witness: How Chavez stole the 2004 election in Venezuela

One of the leading opposition voices against the socialist regime in Venezuela has detailed how dictator Hugo Chavez in 2004 put in place a voting system to rig the country's elections in the socialists' favor. Read More.

Guatemalans fed up with government, burn Congress

Angry protesters who say they have had enough of what they call a series of corrupt government policies broke into Guatemala’s Congress and burned part of the building on Saturday. Read More.

'We are the people': Berlin police beat anti-lockdown protesters

As they say, the last check on tyranny is civil disobedience. In Germany, police in riot gear fired water cannons in an attempt to disperse thousands of protesters fed up with the government's highly restrictive covid lockdown and outraged at a new law that was pushed through with unprecedented speed — one day. Read More.

New signs of Chinese nuclear weapon buildup: State Dept.

In the early to mid-2010s as the People’s Liberation Army Second Artillery, called the PLA Rocket Force after 2015, was clearly developing new and more varied intercontinental range missiles, some analysts and arms control experts held that this was not evidence per se that China was expanding its nuclear missile forces. Read More.

China aims for ‘globe-spanning universal society’: State Dept.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has combined its brand of Marxism-Leninism and extreme nationalism to pursue a goal of maintaining absolute power at home while instituting a global socialist order, said a report by the policy planning staff at the U.S. State Department. Read More.

China expels pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong

In its intent to crush all opposition, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) last week forced the expulsion of four pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong. Read More.

U.S. official: Pax Sinica would require Americans' obedience

An aggressive and intrusive Chinese Communist Party (CCP) “not only rejects our democratic political principles, but it sees them as a prime vulnerability that it can exploit,” the U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs said in a recent speech. Read More.

Guatemala rescinds invite to Planned Parenthood

Guatemala's pro-life president has declared he will not allow Planned Parenthood to operate in the country. Read More.

As U.S. media anoints Biden, Iran's regime rejoices

Iran, which received boatloads of cash from the United States when Joe Biden was vice president in the Obama administration, went into celebration mode on Saturday when the U.S. corporate media declared Biden the winner of the Nov. 3 presidential election. Read More.

Report: 72 South Koreans have died from flu vaccine

Communist China is continuing to pressure South Koreans to receive a flu vaccine, saying it is "essential" for combating coronavirus, even though 72 people in South Korea have died from the vaccine, a report said. Read More.

President Trump's deals changed the Mideast map

Amid a flurry of activity in which U.S. President Donald Trump has brokered peace deals between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Sudan, calculations are being made in Arab capitals regarding the normalization of ties with Israel. Read More.

Fentanyl: China killing Americans with impunity

The communist regime in China is killing Americans with fentanyl, an analyst noted. Read More.

People of China 'are not to be trifled with,' Chairman Xi warns

Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping warned potential “invaders” of the communist nation's military resolve, speaking on the 70th anniversary of China's entry into the Korean War, the only time Chinese forces have fought U.S. troops in combat. Read More.

President Trump brokers Israel-Sudan peace deal

President Trump's decision to remove Sudan from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism helped pave the way for Sudan to reach a deal on the normalization of relations with Israel. Read More.