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Pro-Venezualan rallies have been held in Panama and Argentina during a tour by the U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence. Organizers wanted to show their opposition to the U.S. President Donald Trump's recent comments that he would not rule out the option of military intervention. Photos from: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/multimedia/Regional-Demonstrations-Show-Support-for-Venezuela-20170817-0024.html

The opposition-led National Assembly will not be dissolved, according to National Constituent Assembly authorities. Venezuela's National Constituent Assembly, ANC, has assumed by decree some of the functions of the country's National Assembly, as it continues to be in contempt. The National Assembly, which is led by the right-wing opposition, hasn't been dissolved and its members can resume their activities, said ANC President Delcy Rodriguez. She added that opposition leaders ignored their call to attend the session to establish the powers of the ANC voted for by millions of Venezuelans in open and free elections. " The Legislative Power has not been dissolved, as they want to portray in national and international media, " Rodriguez said. ANC First Vice President Elvis Amoroso read the decree in which the assembly " assumes the powers to legislate on matters directly aimed at ensuring the preservation of peace, security, sover

Δεν πρόκειται για άκριτη συστράτευση με τις αερολογίες που διαδίδουν τα μίντια (περί Βαρουφακιάδας κ.λ.π.), αλλά για πολύ συγκεκριμένη και στοχευμένη κριτική των επιλογών του Γιάνη Βαρουφάκη, με βάση αυτά που γράφει ο ίδιος. Ο Eric Toussaint, αναλύει τις λάθος αντιλήψεις του Βαρουφάκη, όταν του έγινε πρόταση να αναλάβει το υπουργείο οικονομικών. Έχει ενδιαφέρον να σταθούμε λίγο περισσότερο σε μια από τις προτάσεις Βαρουφάκη. Όπως γράφει ο Toussaint: Σημαντικές μειώσεις της φορολόγησης επιχειρήσεων. Σχετικά με το μέτρο αυτό, ο Βαρουφάκης λέει: «Αυτό θα απαιτούσε σημαντικές μειώσεις του ΦΠΑ και της φορολογίας επιχειρήσεων, διότι έπρεπε να ξαναδώσουμε ενέργεια στον ιδιωτικό τομέα.» Αναφέρει μια ερώτηση του Τσίπρα: « - Γιατί θα’πρεπε οι επιχειρήσεις να πληρώσουν λιγότερο; ρώτησε ο Αλέξης. Του εξήγησα: ο ιδιωτικός τομέας έπρεπε να πληρώσει περισσότερο όσον αφορά το συνολικό φορολογικό εισόδημα, αλλά ο μόνος τρόπος να αυξήσουμε την συνολική το

Having backed a right-wing coup in the Ukraine and right-wing terror groups disguised as “moderate rebels” in Syria, U.S. leaders now confront rising right-wing terror at home. They duly condemn it, but seem blind both to their own hypocrisy and to the domestic reverberations of their cynical foreign policies. by Whitney Webb Part 4 - Glorifying foreign extremists not without consequences The reason U.S. politicians consistently support fascism and right-wing extremism abroad, but not in the U.S., is clear. While supporting such groups domestically is a surefire way to ruin one’s political career, supporting these same types of groups in far-off places is a politically safe tool for projecting the U.S.’ geopolitical will abroad. As former CIA Officer John Stockwell noted in his book, The Praetorian Guard, “ stirring up deadly ethnic and racial strife has been a standard technique used by the CIA ” for decades in covert destabilization operations.

The currently stateless Kurds sit astride the Iraq-Syria border on land blessed/cursed with oil, other resources, and geopolitical significance. Is it any wonder that mega-corporations and their client states are looking to use the Kurds, stoke conflict, and exploit the situation? by Whitney Webb Part 5 - Why the sudden change of heart? ExxonMobil once again emerges as a key player — not surprisingly, given that current Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was Exxon’s CEO when the unilateral contract with the Kurds was forged. Tillerson, however, is not the only former ExxonMobil employee with ties to the Trump administration. Ali Khedery — a former Pentagon official who served in the U.S. coalition authority in Iraq, and a former ExxonMobil executive — has repeatedly promoted the division of Iraq. Khedery is also the founder of Dragoman Ventures, a firm connected to the Committee to Destroy ISIS, which has been instrumental in bringing about the Trump administrati