Venezuela’s claim of oil-rich Essequibo region in neighboring Guyana; COP28 summit & climate change; renewal of Israel’s bombing and ground assault in Gaza
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Canada and US call out India over “credible evidence” of its involvement in June assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia.
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Evaluating latest cracks in Brexit Britain, significance of Mexico’s drug cartels, and Iran’s underground protests for rights, justice, and gender equality.
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A protest in Dublin, challenging paper and cardboard production company Smurfit Kappa, highlights environmental issues and human rights in Colombia
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25-minute analysis of far-right assault on Brazil’s democratic system: why it occurred & its similarities and differences from Trump’s coup attempt in US
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These are the lives of thousands of Venezuelans stranded on the beach of Necoclí, a Colombian coastal town, hoping to get through Darien Gap en route to US.
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Analyzing developments in Russia’s failing invasion of Ukraine, & ex-President Lula da Silva over incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil Presidential election.
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15-minute analysis of the “Summit of the Americas” in Los Angeles, and issues such as immigration, economic development, and recovery from pandemic
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Who is behind a group of Canadian truckers, challenging Coronavirus measures? Analysis of the role of far-right activists, anti-vaxxers, and Trumpists
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“We weren’t treated like humans”: horse-riding Border Patrol agents crack down on 15,000 Haitian migrants who moved from Central and South America to Texas.
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What prompted Cuba’s largest protests since 1994? How significant a challenge to regime are they? Can they be sustained in face of the Cuban security state?
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Court in Canada’s Ontario rules, on “balance of probabilities”, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards committed “intentional terrorism” with shootdown of Ukraine jet
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President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau renew ties damaged by Donald Trump: “We’re all best served when US and Canada work together.”
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Iran’s downing of Ukraine passenger jet adds to years of division between Tehran & Canada, with no prospect of renewed dipomatic relations after 2012 cutoff.
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On eve of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s visit to Washington, a chat about tensions in relationship among Mexico, Canada, and the US
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Scott Lucas on developments in Bolivia and how the narrow “anti-imperialist” rhetoric of some commentators blocks us from understanding the situation.
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Justin Trudeau remains as Prime Minister — but Canada, which exists because of a commodity which threatens sustainability of humanity, avoid extinction?
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In a twist in their 2 1/2-year confrontation, Venezuela’s Maduro Government is in talks with the Trump Administration — why? And what happens now?
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Trump’s tariff threat to stop migrants won’t work — but for him it “is illusion of success, rather than actual credibility or effectiveness which matters”
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Scott Lucas assesses statement of Juan Guaidó
Scott Lucas with talkRADIO about protests and possible changes of government from Venezuela to Iran to France — how to assess the politics and economics?
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Scott Lucas with Monocle 24: Beyond Venezuela crisis as one between President Nicolás Maduro and Trump Administration to consider local & regional dynamics
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Scott Lucas’s Week in Review on breakaway group shaking up UK politics amid Brexit; disappearing trade deals; “stateless” Shamima Begum; & Venezuela crisis
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Scott Lucas: “For some commentators, everything from Venezuela to Iraq to Iran to Syria to Eastern Europe is wedged into idea of US coups around the world.”
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How many in Venezuela – for all the economic problems, going without essentials – still believe in legacy of Hugo Chavez vs. how many who are simply fed up?
Read More Political WorldView podcast on Venezuela’s crisis: Will military — & Russia — sustain Nicolas Maduro in power despite protests & international pressure?
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Venezuela is in the headlines this week, with rival Presidents and mass protests behind both sides. So where to begin in an understanding of the crisis?
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Scott Lucas on three different cases of turmoil: Trump Shutdown in US, protests and rival Presidents in economically-battered Venezuela, and Brexit Britain
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“The mismanagement, myopia and vanity of Chavez and his successor Maduro has turned what was once Venezuela’s success story into a basket case”
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Scott Lucas on developments in 2019 from China and Taiwan to North Korea to Brazil, looking at contests for regional and global influence.
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