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About the Venezuelan Oil Deal

About the Venezuelan Oil Deal

By Daniel Nardini Normally, I would have said NO to any oil deal with the Venezuelan government of current dictator Nicolas Maduro. It would be like the United States doing… Read more »

China’s Influence on the International News Media

China’s Influence on the International News Media

By Daniel Nardini It went under the radar in most of the U.S. news media, but Michael Bloomberg, former New York City mayor and current head of the Bloomberg Media… Read more »

A Blessing in Disguise?

A Blessing in Disguise?

By Daniel Nardini The mid-term elections were not the Republican red wave so many commentators were talking about. The U.S. House of Representatives looks like it will still be dominated… Read more »

Cuban and Puerto Rican Images From A Long Time Ago

Cuban and Puerto Rican Images From A Long Time Ago

By Daniel Nardini I went through Cuba and Puerto Rico when I was young. The two have in so many ways a shared history. They were colonized by Spain, and… Read more »

The Reckoning

The Reckoning

By Daniel Nardini Regardless of who really gains from the U.S. mid-term elections on November 8th, this country is so divided that it will affect just about every aspect of… Read more »

The Right Wing Politics of Fear Against Voters

The Right Wing Politics of Fear Against Voters

By Daniel Nardini As I write this, there are right wing extremists who have called upon their followers to threaten those who oversee the election process and the actual election… Read more »

Maduro’s War

Maduro’s War

By Daniel Nardini As if things in Venezuela are not bad enough, now Venezuela is going one step further in forcing companies to publish digital maps and map websites that… Read more »

FAIR Is Not Fair

FAIR Is Not Fair

By Daniel Nardini Venezuelan refugees, once the darlings of the political right in the United States, are now being seen by extreme right wing and anti-immigrant groups as “illegal migrants”… Read more »

Sandinista Temper Tantrums

Sandinista Temper Tantrums

By Daniel Nardini It seems that Nicaraguan President for Life Daniel Ortega is miffed at The Netherlands for not building the hospital they had promised years ago. The Dutch government… Read more »

Taking Notes

Taking Notes

By Daniel Nardini As things seem to be spiraling out of control for Russia in its brutal war against Ukraine, Russia’s neighbor on the other side of the world is… Read more »