Syrian Winter
There’s a special kind of Hell which befalls refugees and displaced persons during a harsh winter. And now as that season approaches, Syria stands at the brink after a decade of conflict and calamity and…
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COVID Crisis Clouds United Nations Assembly
Since March the world has been battered by the Covid-19 virus. Nearly a million people have died and many more been sickened by this “invisible enemy.” From its origins in China, through its spread into…
UN Security Council Musical Chairs
It’s one of those Rites of late Spring when members of the UN’s General Assembly come together to choose five new non-permanent members of the fifteen-member Security Council. But what’s usually a spirited but pro-forma…
Back From The Brink, Again
UNITED NATIONS – An eagerly anticipated UN Security Council meeting came in the nervous aftermath of America’s targeted killing of Iranian terrorist kingpin Qassem Soleimani by an armed U.S. drone. The rhetorical crescendo was building…
Latin America & U.S. Put Political Squeeze on Venezuela Regime
BUENOS AIRES – Two of Latin America’s political heavyweights have put the squeeze on Venezuela’s increasingly authoritarian regime. In a meeting between Argentine President Mau-ricio Macri and his new Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsanaro, the leaders…