9 Nov 2020

Trump administration plans “flood” of sanctions on Iran by Jan. 20

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Photo: Patrick Semansky/Pool/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration, in coordination with Israel and several Gulf states, is pushing a plan to slap a long string of new sanctions on Iran in the 10 weeks … Read More
31 Dec 2019

Venezuela Is Quietly Ramping Up Oil Production

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If anyone is to ever write a guidebook on political survival, the skills of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro would certainly top the contemporary charts. This autumn went relatively well for the besieged leader as the political headlines drifted towards the … Read More