Nicolas Maduro’s opponents fall short of securing enough signatures to trigger a recall vote against the Venezuelan president. Venezuela’s National Electoral Council had given the opponents a deadline on Wednesday to gather a minimum of 4.2 million signatures to set off the recall. The effort, however, only secured 42,421 signatures,Continue Reading
With December’s High Court decision to overturn the lower court ruling against the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, lawyers of the WikiLeaks founder immediately got busy. The next avenue of appeal, strewn less with gold than obstacles, would be to the Supreme Court. The central question remained:Continue Reading
Mike Whitney • February 11, 2022 “The primordial interest of the United States, over which for centuries we have fought wars– the First, the Second and Cold Wars– has been the relationship between Germany and Russia, because united there, they’re the only force that could threaten us. And to makeContinue Reading
By Samson Yaki The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation has expressed readiness to partner the Nigerian Senate to actively implement projects on energy and mineral resources development, infrastructure, industry and promote military cooperation. In a letter signed by Valentina Matvienko, Speaker of the Federation CouncilContinue Reading
Illegality of US Foreign Policy, Pre-Emptive Force and Qasem Soleimani International relations is typified by its vagueness of definition and its shallowness of justification. Be it protecting citizens of a state in another, launching a pre-emptive strike to prevent what another state might do, or simply understanding the application ofContinue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that would allow him to stay in office for two more terms until the year 2036. The legislation, officially approved by Putin, came after changes to the country’s constitution last year that allowed the 68-year-old Russian leader to run for two moreContinue Reading