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Please Think Before Going
By Daniel Nardini Recently, the U.S. Department of State had to issue a travel advisory to NOT go to Russia for any reason. The obvious reason was because U.S. citizens… Read more
The Great Peruvian Drought
By Daniel Nardini Many parts of the western United States are experiencing drought and drought-like conditions with water levels of lakes, rivers and dam reservoirs dropping at record rates to… Read more
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
So Far, South America Remains at Peace
By Daniel Nardini Peru’s president has been impeached, and there have been armed clashes between indigenous peoples and powerful corporations in a number of South American countries like Peru, Ecuador… Read more »