I have been following Venezuela since my transfer to Cuba (2012). At that time, Venezuela was a very prestigious country in Latin America, with very bright economic indicators, exporting its oil without any problems, challenging the US, and providing serious […]
South Africa (SA), one of the continent’s leading countries with a population of 70 million, held parliamentary elections last week. In 1994, the African National Congress (ANC), the liberation organization that overthrew the racist white regime under the leadership of […]
SUMMITS ON STAGE In the last five years, when global politics has been heating up, the months of June have witnessed important Summits, especially in the Western world. June 2024 was in line with the recent pattern of Summits. On […]
The war in Ukraine is well into its third year and the one in Gaza may complete its first. And the latter may as well degenerate into a wider conflict. War dynamics are overshadowing other considerations. Winning or not losing […]
A belated article, but “never too late” when it comes to the EU …….. The great, mostly fabricated, leaders of the EU members and institutions met last April in a Council format and took some big decisions. The summit document […]
The Middle East has been plagued for centuries by conflicts among the peoples of the region, global geopolitical power struggles and interventions by extra-regional actors. The Palestinian issue, which has constituted the main issue in the region since the establishment […]
Neighboring Azerbaijan will host the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change – COP29 – in November this year. The decision in this regard was taken at the COP28 plenary session on […]
The struggle for dominance over the Black Sea, and thus the Turkish Straits, has its roots in centuries. The vast Black Sea basin, which connects the Balkans to the Caucasus and the Middle East, includes the dimension of access to […]
This year three anniversaries in Cyprus have coincidentally come together: The sixtieth anniversary of the UN Security Council Resolution 186 adopted on 4 March 1964, which did more to perpetuate injustice than to extinguish the fire in the island and […]
When an incumbent leader in an African country claims that the constitution needs to be amended or that a brand new constitution needs to be drafted, this is not a good sign. He is probably nearing the end of his […]
