#Venezuela Approves New #Law to Open #Mining to Foreign Investors

The move opens the country’s coveted #mineral fortune up to foreign investors, in the latest move that Venezuela’s leadership has taken to satisfy the #Trump admin.

#geopolitics #MafiaState #sovereignty
nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/a…

What do #Putin, #Trump & #Netanyahu have in common?

When faced with domestic/personal political problems, an easy method to sideline & slowly solve them, is to start or escalate #war.

It shifts the public conversation, changes the legal & political environment /interests, eases expanded military action at home, & creates opportunities to reward & align with certain factions (oligarchs, corporations, #military leaders).

#Israel #Iran #USA #GAZA #VENEZUELA #UKRAINE #LEBANON #SYRIA #Politics #US

Fmr #Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro returns to a NY courtroom Thursday as he seeks to have his #DrugTrafficking indictment thrown out over a geopolitical dispute over legal fees.

It’s the first time that #Maduro & his wife, #CiliaFlores, will be in court since a January arraignment at which he protested their #abduction by #US #military forces & declared: “I am not guilty. I am a decent man, the constitutional president of my country.”

#law #geopolitics #sovereignty
apnews.com/live/nicolas-maduro…

The International Congress of Mathematicians (#ICM) decided not to meet in #Russia in 2022, for a list of reasons including Russa's "war of aggression in #Ukraine and the potential dangers…in regards to freedom of political expression and the safety of #LGBTQ participants." Now some ICM members have launched a petition asking it not to meet in the US in 2026, for a list of reasons including US aggression in #Gaza, #Greenland, #Iran, and #Venezuela, and "serious concern that academics (or anyone) traveling to the US may be denied entry."
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

#Mathematics #USPol #USPolitics

Move the 2026 ICM out of the United States

We, the undersigned mathematicians, call on the IMU to reconsider its decision to hold the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians in the United States this coming July.

^{Google Docs}

Another normal day in #TrumpWorld - NATO countries defending themselves from American attack...

#JD20260320 #JDLinkBlog
full JDLinkBlog thread: todon.eu/@jd/11626060454127787…

'...Danish soldiers flown to Greenland in January were prepared to blow up key airport runways over fears that US President Donald Trump could invade the Arctic island, Denmark's public broadcaster DR says.

Citing sources in the Danish government and military, and also among European allies, DR says blood supplies were also brought in to treat the wounded in the event of fighting.

[...] A high-ranking Danish security source told DR that "when Trump keeps saying he wants to take over Greenland, and then what happened in Venezuela happened, we had to take all scenarios seriously."...'

Article: bbc.com/news/articles/c33ln4mp…
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#Iran #USA #Israel #EndlessWar #IranWar
#UKpol #USpol #EUpol #Palestine all for #Israel #Greenland #Denmark #NATO #Venezuela

#Epstein #EpsteinWars

Denmark planned to blow up Greenland runways if US invaded, reports say

Denmark's public broadcaster reports that the US operation to seize Venezuela's leader sparked fears it would act against Greenland.

^{Jaroslav Lukiv (BBC News)}