https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/14/ivan_cepeda_colombia_uribe_guilty_verdict
This is a topic that I've already touched on in the past, however this court case has simply confirmed not only what was already known but expanded upon the nature of the corruption and cover up.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/12/ecuador-president-blackwater-alliance
Ecuador had been part of the so-called Pink Tide of Latin American nations that had turned turned to Left-wing governments during the George Bush era. The term of Rafael Correa (2007-2017) came to symbolize this era for Ecuador. After Correa departed office, his party continued holding power but the shift was underway. By 2021 a conservative (and pro-Washington) president was in power but his tenure was marked by controversy, corruption, and ultimately collapse.
This story is fascinating on several levels and yet there's something rotten about it. Even after reading the 43 page indictment, it doesn't add up.
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/05/13/the-secret-history-of-israels-role-in-genocide-in-colombia/
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/12/chiquita_funding_death_squads_in_colombia
I post this must-read article because I believe it's important for Christians to have a better understanding of what has happened in Colombia and the role of US policy, the US military - and the outsourced role Israel often plays at the behest of Washington.
https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/06/talibans-successful-opium-ban-bad-afghans-and-world
https://www.rferl.org/a/afghan-farmers-livelihood-taliban-bans-opium/31803532.html
The United States Institute for Peace or USIP is a mouthpiece for the US government. The fact that this federal agency is required to have both the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense on its board reveals it to be a sham. It does not promote or stand for peace. It cannot with these kinds of imperialist and militarist connections.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/honduras-president-arrested/
The death of Alexei Navalny received around-the-clock coverage and it was simply assumed that Putin ordered it and yet when someone like Berta Caceres of Honduras is killed, virtually no one in Western (and certainly American) media seems to care and suggestions of American involvement are met with scoffs.
When Western and even Christian media cover the situation in
Colombia they invariably focus on the terror and violence perpetrated by the
Leftist guerilla groups – such as the FARC. This is true enough but they
consistently misrepresent the story. There are cycles of violence and terror
and the reason many among the rural poor gravitate toward the Left is due to
the violence of Right-wing paramilitary groups which are often unofficial arms
of the state and in other cases are effectively private armies funded and
backed by Western corporations. And it must be remembered that groups like the
CIA are always in the background pulling strings and attempting to manage the
situation.
*Updated 16 October 2024
https://theintercept.com/2023/01/18/genaro-garcia-luna-trial/
Ten days after winning the Mexican presidency in 2006, and
encouraged by the Bush administration, Felipe Calderon launched the Mexican Drug
War. Less than two decades later over 500,000 are dead and even these figures
are misleading as they don't include all of the tangential deaths involved in
connection to drugs – nor do mere numbers explain what the war has meant for
the industry, its markets, and societies ranging from South America to the
Canadian border.
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/10/12/mexico_military_drug_cartels_ayotzinapa_ministry
The GOP is screaming once again about the border. Biden
visited El Paso on his way to a North American Summit meeting in Mexico City.
The Right has been howling for months about his failure to visit the actual
border. So then when he shows up they go on the attack.
'How dare he!'
'It was a mere photo-op!'
Undoubtedly this is the case. This is what politicians do.
Here's the question. If Biden had showed up and took a list of demands made by
the governors of Florida and Texas and agreed to meet all their demands, what would
they say?
First there was the failed summit in Los Angeles. This was the Ninth such meeting for the Organization of American States (OAS) which has long been a tool for US imperialism in the region. More than once it has given cover to US policies and machinations.
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/how-bulgaria-gave-gazprom-the-keys-to-the-balkans/
In the summer of 2020, the boiling cauldron that is Bulgaria
began to spill over. Caught in a struggle between the West (NATO and the EU)
and its historical ally in Moscow, the Balkan nation has been racked by
controversy and intrigue.
Pardon my cynicism but it's rather convenient that the files
regarding one of the most notorious massacres in Salvadoran Civil War, one
perpetuated by the US trained and backed Atlacatl Battalion have seemingly
disappeared.
