Bigii:

NIG and Jubril

bedspread:
Hope Pmb and the likes of Shehu his spokesman are Watching

UncleJudax:

China gives loans to countries and hope they don't pay back, so it takes over their assets. Sri Lanka, Greece, Djoubuti, Maldives etc have already gone down that road.

USA doesnt want China to take over Venezuela's assets cos that country owns China at least $35B.

Russia is also struggling to get a deal and protect its investments and loans before Venezuela defaults.

Na dog-eat-dog matter at the moment

MajorJeffery:
It's getting interesting.
Let's see how Trump's US+Europe will play against Russia+China.

Timi1990:


It’s not only China;Uk , France and USA also give those loan in form of Aids and use that opportunity to control the government in that country . Problem in Libya, Egypt and Dr Congo are good examples

UncleJudax:

Loan trap foreign policy is different from Aid to manipulate. China now runs the biggest port in Greece and Sri Lanka. Unregulated scooping of Venezuela's oil in exchange for loans. More countries are out there. Even Naija go soon enter.

But sha, the koko be say, USA no want China to do same in Venezuela.

Russian mines Venezuela's gold and Turkey refine same...Wonder why both countries and China are against opposition taking over?

baralatie:
the largest fuel deposits in the world is Venezuela and it is practically broke.mehn! this is serious even Zimbabwe has a better hope

Racoon:
And Buhari's APC said the world should not interfer in the affairs of nations when incumbent decided to grossly abused democratic process.

They better be ready because any attempt to rig the 2019 with Prof.Yakubu, Amina Zakari, security agents will backfire catastrophically.

Meanwhile, Governors from Niger and Mali were part of Buhari's Kano rallies today signifying APC is contradicting itself again as usual.

SalamRushdie:
With such precedence Buhari is finished his plans to use Inec and military to suppress free and fair elections seems to be in some trouble ... For four years Buhari instead of Buhari to work he went about killing and plundering the economy and practicing primitive nepotism in the hope that in 2019 he will just announce false results and roll the military but suddenly the plan is looking shaky

Expect the coward Tinubu to start playing safe soon so as to safeguard his international investments

Timi1990:


Lol when countries tell you they are providing you Aid , there’s 99.9% chances that they want something in return. No body go dash anyone free money nah

UncleJudax:

Loan trap foreign policy is different from Aid to manipulate. China now runs the biggest port in Greece and Sri Lanka. Unregulated scooping of Venezuela's oil in exchange for loans. More countries are out there. Even Naija go soon enter.

But sha, the koko be say, USA no want China to do same in Venezuela.

Russian mines Venezuela's gold and Turkey refine same...Wonder why both countries and China are against opposition taking over?

SoNature:


My dear, this is something every rational leader must avoid.
You don't let these external actors run your country because they can mess up your country if you give them the room to.

Whenever I remember what has become of Libya today as against what it used to be, I feel bad. I just hope the oldie in Aso Rock is watching.

jaxxy:


This is very simple. Venezuela is a Democratic Nation, Maduro is undemocratic, the country is in turmoil, he needs to step down or be removed.

In a democracy 1 man cannot hold the country to ransom.

SoNature:


They are not asking Maduro to step down

They want him to conduct another election that other countries, which will monitor it closely, will adjudge free and fair

uwa244:
I think its high time Nicolas Maduro succumb to the opposition to allow peace to reign.power is not a do or die affair.

heendrix:


but las las they'll loose cause atm Venezuela seem to be at US backyard

EVarn:
Undue interference by the western world in the affairs of the Venezuelan state. President Maduro should reject any such attempt to cow him, and by extension the Venezuelan people, into accepting spurious ultimatums.

Elder0001:
EU Parliament Recognizes Venezuela's Guaido As Interim President


EU politicians voted 429 in favour to 104 against recognising the opposition leader as the interim leader.


The European Parliament has recognised Venezuela's self-declared interim president Juan Guaido as de facto head of state, heightening international pressure on the OPEC member's socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

EU politicians voted 429 in favour to 104 against, with 88 abstentions, at a special session in Brussels on Thursday to recognise Guaido as interim leader.

In a statement with the non-binding vote, the parliament urged the bloc's 28 governments to follow suit and consider Guaido "the only legitimate interim president" until there were "new free, transparent and credible presidential elections".

Though frequently accusing Maduro of stifling democracy, the European Union, wary of setting a precedent of recognising self-declared leaders, has been reluctant to follow the United States and most Latin American nations in their immediate recognition of Guaido.

Britain, France, Germany and Spain said on Saturday, however, that they would recognise Guaido unless Maduro called elections within eight days.

But the EU as a whole has not set a time limit in its call for a new presidential vote.

Maduro has dismissed the demands, calling them an unacceptable ultimatum from the corrupt elite of spent colonial powers.

"The leaders of Europe are sycophants, kneeling behind the policies of Donald Trump," he said over the weekend.

Maduro accuses the US and other countries of waging an economic war aimed at removing him from power.

The European Parliament has no foreign policy powers but sees itself as a champion of human rights.

"Those who are demonstrating today in the streets of Venezuela are not Europeans, but they fight for the same values for which we fight," Spanish centre-right EU politician Esteban Gonzalez Pons said in a statement.


Guaido said that this recognition by the European Parliament represented a "great step" towards the fight for democracy in Venezuela.

"We have taken a big step in our struggle for democracy!," Guaido wrote on Twitter.

"We appreciate the decision [taken by] the European Parliament [it] recognise[s] all the effort that we Venezuelans have put forward for the restitution of constitutional order in our country"


'Rupture of democracy'
As Venezuela sank into an economic and political crisis that brought mass emigration and hyperinflation, the EU imposed an arms embargo and sanctions on officials to decry what it views as rights violations and the rupture of democracy.

On Thursday, the Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists said seven foreign journalists had been detained in Venezuela, including French and Spanish reporters. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini called for their release.


Foreign ministers were due to discuss the crisis in Venezuela at a two-day meeting in Bucharest this week.

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who spoke to Guaido by telephone on Wednesday, said the bloc should consider more asset freezes and travel bans on Venezuelan officials.

"Targeted sanctions against the kleptocrats who have enriched themselves on the back of the rest of the population who are very poor, that is something I think can be effective," Hunt said in a Foreign and Commonwealth Office statement



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Mynd44
Dominique

BidenDTrounced:


Gas prices dropped during covid (in Canada) why? Movements were restricted, lock downs, fewer cars on the road and therefore less demand for gas. When demand is high, price is high and when demand is low, price is low.
There was low demand and production was reduced.

Biden actually blamed President Putin for the increase in gas prices but you're saying it's Saudi Arabia.
Americans blamed Biden and held him responsible so he had to save his own skin. It falls in the category of selfish interest.



"Meanwhile, countries that do not abandon thier national interests by refusing to jump on the isolation/sanction bandwagon of the West gets a lecture. Sermons that the West itself doesn't practice.."
Why do other countries get a lecture when they have to 'cave in'

BidenDTrounced:

Your statement long gan.
I've concluded this topic already so I'll only highlight some interesting areas from your post and rephrase them.
What did you want the US to do about Khashoggi (a US citizen that wasn't killed on US soil)?
The question is what did the US do about Khashoggi? (You only mentioned threats)
What would the US have done if it was a country that wasn't as influential and powerful as Saudi Arabia?
Did the US impose sanctions on Korea(DPRK)?Zimbabwe? Yes

Why didn't the SAUDIS rise up against MBS for the killing of Khashoggi? The majority of Saudi citizens found Khashoggi to be a traitor and agent of destabilization/division groomed by the US to make thier country a Libya 2.0 He wasn't missed by many.

You said Biden threatened hail and brimestones to sanction Saudi. Shireen Abu Akleh was also a US citizen and a Journalist (that wasn't killed on US soil). She got a cold treatment because she had no political value to the schemings of Washington.
Your writings and admissions further buttresses the fact that Khashoggi had indeed been a tool crafted by the US to orchestrate the breakdown of peace and order in an attempt to overthrow the legitimate govt of Saudi Arabia.


You said
"That is why we have diplomats. They work in the best interest of the collective MANY, not the few minorities."
This closely mirrors my earlier statement
"Meanwhile, countries that do not abandon thier national interests by refusing to jump on the isolation/sanction bandwagon of the West gets a lecture. Sermons that the West itself doesn't practice.."


Biden went begging for oil and the Saudi Prince proved himself to be an excellent negotiator. He acquired revenue for his country while simultaneously placing Biden in his place. Brilliant diplomacy. Very brilliant.


Khashoggi is another classic example of a person that allied himself to a country under the leadership of a man that's not worthy of trust or loyalty. He allowed himself to be used.

Meanwhike, real journalists like Shireen Abu Akleh gets the cold shoulder.

BidenDTrounced:



I've received reports on Juan Guaido, I'll take action on that later in the day.






Joe Biden vowed to make Saudi Arabia a pariah state. He failed, he bent the knee, crown prince MBS prevailed.
He blamed President Putin




During the Iran hijab/regime change protests, suggesting a Libya/Gaddafi 2.0:

"We're going to free Iran"
Joe Biden

What happened? He failed.

BidenDTrounced:
I like this version better

US-backed Venezuelan opposition figure expelled by neighbor

https://www.rt.com/news/575304-colombia-expels-juan-guaido/

BidenDTrounced:
Guys, this is competing with Juan for topic of the day.





South Africa’s ruling party decides to withdraw from ICC — president
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) party has decided to withdraw the country from the International Criminal Court (ICC), South African president Cyril Ramaphosa reported on Tuesday.

"The decision of the ANC to withdraw the country from the International Criminal Court is due to the ICC’s bias in certain situations," he said after talks with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto in Pretoria.

As the official spokesman for the South African president told TASS, to withdraw from the ICC, the parliament needs the corresponding decision of the National Assembly. The ANC has a majority in the lower house of the South African parliament.
https://tass.com/world/1609393

It's no surprise that SA is significantly much more developed than Nigeria.

BidenDTrounced:


My interests is a developed and prosperous Africa where ordinary Africans have the resources to travel and explore the world without having to dehumanize themselves.



The reason I'm relaxing on the RUS - UKR conflict is because the war is over, my aspirations came to fruition much more rapidly than I expected.
The West has receded and declined, we're now in a multipolar world where Yuan is an acceptable alternative to the dollar, sanctions are impotent, the West has been unable to isolate Russia (the West still has embassies in Russia sef...they could communicate with Russia via Nigeria or cnn), the West has been unable to prevent trade between Russia and the relevant stakeholders (China and India).. plus, Nazi Ukraine has lost territory that is comparable to the size of some countries and the West is unable to achieve any of it's intended goals/ambition (the West is incapacitated).

In addition to this, President Peter Obi, President of Biafra, some parts of Nigeria and commander in chief of obidients worldwide has submitted an application for Africa (yes, he also doubles as the president of Africa) to join NATO. Our enormous natural resources is too dear to allow it to fall into Russian hands.


and

As a matter of "leaks", resources rich Africa was next on the Russian agenda. But thanks to the sacrifices of Jewlensky and the benevolent West, Russia is unable to invade Nigeria. Tinubu has traveled to Ukraine to thank the Nazi militant for fighting for our freedom.

BidenDTrounced:
The West CANNOT survive without Africa/China but Africa/China does not need the West for survival. Africans should recognize thier exalted position.

BidenDTrounced:
From every indication, the intention was to disintegrate and subjugate Russia. Now that they've seen the results of thier miscalculations, they're aimless and they're basically using the RUS-UKR crisis as a distraction to divert attention away from domestic failures.
Nazi Ukraine has lost territory that is comparable to the size of some countries

BidenDTrounced:


My interests is a developed and prosperous Africa where ordinary Africans have the resources to travel and explore the world without having to dehumanize themselves.



The reason I'm relaxing on the RUS - UKR conflict is because the war is over, my aspirations came to fruition much more rapidly than I expected.
The West has receded and declined, we're now in a multipolar world where Yuan is an acceptable alternative to the dollar, sanctions are impotent, the West has been unable to isolate Russia (the West still has embassies in Russia sef...they could communicate with Russia via Nigeria or cnn), the West has been unable to prevent trade between Russia and the relevant stakeholders (China and India).. plus, Nazi Ukraine has lost territory that is comparable to the size of some countries and the West is unable to achieve any of it's intended goals/ambition (the West is incapacitated).

In addition to this, President Peter Obi, President of Biafra, some parts of Nigeria and commander in chief of obidients worldwide has submitted an application for Africa (yes, he also doubles as the president of Africa) to join NATO. Our enormous natural resources is too dear to allow it to fall into Russian hands.


and

As a matter of "leaks", resources rich Africa was next on the Russian agenda. But thanks to the sacrifices of Jewlensky and the benevolent West, Russia is unable to invade Nigeria. Tinubu has traveled to Ukraine to thank the Nazi militant for fighting for our freedom.

BidenDTrounced:
The West CANNOT survive without Africa/China but Africa/China does not need the West for survival. Africans should recognize thier exalted position.

Lavrov urged the audience "to stay optimistic."

"We hope that the desire to join forces will prevail, that it will be understood that splitting the global community into one billion and seven billion is wrong, that putting yourself above others is also wrong," the top Russian diplomat said.

https://tass.com/politics/1609589

BidenDTrounced:

This is called Trauma Bonding.
We have been exposed and accustomed to mistreatment, corruption, misrule, maladministration etc. so when our government faithfully executes NORMAL EXPECTATIONS, it seems like a magnanimous, selfless and philanthropic act, we thank them for it and it endears them to us.
This is a legacy of Western colonialism.

Origins of Corruption In Africa
https://panafricanreview.rw/origins-of-corruption-in-africa/

Colonialism is alive and well in Africa, but goes by many nice names
https://roape.net/2022/01/26/colonialism-is-alive-and-well-in-africa-but-goes-by-many-nice-names/

The New Intellectuals of Empire
https://roape.net/2021/07/01/the-new-intellectuals-of-empire/




Although, the West has been able to create a 'garden' (Borrell, EU official) for itself at the expense and continuous exploitation of those it has condemned and confined to the 'jungle' (Borrell)

Corruption is more rampant in the West but it's much more subtle and covert (I wrote about this in 2020 based on my observations, exposure and personal experience...then I saw the authors/writers in the aforementioned links use the same words I used..it was affirming and vitalizing)
Westerners are also exposed to to "mistreatment, corruption, misrule, maladministration" BUT in the sense that developing countries are thier specimens (they're well indoctrinated in that 'knowledge' by Western mechanisms).
The" garden vs the jungle" division creates an aura of superiority (and they're emboldened by the inferiority complex of thier subjects/the colonized)....
These circumstances leads to the conditioning by means of distractions and manipulations (which I've already touched on in this discourse) that the worst scenario in the West
is better than the best of developing countries.
In conclusion, just like inhabitants of developing countries, majority of westerners are also 'trauma bonded' in the context of this writing and we're the samples/specimen for thier exposure to to "mistreatment, corruption, misrule, maladministration."


The attached is just for lols

BidenDTrounced:
Why Tinubu floored Atiku, Obi, by President Buhari

Overconfidence and poor tactical moves led to the failure of the
opposition to defeat the ruling party in the February 25 presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday.
Besides, the President explained that the All Progressives Congress (APC) got its act together by employing cautious confidence and hard work to retain power, won by President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

He defeated Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP).

The President criticised the PDP and LP for relying on external backers.

Speaking to APC governors during a visit to his residence at Aso Villa, he said: “They were already telling their foreign backers that they would defeat the APC.”

He added: [Our Party blended confidence with caution. We worked hard and won. Now, their overconfidence is creating more problems for the opposition than anyone else.

“They are finding it hard to convince those who supported them from outside why they are unable to beat us.”

Speaking further on the election, the President added: “An important reason I congratulate Asiwaju (Tinubu) on winning is that the opposition got support and false hope from outside and went on to create the impression that they will win, that they will defeat us. How more wrong could anyone be?” he asked.

He thanked Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai for the infrastructure he has provided to make life easy for him in retirement.

He explained that Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje had equally done the same thing, but he did not elaborate on it.

Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Kebbi State Governor Atiku Bagudu, said the visit was to say “Happy Sallah” to the President and to thank him for the leadership he had given to the party and the nation.

He congratulated the President on the party’s victory in the Presidential election, saying: “Your party won the Presidency, a majority in the Senate and for being the leading party in the House of Representatives. These successes would not have happened without your support.

“History will remember you kindly. Around the world, the election is being celebrated because of the turbulence in the region and in the developing world, all courtesy of your leadership.

‘We won by sheer hard work, the same thing you have always encouraged us to do. We thank you immensely for everything.”

https://thenationonlineng.net/why-tinubu-floored-atiku-obi-by-president-buhari/

BidenDTrounced:
Dangote (a black man) is the richest man in Africa (one would have expected it to be an igbo guy.. given the ostensible business acumen the igbos are known for). The igbos are the real definition of empty barrel makes the loudest noise. Dangote has been very vital to Nigeria's economy. Dangote's success is Nigeria's success.

BidenDTrounced:
Yorubas, silent billionaires.
Hausas ...it speaks for itself.
igbo people...always looking for validation



The owner of a giant multinational telecommunications company that is indigenous to Nigeria is an omoluabi.

As a matter of "leaks", resources rich Africa was next on the Russian agenda. But thanks to the sacrifices of Jewlensky and the benevolent West, Russia is unable to invade Nigeria. Tinubu has traveled to ukraine to thank the nazi militant for fighting for our freedom. Nigeria has struck a defensive alliance with NATO (or a millitary agreement equivalent or superior to NATO)....lol jk

BidenDTrounced:
"Majority of Ukrainians do not support the West/Zelensky's vendetta against Russians (Russians generally, including Russian speaking Ukrainians and the Russian culture). Majority of Ukrainians had preferred that the country should be divided with one going to Russia and the other as the new Ukraine (NK SK scenario) with security guarantees from the US, France and the UK. Security guarantees that ensures that if Russia invades the new Ukraine, then France, US, the new Ukraine and the UK will jointly invade Russia (are those countries scared? They have a lot of mouth). Also, they recently promised to nuke NK (a nuclear country) so they shouldn't be scared. I find Russia to be more credible. I don't even need to listen to Russia..I just need to look at the behaviour of the West. They appear to be confirming Russia's claims with thier actions."

BidenDTrounced:
Saudi Arabia evacuated Russians from Sudan

Saudi Arabia evacuated several dozen Russian nationals from Sudan aboard military ships, Ruslan Usmanov, Spokesman of the Russian Consulate General in Jeddah told TASS Sunday.

"Russian nationals do not evacuate on their own. They are being evacuated by Saudi military ships. They took this issue upon themselves. They evacuate from Port Sudan and take them to the Port of Jeddah, to the naval base. We meet them here," the diplomat said. "So far, about 40 Russian have arrived. Most of them have already departed: some back to Russia, and some to other countries - depending on their destination."

Usmanov specified that Russian citizens travel to Russia through transit countries, such as Egypt, Qatar and the UAE.

According to the spokesman, Saudi Arabia also evacuates American and European citizens. Saudi authorities provide lists of evacuated people to the consulate general several hours in advance.

"Saudi Arabia also pays for their two-day stay in hotel, with catering," Usmanov. "After that, Russian citizens depart to Russia. If necessary, we escort them to the airport, resolve some issues, but, usually, everything goes smoothly. There have been no problems so far."

The situation in Sudan escalated amid disagreements between the army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who also heads the ruling Sovereignty Council, and the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (known as Hemedti), who is al-Burhan’s deputy on the council.

The main points of contention between the two military organizations pertain to the timeline and methods for unifying the armed forces of Sudan, as well as who should be appointed as commander-in-chief of the army: a career military officer, which is al-Burhan’s preferred option, or an elected civilian president, as Dagalo insists.

On April 15, armed clashes between the rival military factions erupted near a military base in Merowe and in the capital, Khartoum.

https://tass.com/society/1611769