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America And Venezuela: Can It Be Considered A ‘Just War’?
America And Venezuela: Can It Be Considered A ‘Just War’?

(ANALYSIS) As the complexities in Venezuela continue to evolve, President Donald Trump held his first face-to-face meeting with democratic opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. Universal consensus says her party won the 2024 presidential vote by two-thirds or better, whereupon dictator Nicolás Maduro, now imprisoned in New York City, stole the office.

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Pope Francis As Politician: Challenges Ahead In The US, Israel, Ukraine And China
Pope Francis As Politician: Challenges Ahead In The US, Israel, Ukraine And China

(ANALYSIS) Could it possibly have been coincidence? The very day Congress certified Donald Trump’s election as the next U.S. president, the Vatican announced the transfer of San Diego’s Cardinal Robert McElroy to become the politically significant archbishop of Washington, D.C. There’s no doubt Pope Francis wants McElroy to keep an eye on Trump.

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