Testimonio [Comité de RREE del Senado] Blog de el Grupo Ávila, 05.08.2020 Elliott Abrams, representante especial para Venezuela (Depto. de Estado)Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Menendez, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify on our efforts in support of the Venezuelan people. The ongoing crisis and the defense of democracy in Venezuela remain...
Russian bounty killing forces Trump’s hands on troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Columna Indian Punchline, 01.07.2020 M.K. Bhadrakumar, ex diplomático y columnista indioAs expected, the controversy over Russia’s alleged bounties for killing American and NATO troops in Afghanistan is steadily snowballing. The New York Times has come out with more leaks such as bank transfers from accounts identified with the Russian military intelligence to the Taliban, “hawala” transactions as well as...
Cuba y Venezuela
Columna Blog Grupo Avila, 14.05.2020 Sadio Garavini di Turno, embajador (r), cientista político y escritor venezolanoJoaquín Villalobos, intelectual, ex guerrillero e influyente analista político internacional, en un reciente artículo, ha subrayado el decisivo apoyo cubano para el mantenimiento del régimen de Maduro. Por cierto, también Moises Naim ha manifestado en diferentes ocasiones la misma posición. Villalobos...
El retorno de las ‘esferas de influencia’
Columna Blog del Grupo Ávila, 29.04.2020 Sadio Garavini di Turno, embajador (r), cientista político y escritor venezolanoGraham Allison, profesor y ex decano de la Harvard Kennedy School of Government, autor de la ya clásica obra: “Essence of Decision. Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis”, en su reciente artículo en Foreign Affairs:”The New Spheres of Influence”, afirma que...
Oil price war is more about market share
Columna Indian Punchline, 17.03.2020 M.K. Bhadrakumar, ex diplomático y columnista indioThe common refrain is that Saudi Arabia has launched an oil price war against Russia by boosting production and selling at discounted price, which, coming on top of the pressure from demand destruction caused by climate change action and the onslaught on the global financial system from...
The Great Oil War of 2020 Has Begun. Can Russia Win?
Carta OpinionGlobal, 15.03.2020 Riad Fouad Saade, empresario libanés y consul honoriario de Chile en BeirutFor years in my charlas at the Diplomatic Academy of Chile, I have explained the link between the US dollar, as being the world currency reference, and world oil policy lead by the USA. I reminded that whoever of the Arab puppet leaders who...
Russia and Turkey acting together in SYRIA
Carta OpinionGlobal, 15.03.2020 Riad Fouad Saade, empresario libanés y consul honorario de Chile en BeirutIn the past weeks the conflict in North West Syria between The Syrian Arab Army of President Assad, backed by Russia, and the Turkish Forces, has been fierce and lethal. Much was written and said, with a large consensus of a Syrian victory...
Regional states won’t oppose US-Taliban deal
Columna Indian Punchline, 03.03.2020 M.K. Bhadrakumar, ex diplomático y columnista indioThe reactions of the major regional states surrounding Afghanistan over the US-Taliban peace agreement in Doha Saturday reveal fault lines that are useful pointers in the Afghan peace process. A sardonic remark by the Indian foreign minister S. Jaishankar and an exceptionally anti-US outburst by the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif apart,...
Es urgente poner un freno a la venta desproporcionada de armas
Columna Infobae, 06.02.2020 Roberto García Moritán, embajador (r) y ex viceministro de RREE argentinoEl comercio de armas convencionales es el negocio más lucrativo a nivel global. Las ventas han crecido un 40% con relación a principios de siglo. En el 2019 alcanzó la cifra récord de las mayores transacciones en la historia. Cinco países (Estados Unidos, Rusia,...
Reunión al más alto nivel en Berlín para estabilizar Libia
Columna El Confidencial, 19.01.2020 Jorge Dezcállar de Mazarredo, Embajador de España