Geopolitica siglo XXI

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Africa Niger / EEUU, Russia, base aérea militar 101 de Niamey


US, Russia lock horns in Niger
May 7, 2024 by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR

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Such a thing never happened in the past one hundred years since the United States stepped out of the Western Hemisphere as an imperial power — an adversary barging into one of its military bases abroad.

A military base is deemed sovereign territory and an unauthorised entry constitutes an affront, especially by Russia, a rival superpower.
Yet, Washington and Moscow are playing down the co-habitation of their military personnel in the American air base near Niamey, capital of Niger, known as Airbase 101.

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Russia is taking advantage of alignment of opportunities following a telephone conversation[1] between the head of Niger’s military regime General Abdourahamane Tiani and President Vladimir Putin on March 26 about “strengthening security cooperation.” Moscow had previously promoted the formation of the so-called Alliance of Sahel States, a mutual defence pact created between Mali, Niger and Burkino Faso in September 2023 last year[/u], thereby effectively neutralising the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)[2], which is in the West’s orbit and at one point had toyed with the idea of a military intervention in Niger (with French backing) to restore the ancien régime of the deposed president Mohamed Bazoum[3] who is under detention.

Suffice to say, Russia’s Africa Corps has a job cut out for it — there is a big challenge ahead as Moscow assumes the role of provider of security. The more the US gets paranoid about Russia’s foreign trade in the conditions under sanctions, the greater becomes the relevance of Africa as a partner in Moscow’s scheme of things. There are indications that Russia is coordinating a strategy for regional regional security in West Africa[4]. 

[1] https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/03/26/niger-regime-chief-talks-security-cooperation-with-putin-a84641
[2] https://www.csis.org/analysis/will-sahel-military-alliance-further-fragment-ecowas
[3] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/04/world/africa/niger-bazoum-captivity.html#:~:text=The%20Bleak%20Life%20in%20Captivity,Bazoum%20%2D%20The%20New%20York%20Times
[4] https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/101782/


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 By the way, China National Petroleum Corporation has invested close to 5 billion  dollars in Niger’s petroleum industry and constructed a 2000 km long  pipeline from landlocked Niger to Benin’s Atlantic coast, while also holding two-thirds equity in Agadem oil fields. CNPC signed an agreement with Niamey[1] last month on a $400 million loan as a “lifeline” after the generals cut ties with France and the US — which is to be repaid with crude oil shipments within twelve months at an interest rate of seven per cent.

What remains in the grey zone is the extent to which Russia and China could be coordinating their actions. But that falls in the domain of geopolitics. Russia’s interests on the west African coast lie in look to be in securing military, diplomatic and economic pacts with leaders of these nations in exchange for strategic access to the Atlantic Ocean. And, of course, to the east, Niger and Chad border Sudan where Russia seeks a submarine base in the Red Sea. This has profound geopolitical implications.

[1] https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3259074/chinese-state-firm-agrees-us400m-loan-niger-junta-return-oil?

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US Jean-Pierre Press Secretary / "US wons WW-II against Staline with its Ukranian ally "
Karine Jean-Pierre: World War II was won by the Americans and Ukrainians

https://twitter.com/Pascal_Laurent_/status/1788278195797553624



Transcript

Q= meanwhile it's known that Ukraine itself has mixed views on this ideology why aren't we condemning Ukrainian manifestations of Nazism and continuing to sponsor it ? 

R= 79 years ago the United States and our Ukrainian allies joined forces to combat the oppressive regimes of Hitler and Stalin while Berlin is now an ally.
The threat from the East persists that's why we're committed to standing by Ukraine and uh and offering our full support in any way we can.

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COVID y GEOPOLITICA / Ron Unz, 4 años y 30 ML de muertos

(copia también en el hilo COVID-19 viene a comprobar que lo que debería unificarse son los dos hilos.
Largo (1h20) pero muy documentado con fuentes. Imprescindible. Desestabilizador.)


After Four Years and Thirty Million Deaths • 1h21m
Ron Unz • April 22, 2024 • 10,700 Words

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La epidemia mundial de Covid comenzó hace más de cuatro años, y aunque su visibilidad se ha desvanecido en gran medida en los últimos años, desplazada en los titulares por la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania y el conflicto más reciente entre Israel y Gaza, su impacto persistente ha sido enorme.

Desde 2020, The Economist[1] ha mantenido el relato más autorizado sobre el costo humano y, según sus cálculos, el número total de “muertes excedentes” en todo el mundo ha alcanzado casi los treinta millones[2] , mientras que muchos miles de millones más vieron sus vidas muy trastornadas por los bloqueos y las dislocaciones económicas. Nuestro propio país ciertamente sufrió estos mismos factores, con más de un millón de muertes estadounidenses, y el enorme gasto gubernamental utilizado para evitar un colapso económico elevó nuestra deuda en más de 10 billones de dólares[3], un aumento de aproximadamente el 50% tan sólo en los últimos años. .

Durante ese mismo período publiqué una larga serie de artículos[4] centrados en los orígenes de Covid. Ayer se cumplió el cuarto aniversario del primero de esos artículos y durante los últimos días he releído la mayoría de mis escritos sobre ese tema, que totalizaron más de 100.000 palabras.

En muchos de esos artículos, había asumido que el impacto social y económico a largo plazo de la epidemia y los confinamientos sería mucho mayor de lo que fue en realidad. La vida cotidiana en Estados Unidos parece haber vuelto a la normalidad mucho más rápidamente de lo que esperaba en ese momento. Excepto por algunos cambios permanentes aquí y allá, pocas señales de aquellos años tan difíciles parecen permanecer en nuestra vida diaria, y creo que la misma situación ha ocurrido en la mayoría de los demás países. Pero aparte de esas expectativas equivocadas, probablemente compartidas por muchos otros en ese momento, respaldaría firmemente casi todo lo demás que escribí en esas dos docenas de artículos importantes, especialmente incluido mi análisis extremadamente controvertido de la verdadera causa de esa devastadora epidemia global. .
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[1] https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/01/26/covi-j26.html
[2] https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/01/26/covi-j26.html
[3] https://www.investopedia.com/us-national-debt-by-year-7499291
[4] https://www.unz.com/page/covid-biowarfare-articles/

Me lo lei íntegro pensando en los laboratorios de Ucrania desmantelados por Rusia en febrero-marzo 2022, pero no los menciona, al menos en este artículo.