The governments in Havana & Washington have been engaged in secret negotiations for weeks, with no signs of progress. For #Cuba, the goal is to end the #energy #blockade. For the #US, the talks are [purportedly] focused on ending the government’s grip on the economy & ending political repression [though in actuality it is on #RegimeChange & #US #WesternHemisphere control].
#Trump #MafiaState #Imperialism #geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis #EnergyCrisis
U.S. Space Forces Southern Established to Bolster Western Hemisphere Space Operations
US Space Forces Southern (SPACEFOR-SOUTHERN) opened in Arizona on Jan 22, 2026. It will watch space for Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.
#SpaceForce #Arizona #WesternHemisphere #SpaceOperations #Military
https://newsletter.tf/us-space-force-opens-new-command-in-arizona-january-2026/
The US Space Force has opened a new command in Arizona. This is the first time a dedicated space command has been set up for the Western Hemisphere.
#SpaceForce #Arizona #WesternHemisphere #SpaceOperations #Military
https://newsletter.tf/us-space-force-opens-new-command-in-arizona-january-2026/
The USS Abraham Lincoln #AircraftCarrier & 3 guided-missile #destroyers arrived in the #MiddleEast >2 weeks ago.
It marks a quick turnaround for the USS Ford, which #Trump sent from the Mediterranean Sea to the Caribbean last Oct as the admin built up a huge #military presence prior to the surprise raid that captured Venezuelan President #Maduro.
It appears at odds with Trump’s #NationalSecurity strategy, which put an emphasis on the #WesternHemisphere…. [not really, he wants a war, any #war.]
The #Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy late Friday that chastised #US #allies to take control of their own #security & reasserted the #Trump admin’s focus on #dominance in the #WesternHemisphere above a longtime goal of countering #China.
https://media.defense.gov/2026/Jan/23/2003864773/-1/-1/0/2026-NATIONAL-DEFENSE-STRATEGY.PDF
The 34-page document, the first since 2022, was highly #political for a #military blueprint, criticizing partners from #Europe to #Asia for relying on previous US admins to subsidize their #defense.
What many saw as a brazen abduction of Nicolas Maduro, Trump pitches as proof of revived US dominance in the Western Hemisphere, dubbing it the "Donroe Doctrine" in echo of the 1823 Monroe Doctrine. But does the world still fit Monroe’s assumptions? Here’s what the numbers say.
Read on HT news app: https://www.hindustantimes.com/editors-pick/can-donroe-be-a-geopolitical-doctrine-number-theory-101768793967192.html
#NicolasMaduro #Maduro #Trump #Donroe #DonroeDoctrine #Monroe #Geopolitics #WesternHemisphere #LatinAmerica #DataViz #Venezuela
It also sends a message that #SouthAmerica keeps diverse #trade & #diplomatic relations even as #US President Donald #Trump attempts to declare dominance in the #WesternHemisphere.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who head’s the #EU’s executive branch, said that “the geopolitical importance of this agreement cannot be overstated” amid revived skepticism about the benefits of #FreeTrade.
#geopolitics #economy #inflation #tariffs #Europe #EU #Mercosur #NewWorldOrder
The inspiration is the 19th cent #MonroeDoctrine that prioritized #USsupremacy in the #WesternHemisphere & which #Trump has embraced & renamed the “#DonroeDoctrine.”
Experts say that while the revival of this playbook may have unnerved some #US #allies, it could also serve the interests of #Russia, locked in a war in #Ukraine, a former Soviet republic, & #China, which has long had its sights set on #Taiwan.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #NewWorldOrder #law #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
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