Over the last few months Prince has met several influential Trump supporters and wealthy Venezuelans living abroad to seek investment for the said operations.
In private meetings in the United States and Europe, Prince sketched out a plan to field up to 5,000 soldiers-for-hire on behalf of Venezuelan opposition lawmaker, Juan Guaido, the illegally self-proclaimed “interim president.”
„Julian Assange will be sentenced at Southwark Crown Court at 1030 tomorrow for ‘violating his bail conditions’ whilst seeking & obtaining political asylum,“ WikiLeaks said.
The self-proclaimed „interim president“ of Venezuela, Juan Guaido, went live on Twitter this morning to call on the military and people to begin an uprising against the legitimate government of President Nicolas Maduro.
Venezuelan Mayor General denies takeover of La Carlota Air Base.
Der als reale »Nummer zwei« in der Führung Venezuelas geltende Vizechef der Regierungspartei PSUV widersprach Meldungen des kolumbianischen Propagandasenders NTN 24 und anderer Kanäle, wonach sich Guaidó und López auf dem Gelände von La Carlota befänden oder den Flughafen gar »besetzt« hätten. Sie hielten sich vor den Grenzen des Geländes auf einer nahegelegenen Autobahn auf. Das Gebiet selbst sei »unter vollständiger Kontrolle der Bolivarischen Revolution«, betonte Cabello. In allen anderen Gebieten, auch in Caracas, herrsche absolute Ruhe.
Venezuelas Regierung rief die internationale Solidaritätsbewegung auf, umgehend Erklärungen gegen den laufenden Putschversuch zu veröffentlichen und über die tatsächlichen Ereignisse zu informieren.
The Honduran police attacked on Monday thousands of protestors in the streets of the capital against privatization of health and education services as they were being voted in Congress.
All unions are coming together on May 1 for a nation-wide shutdown against President Mauricio Macri‘s austerity policies in Argentina.
Argentinian labor unions called for a national strike against President Mauricio Macri’s fiscal austerity programme. Local media reported Tuesday that the protesters are planning a complete shutdown of flights, metro, banks, and schools.
In einer internationalen Umfrage des Meinungsforschungsinstituts Pew haben im vergangenen Jahr 43 Prozent der Befragten aus Deutschland gesagt, sie seien unzufrieden damit, wie die Demokratie funktioniert. Das ist ein Anstieg um 17 Prozentpunkte verglichen mit dem Vorjahr.
Weltweite Rüstungsausgaben steigen das zweite Jahr in Folge. USA und Brasilien führen auf amerikanischem Kontinent
Mit Jair Bolsonaro sei in dem südamerikanischen Land ein Politiker zum Präsidenten gewählt worden, der während seiner gesamten politischen Laufbahn aus seiner Verachtung für Demokratie, Menschenrechte und die Rechte von Minderheiten nie einen Hehl gemacht habe, schreiben die beiden Organisationen in einem offenen Brief an Maas. „Vor diesem Hintergrund wenden wir uns nachdrücklich mit der dringenden Bitte an Sie, alle zur Verfügung stehenden Kanäle zu nutzen, um unmissverständlich klarzumachen, dass die Bundesregierung von der neuen Regierung Brasiliens die Bewahrung der Rechtsstaatlichkeit, den Schutz von Minderheiten und die Bewahrung der Menschenrechte erwartet.“ Man hoffe darauf, dass sich die Bundesregierung für den Erhalt der Handlungsspielräume von zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen und Gewerkschaften mit Nachdruck einsetzt.
Anger at political elites, economic dissatisfaction and anxiety about rapid social changes have fueled political upheaval in regions around the world in recent years. Anti-establishment leaders, parties and movements have emerged on both the right and left of the political spectrum, in some cases challenging fundamental norms and institutions of liberal democracy. Organizations from Freedom House to the Economist Intelligence Unit to V-Dem have documented global declines in the health of democracy.
Gibt es in Donald Trumps Finanzen Hinweise auf ausländischen Einfluss? Der US-Präsident und seine Familie wollen die Weitergabe der Unterlagen an den Kongress verhindern.
In this new case, Trump‘s team says it couldn‘t get access to details of the subpoenas through the House committees and instead learned about them through Deutsche Bank on April 17.
Trump‘s attorneys say the chairs of the House Intelligence and Financial Services committees — Reps. Adam Schiff and Maxine Waters, both of whom are California Democrats — confirmed two banks received subpoenas from their committees for information related to Trump‘s finances but have refused to provide copies of the subpoenas.
President of the National Constituent Assembly of Venezuela Diosdado Cabello denied capture of La Carlota Air Base after a small group of soldiers revolted to promote a coup d‘état with the far right against the government of Nicolas Maduro.
„No military installation has been violated in the country, they are on the street in the Altamira Distributor and we are directing operations from La Carlota Air Base,“ he explained.
Live updates as Juan Guaidó posts a video of himself flanked by armed forces claiming he is ‘starting the final phase of Operation Liberty’
But the need to fight European elections – taking place on 23 May – has led 34 of the party‘s candidates to say that this ambiguity is no longer sustainable.
Around 100 MPs from across the party agree with them.
They want a clear commitment to a referendum under all circumstances.
Das System zur Beilegung von Streitigkeiten ist allerdings noch nicht in Kraft. Dazu muss Ceta erst durch die Parlamente in allen 28 EU-Staaten ratifiziert sein.
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„Linke“ und „Grüne“, die für „Europa“ schon das Grundgesetz in Frage gestellt haben, werden des „Rechtspopulismus“ verdächtigt, weil sie artig darauf hinweisen, dass erst der Bundestag Ja und Amen zu Entstaatlichungsprogrammen wie C.E.T.A. sagen muss.
Das wir das noch erleben dürfen.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today ruled that provisions for investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS, rebranded as ICS – Investment Court System) in the EU-Canada trade deal CETA are compatible with EU law.
This decision dangerously legitimises a mechanism that enables companies to claim multi-billion sum damages from governments that dare to stand up to their power. The ruling also comes as a blow to millions of citizens who have spoken out against this parallel justice system for corporations, most recently, more than 555,000 petitioners from all over Europe demanded an end to the ISDS system in all its forms.
The European Union-Canada free-trade agreement‘s provisions to protect investors do not breach EU law, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Tuesday in a major relief for proponents of the deal that came into force in 2017.
Live Brexit news:
Hopes of a Brexit deal being struck between Labour and the Government have risen after both sides said progress had been made in the latest round of talks.
For those new media darlings Change UK and the Brexit Party (and that’s the only time you’ll see the B-word mentioned in this piece; isn’t that refreshing?) there are no or almost no candidates at all. These local elections came too early for them; as this column has pointed out on several occasions, the local election cycle turns more slowly than the 24-hour news cycle.
It’s because of interpretation difficulties like this that we have the Projected National Shares of the Vote, calculated by the BBC and by Rallings and Thrasher as estimates of what might have happened had the whole of the country voted. In 2015, when most of the councillors being elected this year started their terms, the BBC’s Projected National Shares were 35% for the Conservatives, 29% for Labour, 13% for UKIP and 11% for the Liberal Democrats;
It is the first time in the Conservative Party’s 185 year history that rank and file activists have forced an Emergency General Meeting to discuss the party’s leadership.
The 85-year-old was given permission to abdicate after saying he felt unable to fulfil his role because of his age and declining health.
He is the first Japanese monarch to stand down in more than 200 years.
Operation CALUMET is Canada‘s support to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO). The MFO is an independent peacekeeping operation in the Sinai Peninsula. Canada has been in the MFO since September 1, 1985.
Bundesaußenminister Maas besucht Brasilien, Kolumbien und Mexiko
Kritik daran äußerte der Linken-Bundestagsabgeordnete Andrej Hunko. »Ich hätte mir schon gewünscht, dass Heiko Maas nach Venezuela reist und sich mit beiden Seiten trifft«, sagte er der Deutschen Presseagentur. »Ein Außenminister, der für Frieden vermitteln will, sollte sich schon ein eigenes Bild von der Lage in Venezuela machen.« Hunko selbst hatte das in der vergangenen Woche getan und war unter anderem mit Maduro und dem Oppositionspolitiker Juan Guaidó zusammengekommen. Man dürfe sich »in einer solchen Situation nicht nur auf Berichte von Oppositionellen stützen«, sondern müsse »beide Seiten hören«, so Hunko.
Brazil’s indigenous women have been overturning tradition to step into the spotlight and lead an international push to defend their tribal land rights, which are up against the greatest threat they have faced in years under right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro.
Czech police said on April 17 that Babis and others should stand trial for the alleged fraud involving the handling of a 2 million euro EU subsidy – charges that could see the prime minister jailed for up to 10 years.
Prospects for accelerating defence cooperation between UAE and New Zealand were the main focus of a meeting between Matar Salim Ali Al Dhaheri, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, and Helene Quilter, Secretary of Defence and Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence of New Zealand.
Israel’s Attorney General has told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that there will be no delay over his corruption indictment, despite his legal team’s attempts to stall the process.
Doch die Sudanesen wollen keine Einmischung. «Wir haben nicht den Diktator gestürzt, um uns die Politik von jemand anderem diktieren zu lassen», sagen die Demonstrierenden.
The SPA said it would conduct a general political strike and civil disobedience through the holy month of Ramadan, which starts in early May, and the Eid holidays that follow.