"... as long as US economy is based on oil and coal - 70% of its energy sources, that's enormous - it will tend to seek wars over oil and coal. The Venezuelan issue is about this.

In my opinion, if US ... were aligned with the Paris Agreement - that is if they were to completely replace that 70% of its energy with clean energy - there would be no wars."

#GustavoPetro, President of Colombia 2026

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct8c49

#podcasts #BBC #TheInterview #USForeignPolicy #LatinAmerica #Colombia #war

"... as long as US economy is based on oil and coal - 70% of its energy sources, that's enormous - it will tend to seek wars over oil and coal. The Venezuelan issue is about this.

In my opinion, if US ... were aligned with the Paris Agreement - that is if they were to completely replace that 70% of its energy with clean energy - there would be no wars."

#GustavoPetro, President of Colombia 2026

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct8c49

#podcasts #BBC #TheInterview #USForeignPolicy #LatinAmerica #Colombia #war

Trump’s board of peace is an imperial court completely unlike what was proposed https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/trumps-board-of-peace-is-an-imperial-court-completely-unlike-what-was-proposed #DonaldTrump #UsForeignPolicy #Gaza #UnitedNations #WorldNews #UsNews #Palestine #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica

Trump’s board of peace is an imperial court completely unlike what was proposed https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/trumps-board-of-peace-is-an-imperial-court-completely-unlike-what-was-proposed #DonaldTrump #UsForeignPolicy #Gaza #UnitedNations #WorldNews #UsNews #Palestine #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica

Japan’s cabinet approves record defence budget amid escalating China tensions https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/26/japan-defence-budget-china #Japan #China #Taiwan #AsiaPacific #UsForeignPolicy

US attack on Venezuela risks ‘Vietnam-style’ regional conflict, warns Lula adviser https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/08/us-attack-venezuela-risks-vietnam-style-conflict-lula-adviser #LuizInácioLuladaSilva #Trumpadministration #USforeignpolicy #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Venezuela #Worldnews #Caribbean #Americas #Brazil #USnews

US attack on Venezuela risks ‘Vietnam-style’ regional conflict, warns Lula adviser https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/08/us-attack-venezuela-risks-vietnam-style-conflict-lula-adviser #LuizInácioLuladaSilva #Trumpadministration #USforeignpolicy #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Venezuela #Worldnews #Caribbean #Americas #Brazil #USnews

'[I]t’s been the go-to liberal zionist limited hangout since criticism of the US and #Israel’s destruction of #Gaza began to emerge among Democrats in late 2023 and early 2024—a popular tic, for example, of Sen. Bernie Sanders. It’s not Israel’s genocide, we are told, but “#Netanyahu’s war.” '

#AdamJohnson on US liberals' "One Bad Man Theory" of the #GazaGenocide

https://www.columnblog.com/p/its-not-just-netanyahu-the-rise-of

#USpol#USpolitics#USforeignPolicy#USMiddleEastPolicy#Palestine @palestine @israel