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The Trump administration has wasted no time in targeting migrants, with a criminalizing discourse and human rights violations galore. In this context, Venezuelans have been specially singled out, with more than 100 sent to Guantánamo.In this podcast episode, VA members José Luis Granados Ceja and Ricardo Vaz took stock of the latest developments, the emerging narratives, and the different moving parts in the US-Venezuela relations.

Palestinians have no right to return to Gaza: Trump "US President Donald Trump has unveiled a controversial plan for Gaza, proposing a ""real estate development for the future"" that denies Palestinians the right to return their homes. In a Fox News interview, Trump suggested relocating Gaza's population to newly built communities elsewhere. Egyptian and Jordanian leaders rushed to Washington for talks, as global criticism mounts. The American leader hinted at cutting US aid to both nations if they refuse to accept Palestinians from the Israel beseiged enclave. Meanwhile, Palestinian resistance group Hamas has postponed the planned release of Israeli captives, blaming Tel Aviv for violating the ceasefire deal. In response, Trump vowed to cancel the Gaza ceasefire deal if all hostages aren't freed. “If all of the hostages aren't returned by Saturday 12 o'clock ... all bets are off and let hell break out,” he said." Israel expands its assaults in West Bank, targeting Palestinians "Israeli forces continues in their attacks on occupied West Bank, storm the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp in Jericho, raiding Palestinian shops and neighbourhoods. Meanwhile, in Masafer Yatta, bulldozers demolished five Palestinian homes and a cave sheltering 40 people, cutting electricity and water. The raids came amid a broader Israeli offensive since January 21, leaving over 30 Palestinians dead in the region." Venezuela sends planes to bring back undocumented migrants from US "Venezuela has sent two planes to repatriate undocumented migrants from the US, following a deal with the Trump administration. It comes after President Nicolas Maduro agreed to accept deported migrants and provide transportation. Some deportees are suspected of ties to the Tren de Aragua gang. The arrangement follows a January 31 meeting between Maduro and US envoy Richard Grenell. While the specifics of the talks remain unclear, Maduro hinted at a ""new beginning"" in US-Venezuela relations." Romania's president quits to pre-empt impeachment bid "Romania's outgoing president Klaus Iohannis has resigned to avoid a political crisis amidst plans by right-wing opposition parties to impeach him. ""The request will have consequences both domestically and abroad,"" Iohannis said. His resignation came after a tumultuous election season marked by accusations of Russian interference and institutional instability. Moscow denies any involvement. Senate Speaker Ilie Bolojan will serve as interim president until elections in May. " Sam Altman rejects Musk's $97.4 billion OpenAI takeover attempt "Elon Musk is making waves again—this time with a $97.4 bid to buy OpenAI. Leading a group of investors, Musk wants to reclaim the ChatGPT maker and allegedly restore its nonprofit mission. But OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman isn't having it, responding on X with a sharp “No thank you,” and a cheeky counteroffer to buy Twitter for $9.74. Meanwhile, a legal battle rages on, with a judge questioning OpenAI's Microsoft ties and paving the way for a trial next year."

In this episode of STRAT, retired Marine Intelligence Officer LtCol. Hal Kempfer discusses the importance of strategic risk assessment in aviation, particularly in light of recent aviation incidents at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. where a regional jet and military helicopter collided over the Potomac River and in Northeast Philadelphia with an air ambulance LearJet. He transitions into the political situation in Venezuela, highlighting the challenges posed by the Maduro regime and the implications of mass migration. The discussion then shifts to the impact of trade tariffs on the economy and the complexities of global trade dynamics, especially concerning U.S.-Latin America relations. Throughout the conversation, Kempfer emphasizes the interconnectedness of these issues and the need for strategic thinking in addressing them.• Importance of strategic risk assessment highlighted by aviation mishaps.• Venezuela's political turmoil affects regional and international stability.• US-Venezuela interactions raise questions about international diplomatic strategies.• Tariff policies signal shifts in US economic and geopolitical strategy.• Economic impacts of tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and global trade.• Central and South America's evolving role in US foreign policy.• Border security and immigration reforms shape US domestic and foreign policies.• China's influence on global economic and political dynamics analyzed.#StrategicRiskAssessmentTalk #STRATpodcast #HalKempfer #AviationSafety #AmericanEagleFlight5342 #AmericanAirlinesBlackhawkCrash #VenezuelaUnrest #USForeignPolicy #GlobalTrade #TariffImpacts #BorderSecurity #GeopoliticalAnalysis #RiskMitigation #ImmigrationPolicy #ChinaInfluence #EconomicStrategy #USRelations #AviationIncidents #CentralAmericaPolicy #MexicanTariffs #GlobalEconomics #MilitaryAnalysis #GlobalRisk #PolicyInsights

On 23 August 2024 on Rights Rorts and Rants Peter Lammiman and Dr Rodrigo Acuña discuss the current post election situation in Venezuela. Dr Acuña described Venezuela as "a country under siege" with over 900 American sanctions against Venezuela. Dr Acuña also touches on other Latin and South American countries and the historical background in the US Venezuela relationship in his analysis. Something for the diary Listeners can find out more about the current political situation in Venezuela by attending a documentary screening at NSW Teachers Federation auditorium in Surry Hills on 21st September. Called Venezuela: the cost of challenging an empire. Tickets are available from Eventbrite. Rodrigo made the documentary with another filmmaker and it has received high ratings. The show was first broadcast on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1 FM on 23 August 2024 by Blue Mountains Unions & Community and presented by Fran Dyson & Peter Lammiman. The podcast was produced by Ann-Maree McEwan  If you'd like to add to the discussion, you can ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠leave an audio comment about our show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, which may be added to one of our podcasts. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply to be a guest on our radio show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Rights, Rorts and Rants on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1FM, Fridays from 4pm to 6pm or livestreamed via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠rbm.org.au.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join a union - 1300 486 466 or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠join online⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.   Join ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BMUC⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Blue Mountains Unions & Community pays its respect to and acknowledges, the Darug and Gundungurra First Peoples of the Blue Mountains area and acknowledges this is Aboriginal Land that was never ceded. Authorised by D Smith, Secretary, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Mountains Unions Council Inc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, 52-52A Great Western Hwy, Mount Victoria, NSW.

It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Timothy M. Gill, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to discuss his recent book Encountering US Empire in Socialist Venezuela: The Legacy of Race, Neo-Colonialism, and Democracy Promotion. Then, she is joined by David Adler, Co-General Coordinator of the Progressive International, to discuss what has transpired since Argentinian President Milei's took power. First, Emma runs through updates on the UN's unlikely ceasefire vote, continuing reports on Israeli war crimes, US-Venezuela relations, protests in Argentina, a mass shooting in Prague, GOP primary polling, growing challenges to union-busting in the US, and the incredible use of the MTA's funding, before parsing through a recent CNN report on the unsurprising role Israeli Settlers play in the West Bank. Timothy Gill then joins, diving right into the developments in US-Venezuela relations, including a drawback of US sanctions and a prisoner swap, and what that means moving forward. Next, Gill steps back to walk Emma through the history of the US' neocolonial approach to Venezuela, occurring at the beginning of a shift away from blunt displays of US power towards more subtle attempts at “Democracy Building,” like the funding and bolstering sympathetic actors and political parties. Expanding on this, Gill and Emma tackle the role of NGOs and political organizations in laundering US dollars to train long-term efforts to manipulate Venezuelan elections, and how that's reflected by the executive branch with the eager backing of un-elected leaders, first in the wake of the coup of Hugo Chávez and more recently with their uplifting of Juan Guaidó, before parsing through the particular role of the Chávez Administration – and their opposition to the US' global war on terror – in shifting the US stance toward Venezuela. Wrapping up, Gill explores the role of anti-imperialism as a patriotic force within Venezuela, and touches on the lingering tentacles of US neo-colonialism. David Adler then jumps right into the early action of Javier Milei's administration in Argentina as a direct representation of his extreme anarcho-capitalist ideology and his coalition with the “Law and Order” right, including an unprecedented crackdown on peaceful protests with direct attacks on their rights and welfare as they speak out against his attacks on their rights and welfare. Adler also parses through Milei's most recent display of hyper-neoliberalism – via a sweeping 600-article piece of legislation – before exploring the strong majority with which Milei won office, and what that means for the staunch backlash to his early actions. After expanding on the important context of massive foreign debt left by Mauricio Marcri's Administration, David and Emma wrap up with an assessment of yesterday's mass protests of the free-speech crackdown by Milei, and what that suggests for the future of the administration. 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US-Venezuela prisoner swap; Hostage investigation; California gun law blocked; Trump asks SCOTUS to wait; Warner Bros. Discovery & Paramount; '2024' arrives in NYC.

AP correspondent Donna Warder reports on an exchange deal between the U.S. and Venezuela.

US-Venezuela prisoner swap; Hostage investigation; California gun law blocked; Trump asks SCOTUS to wait; Warner Bros. Discovery & Paramount; '2024' arrives in NYC.

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Dec. 21 at 6:45 a.m. CT: Holiday travel is expected to hit its peak right around now. Airlines are confident they can handle the crowds, but it could come down to the weather. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says the government will be holding the airlines accountable to operate smoothly and treat passengers well if there are disruptions. Auto club AAA forecasts that 115 million people in the U.S. will go 50 miles or more from home between Saturday and New Year's Day. That's up 2% over last year. Most of those people will drive, and they will save a bit on gasoline, compared with a year ago. MIAMI (AP) — The United States has freed a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in exchange for the release of 10 Americans imprisoned in the South American country and the return of a fugitive defense contractor. That contractor is known as “Fat Leonard” and he's at the center of a massive Pentagon bribery scandal. The American detainees were back on U.S. soil late Wednesday. The deal represents the Biden administration's boldest move yet to improve relations with the major oil-producing nation and extract concessions from Maduro. The largest release of American prisoners in Venezuela's history comes weeks after the Biden administration agreed to suspend some sanctions. JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has uncovered a major Hamas command center in the heart of Gaza City, inflicting what it described as a serious blow to the Islamic militant group. The center's location comes as pressure grows on Israel to scale back its devastating military offensive in the coastal enclave. The military's announcement Wednesday came as Hamas' top leader arrived in Egypt for talks aimed at brokering a cease-fire that would put a temporary pause on over two months of heavy fighting and deliver a new deal for Hamas to swap Israeli hostages for Palestinian imprisoned by Israel. LE PECQ, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says the giant opening ceremony extravaganza that Paris is planning to hold on the River Seine to launch next year's Olympic Games could be moved if France is hit again in the run-up by extremist attacks. Macron's comments in a television interview on Wednesday night were a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into the deep layers of planning for the July 26 ceremony. Many details about the show remain shrouded in secrecy to preserve its hoped-for wow factor. The athletes will be paraded through the heart of the French capital on boats on the Seine. But Macron says plans could be revisited for security reasons if needed. He cited deadly extremist attacks that hit Paris in 2015 as an example. ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani has been named The Associated Press' Male Athlete of the Year for the second time in three years. Before the two-way superstar signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers this month, he put together another incredible season for Japan's national team at the World Baseball Classic and for the Los Angeles Angels. Ohtani led the AL with 44 homers and in several other categories, and he had the lowest opponents' batting average on the mound until his season ended early due to an elbow injury. The Dodgers still gave Ohtani the biggest contract in professional sports history. LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places, ruling that it violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and deprives people of their ability to defend themselves and their loved ones. The law was set to take effect Jan. 1. It would have banned people from carrying concealed guns in 26 places including public parks and playgrounds, churches, banks and zoos. It would apply whether the person has a permit to carry a concealed weapon or not. One exception would be for privately owned businesses that put up signs saying people are allowed to carry guns on their premises. WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to stand down from a dispute over whether he can be prosecuted on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results. Special counsel Jack Smith's team last week urged the nation's high court to take up and quickly consider Trump's claims that he enjoys immunity from prosecution as a former president. The unusual request seemed designed to prevent any delays that could postpone the trial of the 2024 Republican presidential primary front-runner. But Trump's lawyers told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that there was no reason for them to take up the matter now, especially because a lower appeals court in Washington is already considering the same question and has scheduled arguments for Jan. 9. DENVER (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's bid to win back the White House is now endangered by two sentences added to the U.S. Constitution 155 years ago. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment prohibits anyone who swore an oath to support the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection” against it from holding office. For the first time in history, a court this week ruled that applies to the presidency. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Trump is barred under the provision. But the court acknowledged that it's on untrodden legal ground, and the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to have the final word. The early signing period in college football opened with just a little five-star drama. Georgia likely locked up a recruiting crown by flipping an in-state blue-chipper away from Florida State. The consensus No. 1 recruit in the country had Ohio State coach Ryan Day literally sighing with relief. And a five-star defensive lineman committed to Florida decided to delay making his decision official. That was the least of the bad news for the Gators. The 76ers, Knicks and Clippers are among the NBA's biggest winners, the Capitals picked up a key overtime win, and two developments in college football. The NHL and Diamond Sports Group, the largest owner of regional sports networks, have reached an agreement that will keep local broadcasts for 11 teams on Bally Sports through the end of this season. The agreement, which was contained in a court filing made Wednesday, is subject to court approval. Diamond Sports has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the Southern District of Texas since it filed for protection in March. The company said in a financial filing last year that it had debt of $8.67 billion. While there will be a reduction in rights payments for some teams, the local rights for those 11 franchises will revert back to the NHL at the end of this season. NEW YORK (AP) — New York's attorney general has filed suit against SiriusXM, accusing the satellite radio service of making it intentionally difficult for its customers to cancel their subscriptions. Attorney General Letitia James' office said Wednesday that an investigation into complaints from customers found that SiriusXM forced subscribers into often lengthy interactions with agents who were trained in ways to avoid accepting cancellation requests. The company disputed the claims, arguing that many incidents cited in the lawsuit came in 2020 and were caused in part by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their operations. 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AP Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports on Venezuela-Prisoner Deal.

AP Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports on Venezuela-Prisoner Deal.

Adam welcomes Ethan Lawrence and Andy Sell to discuss a movie-style mall heist in Poland, progress in US-Venezuela relations, Spain's World Cup kiss scandal, and other international news stories you should know about! Show notes: https://youdontshow.link/ep20

Facts & Spins for October 20, 2023 Top Stories: The US temporarily lifts Venezuelan oil sanctions, Biden secures aid for Gaza, Rep. Jim Jordan presses on with his House speaker bid, Ex-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty in the Georgia election case, the UK's MI5 warns of an 'epic scale' of Chinese espionage, Russia detains an American journalist, Nicaragua releases 12 jailed Catholic priests to the Vatican, Texas installs a razor wire barrier along its border with New Mexico, China joins an IAEA survey over the release of water from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, and Pfizer more than doubles the price of its COVID medication Paxlovid. Sources: https://www.verity.news/

The last bits of Derek's sanity serve Danny's need for the headlines. This week: Biden visits Israel as it pummels Gaza and an IDF ground invasion looms (0:38); a number of countries hold elections, including New Zealand (8:19), Liberia (9:34), Poland (10:57), and Ecuador (13:28); China holds its annual Belt and Road Forum (14:48) while a U.S. report says the People's Republic is building its nuclear arsenal faster than previously believed (16:45); an update on the conflict in Sudan (18:02); Mali sees U.N. peacekeepers continue to withdraw from the north of the country, potentially leading to increased fighting (20:10); the State Duma in Russia greenlights the process to pull out of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (21:20); Ukraine hits Russian airfields in the occupied Luhansk Oblast (22:37) while the Russian assault on the Ukrainian city of Avdivka stalls (24:22); Islamist attacks in Belgium and France trigger free movement suspensions (25:59); Argentina prepares for the first round of its presidential election (27:48); the U.S. and Venezuela move forward with a sanctions relief deal (30:05); and the United States hits record oil production numbers (33:25).Donate to Palestinian Medical Assistance here! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.americanprestigepod.com/subscribe

Last week, the Biden administration announced a deal with the Iranian regime that would free five Iranian-American prisoners in Tehran in exchange for several Iranian prisoners here in the U.S. The deal would also free up $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds to be used solely for humanitarian purposes in Iran. Brussels-based foreign policy analyst Eldar Mamedov joins us this week to talk about the Republican-hawk backlash against the deal and what the agreement might mean for future diplomatic efforts between the U.S. and Iran. We also get him to talk about Biden's apparent moves to get Saudi Arabia to normalize relations with Israel, and at what cost. In the first segment Kelley and Dan discuss the New York Times' latest attempt to diminish non-interventionists and restrainers on the Ukraine war issue — this time on the Left.More Eldar Mamedov:Hawks hurl lies over Iran prisoner swap but can't hide this truth, Responsible Statecraft, 8/11/23Fresh hysteria over detail-less Bolivia-Iran security deal, Responsible Statecraft, 8/1/23Qatar emerges as go-between on frozen US-Venezuela front, Responsible Statecraft, 7/6/23 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit crashingthewarparty.substack.com

Veronica was raised in Venezuela, educated in the US, worked in Japan, the US & Venezuela, is currently the board chair of two of her family businesses & is advisor & head of coaching for Generation6 Family Enterprise Advisors. She knows what it is to build, lose & reconfigure your business & start anew. And she knows that Resilience, Self-responsibility, and Coaching are the name of the game! Veronica currently serves as chair for the board of the GEM (Grupo Economico Maldonado) companies, a role she has had since July 2018. In addition, Veronica served as the Executive Director of the Family Office and Chair of the GEM Family Council. From 2002-2021 she was the President of the Foundation, La Compañia Humana, which supports education, community development, music, and environmental awareness in Venezuela. Years past, Veronica worked in the development of international business ventures at Phoenix Home Life Insurance Company in Connecticut and the Daichi Life Insurance Company in Tokyo, Japan. She is a frequent speaker on family business matters and participates in advisory boards of the Family Business Network and the Business Families Foundation. To learn more about Veronica:https://www.generation6.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronica-maldonado-degwitz-2443b31/ To learn more about the podcast, please visit: https://boxer.agency/conversations-with-coaches/

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On this episode of CODEPINK radio, Teri Mattson and Leonardo Flores interview Carlos Ron, Venezuela's Vice Minister for North American Affairs, about recent talks between the US & Venezuelan governments. In the second half of the program, Teri Mattson speaks with Victor de Currea-Lugo about the recent elections in Colombia.

In this episode Gloria and Charelle launch their new series called "don't forget about us", in their first episode they focus on the ongoing health crisis in Venezuela. To gain a deeper understanding they interview Cinzia De Santis the CEO and founder of Healing Venezuela, an NGO which aims to help Venezuelans through its various programs. Our Instagram: thediplomatunsa Healing Venezuela: www.healingvenezuela.org Instagram: healingvenezuela --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/maastricht-diplomat/message

Scott Ritter, former UN weapon inspector in Iraq, joins us to discuss the latest US moves against the Nordstream 2 pipeline. The US is dropping all pretense of respect for German sovereignty, as the Secretary of State threatens their so-called "ally" with harsh sanctions. The German government struggles to maintain the appearance of independence, as the US empire pushes to dictate their economic decisions.Dr. Linwood Tauheed, associate professor of economics at the University of Missouri- Kansas City, joins us to discuss the pandemic economy. US Representative Rashida Tlaib has introduced a bill that would provide a universal income of two thousand dollars per month during the coronavirus crisis, and one thousand dollars a month for a year after it concludes. Also, the Biden administration may be forced to take further action to halt evictions, as landlord lawsuits threaten to unleash a nightmare scenario of homelessness and despair. George Koo, journalist, social activist, international business consultant and chemical engineer, joins us to discuss China. In the face of unsupported claims of human rights abuses by the US empire and its allies, China has issued a comprehensive US human rights report. They argue that the US human rights fight is a fight between those seeking US hegemony and those who oppose a unipolar world order. Alexander Mercouris, editor-in-chief at theduran.com & host of "The Duran" on Youtube, joins us to discuss the Russia-China alliance. Russia and China have agreed to join forces in an effort to push back against "illegal and illegitimate" sanctions that have been levied against them and their allies by the US empire and the EU. Russian foreign minister Sergie Lavrov commented that "We reject zero-sum geopolitical games and reject unilateral illegitimate sanctions that our Western colleagues resort to more and more often."Linn Washington, professor of journalism at Temple University, joins us to discuss the fallout from the Colorado massacre. Democrats are dealing with increased pressure to end the filibuster and pass new gun safety legislation. Also, Joe Biden calls for a new assault weapons ban, and conservative Senator Ted Cruz calls the gun law discussion "ridiculous theater."Mark Sleboda, Moscow-based international relations security analyst, joins us to discuss Ukraine's latest anti-Russia moves and the deterioration of EU-Russia relations. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelesnky has enacted sanctions against a number of Russian companies and media. Also, international security experts are predicting that the European Union's constant political, economic, and diplomatic attacks on the Russia federation will lead to the severance of diplomatic ties, as Russia looks to strengthen its alliance with China. Leo Flores, CodePink coordinator for Latin America, joins us to discuss Codepink's recommendations for US/Venezuela relations. Human rights activists recommend that US policy towards Venezuela should be centered around diplomacy and the well-being of its citizens. They recommend diverting from the counterproductive path forged by the Trump administration.Laith Marouf, broadcaster and journalist based in Beirut, Lebanon, joins us to discuss Syria. Human rights activists worldwide are fighting the deadly "Caesar sanctions" that have been levied against the Syrian people. Also, the US is occupying the oil fields of Syria, and there are numerous reports that they are looting the war-torn nation of valuable oil resources.

Jon and Matt were honored to be joined by Leonardo Flores to discuss some of the many misconceptions that have been propagated by the US government about Venezuela and the Chavista movement. Leonardo is the Latin America campaign coordinator and and analyst on U.S.-Venezuela relations for Code Pink His writing has appeared in Common Dreams. Discussed in this Episode: - Leonardo's background and interest in US- Venezuela relations - The reality of pre-Chavez Venezuela - Hugo Chavez, his political development, and rise to power - The root of US enmity toward the Chavez and Maduro governments - The accomplishments of the Chavez government in terns of social advancements - The truth about Venezuelan elections - Maduro's background and rise in Venezuelan politics - The US's weaponization of human rights against Venezuela - The horrible effects of US sanctions on Venezuelans - American's inability to understand how constant US meddling might lead to restriction of some freedoms - The development of US policy toward Venezuela through George W, Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump - Leonardo's predictions for the Biden administration's treatment of Venezuela - Hopes for the future of Venezuela Leonardo's Work: Please Support him! Among other very important projects, Leonardo is currently working on The Good Neighbor Policy at Code Pink Articles by Leonardo can be found at Common Dreams Our Work: Read our "In the Context of Empire" blog with corresponding and expanded posts to this content! Social Media: Twitter- @Mattylongruns.

Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Leo Flores, the Latin American Campaign Coordinator for CODEPINK, about what the election of Joe Biden will mean for US Venezuela policy. They also discuss Venezuela's upcoming parliamentary elections and the fractured state of the country's opposition.

On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Lee Stranahan and Garland Nixon talk with Internal Medicine Physician Annette Bosworth about how to deal with issues of anxiety and steps to take for improving daily life. Later the hosts discuss the positives and negatives of medication for anxiety/depression and if these should be considered safe to use.Guests:Stephen Lendman - Writer and Geopolitical Analyst | US-Venezuela Relations & The Trajectory of US Foreign Policy Dr. Bosworth - Internal Medicine Physician & Author | Understanding and Dealing with Issues of AnxietyTed Rall - Political Cartoonist & Syndicated Columnist | Why Congress Fails to Enact Meaningful LegislationRyan Cristián - Founder and Editor of 'The Last American Vagabond' | Are Anxiety/Depression Drugs Dangerous & Are "Pre-Crime" Laws on the Horizon?The United States government has been aggressively targeting the economy of Venezuela in an effort to put pressure on President Nicolás Maduro to step down from his position. Writer and Geopolitical Analyst Stephen Lendman returns to the show for a discussion about US-Venezuela relations, past US foreign policy involvement in Syria and Iraq, and how Presidential candidates tend to posture about policies they will implement with regards to international events should they win the Presidency.Problems related to anxiety can have major negative impacts on an individual's life and how they function on a day-to-day basis. Internal Medicine Physician Annette Bosworth joins today's episode of 'Fault Lines' to inform listeners about some of the symptoms of anxiety, why diagnosing anxiety can be challenging even for medical professionals, and things that can cause anxiety to worsen. She also gives advice for how to improve anxiety issues, manage neurotic thinking patterns, and to talk about how meditation can benefit those living with anxiety. Every election cycle candidates for Congress campaign to the American people about the policies and various types of legislation they will work to pass should they be elected to office. Despite these campaign promises, Congress rarely seems to take action on major issues. Political Cartoonist Ted Rall joins the hosts to discuss the prevalence of this trend, how big money interests direct the Congressional agenda, and how the American public gets exploited throughout this process.For the final two segments, Garland and Lee are joined by Ryan Cristián, Founder and Editor of 'The Last American Vagabond,' for a conversation about the pros and cons of taking medication to treat depression/anxiety and the connection between some of these prescription drugs and high rates of suicide. They also discuss the concept of "pre-crime" style laws becoming a reality, how the government may look to define some ideas as dangerous, and why certain political beliefs might become associated with violent behavior.

Have you heard about sextortion?  We will talk about this type of blackmail scam and why it is so dangerous.   Android vs. iPhone, what is your choice? Today, we're going to talk about it from the resale value side What's up with GPS systems? Why are some experts not flying on  April 6?  I got some news and explanations for you. And we have a report out of the UK, The Guardian about how easy it is to steal modern cars.  We will discuss why that is.  Did you hear about the warning from Google this week? We will get to that and some other unexpected actions from Google   For more tech tips, news, and updates visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Transcript: Below is a rush transcript of this segment, it might contain errors. Airing date: 03/16/2019 Duckduckgo For Search - Google Advisory On Windows 7 - Cars Hacked Via Their Security Systems Craig 0:00  Hi, everybody, we're up to show number 998. Craig 0:12 Does that mean we have to do something special, coming up here in a couple more shows? I can't believe 1000 weeks worth of shows. I don't number my shows based on the, Craig 0:21 you know how many times I've appeared or how many times I've put podcasts up. Because I do, sometimes five. I've done as many as a dozen different podcasts in a week before. So I don't add them up like that. I'm talking about 1000 weeks on the air, on the radio. That is absolutely fantastic. It's frankly, it's just so exciting. I'm glad that it's happening. Well, today, we are going to be talking about sextortion. You might have seen this, I had one of the listeners reach out to me about this just a couple of weeks ago. And in fact, it happened to me, as well. We'll talk about Android vs. iPhone. This time, we're going to talk about it from the resale value side. GPS systems, April 6, I got some news for you. Some experts have decided they're not going to fly on April 6th, explain why. And we have a report out of the UK, The Guardian about modern cars much easier to steal than the old ones, and why? Google has a very big warning out this week that will get to. And Google did something else that was not expected by a lot of people. Google has quietly added Duck Duck Go as a search engine option for Chrome users. This is about 60 different markets globally in this is really big news. Because the chromium engine, of course, is made by Google. And you know, already the Google is very big in the search engine space. So, having them promote, which is what this effectively is doing. Having them promote competitors is a little bit of surprise to everybody out there. Now, chromium, I mentioned this a few weeks ago, which is the underlying technology for Google's Chrome browser is being adopted by Microsoft, they are completely shooting their own browser projects in the head. And they're building it all on top of chromium now, which I think makes a whole lot of sense. So does that mean Microsoft now is going to be using Duck Duck go, let me explain what this is? For those who are wondering, Duck Duck Go isn't just a kids game from 50 years ago, or probably longer than that, actually duck Duck go is a search engine. And it is designed with privacy in mind. I've had the founder of Duck Duck Go on my radio show before we talked a little bit about what he was doing. This was some years back when he was first getting started. And I'm actively promoted since then. And since using it, frankly. But people are saying, well, Duck Duck Go is the search engine to use because it is not tracking what you're searching for. It's just giving you kind of general advertisements, just like Google used to 10 years ago. And other people are saying, Well, why would I use Duck Duck go when Google has, frankly, better search engine technology, which it does, in many ways. Google has been able to invest a lot of money into its search engine technology and Duck Duck go just really can can't, at least not to the level that Google can. Now some people who are kind of skeptical, myself included are thinking that maybe Google did this with chromium in order to avoid some of the antitrust scrutiny. The anti-combines laws that are in Canada, UK much throughout the Commonwealth, but it is good news for people Craig 3:59 I use Duck Duck Go as my first go to choice when I'm searching online, it doesn't track you it, I kind of like it, it doesn't always give me the results that I really need or really want. So for those types of results, sometimes I'll end up going to Google and check there. And I use Bing for some types of searches to. I find bings image search to be a little bit better, in some ways than Google Search. Bing doesn't have the reverse image search that Google has. But you know, all in all, I think it's pretty good. There's another pro-privacy search engine out there called quant I've used that before q, w, a, n t and chromium Google now offers that is another default. So you might want to look at that Duck Duck Go and QUANT and QUANT, by the way, is only available as a default over in France, which is where QUANT is from. But you can always just go to Q U A N T dot com or Duck Duck Go dot com. And you can use it in almost any browser out there as a default, and it's been added in I'm looking through the list Canada, basically all of our neighbors, I don't see Mexico on here. That's kind of interesting. See the UK, US Venezuela is, you know, if they get power back down there, they'll be able to use it. Good old socialist countries, right. So anyways,   Craig 5:30 it's been growing for years, it's really quite good. And this Chromium instance, available on GitHub, if in case you're a developer is worth looking at. I also when we're talking about Chromium, I got to make sure I mentioned my other browser, my favorite browser for privacy. And that's the Epic browser. E-P-I-C. And I think on today's coaching call, we're going to end up talking a little bit about that Epic browser. Because a lot of people are kind of concerned and confused. And the Epic browser also uses Chromium as a code base, which I think is good, because Chromium is kind of those standard but it also just dropped a note down for myself. But it also has the types of security the DuckDuckGo has, in fact, it's kind of tied in hand in hand, it has VPN routes through it used to just be Indiana out routes through a whole bunch of different places. So check it out. E-P-I-C, browser.com. Epic browser.com online and use DuckDuckGo whenever you can, for your searches. If you want to try and keep things a little bit on the private side. And if you're very paranoid, your best bet mom depends on how paranoid right if you're like crazy paranoid, we're you know, we're not going to talk about that right now. I could help you out. But if you're more paranoid do the other thing I do, which just switches it up, use different search engines use different browsers use different machines when it comes to banking because I don't want many my banking information to be stolen. And I got to get back to some of what I'm doing some of it. Some of it I'm not if you're interested, let me know might be worth doing a masterclass about you know how to do this, how to do it for free even and keep your banking information safe. So I should write a little note about that. Well, we have a warning from Google, we're going to get into that right now. Craig 7:33 Well, our friends at Google have been paying attention to security for a while, if you have the latest versions of the Google Chrome browser, you're getting automatic updates. It's a technology that Firefox Mozilla people have been using for a long time. Craig 7:48 And these auto updates are absolutely fantastic. It can just save you a ton, not only of time but not having to apply the updates. But you know, security people can break in and drive-by download, you know, all the crap that happens when you're online. So Google has been very good about updating their Google Chrome browser, the Chromium underpinnings and you know, they get updated as well. But then the browser is really where they're most interested. Well, now, Google is warning people about Windows 7, you know, if you're listening for a while, that a month or so ago, Microsoft told you to ditch to drag Internet Explorer into that trash can and never use it again. You know that right? Number two now with Google out here is Google's recommending Windows 7 users to stop using Windows 7 upgrade immediately to Windows 10, if at all possible. And this is because of something called a kernel vulnerability. The kernel is the core part of the operating system. The kernel is where everything happens, really the kernel is how all of the processes talk to each other, how they can access hardware resources, like the disk, or the camera, the microphone, the speakers, everything on your computer ultimately goes through what's called the kernel. Craig 9:18 Wow. Well, the third analysis group is explained that Google's discovered two different security vulnerabilities, one in the Google Chrome browser. And the other one in Windows. The Chrome bug was already patched. But Windows 7 not yet fixed. Now this month, the Patch Tuesday from Microsoft has a doozy set of patches, a whole bunch of them, Microsoft is fixing all kinds of major flaws and vulnerabilities in their software. I don't think this particular fixes in that patch set. But it'll be out sometime, I'm sure Microsoft saying the vulnerability is in the Win32k.sis kernel driver. And it can be used as a security sandbox escape. Now, this is getting all rather technical, but sandboxes are where you set up a basically a way to execute software that nothing else can get access to. And it can't get access to anything else as well. So you use sandboxes for security. And having a major security problem with the security sandbox obviously is very big. So here's the statement we strongly believe this vulnerability may only be exploitable on Windows 7, due to recent exploit mitigation to added newer versions of Windows, Windows 10, and eight, all the Windows 10 has the most fixes. They've done a lot there. Craig 10:53 They're trying to make it as good as Mac OS. It'll be a while before they get there. But they're almost to the point that Unix was at 20 years ago. So you know, kudos to Microsoft. To date. Back to the quote to date, we have only observed active exploitation against Windows 7 32 bit systems. So the note from our friends at Google and their security research team is get rid of Windows 7 upgrade to Windows 10 as soon as you can. Microsoft says it is working on a fix. They are publicly disclosing the existence they're saying it is a serious vulnerability. So they're admitting it no big deal. There will see, By the way, Windows 7 is reaching the end of support the end of 2019, it's actually January 2020, read it however you want. But you've only got months left before Windows 7 will no longer get patches unless you pay Microsoft a king's ransom. In other words, our federal government will be spending a lot of software with Microsoft. I'm sure in the years ahead. It's still paying Microsoft to support Windows XP. Isn't that crazy? Let's talk about our new cars for a second Craig 12:19 We talked last week a little bit about our cars and insurance with autonomous vehicles. What does it mean? When are things going to get better? When are they going to get worse? Well, we have more smart in cars today. They have something called CAN bus which links up all of these computers throughout the machine throughout your car. You know, most cars nowadays and more modern ones, they don't even have a connection from your stereo to the speakers directly. There's no amplifier in there. It's all going over this network in your car, little land in the car. Well, that means that computers are there and they can be exploited. We have already seen that we saw a hack that went through the radio in some of the Chrysler products and allowed people to remote control Chrysler cars if they use this hack on their radios. So it is a concern. I'm not sure they've addressed it all well enough and not just talking about Chrysler here I'm talking about everybody gets me very concerned. There's been issues with BMW and others in the past as well. Well, there's a British infosec company called Pen Test Partners and they found that the Vipers Smart Start alarm and products from Pandora were riddled with flaws. And these flaws allowed them to have an attacker steal a car fitted with one of these devices. So if you have a Viper Smart alarm, the Smart Start alarm, which I do know people who have this. I'm gonna have to reach out, let them know individually case they're not listening today. But the Viper Smart Start alarm and products from Pandora allow cars to be hijacked. And now here's from a blog post about they're finding from Pen Test Partners. Before we contacted them, the manufacturers had inadvertently exposed about 3 million cars to theft and their users to hijack. Craig 14:28 This is a very, very big deal. This was really started because of Pandora's alarms. The company noticed that their security was advertised as being on hackable, which is a bad thing to say right? What's on the hackable. So I guess Pen Test Partners took that as a challenge. And they found an API, which is this application programming interface and some simple parameter manipulation that allowed them to be able to change the Viper Smart Start user's account password, registered email addresses, giving them full control over the app. And the car that the alarm system was installed on. All they had to do was send a regular web post request to the API with a parameter email redefined to one of their own choices, and that overrode the legitimate owner's email address, and now they had control over the account. So there you go. Okay, major issues using the apps ability to clone the key fob issue RF commands from a user mobile phone. And they dug into this little bit more, by the way, and they discovered a function in the Viper interface that remotely turned off the car's engine. So the pen or a big also allowed researchers to remotely enable the car's microphone so they could listen to eavesdrop the conversation on the occupants. And they also said the Mazda 6, the Range Rover Sport, the Kia, what is this, Course I guess. The Toyota Forerunner, Mitsubishi Pajero, Toyota Prius 50, and the Rav4 all appear to have undocumented functionality present in the alarm API to remotely adjust the cruise control speed. So it goes on and on car, security remains poor, and you don't need guns, you don't need lock picks, to steal modern cars, or to even to cause them to crash. I wonder if, if any of the crash investigators might look into this, if they realize, wait a minute, there's a remote controllable API in this car, maybe we should subpoena the court records from the manufacturer of the device and poke around a little bit and see if maybe someone manipulated it and told the car to floor it down a back road Street, we're going to have to get a little smarter about some of this stuff, right? Even though the criminal investigations. Well, let's talk about April 6 here. Wow, this is something I wasn't even aware of this until just this week. Craig 17:21 Of course, I was aware April 6 was coming people, okay. Don't give me a hard time about that. Because, you know, I gotta remember April 8, which is my anniversary, right? So I don't want to mess this up. April 6. Anyhow, I knew the 6th was coming. And it's certainly getting close. But this has to do with GPS systems. If you remember, 1999, if you were doing programming, if you were involved with computers back then, it was a scary time, many people kind of predicted the end of Western civilization. And they weren't totally wrong about that either. Western civilization could really have come to an end because of what was called the Y2K bug. And it was because of programmers like me, in the 70s and 60s that wrote software that said, Well, if I want to figure out the time between this date, and that date, all I have to do is use it two digit year, and those two-digit years, going to take up less space in the storage. And if you have a million records, times two more digits, which typically would be 2 bytes, then well, that's, you know, 2 million more bytes of data, which at the time was a whole lot of data. So we took shortcuts, and one of the shortcuts was storing the year as just the last two digits. So we didn't worry about the 19 part, we only worried about the 79 part or the 99 part. So there were a lot of predictions about software. And I knew a guy who started the company that was designing software to specifically look for this Y2K flaw and fix it. Of course, as it turned out, there were some problems, they were relatively minor. But most of the companies out there are certainly the ones that were in business realized that Y2K was coming and made some basic adjustments so that there wouldn't be a big problem. Many people expected, they're not to be another problem until maybe the year 10,000, right. So instead of Y2K, in the future, we're probably not going to be around. But in another 8000 years, we got another rollover. Well, that's not the case. Craig 19:43 I have been aware of what's called the 2038 problem. Because in the Unix world, there's a timestamp the Network Time Protocol uses and many machines user, which means by the way, Windows uses us to synchronize times, well, that particular clock is going to roll over in the year 2038. And that's most likely to affect embedded systems. Now, there are fixes already in place, and many versions of Unix that are out there Linux and some of these other derivatives that are have already taken this into account. And then, of course, there's bad programmers that really don't realize all of the implications of what they do. Craig 20:27 They've always existed and they'll always exist. In fact, I think in many ways, it's getting worse than it was before, you know, the bad programmers that is. Craig 20:34 But maybe that's because I'm just getting to be an old man, right? been doing this for too long. So we know that the Y2K problem was real. And in most cases, it was fixed, that 2038 problem is real. Most cases it will be fixed, although again, we're going to be affecting embedded systems and most, In other words, those that don't get the software update one was alive last time you upgraded the software in your car, or some other physical device to clock on your disk. Hopefully, none of it's going to be life-threatening, because some systems are using Unix that is embedded systems. Well, there's another one, this is the April 6 Craig 21:18 bug. And this has to do with the GPS and there are some security experts, including one guy over at RSA. And RSA does a whole ton of security work. They provide some of the algorithms that run public key systems. They have little key fobs, little devices that have a timer on them, you've seen them before. It's a little number that rolls over every minute or so. And you might use them with your banks, etc. Well, those guys are the guys that are now warning about this April 6 problem. They talked about it at a security conference just last week out in San Francisco. And he says that some of the older GPS systems are going to be in serious trouble. Because the computers in these GPS systems are going to have counters that flip back to zero. So they are going to literally run out of time reaching the end of their counters. And that really could cause some major major effect. This guy here. Bill Maliki's there's another guy he's a VP over Trend Micro, they do a lot of computer security, cybersecurity. We've used some of their stuff in the past, he told the media that he would not be flying on April 6 and suggests that it could be bad, it could be a lot worse than Y2K was because the effects are going to be more widespread, widespread because many more systems have integrated GPS into their operations. And many of these are embedded systems ports. He's talking about here, loading unloading containers automatically, using GPS to guide the cranes. Some of those systems could be affected in the cranes are going to shut down. Hopefully, public safety systems use GPS traffic monitoring systems for bridges, the bridges that raise and lower automatically the ones that change the lanes ever been on one of those roads were part of the day. This lane is northbound. The other part it's southbound, you know, 20 years ago, these GPS systems were really important primitive shape, and they were embedded. So the impact on this could be even greater governments have issued warnings to state and private sectors to update their technology. But some of these systems we not, we're not even aware of how some of these work that companies have gone out of business, there's no way to get an update. Nobody really realizes their GPS in there. Because you remember, GPS isn't just used to locate you. GPS is used to locate because it uses very fancy high-resolution timers. And the way it works to locate you is it listens for the satellites to send a clock signal. Craig 24:24 So each of the clocks will announce what time it is. And because the satellites are different distances from you, you will hear the time at different times. Right? You know, that if someone's yelling at you from across the room, have you here or you see a gunshot and range you will see the gunshot before you hear it. Right. Well, if someone fires that gun, right next to you, you're going to hear it instantly correct. So you know, that the the guy that fired the gun, and it took a second for that Soundwave to reach you, you know, that guy's further away than the guy who fired the gun. And immediately you heard it. Well, that's how GPS works using extremely high precision timers. So another thing people do with GPS signals is they use it to get a clock source. So many computers are using GPS receivers to figure out what time it is. So the systems are reverse traffic that controls bridges, etc, etc. Many of them are sinking their clocks and their timers up to GPS. And when it's an embedded system that hasn't been updated, we could have some serious serious problem couple of real quick things here before we go today. And of course, you'll find these articles and many more up on my website. http://CraigPeterson.com. I have also been doing a special podcast called It's A Security Thing, you're not going to find it unless you look for me because I haven't split it out yet. But in it, I'm talking about these types of security issues, things in the real world. This week. I was talking about a CPA firm what they did to respond to a cybersecurity event two weeks ago this happened, what they did right what they did wrong and you will find all kinds of these things are posting them almost daily. Now at my website, there's a special section, http://CraigPeterson.com. So make sure you have a look at it. We are writing all of these articles ourselves. These are not references to other articles. There might be links to other articles, but these are really great. If you're interested in cybersecurity and finding out more you'll find them on my home page again, http://CraigPeterson.com and it's all small businesses. It's all things that did right things that did wrong and what happened and they're all very, very current. So check it out. You really really should and wearing sending include some of those also in my weekly email. If you're not a subscriber /http://CraigPeterson.com/subscribe. Apple is crushing it on resale value in their laptops. But also the iPhones they destroy the Android iPhone X versus a Samsung Galaxy S9 Wow, iPhone X was 1000 bucks when it debuted, it's still worth 700 9 months later. So that's a drop of 30% the Samsung Galaxy S9 costs 720 but it was worth just $290 and drop 60%. So consider that too. When you're looking at the prices of devices what you should be mine and by the way, you should be buying the iPhone. Hey, have a great week. Make sure you check us out online. http://CraigPeterson.com. Take care everybody and we'll be chatting again next week. Bye-bye. ---  Related articles: 'Gps Systems Will Be Struck By Y2K-Like Bug On April 6': Security Expert Says He Will Not Fly On 'Day Zero' After Governments Warn Global Devices Will Reset Due To Calendar Glitch Google Recommends Windows 7 Users To Upgrade To Windows 10 If Possible, As A Kernel Vulnerability Allows For Local Privilege Escalation On The Operating System. No Guns Or Lockpicks Needed To Steal Modern Cars If They're Fitted With Hackable 'Smart' Alarms Sextortion Scammers Target Employees Google Has Quietly Added Duckduckgo As A Search Engine Option For Chrome Users - Privacy iPhone Crushes Androids On Resale Value --- More stories and tech updates at: www.craigpeterson.com Don't miss an episode from Craig. 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Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. In this week’s episode, the gang looks at some the issues that are on their collective minds. Shout outs and one rant follow after the commentators say their peace.   1. Mike Volkov talks about trade sanctions and how the current US-Venezuela imbroglio may play out for US companies.  Mike shouts out to Dick Cassin who retired on February 1 as the Publisher and Editor of the FCPA Blog. We all agreed the entire compliance community owes a huge debt of gratitude to Dick.  2. Jay Rosen talks about corporate culture and its increasing importance in the overall ethical health of an organization. Jay shouts out to his New England Patriots for their 6thSuper Bowl win in the defeat of the LA Rams.  3. Tom sits in for Jonathan Armstrong and expounds on what regime change means for the compliance professional.  Tom shouts out to Frank Robinson, one of baseball’s greatest players and first African-American manager who recently died.  4. Matt Kelly considers four recent SEC enforcement actions involving internal controls and how it may portend greater scrutiny in the FCPA realm of internal controls. Matt rants about company CEOs who do not tell anyone else their passwords before they have the temerity to die.  The members of the Everything Compliance panelist are:•       Jay Rosen– Jay is Vice President, Business Development Corporate Monitoring at Affiliated Monitors. Rosen can be reached at JRosen@affiliatedmonitors.com•       Mike Volkov– One of the top FCPA commentators and practitioners around and the Chief Executive Officer of The Volkov Law Group, LLC. Volkov can be reached at mvolkov@volkovlawgroup.com.•       Matt Kelly– Founder and CEO of Radical Compliance. Kelly can be reached at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com•       Jonathan Armstrong– Rounding out the panel is our UK colleague, who is an experienced lawyer with Cordery in London. Armstrong can be reached at jonathan.armstrong@corderycompliance.com The host and producer (and sometime panelist) of Everything Compliance is Tom Fox the Compliance Evangelist. Everything Compliance is a part of the Compliance Podcast Network.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. In this week’s episode, the gang looks at some the issues that are on their collective minds. Shout outs and one rant follow after the commentators say their peace.   1. Mike Volkov talks about trade sanctions and how the current US-Venezuela imbroglio may play out for US companies.  Mike shouts out to Dick Cassin who retired on February 1 as the Publisher and Editor of the FCPA Blog. We all agreed the entire compliance community owes a huge debt of gratitude to Dick.  2. Jay Rosen talks about corporate culture and its increasing importance in the overall ethical health of an organization. Jay shouts out to his New England Patriots for their 6thSuper Bowl win in the defeat of the LA Rams.  3. Tom sits in for Jonathan Armstrong and expounds on what regime change means for the compliance professional.  Tom shouts out to Frank Robinson, one of baseball’s greatest players and first African-American manager who recently died.  4. Matt Kelly considers four recent SEC enforcement actions involving internal controls and how it may portend greater scrutiny in the FCPA realm of internal controls. Matt rants about company CEOs who do not tell anyone else their passwords before they have the temerity to die.  The members of the Everything Compliance panelist are:•       Jay Rosen– Jay is Vice President, Business Development Corporate Monitoring at Affiliated Monitors. Rosen can be reached at JRosen@affiliatedmonitors.com•       Mike Volkov– One of the top FCPA commentators and practitioners around and the Chief Executive Officer of The Volkov Law Group, LLC. Volkov can be reached at mvolkov@volkovlawgroup.com.•       Matt Kelly– Founder and CEO of Radical Compliance. Kelly can be reached at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com•       Jonathan Armstrong– Rounding out the panel is our UK colleague, who is an experienced lawyer with Cordery in London. Armstrong can be reached at jonathan.armstrong@corderycompliance.com The host and producer (and sometime panelist) of Everything Compliance is Tom Fox the Compliance Evangelist. Everything Compliance is a part of the Compliance Podcast Network.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Taliban says that the US has agreed on a draft peace plan that would see all foreign troops out of Afghanistan in the next 18 months. The draft agreement comes after several days of talks between the Taliban and US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar, aimed at ending the 17-year war. Khalilzad said the talks have been productive, and he plans to travel to Afghanistan to meet with government officials. The Taliban has so far refused to hold talks with the Afghan government, insisting that the US is the primary enemy. The deal reportedly includes promises from the Taliban that al-Qaeda and Daesh will not be allowed to use Afghanistan as a base of operations to attack the US and its allies. It's not clear when and if this draft agreement will be implemented. A new report by the Congressional Budget Office says the US lost $11 billion due to the government shutdown and predicts the federal deficit will rise to $897 billion this year. That would be a hike of $118 billion over last year's deficit. The CBO is also forecasting slower economic growth this year. The partial government shutdown lasted 35 days, but a deal was reached on Friday to extend funding for parts of the federal government until February 15. President Donald Trump has threatened another shutdown if he doesn't receive funding for a border wall. How much more damage can the American worker take? Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the US is targeting Venezuela's powerful, state-owned oil company with tough sanctions. The US no longer recognizes Nicolas Maduro as president of the South American nation. As for possible US military action, National Security Adviser John Bolton echoed President Trump and said "all options are on the table" in Venezuela. Bolton again warned Maduro not to harm any US diplomats in Venezuela. But is Senator Marco Rubio really calling the shots in the US-Venezuela conflict? GUESTS:Dr. Marvin Weinbaum — Scholar-in-residence and director of the Middle East Institute's Center for Pakistan and Afghanistan Studies.Dr. Jack Rasmus — Professor of economics at Saint Mary's College of California and author of Central Bankers at the End of Their Ropes: Monetary Policy and the Coming Depression, who also writes at jackrasmus.com.Dr. William Spriggs — Professor in, and former chair of, the Department of Economics at Howard University who also serves as chief economist to the AFL-CIO. In his role with the AFL-CIO, he chairs the Economic Policy Working Group for the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and serves on the board of the National Bureau of Economic Research.Dr. Anthony Monteiro — Author, activist, DuBois Scholar and former professor in the African American Studies Department at Temple University.

Francis Lee, Vice President, Investment Products, KGI Wealth Management shares what investors should be keeping an eye on, including the US slapping sanctions on Venezuela, how this will impact oil prices, and upcoming expected earnings this week.

The Introduction • UN-FARC Rebels; US-Venezuela; US-DPRK • Saudis Using Canadian Trucks in Crackdown on Civilians • The End; Don't Hesitate to Call in! Have a good one.

The US Congress is working to put new oil sanctions into place against Russia and the Trump administration is poised to impose new sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector — sanctions which could include an embargo on Venezuelan crude imports into the US.As the Russia sanctions legislation...

On this special episode, recorded live at The Bomb Factory for the FC Dallas Champions League Final game watching party, Steve and Tyler discussed the USMNT roster ahead of the US/Venezuela friendly on Saturday night and hit on a couple other U.S. Soccer topics.

Guest:  Fausta Rodriguez Wertz, the editor of Fausta's Blog.........we will look at the growing US-Venezuela tensions........a strike in Chile......corruption in Brazil.......US-Mexico tensions.......and more stories..........     FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER........................and check out my BLOG............      

Guest:   José Niño, contributor to Pan Am Post, joins us for a look at the situation in Venezuela............President Maduro has declared an emergency but there are serious protests all over the country.....the quality of life has deteriorated as hospitals face shortages of basic supplies......the electrricity is failing.....telephone service interrupted.....Venezuela has all of the signs of a failed state........Fidel Castro and Evo Morales have exchanged communications over the crisis in Venezuela......US-Venezuela relations at a low point because the Maduro government is blaming Washington for interference in domestic matters................................. Click here for some of our friends: ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY FRIEND CARLOS GUEDES AND HIS MUSIC........ FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER......

Guest:  Comandante Cazorla from Venezuela joins us for a discussion of the upcoming elections and turmoil........there are reports of violence, intimidation and harassment of opposition leaders...........what impact did the elections in Argentina have in Venezuela?   how will President Maduro react to the results?   The state of US-Venezuela relations..........reaction in Venezuela to the arrests of individuals close to The First Lady.....And more stories from Venezuela.... Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY FRIEND CARLOS GUEDES AND HIS MUSIC........ FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER......

Guest:  Comandante Cazorla, opposition leader, joins us for a discussion of the situation in Venezuela....the economic crisis plus the political problems.....the state of the opposition .....the polling data on upcoming elections......the food shortages all over the country......crime in the streets of Caracas and other cities.....the relationship with Cuba......US-Venezuela relations after the sanctions......and other issues about the situation in Venezuela.... Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL HERE......

Venezuela was once the largest source of US oil imports, but when that relationship soured, the Latin American powerhouse turned to a new relationship with China. But as Platts senior editors Brian Scheid and Herman Wang explain, that partnership is not quite what was expected. Matt Ferchen,...

GUESTS:  Fausta Rodriguez-Wertz, the editor of Fausta's Blog......plus Roger Mailhot, a Canadian businessman with vast Latin America experience and currently living in Lima, Peru.......we will discuss the Latin American summit in Panama....the US-Cuba talks.....President Obama and Raul Castro.....the US-Venezuela rift.....more marches in Brazil.......the continuing crisis in Argentina....the murder of Alberto Nisman......and other US-Latin America stories of the week.... Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... LISTEN TO THE MUSIC OF CARLOS GUEDES...... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL HERE.......      

GUEST:  Jorge Ponce, Cuban American writer and contributor to Babalu Blog, joins me for a discussion of US-Cuba talks and the meetings in Panama....we will speak about the Castro-Obama meeting, Raul Castro's rant against the US, the US-Venezuela rift and President Maduro bashing President Obama.....how will all of this play in 2016? ..Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... LISTEN TO THE MUSIC OF CARLOS GUEDES...... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL HERE.......

GUESTS:  Fausta Rodriguez-Wertz, editor of Fausta's Blog, and Cecilia Torres, originally from Colombia, join me for a look at the upcoming meeting of Latin America leaders in Panama.....one of the major topics is the anticipated meeting between President Obama and Raul Castro of Cuba......the US-Venezuela rift.....Colombia and FARC.....the marches in Brazil....the latest on the murder of Alberto Nisman in Argentina....plus other stories.. Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... LISTEN TO THE MUSIC OF CARLOS GUEDES...... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL HERE.......

We will look at my American Thinker posts of the last week....the Clinton emails controversy.......US-Cuba talks........US-Venezuela issues....Mexico 2015.....President Obama facing opposition in Latin America for his executive order regarding Venezuela.......US-Iran nuclear deal and 47 GOP US Senators writing a letter to Iran about the legality of such an agreement..........PLUS other stories from the front pages, including Yu Darvish lost for a year and DeMarco Murray going to Philadelphia..... CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... LISTEN TO THE MUSIC OF CARLOS GUEDES...... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER......

Guest:  Mr. Jesus Fernando Gonzalez Cazorla, active member of the opposition in Venezuela.  He is popularly known as Comandante Cazorla.  We will review the situation in Venezuela.   Check out my book: CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN

Remarks by his Excellency Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, Ambassador of Venezuela to the United States.

Remarks by his Excellency Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, Ambassador of Venezuela to the United States.

After the coup in Honduras, the US and Colombian governments’ provisional defense cooperation agreement, and President Obama’s address at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, what is the current state of US-Venezuela relations? How has the region changed in recent years, and what will be the impact of new realities and dynamics on the relationship the Obama administration develops with Latin America? Venezuela’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Bernardo Alvarez Herrera joins the Council to discuss bilateral relations between these two states, as well as to present a regional viewpoint of the role of the United States in Latin America. Before serving as Venezuela’s top diplomat in Washington, Ambassador Alvarez held various public positions such as Vice Minister of Hydrocarbons at the Ministry of Energy and Mines, Deputy to the National Congress, Vice Chairman of the Armed Forces Committee and Chairman of the Energy and Mines Committee, and Chief of the Research and Development Division at the Venezuelan Institute of Foreign Trade. In the international arena he has held positions as Representative of Venezuela and Member of the Executive Committee to the U.S. Energy Council, Principal Coordinator for Venezuela in the Cooperation Agreement on Energy with the United States, and Head of the Venezuelan Delegation to the Ministerial Conferences of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Ambassador Alvarez has also taught at the Universidad Central de Venezuela and Superior School of the Venezuelan Air Force, as well as Academic Advisor at the Institute of Higher Studies on National Defense.