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New Political Earthquake in Brazil Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 New Political Earthquake in Brazil: Is It Now Time for Media Outlets to Call This a "Coup"? Brazil today awoke to stunning news of secret, genuinely shocking conversations involving a key minister in Brazil's newly installed government, which shine a bright light on the actual motives and participants driving the impeachment of the country's democratically elected president, Dilma Rousseff. The transcripts were published by the country's largest newspaper, Folha de São Paulo, and reveal secret conversations that took place in March, just weeks before the impeachment vote in the lower house was held. Brazil: Coup-Imposed Government Attacks Protesters in Sao Paulo Pushing Russia Toward War NATO's military pressure on Russia and the West's economic sanctions have empowered Moscow's hardliners, setting the stage for an escalation of the new Cold War into possibly a hot one, ex-British intelligence officer Alastair Crooke warns. BRACE YOURSELF: Ex-Deputy NATO Commander Predicts Russia Will Start WW3 in May 2017 Beware what you wish for: Russia is ready for war So foreign ministers from the 28 NATO member-nations met in Brussels for a two-day summit, while mighty military power Montenegro was inducted as a new member. 'New Financial Order': Russia, China Placing Heavy Bets on 'Petro-Yuan' After the West imposed economic sanctions against Moscow, Russia and Beijing established a powerful energy alliance which changed the global oil market. In addition to increasing trade operations with oil and gas, the two countries are set to challenge dominance of the US dollar in setting prices for crude. US fully lifts Vietnam lethal arms embargo The US has decided to "completely lift" its embargo on trade in lethal arms with the Southeast Asian country, Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang has said, Reuters reports. Vietnam's VietJet to buy 100 Boeing planes for US$11.3b Delivery of the Boeing planes is expected to run from 2019 until 2023, when VietJet will have a fleet of more than 200 planes of both Boeing and Airbus to accommodate its expansion plan. Kerry Threatens War-Without-End on Syria Alleged peace-maker John Kerry threatened to wage war-without-end on Syria – if the Middle East country does accept the US demand for regime change. Lebanese Source: US, French Intelligence Officers Captured by Hezbollah in Aleppo Ontario seeks to crush criticism of Israel through a BDS campaign of its own How Close Are Saudi Arabia And Israel The High Price of Security Theater There was the $30 billion raise for the FBI that didn't see 9/11 coming and $70 billion for the bureaucrats who have consistently failed to keep our airports safe. Add in more than $200 billion for a new Cabinet-level department to coordinate all of this activity and half a trillion for mass surveillance, plus the incredible costs of a decade and a half of military action abroad, and the total comes to a whopping $4 trillion. Where did all that money go? The US War Machine's Annual Budget Could Buy Every Homeless American a $1 Million Home Pakistan summons US envoy, expresses concern over drone strike Leaders of 4 countries discuss settling Ukraine conflict |
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