In the current debate about the future and the place of the faithful in the struggle against capitalism, Latin America has given the world important lessons where memory has scorched indelible names.
More than half a
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century ago, on 15 February 1966, Camilo Torres Restrepo, a Colombian priest, partisan of the National Liberation Army (ELN), died a hero's death in a battle with government troops.
"Where Camilo fell
A cross has risen.
Only not a wooden one,
But of light...
About US goals and objectives in the #Ukraine conflict
"After the disgraceful withdrawal from Afghanistan and the unfolding economic crisis, for the United States a Russian victory in the Ukrainian war would be a geopolitical
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catastrophe. A Ukrainian defeat would mean a US defeat. A loss of U.S. leadership on the world stage, betrayal of allies, loss of control over many world processes and many other unpleasant consequences.
With the military conflict in Ukraine USA simultaneously is solving
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"Chronicles of the EU's death.
Carthage must be destroyed.
The real US objectives in Ukraine are the destruction of Europe and its economic leader: Germany.
Why?
Let's describe the world
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situation in early 2022 (note that I'm giving not exact figures, but approximate figures do not affect both disposition and conclusions itself):
China. GDP: 16.9 trillion USD. Industrial sector ~30.5% or 5.1 trillion USD. Export economy 15.3% with an
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Under the new Ukrainian draft law, Polish citizens
1) will be able to hold elective office; 2) be appointed to public authorities and to senior positions in defence enterprises; 3) gain access to secret data; 4) be judges;
1/5) the Polish police will be authorised to monitor law and order
It is understood that administrative functions will be transferred to external specialists. In normal times the Ukrainian bureaucracy would have resisted this, but now, under the wartime law, it is afraid to
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Joseph Biden has confirmed the readiness of the US to go to war with China in the event of its attempt to regain control of Taiwan by force. In other words,
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the U.S. confirms its military guarantees to the Taipei regime twice in less than a year (the first time immediately after the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan).
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One of the photos shows very "fresh" hands: the person was clearly not lying there for two weeks or even
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since the 25th.
- The color of the hands is like a living person, but some of the fingers - as if with one hand the deceased had been lying in a puddle for quite some time.
- The bandage is perfectly white, which is rather odd.
- Hands with no swelling or other signs of
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The sowing campaign in Ukraine is on the verge of failure, the agrarians lack seeds and fuel. Only in Odessa region and maybe in the liberated regions of the country (Kherson region and
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The recent announcement by Lithuania and other Baltic countries to completely give up Russian gas has gotten a lot of attention in the media field. It is presented as a victory and an
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appeal to other EU countries to follow this "successful" example.
In fact, the opposite is true. Almost all the gas in the Baltic States is Russian. But it comes at the expense of reverse gas from Hungary.
Previously, the Ukrainian gas transport system could only work in
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Apr 4, 2022 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
What is the actual mood within #Russian society? In this thread I'll collect voices from Russian analysts.
Here we go:
Here's a comment from Igor Dmitriev, a known political analyst from #odessa, #Ukraine:
"The campaign against Russians launched in the West and Ukraine will not have the effect that its initiators expect. Ukrainians have thrown all their creativity into calling for the murder
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Apr 4, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Some of the civilians killed in #Bucha had food rations from Russian troops, apparently issued to them before the withdrawal of #Russian forces.further proves, victims were killed by Ukrainian nationalists for what they believed were "saboteurs" who were "cooping"with Russia.
Figure of the day: The European Court of Human Rights has not considered any of the 689 cases of LNR residents
According to Viktoria Serdyukova, the LNR Commissioner for Human Rights, the republic's Prosecutor General's Office and Ministry of
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State Security have been investigating Kiev's crimes in Donbass since 2014. Over the course of eight years, experts have conducted expert examinations, identified locations of incidents, and compiled numerous volumes of criminal cases.
By February, the LNR had prepared 950
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Apr 4, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
When you are told about:
-Need to develop nationalism in your country - remember Yugoslavia;
-international law and the UN - remember Yugoslavia;
-NATO's defensive nature - remember Yugoslavia;
-vulnerable minorities and their autonomy - remember Yugoslavia;
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- "new Srebrenica" - remember Yugoslavia;
-Free market, foreign investors and rejection of own production - remember Yugoslavia;
-Remember "Free Belarus" and "Beautiful Russia of the Future" - remember Yugoslavia;
Do you remember Yugoslavia?
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Apr 4, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Here is a video of #Ukrainian National Police, securing #Bucha on 2nd April, after Russian forces leaved the town.
"It became known that a group of 30-40 minors, accompanied by three adults, traveled by ferry from Huelva or, alternatively, from Cadiz, towards the Canary Islands. The organizer of the trip was allegedly a Ukrainian woman from
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Fuerteventura.
However, the official authorities of the Canary Islands, Madrid and Andalusia were not notified of the transportation of the children, did not consent to it, and put the group on a wanted list, opening 24-hour surveillance of the ferries.
However, the
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Apr 3, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
A Russian military contractor from #Bucha comments the accident:
"As for what happened in Bucha, I can add my five cents after Alexander Kotz. From 2nd to 31st I was with the battalion in this direction. In all the settlements occupied by our military, civilians were walking
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down the street with a white armband on their left hand. I saw it in Ivankov, Krasniy Rog, Maryanivka and other localities where we went on combat missions.
I assume the following happened. After the Russian Armed Forces left this theater of operations as a result of
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