Paraguay

The other day, checking in at a European airport for an international flight, within about an hour it took to deposit my luggage, going through airport security, the metal detectors, body screening machines, the automatic passport reading procedure, waiting at the gate and finally boarding, I have heard or read the words security and safety, honestly speaking, more than a hundred times. There are now countless primitive videos – in fact, insultingly primitive videos – that show you the precise procedures to follow to keep you safe and secure.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the closure of Israel’s embassy in Paraguay on Wednesday, hours after the Latin American nation’s new government announced it would move its embassy back to Tel Aviv from Jerusalem, Reuters reports.

RT | September 5, 2018 Paraguay will return its embassy in Israel to Tel Aviv, after the country’s previous government relocated it to Jerusalem in May. In a tit-for-tat response, Israel announced it would close its embassy in Paraguay. National chancellor Luis Alberto Castiglioni announced the move on Wednesday, calling the decision by former President Horacio […]

Vermont politicians try to get ahead of the pot legalization parade; people reject Kraft as the free market wins again; and DIY brings decentralization to the powerwall.

Vermont politicians try to get ahead of the pot legalization parade; people reject Kraft as the free market wins again; and DIY brings decentralization to the powerwall.

Fast food nihilism, CRISPR kits and dead head transplants + this day in history w/the murder of Natalie Wood and our song of the day by Ty Segall on your Morning Monarchy for November 29, 2017.

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Donald Trump recently stated that he is considering a military option in Venezuela in respect of overthrowing the popularly elected socialist government of the oil rich state. Recent months have seen increasing hostile protests against the government by US backed right wing agitators.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has said of Trump’s remarks,

A protester carries a chair to a fire outside the congress building during clashes between police and protesters opposing an approved proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the election of a president to a second term, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Friday, March 31, 2017. (AP/Jorge Saenz)
Thousands of Paraguayans on Friday night took to the streets to protest against the decision of their country’s Congress to amend the constitution to allow for presidential re-election – a move that would allow right-wing President Horacio Cartes to stand in 2018.

21st Century Wire says…
Paraguay is feared to be sliding towards another dictatorship after President Horacio Cartes, amidst months of behind the scene preparations, has moved to amend the constitution to allow him to be re-elected in 2018.