#Chavez Cartel

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Fiscalía de Nueva York detalla poder de Maduro en el Cartel de los Soles

La acusación precisa que Maduro empieza a figurar en el Cartel de los Soles desde 2005, cuando Chávez le habría pedido proteger a las FARC. Fiscalía Federal de Nueva York, revelaba este miércoles por El Nuevo Herald, señala que “Nicolás Maduro Moros, el acusado, ayudó a administrar y, finalmente liderar, el Cartel de los Soles en la medida en que él consolidaba el poder en Venezuela”  por José…

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todd was a drug dealer?

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‘Imperialism’, in Marxist terms, has a specific definition. It is an economic definition that explains how capitalism came to dominate the world and how it continues to survive. It’s an explanation that implicates the ruling-classes of every nation great and small. Frustratingly for us, the term ‘imperialism’ has been tampered with and obscured until it means something else entirely to most of society. When Lenin wrote Imperialism: The Highest State of Capitalism in 1916,(1) he was responding to the misuse of the term by the so-called socialists of the Second International. In this case, socialists, of whom Kautsky is the most famous example, had lost their Marxist minds and instead put their trust in the state and reformism. When the First World War was on the horizon, they performed various opportunist backflips to invent a definition of imperialism that justified supporting their own nation’s war efforts. In fact, throughout Lenin’s critique, we see that the capitalist defenders of imperialism, those who cherished the destruction of the world, put forward better understandings of imperialism than the misguided socialists.

Today, we have even more problems, not least since Stalin’s distortion of numerous terms.(2) In fact, perhaps the only word that’s been distorted more than imperialism is communism itself. Now, the word ‘imperialism’ is found on every ‘communist’ poster. Where the second-internationalists redefined imperialism to defend their own Western countries, leftists influenced by Stalinist and Trotskyist distortions redefine imperialism to defend any enemy of the West. Gaddafi, Hussein, Chavez, and most recently Sinwar, all become noble anti-imperialist fighters. Then again, Ukraine reminded us that plenty of ordinary liberals are happy to use the term too, now applied to Russia – again, to support one warmonger against another.

In short, imperialism is not simply a policy that one country takes against another.

We cannot talk of imperialism without talking of capitalism. Capitalism, in theory, we are taught, is defined by its free market, free competition between the individual owners of manufacturing businesses. In Europe in the 1860s, this form of capitalism was at its peak, with industrialisation having been completed. The crash that followed in 1873 saw the growing emergence of cartels – businesses joining together to take out the competition. During a short boom in 1889, more and more businesses were taking to joining cartels, and throughout the 1890s the cartel system became an established and durable business form – mostly in the trade of raw materials. By the next economic crash of 1900-1903, cartels seemed like the solution for the capitalists, and free competition, the problem. Ownership of the means of production was now well on the way to being concentrated in the hands of a shrinking minority. In another word, monopoly. Monopolies, formed by the initial alliances of a few businesses, were in the position to bully, blackmail and eradicate smaller businesses. The owners of these conglomerates have no particular knowledge of industry but know how to accumulate and invest wealth. We call these financial speculators.

While the means of production were being concentrated, so the banks were too, and their purpose changed in the process. Originally, the bank was an intermediary through which capitalists made payments. As with the cartels, the small banks became absorbed or eliminated by growing banking alliances, alliances which eventually could take total control over the capitalist business owners, and essentially run capitalism. Then finally, the biggest banks and the biggest businesses came to operate together, and this monopolist system was completed by the union of the banks, the businesses, and the state. In Lenin’s words, “a sort of division of labour amongst some hundreds of kings of finance who reign over modern capitalist society”. Total control of the economy was no longer in the hands of the owners of industry, but in the hands of speculators and bankers; the vast separation between money capital and productive capital, this is finance capital at its most powerful. The country that produces the most is no longer the most powerful – but the country that owns the most. There we have what we would call superpowers, a tiny minority of countries running capitalism through financial domination.

At a certain point, the capitalist drive for expansion leads capitalists beyond their own homelands in search of greater profit. They start to export capital to less economically developed countries, investing in industry abroad, handing out loans, and ultimately forcing a monopolist model of capitalism onto the entire world. The entire world then is divided among a minority of highly developed capitalist countries. No stone is left unturned – where a profit can be made, it is made – without any regard to human life or ecological health. And once again, alliances are formed between the capitalists of different countries, among the state and among the owners of capital, to eliminate the competition from other countries. It is easy to see, without much explanation at all, how such a system arrives at international rivalries, and at times of crisis, war. This has not changed today. The political independence of countries is never 'true' independence as their economies and militaries rely on backing from a superpower, or indeed are caught between rival superpowers. We might call these states proxy or client states. In this situation, no economic rivalry, no war, no coup, exists outside of capitalist world domination – outside of imperialism.

Imperialism then is a phase of capitalism, not just the foreign policy of individual states. Lenin provides five essential features:

1) The concentration of production and capital developed to such a high stage that it created monopolies which play a decisive role in economic life. 2) The merging of bank capital with industrial capital, and the creation, on the basis of this ‘finance capital’ of a ‘financial oligarchy’. 3) The export of capital, which has become extremely important, as distinguished from the export of commodities. 4) The formation of international capitalist monopolies which share the world among themselves. 5) The territorial division of the whole world among the greatest capitalist powers is completed.

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“Entre ser o no ser y yo soy.��

Angelique In Every Episode

Teresa - Capitulo 2

“He decidido mi vida… voy a ir un camino de verdad efectivo, el de, dominar los sentimientos.“

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MW 2022 Characters / NPCs:

Most of Modern Warfare II missions, these missions are not included because there's no/ no new ally NPCs, Recon by Fire | TF141 , CIA , El Sin Nombre | Shadow Co. , Los Vaqueros , TF141 and Alone | TF141.

Reading format : Mission and what group followed by Character Name if shown/give with Call Signs and the character's Status.

Strike | TF141 , Shadow Co.

CDR. Graves - Shadow 0-1 ( ALIVE ) GEN. Shepherd - Gold Eagle ( ALIVE ) SC. Laswell - Watcher-1 ( ALIVE ) LT. Ghost - Bravo 0-7 ( ALIVE )

Kill or Capture | TF141 , Marsoc Marines

Razor-1 SGT. Soap - Bravo 7-1 ( ALIVE ) [ Bravo 7-6 , 7-5 , 7-4 , 7-3 , 7-2 ] ( ALIVE ) CPL. DeFields - Alpha 0-2 ( ALIVE ) [ Alpha 2-3 + 5 non-numbered Alpha ] ( KIA ) Air Support - Kilo 0-1

Wetwork + Tradecraft | TF141

CPT. Price - Bravo 0-6 ( ALIVE ) SGT. Gaz - Bravo 6-2 ( ALIVE )

Boderline | Los Vaqueros

COL. Alejandro - Victor 1-1 ( ALIVE ) SGT. MAJ. Rodolfo - Victor 3-1 ( ALIVE ) Local Police ( KIA )

Cartel Protection | TF141 , Los Vaqueros

Victor 2-1 Sanchez ( KIA ) Rodriguez - Victor 1-4 ( KIA ) CPL. Hernandez - Victor 2-3 ( UNKOWN )

Close Air | Shadow Co. , Los Vaqueros , TF141

Shadow-1 Gunner ( ALIVE ) Shadow-1 FCO ( ALIVE ) Shadow-1 Nav ( ALIVE ) Shadow-1 Pilot ( ALIVE ) Shadow-1 Comms Ofc ( ALIVE ) Shadow-1 TV Operator ( ALIVE ) Copter Extract - Hatchet 3-1

Violence and Timing | TF141 , LF

Nikolai ( ALIVE ) Farah ( ALIVE ) [ LF fighters : Yelda , Irem , Rozhin , Awira , Kejal , Avdar ] * ( ALIVE )

Dark Waters | Shadow Co. , Los Vaqueros , TF141

PVT. Shay - Shadow 1-3 ( ALIVE/INJURED ) PVT. Isaac - Shadow 1-4 ( ALIVE )

Prison Break | TF141 , Los Vaqueros

[ Vaqueros : Sgt. Estrada , Cpl. Rodriquez , Pvt. Diaz , Sgt. Silva , Pvt. Ramirez , Pvt. Gomez , Sgt. Chavez , Pvt. Gonzalez , Pvt. Machado ] * ( ALIVE )

Hindsight | Shadow Co.

Sgt. Dipaolo - Shadow ( KIA ) Erikson - Shadow ( KIA ) Vance - Shadow ( KIA ) [ Shadows : 3-1 , 3-2 , 3-4 , 3-5 ] ( KIA )

Ghost Team | JTF-Ghost Team

Alejandro - Ghost 1-1 Price - Ghost 0-1 Ghost - Ghost 0-2 Rodolfo - Ghost 2-2 [Ghost : 2-4 , 2-7 , 2-9 x4 ] * ** ( ALIVE )

Countdown | TF141 , Marsoc Marines

Helo Pilot - Lifter 1-2 [ Bravo 0-2 , 0-3 ] * ( ALIVE ) [ Bravo 0-4 , 0-5 ] * ( KIA )

* Names are randomly generated for each callsign. List of possible names [ Sgt. Schwartz , Pvt. McCarthy , Sgt. Christensen , Pvt. Park , Pvt. Burr , Pvt. DeLalla , Sgt. Silva , Pvt. Del Rosario , Cpl. Sanchez , Cpl. Garcia , Pvt. Estrada , Pvt. Malach , Sgt. Schwartz , Pvt. Sarono ] ** For some reason there was four different NPCs with Ghost 0-9.

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That's why billionaires gave so much money to Harris - and opposed Trump. And they will fight Trump tooth and nail, to thwart the demonstrated will of a majority of the American people...

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Nov 17, 2024

Cesar Chavez of the United Farmworkers of America was a strong opponent of illegal immigration from the global South. He saw that floods of cheap labor were bing used to cut the wages of his union members - and to destroy his union. The plutocratic farm owners depended on virtual slave labor to keep their profits high, in effect to rob living wages from their employees, and keep them dependent and in a state of poverty.

That was the effect of NAFTA and GATT, both fought by the working class, and championed by the plutocrat-owned Uniparty, especially the Democrats under the Clinton Administration. The plutocrats got their way, and American manufacturers sent their jobs to China where slave labor was - and is - abundant. Chinese steel wrecked American steelworking and manufacturing, resulting in the creation of the Rust Belt and the devastation of the lives of the working class here in America. The hopelessness and depression, the opioid crisis, and the rise of suicide, and the lowering of life expectancy in the American working class are the direct result of this policy (and could have been easily predicted, as I did in 1994, as well as Chuck Harder and William Greider): https://ia902804.us.archive.org/6/items/TheBetrayalofDemocracy/Frontline.S10E09.The.Betrayal.of.Democracy.1992.VHSRip.AAC2.0.x264-rattera.mp4 - this is a video from 32 years ago, which people really ought to look at. It portrays an America which no longer exists, a country which was at the beginning of the long decline which has resulted in the current situation.

And the wealth disparity grew, so that the vast majority of the American people have had no say in their government - until Trump came along. Here’s an interview which does a good job of illustrating that point:

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The Most Banned Movie In America!

Shocks Nation With "T" For Truth Rating

In an unprecedented moment in cinematic history, The Most Banned Movie in America, “Splintering Babylon,” the film the critics won’t watch and politicians will avoid for its radioactive content, has become the first movie to receive the highly controversial ‘T’ for Truth rating from the newly-formed FEMA Rumor Response unit.

The Verdict: SEE IT (If You Can). Limited screenings of The Most Banned Movie in America will be held in undisclosed locations, with showtimes posted in invisible ink. For those unable to attend, worry not—bootlegged digital files are circulating on the black market (but be careful, it’s rumored they’re being tracked

GARY BERTSEN TRANSCRIPT

Gary Berntsen: Hello, my name is Gary Berntsen. I'm a veteran of the United States Air Force and a retired Senior Operations Officer and Chief-of-Station of the Central Intelligence Agency.

For over three decades, I served in the US National Security apparatus, in various capacities.

Shortly after the attacks of 11 September 2001, I entered Afghanistan and commanded CIA paramilitary forces, helping seize the cities of Talaqan and the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul.

I was the driving force and architect of the Battle of Tora Bora. I held the position as Chief of Hezbollah Operation in CIA's Counterterrorism Center for several years and concluded my service in CIA as a Chief-of-Station in Latin America, combating narco-terrorists.

Approximately six years ago, a business associate and I began working together as whistleblowers for the Department of Justice, FBI, DEA and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Our target was the largest and most well-funded transnational criminal organization on the planet called the Cartel de los Soles, "Cartel of the Suns".

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The Cartel de los Soles is the Venezuelan government and is led by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Diosdado Cabello, Minister of Defense Vladimir López Padrino, President of the National Assembly Jorge Rodríguez, and former Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence Hugo Carbajal, who was detained in Spain several years ago and extradited to New York. He is currently awaiting trial for narco-trafficking.

Venezuelan President Maduro has a US indictment and bounty of US $15 million for his capture. Diosdado Cabello has US indictment and a $10 million bounty on his head. At least six other Venezuelan cabinet members and senior officials are indicted.

In the last 20 years, the Cartel de los Soles has stolen $1 trillion US dollars from Venezuela's national oil company, PDVSA, and embezzled $500 billion US dollars from its national treasury. It not only has – but continues to produce and smuggle – 25 to 40 metric tons of cocaine every month, out of its country into the world.

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The Cartel del Sol is a $2 trillion transnational criminal organization and the most well-resourced criminal syndicate in history. Through bribery and investments of its funds, it controls a dozen countries and world leaders. It has massive investments in the US and European financial markets and institutions.

As we conducted investigations against the Cartel de los Soles and presented them, one after another to the US Department of Justice, we noticed and pursued leads from the Cartel's money-laundering operations to the world of non-governmental organizations and election companies.

After witnessing election irregularities associated with the 2020 US Presidential Election, we decided to direct time and resources to Cartel del Sol links to US and global election fraud.

After an exhaustive three-and-a-half-year investigation, it is indisputable: Smartmatic Election Systems was created at the direction of now-deceased Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, and its source code, the basis of its operating system developed jointly by Venezuela's Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) and Smartmatic, was designed to allow election results to be altered without the knowledge of voters and the public.

Additionally, the Venezuelan CNE holds ownership of Smartmatic's source code. Each time the Venezuelan CNE and Smartmatic update the source code, a copy of it is stored at the vault at the Venezuelan Central Bank.

In 2005, the European Union Electoral Observation Mission to Venezuela published a report, stating the Venezuelan regime owns Smartmatic's source code. The Venezuelan government signed that report as factual.

Smartmatic's first election in Venezuela was the 2003 Recall Election of Hugo Chavez. The CNE director at the time, Jorge Rodriguez, at the direction of the Cuban Directorate General of Intelligence, DGI, hired three Venezuelan-American computer engineers that were graduates of Simon Bolivar University, a Venezuelan university linked to the US University, MIT.

They had already registered a software company in Delaware and opened an office for it, in Boca Raton. The engineers, Antonio Mugica, Roger Piñate, and Alfredo Anzola, established Smartmatic at the direction of the Venezuelan regime, built the source code, and flew off to Italy to buy lottery machines from Olivetti to serve as election hardware. They succeeded in altering-up votes to ensure Hugo Chavez's victory in the recall election.

Secure in power, President Chavez decided to weaponize this capability beyond Venezuela's border. Smartmatic would enter into the US election market in Cook County, Illinois [aka Chicago] and the state of New Jersey for Democratic Party Primary races in 2006.

In 2005, Smartmatic orchestrated the purchase of Sequoia Voting Systems Inc, a US company. Sequoia was a company that had conducted elections in the US for over 100 years and had a 22% market share of the US electoral market.

Approximately 18 months later, the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States, CFIUS, began investigating the ownership of Smartmatic, because of Smartmatic's Venezuelan connection.

Smartmatic immediately put its source code in the machines, in the Sequoia machines. Smartmatic tried to conceal its Venezuelan connection by hiring a former US Naval Officer, Jack Blaine, to set up a holding company, SVS Holding, to place its ownership of Sequoia in stock.

In December 2006, Smartmatic entered into an agreement with CFIUS to sell Sequoia in six months.

Antonio Mugica, one of the three original founders, then found a little-known election company in Toronto, Canada, Dominion Election Systems, that had only managed one small local election in Toronto. He arranged for Dominion to purchase Sequoia.

Dominion, owned by John Poulos, with that purchase of Sequoia would inherit the licensing agreement for Smartmatic's source code, the source code owned by the Venezuelan regime, i.e., the Cartel de los Soles.

To be clear, Smartmatic and Dominion would ultimately sign an agreement that provided Dominion with the US market and Smartmatic with the international global market. The only two exceptions are that Smartmatic does elections in Los Angeles County and Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico was an issue they ultimately settled in court.

In Caracas, in a building owned by the CNE, the Concejo Nacional Electoral, more than 100 software engineers, half in the CNE and half in Smartmatic, worked side-by-side. Their effort for more than a decade was to perfect the techniques of altering elections and defeating audit.

In 2018, Smartmatic publicly, and with the approval of the Venezuelan regime, broke with the regime, the Cartel de los Soles, because the Venezuelan CNE's theft of an election was so egregious.

The techniques of the source code and machine operate and conceal a theft of an election when the spread of the candidates is between three to five percentage points.

As sophisticated as the machine is, it can be defeated with significant turnout against it. The recent 2024 election in Venezuela was also so blatantly stolen and the machine could not conceal that massive spread, either.

In its place, a company called Xclay [?] took Smartmatic's place as the election provider in Venezuela. Allowing Smartmatic to exit Venezuela in this fictitious manner allowed the regime to retain its power and influence over the global electoral market.

Smartmatic built a production facility for electronic voting equipment hardware just outside Beijing, China, and then shipped the hardware to a warehouse in Taiwan. In violation of US Law, the hardware was marked as "Manufactured in Taiwan" and shipped to both Smartmatic and Dominion, for use in US elections.

Dominion Voting Systems manages elections in almost all the Swing States in the US, which determines who wins the Presidency. We have evidence and witnesses that can prove the source code operating the election machines of both Smartmatic and Dominion and other election companies are owned by the Venezuelan NARPA regime.

We have evidence and witnesses proving the machines are manufactured in the People's Republic of China.

Every citizen needs to be asking, "Where is the DOJ, FBI, CISA, and where is the CIA? Is anyone in the national security apparatus defending our democracy or enforcing the law?"

And if that isn't enough to convince you there's a major problem, Dominion, in an additional step to conceal its manipulation of US elections, moved its research and development and servers, which store Swing State voting information, to its office in Belgrade, Serbia!

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In the Belgrade office, Venezuelan, Chinese, and Serbian software engineers maintain system administrative status over swing state elections and alter elections, as directed by the Cartel de los Soles, the Cuban DGI, and the Chinese CCP.

The facility and its personnel are protected by Serbia's counterintelligence service. Swing State voter information is saved on Huawei servers in Dominion's Belgrade office. These servers are linked to Huawei servers in Hong Kong, China.

For years, the US National Security apparatus has identified Huawei and its technology as a threat to US National Security.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, CISA, a component of the United States Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for cybersecurity and infrastructure, across all levels of government.

CISA has 3,100 employees and a $2.9 billion budget. In 2020, when faced with calls to address election irregularities, CISA did a conference call with Smartmatic and Dominion, in order to better able to address the public's concerns and assure everyone that there had been "No irregularities".

Yes, it's shocking. CISA decided to consult the criminals in order to respond to the American public's outcry.

In August 2024, three current and former executives of Smartmatic were indicted in Florida, in connection with bribery during the 2016 election in the Philippines. Among those arrested executives is Roger Peñate, one of the three founders and current President of Smartmatic. Roger Peñate paid $8.5 million in bail.

What the public will soon learn is that the bribery paid in the case was not to obtain a contract. The bribery was paid to alter election results.

We have the CNE source code, the source code employed by Smartmatic, Dominion, and others. We will surrender it to appropriate authorities.

Source code, like DNA, can easily be matched with other systems to prove that they are from the same family. In this particular case, it is a family of altering elections.

Two years ago, we briefed a senior FBI agent in Washington, DC. That agent, after seeing our three-hour presentation with corporate ownership documents, engineering specifications, and witness statements, told us to flee Washington, DC, that the FBI would actively work to destroy our efforts and seek ways to prosecute us, in order to stop our investigative efforts. That was a stunning moment, hearing those words from a 20-year veteran of the FBI.

Seven months ago, with our attorney, we briefed a US Attorney and two Assistant US Attorneys, Federal Prosecutors from the Department of Justice. The US Attorney told us he would forward the information to the Office of Public Integrity at the Department of Justice. That US Attorney followed up with us months later, to see if the Office of Public Integrity had contacted us. They never did.

Smartmatic, Dominion, and their media allies will immediately point to the fact that FoxNews settled with Dominion, paying US$787.5 million, and that Newsmax just settled with Smartmatic, this past week in a defamation case as "evidence of Smartmatic and Dominion innocence".

In FoxNews' case against Dominion, we briefed Fox News trial attorneys. Our lawyers were present when we did that. FoxNews corporate officers refused to be briefed directly for that case. They wanted plausible deniability.

FoxNews corporate knew we had significant evidence – and, more importantly, witnesses. When all the facts are known, Fox News executives and Board will have to explain why they went down on their knees for enemies of the US.

We briefed Newsmax's corporate attorney, as well. Though their settlement with Smartmatic is not public, any settlement with either company and their masters, the Cartel de los Soles, the Cuban DGI, and CCP, makes it more difficult for those of us trying to defend the country and our democracy.

I ask everyone to go to the website StolenElectionsFacts.com. Here, you will find articles and original source documents supporting the claim that Smartmatic and Dominion are employing a source code created and owned by the Venezuelan Regime, with hardware manufactured in China that alters election results.

I will follow with other videos and statements to inform and educate others.

Best-selling author, Ralph Pazullo has written the book, 'Stolen Elections, the Plot to Destroy Democracy'. It will be released in late October. Mr Pazullo interviewed my whistleblower associate and I and several of our key witnesses. This is a must-read, to understand one of the greatest crimes ever committed against the United States.

This is an assault on our democracy.

Again, go to the website StolenElectionsFacts.com. Look at the timeline, the documents, and the original sources that are attached. Thank you for your time.

God bless America. We go forward.

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(via (119) CHINA LE PIDE A EUA NO INTERVENIR EN MÉXICO; EL INJERENCISMO FINANCIERO A TOPE - YouTube)

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On March 8, a Manhattan federal court found Juan Orlando Hernández, president of Honduras from 2014 to 2022, guilty of conspiracy to import large amounts of cocaine into the United States over nearly two decades.

Mainstream U.S. media generally framed the ex-president’s trial and conviction as a triumph of justice, a service rendered by the impartial U.S. justice system to the people of Honduras.

The great majority of such accounts, however, ignored and obscured context crucial for understanding Hernández’s rise and rule; in particular, how Washington contributed to both. Though the mainstream narrative around the ex-president rightly connects his tenure in office with massive emigration from Honduras, it has elided the degree to which U.S. influence enabled Hernández’s career and thus partially drove the migration that arose in response.

For roughly two centuries, Honduras, the original “banana republic,” has suffered a deeply unequal relationship with the far more powerful United States. One of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, Honduras and its people have endured frequent American military interventions, U.S.-backed coups, and a corrupt, rapacious local oligarchy closely tied to U.S. corporate interests.

Despite Hernández’s ultimate conviction on U.S. soil, he served Washington for many years as a loyal client. The single most important event in the ex-president’s political career was a 2009 coup, which overthrew center-left president Manuel Zelaya (whose wife, Xiomara Castro, won election in 2021 and currently occupies the presidency). Zelaya raised the minimum wage, subsidized small farmers, and authorized the morning-after pill, infuriating the country’s business elite and, in the last case, ultra-conservative religious leaders. Moreover, to Washington’s consternation, he made overtures toward Hugo Chavez’s socialist Venezuela and sought to convert a crucial U.S. airbase entirely to civilian use.

Joint action by Honduras’ military and judiciary — in a manner the U.S. ambassador called “clearly illegal” and “totally illegitimate” at the time — forced Zelaya to pay for these sins in late June 2009. While the White House’s reaction to the coup initially appeared confused, Washington soon recovered its footing. Even as huge protests raged, the Obama administration played a key role in ultimately compelling Honduras’ people and the region’s governments to acquiesce to the regime change as a fait accompli.

Despite widespread repression by the post-coup de facto government, accounts of fraud, and the condemnation of many countries and international organizations (including the normally deferential Organization of American States), U.S.-endorsed elections in November 2009 received Washington’s imprimatur. In her memoirs (the passage excised from the book’s paperback edition with no explanation), then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton explained that the U.S. sought to “render the question of Zelaya moot and give the Honduran people a chance to choose their own future.”

It was in this context that Hernández catapulted into power. After Porfirio Lobo won the 2009 presidential race, Hernández became President of the National Congress as a member of Lobo’s National Party — an institution historically closely linked to U.S. agribusiness. Lobo was Hernández’s mentor and groomed his protege to succeed him. But while Hernández enjoyed success, the coup’s consequences constituted disaster for ordinary Hondurans.

Political violence and repression became routine. The murder rate, much of it due to cartel-related gang violence, soared — it was the world’s highest for three years running. As the economic situation also deteriorated, and Lobo and his son allied with major narcotics syndicates, a huge surge of emigration swelled out of Honduras, with desperate citizens flooding northward. The total number of Hondurans apprehended at the U.S. border exploded — from less than 25,000 in 2009 to nearly 100,000 in 2014 — reaching 250,000 by 2020.

In Washington’s eyes, however, such concerns took a back seat to longstanding strategic needs: above all, Honduras’ openness to foreign investment and its role as a base for American military power. And, as head of the National Congress, Hernandez was seen as particularly amenable to U.S. desires.

“The State Department loved Hernandez,” according to Dana Frank, an expert on Honduras at UC Santa Cruz. As Lobo’s heir apparent, “he was young and could stay in power for a long time.” Frank cites a 2010 cable from the U.S. embassy in Tegucigalpa asserting that “He has consistently supported U.S. interests.”

The depth of American support for Hernández became clear after his 2013 election to the presidency. Despite credible reports of fraud, his National Party’s control over the counting process, and a wave of threats and sometimes lethal violence against opposition candidates and activists during the campaign, the State Department commended the election as “transparent, free, and fair.”

In 2015, a major corruption scandal centered on the misappropriation of funds from Honduras’ Social Security Institute exploded, prompting unprecedented popular demonstrations against Hernandez and calling for his resignation, “There was a real sense that Hernández could fall,” according to Alexander Main, a Latin America expert at the Washington-based Center for Economic and Policy Research. Fortunately for Hernández, however, the U.S. swooped in, helping to defuse the unrest by prodding the OAS to organize a local anti-corruption body known as MACCIH.

In that same year, according to Frank, Washington gave an “official green light” to a “completely criminal” power grab by Hernández whereby his hand-picked Supreme Court ruled that he was eligible to run for a second term in clear violation of Honduras’ constitution. Washington’s complacent reaction — “It is up to the Honduran people to determine their political future” — stood in remarkable contrast to 2009, when Zelaya’s mere suggestion that the constitution might be amended to permit a second term served as the pretext for the coup that the U.S. subsequently legitimized.

In Hernández’s 2017 reelection bid, the fraud was so blatant and widespread that even the generally conservative OAS declared the incumbent’s victory an example of “extreme statistical improbability” and called for new elections. The State Department, however, stood by Hernández, prodding Mexico and other OAS members to recognize the results, even as security forces suppressed massive and prolonged protests with live ammunition.

Indeed, U.S. training and funding also proved crucial in the creation of the brutal special operations units Hernández’s government used to terrorize opposition and environmental activists. Particularly significant in the military sphere was the role of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), the American combatant command responsible for Latin America. Hernández was a particular favorite of John Kelly, SOUTHCOM’s head during Obama’s second term (and then White House chief of staff for Donald Trump), who, as Dana Frank noted, once referred to the convicted drug trafficker as a “great guy” and “good friend.”

Considering the U.S. relationship with Hernández, it is perhaps unsurprising that U.S. officials seemingly turned a blind eye to his deep involvement in narcotics trafficking. As both Hernández’s recent trial — during which a witness claimed Hernandez had privately vowed to “stuff drugs up the noses of the gringos” — and that of his brother in 2019 showed, the drug trade’s reach into the Honduran government was unmistakable, with numerous high-ranking security officials repeatedly implicated.

CEPR’s Main argues that it was “highly unlikely American officials were unaware” of Hernández’s criminality. Indeed, as a document from his brother’s trial revealed, the DEA began investigating the ex-president as early as 2013. As noted in Hernández’s trial, just weeks after his inauguration in 2014, the agency reportedly obtained video evidence indicating his involvement with major drug traffickers. Even after his brother’s 2019 conviction, when it became apparent that millions of dollars in drug money helped underwrite Hernández’s political career, President Donald Trump publicly praised him for “working with the United States very closely” and for his help in “stopping drugs at a level that has never happened.”

Given all this, the U.S. media’s failure to probe the influence of American policy on Hernández’s career begins to look less like an anomalous oversight and more like a manifestation of structural dynamics that tend to reinforce the notion of American innocence. We can see the same logic apply to the frenzied media accounts detailing “caravans” of Central American migrants headed to the U.S. While mainstream news outlets rightly note the relationship between Hernández’s presidency and increased migration from Honduras, they nevertheless fail to connect the two to the impact of U.S. policymaking. Without Washington’s complicity and assistance, Hernandez might have spent 2014 to 2022 in prison, rather than the presidency. Unfortunately, it was the Honduran people who paid the price.

[agentcable]

Law & Order Special Victims Unit Season 23 Ep. 17 "Once Upon a Time in El Barrio"

Velasco's former parish priest in Mexico contacted him for assistance when three girls from his hometown went missing in New York City. Benson and her team are facing a trafficking ring supported by a violent cartel.

If you want to watch the series for yourself, stop reading! This post contains spoilers to the storyline.

Three girls in Mexico are discussing a modeling job, and one is instructed to speak English. She is anxious about not being selected. The models will be traveling to NYC. Although she only has $500, she can make her dreams come true for $5,000. In NYC, the girls are instructed to exit a van and take drugs after a long journey. The previous girl refused to take the drug or surrender her phone. She hit the attacker and attempted to flee, but he retaliated by physically assaulting her, pouring urine on her, and setting her on fire.

Rollins is still absent, and Benson informs Fin that Carisi is taking Rollins and the girls to Orlando. Fin expresses concern for Stabler's well-being, as he heard that Stabler was expelled from OC. Velasco interrupts to inform them that a man from his parish needs to speak with them. The man possesses a voicemail recording of the three girls being tortured. Fin receives a call informing him that the burned body of one of the girls has been discovered. Velasco appears visibly shaken.

The body was found by a homeless man. Identification of the body may require DNA and dental analysis. Velasco was able to identify the victim by the cross she was wearing. He contacts the priest, who will pray for the deceased girl and for Velasco. Velasco is deeply saddened by the loss of the girl, and the priest had been a father figure to her, helping him escape from the cartels and come to America. Despite Benson and Fin's orders to go home and rest, Velasco decides to go undercover. He drives down a surprisingly empty road to talk to some prostitutes, but a Mexican prostitute demands $50 before she will speak to him. Velasco pays the fee, only do discover that she is an undercover officer who promptly arrests him.

Benson and Fin arrived at the 29 to straighten things out. Chavez accused the cops of falsely claiming to be working on a case when she busted them. Benson informed Velasco that neither she nor McGrath were happy. If they were not short-staffed, she would take him off the case. However, she wants to work with the 29 to find out what they know.

Chavez is aware of a bakery where there is a lot of gossip. Fin complains about the walk.

The woman who runs the bakery wishes that SVU had come up there before it was too late, but she makes a connection with Velasco.

The police go to a seedy motel, but no one will talk to them. Finally, they find a young girl who cries upon seeing the photos of the victims. Velasco informs Chavez that she interacted well with the girl and suggests that she should talk to her since she seems to be afraid of men

Later, Velasco receives a call from Lucinda, and they agree to meet at the bakery. Chavez is run over by a speeding car, and Lucinda disappears. Chavez passes away. The police are committed to finding the killer and the missing girl.

The bakery woman is distraught and only trusted Rosanny. Velasco speaks to her in Spanish.

Velasco pretends to be injured and goes to a secret clinic for undocumented people, where he finds Lucia. Lucia wants to be released because she fears for her life. She owes money to dangerous people. Benson insists that she can trust them. Lucia reveals that the girls will be sold to another ring and that a police captain forced them to have sex. Before she died, she had told Chavez.

Benson meets Chavez's captain, and they pretend to not know where Lucia is. Velasco has obtained information about the traffickers, including some phone numbers they contacted. He calls one of the numbers, and the captain's phone rings.

The captain has received numerous complaints, yet still managed to get promoted. Lucia is currently under protective custody, but it remains uncertain how long she will remain safe.

During a lineup, the defense attorney complains about the time it takes for Lucia to identify the suspect, and she eventually recognizes the captain.

The captain asserts that he had consensual sex with Lucia, but Benson is skeptical and admonishes him for lying. The captain denies raping anyone, but Benson questions his level of involvement in Chavez's death. He blames Benson and her team for interfering and claims he can provide them with information if they show him more respect. He is requesting immunity and full retirement, and denies any allegations of rape. Fin pulls Benson aside and whispers to her that Lucia is only 15 years old. Benson advises him to consider the consequences of being a pedophile cop in prison.

Baptiste acknowledges the advice, and Benson clarifies that she was not playing a game. Baptiste states that he is needed to locate the girls and the traffickers.

The captain instructed to call Jorge and inform him that Lucia has been found and can be delivered to him. Jorge has a potential buyer for the remaining girls. He requests that the captain obtain a new burner and arrange a meeting place.

Velasco has joined the operation. Fin believes it may be too much for him, but Benson is confident in Velasco's abilities. After some initial mistrust, Jorge brings one of the girls out of a motel room. When Velasco offers to pay 40k for all the girls, Jorge pulls a gun on them. Velasco responds by pulling out his own gun, and a group of cops arrive on the scene. Jorge was surrounded by cops and refused to drop his gun, resulting in a standoff. Eventually, he surrendered and was arrested. Benson released the girls, and Velasco updated the pries, who expressed gratitude.

[chavezcatalina]

name: catalina chavez

age: 31

gender: cis female ( she / her )

sexuality: bisexual

work: bartender at the scarlet lounge

relation: single

affiliation with:  sicario for los santos

WANTED CONNECTIONS

Catalina Chavez was born on the kitchen floor surrounded by many of the wives and girlfriends of the Cartel. Her father was a Capo at the time and had gotten one of the woman he saw casually pregnant. Their relationship was strained to say the least as she wanted him to become a family man but his life would never consists of family dinners and nights helping out with homework. Eventually, Catalina's mother decided to leave the man she had a child with but her attempts at leaving with her child did not end well.

The threat of being hunted down and killed until he retrieved his daughter had the mother leaving her child alone to be raised by her father and those around him. Violence was a custom in her life no matter the ways they tried to shield it from her and it meant that she grew up as someone who didn't flinch away from the sight of pain or blood. Despite her father hoping for her to pursue something outside of the cartel, her interest laid in being apart of the family that she grew up into.

She started doing odd jobs such as cleaning and preparing food due to her father being adamant of her not participating on any runs or involving herself with any part of the cartel drug business. At the age of fifteen years old, she got news that he was arrested and with that came a bittersweet realization. She no longer had her father but she had a freedom to dive deeper into the Los Santos and become something more. She started with selling drugs, encouraging people to tell her secrets which she brought back to the higher ups. Lina was successful, luring in big players and fooling rival drug dealers into telling more than they should have.

Her skills were refined by the time she spent on the street but she knew that she wanted more involvement in the cartel, as well as be of more help. It wasn't until she heard news of a potential raid given to her by a rat did she step into action and proceed to lure him into a quiet abandoned home and forced him to speak, hiding her phone that recorded the entire conversation, only to proceed to kill him. The shipment was rescheduled to another time and location, only for the higher ups to watch the police raid where it was previously meant to be. It was her first step into proving herself to the higher ups. The next few years, she worked hard to become a Sicario for the los santos.

Now she makes a comfortable living and is able to put money on her father's books to ensure he has a comfortable life where he's at given his sentence will mean that he will likely die in prison. Despite being loyal to the gang, she does enjoy playing with fire and teetering a little too close to trouble but she would ultimately give her life for her family.

[back-and-totheleft]

The world according to Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone begins shooting this summer on his new film Savages, adapted from Don Winslow's 2010 novel about marijuana growers in Orange County outside Los Angeles, who run afoul of a Mexican drug cartel.

The project, which takes Stone to Laguna Beach and other locations in southern California, has a dream-team cast - including Blake Lively, Teresa Palmer, Benicio Del Toro, Taylor Kitsch, Salma Hayek, John Travolta and Aaron Johnson.

Now 64, but as energetic as ever, Stone has been making films regularly for more than 30 years. He has been trying to make them for a lot longer.

When Stone sat down to talk while in San Francisco earlier this month to accept the Founder's Award for Directing from the San Francisco International Film Festival, he stressed that he had struggled to make movies in his early days, even after winning an Academy Award in 1979 for his script for Midnight Express, an adaptation of the book by Billy Hayes.

"It's been an up-and-down experience," said the director of Wall Street, who acknowledged that his career might look like the chart of a stock that spikes and dips. "People say that I'm history. People say that I'm washed up all the time. Nixon, in 1995, was not a commercial success, but for me it was a successful film. Then I went off to make documentaries. They want me to make the same film all the time.

"Frankly, I have different interests at different times," Stone said. "W, about George W Bush, has a simple style. I don't think there's anything wrong with simplicity when you get older. And now I'm off to make Savages. I may go back the other way."

Before the public sees Savages, Stone will premiere a series that he has been working on for three years, The Untold History of the United States, a documentary project for American television in which he examines tragic events of the 20th century. The director said he turned to documentaries "to refresh the source".

"Dealing with fiction or dramatisation, it becomes something of a 'gig'," he said. "I found myself wanting to go back into the field." Stone's non-fiction subjects have been Fidel Castro, Palestine, and the Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez - all controversial for the American audience.

"What we're doing is going back and examining forgotten history. I was brainwashed in school the way most Americans are," said the director, who has never been reticent about his opinions. "I went off to the war in Vietnam, believing that we were fighting evil, monolithic communism," he said. "History was ethnocentric back then. It's better-written now, more critical, but there is still a tremendous gap between reality and what the experience of American history is. We're trying to close that gap."

Stone said that his Untold History would begin with the US decision to drop atom bombs on Japan in 1945.

"Memory is the thread of civilisation," he said. "Without memory, we become barbarians."

Stone said he made Platoon so that the public would remember the war in Vietnam. The director listed films of the 1990s that, he believes, clash with memory. "Black Hawk Down is a well-made movie, but it's in praise of technology," he argued. "Even in Saving Private Ryan, you saw the worship of World War II as the good war. Gladiator in 2001 was part of that war mindset. By the time of the Iraq War, we were ready to go back.

"America loves war, America depends on war, and so does its industry," said the director.

If Stone is right about Americans and war, it seems odd that it was so difficult for him to get Platoon financed there in the 1980s.

"It was considered a box-office downer, uncommercial," he explained. "It got made for reasons of a freak accident. It was an English producer, who made the movie for very little money - $6 million. We did it in the Philippines on the skin of our teeth. John Daley, who just passed away, also produced Salvador for $3m, $4m. Salvador only got distributed because it was the advent of the video revolution, and we had money from that."

In casting Platoon at that budget, "we went as realistic as we possibly could," Stone said. "Most of what we had seen as war in movies before had older men, like John Wayne. I took younger actors, with the exception of Willem Dafoe and Tom Berenger, and we prepared them for shooting in what was the equivalent of training camp. So, by the time that they were actually on film, it looked as if they were soldiers who'd been through a war. That's what we wanted."

Stone credited that realism with uniting veterans and critics of the war in admiration of Platoon.

"There were some veterans who called me a liar for what I showed in the film, or people who wanted me put on trial for crimes against humanity, but it was one of those rare moments, like the Obama -election."

He added: "It's a nice thing to see. If it happens again, grab it. It's like a surfer's wave. It doesn't happen very often."

The nature of history has not turned Stone into a cynic, although it has been the gift that gives him stories to make films about. "You've got to have a sense of humour," said the man who dramatised two Wall Street meltdowns. "What a ride. You begin to wonder how much more we can take. Is Donald Trump going to be president of the United States? That might be a reason to move back to Vietnam."

The veteran filmmaker seemed to smell a screenplay, although this subject promised a whiff of comedy, not exactly Stone's trademark.

"I've made comedies," he insisted. "Natural Born Killers is a comedy - it's a dark comedy. U-Turn has comedic elements. Salvador has very comedic elements. I think there are comedic elements in Any Given Sunday and, frankly, the George Bush film, W, if you're willing to look at it with a sense of irony, is a very funny movie. The man is president of the United States, and this is quoted dialogue."

Stone stressed that he stepped back from any opinions he had about Bush. "I'm a dramatist first," he said, noting that he had been criticised for not going on the attack more fiercely. "I thought we should just show the guy, and how he became president, which involved walking in his shoes. Empathy means you're not pro or con, but you're understanding, and letting him speak for himself."

Turning back more than 2,000 years, Stone noted that his 2004 epic about another ruler, Alexander, will finally be released this year at the length he originally wanted it to be - three hours and 45 minutes. "Frankly, I rushed the movie to make the marketing deadline of November 2004, and it had to be under two hours and 55. You can't cut a movie up like that."

"Our new version actually allows the movie to breathe and be what it is," said Stone, who considers the film one of his greatest achievements. "It is at the beginning of time, and it's not at all comparable to George Bush going into -Baghdad."

Stone hesitated for a moment, and laughed. "It was done the same year. What a big mistake."

-David D'Arcy, "The world according to Oliver Stone," The National, May 25 2011 [x]

[findasongblog]

Still looking for Christmas presents? What about one (or all 😉) of these EPs?

Jericho Noguera - Get It By The Feel

Jericho’s Noguera’s first full band record ‘Get It by the Feel’ has been over a year in the making, the track listing ‘​Future Project’,​ ​‘What Do You Really Mean’, ​‘High’​, ‘​The Moon Against the Black Sky’​, and ​‘The Sun’ll Come Up’ ​features a unique blend of jazz, soul, and psychedelia. The EP was recorded and produced by Jericho at home in Birmingham.

‘With the new songs on the EP I’d been worrying that they might take some patience to catch. ‘High’ f​ or example is nearly six minutes long, and builds up slowly over two repeating chords. ‘The Moon Against the Black Sky’​ is another one you kind of have to sink into, I think I'm asking the listener to give a lot to the songs, and that’s something I don’t expect everyone to do. I kept things sparse as a result of the limitations I had with recording, most of the songs have full unedited takes on each instrument, so it’s not one hundred percent perfect either. But ultimately I think that’s what’s given the songs their character. As cliche of a realisation as it is, I think it’s the imperfections that have given the songs life. These days people are compressing the shit out of their audio, among other mainstream habits, so I struggled with the idea of sacrificing a competitive mix against one that the songs really need. But I'm over it now, so here’s the record. (press release)

A Kind Of Man - A Kind Of Man

Danish A Kind of Man is Bjørn Rosenquist’s solo project and his self titled debut EP was released November 29th.

A Kind of Man’s first single ‘Teddy Love’ achieved airplay on Danish national radio. Following this Bjørn and his band - A Kind of Band - have played several shows in Denmark, also as supporting act for Australian POND. Shortly after, Bjørn was contacted by renowned director Meeto who created a stunning music video for ‘Teddy Love’. This video was nominated for Best Music Video at The True Award 2019.

In February 2020 another music video by Meeto will be released for the track ‘FLIP’ off the debut EP.

Acclaimed artist Nicolai Bruun has made an animation video for A Kind of Man’s latest single ‘Franceen’. Bjørn stars as “Franceen” - an androgynous figure who represents the offbeat emotions in the song. The singles ‘Teddy Love’ and ‘Franceen’ have both been included in the soundtrack for Kaspar Astrud Scrøders documentary ‘Don’t Give A Fox’ which revolves around a group of urban skater girls.

“Hopefully my music sounds like lightly moisted cotton panties on a woman lying half asleep in the sand on a stinking hot beach.”- A Kind of Man (press release)

Junodream - Isn’t It Lovely (To Be Alone)

While the track’s atmospherics vary dramatically on ‘Isn’t It Lovely (To Be Alone)’, the songs are all thematically linked. They’re a collection of vignettes in the life of an ordinary young man, whose dedication to making the best of his position in life masks the turmoil that lies just under the surface. Think Gregor Samsa from Kafka’s The Metamorphosis dropped into a modern metropolis. The topics that Junodream address are drawn from the band’s personal experiences. But they’re frustrations which are common amongst people in their early twenties: anxiety; the financial demands of debt and rent; lack of fulfillment at work; insecurity in relationships; and an overwhelming lack of control.  Junodream like to see the funny side in things, and these themes are injected with a wry sense of humour. It becomes a catch-22 situation: you’re constrained by the very things that you want to escape. Ed explains the meaning behind the EP’s title track ‘Isn’t It Lovely (To Be Alone), “The track is about a failed relationship in free-fall. It’s centred round a sordid night out where things break down, hidden tensions come out the woodwork and you just want to go home”.  (press release)

The Hollow Ends - The EP II

St. Louis gypsy-folk act The Hollow Ends announced on October 28 the release of “THE EP II,” a brand-new 5-song album.

The new EP features 5 previously unreleased songs, including the first single “What,” a gypsy folk tune you might hear at a creepy carnival plucked out of the 1930s that you don't feel entirely safe at, which was released on October 30. Kick drum, tambourine, upright bass and gypsy jazz-influenced guitars drive the song forward, and Vaudevillian 3-part harmonies and a Django-style guitar solo add to the circus vibe of this rickety Ferris Wheel tune.

The EP also features “Little Devil,” an indulgent gypsy/folk/rock/punk track from a traveling Tim Burton-on-MDMA circus, and “Annie Pardami,” a twangy alt-folk romp with upright bass and melodica.  These, the 2nd and 3rd singles from the record, were released on November 19 and 28, respectively. The record was tracked and produced by Zachary Schwartz, the brains of The Hollow Ends operation.  Ben Majchrzak of St. Louis-based Native Sound mixed and mastered the record. (press release)

Chavez Cartel - Confidence Is All I’m Taking Home

Confidence Is All I'm Taking Home is an assertive representation of the Chavez Cartel spirit of self belief and persistence to overcome obstacles, doubts and negativecriticism; pushing themselves beyond their limits to continue evolving as individuals and collectively as a band. Chavez Cartel wear their hearts on their sleeves with this EP,expressing genuine emotion on each track.

Teaming up again with producer Govinda Doyle; the EP comprises of 5 new songs, including the recent single 'Love On The Run'.

The title of the EP derives from lyrics of the first track 'Scum and Fears'; "Confidence is all I'm taking home. Hard earned like ya fathers gold. I'd pay for pain but you bring so much for free." To grow we must accept who we are, flaws and all; embrace every opportunity we're given, make mistakes to learn harsh lessons and become a better version of ourselves.

''Different Underneath' is a battle between doubt and self belief wrestling it out for pole position. Overall it's an encouragement to stop doubting yourself, bite the bullet and pursue your aspirations with confidence. "I know you're weary, I know you're teary. But wipe an eye and have a wonder underneath."

The track 'For Better Or Worse' is a love song about making it through all the ups and downs that come with a romantic relationship and the commitment associated with the vow 'till death do us part'. "Her heart and soul belong to him and his belongs to her. It's written in the stars and in his words. For better or worse." "She's everywhere, he's all around, she's in the air, he's on the ground."

To bring the EP to an end is the live acoustic track 'See You Again'. A dark and gothic take on relationships, focusing on broken promises and empty words. Are you guilty of saying things and failing to follow them through?

Chavez Cartel are proud of their achievement to bridge gaps this year despite the knock-backs. They have proven to themselves that self confidence is paramount to achieve success and to celebrate all wins in the right direction, positive progress is key. (press release)

[listinsemanal]

El señalamiento de Estados Unidos a Hugo Chávez como líder del cartel de los Soles - Venezuela - Internacional

El señalamiento de Estados Unidos a Hugo Chávez como líder del cartel de los Soles – Venezuela – Internacional

Más allá de la imagen del líder revolucionario de América Latina, el indictment con el que EE. UU. acusó de narcoterrorismo al gobernante venezolano Nicolás Maduro muestra al exmandatario venezolano Hugo Chávez como “uno de los líderes del cartel de los Soles”, que acordó con las Farc “apoyar sus operaciones terroristas y de narcotráfico”.

(Lea también: Las claves de la acusación de EE.UU.…

[doctorofmagic]

June Solicitations

I’ve decided to stop writing “Doctor Strange’s confirmed appearances” because well, he’s, you know, dead, and he is not appearing in Strange v3 yet. BUT YES, HE WILL APPEAR EVEN IN DEATH BECAUSE IT’S HIM!

Defenders: Beyond #1 (of 5)

AL EWING (W) • JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ (A) • WRAPAROUND COVER BY JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ Variant Cover by LEE GARBETT SPOILER Variant Cover by LEONARDO ROMERO Stormbreakers Variant Cover by NATACHA BUSTOS Variant cover by PHIL NOTO • TEASER VARIANT COVER BY RON LIM Al Ewing and Javier Rodríguez follow up their acclaimed DEFENDERS: THERE ARE NO RULES series with a new volume and an all-new lineup, including none other than Loki, God of Stories! When Doctor Strange sends a dire warning from beyond the grave, Blue Marvel, America Chavez, Taaia (Galactus' mom!), Tigra and Loki assemble to defend reality itself! Plus, you won't believe who shows up on the final page! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99 

Legion of X #3

SI SPURRIER (W) • JAN BAZALDUA (A) Cover by DIKE RUAN Variant Cover by Sergio Dávila HELLFIRE GALA VARIANT COVER BY RUSSELL DAUTERMAN TO BE MAD IS TO BE DIVINE! An Arakkii fugitive god is lurking somewhere in the shadows of Krakoa, and Weaponless Zsen must track them down or face destruction at the hands of the terrifying Ora Serrata. After hitting a number of dead ends, Zsen and Nightcrawler turn to the astral plane for answers. Meanwhile, Pixie lures the Skinjacker out of hiding with the help of Juggernaut and…Dr. Strange?! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Strange #4

JED MACKAY (W) • MARCELO FERREIRA (A) • Cover by Lee Garbett Variant cover by Logan Lubera FAMILY REUNION! • Clea's mother Umar has come to visit, just as the Blasphemy Cartel launch their latest attack on the Sanctum Sanctorum! • And this time, they brought an unlikely foe to take down the Sorcerer Supreme! • Reintroducing the dark Moon Knight...Shadow Knight! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

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First things first, ‘cause there’s a lot to dig.

- I have hope that Stephen will also appear in Marvels #12 as spotted previously in the last solicitations, as well as Mech Strike: Monster Hunters #1. He wasn’t on the covers but it’s not impossible. I’ll keep an eye, as usual.

- Person who asked about Chavez and Stephen, here’s our first interaction! I knew it wouldn’t take long haha.

- Now... oh my Vishanti and Khonshu, being a Moon Knight fan has never paid off so much. I know exactly who Shadow Knight is. It’s Marc’s brother. They have a very unhealthy and intense relationship based on, obviously, violence and betrayal. Randall Spector killed Marc’s girlfriend back when they were mercenaries, and became another Moon Knight in order to seek vengeance (there’s also an arc about a man who was brainwashed to believe himself to be Randall but that’s another story). Long story short, Punisher killed Randall but he was resurrected, only to become Shadowknight and, yes, be killed by Moon Knight. Marc’s past is THAT messed up. It seems that Jed is really intertwining both lores and I’m just so so so happy because they’re part of my favorite characters list! And since we managed to see that the Harvestman taps into the dead, it’s not surprising to be introduced to another dead character. And who’s better for the task than someone from MK’s lore, am I right? *chef’s kiss*

- Lastly, I don’t believe Legion of X will feature Stephen since Loki is on the cover. It’s probably an illusion or something, let’s wait and see.

As I keep saying, for someone’s who dead, Stephen is pretty much active hehe blessed 💜💜💜