Category: People
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CNBC: Tom Friedman on Venezuela, Trump & next steps
Friedman is skeptical that Venezuelan oil can be restarted without a change of regime, which he thinks will require boots on the ground. But see the NYT article below the video. Venezuela is not Libya and the new leader – Delcy Rodriguez – is super-ambitious and if it’s in her self interest to suddenly become…
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Nobel Prize winner Venezuelan Machado releases letter after Maduro capture.
This is from CBS News. Hit the link for the full text of the letter. “The time for freedom has come!” Machado, who was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, wrote in the letter posted on X. María Corina Machado released a letter addressing the Venezuelan people after leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife were…
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King Charles Christmas speech
This is annual as the Monarch speaks briefly. As his mother Queen Elizabeth did, he speaks a great deal about Faith. When he met with Pope Leo in the Vatican a few months ago they prayed together. The king is the head of the (Anglican) Church of England and it’s the first time in five…
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Brigitte Bardot
Who seems to have lead an … exciting life. Article is from NBC. Screen siren Brigitte Bardot, whose portrayals of free-spirited ingenues made her an international sex symbol and the pride of France, and who turned her back on movie stardom in 1973 to become an animal rights activist, has died, according to French media…