Biden’s Americas Summit Opportunity

Will Biden stand his ground, or will he give in to socialist regimes and invite tyrants and human rights violators to the Summit of the Americas?

AUTHOR JULIO M. SHILING 05.13.22 3 MINUTE READ

The Biden administration has a great opportunity to emphasize that democracy is the gold standard political system in the Western Hemisphere. The 9th Summit of the Americas, which is to be held the week of June 6-10 in Los Angeles, California, was poised to exclude most of the continent’s non-democratic regimes. Certain Latin American leaders objected to the prohibition of the dictatorships in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from the event and stated that they would boycott the conference if this occurred. The overarching dilemma for Biden is whether he will placate the left and invite these notorious human rights violators or will the U.S. firmly defend stated principles that bind hemispheric cordiality based on the practice of consensual modes of governance and free societies.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Brian A. Nichols stated during a television program on May 2 that “Cuba, Nicaragua, [and] the Maduro regime do not respect the Inter-American Democratic Charter, and therefore I don’t expect their presence.” When questioned on the specific case of Cuba, where during the 2015 Summit the Cuban dictator, Raul Castro, was invited, Nichols commented that, while it will ultimately be Biden’s prerogative, he believes “the president has been very clear about the presence of countries that by their actions do not respect democracy — they will not receive invitations.”

Jen Psaki on May 10 questioned the firmness of Nichols’ statement. During a White House briefing, the president’s press secretary said that “no invitations have been issued at this point.” What Biden’s media representative was suggesting, was that the Summit’s door was still open to hemispheric dictatorships...

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Biden’s Political Prisoners

This is the prelude to derailing the opposition. It is abominable that this could occur in our country

AUTHOR JULIO M. SHILING 05.13.22 3 MINUTE READ

The U.S. has been heading down the wrong path. Obama’s Democratic Party, aligned with elite media, Big Tech, and woke capitalists are seeking to install an authoritarian regime that can enforce their scripted variants of cultural Marxism. Organized “leaks” of Supreme Court proceedings, sanctioning mob rule to undo the checks and balances on the path towards socialism and a Marxist Mickey Mouse promoting Gender Ideology are all symptoms of the targeted undermining of the American Republic. It should surprise no one and alarm everybody that political prisoners exist in the U.S. today.

The Jan. 6 Capitol Building breach was an unlawful act. It was trespassing and there was vandalism. Applicable laws should address these grievances. What we are witnessing, however, is the utilization of the judicial system, facilitated by its jurisdictional geographical location, to clamp down on the opposition. Miles of video surveillance recordings affirms that most of the intruding Americans who entered the Capitol Building that day, did so through open doors and many were met by greeting police officers. While it will take a shift in power in Washington to get to the bottom of what really happened on Jan. 6, one thing is certain, this was not an “insurrection”, much less an attempt to “overthrow” the government.

To believe that a rowdy, trespassing crowd engaged in mostly picture-taking inside a federal building, could somehow be equated with an insurgency to topple the government is preposterous. Not a single Capitol Building intruder was porting arms. It was an unlawful and regrettable act. It was not, however, sedition, an insurrection, or a conspiracy to bring about a systemic downfall...

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Ukraine Is ‘Fighting for Western Civilization’: Ukrainian Activist Halyna Chyzhyk.

While confident Ukraine can win the war against Russia, activist considers it crucial for the West to provide more weapons and anti-aircraft equipment.

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AUTHOR JULIO M. SHILING 05.09.22  3 MINUTE READ

Pro-judicial reform activist Halyna Chyzhy of Kyiv’s Anti-Corruption Action Center discussed with El American the situation in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion.

Chyzhyk said she is confident that Ukraine will win the war against Russia, but explained that for that to happen, more collaboration from allies in the West is urgently needed. Although Ukraine has managed to maintain control over their capital, Kyiv, the activist warned that no one in Ukraine will be safe until they receive “heavy weapons” and equipment to protect the skies from Russian Army airstrikes.

“Now, the battlefield is in the eastern part of Ukraine, so Kyiv and the outskirts of Kyiv are not threatened by the Russian Army at the moment, but only two hours before this conversation, Russian missiles hit areas in Lviv, which is a city in the west of Ukraine,” Chyzhyk said. “[The same] in Odessa, Dnipro, and other Ukrainian cities. Basically, you cannot be safe in Ukraine. Anywhere in the country, you are threatened because you don’t know where the next Russian missile will point.”

The activist believes that the Russian Army, known as the second largest and most powerful in the world, “is overrated,” while that of Ukraine, which has withstood two months of war against Russia without giving up any parts of its territory, “is underrated”: “I am alive thanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, that’s true, and so are hundreds of Ukrainians who can sleep safely because our Armed Forces are defending us.”

Halyna Chyzhyk acknowledges “crucial” role of the West

Although the West expected Kyiv to fall three days after the invasion, Chyzhyk “can assure that Ukraine and Ukrainians will win this war,” and that this is something “everyone knows” in her country. The only uncertainty, according to the expert, is what price they will have to pay for achieving that victory...

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American Policy Failures with Putin

Relations between democracies and dictatorships should be lukewarm at best, but never one of friendship, trust, or economic entanglement.

AUTHOR JULIO M. SHILING 05.07.22 3 MINUTE READ

Republican and Democratic administrations have misread Vladimir Putin’s kleptocratic regime. The West, in general, has diagrammed policy towards post-Soviet Russia under false perceptions. Sun Tzu’s notion that, “If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat,” (The Art of War) has epitomized the Free World’s course following the collapse of the USSR.

The fall of Soviet communism produced a euphoria in the West. Rightly so. The wholesale theft of Eastern and Central Europe by the Soviet Union following World War II, the ascent of Chinese communism, and the invasion of South Korea by the North, prompted a comprehensive Western reaction to challenge the malignancy of communism. Why did the West assume Russia would transition into a democracy?.

George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton inherited the dividend of the Reagan Doctrine. Capitalism, as the West’s premier socioeconomic model, played an important role in sinking socialism. However, it was not the only factor. The morality inherent in Western values were paramount instruments. Ideology mattered. America and the international liberal order that emerged after the defeat of National Socialism in Europe was not just about economics...

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