Global South

By way of introduction

In these times, many in the Americas and the Caribbean are giving in to geo-political fatalism.

Experts, such as Professors Vladimir Shubin and Alexandra Arkhangelskaya, Institute for African Studies in Moscow, have argued that Russia needs to be more strategic in aligning its interests, and be more proactive with instruments and mechanisms in promoting economic cooperation in order to reap

Introduction

The bank, with the task of transforming Russia’s trade with Africa, organised an economic conference for more than 1,500 participants from 20-22 June in Moscow. The economic conference and other Russia–African events in 2019 can be described as “the Year of Africa” in the Russian Federation.

Russia, Africa and the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum

Since its first days in office, the Trump administration has openly talked about going to war with Venezuela for its oil and ousting Venezuela President, Nicolas Maduro.  To this end, the Trump administration has employed a variety of destabilising tactics and actions against Venezuela,

In a paper titled “A Timeline of CIA Atrocities”, Steve Kangas, summarises the operation of America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as follows:

Introduction

“The Western Hemisphere is our Region,” Michael Pompeo, US Secretary of State.

In a February decree posted on the Russian government’s Official Legal Information Portal, Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed his aide Yuri Ushakov to chair the organising committee paving the way for the first Russia-Africa summit that Moscow plans to host in Sochi.