17 February 2025
Dear Patrons,
I'm pleased to announce that another screening of my film with journalist Nicholas Ford, 'Venezuela: The Cost of Challenging an Empire,' will take place on Sunday March 2 at the Granville Centre in western Sydney. If you have not seen the documentary, and are close to this area, just click on the following link and book yourself a ticket. After the screening, Nicholas and I will be doing a 20 minutes Q&A with the audience. Also, there are now plans to take the film to Melbourne in May and hopefully Canberra as well. We are also working on having a Spanish version of the film so we can hopefully do some screenings overseas. Eventually, as previously stated, we will be placing the film on an online platform where you will be able to purchase it for a modest price.
Moving on to current political developments, the re-election of Donald J. Trump as the 47th president of the United States since January 20 has had negative ramifications for Latin America. Within one week of his return to the White House, Trump placed Cuba back on the list of states that sponsor terrorism. This move was completely expected, however, after the president of Colombia Gustavo Petro refused to accept two U.S. military planes with Colombian citizens in handcuffs who were allegedly illegal in the United States, the Trump administration threatened Colombia with a 25% increase on tariffs should Bogota continue to refuse their deportation. Petro’s objection was that illegal immigrants should not be treated like criminals. Trump, for his part, added that the tariffs would increase to 50% should Colombia not comply within a week of Washington’s request.
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