Venezuela, Iran, DR Congo I interviewed Portuguese writer Maria João Lopo de Carvalho about Luís de Camões and her book which followed his 16th century journey from Portugal to Macau via boat. For 40 Years, The US has sanctioned Iran and as long as he fought the Ayatollah Saddam lived. As much as Chavez's Bolivarian revolution was to American hegemony, so has been Khomenei's and now Khamenei's Iran. Finally, events in the DR Congo. Whilst oil and the petro-dollar economy underpinned US power projection, the DR Congo with an estimated 66% of cobalt [possibly the new oil] supplies might well represent the Future.

Source: The Star February 04, 2019 04:18 UTC