Guest: @JasonEmert from @KOIOSGlobal

 

Cuba

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmI5bV4ZvM4

Discussion: overall thoughts, trade, dissidents, changes in human rights, Obama’s plan, Guantanamo Bay, political asylum

 

Haiti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj2UOJDqvE0

Discussion: current political situation, how we got here, ruling by decree, U.S.-backed plans, involvement of the U.N., Haiti’s future,

 

 Argentina

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN4EyzGlXmI

Discussion: the prosecutor murder and how that has been going, the latest breaking update on the arrest warrant, about Kirchner, about the Argentina spy agency, the drama!

THUNDER ROUND

 

Middle East:

Jordan revenge: http://news.yahoo.com/islamic-state-supporters-post-photos-purportedly-showing-jordanian-170209043.html

North America:

Trinidad election: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Call-general-election-now-says-Trinidad-s-Opposition-leader-Rowley

South America:  

FARC in Colombia: http://news.yahoo.com/colombian-guerrillas-government-resume-talks-182323920.html

Central Asia Region (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan… and sometimes Kazakhstan) “TEA” region - Triangle (sometimes Trapezoid) of Ethnic Attacks:

Uzbekistan labor rights: http://www.rferl.org/content/uzbekistan-labor-abuse-cotton-world-bank/26826645.html

Eurasia:

Ukraine violence: http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/03/world/ukraine-fighting/

Africa:

African Union decides to take on Boko Haram: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/31/us-nigeria-violence-chad-idUSKBN0L40X920150131?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

Europe:

Greece debt standoff: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/feb/02/greece-debt-standoff-george-osborne-urges-athens-brussels-deal

Asia:

Secret talks with North Korea http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/report-secret-talks-about-talks-taking-place-between-us-and-north-korea_837537.html

Bonus: Tony Abbott still in charge: http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2015/feb/09/tony-abbott-to-face-a-leadership-vote-politics-live