President Vladimir Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is militarily ready for a Cuban Missile-style crisis if the United States wanted one and threatened to place hypersonic nuclear missiles on ships or submarines near U.S. territorial waters.
The Cuban Missile Crisis erupted in 1962 when Moscow responded to a U.S. missile deployment in Turkey by sending ballistic missiles to Cuba, sparking a standoff that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
More than five decades on, tensions are rising again over Russian fears that the United States might deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe, as a landmark Cold War-era arms-control treaty unravels. Continue reading
Guyana: My problem with Indian academics writing about African Guyanese – Freddie Kissoon
One of the most exasperating features one encounters in this country are persons, including academics, pondering on the enduring predicaments of their country and do so claiming that they are offering ideas and analyses in genuine attempts to solve the country’s problem without realizing that they too embody the very problems they want to see go away.
Nothing changes because their writings perpetuate the very negatives they want to dissolve.
The Stabroek News columnist, Shaun Samaroo, comes to my mind. He lifted himself above the fray and pontificated on all of Guyana’s social and political setbacks but he was part of the problem. Continue reading →
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