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This is the new world report with Professor Eben Ellis of the US Army Workcolors Strategic

Studies Institute, Venezuela. The headlines here are in the context of a war in Europe

that is unresolved and extremely threatening to all of Europe, which is now frigid, with

an unusually early cold from London to Moscow. Also, a future that involves major weapon

systems now being announced for Ukraine in the immediate future. In other words, Russia

is now facing what appears to be a United Front in NATO. Then this, within these last

days, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak met with Venezuela's oil minister

in Caracas where they discussed oil market volatility and the status of Venezuela's outstanding

debts to Russia. Then there's the complication, another headline. From Venezuela, political

talks aren't working in its opposition leader Guedo whom you'll remember is recognized

by the United States and other significant allies of the US as the genuine legitimate

president of Venezuela. Professor, the war complicates everything, but we don't just

focus on Europe. There are a lot of nations who've stayed back from sanctions, stayed back

from denouncing Russia's aggression. Some of those, some many of those nations are in

South America and Central America. This moved by Russia to involve itself with Caracas.

I understand that it has to do with sanctions, but is it significant in terms of the Russian

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