Epstein Secrets

r and his boss Richard Nixon carried on the violent tradition that spanned the breadth of the loth century and continues in the 21st — for example, Venezuela in 2002 (failed) and Honduras in 2009 (successful). Where possible, such as in Guatemala in 1954 and Brazil in 1964, coups were the preferred method

he latest issue of National Geographic I ran across a wonderful article about Trajan's Column which has a statue of St. Peter installed on it's by a Renaissance pope on top that towers over the ruins of Trajan's Forum which once included two libraries and a grand civic space paid for by war spoils from Daci

ly because the major oil players were not prepared to pretend that there was agreement on output quotas. With Iran chairing the meeting, an annoyed Venezuela in attendance and an embattled Libya looking on, it was much harder to get the group to put aside their differences and smile for the cameras. The

e championed women's rights, the environment, the large- scale building of schools and other progressive causes. Qaboos, in particular, is sort of a Renaissance man who plays the lute and loves Western classical music, and who—at least until the celebrations in 2010 marking forty years of his rule-eschewed

er chairman of Woolworths Ltd., the country’s largest retailer. Died March 3 in Sydney of complications from surgery. Hugo Chavez, 58. President of Venezuela since 1998, who used the country’s oil wealth to help the poor, nationalized corporations and dismissed foes as puppets of U.S. imperialism. Died Ma

ons Hotels in 1969 and became the largest private, independent upscale-hotel manager in the U.S., developing properties for brands such as Marriott, Renaissance and Embassy Suites. Died May 26. Roberto Civita, 76. An Italian-born entrepreneur, who became the billionaire chairman of Grupo Abril, which publish