- US ambassador of the middle east george mitchell is on his way to israel to try and work a deal with israel and hamas. this is it, our first taste of middle east diplomacy from obama. the only problem is its subcontracted to george mitchel who may be a very capeable negotiator but he has to report back to hillary clinton, not obama. i dont see much progress being made under clinton in this subject. shes very pro israeli, and more than likely not to waiver any concessions for hamas. it would take some level of intervention from obama to really get things going
- Sri Lankas safe zones obviously arent enough as the red cross reports a quarter of a million people trapped between the fighting between the sri lankan army and the tamil tigers
- SADC (southern african development community) a new government in zimbabwe will take place in february. ill believe it if it still stands in april
- Chinas prime minister wen jiabao will be going on a eurotrip to let europe know theyll be in chinas pocket soon enough
- Colombia and Venezuela has set up a 200m fund to increase bilateral trade. i guess things are pretty bad for cololmbia if they have to deal with a country they may be funding/aiding its biggest pain in the ass, FARC(revolutionary armed forces of colombia)
- Bolivia voted to change the constitution. Now evo morales can run again. i didnt think theyd pass it now im kind of wondering if hugos can get through in feb
- Iceland's government has officially fallen apart from the financial crisis. Looking forward(not happy about it, just saying its gonna happen) to seeing the same thing happen a couple former soviet states that the euro raped
i guess thats it for now. if youd like to see me get more detailed about a specific subject feel free to drop a line and ill oblige
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