World politics

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https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/two-men-will-be-hit-with-a-cane-80-times-each-for-hugging-kissing-in-private/

That’s a barbaric torture.

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Give him a family cell with his father.

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https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250815_18/

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Alaska is going to be given to Putin soon, so it should be the Russian Pacific Fleet that does the monitoring

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The 2nd Pacific Squadron?

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Seriously, WTF are they thinking, hiring this Christian nationalist, white supremacist shithead to fix this problem… It’s ONLY going to get worse with him running this operation.

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The AP, citing a person with knowledge of the plans, said the deployment would entail “nearly 200” personnel as part of a one-year deal to tackle gang violence. It said Vectus Global would also take a “long-term role” in advising Haiti’s government on restoring tax revenue collection once the gang violence was addressed.

Prince told Reuters that Vectus Global had a 10-year contract with the Haitian government, but would not comment on how much it was worth. The Haitian government has not commented on the reports, but in June, the then-leader of Haiti’s transitional presidential council, Fritz Alphonse Jean, confirmed that the government was using foreign contractors.

The Haitian government has identified restoring tax revenue as a key factor in tackling the country’s problems.

Taxation at the border used to account for half of the country’s tax revenue, but gang control of transport links has hurt trade and badly affected vital government revenue streams, impacting the delivery of basic services, a report commissioned last year by Haiti’s government and international organisations found.

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So, how exactly is this bankrolled?
Vectus Global restores tax revenue and gets a generous cut for the next X decades?

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That’s what I was thinking… so… yet more WAR DEBT foisted upon the people of Haiti… this will only exacerbate their ongoing problems.

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From 2020:

Fun fact I don’t remember most of my life but I remember stuff like this…

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More coverage on the arrest from a more mainstream source:

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Not just Americans.

I live around the corner from the Adass Israel School.

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