I have a friend who is Ukrainian and he talks about it. Assange never asked him to tell his story.
So war crimes arenât important enough for any other media outlet to report on? Itâs all up to wikilieaks?
Iâm not even sure what you are saying. You have to pay an additional tax to convert US dollars in Cuba, but anyone is capable of doing it. As for Venezuela, the official exchange rate will leave you paying hundreds for a sandwich
Itâs called not biting the hand that feeds you. But again, is nobody but Wikileaks capable of reporting on this stuff?
Right, but why do you think that matters irt US investors? Do you think theyâre somehow incapable of converting their USD to a currency those countries donât tax/fine?
I mean, it seems pretty simple. Foreign money to these countries to the scale were talking about isnât tourism spare change that you see at an exchange booth.
Converting your currency to avoid taxes/fees is a pretty straightforward and globally practiced concept
I donât even know what you are talking about.
Which US investors want to do business in Venezuela right now? Can you name one?
As for Cuba, maybe they have different rules for business investors but the point is that the economy as a whole is not reliant on US dollars. The government was working hard to get off the US dollar, which is why they were taxing the conversion of US dollars - they want Canadian dollars and Euros instead.
If they want US dollars then why would they go out of their way to discourage people from bringing US dollars?
Right. And US investors that want to make money (and add control) in Cuba can convert their USD to EUR in like, 12 seconds. Literally. Unless weâre talking about billions, then itâs probably more like 12 hours.
Discouraging a conversion rate isnât about hitting foreign investment, unless you hit every conversion rate. Itâs about reducing tourism.
Which, even that can be avoided. If I wanted to visit Cuba Iâd just convert my USD to canadian in the airport first. Voila no fine.
Probably none. But thatâs because their entire country is a 3rd world unstable dumpster fire. Not because theyâre taxing USD conversions
Are there actually many US businesses in Cuba at the moment? I know Obama loosened things up but from the sounds of things it has been mostly shut down by Trump. In any case, before Obama changed things there were few if any US businesses and Cuba was no worse off than it is now so I donât see how you can argue that their economy depends on US dollars.
Yes, and people there donât want US dollars anymore because the government is cracking down on the black market and the official exchange rate is crap.
No shit. Itâs a biproduct that we see happen to every 3rd world country. A countries currency valuation is based on how reliable the govt is to keep existing.
3rd world countries have more govt turnover than a fuckin McDonaldâs man.
As if to prove the point, Venezuela created a new currency recently. Why in Godâs name would anyone trust this one is going to exist in 10 years?
The US isnât responsible for their garbage exchange rate. Itâs really not that bad for a 3rd world country.
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If I were a smart person that wanted to avoid that tax I would convert the US dollar to euro, rupi, dinar, or what ever other currency doesnât get taxed- Then- convert That to the Cuban or Venezuelan currency.
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They have the highest inflation in the world, and it has been like that for years. When I was there they were switching from the old Bolivar to Bolivar Fuerte, which was 1000:1, they recently did the same thing again. Nowhere else on the planet has inflation like that. As for the ânew currencyâ you are talking about, Iâm not sure if you mean that or this mysterious âPetroâ which seems to have been all talk. Maybe something would have happened with it if the country wasnât in total chaos at the moment.
Regarding US involvement, can you really argue that seizing their assets (including Citgo) and blocking exports hasnât had an impact? I donât have time to look this up right now, but a while back there was an article about how Venezuela wanted their gold reserves back from the UK where they are held and the UK refused. The country is fucked because the US and allies have essentially cut them off from the global financial system, they canât even get an acceptable currency to pay their debts.
If you are a smart person then you probably wouldnât be going to Venezuela any time soon.
It depends on which pony youâre betting on winning and what the exchange rate is for influence.
Jim Cramer is crazy about 3rd world dictators and forced labor.
An entire currency being destroyed, and you canât see why it wouldnât be worth as much as a currency people think will exist for the rest of their life?
Doubtful. Itâs not common for 3rd world countries to be stocked with ultra intelligent decision makers. Itâs typically corruption and class heavy.
By comparison, if youâve graduated from a Canadian high school, youâd probably have the critical thinking skills to be a 1%'r in most of South America.
This stems from not having an acceptable govt that exists for any worthy period of time.
Most of Africa also has similar conversion levels with an even worse QoL.
Russia has been strategically jockeying for control of the worldâs oil reserves for the last couple of decades in order to create a petrol dollar and oust the US dollar as the world standard for exchange.
A successful coup, along with cooperation with China as the largest user of fossil fuels and petrochemical derivatives would mark a seismic shift in the worldâs economy, means of exchange and power balance.
If youâve been following who the major players are in keeping Maduro in power, youâll know that it isâŠ
Russia and China.
Hence the Petro.
Control of Venezuela and its reserves would be a crowning achievement on the road to the Petro.
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And this is the reason not to post the atrocities committed by then U.S.? And a good reason to place Assange under arrest?
But I thought the U.S. was there because they cared about the people and were looking to" spread democracy".
So it is dumb because it shows the death rate the U.S. and itâs allies committed directly or indirectly of innocents. So it makes too much sense for you?
Explain your bullshit position of wanting to include murders commited by terrorist of non combatants with the death toll of willing combatants killed in the prosecution of a war, or you really arenât worth having a conversation with.
Scratch that. You simply arenât worth having a conversation with. Nobody who would put forth that type of D- at a 101 level of an article as anything but a shining example of abject stupidity is.
In fact, Iâm almost willing to bet real money that you are a new account started by Zep considering your style of dropping a brain fart of a âTruth Bombâ then deflecting when asked to support that position.
What next? Something about stem cells?
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And thatâs exactly why I ignored him⊠Obvious troll is obvious
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I just had to look after another poster latched on to it.
Then once I looked I just couldnât resist. I even knew ahead of time. I just couldnât.
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Not my fault you donât do research. Maybe you are the one who ignored them. If no media outlet reports on them, how exactly would any of us know about them? Of course other media outlets report on Russian war crimes.