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Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk -Swan and Haberman / NYTimes

EnergiesNet — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 21:58:16 +0000

Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk. By Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman, New York Times Marco Rubio was incensed. Here he was in the Cabinet Room of the White House, the secretary of state, seated beside the …

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Will a Time Magazine Cover Drive a Wedge Between Trump and Musk? – Shawn McCreesh

EnergiesNet — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 09:13:11 +0000

The cover of the venerable newsweekly, long an object of fixation for the president, put Elon Musk behind the Resolute Desk. By Shawn McCreesh The president did not look amused. He was meeting the Japanese prime minister for the first time on Friday when a reporter shouted out to ask if he had a “reaction” …

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How an Isolated Maduro Still Clings to Power in Venezuela – James Bosworth

EnergiesNet — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 10:24:48 +0000

For Maduro, Silencing Venezuela’s Opposition Has Become Job One By James Bosworth Last Friday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was sworn into office despite losing last July’s election by over 35 percentage points. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega—two other dictators who regularly rig elections to remain in power—were the only leaders from the hemisphere …

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Latin America’s Political Frustration -Jeremy Adelman and Pablo Pryluka / PS

EnergiesNet — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 18:01:10 +0000

The Politics of Frustration in Latin America By Jeremy Adelman and Pablo Pryluka PRINCETON – All over Latin America, public patience is wearing thin, with violence in Chile and the return to power of Peronists in Argentina. For almost 40 years, leaders and voters have struggled to realign economies with global markets, leavening the adjustment …

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The Mirage of $2 Gas – Paul Krugman

EnergiesNet — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 09:25:11 +0000

By Paul Krugman Political speeches are often worth skipping, not conveying much new information. But Donald Trump’s speech last week at the Economic Club of New York was quite newsworthy, in several ways. His incomprehensible, word-salad response to a question about child care received quite a lot of attention, rightly; I think we can safely say that he has …

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How Do You Topple a Strongman? – Jack Nicas

EnergiesNet — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 21:51:50 +0000

After another dubious election victory, Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, appears firmly in power. The only real potential threat, history shows, may come if his own security forces betray him. By Jack Nicas Venezuela is in another dark moment. President Nicolás Maduro, the authoritarian leader who has been in power since 2013, has declared himself the …

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Maduro’s Key Election Challenge Is a Fair Venezuela Vote (video) – Andrew Rosati

EnergiesNet — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:23:13 +0000

Andrew Rosati, Bloomberg News RIO EnergyNet.com 07 26 2024 Venezuela’s autocratic president, Nicolás Maduro, is facing the biggest electoral threat of his 11-year rule on Sunday. If he comes out on top, he’ll find it challenging to convince the world his victory was legitimate. Election after election, Maduro, 61, has managed to defy the polls …

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Europe’s greens take a beating at the polls – Joel Kirkland

EnergiesNet — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 21:41:52 +0000

By Joel Kirkland Climate action on the other side of the Atlantic flourished after the “green wave” and “quiet revolution” of the 2019 elections elevated the Green Party into a force in the European Parliament. Five years later, a reversal of political fortunes in Europe could upend the move to zero-carbon energy and a hard …

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Gulf States Learn the Power and Limits of Petrodollar Persuasion – Ziad Daoud/Bloomberg

EnergiesNet — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:21:53 +0000

By Ziad Daoud To understand the scale of Gulf nations’ wealth, just consider this: If the United Arab Emirates sold its stash of foreign holdings, it could make every one of its roughly 1 million citizens a millionaire. Qataris would enjoy the same windfall. Saudi Arabia, with its larger population, wouldn’t hit a million dollars …

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The Case Trump is Desperate to Delay – Dan Rather

EnergiesNet — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 19:43:42 +0000

By Dan Rather But why is Donald Trump so obsessed with delaying this trial? For someone who constantly professes his innocence, wouldn’t a quick trial clear his name? For Donald Trump, there is more at stake than name-clearing. What is about to happen in a New York courtroom amounts to Trump coming face to face …

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Kamala Harris’ Puerto Rico Visit Is Insulting – Susanne Ramírez de Arellano /Bloomberg

EnergiesNet — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 22:47:19 +0000

By Susanne Ramírez de Arellano Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Puerto Rico Friday to monitor the use of recovery funds and assure Puerto Ricans that although natural disasters devastated the world’s oldest colony more than six years ago and the dispersal of federal funds has been painfully slow, she and President Joe Biden are …

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‘Oppenheimer’ Is the Origin Story. These Three Movies Reveal Our Nuclear Present – W.J. Hennigan / NYTimes

EnergiesNet — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:34:06 +0000

By W.J. Hennigan Produced by Phoebe Lett The national security writer W. J. Hennigan has spent many years ringing the alarm about the world’s new nuclear era — the subject of At The Brink, a new series from New York Times Opinion — and the crisis on the horizon. For anyone whose interest was piqued …

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