Episode 34| Venezuela Crisis, Escalating Geopolitics, Global South & Sovereignty Threats

We held this urgent space on the currently ongoing Venezuela crisis and escalating geopolitics, and what it means for the sovereignty, development, energy and food security of the countries in the global south, and for and peace and prosperity of the world at large.

At the onset of Trump’s 2nd presidency we had discussed about what the state of the world and global food security would be ( check Episode 15) with Trump’s ethos of America First, techno-nationalism, re-industrialization of Western Europe and North America (United States, Canada and Greenland) and space mission averse to actions to arrest and reverse global warming and climate change to shun Davos and the defunding of international institutions enabling cooperation and protecting weaker nations.

We also had a separate, in-depth conversation on “Slavery, Colonialism, Imperialism & the Nigerian Agriculture -Impact, Legacy & Neo-form.” ( Check Episode 14).

It helps to see and grasp how historical events shaped and continue to shape issues today, especially for Africa and the developing world, their food system and development.

The world has drastically changed since our discussion on Trump’s 2nd presidency, and thus we reconvened and revisited what we had discussed, assess the state of things now, what more to unfold, and the fate of weaker nations with, a different United States' foreign policy with relating with rest of the world and a failing UN.

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