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Vol. 31, Issue 39 QUEENS/LONG ISLAND/BRONX/MANHATTAN Sept. 25-Oct. 1, 2020
CHINA’S
ASCENT
WORRIES
US GOVT
US wants to muscle China
out of Caribbean region
By Bert Wilkinson
American Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo included Caribbean
Community members,
Guyana and Suriname as part
of a four-nation swing through
northern South American
last week as he tried to drum
up support for Washington’s
avowed efforts for regime
change in Venezuela and its
push to muscle out Chinese
businesses from this part of
the world.
While he did not hide the
US’s disdain for the Nicolas
Maduro administration in Caracas,
Pompeo was just as open
about the Trump administration’s
unease with the growing
footprint of massive Chinese
state and private enterprises
in Guyana and Suriname as
well as in Colombia and Brazil
where he also visited during
the whirlwind four-day visit.
His visit was marred by suspicions
in every country, not as
much as Suriname which does
not share borders with Venezuela,
that Pompeo was trying
to secretly drum up military
and other forms of support for
some kind of move against Venezuela
ahead of the US elections
on Nov. 3.
Governments in most of the
countries were forced on the
defensive to explain the true
nature of the visit with rights
groups, opposition parties and
the major media house in Guyana,
particularly, warning the
Irfaan Ali government not to
ensnare the country in the
middle of the US’s geopolitical
fight with Venezuela as the
consequences would be dire if
and when any operation is finished
and the Americans walk
away.
But Pompeo was also clear
to let the world know that
America has become jealous
of and concerned about the
New York State Attorney General, Letitia James, speaks during a news conference, to announce
a suit to dissolve the National Rifl e Association, In New York, U.S., Aug. 6, 2020.
REUTERS / Brendan McDermid
Court orders Trump’s financial
records to be handed over to AG
By Nelson A. King
New York Attorney General
Letitia James on Wednesday
won a major victory in
an ongoing investigation
into financial dealings of
the Trump Organization.
Last month, James filed a
motion to compel the Trump
Organization to provide the
Office of the Attorney General
(OAG) with documents
and testimony from multiple
witnesses — including
Trump Organization Executive
Vice President Eric
Trump, who was intimately
involved in one or more
transactions under review
— regarding several, specific
Trump Organization
properties and transactions.
After hearing arguments
on Wednesday, Justice
Arthur Engoron of the New
York County State Supreme
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