Sunday, November 11, 2018

Foreign Digest: Turkey, Italy and Venezuela


Turkey
            There were more arrests earlier this month in Turkey of people the Islamist authoritarian government claims were associated with the leaders of the 2016 attempted military coup.  Tens of thousands of have been arrested or sacked.

Italy
            The foreign ministers of ten Northern European members of the European Union last week warned Italy against its excessive budget.  They warned that Italian bonds would be affected.  The budget exceeds EU spending rules, as that body has declared.  The International Monetary Fund has given similar warnings on the budget approved by the populist Italian Government.

Venezuela
            Three million people have reportedly become refugees from the Socialist tyranny of Venezuela.  They have mostly fled to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

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