The Bull-Moose Note.

The measures being taken by the Trump administration against Venezuela, Cuba and potentially Mexico are not isolated security actions. They are components of an aggressive bipartisan strategy to undermine left-wing governments that cooperate with each other to exist without entirely submitting to US domination. The ultimate goal is overthrowing these governments and replacing them with US friendly regimes, or destabilizing them to such an extent that cave to US pressure.
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Iran’s parliament is considering closing the Strait of Hormuz in response to U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. The final decision is up to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. Closing the strait would result in a drastic increase in oil prices since it handles 20-30% of the global oil trade (~20M barrels per day). While the final decision has not yet been made, ships traveling through the strait have reported experiencing issues with “GPS jamming” in the days following the unprovoked Israeli air strikes that hit Iran on June 13. GPS related issues caused two ships in the strait to collide on June 17 causing fires to break out on both ships. On June 21 GPS jamming issues took place on roughly 970 ships, on June 22 GPS issues took place on roughly 1,600 ships — a 60% increase. According to the Joint Maritime Information Center transit in the strait has decreased by 20% over the last week.