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Analysis: Havana’s Playbook or Conspiracy Theory? Testing Washington’s Claim That Cuban Intelligence Helped Fuel U.S. Unrest Since George…
Heritage argues hemispheric coordination, from conferences to a political belt stretching from Cuba-friendly activists in New York to heads of state in…
18 hrs ago • Sam Cooper
12,000 Dead in Two Nights: Iran International Estimates Mass Killings Under Khamenei as the Internet Blackout Began
A London-based Persian-language outlet long critical of Tehran says its multi-source review points to a coordinated crackdown—an explosive estimate that…
23 hrs ago • Sam Cooper
Human Rights Coalition and Former Diplomatic Hostage Sound Alarm as PM Carney Heads to Beijing — Questions Swirl Around Chrétien’s China…
BEIJING / OTTAWA — On the eve of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first official visit to China, a coalition of nine human-rights organizations is elevating…
Jan 12 • Sam Cooper
I Once Believed Canadians Would Demand Better. Fifty Years On, I’m Not So Sure: Clement
Former Mountie Garry Clement says he’s speaking more candidly than before, as Ottawa remains inactive and legal threats to journalism loom.
Jan 10
BREAKING Iranian Revolt Update: The “Trump Factor,” a Revolt Spreading Beyond Iran’s Traditional Fault Lines, and Exposing Iranian Guard…
VANCOUVER-OTTAWA
Jan 9 • Sam Cooper
From Maduro’s Extraction to a North Atlantic Showdown: The West’s New Hybrid War Front
OTTAWA — In this episode, I speak with Canada’s top political columnist Brian Lilley to unpack the fast-moving opening days of 2026 — a week that has…
Jan 7 • Sam Cooper
Breaking: U.S. Forces Seize Russian-Flagged Oil Tanker, Escalating Clash Over Post-Maduro Venezuela
NORTH ATLANTIC — U.S.
Jan 7 • Sam Cooper
Breaking: Former TD Assistant Manager Admits Role in $474 Million Laundering Scheme, Prosecutors Say
NEW YORK — In a high-consequence case that remains, in The Bureau’s analysis, a key irritant between Washington and Ottawa ov…
Jan 7 • Sam Cooper
Cuba’s Security-State Colonization in Americas, Proven by Deaths of 32 Intelligence Agents Surrounding Maduro: Lima
As long as the Venezuelan regime remains in power, Cuban intelligence advisers will remain embedded across multiple structures—evidence of a Communist…
Jan 6
Canada’s Illusion of Stability May Crumble in 2026 Amid Increasingly Dangerous Geopolitics: Clement
By Garry Clement
Jan 6
In the Fog of War: How a Network of Nonprofits with Marxist and CCP Ties, and Elected Socialists, Raced to Counter Washington’s Narrative of…
WASHINGTON — Within hours of the Trump administration’s surprise extraction operation in Venezuela, commentary surrounding President Nicolás Maduro’s…
Jan 5 • Sam Cooper
After U.S. Strike, Justice Dept. Unseals Sweeping New Indictment Accusing Maduro’s Inner Circle of a Narco-State Conspiracy
Newly unsealed U.S. charges name two former Venezuelan justice ministers alongside Maduro’s wife and son in a sprawling narco-terror conspiracy case.
Jan 3 • Sam Cooper
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