Because one, it is an island, too, it has very good security forces. They have been giving life preservers after the end of the soviet union from venezuelan oil. They always seem to find a sugar daddy when things are tough. The liberalizing terms of microenterprises, they did it when i was there very liberalize in terms of microenterprise they did it when i was there and when things are doing well, they cut back on licenses. They have restaurants but a lot of those some are individuals but a lot of those are relatives in the military that have a way to invest money they have gotten from corruption in enterprises. What they tend to do is in bad times they open up a little bit and when the money comes in, they tighten up again. I think that this was a very difficult time for them. It is very unlikely that venezuela and russia and iran will be in a position with Oil Prices Plunging to continue to provide all of that money. So one of the reasons they were able to survive is that the europe
Paris. Police summoned to a post office in paris where a man was holding two people hostage. Never linked to last weeks terrorist attacks and he gave himself up. None the less speaks to heightened a alert hartly due to raids held in france belgium and germany. Nearly 30 potential terror suspects in custody, at least one imminent attack thwarted. This morning the head of the European Union says the complex nature of a terrorist threat means stopping all have become extremely difficult, all this as secretary of state john kerry arrived in paris to embrace, literally, the president of france. Francois hollande. We accept with humility the responsibility that falls to each of us to defend the values our societies cherish, and extremists fear the most. In the end our engagement all of us in this struggle it is not a choice. It is a mandate. Secretary kerry met with both frances president and foreign minister today, and Charlie Hebdo and the kosher market and placed flowers at the site where
Top Indian-American Justice Department Official To Step Down menafn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from menafn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Associate Attorney General of the US, Indian-American Vanita Gupta, will step down from the post in February 2024, an official release said on Thursday.
Vanita Gupta, the first woman of colour and the highest-ranking India-American at the US Department of Justice (DOJ), will step down as the 19th US Associate Attorney General in February next year.Gupta has been serving in her present role .