Russia Russia Russia

Enough

July 11, 2017 FaustaW World 3

This morning in the news: Dozens of Russia-related stories on every home page. All-Russia headlines.

Latin American and Caribbean stories in the home pages of

New York Times: 0

BBC: 0

Drudge Report: 0

Real Clear World:
Venezuela

Wall Street Journal:

Latin America

The hemisphere has otherwise vanished from American media.

UPDATE
OH, LOOK!
Russian, Venezuelan Leaders Discuss Energy Projects in Phone Talks – Kremlin.

Really, guys, I’ve had it with the RussiaRussiaRussia stuff.

Cross-posted at Fausta’s blog.

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