Source: The Guardian [UK]
“The Pentagon has found $2bn worth of additional errors in its calculations for ammunition, missiles and other equipment sent to Ukraine, increasing the improperly valued material to a total of $8.2bn, a US government report revealed on Thursday. In 2023, the Pentagon said staff used ‘replacement value’ instead of ‘depreciated value’ to tabulate the billions in materials sent to Ukraine. The $6.2bn error created a path for billions more to be sent to Kyiv.” (07/26/24)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/26/ukraine-war-briefing-pentagon-accounting-error-creates-path-for-billions-more-to-be-sent-to-kyiv
Source: Los Angeles Times
by Will Freeman
“Elections in other countries don’t usually affect daily life in the United States. But the vote Venezuela’s authoritarian government plans to hold Sunday is an exception. It’s likely to have consequences for immigration to the United States, the U.S.-Mexico border and perhaps even the race for the White House. If Venezuela’s socialist president, Nicolas Maduro, secures another term — which, given his opponent’s 25- to 30-point lead in the polls, would require massive fraud — even more Venezuelans will flee their country and its collapsed economy, joining the nearly 8 million already abroad. … But if opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia wins in a landslide as the polls predict — and if, against all odds, a critical mass of Maduro government insiders acknowledge it — Venezuela might be poised to turn a corner toward greater stability, more democracy and less emigration.” (07/22/24)
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-07-22/la-venezuela-election-nicolas-maduro-maria-corina-machado-border-immigration
