daniel shaw says the independent dialogue between saudi arabia and venezuela should be respected by washington. i'm sorry, is the sending a clear message that they're going to be independent and they have foreign policy that they are not the back yard. the northern africa in the middle east and on the back yard. oh, by the united states. did the fact that they met with the chinese met with the iranians. and now have overtures towards syria and now been as well. it was extremely significant. this uh goes directly against everything whether it was trump. busy bite in boyish obama. uh they, the us has done everything to try to isolate blockade and frankly starve the countries that were talking about. and the fact that the saudi arabia would open up towards them, definitely flies in the face of the us that can citizen. so. busy the neo colonial overboard. ready at least we interesting and see how the site is played is it seems like they're trying to come across is more neutral than their former foreign policy, which they, they really function as a battling ram of the us in the region. and now the

i was discussing the story with a professor of latin american and caribbean studies, daniel shaw, he joined me earlier. the size, the cuban russian relations have played an important role in helping the island nation survive on circumvent decades of restrictions and sanctions. i want to 1st say i was in havana recently and what i heard from the cuban people over and over and over is that they would be starving if it wasn't for moscow, if it wasn't for the russians and the deals around tourism around uh we in in, in food, in these different um, ways of breaking the us is, uh, a unilateral blockade, the cuban said that they would be starving. so i wanted to start with that very human know, because that shook me uh to, to the core to hear that are over and over again. we see high level meetings between the russians and the cubans. this is obviously not a pleasant news for those in washington that was to suffocate blockade. it makes things extremely difficult both for this island to link only 90 miles away from the florida keys in for this powerful country half way across the world of ru

we were living through right now, professor of a lot in american academy and studies daniel shaw, always appreciate the opportunity to pick your brain. thanks very much for joining us. thanks. thank you. well, the legislation is marching his way through us congress to stop funding the un commission, which investigates israel for its actions against palestinians in an attempt to justify the proposal. a republican accomplishment cited continuous criticism that israel has been facing put him in the united nations. these royalties of routinely attacked and on the mind to across the entire system, while the world's was team and bytes abuse us to remain. frankly, relatively, i'm touched, the effectiveness and the we just failure. so the united nations and you and bodies do not familiar with support when you, when commission of inquiry, investigators violations of international law, particularly if human rights abuses and has taken the name of israel. and while america is the un was largest funding source, the proposed budget cut with amount to over $700000000.00 the same time, washington is al

so daniel shaw, he joined me earlier, he says that cuban russian relations have played an important role in helping the island nation survive on circumvent decades of restrictions and sanctions. when i 1st say i was in havana recently, and what i heard from the cuban people over and over and over is that they would be starving if it was in for moscow if it was in for the russians in the deals around so arisen around, we in, in, in food, in these different ways of breaking the us is a, a unilateral blockade. the human said that they would be starving. so i want to start with that very human know, because that shook me uh, i took to the core to hear that over and over again. we see high level meetings between the russians and the cubans. this is obviously not a pleasant news for those in washington that was to suffocate located. it makes things extremely difficult both for this island to link only 90 miles away from the florida keys and for this powerful country half way across the world of russia. and how important at the club of sanction in black 80 countries continue to find one another

daniel shaw says the independent dialogue between saudi arabia and venezuela should be respected by washington. i'm sorry, is the sending a clear message that they're going to be independent in the foreign policy that they are not the back yard. the northern africa in the middle east and on the back yard. oh, by the united states. did the fact that they met with the chinese met with the iranians and now have overtures towards syria and now been as well. it was extremely significant. this uh, goes through correctly. it gets everything, whether it was trump. busy bite in bush obama. uh the, the us is on everything to try to isolate block aid and frankly starve the countries that were talking about and the facts it saudi arabia would open up towards them. definitely flies in the face of the us that can citizen. so. busy the neo colonial overboard. ready at least we interesting to see how the site is played is it seems like they're trying to come across is more neutral than their former foreign policy, which they, they really function as a battling ram of the us in the region. and now the opening

unless an american so this daniel shaw says the independent dialogue between saudi arabia and venezuela should be respected by washington. i'm sorry, is the sending a clear message that they're going to be independent in the foreign policy that they are not the back yard? the northern africa in the middle east and on the back yard. oh, by the united states did the fact that they are met with the chinese met with the iranians. and now have overtures towards syria. and now then as well, it was extremely significant. this uh goes directly against everything whether it was trump. busy bite in boyish obama. they, the us has done everything to try to isolate block aid and frankly start the countries that were talking about. and the fact that saudi arabia would open up towards them, definitely flies in the face of the us to consider themselves the neo colonial overboard. ready at least we interesting is see how the site is played is it seems like they're trying to come across is more neutral than their former foreign policy, which they, they really functioned as a battling ram of the us in the