A veteran South African official details meeting with an unprepared and “desperate” Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland begging for local help on rolling back the popular coup in Niger. The recent BRICS conference might give Nuland even more to fret about. When US Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland traveled to South Africa on July 29, her reputation as a blunt instrument of Washington’s hegemonic interests preceded her. According to a veteran South African official who attended […]
That was definitely part of the criticism of those speculations, although tbh I havent really noticed the mainstream media talking about the situation in Niger like… at all.
yeah I guess I should specify “mainstream media specifically intended for English-speaking audiences” whenever I say “mainstream media” during discussions lol
Mainstream media was seething when it happened, made it pretty obvious imo.
That was definitely part of the criticism of those speculations, although tbh I havent really noticed the mainstream media talking about the situation in Niger like… at all.
We need a french comrade to inform us on this lol.
yeah I guess I should specify “mainstream media specifically intended for English-speaking audiences” whenever I say “mainstream media” during discussions lol
It’s been consistently described as a coup since, too. Compare that to Ukraine’s coup.
Yup exactly. It’s a coup when they are against it, it’s a popular uprising when they promote it.