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🇮🇱🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 Barak Ravid, is an ex-Israeli intelligence officer turned journalist.

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📢 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 Trump says he had "very good talks" with Iran: "It looks like they want to make a deal badly... We'll see what the deal is. It'll be different than last time... We have a big fleet heading in that direction, it'll be there pretty soon. So we'll see how that works out."

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🇻🇪🇺🇸 "The grade of oil that Venezuela produces is exactly the grade that the US needs."

"70% of the refining capacity of the Gulf Coast is designed to process Venezuelan oil. It's heavy crude. That's precisely what we need. In fact, it makes a lot of sense for us, one way or another, to get involved in Venezuela."

This is said by Natasha Kaneva, the global head of oil and commodities research at JP Morgan Chase.

Six international airlines resume flights to Venezuela between February and March

At least six international airlines will resume their flights to Venezuela between this February and March, EFE was told by the president of the Venezuelan Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (Avavit), Vicky Herrera.

According to the organization, TAP, Turkish Airlines, LATAM, Avianca, GOL and Plus Ultra have already confirmed the resumption of their operations to and from the country, whose connectivity was affected since November, when the United States called for extreme precautions when flying over Venezuela due to what it considered a "potentially dangerous situation", amid its military deployment in the Caribbean Sea.

🇺🇸 US employers announced 108,435 layoffs in January, up 205% from December, to the highest January total since 2009.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/the-low-hire-low-fire-economy-may-be-starting-to-shift-with-more-layoffs-but-not-more-hiring.html

🇨🇴 Why so many Colombians fight in foreign wars

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, experts estimate that at least 3,000 Colombians have passed through the country, fighting on both sides, making them one of the largest foreign contingents. Others have turned up in Sudan’s civil war or have been recruited into Mexico’s violent gangs. Perhaps 10,000 Colombians are involved in foreign conflicts, estimates Mario Urueña-Sánchez, a security expert at Rosario University in Bogotá, the capital.

Most are former soldiers. Mr Urueña-Sánchez says they work within three broad categories. Security work—guarding compounds, convoys or energy installations for private firms—is the lowest paid. Doing the same for criminal organisations is more lucrative, but riskier. A third option is to fight abroad. That can mean enlisting in a foreign army or with private contractors.

Colombia’s veterans are in demand because they have experience from decades fighting rebel groups like the FARC. Close military co-operation with the United States means many are familiar with NATO-standard weapons and communications systems. And so even though Colombians cost less than Westerners, foreign forces can deploy them quickly, notes Elizabeth Dickinson of International Crisis Group, a think-tank based in Brussels.

The supply of available fighters is growing. Colombia boasts South America’s second-largest army after Brazil’s, with more than 260,000 active troops. It expanded sharply in the early 2000s, during the most intense phase of Colombia’s campaign against guerrilla groups, and that cohort is now reaching retirement. Soldiers typically leave service after two decades of service or upon turning 45. Officers passed over for promotion are forced out, too. The result is a steady stream of trained men leaving the armed forces at a relatively young age.

Unlike other countries with large veteran populations, such as the United States, Colombia has no comprehensive veterans’ policy to support the transition into civilian life, says Mr Urueña-Sánchez. Leaving the forces often means a sudden loss of housing, health care and institutional support. Few jobs reward military skills. Pensions are modest, typically around $400 a month. Foreign contracts promise several times that.

Politics has not helped. Relations between President Gustavo Petro and the armed forces have been shaky since he took office in 2022. Colombia’s first left-wing president came to power promising to reform the security state. The fact that he is a former guerrilla has long made military figures wary of his intentions. His drive for a negotiation-led “total peace” with Colombia’s armed groups has been a frustrating failure. More than 13,000 soldiers have left the armed forces voluntarily since he became president.

Late last year the government ratified the United Nations’ anti-mercenary convention, aligning Colombia with international norms that criminalise those who recruit, finance or train mercenaries. But this will probably have little impact. Most countries that hire mercenaries have not signed the convention. Much of the trade runs through private firms that avoid the mercenary label by describing combat roles as “security” or “training”.

Meanwhile, demand for mercenaries is unlikely to ease. Conflicts linked to extractive industries—from gold to rare earths and energy—are proliferating in weak states, creating demand for muscle.

https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2026/02/04/why-so-many-colombians-fight-in-foreign-wars

📎 The Economist