Venezuela to open an embassy in Kazakhstan

Venezuelan authorities did not specify when the embassy would be opened in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan

Venezuela will formalize diplomatic relations with former Soviet nation Kazakhstan by opening an embassy in that country.

The decision was announced by Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Delcy Rodríguez, during her visit to that nation, in the context of a tour aimed at getting international funding to contain the current decline in oil prices.

Kazakhstan is a Eurasian nation which borders with Russia, China, and Mongolia. It is rich in oil, gas, and uranium and its President, Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev, is a former communist who has amended the Constitution several times to remain in office through elections.

Despite the objections made by some countries and organizations to the political regime, Kazakhstan is one of former Soviet nations that has grown and thrived in the past few years.

Source: http://www.eluniversal.com/

Egypt: U.S. Embassy official in contact with Muslim Brotherhood arrested

Barack Obama has been an indefatigable and unstinting supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, as well as of its proxies in the U.S. Thus it is not surprising that U.S. Embassy employees in Cairo would be Brotherhood allies as well. Obama was the target of vociferous criticism during the anti-Brotherhood demonstrations last summer for his uncritical support of the Brotherhood.

“US Embassy confirms one of its local employees detained,” by Rabab Fathy for Youm7 via the Cairo Post, February 11 (thanks to Joyce):

CAIRO: National Security arrested a local employee on Jan. 25 who works for the U.S. embassy in Cairo, the embassy confirmed Tuesday.

“We confirm that one of our local employees was arrested on Jan. 25. According to our information, there are no charges against him so far,” said Mofid al-Deek, Media Attaché and the spokesperson of the U.S. embassy in Cairo.

Deek said the embassy is communicating with the Egyptian government to understand the reason for the employee’s detention.

A security source reported National Security arrested Ahmed A., a U.S embassy employee in charge of the political Islam file. The source added that the employee was in constant contact with Khairat el-Shater, First Deputy of the General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, when the group ruled the country.

The suspect was arrested while participating with others in marches and riots in Giza Governorate. He is being investigated by the National Security Agency to determine the dimensions of his activity.

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