NOTE: Nobody reads this blog. But . . .

First, a link to a report from National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for VENEZUELA 3-4-26, and up or down for today’s CUBA, IRAN and LEBANON so far.) — MCM

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* Frequent Iran war updates from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor are HERE, HERE and HERE. AP reports in Spanish are HERE. *

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As the U.S. and Venezuela mend relations, Trump touts it as a model for regime change. Reported by Eyder Peralta, and Steve Inskeep | NPR  Washington and Caracas moved to restore diplomatic ties, as President Trump comments on Venezuela’s post-Maduro transition as a model something similar in Iran. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.