🇺🇸📞🇬🇦 — US Embassy in Gabon: We advise our nationals to make plans for departure and keep travel documents ready

🇬🇦🪖📃 — 📰 Le Monde newspaper quoting the Commander of the Republican Guard of Gabon, who carried the Coup: Ali Bongo is now a retired head of state and enjoys all his rights as any common citizen

🇳🇬❌🇬🇦❗️ — Spokesman for the President of Nigeria: The infection of tyranny and authoritarianism seems to be spreading across different regions of our continent

🇳🇬📞🌍 — Spokesman for the President of Nigeria: We are working closely with the heads of state of the African Union to agree on the next steps

🇳🇬❌🇬🇦❗️— Spokesman for the President of Nigeria: We are closely monitoring developments in Gabon and are deeply concerned about social and political stability in the country

🇺🇸🇺🇳❌🇬🇦 — US representative to the United Nations: We are consulting with members of the Security Council regarding the Gabon coup, and we will not act until we verify what is going on

🇺🇸🇺🇳❌🇬🇦 — US representative to the United Nations on the Gabon coup: We condemn any unlawful attempts by the Gabon Military to seize power by force

🇺🇸❌🇬🇦 — The White House: We are following what is happening in Africa with concern, and the actions of some military leaders there do not affect our efforts for the benefit of the continent

🇫🇷❌🇬🇦 — Source in Elysee Palace to Al-Jazeera: The solution in Gabon is not a coup, but free and fair democratic elections that guarantee the aspirations of the Gabonese people

https://fxtwitter.com/AJABreaking/status/1696907172154573062

🇺🇸🤝🇬🇦 — The White House: The United States of America stands with the people of Gabon in their democratic aspirations; Democracy is the best way to govern, and we will continue to follow closely what is going on

🇬🇦🔒❗️ — The Republican Guard of Gabon, which led the Coup that cancelled the elections results of the country, announce the arrest of the Speaker of Parliament of Gabon

🇪🇺🇬🇦📞❗️ — Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell: The Ministers of Defense of the European Union will discuss the situation in Gabon.

🇻🇦👏🇷🇺 — 🇷🇺🇺🇸 Russian American Daily on 𝕏:

"Pope Francis tells young Russians to be proud of their history and uphold the legacy of the great Russian Empire."

🔗 Russian American Daily (@RussiaUSA)

🇺🇸 Who is Vivek Ramaswamy?

In light of Trump's persecution, the candidacies of Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy, who are following Trump in the polls, have become more significant. While DeSantis has been present on the political stage for some time (governing Florida being his most notable accomplishment), Ramaswamy is new to politics. It's worth taking a look at where he's come from.

▪️Vivek, 38, made quite a fortune first working for a hedge fund and then by creating a biotech company, Roivant Sciences, in 2014, which buys rights to develop drugs that were dropped by other companies. One of the company's most high-profile effort - to develop intepirdine to treat Alzheimer's disease - failed clinical trials and significantly decreased the company's value. Roivant has never been profitable, in 2023 it lost more than $1 billion.

But Vivek always managed to find investors, and now, mostly due to his share of Roivant Sciences (7%), he is one of the wealthiest presidential candidates, with a net worth estimated at close to $1 billion.

In 2022, Ramaswamy considered running in the U.S. Senate election in Ohio but dropped the idea only to announce his presidential bid in February 2023 on Tucker Carlson's show on FOX. That escalated quickly. The next day he sold part of his shares, which allowed him to pocket $24 million after taxes. He later lent $10 million of his own money to his presidential campaign.

▪️As a Republican candidate, Vivek Ramaswamy is self-proclaimed anti-establishment, anti-woke, and anti-ESG. He speaks openly against financially supporting the war in Ukraine (which he admits has lost him some donors).

❗️"BlackRock, State Street, & Vanguard represent arguably the most powerful cartel in human history: they’re the largest shareholders of nearly every major public company," Ramaswamy says, and he's right, because they even own a share of his own company.

In 2021, Ramaswamy stepped down as CEO of Roivant, and the company wasn't doing great. In summer 2022 it reached its lowest stock value since going public, and it is probably then when the establishment's dark trio - BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street - stepped in. They have acquired more than 5% of Roivant or more combined and brought in other investors working under their umbrella. Roivant has been growing since being basically saved by BlackRock.

▪️So why all of a sudden is Vivek running for president?

I don't think it is a coincidence that right after the big brother, BlackRock, decided to take Roivant Sciences under its umbrella, Vivek decided to pursue his political ambitions. The move is mutually beneficial.

Despite his open stances against the 'establishment,' Vivek can still capitalize on his growing company. The establishment (BlackRock and others), seeing no actual threat in Ramaswamy, can still appreciate him for competing with Trump and taking away the spotlight.

If Trump is barred from running, Vivek will have a hard time competing with the Democratic candidate. And if he wins, it will still be easy to negotiate with him by influencing investments in Roivant Sciences.

🚀Topic du jour | Fighting the good fight

🇬🇦🪖📃 — 📰 Columbus Informazione: "The military responsible for the coup in Gabon have announced that the leader of the country during the transition period will be General Bris Oligui Nguema

According to French-speaking media, Nguema is the commander-in-chief of Gabon's Republican Guard, as well as a cousin of the country's ousted President, Ali Bongo Ondimba."
https://t.me/columbusinformazione/24823