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🇪🇺 EUDEL @ Embassy of 🇱🇹 in 🇰🇿, screened documentaries “To Die for putin” and “Mercenaries: Why Central Asians Go to War”, produced within EU-funded CARAVAN project. Documentaries address the growing issue of recruitment of Central Asian nationals into the russian armed forces https://t.co/6aaVz4sJjQ #EU #CentralAsia #Documentary #EU #LT #KZ #RU

BBC May 26

Human Rights Watch has accused the United Arab Emirates of serving as a transit point for Colombian mercenaries dispatched to support Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, which are implicated in atrocities during the ongoing civil war, a claim the UAE has denied, asserting that it does not facilitate foreign fighter operations on its territory. #UAE #Sudan #Mercenaries

Rights group accuses UAE of being transit point for mercenaries on way to Sudan

Europe must finally understand: Africa is the central geopolitical battleground of the 21st century. Russia exports coups, mercenaries and chaos. Iran exports militias and extremism. ISIS exports terror. China exports debt traps, strategic dependency and resource control. https://t.co/JeCg9I0WHl #Geopolitics #Africa #GlobalPower #AF #RU #IR #ISIS #CN

No to thick news - we have confirmed a minimum of 350,000 Russian soldiers killed during the aggression against Ukraine. The problem is that Russians do not include: - mercenaries - missing persons - former DNR and LNR (Donbass and Luganda) - deliberate delays in inheritance matters The above black (Original: No to gruby news - mamy potwierdzone minimum 350 tys. poległych Rosjan podczas agresji na Ukrainę. Problem tylko że Rosjanie nie wliczają do tego: - najemników - zaginionych - dawnych DRL i ŁRL (Donbabwe i Ługanda) - celowe opóźnianie spraw spadkowych Powyższa czarna) #RussiaUkraineWar #CasualtyCount #MilitaryConflict #RU #UA

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Reuters May 9

Four South Florida men were convicted of conspiring to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moise by hiring mercenaries, leading to the president's death in July 2021, and now face life sentences, while investigations continue into the broader context of the assassination. #HaitianPolitics #AssassinationPlot #LegalInvestigation #HT #CO #US #VE #EC

US court convicts four men in Haitian president's assassination, media reports say
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Reuters May 9

Four South Florida men were convicted of conspiracy to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moise in 2021 by hiring mercenaries to carry out the plot, which resulted in Moise's death and ongoing political turmoil in Haiti. #HaitianPolitics #AssassinationPlot #JusticeSystem #HT #CO #US #VE #EC

US court convicts four men in Haitian president's assassination, media reports say
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Reuters May 9

Four men from South Florida were convicted of conspiracy for their roles in a failed plot to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moise in 2021 by hiring mercenaries, which ultimately led to Moise's murder and a deepening political crisis in Haiti. #Assassination #Conspiracy #PoliticalInstability #HT #CO #US #VE #EC

US court convicts four men in Haitian president's assassination, media reports say
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Reuters May 9

Four South Florida men were convicted of conspiracy to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moise in 2021 by hiring mercenaries, leading to life sentences, while debates about the broader context of the assassination and responsibility continue, with a fifth suspect pending trial. #Assassination #Haiti #PoliticalIntrigue #HT #CO #US #VE #EC

US court convicts four men in Haitian president's assassination, media reports say
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Reuters May 9

Four South Florida men were convicted of conspiring to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moise by hiring mercenaries, with all facing life in prison for their roles in the plot that left a significant political vacuum in Haiti following Moise's murder in July 2021. #Assassination #Politics #Crime #HT #CO #US #VE #EC

US court convicts four men in Haitian president's assassination, media reports say
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Reuters May 8

Four South Florida men were convicted of conspiring to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moise in 2021 by hiring mercenaries to carry out the attack, leading to their potential life sentences while raising questions about the broader implications and investigations surrounding Moise's death. #Assassination #Conspiracy #PoliticalInstability #HT #CO #VE #US #EC

US court convicts four men in Haitian president's assassination, media reports say
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Reuters May 8

Four South Florida men were convicted for their roles in a conspiracy to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moise in 2021, involving the hiring of mercenaries and providing them with resources, and now face life in prison. #Assassination #PoliticalInstability #Haiti #HT #CO #US #VE #EC

US court convicts four men in Haitian president's assassination, media reports say
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Reuters May 8

Four South Florida men were convicted of plotting to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moise in 2021 by hiring mercenaries, as they face life imprisonment for multiple conspiracy charges stemming from the killing that deepened political instability in Haiti. #Haiti #Assassination #PoliticalInstability #HT #CO #VE #US #EC

US court convicts four men in Haitian president's assassination, media reports say

A federal jury in Miami found four men guilty of conspiracy to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse five years after his murder, which ignited ongoing violence and chaos in Haiti, leaving many questioning the true masterminds behind the plot involving a Miami-based security firm that hired Colombian mercenaries. #Haiti #Justice #Assassination #HT #US #CO #VE #EC

4 hombres son declarados culpables del asesinato del presidente de Haití
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Reuters May 8

Four South Florida men were convicted of plotting to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moise in 2021 by hiring mercenaries, facing life imprisonment, while a fifth defendant's trial is pending due to health issues, amidst ongoing investigations into the political chaos following the president's death. #AssassinationPlot #PoliticalInstability #Haiti #HT #US #CO #VE #EC

US court convicts four men in Haitian president's assassination, media reports say

A federal jury in Miami convicted four South Florida men of conspiring to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse five years ago, amidst ongoing questions about who orchestrated the plot, which involved a hired team of Colombian mercenaries and has resulted in escalating violence and chaos in Haiti following Moïse's death. #Haiti #AssassinationPlot #JusticeSystem #HT #CO #US #VE #EC

Four Men Found Guilty of Haiti President's Assassination
Fonsi Loaiza May 8

Coach Íñigo Pérez was pointed out by El Chiringuito of mercenaries Josep Pedrerol and Tomás Roncero for not putting James Rodríguez, former Real Madrid footballer, on the field by decree. Yesterday, Íñigo Pérez's Rayo made history with its first European final in 102 years. (Original: El entrenador Íñigo Pérez fue señalado por El Chiringuito de los mercenarios Josep Pedrerol y Tomás Roncero por no poner por decreto a James Rodríguez, exfutbolista del Real Madrid. Ayer, el Rayo de Íñigo Pérez hizo historia con su primera final europea en 102 años. https://t.co/YoVKQBo2Pd) #RayoVallecano #InigoPérez #JamesRodriguez #ES #CO

Vatnik Soup May 5

Nothing (Original: This scene reminds me of the Ukrainian drones vs Russian mercenaries situation in Donbas. https://t.co/oQHt1olhsZ) #Ukraine #Drones #Donbas #UA #RU

BBC Apr 21

A BBC investigation has uncovered evidence that Greek police have been forcibly returning migrants to Turkey, often using hired individuals described as "mercenaries," with serious accusations of violence and abuse, including theft and sexual assault, amidst claims that these practices have been ongoing since at least 2020, despite denials from Greek officials, including Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. #Migration #HumanRights #GreeceTurkeyBorder

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Ryan Cohen Feb 18

The Hollow Men American capitalism is rotting from the head down. We have replaced the "Owner-Operator"—the risk-taker-with a new, parasitic class of corporate bureaucrat: The Risk-Free Insider. By "Insider," I am not referring to a specific title. I am referring to the entire administrative state that has captured the modern corporation. This includes the Directors who exist solely to collect fees, the Executives who exist solely to collect bonuses, and the Managers who exist solely to hire consultants. These are the hollow men of the boardroom. They are masters of PowerPoint. They wear the right suits. They say the right buzzwords about "governance" and "ESG." But they are mercenaries fighting a war with someone else’s ammunition. In a functioning economy, authority is tied to liability. If you make a bad decision, you lose your own money. That fear of loss is the only thing that keeps a business honest. It forces you to cut waste, obsess over the customer, and stay late to fix what is broken. Today, we have severed that link. We have rigged the game so that heads, the Insider wins; tails, the shareholder loses. If the stock goes up, the Insider collects a massive performance bonus. If the stock crashes due to their own incompetence, they are fired with a "Golden Parachute" worth tens of millions. They are gambling with the house’s money, and they never leave the table poorer than they arrived. This looting starts in the boardroom. We have normalized a "Country Club" culture where directors are selected based on social profiling rather than their ability to build a business. The modern board member is often a professional tourist—paid an average of $350,000 a year. Let’s be brutally honest about what that number represents. The average director is paid nearly five times the GDP per capita of the United States. They earn more for attending four quarterly lunches than the vast majority of Americans earn in five years of hard labor. And for what? Most of these directors are "over-boarded," sitting on three or four boards simultaneously. They treat directorships as a gig economy for the elite. They fly in, rubber-stamp a compensation package they didn't read, and fly out. They collect checks from companies they do not understand, do not use, and certainly do not love. They are not there to ask hard questions. They are there to be collegial. They are there to protect the other Insiders. And what happens when these boards hire executives who also have no personal capital at risk? We get the Delegation Economy. When a Risk-Free Insider faces a crisis—bloated expenses, a broken supply chain, or a stale product—they do not roll up their sleeves. They hire a consultant. They pay a strategy firm millions of shareholder dollars to produce a 100-page deck telling them what they already know. This is not management. It is intellectual money laundering. They use shareholder capital to buy an insurance policy for their own careers. If the plan fails, they can blame the consultants. They delegate the work because they are terrified of the responsibility. They would rather preside over a slow, comfortable decline than risk a bold mistake. While American Insiders are busy optimizing their severance packages, our global competitors are optimizing their products. They are not slowed down by bureaucracy. They are not waiting for a slide deck. They are outworking us. If we continue to fill our C-suites with administrators instead of operators, we will lose our edge. We will see iconic American franchises hollowed out by fees, managed for the benefit of the Insiders, while the true owners—the shareholders—are left holding the bag. The time for polite governance is over. If we want to save the American economy from mediocrity, we must demand a return to the "Owner’s Mentality." We need leaders who treat shareholder capital with the same reverence they treat their own savings. The era of the Risk-Free Insider must end. -