Diego Lynch has 13 articles published.
![Image The Rwandan Jewel - Peacekeepers, Conflict Minerals and Lots of Foreign Aid [Lima Charlie World]](https://75bdb6.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Rwanda-Jewel.jpg?time=1695544052)
The U.S. and the United Nations have long partnered with Rwanda to support peacekeeping and counterinsurgency operations across Africa, providing expertise, weapons and funding to the Rwandan military. Meanwhile, Rwanda reportedly has provided weapons and support to rebel groups that target U.N. peacekeepers, while benefitting… Keep Reading
![Image The rise and dominance of Colombia's private military contractors [Lima Charlie News]](https://75bdb6.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Colombias-Private-Military-Contractors-Lima-Charlie-News-480x320.png)
The policies designed to protect human rights and avoid reliance on vigilante gangs in the fight against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have driven Colombians into private security. Keep Reading
Artist Susan J. Barron captures thirteen American veterans who survived the trauma of war in a series “Depicting the Invisible”. On November 9th, Susan J. Barron’s portraiture series “Depicting the Invisible” opened in New York’s H.G. Contemporary Gallery. Calling attention to the fact that over 10%… Keep Reading
![image Resistance mounts against China's President Xi Jinping [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Johannes Eisele / AFP]](https://75bdb6.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Resistance-mounts-against-Chinas-President-Xi-Jinping-480x320.jpg)
In comparing and contrasting U.S. and Chinese diplomacy, China is able to catch more flies with honey. China’s investment first, ask questions later approach offers politicians the opportunity to pass any consequences of relations with China off to their successors. For China, diplomacy is often… Keep Reading
A two decade taxpayer-subsidised merger & acquisition spree has turned the Military Industrial Complex into something that would be totally unrecognizable to President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 2017, Lockheed accrued $35 billion in defense contracts, relative to $21 billion from its nearest competitor, Boeing.… Keep Reading
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Lebanon distinguishes itself in the Middle East – a state too weak to stop arms trafficking, but not so weak as to descend into chaos. Both sides of the Syrian Civil War capitalized on this and, as the predilection extends into the war in Yemen,… Keep Reading
![Image As big media challenges the President, tech giants have become the gatekeepers for online news [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Cherie Cullen for the US Army]](https://75bdb6.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1599px-Reporter_raising_hand_at_US_Army_press_conference-480x320.jpg)
While Lima Charlie News joins the appeal of hundreds of news organizations for President Trump to end his crusade against what he regards as “fake news” (see Lima Charlie’s OpEd), it is important to keep in mind the colossal power over publishers wielded by ever-larger… Keep Reading
![Image Iraq elections empower ex-militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, once referred to as 'The Most Dangerous Man in Iraq' [Lima Charlie News] [Image: Reuters / Habi Mizban]](https://75bdb6.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/611134462-480x320.jpg)
On May 12th, Iraqis headed to the polls for the first time since the fall of ISIS. These parliamentary elections resulted in victory for the party of Muqtada al-Sadr, a Shia cleric hostile to the U.S. and Iran, once referred to as “The Most Dangerous Man… Keep Reading
![Image Armenia has a Velvet Revolution, so how does Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Russia and Instagram fit in? [Lima Charlie News]](https://75bdb6.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ph544r7a4ju01-1-480x320.jpg)
Armenia’s Velvet Revolution has thrown off an autocratic pro-Russian regime, yet, Russia has remained silent. With Armenia’s new government making diplomatic overtures to Moscow, this revolution has taken the style of a Colour Revolution, without the substance. If Twitter, Facebook and Youtube were the platforms… Keep Reading
![Image Kenya gambles with debt as China zeros in on East Africa markets [Lima Charlie News][Graphic: James Fox]](https://75bdb6.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/KenyaChinaAFCTFA-480x320.png)
With debt to China mounting and workers in traditional sectors displaced, the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) cannot come soon enough for Kenya. Fishermen in Kenya are in a fight for their livelihood as a wave of imported Chinese fish threatens… Keep Reading
On Friday, Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, was able to compose an agreeable 28-page policy outline for a potential parliamentary coalition. The document covers key issues such as taxes, the Eurozone, and migration. The breakthrough comes at a fortunate time for Merkel, whose party… Keep Reading
![[Image] Parliament dissolved as Italy prepares for election to break political deadlock](https://75bdb6.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/GettyImages-457435440-1160x773-480x320.jpg)
On Thursday Italy’s President, Sergio Mattarella dissolved the parliament, and the political class now has three months before the first elections since 2013 on March 4th. This upcoming vote comes in the wake of many years of disarray for the world’s 8th largest economy. Italy… Keep Reading
Drought and China’s economic downturn contribute to devastation in East Africa. Yemen and the Horn of Africa are a widening gyre of civil strife, drought, economic downturn and famine. The region’s last famine killed 260,000 in 2011. Then, mostly Somali elderly and children died. This… Keep Reading
