Sounds like the beginning of a supervillain origin story.

I don’t have much sympathy for the McMansions, but there are huge sections of Pacific Coast rail line threatened by coastal erosion, and it sure would be nice to get some nice high-speed rail along there.

If true, this is the most stereotypical Chinese company move ever.

Even where US military aid is brand-new material, the American military contractors are the ones profiting from it, spurring the American economy. It’s almost more an economic shot in the arm than it is international aid.

La Zona en Reclamación ain’t gonna save him, Maduro and his regime are already doomed. The question has been, how many people will he make suffer to cover up the failed policies of Chavismo?