Barbarosa
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Rais wa Ufilipino, Rodrigo Duterte ametangaza kusitisha Uhusiano wa kiuchumi, kijeshi na Marekani ingawa Marekani imekanusha kupata maombi hayo.
Amesema kuwa anaanza kushirikiana kikamilifu na Urusi pamoja na China.
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The Philippines has long been the United States' staunchest ally in Asia. But for how much longer?
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, on his first state visit to China, announced that he would be cutting "military, not maybe social, but economics also" ties with the US.
Duterte didn't provide details about how he'd break away from the US, a major trading partner, or what the separation could entail.
But if he makes good on his pledge, it could have huge ramifications for the two countries and the balance of power in the wider region.
Here's what's at stake.
People
The Philippines is a former US colony and an estimated four million US citizens are of Philippine ancestry.
The US accounts for roughly a third of the $17.6 billion that Filipinos working overseas have sent home this year.
Remittances from many of these people to families in the Philippines are often economic lifelines, and significant contributors to local economies throughout the country.
And it cuts both ways -- there are more than 220,000 US citizens living in the Philippines, including a large number of US veterans.
The Philippines is also a big tourist destination for Americans -- an estimated 650,000 visit the country, with its world-class beaches, diving and adventure tourism, amongst many other draws, each year.
Duterte made international headlines in April 2016 with his inflammatory comments on the 1989 rape and murder of an Australian missionary that took place in Davao City.
Duterte says U.S. has lost, aligns Philippines with China
MY TAKE: Yanazidi kutimia na laana ya kumuua Gadafi inazidi kumuandama Raisi wa USA Barack Obama anazidi kuibomoa na kuitenga USA, sasa kwa mara ya kwanza nchi ya Ufilipino chini ya Raisi Duterte imeamua kusitisha uhusiano wake na USA na kujiunga rasmi na mhimili wa Uchina, Urusi &Co.!
Kama D.trump anavyosema ,,no one respects USA anymore" na ni ukweli kabisa, tumebakia Afrika tu ndiyo tunaolamba viatu vya Wazungu lkn Dunia yote imeshaamka!
Hii inakuja baada ya Raisi huyo wa Ufilipino kuamrisha majeshi yote ya USA kuondoka Ufilipino, sasa hili ni pigo kubwa sana kwa Obama na USA kwani Ufilipino ni muhimu sana kwa USA!
Raisi wa Ufilipino Duterte akiwa na Raisi wa Uchina!
Amesema kuwa anaanza kushirikiana kikamilifu na Urusi pamoja na China.
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The Philippines has long been the United States' staunchest ally in Asia. But for how much longer?
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, on his first state visit to China, announced that he would be cutting "military, not maybe social, but economics also" ties with the US.
Duterte didn't provide details about how he'd break away from the US, a major trading partner, or what the separation could entail.
But if he makes good on his pledge, it could have huge ramifications for the two countries and the balance of power in the wider region.
Here's what's at stake.
People
The Philippines is a former US colony and an estimated four million US citizens are of Philippine ancestry.
The US accounts for roughly a third of the $17.6 billion that Filipinos working overseas have sent home this year.
Remittances from many of these people to families in the Philippines are often economic lifelines, and significant contributors to local economies throughout the country.
And it cuts both ways -- there are more than 220,000 US citizens living in the Philippines, including a large number of US veterans.
The Philippines is also a big tourist destination for Americans -- an estimated 650,000 visit the country, with its world-class beaches, diving and adventure tourism, amongst many other draws, each year.
Duterte made international headlines in April 2016 with his inflammatory comments on the 1989 rape and murder of an Australian missionary that took place in Davao City.
Duterte says U.S. has lost, aligns Philippines with China
MY TAKE: Yanazidi kutimia na laana ya kumuua Gadafi inazidi kumuandama Raisi wa USA Barack Obama anazidi kuibomoa na kuitenga USA, sasa kwa mara ya kwanza nchi ya Ufilipino chini ya Raisi Duterte imeamua kusitisha uhusiano wake na USA na kujiunga rasmi na mhimili wa Uchina, Urusi &Co.!
Kama D.trump anavyosema ,,no one respects USA anymore" na ni ukweli kabisa, tumebakia Afrika tu ndiyo tunaolamba viatu vya Wazungu lkn Dunia yote imeshaamka!
Hii inakuja baada ya Raisi huyo wa Ufilipino kuamrisha majeshi yote ya USA kuondoka Ufilipino, sasa hili ni pigo kubwa sana kwa Obama na USA kwani Ufilipino ni muhimu sana kwa USA!
Raisi wa Ufilipino Duterte akiwa na Raisi wa Uchina!