"The greatest political, diplomatic and economic aggression Venezuela has faced in 200 years.
The close call came in an area where China unexpectedly and unilaterally established an air defense identification zone in November, a diplomatic show of aggression that rattled Japan and other countries in the region.
"We're facing the greatest political, diplomatic and economic aggression that Venezuela has confronted in 200 years". The country's top military brass has thus far backed Maduro in the crisis, providing a crucial foundation of support for the embattled president.
But should the Olympics pay the price for widespread governmental aggression and diplomatic failures?
Their late response was to wage a high-level diplomatic campaign against Chinese aggression in the region.
Or, to be precise, it is acting like a regime that wants nuclear weapons, and intends to carry on doing so until America rewards it with a non-aggression treaty, diplomatic recognition and help with its energy needs.
Father Gumpel took particular issue with a preliminary report by the group, leaked last fall, suggesting that Pius XII had wasted time pursuing diplomatic solutions to Hitler's aggression long after learning about Nazi atrocities.
According to the draft agreement, the US will help Afghanistan in countering "external aggression", taking "political, diplomatic, military and economic measures".
Ukraine's ambassador to the UK, Volodymyr Khandogiy, has said Ukraine is prepared to use any necessary means to fight Russian aggression but all diplomatic steps must be taken to avoid conflict.
From Putin's perspective, Europe (meaning NATO, meaning the anti-Russian military alliance, meaning the diplomatic cover for US military aggression) kept relentlessly expanding further and further east.
