Andelman Unleashed: We're growing...& outrage in Venezuela!

Exciting new offerings going forward....for a pittance....BUT FIRST, Venezuela!

Elections 2024: Venezuela

In an appallingly blatant power play, Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro declared himself the victor in national elections with his united opposition expressing outrage and independent polling suggesting a sweep by his leading opponent.

An early exit poll from Edison Research, known for its similar work in U.S. elections, predicted, as voting ended, that Edmundo González would sweep 65% of the vote, while Maduro would win 31%.

The official results from the National Election Council showed the reverse—Maduro winning 51.2% to 44.2%. But as the homepage of El Elspectador suggested in neighboring Colombia, where some 2.8 million Venezuelans have taken refuge from Chavismo socialism that has driven the country to the brink of collapse, the world is deeply skeptical. “Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica and the United States are some of the governments that have already spoken out about the results in Venezuela” the paper reported before dawn in Bogotá.

In Tokyo, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters: “The United States has serious concerns that the result announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the Venezuelan people.” This could lead to a re-imposition of crippling sanctions that the Biden administration had suspended in hopes of an honest tally.

Some opposition leaders say they will contest the results in the streets.

Andelman Unleashed will be monitoring all week.

NOW, back to the meat & potatoes ….

For two years, Andelman Unleashed has unlocked the world to an ever expanding list of thousands of loyal and attentive followers on five continents—drawing from my 50 years reporting from 90+ countries for The New York Times and CBS, Forbes and Bloomberg, now from France and America.

As Harvard Professor Robert I. Rotberg says: 

"It is the best commentary on the world: Andelman Unleashed. Macron should have consulted with David first."

Until now, all of our content has been free—not a single charge for The World This Week, our coverage of every national election on every continent [our launch mission!], plus our multiplying features from celebrity interviews to new and exciting books and authors--all Unleashed !

An Apology: Some subscribers may be getting a second reminder of this in the coming days. That’s going to my broader audience … you may have been swept up!

Now, we are taking our show to a whole new level and hope you will come along for an even more exciting ride: 

From the moment you open this message, you will continue to receive without charge or obligation (!) much of what you've loved about Andelman Unleashed. But now we are launching new paid tiers.

Of course, you will also have the satisfaction of knowing you will be supporting our mission and expand our means and ability to monitor and chart an ever richer course for you through more corners of our vast and complex planet.

So what exactly will your $6 (cheaper than a single mocha grande) per month or $60 per year (2 months free!) get you?

• Unleashed Cuisine: (launched this month) but now  continuing with exciting new ideas, food, and of course recipes from around the world and down through the ages.

• Unleashed Opinion: with the death next month (you heard it here first) of CNN Opinion, a home now for any of the scores of brilliant writers and columnists there... Giving voice to the newly voiceless.

• Unleashed Memoir: excerpts from my memoir-in-gestion: Don't Shoot I'm an American Reporter—my life across half a century, 90+ nations and any number of crises.

• Unleashed Zoom: A weekly hour-long café with the editor/publisher (me!) and from time to time exciting guests, all exclusively for our paying subs.

Founding Members

And then there's the final, personalized tier for those prepared to make a more substantial commitment as a Founding Member: $20 per month...less than a burger at Ferdi...($200 per year, 2 months free!)

• Unleashed Conversation: A one-on-one phone call or zoom each month.

• Unleashed Mail: A private email address that will be answered !

• Unleashed Consults: One-on-one access for events of the day and their impact on your business and you—an advance outlook beyond the horizon.

• Unleashed Specials: That will surprise and delight you....portfolios, videos, eventually podcasts and previews.

And of course all our paid subscribers will have the immeasurable satisfaction of knowing that you are supporting an undertaking with global scope and vision (none of which comes cheaply)....Especially:

• Help expand our (paid) subscriptions to media on every continent

• Travel to important locations

• Expanded resources for production every week

So here's what to do:

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—Paul Brandus … Founder / West Wing Report 

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—Paul Sullivan … Professor emeritus, National Defense University

• The admiration is mutual. Hope you're getting to write most of your missives from France these days regardless of who wins in the fall!

—Peter Baker … The New York Times

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When President Emmanuel Macron bestowed on me the rank of chevalier in the Légion d'Honneur, France's highest civilian decoration.... 

....Laeticia de Cayeux was generous enough to describe me in these words:

By the time I first came to know David some twenty years ago, David was already among a very small group of widely recognized scholars on French-American relations. He had co-authored a book with a long-time head of French intelligence. One of his students briefly at Science Po, was even Francois Delattre, the youngest French ambassador appointed to the United States.....When he arrived in Paris as CBS News correspondent just as François Mitterrand was arriving for his first term as president, he was amply prepared to translate French society into terms an American audience could embrace. These were complex times. Bombs were exploding across Paris, there were conflicts in the last parts of French-speaking Africa and the Middle East. And when Mitterrand named four French communist party members to his cabinet, panicking President Ronald Reagan who sent his vice president George H. W. Bush racing to Paris to make sure France wasn't shipping NATO secrets to Moscow, David was in the Elysée courtyard to report Mitterrand's assurances…hold your friends close and your enemies closer. 

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Meanwhile!

Chronicling how we have arrived here is the heart of my latest book:

A Red Line in the Sand: Diplomacy, Strategy, and the History of Wars That Still Might Happen … Published by Pegasus, distributed by Simon & Schuster. An Arabic language is coming before the end of this year. [ اللغة العربية قادمة قبل نهاية هذا العام ]

And The Reviews !

Sunday Morning, p.1 of the first Washington Post Book World of 2021

“A book with broad ambitions, [and] a thorough primer on conflict or potential conflict zones around the globe, from North Korea to Iran to the eastern provinces of Congo. Along the way, Andelman weaves into the narrative several episodes from his remarkable journalistic career. A commendable work."

NBC's Tom Brokaw observed: 

“As we are learning every day, the world is an ever more dangerous place, on a hair trigger from East to West, North to South. David Andelman, one of our most experienced national security journalists, gives us a timely, insightful analysis of the dangers and prospective solutions in this very welcome book.

TUTTI QUANTI

Meanwhile, I will continue to write regularly for MSNBC  from Paris, New York and a host of other places across the globe...exploring many of the critical issues of our times.
And on occasion I appear on television broadcasts as well.

Finally, for those who haven't followed me diligently on Facebook or LinkedIn, here's your chance!

Best regards,
David