USA File: VP of National Border Patrol Council Hector Garza on Fox: “We’ve lost control of the border . . . Our Border Patrol chief has mentioned that over 50 percent of our agents are not securing the [southern] border . . . I would put that percentage somewhere in the range of 75 percent”; Daily Caller in exclusive story cites “multiple senior administration officials,” alleges Trump White House plans to invoke Insurrection Act (1807) to federalize National Guard, deploy US Army to round up and deport millions of illegal aliens; meanwhile Democrat-run states implement key goal of communist revolution in America by neutering Electoral College, which handed Donald J. Trump his White House win in 2016; Nevada Senate follows Assembly in passing AB 186, Nevada to join National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, currently boasting 15 states and DC; communist infiltration of Democratic Party many decades old, but new red peril appears on horizon as Communist Party USA, Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, Freedom Road Socialist Organization and Democratic Socialists of America form unprecedented alliance to run hard leftists on Democratic ticket, Left Inside/ Outside Project draws on united membership of 65,000 cadres; communists also dominate Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Our Revolution political action org (which claims 200,000-plus members across all 50 states), Working Families Party (which operates in 19 states), Service Employees International Union (which boasts 2,000,000 members) and other major unions

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But I thought the red menace ended with the Cold War . . .

EU File: Murky plot involving Kremlin and leftist Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen possibly lurks behind collapse of nationalist-populist government in Vienna ahead of European Parliament election, anti-globalist forces poised to storm Brussels; Van der Bellen attends bilateral Sochi Dialogue Forum on May 15, confers with Putin to cement Austro-Russian relations, overlooks last year’s spy flap in which Russian GRU allegedly enticed Austrian army colonel with 300,000 euros to gather military data; THREE DAYS LATER Freedom Party (FPÖ) bolts Austria’s ruling coalition, follows publication of secretly recorded video purporting to show Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache schmoozing with niece of Russian oligarch Igor Makarov on Spanish resort island in 2017; mystery woman offers to buy 50% stake in Austria’s Kronen-Zeitung, switch newspaper to pro-FPÖ line; party colleague Johann Gudenus also at meeting, alleges he was drugged; Strache denounces video as “targeted political assassination” while Makarov scoffs at allegations: “It’s well-known that I was the only child in the family and so I don’t have a niece”; FPÖ boasts co-op agreement with United Russia party, held powerful interior and defense ministry portfolios in Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s cabinet; for his part, Van der Bellen descends from Dutch-Russian aristocratic family, born in Austria but enjoys Estonian citizenship via mother, Social Democrat (mid-1970s to late 1980s), Green Party (1992-2016), ran as pro-EU/-refugee independent in 2016 presidential election, narrowly defeated FPÖ candidate Norbert Hofer, Guardian touted globalist-leftist link: “Victory for Van der Bellen and the left is a sigh of relief for Europe”

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Are the Moscow Leninists manipulating both the left and the right in Austria? Wouldn’t be the first time. Soviet forces occupied Austria at the end of the Second World War and didn’t leave until 1955.

Bolivarian Revolution File: Venezuela’s communist regime unleashes more arrests against allies of US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido, dictator Nicolas Maduro’s henchmen surround car of VP of National Assembly, Edgar Zambrano refuses to leave vehicle, SEBIN agents tow Zambrano and his car to dreaded El Helicoide prison, Zambrano joined Guaido outside La Carlota airbase on April 30 in failed attempt to spark military coup; follows pre-dawn abduction of Guaido’s chief of staff Roberto Marrero by scores of masked SEBIN agents on March 21, Marrero also languishing at El Helicoide; lawmaker Richard Blanco seeks refuge in Argentine embassy after Maduro-allied Supreme Court strips Blanco and 9 other legislators of parliamentary immunity; Leopoldo Lopez evades arrest in Spanish diplomatic residence, disclosed he met with senior military officials while under house arrest; US lifts financial sanctions against general who broke ranks with Maduro, Manuel Figuera previously Venezuela’s spy chief; Venezuela’s FM Jorge Arreaza in Moscow on May 6, confers with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, suggests contingent of Russian “specialists” in Venezuela could be “expanded,” but Russian Dep. PM Yuri Borisov denies such plans exist; Colombia’s top general says Venezuela training Marxist ELN guerrillas in use of Russian-made SAMs, Gen. Luis Navarro: “We have the clear evidence and the necessary intelligence to affirm that the ELN is considered as part of the defense of the revolution of the Maduro regime”

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Red World Order File: Communist Party of Russian Federation (CPRF) sends high-ranking delegation to Havana amid Russian and Cuban support for Venezuela’s embattled communist regime, CPRF Vice Chairman/ First Vice Chairman of State Duma Ivan Melnikov attends massive May Day parade in Plaza de la Revolución, 100,000s of Cubans march past giant mural of iconic red terrorist Che Guevara; Melnikov later attends ceremony at José Martí Memorial, bestows Lenin Prize upon Raul Castro, previous Cuban president and First Sec. of Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), “for his exceptional contribution to the construction of socialism and his work to consolidate the principles of justice, humanism, and social progress”; ceremony also attended by current Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez and other members of PCC Politburo; Lenin Prize awarded by Soviet state until 1990, restored in 2018 by governor of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Sergey Morozov member of pro-Putin United Russia party, award not to be confused with Lenin Peace Prize; Pentagon appears to downplay military intervention on behalf of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido hours after Sec. of State Mike Pompeo admitted USA “prepared to take military action,” CJCS Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford “focused on intelligence gathering”

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Ideological linkages between Russia and Cuba still strong nearly 30 years after Cold War supposedly ended. Viva Golitsyn!

Bolivarian Revolution File: Washington and Havana in heated exchange over Venezuelan crisis as Pres. Trump threatens Cuba with “full and complete embargo” over purported troop presence in Venezuela, tweets: “If Cuban Troops and Militia do not immediately CEASE military and other operations . . . a full and complete embargo, together with highest-level sanctions, will be placed on the island of Cuba. Hopefully, all Cuban soldiers will promptly and peacefully return to their island!”; Cuban FM Bruno Rodriguez bristles: “[US National Security Advisor John] Bolton is a pathological liar who misinforms President Trump. There are no Cuban troops in Venezuela or Cubans participating in military or security operations”; Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) appears on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Apr. 30, intimates Russia has secretly installed nuclear missiles in Venezuela but offers no evidence; meanwhile Pres. Maduro’s embattled red regime, regional allies accuse US-backed opposition leader of instigating military coup, Juan Guaido appeared outside Caracas’ La Carlota airbase on Tuesday, rallied “several dozen” defecting troops, joined by fellow oppositionist Leopoldo Lopez, who lately escaped house arrest; however, coup appears to fizzle out after Maduro loyalists and mutineers briefly exchange gunfire, loyalists lob tear gas at protesters, National Guard VN-4 APC plows into crowd of civilians; Cubans take to streets in annual May Day marches, denounce Trump Admin’s new sanctions, “maneuvers aimed at destabilizing the left and progressive governments, particularly in Venezuela and Nicaragua”

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Cold War in Latin America alive and well, nearly 30 years after it supposedly ended.

BTW, the Venezuelan National Guard purchased its 656 VN-4 APCs from Red China’s state-run Norinco . . .