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Mi alma alaba Señor, Tur loke tin den mi, su
Santo Nomber!
Ps 103:1
Cu inmenso tristeza y hopi dolor na nos
curason, pero conforme cu boluntad di Dios,
nos kier a anuncia cu a bai laga nos den
Reino Celestial,
mi Esposo, nos Tata, nos Suegro, nos Welo y
nos Ruman stima
Johannes Tromp
Mihor conoci como: “Jan”
*15-11-1933 – †29-07-2022
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the
paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
With deep sorrow we announce the sudden
passing of our beloved:
Ashendel Nicosy Harold Andrea
*23-12-2004
†29-07-2022
Date and place of funeral will be announced
later!
obituario/u.s. news Diaranson 3 augustus 2022
US House Speaker Pelosi arrives in Taiwan,
defying Beijing
(AP) — U.S. House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan
late Tuesday, becoming the high-
est-ranking American official in
25 years to visit the self-ruled
island claimed by China, which
quickly announced that it would
conduct military maneuvers in
retaliation for her presence.
Pelosi arrived aboard a U.S.
Air Force passenger jet and was
greeted on the tarmac at Taipei’s
international airport by Taiwan’s
foreign minister and other Tai-
wanese and American officials.
She posed for photos before her
motorcade whisked her unseen
into the parking garage of a ho- announced a series of military surd.”
tel. operations and drills, which fol-
lowed promises of “resolute and “I believe she has every right to
Her visit has ratcheted up ten- strong measures” if Pelosi went go,” McConnell said in a Senate
sion between China and the through with her visit. speech.
United States because China
claims Taiwan as part of its terri- The People’s Liberation Army The trip was not officially an-
tory, and it views visits by foreign said the maneuvers would take nounced ahead of time.
government officials as recogni- place starting Tuesday night in
tion of the island’s sovereignty. the waters and skies near Taiwan Barricades were erected outside
and include the firing of long- the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Tai-
The Biden administration, and range ammunition in the Taiwan pei. Journalists and onlookers
Pelosi, say the United States Strait. thronged the streets just outside
remains committed to its “one- and pressed against the hotel’s
China policy,” which recognizes “This action is a solemn deter- lobby windows as they awaited
Beijing but allows informal rela-
Pelosi’s motorcade. Two build-
rent against the recent major es-
tions and defense ties with Tai- calation of the negative actions ings in the capital lit up LED
pei. of the United States on the Tai- displays with words of welcome,
wan issue, and a serious warning including the iconic Taipei 101
The speaker framed the trip as to the ‘Taiwan independence’ building, which said “Welcome
part of a broader mission at a forces seeking ‘independence.’” to Taiwan, Speaker Pelosi.”
time when “the world faces a
choice between autocracy and China’s official Xinhua News China has stepped up overflights
democracy.” Her visit comes af- said the army planned to con- and other provocative moves to-
ter she led a congressional del- duct live-fire drills from Aug. 4 ward Taiwan and other neigh-
egation to the Ukrainian capi- to 7 across multiple locations. boring territory in recent years,
tal of Kyiv in the spring, and it An image released by the news asserting broad claims of its
serves as a capstone to her many agency indicated that the drills rights around the region.
years of promoting democracy were to take place in six different
abroad. areas in the waters surrounding China’s military threats have
Taiwan. driven concerns about a new
“We must stand by Taiwan,” she crisis in the 100-mile-wide
said in an opinion piece pub- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang (140-kilometer) Taiwan Strait
lished by The Washington Post Yi said Washington’s betrayal that could roil global markets
on her arrival in Taiwan. She “on the Taiwan issue is bank-
and supply chains.
cited the commitment that the rupting its national credibility.”
U.S. made to a democratic Tai- The White House on Monday
wan under a 1979 law. “Some American politicians are decried Beijing’s rhetoric, saying
playing with fire on the issue of the U.S. has no interest in deep-
“It is essential that America and Taiwan,” Wang said in a state- ening tensions with China and
our allies make clear that we ment that referred to the U.S. as “will not take the bait or engage
never give in to autocrats,” she “the world’s biggest saboteur of in saber rattling.”
wrote. peace.”
White House National Security
Taiwan and China split during Back in the United States, 26 Council spokesperson John Kir-
a civil war in 1949, but China Republican lawmakers issued a by underscored that the decision
claims the island as its own terri- statement of rare bipartisan sup- about whether to visit Taiwan
tory and has not ruled out using port for the Democratic speaker. was ultimately Pelosi’s.
military force to take it. The statement called trips by
members of Congress to Taiwan “Put simply, there is no reason
The Biden administration did routine. for Beijing to turn a potential
not explicitly urge Pelosi to call visit consistent with longstand-
off her plans. It repeatedly and Senate Republican Leader Mitch ing U.S. policy into some sort
of crisis or use it as a pretext to
publicly assured Beijing that the McConnell said he backed Pe-
visit would not signal any change losi’s visit as a display of support increase aggressive military ac-
in U.S. policy toward Taiwan. for Taiwan’s democracy and said tivity in or around the Taiwan
any allegations that her itinerary Strait,” Kirby said.
Soon after Pelosi’s arrival, China was provocative are “utterly ab-