The Navy blockaded a major oil chokepoint while Colombia finally addressed the cocaine kingpin's hippo problem.
Nothing says stable energy markets like a naval blockade of the world's most critical oil transit point.
▸ Wikipedia — 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisisForty years later, Escobar's hippos remain Colombia's most enduring export diversification success story.
▸ Wikipedia — Colombian environment minister Irene Vélez Torres approves the cull of dozens of wild hippos brought to the country by drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s with Torres saying up toPolio eradication efforts now require tactical support, which seems like a reasonable bellwether for institutional effectiveness.
▸ Wikipedia — A policeman is killed and four others are injured during an ambush against a polio vaccination team in Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Dunya News)