Countries in the Global South are taking disproportionate responsibility for resettling the record numbers of displaced people, finds the U.N. refugee agency’s annual report.
Record 110 Million People Forcibly Displaced
Category: Venezuela
The Israeli Company Hacking Locked Mobile Phones
The use of military grade spyware by Australian government departments means the most personal data stored on mobile phones is no longer secret, writes Antony Lowenstein.
US Values, Verities & Global Failure
Two words — democracy and autocracy — have received a new birth in the West as the U.S. embraces the idea of a Cold War sequel, says Michael Brenner. The implications are profound.
UK Spent Public Money to Back Guaidó in Gold Dispute
Guaidó’s financial assistance from the Foreign Office undermines the government’s persistent claims that the case was not political and just a matter for the Bank of England and the courts, writes John McEvoy.
UN Human Rights Council Condemns Impact of Sanctions
Azerbaijan presented the resolution on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries earlier this week, People’s Dispatch reports. It passed with 33 votes in favor and was predictably rejected by the U.S. and its allies.
Chris Hedges: The Donald Trump Problem
Donald Trump is not being targeted for the misdemeanors and serious felonies he appears to have committed but for discrediting and undermining the entrenched power of the ruling duopoly.
Guaidó is Gone But London Keeps the Gold
The U.K. stripped the assets of a foreign state and transferred them to political actors engaged in regime change, John McEvoy reports. The result has been a form of collective punishment for people in Venezuela.
Caitlin Johnstone: CNN Snaps Up Congressional Hawk
The network wasted no time in recruiting former Rep. Adam Kinzinger — arguably the most egregious warmonger on Capitol Hill — to its punditry lineup.
Washington’s Version of Venezuela
The U.S. government believes that the only democratic institution in Venezuela is an assembly that has not met in seven years and whose term has expired, writes Vijay Prashad.
Venezuela Condemns US Senate Passage of ‘Bolivar Act’
The Maduro government called the legislation “a violation of economic freedoms and a serious offense to the Venezuelan people.”