The U.S. military strike that killed 11 people on a boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2 is an act of murder and a violation of international law, experts say.
Trump’s Deadly Boat Attack
Category: Venezuela
What the CIA’s Covert Websites Were Hiding
Alan MacLeod on Langley’s sprawling network of hidden websites that served as global spy terminals disguised as harmless blogs, news hubs and fan pages.
Vijay Prashad: Wars Without Bullets
Economic sanctions lead to half a million civilian deaths a year, according to a study in The Lancet. Those imposed unilaterally and illegally by the EU and U.S. are the most lethal.
Venezuelan Official Says Migrants Tortured in Bukele’s CECOT
Tarek William Saab says he will investigate El Salvador’s president based on the testimonies of repatriated Venezuelans about the abusive prison to which the Trump administration sent them, Pablo Meriguet reports.
Vijay Prashad: Strangling Venezuela’s Economy
What the United States did to Chile between 1970 and 1973 is precisely what they have been doing to Venezuela since Trump’s 2017 “maximum pressure” campaign.
Vijay Prashad: Washington’s IMF Stranglehold
In the deeply undemocratic institution, the U.S. effectively holds a veto over any major changes and molds policies according to its whims.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Musk & the Myth of USAID
Chris Hedges: Don’t Deify Jimmy Carter
The late U.S. president may have done good works out of office, but in power he fomented a series of domestic and foreign policy disasters.
US Congress Revives Cold War Tactics With New Anti-Communism School Curriculum
Alan MacLeod on the “Crucial Communism Teaching Act,” which is now being read in the U.S. Senate, where it is all but certain to pass.
Will Trump Step Up Attacks on Venezuela?
With Trump’s cabinet full of hawks, Alan MacLeod assesses the potential for the president-elect’s second administration to cause more trouble for the Maduro government.