The U.N. General Assembly voted today for the Global North to apologize and pay reparations for slavery by a vote of 123-3-52, with only the U.S., Israel and Argentina voting against. The E.U. abstained.
The Cuban Interior Ministry detained seven others involved in the plot, including one who “had allegedly been sent from the United States to facilitate the landing and reception of the armed group.”
Donald Trump believes U.S. economic and military might are all he needs to achieve unilateral control over America’s allies, but he’s a “one-man wrecking crew.” John Mearsheimer speaks to Chris Hedges.
Marco Rubio’s [peripheral] personal ties to drug trafficking underscore a deep irony in the Trump administration’s attempts to use the drug war as a means of achieving their imperialist goals in Latin America.
Jake Johnson reports on the Progressive International declaration: “The ‘Trump corollary’ to the Monroe Doctrine is the single greatest threat to peace and prosperity that the Americas confront today.”
“Let the dogs of the empire bark. That is their role: to bark,” said Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in 2006. They are yapping now.
It’s clear that from now until November, the Trump administration will pummel its island neighbor, write Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores.
Donald Trump was kept in the dark about a possible U.S. nuclear response to a Russian cyber-weapon attack. The U.S. has now ramped up offensive cyber-warfare against Russia’s power grid, putting Trump in a deep bind, says Caitlin Johnstone.
Marjorie Cohn calls out the hypocrisy of the U.S. hitting Cuba with new travel restrictions in reprisal for “destabilizing the region.”
Opening the litigation floodgates would harm U.S. companies and punish the Cuban people even more, writes Marjorie Cohn.