Ramona Wadi

Ramona Wadi is an independent researcher, freelance journalist, book reviewer and blogger. She writes about the struggle for memory in Palestine and Chile, historical legitimacy, the ramifications of settler-colonialism, the correlation between humanitarian aid and human rights abuses, the United Nations as an imperialist organisation, indigenous resistance, la nueva cancion Chilena and Latin American revolutionary philosophy with a particular focus on Fidel Castro, Jose Marti and Jose Carlos Mariategui. Her articles, book reviews, interviews and blogs have been published in Middle East Monitor, Upside Down World, Truthout, Irish Left Review, Gramsci Oggi, Cubarte, Rabble.ca, Toward Freedom, History Today, Chileno and other outlets, including academic publications and translations into several languages.

Hillary Clinton Lends Credibility To Zionist Colonialism At Saban Forum

Clinton recently participated in a forum hosted by a U.S. foreign policy think tank discussion that largely revolved around U.S. support for Israel and the so-called “two-state solution” — a discussion that took place within narrow Zionist parameters.

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Israel, Monday, July 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

The Center for Middle East Policy, a U.S. foreign policy think tank under the Brookings Institution, hosted the 11th annual Saban Forum from Friday to Sunday. Under the banner of “Stormy Seas: The United States and Israel in a Tumultuous Middle East,” participants in the Zionist propaganda event included U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Israeli

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New UN Report Sheds Light On America’s Human Rights Problem

Who or what can stop the U.S. from committing human rights violations in its own backyard and around the globe with what seems like absolute impunity? Certainly not the U.N. which is more of conspirator than a watchdog.

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Guantanamo

The United Nations Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) recently released a 15-page report that criticizes human rights violations committed by the United States. The report covers a wide spectrum of issues, ranging from the country’s handling of immigration to its history of torture, and demonstrates the imperial power’s persistent and systematic

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Daughter Of Cuban Revolutionary Che Guevara: “The West Has No Idea What A Dictatorship Is”

In a recent interview, the daughter of Che Guevara explained how the West deliberately frames revolutionary governments as dictatorships. Noting Cuba as an example, she asked, “What kind of a dictator wants his people to be healthy and have free education?”

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Cuba Che Guevara Diary

In a recent interview with Russia Today, Aleida Guevara, daughter of Argentine revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara, expounded upon how the West construes revolutionary governments as dictatorships, manipulating these governments’ aims and purposes. Her explanation of the West’s imparted definition of dictatorship applies to the Cuban Revolution,

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Chilean Farmers And Foreign Mining Firms Face Off Over Andes Gold

Massive fines from the Chilean government brought the multi-billion dollar mining project to a halt. Could an agreement between the Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold and some indigenous groups get the project back on track?

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Pascua-Lama

Straddling the Chile-Argentina border high in the Andes, Canadian miner Barrick Gold’s Pascua Lama mining project has long been a source of controversy. The area is rich in gold, silver, copper and other mineral resources, but their extraction runs counter to the needs and interests of nearby indigenous communities and would have disastrous

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ANALYSIS: US Approaches Ebola With Militarism, Not Medical Intervention

The U.S. and Cuba take wildly different approaches to many issues. On Ebola and African development, the U.S. brings militarism to the table, while par for its revolutionary course, Cuba promotes education and health care.

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Ebola Military Training

Addressing the United Nations during a Nov. 13 briefing on Ebola, Cuban Ambassador to the U.N. Rodolfo Reyes Rodriguez insisted upon sustainable development in Africa. Reyes’ speech weaved together aspects of historical and contemporary Cuban internationalism -- an element featured strongly in Fidel Castro’s speeches, especially those condemning

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USAID: A Wolf In Humanitarian Clothing

Propaganda and false premises mark the U.S. response to a “prisoner swap” with Cuba. In such a “deal,” Cuba would release a “wrongly imprisoned” USAID subcontractor in exchange for the freedom of three Cuban intelligence agents jailed as “terrorists” in the U.S.

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Rajiv Shah, Patrick Leahy

The case of Alan Gross -- the USAID subcontractor imprisoned in Cuba in 2011 for activities attempting to sabotage the Cuban Revolution -- is sometimes juxtaposed, unfairly, with the case of the Cuban 5 -- the Cuban intelligence agents unjustly imprisoned in the U.S. for their role in preventing terrorist attacks on Cuba. The United States’

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Hugo Chavez Is Gone, But His Support For Palestine Continues

Through an initiative to provide 1,000 Palestinians with a free college education, Venezuela is doing what others are not: addressing the long-term needs of Palestinians to create a future for the victims of settler-colonialism.

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Chavez

In keeping with the late Hugo Chavez’s legacy for Palestinians, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced a scholarship program for Palestinian students that reflects internationalist solidarity, as well as the success of the Cuban model of education and health care. Maduro announced the initiative to train 1,000 doctors through the

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