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Venezuela’s US-Backed Coup Leader Immediately Targets State Oil Company, Requests IMF Money

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Washington Follows Ukraine, Syria Roadmap in Push for Venezuela Regime Change

What happens in Venezuela going forward will have major consequences for the entire region and the world; and, with the U.S. already pushing countries to pick sides, the world may soon become as divided as it was immediately preceding WW II.

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
Venezuela | Political Crisis

CARACAS, VENEZUELA -- Since the decision of the Trump administration on Wednesday to recognize a member of the Venezuelan opposition, Juan Guaidó, as an unelected “interim president,” the situation in the South American country has become increasingly tense, with efforts to force the current government of Venezuela -- led by Nicolás Maduro -- out

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These Four US Politicians Became Establishment Targets for Denouncing the Venezuela Coup

“The United States needs to stay out of Venezuela. Let the Venezuelan people determine their future. We don’t want other countries to choose our leaders — so we have to stop trying to choose theirs.” — Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)

Alexander Rubinstein
بواسطة Alexander Rubinstein
Anti War Dems

WASHINGTON -- Democrats have remained largely silent since the U.S. wasted no time in lavishing its pre-emptive blessing on a coup in Venezuela earlier this week, beginning with Vice President Mike Pence’s video address on Tuesday followed by President Trump’s recognition of Juan Guaido, a relatively obscure figure in Venezuelan politics, as the

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Roger Stone Arrest: Trump Associate and Dirty Trickster Indicted by Special Counsel

Stone played a role in the Watergate scandal; boasted about orchestrating the “Brooks Brothers riot,” a heated attempt to interfere with the 2000 presidential election recount, and has compiled a laundry list of other dirty deeds.

Alexander Rubinstein
بواسطة Alexander Rubinstein
Roger Stone

LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA -- In the early hours of Friday morning, the FBI arrested career ratfucker and one-time Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone. An indictment released by the special counsel’s office, which is investigating allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, accuses Stone of committing several crimes, all

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Syria, Then and Now: Liberated of Western-backed Terrorism

Saudi soft power and the U.S. art elite have joined forces in a troubling alliance for a cultural campaign of disinformation aimed at U.S. art-going audiences.

Max Parry
بواسطة Max Parry
Syria, Then and Now: Stories from #Refugees a Century Apart,

In a surprise turn of events, last month U.S. President Donald J. Trump made the abrupt unilateral announcement that American troops would begin to withdraw from Syria. The unexpected decision provoked the wrath of the foreign policy establishment and bipartisan ‘war party’ in Washington who immediately denounced it as a premature, reckless move

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As Yemen Commemorates Victims of Saudi-led War, Shaky Truce and Negotiations Continue

Despite a ceasefire agreement brokered by the United Nations in Sweden in December, the Saudi-led coalition has continued its devastating bombing campaign across the country.

Ahmed Abdulkareem
بواسطة Ahmed Abdulkareem
Yemen | Victims' Day March

SAADA, YEMEN -- Thousands of Yemenis rallied on the streets of Yemen's northern governorate of Saada to commemorate Victims Day on Friday, in remembrance of those killed by the Saudi-led coalition since it began its war on Yemen in 2015. Protesters also expressed support for residents of Yemen’s port city of Hodeida, many saying that they are fully

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Amnesty International Should Oppose US Economic Sanctions and Incitement of a Military Coup in Venezuela

Writers, academics and political activists wrote the following letter to Amnesty International encouraging the group to publically oppose US sanctions and incitement of a military coup in Venezuela.

Many Signatories
بواسطة Many Signatories
Venezuela

The following letter to Amnesty International was signed by various writers, academics and political activists including Australian filmmaker, John Pilger; Canadian journalist and author, Linda McQuaig; former UN independent investigator on Venezuela, Afred de Zayas; the Venezuela-based academic Steve Ellner and journalists working the

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