Alan Macleod

Alan MacLeod is Senior Staff Writer for MintPress News. He completed his PhD in 2017 and has since authored two acclaimed books: Bad News From Venezuela: Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting and Propaganda in the Information Age: Still Manufacturing Consent, as well as a number of academic articles. He has also contributed to FAIR.org, The Guardian, Salon, The Grayzone, Jacobin Magazine, and Common Dreams. Follow Alan on Twitter for more of his work and commentary: @AlanRMacLeod.

El FMI aprovecha la pandemia para allanar el camino hacia la privatización en 81 países

76 de los 91 préstamos que el FMI ha negociado desde el comienzo de la pandemia de coronavirus vienen acompañados de demandas de recortes profundos a los servicios públicos y políticas que benefician a las corporaciones sobre las personas.

Alan Macleod
Por Alan Macleod
IMF Ecuador Feature photo

The enormous economic dislocation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic offers a unique opportunity to fundamentally alter the structure of society, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if using the crisis to implement near-permanent austerity measures across the world. 76 of the 91 loans it has negotiated with 81 nations since the beginning of

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Los críticos dicen que las nuevas sanciones contra Irán diseñadas para "sofocar las exportaciones humanitarias" en medio de la pandemia

Las nuevas sanciones de la administración Trump contra Irán son de tan amplio alcance que muchos temen que estén destinadas a dañar directamente al pueblo iraní en su lucha por hacer frente a la pandemia de coronavirus.

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Por Alan Macleod
Iran Sanctions Coronavirus

Yesterday the State Department announced the beginnings of yet more sanctions on Iran, this time targeting the country’s financial industry. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed the move was necessary to “further deprive the Islamic Republic of Iran of funds to carry out its support for terrorist activities and nuclear extortion that threatens

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Banco Mundial: Hasta 150 millones más de personas vivirán en extrema pobreza para 2021

La convergencia del coronavirus, combinada con el conflicto global y el cambio climático, ha dejado prácticamente fuera de la vista el objetivo de acabar con la pobreza global para 2030.

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Por Alan Macleod
World Bank Feature photo

A new report from the World Bank estimates that the number of people living in extreme poverty around the world will increase by between 88 and 150 million by 2021, thanks in part to the COVID-19 pandemic. This represents an increase in the number, calculated as those living on less than $1.90 per day, for the first time in 20 years, according to

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La fusión de Veolia vinculada a Flint acerca la privatización del agua a la "realidad global"

"Esta falta de competencia conducirá a costos inasequibles para las familias, procedimientos de seguridad y mantenimiento deficientes, pérdida de empleos sindicales y una corrupción potencialmente desenfrenada". – Vigilancia de alimentos y agua

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Por Alan Macleod
Water privatization feature photo

Veolia, one of the world’s largest private water corporations, has just announced the acquisition of 29.9 percent of Suez Water, another of the planet’s largest multinationals, with a plan to gain full control at a later date. Based in France, Veolia already employs nearly 100,000 people worldwide, and this deal is set to greatly expand that. In

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Tras la presión de Estados Unidos, la ayuda a Yemen cae a solo 25 centavos por día

El secretario de Estado Pompeo presionó con éxito a la ONU para que redujera significativamente la ayuda a uno de los países más pobres del mundo, alegando que podría caer en manos rebeldes.

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Por Alan Macleod
Yemen Aid Feature photo

Home to what the United Nations has described as “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis,” Yemen is on the brink of total disaster after five years of protracted war. Yet crucial international aid to the country has been cut this year to just 25 cents per person, per day, around half of what was given in 2019. That money translates to just 200 grams

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Acuerdo de Abraham: Expertos advierten que el acuerdo de paz de Trump es un precursor de la guerra con Irán

Los expertos advierten que el Acuerdo está motivado por el deseo de asegurar un frente unido contra Irán para una posible guerra futura, un conflicto que probablemente haría que Irak y Afganistán parezcan suaves en comparación.

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Por Alan Macleod
Iran War Feature photo

On paper at least, last month’s U.S.-sponsored agreements between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were all about peace. But behind the headlines, a darker, much more worrying picture of regional alliances, weapons deals, destabilization campaigns, and messianic prophecies emerge. The Abraham Accord, as it is known, is likely to

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Reporteros afirman que Facebook está censurando información sobre el caso de Julian Assange

"El 90% de mi tráfico acaba de ser cortado por lo que parece ser un comando de algoritmo general de algún tipo para restar importancia a Assange". "Creo que es tan simple como eso".

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Por Alan Macleod
Julian Assange Media Feature photo

Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan and longtime confidant of Julian Assange, has been fastidiously reporting on the Australian publisher’s extradition hearing to the United States. Yet few people have been reading it. This, according to Murray, is because of a deliberate decision by online media giants to downplay or suppress

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