Archives for abril 2019

Nuevo informe revela que las sanciones estadounidenses han costado 40,000 vidas en Venezuela

Los economistas Mark Weisbrot y Jeffrey Sachs concluyen que las sanciones de Estados Unidos "encajarían en la definición de castigo colectivo".

sanctions

The Washington DC-based Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) published a report Thursday on the effects of US sanctions against Venezuela. The 27-page paper was authored by economists Mark Weisbrot and Jeffrey Sachs, who determined that sanctions have “inflicted very serious harm to human life” in Venezuela. “The sanctions are depriving

Voces desde el interior de la embajada venezolana asediada

"Si [EE. UU. Invade la Embajada de Venezuela] mañana, enviará un mensaje al mundo de que ninguna embajada está a salvo en los Estados Unidos … es un mensaje de que 'si no se inclina ante nosotros, haga lo que le decimos , ponga en el gobierno que nos gustaría, tomaremos su embajada ". – Kevin Zeese

Medea Benjamin | Venezuelan Embassy

VENEZUELAN EMBASSY, WASHINGTON -- A group of activists banding together as the “Embassy Protection Collective,” in defense of the sovereignty of the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, defied orders by the U.S. government to vacate the premises by the 25th of April. Later in the morning, the Trump administration's special envoy to Venezuela, Elliot

Los Pols nacionalistas promueven la "Ley Patriota" de Sri Lanka sobre una población temerosa después de los ataques de Pascua

Los esfuerzos actuales de los principales políticos de Sri Lanka para explotar el caos después de los ataques de Pascua probablemente supondrán un desastre para las minorías religiosas de Sri Lanka, que son las víctimas más frecuentes del terrorismo patrocinado por el estado y por motivos religiosos en la nación isleña.

Sri Lanka Blasts

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA -- Still grappling with the fall-out from the deadliest terror attack in its history, Sri Lanka’s already dysfunctional government is struggling to come to terms with how the attack came to pass and who exactly is to blame. Since the attacks, for which Daesh (ISIS) has claimed responsibility, Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala

La muerte puede ser un viajero lento: Peltier, Mumia y Rap Brown

Mientras que los movimientos como el Partido Pantera Negra, BLA, AIM y MOVE aún resuenan entre algunos en una nueva generación de activistas, muchos de sus antiguos miembros, ahora llenos de mala salud y enterrados en prisión, se han perdido por completo. de tiempo.

When the history of our times is recorded, any volume on domestic political prisoners must, per force, begin with the legendary ones of conscience. To these icons of principle, determination and courage we owe much. It is, after all, not by mere default that they risked, and often paid, all to demand the gale of change sweep away generations of

Yemen Continues Military Progress as Native Mercenaries Abandon Saudi Coalition

Native Yemeni mercenaries, including officers and sheiks, have abandoned the Saudi Coalition and returned to their homes after being offered general amnesty by the Houthi-allied Yemeni army.

Yemen | Coalition mercenaries

AL-DALI, YEMEN -- Throughout Yemen, drivers are queuing up for hours hoping to get a can of fuel from overcrowded petrol stations. The fuel shortage comes as the Saudi-led Coalition and its allied mercenaries in Aden are preventing tankers laden with oil from entering Hodeida port, Yemen’s largest entry point. Nine tankers have been prevented from

Joe Biden lanza una campaña con la condena de Charlottesville luego de apoyar a los neonazis en Ucrania

Mientras trabajan detrás de escena para dar forma al gobierno ucraniano posterior a Maidan a su gusto, los corredores de poder en Washington, incluido Biden, han hecho todo lo posible por restar importancia al papel de los EE. UU.

Ukraine | Joe Biden

Former Vice President Joe Biden launched his candidacy for the American presidency on Thursday morning with the release of his first campaign video, ‘’America Is An Idea.’ The first word from the candidate’s mouth -- “Charlottesville,” a town now synonymous with neo-Nazi hate in the U.S. -- is the overwhelming focus of the ad, which attacks Trump