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Belén Fernández

Belén Fernández is the author of "Exile: Rejecting America and Finding the World" and "The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work." She is a member of the Jacobin Magazine editorial board, and her articles have appeared in the London Review of Books blog, Al Akhbar English and many other publications.

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Making a Killing: The US Opioid Epidemic

Those responsible for the opioid-related deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans are yet to be held accountable.

Belén Fernández · Jan 3, 2022

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A Horrible Billionaire Unconcerned With Human Suffering Is a Fitting Choice for 2021 'Person of the Year'

Musk does perhaps appropriately embody what was an all-around sick year in terms of capitalism and the related maladies of coronavirus and climate change.

Belén Fernández · Dec 27, 2021

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Facebook Was Dead—And for a Few Hours Life Was Good

The outage of Facebook platforms brought some of us back to what life used to be before social media.

Belén Fernández · Oct 9, 2021

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SOS: A Plea for Freedom From Misleading Media Narratives on Cuba

Since the beginning of protests in Cuba, the U.S. corporate media have been peddling false narratives and outright lies about the country.

Belén Fernández · Jul 30, 2021

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As the Honduran Coup Turns 12, Human Life Is No More a Priority Than It Was Then

How the events of 2009 in Honduras shaped my worldview.

Belén Fernández · Jun 30, 2021

Israeli police use tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse Palestinians who were on guard Al-Aqsa Mosque to prevent raids by extremist Jews, in East Jerusalem on May 10, 2021. (Photo: Eyad Tawil/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Western Media Continues to Report Israel's Blatant Brutality as 'Clashes' and 'Scuffles'

Were the media concerned with speaking truth to power, the case of Sheikh Jarrah perfectly exposes the magnitude of Israeli hypocrisy and deceit.

Belén Fernández · May 10, 2021

A Haitian migrant climbs the Mexico-US border fence near the El Paso border crossing, in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico on April 15, 2021. (Photo: HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

The Case Against Biden's Plan to Further Militarize Borders

The U.S. government’s solution to the migrant crisis is militarization…again.

Belén Fernández · Apr 21, 2021

Jared Kushner speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 2, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

The Case Against Jared Kushner's Nobel Nomination

Former US presidential son-in-law is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize over his role in Arab-Israeli normalisation.

Belén Fernández · Feb 16, 2021

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