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      CodePink Cuba

      US, Israel Only 'No' Votes as UN Members Condemn Cuba Embargo for 30th Straight Year

      "Today's U.N. vote clearly shows that the global community is calling on the U.S. to lift its brutal embargo on Cuba," CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin asserted.

      Brett Wilkins
      Nov 03, 2022

      Peace advocates on Thursday said that the near-unanimous vote by United Nations member states to demand an end to the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba underscores the imperative for the Biden administration to lift the crippling 60-year blockade.

      "What would Cuba be like today, if the blockade didn't hinder its development?"

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      U.S. invasion of Haiti 1994

      Why the US Should Tread Carefully Before Backing Another Military Intervention in Haiti

      While past foreign interventions in Haiti have often been launched in the name of stability and democracy, they have not proved capable of providing either.

      Claire Antone Payton
      Oct 30, 2022

      Haiti appears to be on the precipice of foreign intervention yet again.

      I am concerned that foreign intervention runs the risk of making a bad situation worse--as has happened repeatedly there for more than 100 years.

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      Legal Action Contests Reopening of Controversial Refinery in U.S. Virgin Islands

      Limetree Bay Oil Refinery, Trump-era EPA Challenged for Lax Pollution Standards

      Newswire Editor
      Feb 02, 2021

      Community and conservation groups filed a legal appeal today challenging the federal permit for the controversial Limetree Bay refinery on the Caribbean island of St. Croix that started operating this week. The long-shuttered, pollution-plagued Limetree refinery has been one of the world's biggest oil-processing facilities.

      St. Croix Environmental Association (SEA), the Center for Biological Diversity, NRDC and Sierra Club filed the petition for review of Limetree Bay's permit with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Appeals Board. The filing faults the agency for setting lenient air-pollution standards and failing to protect a vulnerable community of color, among other concerns.

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