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      Demonstrators protest against high drug prices

      Recession Fears Spark Calls to Stop Hiking Interest Rates and Rein In Corporate Greed

      "As Americans stare down the abyss of a potential recession, Fortune 500 c-suite executives are doing better than ever," noted one critic, "while their workers' wages have severely lagged behind."

      Jessica Corbett
      Jul 28, 2022

      As new government data on Thursday stoked fears of a looming recession--and even led to some claims that the nation is already experiencing one--progressives renewed calls for the Federal Reserve to stop hiking interest rates and policymakers to take on the corporate profiteering driving inflation.

      "Reining in corporate greed is the key to bringing down costs for families and kickstarting economic growth."

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      'Economic Terrorism': After Failed Military Coup Attempt, Trump Imposes Total Embargo Against Venezuela

      'Economic Terrorism': After Failed Military Coup Attempt, Trump Imposes Total Embargo Against Venezuela

      "The U.S. gov is telling the Venezuelan people that if they want to eat, they have to change their politics."

      Jake Johnson
      Aug 06, 2019

      After the U.S.-backed attempt to overthrow elected Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by force fizzled out, the Trump administration on Monday moved to further strangle the Latin American nation's economy by imposing a full economic embargo.

      President Donald Trump's executive order targeting Venezuela, according to the Washington Post, "blocks all property and assets of the government and its officials, and prohibits any transactions with them, including the Venezuelan Central Bank and the state oil company."

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      Western Media Losing Enthusiasm for Failing Coup in Venezuela

      Western Media Losing Enthusiasm for Failing Coup in Venezuela

      Disappointed by Guaído’s fading star, Western reporters have labored to mint new pro-Washington heroes worthy of their regime change fantasies

      Lucas Koerner
      Ricardo Vaz
      Jul 24, 2019

      When previously unknown Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Guaido stood up in an East Caracas plaza and declared himself "interim president" of the South American country, Western corporate media were ebullient.

      In those heady early days, corporate journalists could scarcely conceal their love affair with the 35-year-old politician, whom they likened to Barack Obama (CNN, 2/7/19) and described as a "freedom fighter" (Fox Business, 1/29/19) and Venezuela's "only democratically elected figure" (MSNBC, 1/24/19), who had "captured the heart of the nation" (New York Times,3/4/19).

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