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Mark Weisbrot

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

"I Apologize to No One" for Opposing Disastrous US Wars in Vietnam and Iraq, Says Bernie Sanders

Jon Queally, staff writer

"This is great: Bernie tell tells the pro-war crowd and their enablers to bring it on."

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In Venezuela, Trump Administration Content to Support a Military Coup But Not Nation's Refugees

Jon Queally, staff writer

"What this administration has demonstrated again and again over the last...

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Biden Sides With Trump, Bolton, and Pompeo in Backing Coup Effort in Venezuela

Jon Queally, staff writer

Democratic frontrunner characterizes effort to overthrow elected goverment of...

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Children of Barrio Unión Sector Las Casitas

Economists Warn Trump's Sanctions Targeting Venezuela 'A Death Sentence for Tens of Thousands of People'

Rubio's 'Explosion at Germán Dam' Error Exposes Deeper Dishonesty of US Venezuela Policy

Open Letter by Over 70 Scholars and Experts Condemns US-Backed Coup Attempt in Venezuela

Fears of US-Backed 'Coup' in Motion as Trump Recognizes Venezuela Opposition Lawmaker as 'Interim President'

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking to CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018.

Yemen's Humanitarian Nightmare Be Damned, Pompeo Doubles Down on US Support for Saudi Coalition

As Latin America Braces for 'Bolsonaro Effect,' Leftist Teachers Already Being Targeted by Brazil's Fascist Forces

Jair Bolsonaro

'Far More Dangerous Than Trump': Extremist, Far-Right Bolsonaro Wins Brazil's Presidency

Demonstrators protest in favor of presidential candidate Fernando Haddad of the Workers' Party on October 20, 2018 in Brasilia, Brazil.

To Stop Far-Reaching Threat of Bolsonaro, 300+ Economists Sign Joint Declaration to Defend Brazil's Democracy

'Assault on Democracy': Brazil's Supreme Court Rules Presidential Favorite Lula Must Serve Jail Time

Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (MORENA) party

Claiming Early 18-Point Lead, Leftist Mexican Presidential Candidate Rips Trump's "Contemptuous Attitude"

Yemen

'Mad Dog' Mattis Urges Continued US Support for Saudi's Destruction of Yemen

Experts Demand Senators Back Proposal to End US Complicity in Yemen Bloodshed

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Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

New Report Finds Ecuador’s IMF Austerity Program Likely to Result in Economic Recession, Higher Unemployment

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Report Finds US Sanctions on Venezuela Are Responsible for Tens of Thousands of Deaths

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Senate War Powers Vote a “Firm Rebuke of US Military Participation in a Genocidal War” CEPR Co-Director Says

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Senate Vote to Invoke War Powers Resolution on Yemen Likely to be Followed by House Passage, CEPR Co-Director Says

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Mattis’s Call for a Yemen Ceasefire Shows that Congress is Getting Closer to Forcing US Military to Withdraw from the War, Says CEPR Co-Director

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Brazilian Democracy “in Crisis” Following Election of Fascistic Bolsonaro, CEPR Co-Director Says

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Lucas Koerner, Ricardo Vaz

Western Media Losing Enthusiasm for Failing Coup in Venezuela

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies

U.S. Sanctions: Economic Sabotage That Is Deadly, Illegal, and Ineffective

Janine Jackson

Big Media Get Big Things Wrong on Venezuela

Joe Emersberger

Study Linking US Sanctions to Venezuelan Deaths Buried By Reuters for Over a Month

Mark Weisbrot

Tariffs Are a Bad Response to an Imaginary Border Crisis

Justin Podur

Sanctions Are Genocidal, and They Are the US's Favorite Weapon

Mark Weisbrot

Puerto Rico’s Botched Disaster Relief, Unsustainable Debt, and Economic Failure Linked to its Colonial Status

Vijay Prashad

The Plot to Kill Venezuela

Robert C. Koehler

What's Next: War With Venezuela?

Greg Grandin, Noam Chomsky

'It Is Not Enough to Simply Oppose US Military Intervention': A Response to WOLA on Venezuela