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General view of a hospital where health officers, wearing masks and special protective suits, take care of a patient infected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) at a hospital in Tehran, Iran on March 02, 2020. (Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Faith Groups Part of Human Rights Coalition Urging Biden to Ease Sanctions Amid Pandemic

"For too long, the United States has reflexively relied on suffocating, broad-based sanctions with absolutely no regard for their impact on everyday people."

Brett Wilkins ·

Donald Trump-incited insurrectionist mob clashes with security forces as they push barricades to storm the US Capitol in Washington D.C on January 6, 2021. (Photo/ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

How Endless Wars Abroad Helped Spark the January 6 Attack at Home

What once might have seemed improbable for our democracy to suffer suddenly became a reality, one that had long been experienced by so many other peoples at our hands.

Kevin Tillman ·

Government supporters are waving Venezuelan flags in a protest against the announcement of new US sanctions against the Venezuelan airline Conviasa.(Photo by Pedro Rances Mattey/picture alliance via Getty Images)

The Ongoing Calamity: US Collective Punishment of the Venezuelan People Must End

Washington's agenda in Venezuela has unmistakably failed, and no amount of additional sanctions is likely to change the political outcome.

Ramzy Baroud ·

People walk past the metal gate of a closed shop reading "Maduro" in Caracas amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic, on September 3, 2020 as inflation increases in Venezuela which is in the midst of the worst economic crisis in its history after seven years of recession. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images)

UN Rebuke of Crushing US Sanctions on Venezuela Met With Stunning Silence

By omitting the devastating impact of sanctions, corporate media attribute sole responsibility for economic and humanitarian conditions to the Venezuelan government.

John McEvoy ·

Iranian medical personnel cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for an elderly woman who has infected by the new coronavirus disease in a COVID-19 section of the Rasoul-e-Akram hospital in western Tehran at midnight on December 14, 2020. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Citing 'Moral and Public Health Imperative,' Progressive Lawmakers Press Biden on Sanctions Relief

The 27 Democrats called for "much-needed and overdue changes to the way we use sanctions as a foreign policy tool."

Brett Wilkins ·

Londoners protest against U.S. and international meddling in Venezuelan affairs on January 28, 2019. (Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

'Pure Sadism': Biden Blasted for Continuing Trump's Recognition of Guaidó Coup Regime and Deadly Sanctions in Venezuela

"How about a new Good Neighbor Policy on non-interference?" asked CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin. 

Brett Wilkins ·

An Iranian citizen reads a newspaper in Tehran following U.S. President Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election, which many hope will lead to a restoration of the 2015 nuclear deal and a lifting of economic sanctions. (Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Progressive International Calls on Biden to End Illegal US Sanctions Responsible for 'Untold Death and Devastation'

"Biden must take urgent action to restore the right of all countries to have sovereign relations with the world, untrammeled by U.S. interference through their sanctions policy."

Kenny Stancil ·

Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaidó climbs a railing in an attempt to reach the National Assembly building in Caracas, on January 5, 2020. A pro-Trump rioter sits at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) desk after storming the grounds of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021. (Photos: Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images and Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images).

After Right-Wing Coup Effort in DC, Venezuela Offers Sympathy for US Suffering What 'It Has Generated' Elsewhere

The government of President Nicolás Maduro condemned "the political polarization and the spiral of violence" fueled by a "deep" political and social crisis in the U.S.

Kenny Stancil ·

On December 6, 2020, more than 6.2 million Venezuelans voted for a new National Assembly in what was Venezuela’s 25th election in the 21 years since the Bolivarian revolution began. (Photo by Cristian Hernandez / AFP/Getty Images)

Venezuela Elections: A Key Victory for Anti Imperialist Movement in Latin America

Throughout Latin America, poor masses, the working class and young people are rising—in response to the deepening crisis imposed upon them by U.S. imperialist domination and neo-Liberal governments.

Alison Bodine ·

"If the Times is concerned about the health and well-being of Venezuelans, the paper should focus its reporting on the U.S. government’s campaign to crush the Venezuelan economy and shatter its political system," writes Greene.

NYT Erases US Economic War Against Venezuela

The New York Times has long played a role in supporting U.S. attempts to dominate Latin America.

Bryce Greene ·

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