Economics

How the U.S. Could Have Won the Venezuelan Election

September 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Political Analysis, Political Corruption, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Foreign Policy, Venezuela

by Roger D. Harris, published on Workers World, August 23, 2024 Workers World has been publishing, unedited, statements from anti-imperialist media and individuals to show the breadth of support for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and opposition to the lies of the U.S. government and corporate media. Washington’s intent was not to encourage a free and fair democratic process but[…]

Three Amigos No More?

September 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Economics, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, Mexico, US Borders, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, US Incited Protests, Wall Street

By Nick Corbishly, Naked Capitalism, August 28, 2024 Mexico’s President AMLO responds by refusing to discuss the matter with US Ambassador Ken Salazar while giving the Mexican people a brief history lesson on US interference in Latin America. Well, that was quick. Just a week ago, we wagered that the US and Canadian embassies would soon begin piling pressure on[…]

How Did China Lose 1.4 Billion People’s Soybean Market to the US?

August 20, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Commodity Markets, Economics, Global Trade, Trade Wars, U.S. Aggression

from The China Academy, published on the Orinoco Tribune, July 26, 2024 Editor’s note: This article is rather long, but it lays out the aggressive business practices of giant U.S. Corporations, showing how they take over entire global industries and undermine the economies of competitor countries. These practices are used to dominate many resource rich third world countries, but as[…]

Venezuela Rises From Under U.S. Led Onslaught of Economic Coercive Measures

July 31, 2024 UNAC Editor Resistance, Revolution, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Maria Paez Victor, a speech given in a UNAC/Sanctions Kill Webinar July 23, 2024 There are a few things that is necessary to stress about the situation in Venezuela. Because in the presidential elections that are about to take place this Sunday 28th of July, the sanctions are the elephant in the room. For two reasons: because of the[…]

Confrontation of NATO vs. SCO – Two Radically Different Summits

July 31, 2024 UNAC Editor Belt and Road, China, Diplomacy, Economics, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, War and Weapons

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, July 27, 2024 Two major security alliances held summits in July. Each summit consisted of a bloc of major powers and nearby countries. Both alliances hold military exercises. Each summit meeting included guest and observer countries. The two summits could not have been more different in tone and in purpose. The Shanghai Cooperation[…]

Venezuelans Re-Elect President Maduro Despite U.S. Organized Coup Attempt

July 30, 2024 UNAC Editor coup, Democracy and Consent, Food Sovereignty, Hybrid Warfare, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, petroleum, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Gloria Guillo, published on CovertAction Magazine, July 30, 2024 Sanctions are a misnomer when it comes to Venezuela. Here, the U.S. isn’t “just” illegally punishing a nation-state to effect regime change by withholding necessary resources and key inputs that cause food shortages, grave illness, death and economic instability. In Venezuela, the United States is also committing racketeer-level crimes against[…]

How Venezuela Is Overcoming the US Blockade

July 29, 2024 UNAC Editor Food Sovereignty, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Roger Harris, published on Counterpunch, June 28, 2024 The future of Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution, a target of US imperial power since its inception in 1998, may be decided on July 28, the date of their presidential election. Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro and seven other presidential candidates pledged to abide by the choice of the electorate. Edmundo González, promoted by[…]

45 Years After Its Revolution, Nicaragua Offers the World a Better Way Forward

July 25, 2024 UNAC Editor Global Alliances, Monroe Doctrine, Neocolonialism, Nicaragua, Revolution, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Gloria Guillo, published on CovertAction Magazine, July 23, 2024 Despite Continued U.S. Destabilization Efforts, Egalitarian and Just Principles Flourish On July 19th, the people of Nicaragua and more than 700 international guests and official delegations from nations around the world celebrated the 45th anniversary of its revolution against the United States-installed puppet dictator, Anastasio Somoza, and the re-assertion of[…]

US Government Exploits Animosity Towards Migrants to Demonize Socialist Countries

July 17, 2024 UNAC Editor Cuba, Global South, Imperialism, Monroe Doctrine, Nicaragua, Peoples' Movements, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socio-Economic Struggles, US Hypocrisy

by Jill Clark Gollub, published on the Orinoco Tribune, July 9, 2024 The Republican party has been waging a blatantly racist campaign to criminalize migrants. Instead of pushing back on that narrative, the party that purports to be for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Democrats) is exploiting this racist anger to discredit a country it has targeted for regime change—Nicaragua—apparently for[…]

Venezuela Rejects the Dispossession of CITGO by the US

July 10, 2024 UNAC Editor Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

News from TeleSUR, June 17, 2024 The United States is still in the process of plundering Venezuela’s oil industry. CITGO, Venezuela’s oil refinery and merchandising business, was confiscated by the U.S. and given to fake president Juan Guaido. [jb] ‘The people will apply implacable justice to those who plotted this plunder against the Republic,’ VP Rodriguez said. On Monday, Venezuela[…]