Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Call to Respect the Sovereignty of the People of Venezuela

January 2, 2019 UNAC Editor Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

Photo: Supporters of late Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez take part in a campaign rally Nov. 28, 2015, held by pro-government candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections, in Caracas. Venezuela will hold parliamentary elections on Dec. 6. (Reuters) From In Defense of Humanity December 21, 2018 The sixth presidential election in the contemporary history of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela took[…]

Canada Takes A Hostage: Free Meng Wanzhou

December 10, 2018 UNAC Editor China, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Christopher Black, from New Eastern Outlook, December 8, 2018 “It is clear the US is pushing the battle line to our door … We can completely regard the US arrest of Meng Wanzhou as a declaration of war against China.” So read an editorial in the Global Times of China on December 6, the day after Meng Wanzhou, chief[…]

UNGA Overwhelmingly Votes Against Cuba Blockade, All US Amendments Defeated

November 7, 2018 UNAC Editor Cuba, Economic Blockade, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Image: Billboard in Havana, Cuba that reads in Spanish: “Blockade, the longest genocide in history.” Nov. 1, 2018 | Photo: Reuters TeleSUR reported the following on November 1, 2018. Israel and the United States were once again the only two countries to vote in favor of the brutal economic blockade against Cuba. United Nations member states voted 189 to 2[…]

The Economic Atom Bombing of Syria

October 10, 2018 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

The United States, the European Union, the Arab League, Turkey, Canada and Australia have collectively taken measures since 2011, and the United States since 1979, to destroy Syria’s economy. The measures are illegal under international law, which prohibits states from using economic pressure, outside the framework of the UN Security Council, to coerce other states. With Syrians fleeing sanctions-induced economic[…]

Venezuela’s Monetary Revolution Vis-a-Vis Economic Sanctions

August 21, 2018 UNAC Editor Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro holds a bank note of the new national currency, the ‘Bolivar Soberano‘ (Sovereign Bolivar). | Photo: Reuters by Nino Pagliccia, published on TeleSUR, August 8, 2018 Venezuela has undergone many challenges in the last 20 years since Hugo Chavez was elected president and continued after his death in 2013. The main reason is that Venezuela has[…]