US Foreign Policy

What’s Left in Latin American and the Caribbean: Year 2024 in Review

January 1, 2025 UNAC Editor Latin America, Multipolar World, New Pink Tide, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socio-Economic Struggles, South America, US Foreign Policy, US Intervention, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Roger D. Harris and John Perry, published on Internationalist 360º, December 26, 2024 The progressive regional current, the “Pink Tide,” could be better called “troubled waters” in 2024. The tide had already slackened by 2023 compared to its rise in 2022, when it was buoyed by big wins in Colombia and Brazil. Then, progressive alternatives had sailed into power[…]

South Korea’s Problem: The United States

December 29, 2024 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Imperialism, Resistance, South Korea, US Foreign Policy

Editorial by Workers World, December 18, 2024 Since his Dec. 3 attempt to impose martial law, mass demonstrations of hundreds of thousands of people involving the most important labor unions and popular organizations from around the country came out in the streets of Seoul demanding that South Korean President Yoon Seok-Yeol be deposed. After a popular rebellion repulsed Yoon’s Dec.[…]

The Economic War Against Syria

December 4, 2024 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Economic Collapse, Humanitarian Aid, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, US Foreign Policy

by Roberta Rivolta, published on Counter-Hegemonic Studies, December 4, 2024 As ancient as economic wars may be, the use of embargoes as means of coercion experienced a significant acceleration only at the end of the Cold War. While the collapse of the USSR reduced the risk that a targeted nation could fall into the Soviet Union sphere of influence, the[…]

Dozens Killed by Israeli Air Strikes and Ground Assaults Across Gaza and Lebanon

November 12, 2024 UNAC Editor Fascism, Genocide, Imperial Lies and Liars, Imperial Wars, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, US Foreign Policy, US Politics

by Kevin Reed, published on World Socialist Website, November 12, 2024 Israeli air strikes across Gaza and Lebanon killed dozens of people on Sunday, including at least 20 children, as the Israeli regime intensified its genocide of Palestinians and expanded its wider war in the Middle East. Health officials reported at least 30 people were killed in northern and central[…]

Cuba’s Economic Crisis: US Sanctions and the Problem of ‘Overcompliance’ 

November 7, 2024 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Collapsed States, Cuba, Global South, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Trade, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Joy Gordon, published on LaMonde Diplomatique, October 7, 2024 Cuba has faced many economic crises, but the current one is different. It is far worse than even that of the early 1990s, when Cuba lost all trade with the Soviet bloc, and at the same time the US imposed severe new economic measures against the island nation. In the[…]

A Conversation With Venezuelan Ambassador in Damascus – Latin America and Palestine

November 7, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Global South, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Political Analysis, Poverty and Sanctions, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Foreign Policy

by Vanessa Beeley, published on Substack, October 28, 2924 Two days ago I had the privilege to have a conversation with the Venezuelan Ambassador at the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the Syrian Arab Republic – Dr. Jose Gregorio Biomorgi. You can watch a previous interview with Dr. Biomorgi that I did in 2019 when Venezuela was[…]

Bill Clinton and the Dictator’s Club

November 7, 2024 UNAC Editor Africa, Corruption, Imperialism, Neocolonialism, Rwanda, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, November 6, 2024 In Bill Clinton’s infamously unhinged speech last week in Michigan, he said that Jews had been living in Judea and Samaria before Islam existed, that anyone upset by the Gaza genocide should understand how Israelis feel, and that Kamala Harris’s promise to work for a ceasefire should be enough[…]

Sanctions Kill Campaign Calls for a More Just U.S. Foreign Policy at UN Panel on the Impact of Economic Coercive Measures on the Right to Development

November 6, 2024 UNAC Editor Global South, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy

Representing the SanctionsKill Campaign, UNAC AC Member, Sara Flounders speaks at UN Press Conference on Unilateral Economic Coercive Measures. These measures, usually referred to as “Sanctions” are a form of siege warfare that cause as much harm as bombs and bullets to targeted nations. Nations of the Global South want to emphasize that Economic Coercive Measures not only oppress[…]

Why Brazil Opposes Venezuela’s Entry Into BRICS

October 31, 2024 UNAC Editor Brazil, BRICS, Latin America, US Foreign Policy, US Intervention, Venezuela

by Misión Verdad Orinoco Tribune, published on Popular Resistance, October 24, 2024 Looks like Lula Inácio da Silva’s “Get Out of Jail Free” card was not free, after all. Too bad for Venezuela ….and Brazil. On Monday, it was reported that Brazil would oppose Venezuela’s entry into the BRICS group. The 16th Summit of the BRICS organization is taking place[…]

How the U.S. Destabilized the Horn of Africa

October 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Somalia, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy, US Intervention

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, October 2, 2024 In 2018, the leaders of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia signed a regional cooperation agreement that raised great hope in the Horn, but now, six years, later, it lies in tatters. The Horn of Africa and its key waterways are the geostrategic interface between Europe, Africa, and Asia. They have[…]