New weapons are being added to the arsenal of the West’s economic and financial policies. In order to understand their nature and scope, it is necessary to start from those used up to now: sanctions – including the heaviest one, the embargo – implemented mainly by the United States and the European Union against entire states, companies and individuals. Fundamental is to … [Read more...] about The New Financial Weapons of the West
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The Vindictive Empire Strikes Back, in Peru
There are hints that reliable imperial pawn Llosa is being cultivated as the new Latin American “elder statesman” who will be entrusted with whipping errant colleagues into line, Stephen Karganovic writes. Not content with conning the gullible natives in Ecuador to elect its favored candidate to the Presidency (assuming the vote was honest and Dominion had nothing to do … [Read more...] about The Vindictive Empire Strikes Back, in Peru
The US War on Cuba: From Economic Embargoes, Biological Warfare to US-Backed Terrorism
Before the rise of Cuba’s Communist party, there was a US-backed fascist government under the leadership of Fulgencio Batista who ruled Cuba with an iron fist. Batista was elected in 1940 serving a 4-year term. Then Batista’s reign of terror effectively began when he decided to run for re-election in 1952, but when his political party found itself practically in last place … [Read more...] about The US War on Cuba: From Economic Embargoes, Biological Warfare to US-Backed Terrorism
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