Leon Padura: Cuba has hit rock bottom
“It’s like another crest of a long crisis.… We’ve hit rock bottom and the worst thing is that, if at other times there was still some hope that things were going to improve, I believe that what is most lacking…
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A rare look inside the bizarre US/China ‘sanctions’ regime
As is usual in such cases, the ‘sanctions’ the US has imposed in China are in many ways little more than gloried make-work projects meant to ‘level the playing field’ by controlling products the US does not or can not…
Why the hell haven’t we ended the Cuba Embargo?
Cuban people are suffering under pointless, ineffective U.S. sanctions. It’s well past time to end this six-decade-old Cold War battle. Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty 14 November 2022 | Ben Burgis | Havana Live The UN General Assembly just voted for the…
US to ‘allow’ Lebanon to import life-saving gas and fuel via Syria
The US says that amending its sanctions against Syria is critical to ‘preventing a total energy collapse in Beirut.’ It is beyond comprehension how a country that demands others adhere to the rule of order, and is spending billions of…
The US tech war on China is proving costly and pointless
Call it by its real name – economic warfare. The US wants to control all of the things they do not actually produce. Photo: A man stands in front of a Huawei store in Beijing on April 27. The company…
U.S. to ‘Permit’ Some Foreign Investment In Northern Syria Despite Sanctions
The US says it’s a ‘strategy designed to defeat Islamic State through economic stabilization,’ without mentioning the sanctions that created many of those issues. 12 May 2022 | Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis | International Business The United States on…
Op-Ed: JFK’s economic embargo is still making Cubans go hungry
Sixty years on, the country fighting to ‘save’ Ukraine is still punishing Castro on a daily basis Photo: Cuban Flag 23 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Op-Ed: JFK’s economic embargo is still making Cubans go hungry 23…
How Much World-Oil does the US ‘Control?’
In this discussion, ‘control’ is a loose term, meaning its own oil, and the oil of its sanctioned countries. It controls a lot of oil… But for the sake of argument, let’s say that the list might include ‘control’ of…
Is the US organizing a ‘spontaneous,’ colour revolution in Cuba on 15 November 2021?
“The U.S. shares the vision of the Cuban people: democracy, prosperity, and human rights…” 01 November 2021 | Alan Macleod | Mint Press News HAVANA — The United States government is playing a key role in organizing, promoting and amplifying upcoming…
US wants to return to ‘Iran Nuclear Deal’ it suspended
Photo: US President Joe Biden makes his first appearance at UNGA 2021 21 September 2021 | IFP Media Wire U.S. President Joe Biden told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday that Washington would come back to the Iranian…
US: Afghanistan would have to ‘wait months’ before frozen assets are released
‘The gravity of the situation is so immense. Every day that passes is going to result in more suffering and more exodus of people.’ $7 billion of Afghanistan’s assets were held by the U.S. Federal Reserve, $3.1 billion in U.S.…
US denies offering Brazil support for a NATO partnership in return for dumping Huawei 5G
Photo: (Source: China Daily) The US also said they had confidence in Brazil’s ability to carry out free elections. China is one of Brazil’s largest trade partners. 09 August 2021 | Jeff MasonMichael Martina | Reuters WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters)…
