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Washington threatens countries for receiving medical aid from Cuba
Cuban humanitarianism deserves admiration and respect, not sanctions and smears, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
A US onslaught of unprecedented scale has shattered Venezuelan sovereignty and exposed the fragility of the global South as Washington revives the Monroe Doctrine with overwhelming military force, write VIJAY PRASHAD and CARLOS RON
In a country torn apart by sanctions and ‘electoral warfare,’ the reality is more complex than Western headlines would have us believe, argues MARC VANDEPITTE
ALAN SIMPSON looks at the bigger issues behind Trump’s Venezuelan piracy
From the kidnapping of Maduro in Venezuela to Trump’s annexation plans for Greenland: the US is openly relying on imperialism – and paradoxically strengthening its adversaries in the process, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
ROGER McKENZIE looks at how US doublespeak on the ‘war on drugs’ is used to camouflage its intended grab for of Latin America’s natural resources
ONE of the most astonishing expressions of reactionary “Trumpite” politics during the global coronavirus crisis took place recently when three hard-right Republican senators — Ted Cruz, Rick Scott and Marco Rubio — introduced a Bill which calls for sanctions against countries which work with Cuban medical brigades.
Amazingly, it also seeks to classify Cuban medical brigades as victims of human trafficking.
This effectively means that Donald Trump’s US is threatening smaller countries purely for having received — or may yet wishing to receive in the future — medical assistance from Cuba during the current pandemic, which continues to cause death and devastation across the globe.
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