Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva offered to help forge a diplomatic solution, saying, “If there’s one thing we don’t want here in South America, it’s war.” By Jake Johnson. Published 12-8-2023 by Common Dreams U.S. forces held joint military drills within Guyanese airspace on Thursday as a longstanding and intensifying territorial dispute between […]
While mercenary armies like Blackwater have at least been subject to inquiry, making the company’s name infamous around the world, Creative Associates International has largely flown under the radar — exactly where the organization’s board wants it to be. By Alan Macleod Published 8-13-2021 by MintPress News You have likely not heard of them, but […]
Iran’s ambassador to Venezuela, Hojad Soltani, said that neither the ships nor their owners are Iranian but did not address whether the gasoline came from his country. By Jessica Corbett, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 8-14-2020 In an escalation of President Donald Trump’s sanction regimes against Iran and Venezuela, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the […]
Activists, the UN, and even mainstream news outlets expressed dismay at the Trump administration’s decision to appoint regime-change champion Elliot Abrahams to the role of Special Representative for Iran. By Alan Macleod. Published 8-7-2020 by MintPress News The Trump administration has appointed disgraced neoconservative hawk Elliott Abrams to the new position of chief advisor on […]
While the world condemns China for its response to the Hong Kong protests, the numbers and the images make clear that the US has responded to its popular uprising with more force and less tolerance than Beijing By Alan Macleod Published 6-5-2020 by MintPress News After just over a week of demonstrations, the number of […]
Eight countries, representing around one-quarter of all humanity, say that Washington’s actions are undermining their response to the COVID–19 pandemic sweeping the planet. By Alan Macleod. Published 3-27-2020 by MintPress News The governments of China, Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Syria, and Venezuela – all under sanctions from the United States – sent a […]
In an ironic twist worthy of an Alanis Morissette song, participants in U.S.-backed coup are now in an ICE detention camp. By Alan Macleod. Published 12-27-2019 by MintPress News The Venezuelan soldiers who participated in the U.S.-backed coup attempt in April of this year and subsequently fled to the U.S. have been incarcerated in […]
“We do not authorize any of the coup leaders to enter our embassy in Washington D.C.,” said deputy foreign minister on behalf of Maduro government By Jessica Corbett, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 5-16-2019 Venezuelan Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Ron on Thursday urged the Trump administration not to hand over the country’s embassy in […]
“Attacking [Venezuela] for any reason,” warned one legal expert, “would violate the most fundamental of all international law.” By Jon Queally, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 5-5-2019 After U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday morning that President Donald Trump has a “full range of options” when it comes to possible next moves […]
“This is the perfect symbol for Latin America’s far right, which has for decades drowned the left in blood thanks to the help of its CIA benefactor.” By Jessica Corbett, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 3-18-2019 Nearly 55 years after the CIA backed a coup d’état that overthrew Brazil’s democratically-elected government, the nation’s right-wing President Jair […]