The US uses economic sanctions as a weapon against states which choose a development path independent of US global domination. Sanctions can take the form of blocking a nation’s financial and trade transactions, not allowing financial institutions to process them. The US can also freeze the assets of another country.
The US Plan to Imprison Businesspeople in other Countries for “Violating” Illegal US Sanctions: The Cases of Alex Saab, Meng Wanzhou, Mun Chol Myong
Tag: Nicolas Maduro
Veteran Interventionist Samantha Power Confirmed to Head USAID
Vladimir Putin On Petty Tabaquis And International Issues
Today Russia’s President Vladimir Putin made his annual Address to the Federal Assembly (English transcript).
Vladimir Putin On Petty Tabaquis And International Issues
The IMF won’t let Venezuela access its share of new SDRs
The IMF won’t let Venezuela access its share of new SDRs
Some Republicans in Congress, including Senators Pat Toomey and John Kennedy, have urged U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to oppose the creation of the reserves, saying they would reward Maduro, among other U.S. adversaries.
Venezuela’s Attorney General Requests Extradition of Leopoldo López from Spain
The Desperate Plans of the Southern Command
The actions perpetrated since March 21 of this year by irregular groups coming from Colombia in La Victoria, Venezuelan territory bordering our sister country, were not improvised. They are part of Plan “B” of the Southern Command to destabilize our Nation and overthrow the Bolivarian Revolution.
The Desperate Plans of the Southern Command
How Bellingcat Launders National Security State Talking Points into the Press
For a self-proclaimed citizen journalism outfit, an alarming number of Bellingcat’s staff and contributors come from highly suspect backgrounds, including high-level positions in military and intelligence agencies.
How Bellingcat Launders National Security State Talking Points into the Press
Support the Tropes
If well-paid US columnists start becoming preoccupied with human rights in your country, it is a pretty good sign that you are about to get bombed. It is also remarkable how quickly those same pundits will lose their acute interest in human rights in a nation after a US intervention. Therefore, the next time you hear freedom, human rights and democracy in another country being endlessly discussed, be on your guard for ulterior motives; these cold-blooded media figures may just be crying crocodile tears in the service of empire.
Free-dumb and Demon-ocracy!
Propaganda By Omission: Libya, Syria, Venezuela And The UK
To Western Media, Prosecuting Bolivian Coup Leaders Is Worse Than Leading a Coup
To Western Media, Prosecuting Bolivian Coup Leaders Is Worse Than Leading a Coup
Brutal dictators supported by Washington have no reason to doubt that establishment journalists and big NGOs will try very hard to keep them out of jail. Removing the threat of US -backed coups from the world will involve a constant struggle against Western media and the sources they present to us as reliable.
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
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