Washington’s actions in August 2017 drove Venezuela out of the international financial system and disabled the country from issuing debt for purposes of refinancing the debt acquired in previous years, as well as using foreign banks.
Geography Archives: Americas
South America, Central America, United States & Canada
How not to measure inequality
When we look at inequality from the perspective of the poor – using the theory of increasing egregiousness – it becomes clear that the relative metric is inappropriate as a tool for assessing distribution. Certainly if our objective is to end poverty, this is the conclusion we must draw, as an additional dollar going needlessly […]
Speaking the truth
Cornel West and Deborah Chasman discuss the disproportionately white publishing world, the responsibilities and burdens of public life, and the predicament of black intellectuals today.
Defending Chavez’s project today
I began to work directly with Comandante Hugo Chavez in May 1996. By that time, Chavez was already exploring the idea of participating in elections.
The plot to kill Venezuela
Vijay Prashad looks at the purpose and impact of sanctions against Venezuela.
Ellen & Rachel Meeropol and Boots Riley on art and resistance
Ellen Meeropol is the author of two novels about law, justice, and government surveillance. Her most recent book, “On Hurricane Island,” explores a fictional secret domestic detention camp for citizens.
The great work
This isn’t really capitalism as we used to know it. My father and mother had a restaurant. That’s capitalism. What’s taken over now is big corporate capitalism.
The propaganda multiplier: how global news agencies and western media report on geopolitics
In this case study, the geopolitical coverage in nine leading European newspapers was examined for diversity and journalistic performance using the example of the Syrian war.
Why so hostile? Busting myths about heterodox economics
Does accepting the term heterodox economics mean we accept our marginal disciplinary status? No. On the contrary, we use the term in order to challenge this marginalization. If people find the heterodox label confusing, we should be able to clarify where we are coming from.
Warnings of ‘Gulf of Tonkin 2.0’ as Trump officials blame Iran for oil tanker attacks
It’s obvious that Bolton and Pompeo are trying to create a Gulf of Tonkin incident with Iran.
Making excuses for unemployment: The myth of a “skills gap”
The current labor force participation rate of prime age workers, those 25-54 years, is a case in point. It remains below the previous peak rate in 2008, and even further below the peak rate at the turn of the century. We would need an additional 1.2 million employed prime age workers to match the 2008 […]
Cuban “troops” saving lives in Venezuela
Cubans are truly committed to the principle of sovereignty, we are protective of our independence, and we would never do to others what we would not allow to be done to ourselves.
Guaido Requests U.S. military ‘cooperation’ to oust Maduro as U.S. vessel violates Venezuelan waters
A meeting between Guaido’s team and the U.S. Southern Command is being organised.
Pasqualina Curcio: ‘Hyperinflation is a Powerful Imperialist Weapon’
“Unilateral coercive measures…[directed by the U.S. against Venezuela] affect the entire population in a deliberate and systematic manner. That is why, in accordance with the Rome Statutes [of the International Criminal Court], they are crimes against humanity.”
Venezuela’s crisis: a view from the Communes
Federico Fuentes explores grassroots communal organisation, and the tension between popular power and sectors of the government.
