US Politics, Venezuela

Biden’s vision for Venezuela is virtually indistinguishable from Trump’s

A recent Biden campaign event demonstrated that when it comes to Venezuela, policies of regime change, sanctions and a refusal to engage in dialogue, VenezolanosConBiden and MAGAzuela are two sides of the same coin.

By Leonardo Flores

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UK, Venezuela

Meet the Venezuelan coup regime’s ‘UK ambassador,’ a pampered US heiress who threatens journalists

Juan Guaidó’s UK representative, a jet-setting US socialite named Vanessa Neumann, has threatened journalists with FBI investigations for reporting on her unhinged behavior. The coup-plotting heiress made her name spinning out conspiracies at neoconservative think tanks.

By Ben Norton

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Coronavirus, Non-Profit Industrial Complex

Why the Bill Gates global health empire promises more empire and less public health

Behind a veil of corporate media PR, the Gates Foundation has served as a vehicle for Western capital while exploiting the Global South as a human laboratory. The coronavirus pandemic is likely to intensify this disturbing agenda.

By Jeremy Loffredo and Michele Greenstein

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Afghanistan, Russia

How the Pentagon failed to sell Afghan government’s bunk ‘Bountygate’ story to US intelligence agencies 

Another New York Times Russiagate bombshell turns out to be a dud, as dodgy stories spun out by Afghan intelligence and exploited by the Pentagon ultimately failed to convince US intelligence agencies.

By Gareth Porter

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Red Lines with Anya Parampil, Uncategorized

What does community control of police look like?

Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Chicago-based activist and author Frank Chapman about his life story as well as his vision for community control over the police.

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Red Lines with Anya Parampil

Uncovering John Bolton’s ‘distorted’ tales in ‘The Room Where It Happened’

Red Lines host Anya Parampil responds to ABC’s interview with former White House National Security Advisor John Bolton about his new book “The Room Where It Happened”.

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Gilberto Lozano FRENA AMLO Mexico
Español, Mexico

Conozca a los oligarcas de ultraderecha que quieren derrocar al presidente de México

Un oligarca mexicano al estilo Trump, Gilberto Lozano, dirige una coalición de líderes empresariales y fanáticos de ultraderecha autodenominándose FRENA, con el fin de derribar al presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Por José Guadalupe Argüello III y Benjamín Norton

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Pushback with Aaron Maté

US claim of ‘Russian Bounty’ plot in Afghanistan is dubious and dangerous

Max Blumenthal breaks down the “Russian bounty” story’s flaws and how it aims to prolong the war in Afghanistan — and uses Russiagate tactics to continue pushing the Democratic Party to the right

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Venezuela

Trump used looted Venezuelan public money to build border wall with Mexico

An estimated $24 billion of Venezuelan public money has been looted, and the Trump administration has used at least $601 million of it to construct a militarized wall on the US-Mexico border.

By Ben Norton

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Gilberto Lozano FRENA AMLO Mexico
Mexico

Meet the far-right oligarchs working to topple Mexico’s progressive President AMLO

A Trump-like Mexican oligarch, Gilberto Lozano, is leading a coalition of corporate leaders and far-right fanatics called FRENA to try to overthrow President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

By José Guadalupe Argüello III and Ben Norton

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