Author Archive: Vijay Prashad
This article was produced by Globetrotter. Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor and journalist. He is a writing fellow and chief correspondent at Globetrotter. He is the chief editor of LeftWord Books and the director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. He is a senior non-resident fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. He has written more than 20 books, including The Darker Nations and The Poorer Nations. His latest book is Washington Bullets, with an introduction by Evo Morales Ayma.
Why Imperialism Is Obsolete in Latin America
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Asia/China, Economy, Health Care, History, Human Rights, Interview, Media, News, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Social Benefits, South America, South America/Brazil, South America/Guyana, South America/Venezuela, Trade, Trump
Released for Syndication: 11/25/2020
An interview with Jorge Arreaza, foreign minister of Venezuela.
Full ArticleWhy Biden Will Keep the U.S.-Imposed Cold War Rolling
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Africa, Africa/Libya, Asia, Asia/China, Asia/India, Asia/Japan, Climate Change, Economy, Europe, Europe/France, Europe/Montenegro, Europe/Russia, Europe/Ukraine, Media, Middle East, Middle East/Iran, News, North America/Cuba, North America/United States of America, Oceania/Australia, Opinion, Politics, Presidential Elections, South America, South America/Venezuela, Tech, Time-Sensitive, Trade, Trump, War
Released for Syndication: 11/17/2020
Much will certainly change in the world of U.S. foreign policy when Joe Biden enters the White House. There will be a more measured...
Full ArticleJoe Biden Should Shake Hands With Nicolás Maduro
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Democratic Party, Economy, GOP/Right Wing, Media, News, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Presidential Elections, South America/Venezuela, Time-Sensitive, Trade
Released for Syndication: 11/11/2020
In June, Joe Biden—who will be the U.S. president in January 2021—sent out a tweet that described Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro—and others—as “thugs and...
Full ArticleU.S. Is Doing Its Best to Lock Out China From Latin America and the Caribbean
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Activism, Asia, Asia/China, Asia/Japan, Asia/Taiwan, Central America, Central America/Dominican Republic, Central America/El Salvador, Central America/Honduras, Central America/Panama, Democratic Party, Economy, Environment, GOP/Right Wing, Health Care, Human Rights, Immigration, News, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Trade
Released for Syndication: 11/03/2020
On August 20, 2018, El Salvador’s leftist president Salvador Sánchez Cerén announced on national television that El Salvador would break its ties with Taiwan...
Full ArticleHow Venezuela Has Held Back COVID-19 in Spite of the U.S. Sanctions Stranglehold on Its Economy
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Asia/China, Economy, Europe/Russia, Europe/United Kingdom, Health Care, Human Rights, Interview, Middle East/Turkey, News, North America/Cuba, North America/Mexico, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, South America/Brazil, South America/Chile, South America/Ecuador, South America/Uruguay, South America/Venezuela, Trade
Released for Syndication: 10/29/2020
Not for one minute during this pandemic has the United States stopped trying to overthrow the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. A seam...
Full ArticleArgentina’s Veteran Ambassador Makes a Stand for the Sovereignty of Latin America
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Economy, Europe, Europe/United Kingdom, History, Human Rights, Interview, Media, News, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, South America/Argentina, South America/Bolivia, South America/Brazil, South America/Colombia, South America/Ecuador, South America/Peru, South America/Venezuela, Trade
Released for Syndication: 10/21/2020
Alicia Castro does not shy away from her views. She came to diplomacy from the trade union movement, where she was a leader when...
Full ArticleMedical Workers of Conviction: Speaking to Cuban Doctors Who Heal the World
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Africa/Burkina Faso, Africa/Namibia, Africa/South Africa, Asia/Vietnam, Central America/Belize, Economy, Health Care, History, Human Rights, Labor, Middle East/Israel, News, North America/Antigua, North America/Barbados, North America/Cuba, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Social Justice, South America/Brazil, Time-Sensitive, Trade, War
Released for Syndication: 09/23/2020
In 2004, Dr. José Armando Arronte Villamarín was posted to head a Cuban medical brigade in Namibia. Cuban medical personnel first came to southwest...
Full ArticleMultinationals and Oil Companies Are Imposing Their Greed on the People of Mozambique
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Activism, Africa/Algeria, Africa/Mozambique, Africa/Nigeria, Africa/South Africa, Economy, Europe/France, Europe/Portugal, Europe/Russia, Europe/United Kingdom, History, Human Rights, Labor, News, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Time-Sensitive, War
Released for Syndication: 09/10/2020
Three years ago, on October 5, 2017, fighters with the Al Sunnah wa Jama’ah (ASWJ) entered the town of Mocímboa da Praia in northern...
Full ArticleThe U.S. Is Determined to Make Julian Assange Pay for Exposing the Cruelty of Its War on Iraq
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Europe/Sweden, Europe/United Kingdom, Media, Middle East/Iraq, News, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, South America/Ecuador, Time-Sensitive, War
Released for Syndication: 09/01/2020
On September 7, 2020, Julian Assange will leave his cell in Belmarsh Prison in London and attend a hearing that will determine his fate....
Full ArticleWhy Cuban Doctors Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize
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Activism, Africa/Sierra Leone, Health Care, Human Rights, Indigenous Resistance, North America/Cuba, North America/United States of America, Politics, Social Justice, South America/Bolivia, South America/Brazil, South America/Ecuador, Time-Sensitive, War
Released for Syndication: 08/24/2020