Author Archive: Vijay Prashad
Understanding the Complicated Politics and Geopolitics of the Coup in Myanmar
Released for Syndication: 02/10/2021
On February 1, 2021, Myanmar’s military—known as the Tatmadaw—invoked Article 417 of the 2008 constitution, dismissed State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, and arrested...
Full ArticleHow ExxonMobil Uses Divide and Rule to Get Its Way in South America
Released for Syndication: 02/03/2021
Tensions rise between neighboring Guyana and Venezuela over a piece of land that has been disputed since at least 1835. Both Guyana’s President Irfaan...
Full ArticleWhy We Can’t Give Up on the Idea of a World Free From Nuclear Weapons
Released for Syndication: 01/26/2021
On January 22, 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) became international law for the 122 states who signed the agreement...
Full ArticleThe U.S.’s Idea of Diplomacy With Ecuador Is a Multibillion-Dollar Loan Trap
Released for Syndication: 01/22/2021
On January 14, a U.S. government agency decided to pay off part of Ecuador’s debt to China so that the Latin American country could...
Full ArticleChomsky and Prashad: Three Major Threats to Life on Earth That We Must Address in 2021
Released for Syndication: 01/05/2021
Large parts of the world—outside of China and a few other countries—face a runaway virus, which has not been stopped because of criminal incompetence...
Full ArticleYou Don’t Want to Imagine an Ocean Without Coral Reefs—But You Might Have To
Released for Syndication: 01/05/2021
With a recent report titled “Projections of Future Coral Bleaching Conditions,” published by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in November, Leticia Carvalho—head of...
Full ArticleDonald Trump’s Final Act: Snuffing Out the Promise of Democracy in the Middle East
Released for Syndication: 12/17/2020
Ten years ago, a hawker in Tunisia set himself on fire, which spurred on people along the entire Mediterranean Sea—from Morocco to Spain—to rise...
Full ArticleEven the Opposition Believes Venezuela’s Election Was Legitimate
Released for Syndication: 12/11/2020
Before the National Assembly elections on December 6 in Venezuela, the United States government began a campaign to delegitimize the process. The U.S. government...
Full ArticleWhy Imperialism Is Obsolete in Latin America
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
Released for Syndication: 11/17/2020