Tag Archive: North America/Cuba

Why Biden Will Keep the U.S.-Imposed Cold War Rolling

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...

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Looking Back at the Democrats’ Political Strategies in Florida and Georgia

Released for Syndication: 11/11/2020

There’s a lot to learn from the approach of the Biden campaign and its allies.

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China Is Working to Expand Its Ties to Latin America

Released for Syndication: 11/10/2020

In mid-January 2020, 800 people gathered at Mexico’s Ministry of Economy to celebrate “China Day” with a seminar on Chinese-Mexican relations. Mexico’s Minister of...

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How Venezuela Has Held Back COVID-19 in Spite of the U.S. Sanctions Stranglehold on Its Economy

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...

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Medical Workers of Conviction: Speaking to Cuban Doctors Who Heal the World

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...

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Why Cuban Doctors Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize

Released for Syndication: 08/24/2020

Five years ago, I read the story of Dr. Félix Báez, a Cuban doctor who had worked in West Africa to stop the spread...

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How Trump Managed to Lead the World With the Worst Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Released for Syndication: 08/04/2020

Six months ago, on January 30, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced a public health emergency of...

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Who Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize in a Time of Pandemic?

Released for Syndication: 06/15/2020

A few weeks ago, I was talking to Noam Chomsky about the state of the world. At one point, Noam smiled and said that...

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How the Cuban Peoples’ Fight Against Colonialism Prepared It for the Coronavirus

Released for Syndication: 04/10/2020

Bill Cosby was always a rapist monster. That much, hindsight and evidence make clear. Still, moored in our “Me Too” moment, it’s easy to...

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Could COVID-19 Bring Down the U.S. Empire?

Released for Syndication: 04/10/2020

As U.S. COVID-19 cases double every few days and the death toll mounts, the U.S. seems to be caught in a “worst of both...

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