Tag Archive: Human Rights

Haiti Has a Long History of Being Assaulted by Its Latin American Neighbors

Released for Syndication: 10/22/2020

A 15-year peacekeeping mission by the UN in Haiti that ended one year ago still has unanswered questions about how Latin American nations came to participate in the occupation against a small, unarmed and impoverished Caribbean nation.

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How BlackRock Is on Track to Infiltrate a Biden Administration

Released for Syndication: 10/22/2020

The Democratic base, still scarred from the 2016 election, is frantic not to count its chickens before they hatch. But Wall Street and corporate...

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Argentina’s Veteran Ambassador Makes a Stand for the Sovereignty of Latin America

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...

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Venezuela’s Ability to Fight COVID-19 Is Badly Hamstrung by the 31 Metric Tons of Gold Stolen From Its Treasury

Released for Syndication: 10/13/2020

On October 5, 2020, the England and Wales Court of Appeal overturned a lower court decision from July that denied the Venezuelan government access...

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If We Don’t Act, the Entire U.S. Could Become a ‘Cancer Alley’

Released for Syndication: 10/05/2020

The area with the country’s highest concentration of chemical plants, and highest cancer and COVID-19 mortality rates, is getting worse.

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How a Strike by Strippers in Portland Has Grown Into a Nationwide Movement Against Racism in Night Clubs

Released for Syndication: 09/30/2020

An interview with a leader of the Portland Stripper Strike on the growing movement for equal treatment and better labor protections for dancers.

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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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Multinationals and Oil Companies Are Imposing Their Greed on the People of Mozambique

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...

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Can We Address That British Eugenics Scandal?

Released for Syndication: 09/10/2020

The racist analogies have not held up for centuries, and yet they continue to crop up from unqualified and prominent figures today.

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Why Trump Commands So Much Loyalty From His Base

Released for Syndication: 08/28/2020

Trump offers specific promises and doesn’t bother smoothing his rough edges. In contrast, Biden offers “decency” and other character traits without bold and concrete pledges.

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