by Katrina vanden Heuvel | Mar 14, 2022 | Afghanistan, Haiti, Human Rights, Nigeria, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, United Nations, United States, War
The cruelly inadequate U.S. policy for aiding refugees continues. While the United States has offered aid to help other countries welcome Ukrainian refugees, our own annual refugee cap remains at just 125,000. Instead of welcoming refugees with open arms, our current efforts hold them at arm’s length.
by John Pilger | Aug 17, 2021 | Afghanistan, Australia, Chagos, Donald Trump, Ecuador, Haiti, Iceland, India, Iraq, Joe Biden, Law, Syria, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, War, Yemen
Journalist John Pilger examines the latest arguments presented by the U.S. in its bid to extradite Julian Assange, and the continuing persecution of the whistleblower and his partner Stella Moris.
by Lautaro Rivara | Oct 23, 2020 | Haiti, Latin America
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.
by Vijay Prashad | Feb 20, 2019 | Haiti, International Monetary Fund, United States, Venezuela
Last week, the people of Haiti erupted in protests over fuel price hikes. Behind the protests lie a story of corruption by the elite, blatantly insensitive IMF policies, predatory pricing by US oil firms and the fallout of the economic war on Venezuela.