Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Funds State Dept/USAID Operations that Once Helped Trigger Polio Outbreak in Syria
Max Blumenthal | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
While the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill was authored in the spirit of beating back a pandemic, buried deep within its text is a stipend for the US State Department operations dedicated to carrying out foreign interventions that have contributed …
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Trump Administration Orders Chevron to Shutter Venezuela Operations
Lucas Koerner | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
The United States Treasury Department gave California-based oil giant Chevron until December 1 to wind down its operations in Venezuela. | The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a temporary license Tuesday authorizing Chevron transactions and activities "necessary for …
globalresearch.ca/trump-administration-orders-chevron-shutter-venezuela-operations/5710567
US Deports Thousands of Migrants to COVID-19 Vulnerable Nations
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-22
The United States is continuing the deportation of thousands of migrants, some already sick with the novel coronavirus, to the most vulnerable countries in the Western Hemisphere despite widespread complaints and criticism, national media has reported. | RELATED: | Trump Orders U.S. Oil Companies to Halt Operations in Venezuela | The worrisome trend comes as U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the White House would halt the immigration of green card recipients for 60…
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Mike Pompeo, Devourer Of Worlds
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-22
Om nom nom nom nom nom nom, | nom nom nom nom nom, | om nom nom nom nom nom nom, | belch. | That is the sound that Mike Pompeo makes | when he devours Venezuelan civilians, | when he devours Yemeni war orphans, | when he devours Iranian Covid victims, | when he devours oil and user data, | when he devours Julian Assange, | when he devours nuclear fallout, | when he devours truth and morality, | when he devours your mind, | when he devours everyone's mind, | when he devours the light of consciousness, | when he devours everything sacred about our species, | when he devours the ecosystem, | when he devours the worl…
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Colombia: Protests Breakout Due to Lack of Food Aid
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-22
Colombia's impoverished sectors are protesting because of the lack of resources during the ongoing COVID-19 quarantine, local media reported on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Colombia: Duque Announces Isolation Extension Until May | The Colombian government implemented social isolation as a preventive measure against the virus on March 25. Since then, the poorest citizens face the paradox of remaining in their homes to preserve their health or leaving them to seek sustenance. | The lack of e…
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Hunger Protests Grow in Colombia Amid Coronavirus Lockdown
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-22
Dozens of people protested Wednesday in front of the local mayor's office in Bogota, Colombia, to demand that authorities urgently deliver the promised aid to the most vulnerable, as hunger protests are increasing across the country. | RELATED: | Colombia: Not Even the Pandemic Halts Killing of Social Leaders | Protesters said the authorities are not living up to the promises they made regarding health and nutrition in the neighborhood, one of the most populous and poorest of…
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Trump Orders U.S. Oil Companies to Halt Operations in Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-22
President Donald Trump's Administration Tuesday ordered U.S.-based multinational oil companies to gradually shut down their activities in Venezuela. | RELATED: | U.S. Citizens Demand Trump to Halt Sanctions Against Venezuela | The Treasury Department Tuesday issued licenses for U.S. companies Chevron, Halliburton, Schlumberger, Baker & Hughes, and Weatherford to operate in Venezuela until Dec. 1, 2020. | This extension of their previous permits will only allow those companies t…
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COVID-19: First US Deaths Took Place Weeks Earlier Than Thought
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-22
The first US deaths of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus that has become a global pandemic, succumbed weeks earlier than previously thought, officials in California said late Tuesday. | RELATED: | Trump Orders U.S. Oil Companies to Halt Operations in Venezuela | The Santa Clara Medical Examiner-Coroner said autopsies on two people who died in early and mid-February showed they had been infected by the virus. Samples sent to the Centers for Disease Control a…
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Delivery Workers Call for a 24-Hours Strike in Seven Countries
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-22
Delivery workers from Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru, and Spain Wednesday go on strike to demand that companies increase their wages, set stable work contracts, and provide security supplies amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Hundreds of Amazon Workers Strike Over Unsafe Working Conditions | "Although our work is essential during this pandemic, we, the delivery workers, are in a difficult situation. Many of us have been forced to work longer…
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Coronavirus stimulus bill funds State Dept/USAID operations that once helped trigger polio outbreak in Syria
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-16
A look at recent USAID schemes from Pakistan to Syria shows US empire can be very hazardous to your health….
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/16/coronavirus-stimulus-state-usaid-polio-syria/
Corporate Media Cover for US Mob Threats Against Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | fair.org | 2020-04-15
The Trump administration unveiled on March 31 a "democratic transition" plan to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from office, in favor of a "council of state" composed of both opposition and ruling party loyalists. | The plan was, however, less an offer to negotiate than a diktat, with the US State Department ( 3/31/20) vowing that "sanctions will remain in effect, and increase, until the Maduro regime accepts a genuine political transition." | Despite the obvious mafioso over…
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Human Rights Watch cabildea por sanciones letales contra Nicaragua y Venezuela, mientras arrecia la crisis de Covid-19
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-20
Human Rights Watch está orgullosamente asumiendo el crédito por sanciones devastadoras contra Nicaragua, mientras busca escalar la guerra económica en…
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