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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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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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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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…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/20/human-rights-watch-sanciones-nicaragua-venezuela/

70+ Groups Demand Trump Immediately End US Sanctions Against Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, and Others During Covid-19 Crisis
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-23
"In a context of global pandemic, impeding medical efforts in one country heightens the risk for all of us." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/coronavirus_leadership.jpg …
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