Tag: Cuba
The Concern for the Secretive Bio-Geopolitics
by Dan Steinbock | Oct 11, 2019 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics, US
Biological warfare cannot be excluded from the a possible causes of deadly and costly epidemics.
The Coverup of President John F. Kennedy’s Assassination Is Wearing Thin
by Paul Craig Roberts | Sep 26, 2019 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
All available evidence points to the CIA and the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, with the cooperation of the Secret Service, as President Kennedy’s murderers.
The United States Is the Only Remaining Colonial Power
by Paul Craig Roberts | Aug 2, 2018 | Americas, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Washington pretends to be the great protector of democracy, but every time an independent government is elected in Latin America, Washington overthrows it.
Worst Possible Pick for U.S. Ambassador to South Korea
by David Swanson | Apr 26, 2018 | News & Analysis
The man set to become US Ambassador to South Korea, Admiral Harry Harris, oversaw the abuse of prisoners at a CIA camp in Gutantanamo and has blood on his hands.
Sanctions Are Crimes, Not Law Enforcement
by David Swanson | Jun 27, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
When a rogue nation considers other possible crimes as alternatives to war and settles on sanctions, the result is less violent but not always less deadly.
Cover Stories Are Used To Control Explanations
by Paul Craig Roberts | May 25, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
When an intelligence agency pulls off an assassination or other event it doesn’t want to be associated with, it prepares cover stories in advance.
On the Death of Fidel Castro
by Richard Falk | Dec 13, 2016 | Americas, Politics, US, Viewpoints
There are many reasons to celebrate the life of Castro and numerous reasons to lament the severe hardships imposed on the Cuban people by the US.
What Can Go Wrong? The Brighter Side of Trump’s Election
by William Blum | Dec 2, 2016 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
The most important thing about Donald Trump winning the presidential election is that it reduces the likelihood of the US starting a war with Russia.
Book Review: Stephen Kinzer’s ‘The True Flag’
by Jim Miles | Oct 19, 2016 | Reviews, US, Viewpoints
Stephen Kinzer’s ‘The True Flag’ presents an easily readable, entertaining, and informative history of these important early years of the American Empire
Is Trump the Moderate Republican?
by George Thomas Clark | Mar 17, 2016 | US, Viewpoints
Those seeking a Republican presidential candidate who isn’t dangerous won’t find one.
CIA Motto: “Proudly overthrowing the Cuban government since 1959.”
by William Blum | Mar 17, 2016 | Americas, US
Imagine if Cuba insisted that the United States make “concessions in the area of human rights”
Cuba Made Simple
by William Blum | Feb 27, 2015 | Americas, US, Viewpoints
Is the problem with Cuba that it isn’t a democracy?
Let Cuba Live!
by William Blum | Jan 24, 2015 | Americas, News & Analysis, US
The Devil’s List of what the United States has done to Cuba
Opposition to Obama’s Cuba Policy: Who Are Those Guys?
by Don Liebich | Dec 29, 2014 | Americas, US, Viewpoints
The ink was barely dry on the Obama administration’s agreement with Cuba when the usual suspects began their emotional, virulent attacks.
Cuba … at long, long last … maybe …
by William Blum | Dec 24, 2014 | Americas, US, Viewpoints
It’s a tough decision to normalize relations with a country whose police murder its own civilians and that kills even more abroad, but Cuba needs to do it.
Behind Obama’s Change of Cuba Policy
by Jack A. Smith | Dec 24, 2014 | Americas, US, Viewpoints
What is the true meaning of President Obama’s historic announcement about establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba?
Regime Change in Cuba
by Paul Craig Roberts | Dec 23, 2014 | Americas, US, Viewpoints
With normalization comes American money and a US Embassy
The United States Punishing Cuba
by William Blum | Nov 22, 2014 | US, Viewpoints
Here is how the annual vote in the UN General Assembly calling for an end to the US’s embargo against Cuba has gone.
Cuba … Again … Still … Forever
by William Blum | Apr 8, 2014 | Americas, US, Viewpoints
Is there actually a limit? Will the United States ever stop trying to overthrow the Cuban government?
The United Nations Vote on the Cuba Embargo – 22 Years In a Row
by William Blum | Nov 8, 2013 | Americas, US, Viewpoints
Each fall the UN vote is a welcome reminder that the world has not completely lost its senses and that the American empire does not completely control the opinion of other governments.