USA

Coronavirus aid for regime change: Washington’s 13 point plan for Venezuela

Apr 05, 2020 21:25

According to the US State Department’s so-called “democratic transition framework for Venezuela”, all political offices in Venezuela will be liquidated and their positions filled with people chosen by the National Assembly – i.e. the Venezuelan opposition. This includes the National Electoral Council, the Supreme Court, the Council of State and the presidency.
Historic injustices against US native people put them at greater risk of COVID-19

Apr 05, 2020 21:23

The dire living conditions of many American Native people and the lack of resources allocated to tribal nations is creating a higher likelihood of COVID-19 contraction rates and deaths. In this regard we have prepared for you an article written by Jen Deerinwater.
Jobs destroyed worldwide as coronavirus sparks recession

Apr 05, 2020 08:45

The world’s workers are reeling from the initial shock of the coronavirus recession, with job losses and welfare claims around the globe already running into the millions recently. As the International Labour Organization warns of almost 25 million layoffs if the virus isn’t controlled, the cuts from Austria to the US reflect the deepest peacetime recession since the 1930s as economies are frozen to beat the pandemic.
'I won't survive', Iranian scientist in US jail says, as Covid-19 kills many

Apr 04, 2020 19:53

Although he was exonerated, Iranian scientist Dr Sirous Askari remains locked up in a detention center in the US, from where he tells the British daily ‘Guardian’ in a telephone conversation that the ‘inhumane’ jail is denying detainees masks and hand sanitizers.
US AWOL on global stage as it becomes new epicenter of coronavirus

Apr 03, 2020 08:09

Since taking office, US President Donald Trump has taken steps that have undermined the nation’s ability to effectively deal with a public health crisis: He has shut down the White House’s entire global health unit, ignored warnings that the US is unprepared to deal with a pandemic, and proposed budget cuts for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The most recent mistakes include manufacturing failures in diagnostic testing and the decision to test too few people for the coronavirus.
Citizens at risk as anti-Asian racism surges in US

Apr 02, 2020 15:30

Since the outbreak of Covid-19, the virus of racism against ethnic Chinese and other Asians has been spreading across the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, France and elsewhere. In the United States, anti-Asian hate crimes have surged so much that during the March 27 phone call between US President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, the Chinese president emphasized his hope that the US would protect the health and lives of the many Chinese international students in the country.
Trump’s anti- Iran presidency is doomed to humiliation, disrepute

Apr 01, 2020 08:21

US President Donald Trump is desperate to convince the world that Iran is a threat. His talking point is filled with unutterable loathing, as in factual reality Iran is at the forefront of the reason why there is security in the Persian Gulf. Those who disregard this reality suffer the painful consequences.
800,000 doctors warn Trump: Heed expert warnings and end dangerous campaign against social distancing

Mar 29, 2020 16:49

This coming Tuesday US President Donald Trump is expected to give more details about his plans to reopen the economy after just 15 days of social distancing implemented by the White House amid the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
Who’s behind the COVID-19 global pandemic?

Mar 29, 2020 09:00

There is considerable circumstantial evidence that this COVID-19 pandemic was a biological weapon that was deployed against China and Iran and has bounced back against its creators. The experts in biological warfare all say that traditionally, strategists have been skeptical about biological warfare precisely because it has that tendency to bounce back and to create blowback.
US sanctions hamper coronavirus fight in Venezuela

Mar 27, 2020 18:10

Venezuela’s economy relied on oil exports to generate the revenue necessary to import goods. With the fall in oil prices came a directed attack on Venezuela by a new round of unilateral and illegal sanctions from the United States. These sanctions prevented oil companies and transportation firms from doing business with Venezuela; international banks seized Venezuela’s holdings in their vaults, including $1.2 billion in gold in the Bank of England, and stopped doing business with Venezuela.