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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib were born in the US, while Ilhan Omar is a US citizen. | Photo: U.S. Congress

'Go Fix Your Countries': Trump to US Congresswomen

“Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how,” United States President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday addressing a group of Democratic congresswomen.

July 15, 2019
Published in World News

Open letter to POTUS -from the world’s peoples

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 8, 2019 - The following is an open letter to the President of The United States of America, on behalf of the world's peoples

June 9, 2019
Published in Opinion

U.S. President Trump has made imposing economic sanctions against "unfriendly" countries one of his main signature policies. | Photo: Reuters

Sanctioner-in-Chief: 10 Countries Hit by Trump's Favorite Regime Change Tactic in Just Two Years

Sanctions can take various forms as embargoes, travel bans, asset takeovers and freezes, capital restraints and trade restrictions. The United States government has been using them against countries and governments that do not comply with their interests.

May 28, 2019
Published in World News

Brazilian former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva participates in an academic event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 16, 2019. | Photo: EFE

'Leave Venezuela Alone': Brazil's Lula Tells Trump in Interview

In an interview aired Tuesday from the Federal Prison in Curitiba, Brazil, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva commented on the behaviour of right-wing governments and recommended to the United States President Donald Trump that he takes care of his own country and leave Venezuela in peace.

May 22, 2019
Published in Latin America

Amal Clooney speaks during a Security Council meeting on sexual violence at United Nations headquarters last week while Nadia Murad Basee Taha, right, listens. (AP/Seth Wenig)

U.S. obstructs UN resolution on rape. Why? A long history of religious nationalism

Last week, the U.S. used the threat of its veto power and generalized clout to weaken a United Nations Security Council resolution against rape in war zones. The watered-down version, which passed on April 23, excludes all references to sexual and reproductive health.

May 2, 2019
Published in Lifestyle

Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is seen in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in 2018. (Bas Czerwinski/AP)

By not investigating the U.S. for war crimes, the International Criminal Court shows colonialism still thrives in international law

On April 5, the United States revoked the visa of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, for her attempts to open an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by the U.S. in Afghanistan. A week later, judges at the ICC rejected Bensouda’s request to open a probe into U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.

April 20, 2019
Published in Justice

Mueller report: How Congress can and will follow up on an incomplete and redacted document

The release on April 18 of a redacted version of the Mueller report came after two years of allegations, speculation and insinuation – but not a lot of official information about what really happened between the Trump campaign and Russia.

April 20, 2019
Published in World News

A view of the U.S. and Cuban flags prior to the signing of agreements between the Port of Cleveland and the Cuban Maritime authorities in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 6, 2017. | Photo: Reuters

CUBA | US Marks Bay of Pigs Anniversary by Imposing New Sanctions Against Cuba

WASHINGTON DC, April 17, 2019 - The Trump administration today marked the US defeat at The Bay of Pigs, by imposing fresh sanctions against Cuba with the re-imposition of limits on the amount of money Cuban Americans can send to relatives on the island and ordering new restrictions on U.S. citizen, non-family travel to Cuba.

April 17, 2019
Published in Latin America

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