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Sanctions
Al-Hol Camp, Syria, 2019. Five years of coercion: What did Caesar do to Syrians?

Few comprehensive studies have been conducted of the humanitarian toll that sanctions, especially those vastly strengthened through the US-imposed Caesar Act, have taken on the Syrian people amid an already devastating war.

US Sec State Marco Rubio Southcom Commander From Baghdad to Caracas: a Washington manual on sanctions and war

The recent US airstrikes in the Caribbean and military threats against Venezuela are a continuation of decades (or even centuries) of US policy on the region, not a departure from it.

Trump and his Cabinet Trumpism and peace through strength

Donald Trump is striving to leave his doctrine as his legacy to the world, which, as a guiding principle, seeks to reposition the United States as the holder of absolute military power and to disparage multilateralism.

Cuban march against ssot list Dec 2024 (1) Trump’s Latin American policies go south

While rightist political movements have basked in Trump’s fitful praise, his escalating coercion provokes resentment against US influence.

Trump once again tightens the US blockade on Cuba

Cuba solidarity activists denounce Trump’s new executive order as an example of using “starvation as a weapon”

The US drive to war with Iran

As Israel escalates attacks, Trump and the US military make preparations for potential entry into the conflict

March in Venezuela against sanctions They are making Venezuela’s economy scream

US-led sanctions caused Venezuela to lose oil revenue equivalent to 213% of its GDP between January 2017 and December 2024, resulting in losses of roughly USD 77 million per day. Who is the real target of these and other unilateral coercive measures?

US shrinks Chevron wind-down period in Venezuela to 30 days following pressure from right-wing legislators

Ramped-up economic sanctions will immediately affect the country’s oil output and potentially trigger inflation.

Cuban flag waving in the sky Trump reinstates Cuba as a “State Sponsor of Terrorism”

Outgoing President Joe Biden had removed Cuba from the list less than a week prior, a long-awaited move that he committed to in his final days in office

Biden removes Cuba from list of State Sponsors of Terrorism

Biden removes Cuba from the US’s list of State Sponsors of Terrorism in his final days as President

Cuba begins to recover from another fierce storm

Less than a month after Cuba faced an energy crisis with sweeping blackouts, the socialist island was hit by Hurricane Rafael

On immigration, Harris and Trump have more similarities than one might think

Ahead of the US presidential election, Peoples Dispatch analyzes the continuity between Trump and Biden’s immigration policy