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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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






