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Mass. Lawmakers Urge President Biden to Take Cuba off Terrorism List

January 22, 2024 Merri Ansara

by Merriam Ansara We in Massachusetts are pleased and grateful that our Representatives and Senators in Congress have written to President Biden asking that he remove Cuba from the list of so-called State Sponsors of Terrorism, the SSOT, re-engage with Cuba and move towards full […]

NNOC In Boston: Strategies against the Blockade of Cuba Being Built

October 26, 2023 Deisy Francis Mexidor

by Deisy Francis Mexidor with photos by Bill Hackwell This article was originally published in Resumen. They came to Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, from all over the country on their own resources. Some paid for over priced plane tickets to this region of New […]

“Sanctioner-in-Chief” Bob Menendez indicted on corruption charges

September 29, 2023 Calla Walsh

By Calla Walsh This article was originally posted to People’s Dispatch. On Wednesday, September 27, US Democratic Senator Bob Menendez plead not guilty to charges of bribery, fraud and extortion in Manhattan federal court. It is not Menendez’s first indictment, but now, Menendez faces resounding […]

How U.S. Sanctions Are a Tool of War: The Case of Venezuela

September 11, 2023 Celina della Croce

by Celina della Croce This article was originally published in Monthly Review Online. On March 26, 2022, Francisco lay in a public hospital bed in Bolívar, Venezuela, roughly eight hours inland from the capital of Caracas. He had been waiting for more than twenty-four hours to […]

Biden Calls Cuba “Terrorist” While the People Demand an End to U.S. Terrorism against Cuba

June 28, 2023 Calla Walsh

By Calla Mairead Walsh This article was originally published in Hampton Think. On Tuesday, May 23rd, the State Department reported that Cuba — along with Iran, Syria, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and Venezuela — are not “not cooperating fully” in the United States’ […]

The Challenges of Mexico’s State Affairs and United States Interference

May 22, 2023 Megan Lee

by Megan Lee Mexico is essential for relations between the United States and all other Latin American countries. The current state of affairs in Mexico is turbulent due to a rise in cartel control and coyote smugglers that have presented dangers to both migrants trying […]

Biden Sends Troops to the Border as his Doctrine Continues to Create Forced Migration

May 22, 2023 Sunny Robinson

by Sunny Robinson As May 2023 comes, so does the end of Covid restrictions and the end of Title 42, an alleged public health measure used to block immigration. As a result the Biden-Harris administration is about to plunge the U.S. off another cliff of […]