Last December, U.S. Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) introduced Resolution 943 in Congress, to have the United States formally renounce and annul the Monroe Doctrine. Meanwhile, the government of Honduran President Xiomara Castro has withdrawn Honduras from an arbitration mechanism in the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) that allows...
A recent op-ed by the New York Times Editorial Board calls for the U.S. military to reinvent itself and rearm itself in new ways in the face of the Western capitalist order losing its hegemony to rising powers across the world...
In February, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), an inside-the-beltway think tank, published a book-length study entitled Critical Minerals and the Future of the U.S. Economy, edited by Gracelin Baskaran and Duncan Wood. The study laid bare what CovertAction Magazine co-founder Philip Agee detailed throughout his career: how...
In Ecuador’s presidential runoff, it once again became clear that the main political force is “anti-Correísmo”—those who oppose former President Rafael Correa. Regardless of who the candidates are, the same side has consistently won in recent elections: the right-wing opponents of the Citizen Revolution (RC), Correa’s party. This time,...
Charlotte Dennett is an investigative journalist and lawyer whose father, Daniel Dennett, was considered to be America’s first master spy in the Middle East. As head of counter-intelligence for the Central Intelligence group—the immediate forerunner of the CIA—Daniel traveled to Saudi Arabia in 1947 to determine the route of a...
“Today was January 7, 2025. The day when Denmark learned that we can no longer trust the United States. I will NEVER forget that day.” So wrote political commentator, right-wing influencer Jarl Cordua on social media. This statement reflects what Denmark’s mass media are communicating in their editorials, and quoting...
Like most Americans I was “shocked but not surprised,” as the saying goes, by the Trump administration’s decision to snatch Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from his bed and render him to New York to face international narcotics trafficking charges. Whether Maduro has committed any crime or...
“The interference and interventionism of the U.S., as well as its intention to direct Honduran politics through its Embassy and other representatives, is intolerable.” The categorical post by the President of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, exposed foreign interventionism in her country, which is not new but has intensified during her administration. As...
On September 14, President Joe Biden appointed former Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, an heir to the Pritzker banking dynasty whose net worth is around $3.3 billion, to be Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery. In a statement, Biden said that Ms. Pritzker would “drive the United States’ efforts to help...
When CIA-trained terrorists tried to overthrow the Sandinista government in the 1980s, the left erupted in protest. Now the left is cheering for the CIA. During the 1980s, the American left was mobilized in opposition to the Reagan administration policy of arming the Nicaraguan Contras—counter-revolutionaries, whose primary purpose was to...