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Big Tobacco Attempted To Woo El Senor Anti-Imperialista. They Didn't Get Very Far.
January 4, 2008 Back in 1999, the new Venezuelan administration wasn't viewed as unfriendly, only unknown. And the US tobacco industry had plenty to gain from friendly relations: the country, along with a bevy of others, was suing the industry for tobacco-related healthcare expenses, and stood to lose should Venezuela ramp up its cigarette taxes, heighten its anti-smuggling efforts or spearhead public health campaigns. -
The Corporate Assault on Latin American Democracy
November 3, 2014 ... water polluted so a foreign corporation can find gold; disease rates linked to mining-related arsenic poisoning in ... -
Multipolar Machinations: Chávez Endeavors to 'Sow the Oil' with Russia and China
October 16, 2009 ... itself to an easy exit. In what has been termed the "Dutch disease" - named for the diminution of Dutch manufacturing ... -
US Sanctions on Venezuela Have Failed To Achieve Anything but Needless Death and Misery
February 22, 2021 US analyst Daniel Kovalik takes a look at the recent conclusions of the UN special rapporteur on the impact of sanctions. -
Venezuelan President’s Speech on Climate Change in Copenhagen
December 17, 2009 ... with the poor, the hungry, and the most vulnerable to disease, to natural disasters. Mr. President, a new and ... -
Venezuelan Women International Women Share Experiences at Solidarity Conference
April 17, 2005 Women from all over the world met in Caracas to exchange their countries’ experiences and ideas in the fight for gender equality. They affirmed that without peace and solidarity it is impossible to construct a new world in which men and women are truly equal. -
Obama's Mixed Blessing for Latin America
May 26, 2008 ... (1966, with Staughton Lynd), The Love of Possession Is a Disease With Them (1972), Ending the War in Iraq (2007) and ... -
Final Declaration of the 2018 Peoples’ Summit in Lima, Peru
April 16, 2018 Venezuela was a hot topic at the gathering of Latin American social movements. -
Washington Intensifies Its Collective Punishment of Venezuelans
September 3, 2019 ... great-granddaughter, Desiree, has a life-threatening disease of the lymph nodes and the family is unable to obtain ... -
Hate: A Key Strategy of the Venezuelan Opposition
September 23, 2020 ... like Chavistas or having blown skin. When the terrible disease that would eventually lead to the passing away of our ... -
The Stage Is Set for a Venezuela October Surprise
September 1, 2020 ... than its neighbors in controlling both the spread of the disease and the number of casualties. Venezuela has ... -
Crisis & Critique: US Ramps up Aggression amid Pandemic
April 1, 2020 Washington's latest escalation may have blocked an urgently needed political settlement in Venezuela to battle the coronavirus. -
The Capitol Raid and Pandemic Can Help Us Empathize with Venezuelans
April 7, 2021 CODEPINK's Leonardo Flores compares the headline-grabbing recent assault on Washington's Capitol with the constant attacks against Venezuela's democratic system. -
Trump’s 'Troika of Tyranny' Meddles in Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua
May 6, 2019 ... 2017 “reduced the public’s caloric intake, increased disease and mortality (for both adults and infants), and ... -
Address to Venezuela’s National Assembly in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King
August 29, 2005 ... farming and expand communications to wipe out poverty, disease and AIDS, and undrinkable water. We must lead by ...