Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) The way that the U.S. empire expands its control into targeted countries so as to perpetrate coups that formerly the CIA had been doing (such as, most famously, in Iran 1953, Guatemala 1954, and Chile 1973 — all of which replaced a democratically elected progressive leader by a fascist dictator […]
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WEIRTON, W.Va. (WTRF) -- In December, the Pittsburgh-based steel company U.S. Steel agreed to sell the company to Japan’s largest steel manufacturer, Nippon Steel. Now, two U.S. Senators are calling on President Biden to look deeper into this sale and the effects it could have on the country. Just months after U.S. Steel agreed to []
Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said this morning that he would not give up as the country's leader after a period of reflection on his future.Sanchez made the announcement five days after a court said it would investigate his wife, Begona Gomez, for influence peddling and corporate corruption. The accusations were false and staged by his right-wing opponents. The 52-year-old surprised both his opponents and his allies when he said on Wednesday he would take several days away...
Current antisemitic protests on U.S. campuses are “horrifying” and “the worst that we've seen since the 30s,” according to Israel's Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli, who described the “orchestrated, organized, [and] funded” demonstrations as the “nightmare” of America and Western civilization, arguing that supporters of Hamas are enemies of both.
Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted 16 people and two entities in Iran that produce engines that power the drones used in the April 13 attack on Israel.
The prime minister of Haiti Ariel Henry formally resigned on Thursday 25 April as gang violence escalates in the Caribbean nation’s capital of Port-au-Prince.
Pedro Sánchez accuses opponents of ‘bullying operation’ conducted against him and his wife, Begoña GómezOn Wednesday night, Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, abruptly announced he was cancelling his public duties for the rest of the week and considering resigning from office. He said he would announce his decision on Monday. Continue reading
The prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, has halted plans for a multi-million pound payout to the British Conservative MP Richard Drax for the purchase of 53 acres of the Drax Hall plantation, which he owns. As revealed in the Observer last Sunday the payout plan had angered those involved in the Caribbean reparations movement who said Drax, the […]
His ultimate decision could result in very different scenarios for Spain, and could impact negotiations over the new leaders of the EU’s institutions.
The geopolitical consulting firm Horizon Advisory is making headlines with its report warning against the purchase of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel.
Bangkok, April 29, 2024 – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim should retract his call on local private companies to take action against Bloomberg news agency for a report on alleged plans to build a casino complex in a troubled real estate development, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. On Friday, April 26, Anwar referred