Foreign Correspondent: Biden vs. Trump on Foreign Policy
Biden favors discredited Obama foreign policy but still looks better than you know who https://progressive.org/dispatches/biden-vs-trump-on-foreign-policy-erlich-200508/ by Reese Erlich, The Progressive, May 8, 2020 We all know that President Donald Trump’s foreign policy has been a disaster. But is Joe Biden’s any better? Trump promised to stop America’s endless wars but has stationed some 80,000 troops … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondent: Who’s at fault for Cuba’s economic problems?
The US embargo, unsupported by any country in the world, harms the nation’s ordinary working people. https://48hills.org/2020/01/foreign-correspondent-whos-at-fault-for-cubas-economic-problems/By Reese Erlich January 31, 2020 HAVANA—Chef Alexis Alvarez was in panic mode. He was preparing a gourmet meal for visitors from the United States when the electricity went out. He mostly cooks with natural gas and charcoal, but … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondent: Elizabeth Warren on War and Peace
Warren’s troubling foreign policy history includes uncritical support of Israel, supporting sanctions on Venezuela, and vilifying Russia and China as national security threats. But her views are also evolving. by Reese Erlich, The Progressive, July 26, 2019 https://progressive.org/dispatches/foreign-correspondent-elizabeth-warren-on-war-and-peace-erlich-190726/ In the last few months Senator Elizabeth Warren has gained ground in public opinion polls tracking the … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondent: How the US Media Distort News from Venezuela
Most of the reporters are echoing the lines of the Trump Administration — as if anything Trump says is credible. By Reese Erlich – March 22, 2019 – 48Hills Whenever officials in Washington, D.C. set out to overthrow a foreign government, mainstream US media outlets are there to give a helping hand. All pretense of … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondent — Venezuela: Democratic uprising or US coup?
Venezuelan activists who support President Maduro formed food co-ops to deal with high cost of groceries. Photo: Reese Erlich Trump is strangling the country while US oil companies envision big profits. by Reese Erlich https://48hills.org/2019/02/venezuela-democratic-uprising-or-us-coup/ 48Hills.org, February 8, 2019 Tens of thousands of angry people march in the streets to protest lack of democracy. … Continue reading
What’s Really Going Down in Venezuela
The Progressive, October 2, 2017 by Reese Erlich Carmelinda Valera and her husband have a small farm perched on a steep hill with a breathtaking view of Caracas, Venezuela. As an early morning fog hugs the farmland, Valera shows me where they grow bananas, coffee, and other subsistence crops. Venezuela’s two-year-old economic crisis has … Continue reading
Venezuela’s vegetable brigades help families with escalating cost of food
Photo: Reese Erlich (c) 2017 By Reese Erlich, for CBC News Posted: Apr 30, 2017 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 30, 2017 11:54 AM ET Dozens of people form a line to pass vegetables hand to hand as they unload four tons of food from a truck. First come the potatoes, then the avocados and finally the … Continue reading
Venezuela’s opposition trying to stage a coup, government backers charge
Photo: Reese Erlich (c) 2017 By Reese Erlich, for CBC News Posted: May 01, 2017 8:09 PM ET Last Updated: May 02, 2017 1:18 AM ET Pro- and anti-government rallies totaling hundreds of thousands of people jammed Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, on Monday. Supporters of President Nicolas Maduro accused opponents of trying to foment a coup … Continue reading
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