Article • Mark Weisbrot’s Columns
Lifting US sanctions and restoring Venezuela’s access to its frozen assets is essential to save lives and support recovery efforts after the devastating June earthquakes.
Article • Mark Weisbrot’s Columns
President Trump’s endorsement of Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo De la Espriella is more than an unusual intervention in a foreign election. It raises the prospect of a close alliance between two leaders who favor militarized approaches to security and governance, with potentially far-reaching consequences for Colombia’s peace process, social progress, and political future.
Article • Mark Weisbrot’s Columns
US sanctions and the ongoing blockade of Cuba are causing deadly shortages and harming civilians, potentially qualifying as war crimes under the Fourth Geneva Convention. New legislation and legal debates are now challenging the constitutionality and human cost of these measures.
Article • Mark Weisbrot’s Columns
Support for the United States’ war against Iran is already unusually low, while the administration’s justifications have shifted from day to day. As Congress prepares new war powers votes, pressure is building in Washington to challenge the president’s authority to wage war without congressional consent.
Article • Mark Weisbrot’s Columns
Humanitarian aid is not enough to save Cubans from the deadly impact of Trump’s oil blockade, however. They, and we, need more solidarity. Trump is threatening the whole world in order to use economic violence against Cubans.
Article • Mark Weisbrot’s Columns
CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot talked this week with KPFA’s Against the Grain about the latest developments in the Trump administration’s coercive approach to Venezuela.
Article • Mark Weisbrot’s Columns
CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot talked this week with KPFA’s Against the Grain about the latest developments in the Trump administration’s coercive approach to Venezuela.
Article • Mark Weisbrot’s Columns
The War Powers Resolution is not just a political fight, but a matter of life and death. The blockade involved in the seizure of oil tankers is, according to experts, an unlawful use of military force.
Article • Mark Weisbrot’s Columns
For Trump, it’s about oil. He’s stated this repeatedly… But for Marco Rubio … he sees this change as a step towards his lifelong dream of promoting regime change in Cuba.
Article • Mark Weisbrot’s Columns
There is concerted effort by the US government to influence the outcome of the election in Honduras. President Trump has piled on with a ringing endorsement of the National Party candidate, and strong denunciations of the other two leading candidates.
