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Jan 18
Oil CEOs aren’t saying “no” to Venezuela. They’re saying “rewrite the country first.” This article breaks down how corporate demands for legal and economic overhaul may predict the next phase of U.S. intervention.
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For decades, the development model imposed on poor countries has been:
Open your economy to foreign capital. Sell off public assets. Export raw materials. Compete through cheap labor.
Cuba pursued a different path by investing heavily in healthcare & education.
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One of the most depraved aspects of U.S. policy towards Cuba is the effort to coerce developing countries into expelling Cuban doctors.
Ending these programs not only punishes Cuba, but it also harms some of the world's poorest and most medically underserved people.
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May 20
A story in three parts:
1) Trump's new sanctions push Sherritt to dissolve its Cuba venture.
2) Sherritt suddenly halts plans to leave Cuba.
3) A firm linked to a former Trump adviser buys a controlling stake in Sherritt
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Media bias is often less about outright falsehoods and more about framing.
Calling Cuba a “regime” instead of a govt subtly delegitimizes it, while saying Cuba “rejected humanitarian aid” erases the possibility that the dispute was over the conditions attached to the aid.
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This is The Washington Post using its opinion section to manufacture consent for U.S. intervention in Cuba. When every “opinion” piece points in the same direction, it stops being analysis and starts functioning as propaganda.
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For over 60 years, US policy toward Cuba hasn’t been about “freedom”—it’s been about punishment for defiance. Sanctions, isolation, pressure—all to force regime change. The real story is an effort to dictate how developing countries pursue development—so it serves US interests.
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Since the Special Period in the 1990s, Cubans have continually adapted and found innovative ways to overcome shortages created by the U.S. embargo. With the recent oil blockade imposed by Trump on Cuba, this mechanic has retrofitted his car to run on charcoal instead of gasoline.
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The U.S. claims it’s helping the Cuban people while blocking the fuel that keeps hospitals running and water systems functioning. You can’t claim humanitarian concern while deliberately engineering a humanitarian crisis.
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Despite far fewer resources, Cuba produces the highest # of doctors per capita in the world by prioritizing healthcare.
That surplus allows Cuba to send thousands of doctors to underserved communities across the Global South-something the U.S. has long tried to undermine.
“Because it’s the main source of hard currency traditionally for Cuba, the U.S. has decided to destroy Cuban medical internationalism,” John Kirk, author of Healthcare Without Borders: Understanding Cuban Medical Internationalism, told Belly of the Beast.
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Mar 9
You just know that Fox News or CBS is currently cooking up an article like this.
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The Supreme Court repeatedly used its secretive “shadow docket” to revive Trump administration policies blocked by lower courts—often without hearings, briefing, or explanation.
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Mar 6
Removing Noem is just opening a release valve to alleviate political pressure through window dressing, while the architects of the deportation regime remain in place.
The figurehead was sacrificed to preserve the system.
BREAKING: Trump announces that Kristi Noem has officially been removed from her position as DHS secretary.
He says he's nominating Sen. Markwayne Mullin to replace her.
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Mar 5
New survey data from ZipRecruiter reveals an alarming trend where more workers are being forced to prioritize immediate employment over salary growth.
- 27.3% of new hires took a pay cut
- Only 56.4% landed a raise
- Signing bonuses hit a 2025 low at 15%
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Mar 3
23% of Americans can locate Iran on a map.
The rest default to the “learn by invasion” model of geography.
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New research confirms that when local newspapers close, corruption thrives: the loss of a major daily is linked to a 6.9% rise in corruption charges. Digital-only outlets have yet to fill the critical accountability gap left by the decline of local news.
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Feb 3
Trump’s latest tariff threats put Cuba’s energy lifeline and the island’s economy under renewed strain.
With oil shipments threatened and U.S. sanctions intensifying, Cuba confronts a looming humanitarian and economic crisis that could rival the 1990s Special Period.
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Jan 30
According to the U.S., Cuba providing doctors to the Global South is "spreading instability."
Translation: Strengthening another nation’s healthcare sector so they aren't dependent on U.S. Pharma and conditional aid is viewed as a threat to the imperialistic ambitions of the US
Jan 30
The Cuban regime will be held accountable for its support of hostile actors, terrorism, and regional instability endangering the American people.
President Trump is delivering where others have failed to hold adversaries accountable. This is what true leadership looks like. whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2…
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Jan 27
The nursing home industry donated $4.8 million to Trump's super PAC, so Trump scrapped the rule requiring them to comply with mandated staffing levels.
It’s a blatant pay-to-play scheme where the industry buys deregulation through political donations.
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