Showing posts with label Venezuela. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Venezuela. Show all posts

Friday, August 9, 2019

The New Republic on Trinidad and Tobago

I am quoted in The New Republic magazine on how the U.S. government's hybrid war on Venezuela serves as a key factor in that country's migration crisis, in turn impacting other nearby states such as Trinidad and Tobago.

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Interview on the Caribbean & the Trump administration's policies toward the region


Here is a two-part video interview that I conducted with the listener-sponsored alternative media outlet The Real News Network.   We discuss current events in the Caribbean, focusing on the Trump administration’s new aggressive policies toward Cuba and its attempts to divide CARICOM.  The videos are posted below: 

Part One

Part Two

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Co-signed open letter on Venezuela in Common Dreams

I am a co-signer of this open letter calling for dialogue and an end to U.S. intervention in Venezuela.  The full letter can be read here.


Sunday, December 4, 2011

La impunidad de los grandes terratenientes




Por Joe Emersberger y Jeb Sprague
En esta artículo, Joe Emersberger y Jeb Sprague discuten el documental del cineasta Edward Ellis '"Tierras Libres". El documental explora los asesinatos de campesinos y activistas asesinados por sicarios para tratar de implementar el proyecto de la reforma agraria del gobierno de Venezuela y la búsqueda de sus familias por la justicia dentro de un sistema judicial que aún está controlado en gran parte por la elite nacional.



Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Letter to the Guardian Regarding its Venezuela Coverage


See here a letter that myself and others have published in The Guardian calling for more attention on the hundreds of Venezuelan peasants that have been murdered by right wing paramilitaries and gunmen hired by wealthy land owners. Read the entire letter here.   The full letter with additional signatures is published on Venezuelanalysis.