News Articles
- Cuba without the Castros, Andrés Pertierra, Dissent
- Patriots owner praises Trump for working for country’s ‘best interests’, Rachel Frazin, The Hill
- Booker announces White House bid, Lisa Hagen and Morgan Gstalter, The Hill
- Middle school students ask about Rosa Luxemburg, Paul Le Blanc, Socialist Worker
- The subways should be free, Christopher Baum, Socialist Worker
- NPR: Venezuela’s opposition leader, US embark on risky strategy for military uprising, David Smilde, Venezuelan Politics and Human Rights
- Venezuela’s Guaido seeks talks with China, morning post reports, Stanley James, Bloomberg
- Tekashi 6ix9ine pleads guilty to nine criminal counts, details emerge, Emmanuel Maduakolam, Hypebeast
- Patriots owner praises Trump for working for country’s ‘best interests’, Rachel Frazin, The Hill
- Crypto exchange says it can’t repay $190 million to clients after founder dies with only password, Tom McKay, Gizmodo
- Egypt to consider longer presidential term, Mohamed Abdellah, Reuters
- One of the biggest at-home DNA testing companies is working with the FBI, Salvador Hernandez, BuzzFeed
- US food aid as a foreign policy tool in Venezuela, Greg Weeks, Two Weeks Notice
- Anthony Davis’ league-shaking trade request has thrown a wrench in the Celtics’ master plan, Scott Davis, Business Insider
- Are Brown and Rozier back on track?, CLNS_Nick, Celtics Blog
- Sold to an ally, lost to an enemy, Nima Elbagir, Salma Abdelaziz, Mohamed Abo El Gheit and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN
- We may finally see Trump’s tax returns, and Republicans are panicking, Paul Waldman, The Washington Post
- Las fallas de origen de las democracias liberales, Ariel Ávila, El Pais
- Río Cauca está bajando un centímetro cada dos minutos, Vanesa Restrepo, El Colombiano
- Juan Guaido will open up oil deals to foreign private companies, opposition leader’s US envoy says, Tom Embury-Dennis, The Independent
- What’s next for Venezuela as US and opposition reject negotiations aimed to end crisis peacefully?, DemocracyNow!
- Trial of El Chapo highlights failure of US War on Drugs, but will US ever be held to account?, DemocracyNow!
- Tulsi Gabbard Insists Syrian Dictator Assad is ‘Not the Enemy of the United States’ to Baffled Morning Joe Panel, Ken Meyer, Mediaite
- Venezuela and the left, Gabriel Hetland, Jacobin
- European Union proposes International Contact Group, David Smilde, Venezuelan Politics and Human Rights
- North Korea calls Trump administration racist billionaires’ club, Christina Zhao and Reuters, Newsweek
- Venezuela-Colombia bridge blocked to keep out humanitarian aid, David Papadopoulos, Bloomberg
- Firm founded by Trump inaugural chair sought to use admin, foreign connections for profit, Michael Burke, The Hill
- ¿Qué hay de positivo y de negativo en crear una red de informantes?, El Tiempo
- Duque to revive controversial civilian informant network, Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
- Colombia makes peace talks with ELN illegal, demobilization of armed groups virtually impossible, Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
- The cherry on EPM’s disaster pie: Colombia’s second largest river dries up, Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
- Unemployment in Colombia in 2018 reached highest level since 2012, Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
- Government ‘obstructed justice’ in FARC leader’s extradition case: Colombia’s war crimes tribunal, Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
- US did receive request for evidence in FARC leader extradition case, Stephen Gill, Colombia Reports
- Y Duque hizo trizas los protocolos, Víctor de Currea-Lugo, Pacifista
- Corte Suprema admite a Cepeda como víctima en proceso contra Uribe, El Colombiano
- Uribe, a juicio, Hector Riveros, La Silla Vacia
- US in direct contact with Venezuelan military, urging defections, Luc Cohen, Matt Spetalnick, and Roberta Rampton, Reuters
- What Venezuelans think about Trump’s intervention plan, Robert Malley and Robert Fadel, The Atlantic
- Neocon-led US Venezuela policy, rhetoric trigger deja vu effect, DW
- Bipartisan Venezuela legislation fizzles over use of military force, Leigh Ann Caldwell, NBC News
- US sanctions are aimed at Venezuela’s oil. Its citizens may suffer first, Anatoly Kurmanaev and Clifford Krauss, The New York Times
- How Washington funded the counterrevolution in Venezuela, Rebecca Hanson and Tim Gill, The Nation
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sheds tear, says ‘we are standing on native land’ as she calls to defund ICE, Jessica Kwong, Newsweek
- Candace Owens: Hitler was ‘ok’ until he tried to go global, Will Sommer, The Daily Beast
- Venezuela’s Maduro is doomed? They said that about Syria’s Assad, Ethan Bronner, Bloomberg
- ‘Dangerous territory’ for Democrats as Republicans seize Venezuela moment in Miami, Patricia Mazzei, The New York Times
- Positive neutrality: can the Vatican be effective in Venezuela?, Hugo Pérez Hernáiz, Venezuelan Politics and Human Rights
- Open letter from Peace and Non-violence activists and organizations from Venezuela to our friends throughout the world, Perdido en Itaca
- Ilhan Omar ignites new anti-Semitism controversy with comments on AIPAC, John Bresnahan, Politico
- Omar apologizes after Dem leaders blast tweets as ‘anti-Semitic’, Cristina Marcos, The Hill
- Weaponization and oversimplification of Israel debate must end, J Street
- Netflix’s Siempre Bruja conjures up racist tropes it’s not equipped to address, Kayla Sutton, AV TV Club
- Netflix’s Siempre Bruja is frothy, fun and entirely too facile for 2019, Alexis Gunderson, Paste Magazine
- Cuba charges U.S. moving special forces, preparing Venezuelan intervention, Reuters
- Venezuelan opposition urges international community to help aid get in, Reuters
- Venezuela’s popular sectors and the future of a country, Rebecca Hanson and Francisco Sánchez, NACLA
- LASA Dialogues: How did the opposition become energized again, David Smilde, Venezuelan Politics and Human Rights
- China talks with Venezuela opposition to protect investments, Kejal Vyas, The Wall Street Journal
- Revolt at American University where Pompeo addressed Middle East, Declan Walsh, The New York Times
- El-Sisi may rule Egypt until 2034 under parliamentary plan, Declan Walsh, The New York Times
- Después de llamar “putas” a petristas, Ignacio Greiffenstein renunció a su cargo en la Presidencia, Semana
- La Casa Blanca le cambia el nombre al presidente Duque, Caracol
- FARC leader Timochenko first to testify before Colombia’s war crimes tribunal, Jake Kincaid, Colombia Reports
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: marijuana prohibition hit Black and Latino people hardest so they should profit from legalization first, Shane Croucher, Newsweek
- Trump will declare a state of emergency to fund border wall, McConnel says, Matt Laslo, Vice News
- Trump says he didn’t need to declare national emergency for border wall, John Haltiwanger, Business Insider
- Jayson Tatum on Boston: ‘I want to play there my whole career’, John Tomase, WEEI
- US masses aid along Venezuelan border as some humanitarian groups warn of risks, John Otis, NPR
- Proposal to end the crisis in Venezuela, The Guardian
- Republicans hope to sway voters with labels that demonize Democrats, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, The New York Times
- What did Elliott Abrams have to do with the El Mozote massacre, Raymond Bonner, The Atlantic
- Trump’s irresponsible Venezuela speech, Daniel Larison, The American Conservative
- Fiscal general le pide a Iván Duque objetar ley estatutaria de la JEP, El Espectador
- Americanizing the Venezuelan crisis, Greg Weeks, Two Weeks Notice
- Alabama newspaper editor calls for Klan return to ‘clean out D.C.’, Melissa Brown, Montgomery Advertiser
- Bernie Sanders announces presidential run, calls Trump ‘an embarrassment’, Arit John, Bloomberg
- Sanders campaign takes aim at doubters who say he’s too extreme to win, Holly Otterbein, Politico
- Sanders campaign reports raising $4M in less than a day, Tal Axelrod, The Hill
- Jussie Smollett charged with filing a false report, BBC
- Malcolm X at Oxford: ‘They’re going to kill me soon’, Tariq Ali, The Guardian
- “Tell Me How This Ends”, Charles Glass, Harper’s Magazine
- As Maduro holds on, Venezuela opposition eyes negotiated transition, Brian Ellsworth and Sarah Marsh, Reuters
- Venezuela’s ex-spy chief rejects Maduro, accusing leader’s inner circle of corruption, Ana Vanessa Herrero and Nicholas Casey, The New York Times
- Vice President Mike Pence will go to Colombia to demand Maduro step down, Francisco Ordoñez, McClatchy
- Maduro closes Venezuela-Brazil border, Bloomberg
- Meeting the needs of suffering Venezuelans will require expertise and commitment to humanitarian principles, Washington Office on Latin America
- El rencauche de los parapolíticos en el Cesar, Ariel Ávila, Semana
- ‘He is not going to be the nominee’: Dems slam Sanders over Maduro stance, Marc Caputo, Politico
- Sanders has a soft spot for Latin American strongmen, León Krauze, Slate
- High noon over humanitarian aid at Venezuela’s border, International Crisis Group
- When humanitarian aid is used as a weapon to bring down regimes, Dylan Baddour, The Atlantic
- Venezuela has seen major protests before. Why is this moment different?, Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times
- There is Venezuela consensus: Trump not following it, Greg Weeks, Two Weeks Notice
- Beyond the nation state: a critical look at Venezuela’s current crisis, Brooke Anderson and Mateo Nube, Movement Generation
- Democrats are invoking FDR in their Green New Deal. It’s historically misleading, Chales Lane, The Washington Post
- EE. UU. aprueba extradición de Andrés Felipe Arias a Colombia, Pulzo
- Amazon is the invisible backbone behind ICE’s immigration crackdown, Karen Hao, MIT Technology Review
- New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged with solicitation of prostitution, Rachel Katz, Emily Shapiro and Kelly McCarthy, ABC News
- What we know about Patriots owner’s sex solicitation allegations, Tom Schad, USA Today
- Tostao, de Chocquibtown, pide concierto solidario para comunidades pobres en Colombia, Pulzo
- I’m Venezuelan, I’m a progressive and I want to see Maduro go, Pilar Marrero, Latino Rebels
- Venezuela Aid Live, el jaque en el cerco diplomático a Maduro, Jineth Prieto, La Silla Vacia
- Lo bueno, lo malo y lo feo de la educación en el Plan de Desarrollo, Sandra García, La Silla Vacia
- So you think you know Marcus Smart, Mirin Fader, Bleacher Report
- Booker: We want Amazon’s ‘HQ2’ in Newark, Emily Birnbaum, The Hill
- Cruz Roja aclara que ayudas que llegarán desde EE.UU. no son humanitarias, Jairo Tarazona, RCN
- Amid chaos and defiance, Venezuelan opposition faces off against security forces as Maduro digs in, Mariana Zuniga, Anthony Faiola and Dylan Baddour, The Washington Post
- Chocó, en emergencia tras el desbordamiento de cinco ríos, El Espectador
- El 75% de los trabajadores de Colombia son informales: Mintrabajo, La W
- How Mike Pence wields foreign policy power, Jonathan Swan, Axios
- Inside Trump’s Venezuela pivot, Jonathan Swan, Axios
- Will Maduro’s supporters abandon him?, Ivan Briscoe, Foreign Affairs
- Thinking about the unthinkable: US military intervention in Venezuela, Adam Isacson, Adam Isacson Blog
- ‘Socialism and communism on display’: Fox News host rips Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s decision to pay staff ‘living wage’, David Matthews, New York Daily News
- Uribe dice no a una intervención militar en Venezuela, Marcela Puentes, Blu Radio
- South America’s Prosur: The answer to a question nobody asked, Bruno Binetti, Americas Quarterly
- Has Maduro made it easier for his enemies, Sofia Arias, Socialist Worker
- Venezuela’s political crisis is affecting arepas and driving people to protest, NPR
- Lorent Saleh fue detenido el pasado sábado por la Policía Nacional, Ana María Cuesta, La W
- Bad takes on Venezuela, Greg Weeks, Two Weeks Notice
- Brazil’s new right-wing government asks schools to read out Bolsonaro slogan, Reuters
- Ministro da Educação admite ter errado ao pedir que escolas filmem crianças cantando hino, Folha de S. Paulo
- Is Political Science relevant?, Greg Weeks, Two Weeks Notice
- New archaeological evidence for the Kaaba, Sanctuary of Peace, in early Islam, Juan Cole, Informed Comment
- Bolivia’s problem is macroeconomics, not socialism, Noah Smith, Bloomberg
- The magical thinking of guys who love logic, Aisling McCrea, The Outline
Podcasts
- Podcast episode 62: Understanding the Venezuelan Crisis, Understanding Latin American Politics
- Venezuela clashes amid intensified sanctions, Steve Bynum, WBEZ 91.5
Books
- The FARC: The Longest Insurgency by Garry Leech. London: Zed Books.
- Why Marx Was Right by Terry Eagleton. New Haven: Yale University Press.
YouTube Videos
1. America’s cocaine habit fueled its migrant crisis
2. Salvar a Venezuela o Colombia?
3. Origins of Cameroon’s anglophone crisis
4. This is not humanitarian aid: A Maduro critic in Venezuela slams US plan to push regime change