How Joe Biden’s privatization plans fueled the migration crisis

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How Joe Biden’s privatization plans helped doom Latin America and fuel the migration crisis - By Max Blumenthal
 
On the campaign trail, Joe Biden has boasted of his role in transforming Colombia and Central America through ambitious economic and security programs. Colombians and Hondurans tell The Grayzone about the damage his plans did to their societies.

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“We are the vaccine against unilateralism”: The Non-Aligned Movement gathers in Venezuela to resist the dictatorship of the dollar - By Anya Parampil
 
The Grayzone reports from the 2019 Non-Aligned Movement, where delegates from over 120 nations offered a crucial endorsement of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and strategized on countering US financial hegemony

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World 'will diminish role of dollar and US banking system': Russian minister at Non-Aligned Movement

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The Grayzone’s Anya Parampil sits down with Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov at the meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in Venezuela. They discuss the emerging multipolar world and efforts to establish a financial system independent of the US dollar.

'US economic terrorism will backfire': Iranian foreign minister calls for unity in Nicaragua

8 min.
In Nicaragua, The Grayzone's Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal asked Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif about US sanctions, Europe's role in the nuclear deal, the Non-Aligned Movement meeting in Venezuela, and seizures of oil tankers.

Mueller hearing is another Russiagate dud

11 min.
Aaron Maté recaps Robert Mueller’s Congressional appearance, which delivered no new bombshells; more unhinged Russia-baiting; and only more doubts about the Russia investigation and the Democrats that promoted it

Puerto Rico ousts corrupt governor -- is 'La Junta' next?

12 min.
A historic people's uprising in Puerto Rico has forced the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosello – but the struggle doesn't stop there. Protesters have voiced opposition to 'La Junta,' the unelected, Washington-appointed board that controls the island's finances and promotes harsh austerity. Guest: Dr. Rima Brusi, scholar-in-residence at the Center for Human Rights and Peace Studies, Lehman College-City University of New York.

Trump openly terrorizes Central American migrants, whereas Democrats did it quietly

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Roberto Lovato argues that while Trump's racist anti-immigrant rhetoric is unprecedented, US cruelty towards Central American refugees is longstanding, and bi-partisan. Guest: Roberto Lovato, journalist with The Grotto and author of a forthcoming book on how 30 years of US policy that brought about the current Central American refugee crisis.