Archive for February 9th, 2024

09/02/2024

Corporate Coup: Venezuela and the End of US Empire

Human Wrongs Watch

By Ann Garrison | Black Agenda Report – TRANSCEND Media Service*

“Sanctions,” as imposed by the US, is a sanctimonious word for economic warfare and outright theft, and Venezuela is a textbook case.

Anya Parampil’s book tells the story of US hybrid warfare on Venezuela and of the tectonic social and economic shifts reshaping the world today.

As Anya Parampil demonstrates in Corporate Coup: Venezuela and the End of US Empire , sanctions were part of a multi-pronged regime change war that included diplomatic aggression, economic terrorism, covert operations, and information warfare.

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09/02/2024

Gaza ‘Buffer Zone’ Possible War Crime: UN Human Rights Chief

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — Israel’s reported attempt to create a “buffer zone” with Gaza could constitute a war crime, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned on Thursday [8 February 2024].

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© UNOCHA | Whole neighbourhoods have been erased in northern Gaza.

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) are reportedly destroying all buildings in the Gaza Strip that are within one kilometre of the Israel-Gaza fence and “clearing the area” to achieve this objective, he said in a statement.

Mr. Türk stressed to the Israeli authorities that the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits the occupying Power from destroying property belonging to private persons except where absolutely necessary by military operations.

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09/02/2024

Africa’s Absence as Permanent Member a “Flagrant Injustice,” Says UN Chief

Human Wrongs Watch

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 9 2024 (IPS)* As the UN continues its never-ending saga on the reform of the Security Council (UNSC), one of the political anomalies that keeps cropping up is the absence of Africa, among the five permanent members (P5)—a privilege bestowed only on the US, UK, France, China and the Russian Federation.
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Credit: United Nations

The African continent, which has been shut out, consists of 55 states with a total population of over 1.4 billion people.

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