Joe Emersberger

Joe Emersberger

Joe Emersberger is a Canadian engineer and UNIFOR member with Ecuadorian roots. He writes primarily for Telesur English and Znet.

When Is a Democracy not a Democracy? When It’s Venezuela and the US is Pushing Regime Change

Venezuela has as much right to call itself a democracy as does the United States. Until that is understood by enough people, the Trump administration will continue to devastate Venezuela’s economy with illegal sanctions and push it towards civil war.

When Is a Democracy not a Democracy? When It’s Venezuela and the US is Pushing Regime Change

CARACAS, VENEZUELA -- (Opinion) Venezuela has as much right to call itself a democracy as does the United States. Until that is understood by enough people, the Trump administration will continue to devastate Venezuela’s economy with illegal sanctions and push it towards civil war. People

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Joe Emersberger

Joe Emersberger

Joe Emersberger is a Canadian engineer and UNIFOR member with Ecuadorian roots. He writes primarily for Telesur English and Znet.

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How the Corporate Media Advocates US Veto Power in Latin America

The corporate media generally raises no concern about the US wielding an illegitimate veto in other countries, instead often championing regime change efforts in Latin America.

How the Corporate Media Advocates US Veto Power in Latin America

In April, the Summit of the Americas in Peru predictably led to articles fretting about declining US influence in the Western Hemisphere. Analysts were quoted (Christian Science Monitor, 4/11/18) worrying

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Joe Emersberger

Joe Emersberger

Joe Emersberger is a Canadian engineer and UNIFOR member with Ecuadorian roots. He writes primarily for Telesur English and Znet.

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Amnesty International Winks at Trump’s Economic Attack on Venezuela

Amnesty’s tacit support for Trump’s aggression against Venezuela follows a well-entrenched history of targeting enemies of the U.S. government and its allies.

Amnesty International Winks at Trump’s Economic Attack on Venezuela

Amnesty International told me that it “does not take a position on the current application” of U.S. economic sanctions that Trump’s administration imposed on Venezuela in August “but rather emphasizes the urgent need to address the serious crisis of the right to health and food which Venezuela is facing. In terms of human rights,

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Joe Emersberger

Joe Emersberger

Joe Emersberger is a Canadian engineer and UNIFOR member with Ecuadorian roots. He writes primarily for Telesur English and Znet.

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