U.S. foreign policy – Page 16

Ukrainian ultra-rightists given major cabinet posts in government

February 28, 2014 By Greg Rose

The Svoboda Party has scored six cabinet ministries in the government of Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Thursday. Svoboda is an ultra-right, anti-Semitic, Russophobic party with its base of support in the Western Ukraine.

Venezuela’s Bolivarian government defends against rightist violence

February 18, 2014 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government is facing its biggest challenge since his electoral victory on April 14, 2013 - still unrecognized by the U.S. government.

Sudan: Colonialism’s dead hand

February 11, 2014 By Conn Hallinan

Hopefully the recent ceasefire agreement between the warring parties in South Sudan will halt that country's downward spiral into civil war.

U.S. influence figures in Honduran presidential race

October 22, 2013 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Honduras chooses a president on November 24, and Xiomara Castro, candidate of the new Liberty and Refoundation Party (Libre) is running. Three U.S. congresspersons have some election advice for Secretary of State John Kerry.

Cuba: U.S. cows firms on embargo, harms economy

October 11, 2013 By Emile Schepers

For more than half a century the U.S. has severely impeded Cuba's economy, costing the island nation $1,157,327,000, and millions to the U.S. economy, according to a United Nations resolution on the trade embargo.