How Venezuela has Held Back COVID-19 in spite of the US Sanctions Stranglehold on its Economy
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How Venezuela has Held Back COVID-19 in spite of the US Sanctions Stranglehold on its Economy

Despite the pressure from the United States and its allies, the people of Venezuela remain committed to the democratic project set in motion by Hugo Chávez. It is their participation in every aspect of the fight against the pandemic that has kept it in check.

The United States Is Not a Democracy
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The United States Is Not a Democracy

The United States boasts one of the most farcical democratic systems to have been invented. The country’s constitution is an eighteenth-century relic penned by merchants and slave owners, amendments to which can be blocked by as few as 13 states representing less than 4 percent of the population. Its Supreme Court, conservative by nature and…