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White Helmets corruption scandal deepens: Dutch gov’t investigated parent org for fraud, but covered it up

Posted on May 11, 2021May 11, 2021By Editor

The Netherlands investigated fraud by the Mayday Rescue Foundation, which funded the Syrian White Helmets with over $120 million in Western government contracts. But top Dutch officials covered up the corruption. … Read More >White Helmets corruption scandal deepens: Dutch gov’t investigated parent org for fraud, but covered it up

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How the US gov’t cultivated environmental and Indigenous groups to defeat Ecuador’s leftist Correísta movement

Posted on May 7, 2021May 7, 2021By Editor

When socialist Rafael Correa became Ecuador’s president, CIA cutouts poured money into environmental and Indigenous groups, while the US embassy cultivated opportunistic leaders to undermine his constituency. … Read More >How the US gov’t cultivated environmental and Indigenous groups to defeat Ecuador’s leftist Correísta movement

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Western govt contractor entrapped British scholar in sting operation to cover up Syria corruption scandal

Posted on March 31, 2021March 31, 2021By Editor

CIJA, a taxpayer-funded outfit that collaborated with al-Qaeda, lied to entrap a British academic in a sting operation. Its goal was to discredit critics of the dirty war on Syria – and cover up its own corruption. … Read More >Western govt contractor entrapped British scholar in sting operation to cover up Syria corruption scandal

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Right-wing Central American leaders praise neoliberal ‘Biden Plan’ to strengthen US ‘sphere of influence’

Posted on March 12, 2021March 12, 2021By Editor

Right-wing Central American politicians are applauding Plan Biden, a US strategy promising corporate investment in return for neoliberal reforms. … Read More >Right-wing Central American leaders praise neoliberal ‘Biden Plan’ to strengthen US ‘sphere of influence’

US, OAS, Colombia try to steal Ecuador’s election from popular socialist candidate, while spreading fake news

Posted on February 16, 2021February 16, 2021By Editor

The US State Department is pushing a politicized vote recount, overseen by the coup-sponsoring OAS, after socialist Andrés Arauz won Ecuador’s election in a landslide. Meanwhile Colombia’s ex-president warns his country’s “radical right” is “interfering” with “slander” and a “dirty game.” … Read More >US, OAS, Colombia try to steal Ecuador’s election from popular socialist candidate, while spreading fake news

Ecuador’s historic election explained: Inside the Citizens’ Revolution

Posted on February 9, 2021February 9, 2021By Editor

Ben Norton traveled to Ecuador to report on the historic February 7 election, which pits a wealthy US-backed right-wing banker against a left-wing economist who pledges to continue the socialist Citizens’ Revolution … Read More >Ecuador’s historic election explained: Inside the Citizens’ Revolution

How Ecuador’s US-backed, coup-supporting ‘ecosocialist’ candidate Yaku Pérez aids the right-wing

Posted on February 9, 2021February 9, 2021By Editor

Ecuador’s presidential candidate Yaku Pérez supported coups in Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. His US-backed party Pachakutik and supposedly “left-wing” environmentalist campaign is being promoted by right-wing corporate lobbyists. … Read More >How Ecuador’s US-backed, coup-supporting ‘ecosocialist’ candidate Yaku Pérez aids the right-wing

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NY Times’ pseudo-expert accusing China of genocide worked for far-right cult Falun Gong’s publicity arm

Posted on January 31, 2021January 31, 2021By Editor

The New York Times recycled flimsy claims by a right-wing apocalyptic extremist to accuse China of “genocide,” in an op-ed by an American with 1/8th Uighur heritage who worked for Epoch Times, a far-right, pro-Trump outlet backed by cult Falun Gong. … Read More >NY Times’ pseudo-expert accusing China of genocide worked for far-right cult Falun Gong’s publicity arm

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Twitter Latin America coordinator exposed as right-wing operative, amid anti-AMLO social media purge

Posted on January 26, 2021January 26, 2021By Editor

While Mexico’s progressive President AMLO challenges the Big Tech corporation’s growing censorship, Twitter Latin America’s public policy head was exposed as a right-wing political operative. … Read More >Twitter Latin America coordinator exposed as right-wing operative, amid anti-AMLO social media purge

US backs al-Qaeda in Yemen while dubbing its Houthi enemies ‘terrorists’

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021By Editor

The US State Department designated Yemen’s Houthi movement — the most effective force in fighting al-Qaeda — as a “terrorist” organization. Meanwhile Washington and Saudi Arabia have supported al-Qaeda. … Read More >US backs al-Qaeda in Yemen while dubbing its Houthi enemies ‘terrorists’