Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

US Sanctions Have Already Killed 40,000 Venezuelans
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
06 May 2019
🖨️ Print Article

By August of 2018, more than 40,000 people had died from the effects of US economic sanctions against Venezuelan, according to a study by the Washington-based Center for Economic and Policy Research. The US strategy “is to starve the people and deprive them of medicine and healthcare and water and sanitation,” said CEPR co-director Mark Weisbrot. “This is what makes it a crime against humanity.”

Regime Change Venezuela

Related Podcasts

Alex Saab Is Free
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Alex Saab Is Free
22 December 2023
After three years of illegal captivity by the United States, Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was freed in a prisoner exchange.
 Embassy Activists Face Prison in Trial Based on Trump Venezuela Fantasy
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Embassy Activists Face Prison in Trial Based on Trump Venezuela Fantasy
10 February 2020
The jury in the February 11 trial of four US activists charged with disobeying police orders to relinquish their occupation of the Venezuelan embas
Coup Plotters in Venezuela Have no Significant Social Base
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Coup Plotters in Venezuela Have no Significant Social Base
26 November 2019
“It’s pretty obvious that there is no significant force that wants to overthrow” the government in Venezuela, said Dario Azzelini, a visiting fello

More Stories


  • Anniversary Report: Six-Day War, Democratic Republic of The Congo
    Friends of the Congo
    Anniversary Report: Six-Day War, Democratic Republic of The Congo
    14 Jun 2023
    Uganda and Rwanda began their incursions into the Democratic Republic of Congo 23 years ago. Full reparations to victims have not been paid and the two invader countries still act with impunity.
  • Second Session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    Second Session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent
    09 Jun 2023
    Tunde Osazua is Outreach Coordinator for Black Alliance for Peace and a civil society representative in the UN Permanent Forum on People of African D
  • Black Agenda Radio June 9, 2023
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    Black Agenda Radio June 9, 2023
    09 Jun 2023
    In this week’s segment we will hear about the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta that challenges that city’s political leadership to end their plans for a militarized police facility, and in New Yor
  • Atlanta's Black Community Says, "Stop Cop City!"
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    Atlanta's Black Community Says, "Stop Cop City!"
    09 Jun 2023
    Rev. Keyanna Jones is an Atlanta based minister and an organizer with Community Movement Builders.
  • NYPD Illegal Searches Target Communities of Color
    Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
    NYPD Illegal Searches Target Communities of Color
    09 Jun 2023
    Samah Sisay is a staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights.
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us