Sanctions

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Double Tap on Venezuela
03 Dec 2025
U.S. sanctions, violence, threats, and theft are war crimes waged against Venezuela for decades. A scandal about a “double tap” killing should not be the focus of attention.
Roger D. Harris
Venezuela Under Siege: A Hundred Deaths at Sea – Hundreds of Thousands by Sanctions
26 Nov 2025
Washington is targeting the Venezuelan people in an escalating regime-change offensive, combining open military violence with an economic siege that has already claimed thousands of lives.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
The US Targets Colombians by Sanctioning Gustavo Petro
29 Oct 2025
“I do not have a dollar in the United States. There is no account to freeze for me.” - Colombian President Gustavo Petro, solidarity rally in Bogota, 10/24/2025
Jill Clark-Gollub
Why the SanctionsKill Campaign Supports BDS
10 Sep 2025
The SanctionsKill campaign exposes how US economic warfare kills civilians across the Global South. Meanwhile, the Palestinian-led BDS movement represents a legitimate tool of grassroots resistance…
Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team
BAP Haiti/Americas Team Condemns US Government Attack on Venezuelan Sovereignty
20 Aug 2025
The US issues a $50 million bounty on President Maduro while Sanctioning the Venezuelan people and starving Gaza.
Roger D. Harris , John Perry
Trump’s Latin American Policies Go South
30 Jul 2025
Trump's Latin America playbook reads from the old colonial handbook—coups for Venezuela, sanctions for Cuba, and open arms for far-right leaders.
Nemanja Lukić
Imperialist Terrorism and Accumulation Through Sanctions: The Case of Serbia
29 Jan 2025
Since the launch of its military operation in Ukraine, Russia has become one of the most sanctioned countries in the world. This sanctions campaign, driven by the U.S. and E.U., not only focuses on…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The U.S. Continues Its Terror Campaign Against Cuba
23 Oct 2024
The ongoing U.S./Israeli genocide has diverted attention away from other crimes. The electricity crisis in Cuba is but one example of how the U.S. determination to dominate has created suffering…
Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor
SADC Holds 44th Annual Summit in Zimbabwe as Regional Imperatives Mount
21 Aug 2024
Economic integration, peacekeeping and a burgeoning public health crisis take center stage in deliberations.
The Cradle
One third of the world under US sanctions: Report
31 Jul 2024
Four consecutive US governments have incrementally expanded their reliance on using the US dollar as a weapon of war, forcing nations across the world to create alternative financial systems and…