Author: Ben Norton

Trump Ukraine Talks Divide Russia China New
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Trump wants U.S. to ‘partner’ with Russia to weaken China: Divide-and-conquer strategy

February 24, 2025 Ben Norton
The U.S. government’s talks with Russia are more about China than Ukraine. Donald Trump admitted he wants to “un-unite” Russia and China, in a reverse of the divide-and-conquer strategy used by Nixon and Kissinger in […]
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U.S. gov’t-linked firm is source of exit poll claiming Venezuelan opposition won election

August 2, 2024 Ben Norton
Venezuela’s opposition and U.S. media outlets claim there was fraud in the July 28 election based on an exit poll done by U.S. government-linked firm Edison Research, which works with CIA-linked U.S. state propaganda organs […]
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Putin debunks Tucker Carlson’s warmongering anti-China propaganda, mocks his CIA ties

February 11, 2024 Ben Norton
The U.S. TV host Tucker Carlson set off a political scandal by traveling to Moscow this February to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin. This provoked a debate in the media, which – as is so […]
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Poverty is growing in Puerto Rico, under U.S. colonialism: 57.6% of children live in poor households

September 28, 2023 Ben Norton
Poverty is rising in one of the world’s oldest colonies: In Puerto Rico, 41.7% of people, including 57.6% of children, live in poverty. This is nearly four times the U.S. rate. And Puerto Rican workers […]
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Trump boasts he wanted to take Venezuela’s oil after overthrowing its government

June 16, 2023 Ben Norton
Former U.S. President Donald Trump boasted at a Republican Party rally that he wanted to “take over” Venezuela and “we would have gotten all that oil.” This confirms the sinister motives behind Washington’s 2019 coup […]
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2 days before coup, U.S. ambassador in Peru, veteran CIA agent, met with defense minister

December 15, 2022 Ben Norton
The U.S. ambassador in Peru, a veteran CIA agent named Lisa Kenna, met with the country’s defense minister just two days before democratically elected left-wing President Pedro Castillo was overthrown in a coup d’etat and imprisoned […]
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Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia back Peru’s President Castillo, condemn ‘anti-democratic harassment’

December 13, 2022 Ben Norton
The governments of Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and Bolivia released a joint statement supporting Peru’s democratically elected President, Pedro Castillo, saying he is the victim of “anti-democratic harassment.” Castillo was overthrown in a coup d’etat on December 7, […]