Rubio and Trump are trying to turn Brazil’s election into a regime change operation.
CEPR Co-Director @MarkWeisbrot told @TRTWorldNow why Washington has been intervening so much in Brazil, and why it wants a government in Latin America’s largest country that backs its "armed actions."
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@MarkWeisbrot @ecuarauz @DeanBaker13 @GuillaumeLong "Every hour of delay transforms a natural disaster into an avoidable social catastrophe." The letter reads.
More signatories include CEPR's @frrodriguezc, @Jayati1609, @maxbsawicky and @LaraMerling, alongside economists @jasonhickel and @IsabellaMWeber.
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NEW: more than 100 economists and experts — including CEPR's @MarkWeisbrot, @ecuarauz, @DeanBaker13 and @GuillaumeLong — call on the US to lift its sanctions on Venezuela so relief and reconstruction can reach victims of the June 24 earthquakes.
Venezuelans "should not pay twice — first through disaster, then through sanctions."
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