Daily Archives: July 1, 2023

2023-07-01: News Headlines

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-07-01). US Legally Owes Reparations To Nicaragua; Refuses To Honor Ruling. popularresistance.org The International Court of Justice in the Hague ruled in 1986 that the US government had violated international law in its attacks on Nicaragua and that it owed the Central American nation reparations. | June 27, 2023 was the 37th anniversary of this ruling, and Washington still to this day refuses to pay Nicaragua the money that it legally owes it. | The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the judicial arm of the United Nations. (It is not to be confused with the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is independent of the UN. The ICJ was founded in 1945, in order to settle disputes between states; wherea…

Ben Norton (2023-06-30). US Legally Owes Nicaragua Reparations, But Still Refuses to Honor 1986 International Court of Justice Ruling. globalresearch.ca

Ben Norton (2023-06-30). EE.UU. le debe reparaciones a Nicaragua, pero sigue violando un fallo de la Corte Internacional de Justicia de 1986. globalizacion.ca

Editor (2023-06-30). U.S. legally owes Nicaragua reparations, but still refuses to honor 1986 Int'l Court of Justice ruling. mronline.org 37 years after a 1986 International Court of Justice ruling, the United States still refuses to pay Nicaragua the reparations it legally owes. Today, the Nicaraguan government is demanding that the United Nations take action.

Heather Kaiser, Anya Parampil, Max Blumenthal, The Grayzone. (2023-07-01). An Independent Audit Of US Funding For Ukraine. popularresistance.org During a recent discussion with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Samantha Power, touted her organization's push to guarantee transparency for US taxpayer funds sent to Ukraine. | "We are involved in funding efforts at ensuring judicial integrity, which is intrinsically important to building Ukraine's democracy and its integration plans to get into Europe," Power declared, adding USAID's work in Ukraine was "also really important in terms of assuring the taxpayer, the American taxpayer, that they're resources are well spent.

Anya Parampil (2023-06-30). All Aboard the Gravy Train: An Independent Audit of US Funding for Ukraine. orinocotribune.com By Heather Kaiser, Anya Parampil and Max Blumenthal — Jun 27, 2023 | In the absence of official scrutiny of Washington's spending spree on Ukraine, The Grayzone conducted an independent audit of US funding for the country. We discovered a series of wasteful, highly unusual expenditures the Biden administration has yet to explain. | During a recent discussion with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Samantha Power, touted her organization's push to guarantee transparency for US taxpayer funds sent to Ukraine. | "We are inv…

Jeff Abbott (2023-07-01). The Other Americans: The Costs of Climate Change in Central America. progressive.org Central America could lose as much as $314 billion dollars per year by 2100 due to the effects of climate change, according to a recently published study.

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