The Troika of Tyranny: The Imperialist Project in Latin America & Its Epigones
NOVANEWS
Roger Harris looks at the context of the recent round of sanctions announces against Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua.
John Bolton announced the new sanctions against Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua. (Alex Wong / GettyImages)
By Roger Harris - Popular Resistance
Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela are today threatened by US imperialism. The first salvo of the modern Age of Imperialism started back in 1898 when the US seized Cuba along with Puerto Rico and the Philippines in the Spanish-American War.
The Age of Imperialism, as Lenin observed, is characterized by the competition of the various imperial powers for dominance. That inter-imperialist rivalry led to World War I. Lenin called those putative socialists who supported their own national imperialist projects ...