The US government is politically isolated on the world stage. This can be seen in the UN General Assembly votes demanding an end to the USA's embargo of Cuba. Almost all of the world opposes the illegal economic blockade. Ben Norton explains how the CIA has waged a terrorist war on Cuba, Venezuela, and other parts of Latin America for decades.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKF-jrrv5yA
Sources and links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/11/03/embargo-blockade-cuba-un-vote/
Check out our related video on Trump's neocolonial attacks on Latin America: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/10/27/donroe-doctrine-trump-neocolonial-plan-latin-america/
Topics
0:00 US government is very unpopular
1:21 World votes against USA at UN
2:06 USA has just 6 key allies
2:46 Viktor Orbán's Hungary
3:30 Javier Milei's Argentina
4:14 Trump's global pressure campaign
5:40 Past UNGA votes on Cuba embargo
6:45 Trump-Rubio campaign failed
8:27 Russia and Ukraine factor
9:54 Trump's international allies
11:16 Marco Rubio, coup-plotting war hawk
13:30 US economic war on Cuba
14:05 Stated goals of US blockade
16:30 Secondary sanctions
17:38 Trump & Rubio threaten Cuba
18:04 USA's fake "terror" list
20:41 Fidel Castro: 638 assassination attempts
21:27 Operation Northwoods: CIA terror war
23:04 US terror war on Venezuela
25:24 US military forced to sign NDAs
26:11 Donroe Doctrine: Trump's neocolonialism
26:48 Outro
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The US government is politically isolated on the world stage. This can be seen in the UN General Assembly votes demanding an end to the USA's embargo of Cuba. Almost all of the world opposes the illegal economic blockade. Ben Norton explains how the CIA has waged a terrorist war on Cuba, Venezuela, and other parts of Latin America for decades.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKF-jrrv5yA
Sources and links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/11/03/embargo-blockade-cuba-un-vote/
Check out our related video on Trump's neocolonial attacks on Latin America: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/10/27/donroe-doctrine-trump-neocolonial-plan-latin-america/
Topics
0:00 US government is very unpopular
1:21 World votes against USA at UN
2:06 USA has just 6 key allies
2:46 Viktor Orbán's Hungary
3:30 Javier Milei's Argentina
4:14 Trump's global pressure campaign
5:40 Past UNGA votes on Cuba embargo
6:45 Trump-Rubio campaign failed
8:27 Russia and Ukraine factor
9:54 Trump's international allies
11:16 Marco Rubio, coup-plotting war hawk
13:30 US economic war on Cuba
14:05 Stated goals of US blockade
16:30 Secondary sanctions
17:38 Trump & Rubio threaten Cuba
18:04 USA's fake "terror" list
20:41 Fidel Castro: 638 assassination attempts
21:27 Operation Northwoods: CIA terror war
23:04 US terror war on Venezuela
25:24 US military forced to sign NDAs
26:11 Donroe Doctrine: Trump's neocolonialism
26:48 Outro
How does China's system really work? This famous Chinese professor explains
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How does China's system really work? This famous Chinese professor explains
How do China's government, political system, and socialist market economy actually work? How does China see democracy, the USA, and Donald Trump's trade war? Renowned Chinese scholar Zhang Weiwei explains the China model in this interview with Ben Norton.
VIDEO with subtitles here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkVyYvWezI0
Topics
0:00 Highlights
1:30 Introduction to Zhang Weiwei
1:51 The China model
3:23 Civilization-state
4:13 Meritocracy
5:01 Socialist market economy
7:52 US capitalism vs Chinese socialism
9:36 Foreign investment in China
11:15 How China sees democracy
13:46 How laws are made in China
15:59 Economic planning
16:59 Debate with Francis Fukuyama
20:11 US trade war on China
23:36 Dedollarization of financial system
28:17 The multipolar future
29:36 Outro
Geopolitical Economy Report
The US government is politically isolated on the world stage. This can be seen in the UN General Assembly votes demanding an end to the USA's embargo of Cuba. Almost all of the world opposes the illegal economic blockade. Ben Norton explains how the CIA has waged a terrorist war on Cuba, Venezuela, and other parts of Latin America for decades.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKF-jrrv5yA
Sources and links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/11/03/embargo-blockade-cuba-un-vote/
Check out our related video on Trump's neocolonial attacks on Latin America: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/10/27/donroe-doctrine-trump-neocolonial-plan-latin-america/
Topics
0:00 US government is very unpopular
1:21 World votes against USA at UN
2:06 USA has just 6 key allies
2:46 Viktor Orbán's Hungary
3:30 Javier Milei's Argentina
4:14 Trump's global pressure campaign
5:40 Past UNGA votes on Cuba embargo
6:45 Trump-Rubio campaign failed
8:27 Russia and Ukraine factor
9:54 Trump's international allies
11:16 Marco Rubio, coup-plotting war hawk
13:30 US economic war on Cuba
14:05 Stated goals of US blockade
16:30 Secondary sanctions
17:38 Trump & Rubio threaten Cuba
18:04 USA's fake "terror" list
20:41 Fidel Castro: 638 assassination attempts
21:27 Operation Northwoods: CIA terror war
23:04 US terror war on Venezuela
25:24 US military forced to sign NDAs
26:11 Donroe Doctrine: Trump's neocolonialism
26:48 Outro
