From Venezuela With Love: The New RED Scare
Donald Trump visited a famous university in Miami and spoke about a so-called “Socialist/Communist conspiracy” from Venezuela. According to Trump, there is a socialist plot to take over the hemisphere. Marcelo Sanchez, USA Really correspondent in Miami reports.
Venezuelan-Americans Reject US Intervention in Latin American Affairs
MIAMI – January 28, 2019 Residents of Miami and other US cities are protesting against US meddling in Venezuelan internal affairs. Some citizens believe that this situation could lead to a “horror show” in Latin America. USA Really correspondent in Miami, Marcelo Sanchez, reports. The US government and big oil corporations are trying very hard to change the political picture in Venezuela. But it seems that the public relations efforts are in vain. “We don't support ‘Golpes.’ We don't support war, and we say today: ‘Yankee Go Home!” says Carlos Valnera from People Agai...
Bogeymen: Build 'em up to Take 'em Down
USA Really presents the video essay applied for The Global Democracy Award (The Sacco and Vancetti nominee).
UNLOCKED: Life After Incarceration
For the last 3 decades the prison population in the United States has skyrocketed, unprecedented zero tolerance policies and harsh punishment for minor offenses are some of the reasons that contribute to America having the highest rate of incarceration in the world. 2.2 million is the official statistic.
Profiting From Innocence: Children for Sale
We met Mathi at this civil action in Florida. USA Really covered a group of activists--protesting the separation of immigrant families enforced by Trump administration policies. This is Mathi and other activists locked into a car, and to each other, in front of these gates, officers, and security cameras. It took several hours for firefighters and police to remove the PVC pipes and other heavy-duty materials from their arms and necks. When done, the demonstrators were arrested and carted off to a county jail.
Prison Industrial Complex
Year after the year the United States beats all other countries in having the highest rate of incarceration in the world. According to a 2018 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) over 2.2 million adults were held behind bars at the end of 2016. People of color & native Americans make up the majority of those imprisoned. George Szamuely, a senior fellow at The Global Policy Institute has researched incarceration trends in the US and abroad.
Youth Incarceration in US
60,000! That is the approximate number of children sleeping behind bars every night in the US. It’s a national trend called the school to prison pipeline where children as young as 12 are funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
US Midterm Elections: The Florida Case
America's midterm elections tend to evoke shrugs outside the U.S. The world usually focuses only on U.S. Presidential elections, but this year, things are different. Marcelo Sánchez, USA Really correspondent in Florida, reports.
US Police: Locked and Loaded Against Communities of Color
Marcelo Sánchez with the new report on police brutality in the US.