2020-03-10: Social Media Postees

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Bachelet Condemns US Coercive Actions Against Venezuelan People
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Tuesday reiterated her concern about the new unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States against the Venezuelan people. | RELATED: | US, Colombia, Brazil Hold Alliance to Attack Venezuela | In the oral update on the human rights situation in Venezuela, which took place at the UN H…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bachelet-Condemns-US-Coercive-Actions-Against-Venezuelan-People-20200310-0010.html

Fire Destroys Most Voting Machines in Venezuela's Capital
Reuters | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
Venezuela's elections council said on Sunday that a fire over the weekend destroyed most of the voting machines stored in its main warehouse in the capital, Caracas, potentially complicating parliamentary elections scheduled for this year. | Nearly 50,000 voting machines and …
globalresearch.ca/fire-destroys-most-voting-machines-venezuela-capital/5705940

Uruguay Withdraws From Unasur and Returns to the US-Backed TIAR
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Uruguay's Foreign Minister Ernesto Talvi Tuesday announced that his country withdraws from the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) and returns to the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR). | RELATED: | Uruguay: Lacalle's Investiture Ceremony Alined With US Biases | "The Government of Uruguay decided to withdraw from Unasur, which has already been abandoned by most countries in the region with the exception of Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. It…
telesurenglish.net/news/Uruguay-Withdraws-From-Unasur-and-Returns-to-the-US-Backed-TIAR-20200310-0009.html

Brazil: Feminist Farmers Start 'Seeds of Resistance' Campaign
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Brazil's Movement of Female Farmers (MMC) Monday started the "Seeds of Resistance" national campaign as a way to highlighting social fights for gender equity, respect for Indigenous cultures, and defense of local producers. | RELATED: | US, Colombia, Brazil Hold Alliance to Attack Venezuela | This campaign also pursues to make visible the experience and wisdom of the Brazilian small farmers, who are permanently under attack from large companies, which are backed up by the far-right Pres…
telesurenglish.net/news/brazilian-women-in-defense-of-native-seeds-20200310-0012.html

US, Colombia, Brazil Hold Alliance to Attack Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza denounced that the United States, Colombia, and Brazil have established an alliance to increase the aggression against the Bolivarian people through a naval blockade. | RELATED: | Venezuela's Multiparty Committee Tasked to Appoint New Electoral Officials In Session | "The White House is developing a chain of command t…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Colombia-Brazil-Hold-Alliance-to-Attack-Venezuela-20200310-0007.html

Macron government, #MeToo witch-hunters step up campaign against Roman Polanski after César award for J'accuse
wsws.org | 2020-03-10
The night after the César awards, the same official upholders of "morality" in the French government announced the passage of massive cuts to the population's pensions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/10/jacc-m10.html

Germany sees rapid increase in coronavirus infections and first deaths
wsws.org | 2020-03-10
The massive spread of the coronavirus in Germany shows both the government's indifference towards the dangers for the population and the precarious state of the country's health care system, which has been systematically run down in recent years.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/10/germ-m10.html

Census Bureau Site Goes Live as Counting Begins in Earnest
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-10
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Japanese PM Abe & Capitalist Governments Helped Escalate Coronavirus Epidemic
Organizing Committee of March 11 Anti-Nuclear | indybay.org | 2020-03-10
The Organizing Committee of March 11 Anti-Nuclear Power Plant Fukushima Action has warned that the Coronavirus outbreak is a man made disaster which is being used by the reactionary Abe government to prevent mass testing of the population. It has also stopped testing the people of Fukushima.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/08/18831360.php

Western Union Suspends Family Remittances to Cuba, Except from the U.S
Granma | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
This is sanction number 191 imposed by the U.S. government on the Cuban people, with the purpose of causing discouragement and despair, while portraying revolutionary authorities as responsible for the damage caused by its aggressive policy | *** | The Donald Trump …
globalresearch.ca/western-union-suspends-family-remittances-cuba-except-u-s/5705973

Lift the U.S. Embargo on Cuba
Jacob G. Hornberger | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
The U.S. embargo on Cuba has been in effect for 60 years. It's time to end it. | The embargo makes it a criminal offense for any American to spend money in Cuba or to do business in Cuba. If an …
globalresearch.ca/lift-u-s-embargo-cuba/5706003

Maduro Announces Start of Unexpected Military Drills in Venezuela
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-10
BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday unexpectedly that new military drills would start in the country, following the plunge in global oil prices and the subsequent stock indices sharp decrease.
sputniknews.com/latam/202003101078525617-maduro-announces-start-of-unexpected-military-drills-in-venezuela/

Caricom Urges Clear Elections in Guyana To Avoid More Victims
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-09
The Caribbean Community (Caricom) issued a statement Sunday encouraging officials and political parties in Guyana to count each vote and complete the interrupted electoral process avoiding any more victims. | RELATED: | Guyana: Voting Results Postponed Again Amid Political Crisis | The organization urged to seek peace in the streets and the communities after one death was reported. "The loss of one life is already too much," said the statement. | "We ask the parties to focus not o…
telesurenglish.net/news/Caricom-Urges-Transparent-Elections-in-Guyana-To-Avoid-More-Victims-20200309-0019.html

20 Provinces on Alert for Heavy Rains in the Dominican Republic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-09
The Emergency Operations Center (COE) declared that 20 of the 31 provinces in the Dominican Republic are on high alert due to the threat of flooding and land displacement due to heavy rains in the territory. | RELATED: | DR: Medina Offers Triumphalist Speech to Downplay Protests | In its most recent report, COE published that the provinces of Spaillat, Puerto Plata, Santiago, La Vega, Monseñor Noel, Duarte, and Samaná y Maria Trinidad Sanchez were declared on yellow alert. The pr…
telesurenglish.net/news/20-provinces-on-alert-for-heavy-rains-in-the-dominican-republic-20200309-0007.html

What Bernie Sanders Gets Right About Latin American Socialism
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-09
Corporate media seem unable to process the idea that a U.S. politician has something positive to say about Cuba and Nicaragua's governments.
truthdig.com/articles/what-bernie-sanders-gets-right-about-latin-american-socialism/

Venezuela Committee Tasked to Appoint New CNE In Session
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-09
Venezuela's Committee of Electoral Applications for the renewal of the National Electoral Council (CNE) was officially assembled Monday ahead of the programmed 2020 parliamentary elections. | RELATED: | Venezuela: Officials Guarantee 2020 Elections After Fire Destroys Equipment | Through his Twitter account, a lawmaker from the government's bloc (Bloque de la Patria) Francisco Torrealba announced the official formation and the names of the legislators that will make…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Committee-Tasked-to-Appoint-New-CNE-In-Session-20200309-0015.html

Modi government leaves millions of Indians vulnerable to coronavirus
wsws.org | 2020-03-09
Given India's high population density and dysfunctional public health system, its population is threatened by any rapid spread of the coronavirus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/09/modi-m09.html

In Pre-Dawn Raids, Israeli Troops Abduct 12 Palestinians
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-03-09
The Israeli forces launched pre-dawn raids Monday morning in various parts of the West Bank, abducting 12 Palestinians, including two previously-released prisoners. In Hebron, Israeli forces abducted: Abdel Karim Khaled Abu Sal (23 years), Amr Khaled Al-Badawi, Majid Tayseer Al-Titi (23 years), and Ahmed Ezzat Al-Sabatin, all from Al-Arroub camp …
imemc.org/article/in-pre-dawn-raids-israeli-troops-abduct-12-palestinians/

Resisting U.S. blockade, Cuba embraces change, builds socialism
W. T. Whitney Jr. | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-09
Like the sun, the U.S. blockade of Cuba will not disappear soon. Unlike the sun, the blockade has receded from public attention in the United States. It has continued, mostly unchanged, for almost 60 years. Here, we explore the matter of change. Any U.S. politician who says nice things about Cuba can expect abuse. That's …
peoplesworld.org/article/resisting-u-s-blockade-cuba-embraces-change-builds-socialism/

Venezuela 2020 Elections Guarantee After Equipment Destroyed
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-08
Venezuela's President of the National Electoral Council (CNE) Tibisay Lucena said Sunday that the electoral system is far from being destroyed and that the entity guarantees the celebration of parliamentary elections despite the fire that destroyed the institution's equipment. | RELATED: | Venezuela Denounces Terrorist Attack Against Cantv, Movilnet Telecom Warehouse | The president of the electoral body reassured Venezuelans that "if there are small groups think…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Officials-Guarantee-2020-Elections-After-Fire-Destroys-Equipment-20200308-0009.html

Brazil, US Sign Agreement to Increase Military Cooperation
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-08
Brazil's far-right populist President Jair Bolsonaro signed Sunday a military agreement with the United States (U.S.) for the development of defense projects, according to officials. | RELATED: | Brazil's Diplomats Left Venezuela Prior Bolsonaro-Trump Meeting | The agreement, which was signed -on the U.S. side- by Admiral Craig Faller, the commander of U.S. Southern Command, aims to prepare the path for future joint projects "to improve or supply new military capabilitie…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-US-Sign-Agreement-to-Increase-Military-Cooperation-20200308-0012.html

Boris Johnson 'to be investigated' by Parliament watchdog over Caribbean holiday
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-08
Boris Johnson is to be investigated by Parliament's sleaze watchdog over his £15,000 winter break to the Caribbean, according to reports.Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds accepted accommodation for a private break in St Vincent and the Grenadines as a post-election victory escape.But confusion reigned after Johnson declared in the register of MPs' interests that he had accepted "accommodation for a private holiday for my partner and me, value £15,000", citing businessman David Ross as the provider.A spokesman for Ross then denied that the co-founder of the Carphone Warehouse had stumped up any mo…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/03/08/boris-johnson-to-be-investigated-by-parliament-watchdog-over-caribbean-holiday/

Looking at change: U.S. and Cuba, blockade and revolution
W. T. Whitney, Jr. | mronline.org | 2020-03-07
The U.S. blockade of Cuba is like the sun; neither will disappear soon. But different: the U.S. politicians and people are aware of the sun, but may have forgotten about the Cuba blockade. It's persisted for almost 60 years, basically unchanged. The following is about change. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/07/looking-at-change-u-s-and-cuba-blockade-and-revolution/

Media Malfunction as Sanders Notes Positive Aspects of Latin American Socialism
Gregory Shupak | fair.org | 2020-03-06
When 60 Minutes ( 2/24/20) asked Sen. Bernie Sanders about his past support for aspects of Cuba's socialist revolution, as well as for Nicaragua's 1979–90 leftist Sandinista government, Sanders responded by saying he opposes what he described as the "authoritarian" features of the Cuban government, while noting that after the 1959 revolution, Cuba launched "a massive literacy program. Is that a bad thing?" | News organizations seem…
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Are Our Prisons and Jails Ready for COVID-19?
Maria Morris | aclu.org | 2020-03-06
The | country and the world face a public health emergency in the new coronavirus | causing COVID-19. The media is filled with concerns about how we will respond. | Will we close schools? Cancel sporting events and other large gatherings? Work | from home? Avoid public transportation? | But | little has been said about one of the most vulnerable sectors of our | population: the people in our prisons and jails. Although people often think of | prisons and jails as closed environments, they are not. Medical staff, correctional | staff, and visitors come from the community into the facilities every day and | then…
aclu.org/news/prisoners-rights/are-our-prisons-and-jails-ready-for-covid-19

Protecting the Future
Mohammad Sabaaneh | thenation.com | 2020-03-06
Protecting the Future…
thenation.com/article/society/protecting-the-future/

Then There Were Two: Sanders Wins California with Latinx Support as Biden Sweeps Southern Black Vote
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-04
The biggest voting day of the Democratic presidential primary has ended in a two-person race between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders. With more than a third of delegates at stake, Biden swept the Midwest and the South, winning Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Texas. Sanders saw victories in Colorado, Utah, his home state of Vermont, and the grand prize of the night, California, where Latinx voters account for nearly 40% of the population. His campaign had 23 field offices in the state. Latinx voters could also play a key role…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/4/super_tuesday_chuck_rocha_bernie_sanders

"We Want Democracy!" Mass Protests Continue in Dominican Republic After Local Elections Suspended
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-28
Thousands in the Dominican Republic took to the streets of the capital Santo Domingo Thursday to protest the abrupt suspension of local elections earlier this month and to commemorate the country's Independence Day. Protests have been ongoing since February 16, after the government suspended the municipal elections four hours after voting began, alleging there were "technical glitches" in the electronic ballot machines used. The machines were previously used in October 2019, and they cost the Dominican government $19 million. The Dominican people believe the alleged technical glitch is just an attempt by the ruli…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/28/dominican_republic_elections_suspended

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