Cuba: Interferon's Effectiveness Against COVID-19 Confirmed
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-29
Cuban scientific authorities confirmed this week that the use of Interferon to treat COVID-19 patients was indeed effective. | RELATED: | French NGO Nominates Cuban Medical Brigades For Nobel Peace Prize | Eulogio Pimentel Vazquez, President of the Cuban Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), affirmed that the Interferon application complies with Cuban Health Ministry (Minsap) protocols. Pimentel stated that it is part of a patients' treatment but not for those in…
telesurenglish.net/news/cuba-interferons-effectiveness-against-covid19-confirmed-20200429-0002.html
Protester killed in Lebanon during riots against soaring food prices
wsws.org | 2020-04-29
Men, women and children marched through the streets of Tripoli, where more than half the population are living at or below the poverty line, shouting "Revolution, Revolution."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/29/leba-a29.html
Cuban working class facing disaster due to coronavirus-related tourism collapse
wsws.org | 2020-04-29
While Cuba appears to have effectively slowed the spread of COVID-19, the collapse of tourism has left huge numbers of workers unemployed and threatens imports of needed goods.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/29/cuba-a29.html
The British Military Information War Waged on Their Own Population
Mike Robinson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
Last Wednesday, during the daily UK Government Coronavirus livestream, the head of the British Army, General Sir Nick Carter, bragged: | We've been involved with the Cabinet Office Rapid Response Unit, with our 77th Brigade helping to quash rumours | …
globalresearch.ca/the-british-military-information-war-waged-on-their-own-population/5711223
The British Military Information War Waged on Their Own Population
Mike Robinson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
Last Wednesday, during the daily UK Government Coronavirus livestream, the head of the British Army, General Sir Nick Carter, bragged: | We've been involved with the Cabinet Office Rapid Response Unit, with our 77th Brigade helping to quash rumours | …
globalresearch.ca/the-british-military-information-war-waged-on-their-own-population/5711223
Exporting COVID-19: ICE Air Conducted Deportation Flights to 11 LAC Countries, Flight Data Shows
Jake Johnston | cepr.net | 2020-04-28
There were 232 likely ICE Air deportation flights to Latin America and Caribbean countries between February 3, 2020 and April 24, 2020, CEPR analysis shows. In 2019, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported 267,258 individuals
During Coronvrius: Cuba to the rescue, but don't tell the American people
Medea Benjamin | mronline.org | 2020-04-28
Anti-Cuba zealots in the Trump administration have been enticing Cuban doctors working overseas to defect, paying journalists to write negative stories, slapping sanctions on Cubans in charge of the program, and strong-arming countries to expel Cuban doctors.
mronline.org/2020/04/28/during-coronvrius-cuba-to-the-rescue-but-dont-tell-the-american-people/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=during-coronvrius-cuba-to-the-rescue-but-dont-tell-the-american-people
Spike in gender-based violence during quarantine in Latin America and the Caribbean
Tanya Wadhwa | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-28
Feminists and women's rights activists across the region say that women are at greater risk and urge the governments to step up measures to address all forms of gender-based violence…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/04/28/spike-in-gender-based-violence-during-quarantine-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/
Video: Venezuela and the Struggle Against Empire: Ajamu Baraka
Ajamu Baraka | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
Black Alliance for Peace National Organizer Ajamu Baraka discussed the role of U.S. activists in stopping the U.S. war machine during "An Inside View of Resistance to US Imperialism in Venezuela and How to Build International Solidarity," a webinar co-hosted …
globalresearch.ca/video-contradictory-role-u-s-left-struggle-against-empire/5711074
French NGO Nominates Cuban Doctors For Nobel Peace Prize
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
French organization Cuba Linda advocated Tuesday to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the Cuban Henry Reeves medical brigades, deployed in more than 20 countries to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Cuban Doctors Head to South Africa to Help Fight COVID-19 | "The international community is witnessing the solidarity of health professionals who leave their own country to provide services and share experiences in other parts of the world, which in the case of the pandemic…
telesurenglish.net/news/French-NGO-Nominates-Cuban-Doctors-For-Nobel-Peace-Prize-20200428-0018.html
Is Trump Using the U.S. Military for Regime Change in Venezuela?
Barbara Boland | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
U.S. policy towards Venezuela has been a head-spinning series of contradictions lately, with no end in sight. From placing a bounty on the heads of President Nicolas Maduro and a dozen current and former Venezuelan officials, to upping sanctions and …
globalresearch.ca/trump-using-u-s-military-regime-change-venezuela/5711130
Venezuela Leads Region in COVID-19 Tests Per Million People
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
Venezuela has become the country with most screening tests for COVID-19 per million inhabitants in Latin America and the Caribbean, Minister of Communication and Information Jorge Rodriguez announced Tuesday. | RELATED: | Brazil and Colombia Are Epidemiological Threats to Venezuela | "Venezuela is the country in Latin America and the Caribbean that has carried out the most tests per million inhabitants. Today we are above 15,500 tests per million inhabitants," Rodriguez said duri…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Leads-Region-in-COVID-19-Tests-Per-Million-People-20200428-0021.html
Haiti: Food Crisis Persists Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
Haiti's UN representative, Elisabeth Byrs, said there is a famine and food crisis possibility in the Caribbean nation due to the economic COVID-19 impact. | RELATED: | COVID-19 Is Exacerbating Food Crisis in Haiti: UN | Byrs requested immediate food aid to the World Food Program and stressed the COVID-19 emergency harmed food production. The UN representative expressed her concern about possible famines after the virus outbreak aggravated the severe social situation in Haitian territory…
telesurenglish.net/news/haiti-food-crisis-persists-amidst-pandemic-20200428-0014.html
New CEPR Analysis Shows 232 Likely Ice Air Deportation Flights to Latin America and the Caribbean During Pandemic So Far
commondreams.org | 2020-04-28
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/04/28/new-cepr-analysis-shows-232-likely-ice-air-deportation-flights-latin-america-and?cd-origin=rss
Cuban doctors arrive to South Africa
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-28
With a robust healthcare system and one of the world's highest ratios of the number of doctors in a country to its population, the communist state has already sent over 1,200 doctors to 22 countries.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/04/28/cuban-doctors-arrive-to-south-africa/
Chaos and Fear in Latin America's Prisons as COVID-19 Spreads
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
As the coronavirus pandemic is starting to spread across Latin America's massively overcrowded prisons, putting the lives of tens of thousands at risk, riots have been reported in almost all the region's countries as inmates say their fundamental rights to safety and protection are being violated. | RELATED: | Cuban News Agency Reporter Arrested in Chile for 'No Reason' | A riot was reported Monday in the Castro Castro prison in Peru's capital, Lima, resulting in a fire and the d…
telesurenglish.net/news/Terror-in-Latin-Americas-Prisons-as-COVID-19-Spreads–20200428-0020.html
Covid-19: Oxford University Vaccine Proves Effective in Monkeys
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
The Jenner Institute at Oxford University in the United Kingdom successfully tested a vaccine against COVID-19 in Rhesus macaques, scientists revealed on Monday. | RELATED: | Cuba: In Test Phase Vaccine That Activates Innate Immune System | The results of the research will be released next week, a month after testing the drug on six Rhesus macaques. | The vaccine was given to the six monkeys at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Montana. | The…
telesurenglish.net/news/covid19-oxford-university-vaccine-proves-effective-in-monkeys-20200428-0011.html
Cuba-Vietnam Trade Agreement in Force Despite Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
The Vietnam Trade and Industry Ministry Sunday stated new commercial trade will take place with Cuba. The agreement will come into effect on April 1st. | RELATED: | Cuba Develops First COVID-19 Tracking App | The commercial contract will regulate the certification processes needed for the inspection of goods. These norms apply to both countries in the merchandise exchange. Vietnamese Exportation and Importation Department also provides preferential tax rates on freights. | The Vietnam-Cuba trade a…
telesurenglish.net/news/cuba-vietnam-trade-agreement–in-force-despite-pandemic-20200428-0003.html
Trump and McConnell Aren't Waging War on COVID. They're Waging War on Us
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-28
Donald Trump and his top Republican allies in Congress are fighting a war, and the battle lines have begun to clarify themselves. Their war is not being waged against COVID-19, the pandemic that has killed tens of thousands in this nation alone. Their war is being waged against the nation itself, and specifically against areas of the nation that are heavy on population but light on Trump supporters. | In other words, the big-city blue states, whose governors have refused to fawn over Trump's gibberi…
truthout.org/articles/trump-and-mcconnell-arent-waging-war-on-covid-theyre-waging-war-on-us/
COVID-19 could lead to millions of unintended pregnancies, new UN-backed data reveals
news.un.org | 2020-04-28
Ongoing lockdowns and major disruptions to health services during the COVID-19 pandemic could result in seven million unintended pregnancies in the coming months, according to data released on Tuesday by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and partners.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062742
Venezuela: Solidarity vs. COVID-19 (and Capital)
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-28
Chicago, IL – These are hard days for people the world over. The COVID-19 virus has forced billions of people to stay at home, bringing the global economy to a near standstill. At the moment of writing, nearly 3 million people have been confirmed to have COVID-19 across the world, and over 200,000 people have died. | It is in a crisis like this that society is tested, that the strength of human organization must prove itself. And if there is one thing that every American can see, it is that our society has failed this test. "American exceptionalism" means that our economy and our way of life is superior, that it…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/4/28/venezuela-solidarity-vs-covid-19-and-capital
U.S. uses 'drug' lies to menace Venezuela
| workers.org | 2020-04-28
By Raymond Tyler During a time when thousands are dying every day in the United States of COVID-19 and resources are dwindling, the United States has found the resources and money to plant "anti-drug" navy ships off the Venezuelan coast and threaten that country's leaders with arrest. The Pentagon ordered . . . | Continue reading U.S. uses 'drug' lies to menace Venezuela at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/04/47988/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-uses-drug-lies-to-menace-venezuela
[Letter] Covid-19 and perioperative mortality; where do we stand?
Behnam Shakiba, Shirin Irani | thelancet.com | 2020-04-27
In the age of Covid-19, surgeons are facing some challenges when deciding to perform or postpone elective operations. Therefore, we read with great interest the paper by Lei and colleagues [1]. They reported the overall hospital mortality following selective surgeries during the incubation period of COVID-19 as 20.5%.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30108-5/fulltext?rss=yes
Chilean Police Violently Repress Protesters in Santiago
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-27
Chile's police violently repressed Monday a brand new protest organized at the Dignity Square (Plaza Dignidad) by social organizations against security forces and the government of Sebastian Piñera. | RELATED: | Cuban News Agency Reporter Arrested in Chile for 'No Reason' | teleSUR's correspondent Paola Dragnic reported from Santiago that the demonstrators gathered one by one wearing face masks and maintaining social distance, as the protest is been carried out amid the COVID-19 p…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chilean-Police-Violently-Repress-Protesters-in-Santiago-20200427-0016.html
COVID-19 Is Exacerbating Food Crisis in Haiti: UN
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-27
More than four million Haitians, almost a third of the island's population, are in need of emergency food assistance, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) warned Friday, highlighting that the COVID-19 crisis has worsened the situation. | RELATED: | Hunger Protests Grow in Colombia Amid Coronavirus Lockdown | "The situation was already very worrying in Haiti, but it has worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced the closure of ports and airports, as well as school…
telesurenglish.net/news/COVID-19-Is-Exacerbzting-the-Food-Crisis-in-Haiti-UN-20200427-0015.html
Defeating U.S. imperialism at Playa Girón
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-04-27
"We'd done some very important things, but we hadn't proclaimed ourselves as being socialists, or openly proclaimed Marxist-Leninist doctrines. Girón accelerated the revolutionary process." Cuban leader Fidel Castro's reflections about Playa Girón, discussed with Ignacio Ramonet during conversations which led to the publication of the revolutionary leader's autobiography, indicate the magnitude of defeat for U.S. imperialism at the Bay of Pigs invasion which lasted from April 17 until April 19, 1961. In less than 72 hours, the Cuban revolutionary forces had defeated the 1,500 CIA-trained infiltrators. | The U.S.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/04/27/defeating-us-imperialism-at-playa-giron/
A Soft Power Ploy? Cuba Continues to Aid the Poorest and Least Influential Nations
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-27
As the coronavirus pandemic grows worse in many countries, Cuba has answered an urgent South African request for aid, sending 217 medical personnel to the country.
mintpressnews.com/medical-internationalism-cuba-sends-217-doctors-aid-south-africa-coronavirus/267036/
NYC mayor urges zero tolerance against large gatherings
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-29
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said that large gatherings amid the fight against coronavirus will not be tolerated, adding "the time for warnings has passed."His remarks came late Tuesday following a major Jewish gathering for a rabbi's funeral in Brooklyn, where a large Jewish population resides."Something absolutely unacceptable happened in Williamsburg tonite: a large funeral gathering in the middle of this pandemic," the mayor said on Twitter. "When I heard, I went there myself to ensure the crowd was dispersed. And what I saw WILL NOT be tolerated so long as we are fighting the Coronavirus."The mayor sai…
yenisafak.com/en/world/nyc-mayor-urges-zero-tolerance-against-large-gatherings-3518239
Sticky Habits? 60 Percent of Brits Going Cashless as Rural Regions Left Behind Amid COVID-19 Crisis
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-29
More people are paying for goods and services with contactless payment systems amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but vulnerable groups in the British population, who depend on cash, should be safeguarded, reports revealed.
sputniknews.com/business/202004291079132213-sticky-habits-60-percent-of-brits-going-cashless-as-rural-regions-left-behind-amid-covid-19-crisis/
Venezuela: Bolivarian Revolution stopping COVID-19 in its tracks
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-04-28
Healthcare Nelson DávilaIssue 1263 Venezuela COVID-19 Bolivarian revolution CaracasApril 28, 2020At the time of writing, 37 day…
greenleft.org.au/content/venezuela-bolivarian-revolution-stopping-covid-19-its-tracks
Cuba's Covid-19 Medical Brigades Are Not Medical Diplomacy: They Are International Solidarity at Its Finest
Bill Hackwell | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-27
Cuban Medical Brigade going to Italy (Photo credit: Ismael Francisco Gonzalez) Today the latest medical brigade from Cuba's Henry Reeves contingent arrived in South Africa to join the front lines with those saving lives in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. After a 14 day quarantine the 216 member group, made up of family physicians, …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/cubas-covid-19-medical-brigades-are-not-medical-diplomacy-they-are-international-solidarity-at-its-finest/
Venezuela Rolls out Cabinet Change, Economic Measures to Combat Inflation
venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-04-27
Measures include a 60 percent wage increase and a push to bring food prices under control.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14855
Palestinians Hunker Down for Ramadan, Facing a Virus that doesn't Discriminate but an Occupier that does
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-26
As the holy fasting month of Ramadan begins, the coronavirus outbreak in Israel and the Palestinian territories is proving how inevitably intertwined the two populations' lives are, while also underlining the extreme differentials of power between them. While 15,000 Israelis have tested positive for Covid-19 so far, the numbers infected in the occupied territories are …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/palestinians-hunker-down-for-ramadan-facing-a-virus-that-doesnt-discriminate-but-an-occupier-that-does/
[Perspectives] Modelling can only tell us so much: politics explains the rest
Clare Wenham | thelancet.com | 2020-04-25
I've been self-isolating with my family because we developed fevers. Whether this is any illness or coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is hard to say given the UK Government's position on community testing. How this infection started, how many people I might have infected, and how adhering to public health guidance to remain at home alters patterns of disease transmission is crucial information. For this knowledge, policy makers need epidemiologists and mathematical models of how diseases spread in different populations, as described by Adam Kucharski in The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread–and Why Th…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30814-X/fulltext?rss=yes
[Correspondence] European education corridors: opportunity for academic solidarity
Gianluca Gaidano, Raffaella Balocco, Wael Al Essa, Andrea Turolla, Roberto Barbato, Umberto Dianzani, Menico Rizzi, Raffaella Ravinetto | thelancet.com | 2020-04-25
In times of growing political tensions around migration, health-care providers can help to protect migrant populations from exclusion.1,2 The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health called for a strengthening, through regulatory and training bodies, of health professionals' and organisations' awareness of discrimination.2 We add that organisations engaged in health science and biomedical education can fulfil their moral and deontological duty to protect populations that are susceptible to discrimination by also promoting the right to education.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30484-0/fulltext?rss=yes
Cuban workers mark Lenin's 150th birthday, May Day plans announced
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-25
According to April 23 report in Granma, "On Havana's Lenin Hill, a small group of trade union leaders, headed by Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, Party Political Bureau member and general secretary of the Cuban Workers Federation (CTC), dedicated a floral tribute to the legendary Bolshevik, who played a key role in the Russian Revolution, the greatest lesson in the annals of history of what the emancipated working class can achieve in unity of thought and action, guided by socialist principles." | The newspaper of the Communist Party of Cuba also reported on the plans for this year's traditionally massive May…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/4/25/cuban-workers-mark-lenin-s-150th-birthday-may-day-plans-announced
Liberia: Ebola contact tracing lessons inform COVID-19 response
news.un.org | 2020-04-25
Lessons learned during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia six years ago are helping the West African country to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) which is working alongside the World Health Organization (WHO) on surveillance and the coordination of contact tracing.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062582
Venezuela: Guaido to Use Funds Frozen in US to Pay Loyalists $5000 Monthly Salaries
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-04-23
Pro-Guaido lawmakers and diplomats will take nearly a third of an $80 million "Liberation Fund."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14853
Global Health Doctor: Hire 1000s of Contact Tracers to Stop COVID-19, Save Lives and the Economy
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-23
As parts of the United States and Europe consider reopening, most of the world's population remains susceptible to the coronavirus. We look at new efforts to stop the deadly spread of COVID-19 with contact tracing
Trump Administration Orders Chevron to Shutter Venezuela Operations
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-04-22
The latest measures followed reports of fresh dialogue between the government and the opposition.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14852
Bill McKibben on Earth Day at 50: We Must Stop Subsidizing Fossil Fuel Industry Wrecking the Planet
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-22
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, when more than 20 million Americans joined in actions to protect the environment
Tracking COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-04-22
The COVID-19 data tracker will be continually updated as the pandemic spreads throughout the region and CEPR experts will be providing regular analysis on The Americas Blog.
cepr.net/tracking-covid-19-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/
Wisconsin Confirms 19 Cases of COVID-19 Related to April 7 Election
Bill Lueders | progressive.org | 2020-04-22
More reported cases are likely as two-week incubation period ends.
progressive.org/dispatches/wisconsin-cases-of-covid-related-to-election-lueders-200422/
New Model Shows Reducing Jail Population will Lower COVID-19 Death Toll for All of Us
Udi Ofer | aclu.org | 2020-04-22
The Trump administration optimistically projects that "substantially under" 100,000 people will die from COVID-19 in the United States. Horrific as that statistic is, a new model suggests it could be a huge underestimate. The government models fail to consider the impact of the virus on the incarcerated population, who will be infected and die at higher rates. And any prison or jail outbreak is bound to spill over into the broader community
Human Rights Watch cabildea por sanciones letales contra Nicaragua y Venezuela, mientras arrecia la crisis de Covid-19
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-20
Human Rights Watch está orgullosamente asumiendo el crédito por sanciones devastadoras contra Nicaragua, mientras busca escalar la guerra económica en…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/20/human-rights-watch-sanciones-nicaragua-venezuela/
US 'Plunders' $342m of Venezuelan Funds as COVID-19 Hotspot Breaks Out at Baseball Academy
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-04-20
The money has been transferred from a Venezuelan Central Bank account at Citibank to an account at the US Federal Reserve.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14850
A Tale of Two Countries: Racially Targeted Arrests in the Era of Marijuana Reform
aclu.org | 2020-04-17
| For decades, marijuana laws have been used to criminalize Black and Brown peo…
aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/a-tale-of-two-countries-racially-targeted-arrests-in-the-era-of-marijuana-reform
Venezuelan Crude Production Falls amid Coronavirus Crisis
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-04-16
The Caribbean country has seen worsening gasoline shortages as the US ramps up secondary sanctions.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14847
Driven By The Dramatic Collapse Of US Shale, The Trump Administration Takes Aim At Venezuela
Whitney Webb | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-14
President Trump has claimed that the U.S. no longer needs foreign oil and is "energy independent." Yet, now the U.S. shale oil industry faces near total ruin, meaning that another "war for oil" could be in our future. With Trump again taking aim at Venezuela, we may be closer to war than we think. On …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/foreign-policy/driven-dramatic-collapse-us-shale-trump-administration-takes-aim-venezuela/
Venezuela Extends COVID-19 Quarantine as Pope Criticizes Sanctions
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-04-13
This is the first time the Pontiff has spoken out against the measures.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14842