2020-11-11: News Headlines

_____ (2020-11-11). The Dystopic Great Reset and the Fight Back: Population Reduction and Hope for the Children of Men. strategic-culture.org Genesis 11: 5 — And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. | The Great Reset, the 4th Industrial Revolution, the 4th Turning, the Great Awakening, and Artificial Intelligence. These are the real themes that are shaping the socio-political, cultural, and ideological landscape of our lives in 2020. | The push for lockdown and quarantine towards a Great Reset is increasingly understood by critics as program of mass enslavement and collective punishment, population reduction, presented within the trappings progressive talking points. In our last piece on the Great Re…

Media Lens (2020-11-11). Robert Fisk: Death of a "Controversial" Journalist. dissidentvoice.org Robert Fisk, the Independent's Middle East correspondent, died on 30 October aged 74. In reviewing his life and career, the newspaper for which he worked for more than two decades wrote of their star reporter: 'Much of what Fisk wrote was controversial…' As John Pilger noted, in describing Fisk's journalism as 'controversial' the Independent was …

Ramzy Baroud (2020-11-10). Escalating the Demographic War: The Strategic Goal of Israeli Racism in Palestine. counterpunch.org The discussion on institutional Israeli racism against its own Palestinian Arab population has all but ceased following the final approval of the discriminatory Nation-State Law in July 2018. Indeed, the latest addition to Israel's Basic Law is a mere start of a new government-espoused agenda that is designed to further marginalize over a fifth of

Peoples Dispatch (2020-11-10). Venezuelan government recovers its embassy in La Paz, Bolivia. peoplesdispatch.org A delegation headed by Venezuelan foreign minister Jorge Arreaza, on November 9, recovered the embassy occupied by the envoys of opposition leader Juan Guaidó in La Paz, Bolivia. Hundreds of members of various Bolivian social movements and political parties gathered around the embassy in support and solidarity with the Venezuelan people and accompanied the delegation in the recovery of the headquarters of their diplomatic mission. | In a video published by the Venezuelan Ministry of People's Power for External Affairs, Arreaza was seen entering the embassy, removing a photograph of Guaidó and putting up in its pl…

KPFA Saturday Evening News (2020-11-10). Venezuelan National Assembly Elections Coming in December. indybay.org Venezuela's elections for its National Assembly are coming up in December.

Thierry Meyssan (2020-11-10). Élection présidentielle US : ouvrez les yeux ! thealtworld.com

| Le résultat de l'élection présidentielle états-unienne marque le triomphe, non pas des Démocrates et d'un sénateur sénile, mais du courant puritain face aux Jacksoniens. Il ne reflète en rien les opinions politiques des citoyens états-uniens et masque la crise de civilisation dans laquelle s'enfonce leur pays. | L'élection présidentielle US de 2020 confirme la tendance générale depuis la dissolution de l'Union soviétique : la population états-unienne traverse une crise de civilisation et se dirige inexorablement vers une nouvelle guerre civile qui devrait déboucher logiquement vers une partition du pa…

Whittle J. (2020-11-10). New Statin Use and Mortality in Older Veterans. jamanetwork.com To the Editor The study on the association of new statin use with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in older veterans found a reduction in all-cause mortality that was significantly larger than the reduction in cardiovascular mortality with statin use. In studies of primary prevention using statins in largely younger populations and in meta-analyses of participants older than 75 years in randomized trials, an effect on noncardiovascular mortality has not been demonstrated. It is also surprising that the risk of mortality decreased during follow-up, with the greatest effect seen in the initial 2 years, when r…

news.un (2020-11-10). COVID-19: Slow road to jobs recovery for Latin America and the Caribbean. news.un.org The labour market in Latin America and the Caribbean faces a slow recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the need for "active macro policies" and other measures to promote sustainable development alongside getting people back into the workforce.

WSWS (2020-11-10). Puerto Rico holds elections for new governor. wsws.org Elections in Puerto Rico saw a sharp decline in votes for the two main ruling parties, reflecting growing popular distrust and contempt toward the entire political establishment.

news.un (2020-11-10). ICC Prosecutor calls for Libya ceasefire progress, decries 'powerful forces' hampering global justice. news.un.org The Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is urging Libya's warring parties to implement their recent historic ceasefire agreement, calling it a "welcome concrete development" for a population that has been yearning for peace.

Paul Dobson (2020-11-09). Venezuela's Maduro Congratulates Biden, Offers to Improve Relations. venezuelanalysis.com The Venezuelan president also mocked Guaido for not backing Trump's claims to have won the US election.

news.un (2020-11-09). 'Super typhoon' Goni: UN, partners seek $45 million in immediate relief for affected populations. news.un.org The United Nations and humanitarian partners in the Philippines launched, on Monday, a response plan for $45.5 million to bring life-saving assistance and protection to hundreds of thousands of people affected by Typhoon Goni.

Franklin Frederick (2020-11-09). As próximas semanas podem ser o período de maior ameaàßa à Venezuela. globalresearch.ca Trump ainda nà£o aceitou a derrota nas eleiàßàµes e sua permanência na Presidência dos EUA até a posse de Biden pode representar o período de maior ameàßa de intervenàßà£o armada na Venezuela, sobretudo antes do dia 6 de dezenbro próximo, …

teleSUR (2020-11-09). Haiti: Over 160.000 People Suffer From HIV/Aids. telesurenglish.net About 160.000 people live with HIV/AIDS in Haiti, according to the latest data published by the Ministry of Health, which aims to reduce the number of infections by 2030 considerably. | RELATED: | The Ministry reported that the prevalence of this deathly disease among the population is estimated at 2 percent, and women are noticeably more affected than men. | Likewise, among people aged 15 to 24, girls get infected at a 1.1 percent…

Don Fitz (2020-11-09). Gun Shot Wounds: Experience of Medical Students, US versus Cuba. globalresearch.ca During the last 10 years I have written multiple articles documenting how Cuba has better medical practice and education than the US. To be honest, I have known for a long time that there is an area of medical training …

teleSUR (2020-11-08). Progressive Latin American Leaders React to Biden's Victory. telesurenglish.net The President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, expressed on his Twitter account Saturday the willingness of the Bolivarian Government to dialogue with the President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden. | The Venezuelan Head of State pointed out that the nation is willing to dialogue under the respect to the sovereignty and self-determination of the peoples: "Venezuela, the Homeland of the Liberator Simon Bolivar, will always be willing to dialogue and understand with the people and the government of the United States," he added. | Likewise, he congratulated "the American people for the presidential elections. I…

Eds. (2020-11-08). Five Centuries of Pillage and Resistance: Latin America and Africa. mronline.org The tragedy being the suffering Latin America has borne, the optimism being in the recognition that this is not the region's natural or inevitable destiny, but has been imposed on it through its subjugation to the capitalist system, and is therefore capable of being changed.