Foreign Minister Arreaza To US 'Ambassador'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
Venezuela scoffed at the presentation of credentials by the person in charge of the US "virtual embassy" in Colombia, pointing out that his office in Caracas awaits him. | James Story, assigned as the supposed US ambassador to Venezuela, delivered his credentials to the fugitive Venezuelan opposition politician Julio Borges, "envoy" of the self-proclaimed president of Venezuela, coup leader Juan Guaidó, on Monday in Bogotá, the Colombian capital, reflecting the White House's commitment to the opposition and to regime change in Venezuela.
popularresistance.org/foreign-minister-arreaza-to-us-ambassador-your-office-in-caracas-awaits-you/
UN climate report calls out global elite as cause of the crisis
Tina Landis | liberationnews.org | 2020-12-12
The report takes a surprisingly class perspective by pointing out that the one percent richest people on the planet are responsible for emissions equal to that of the poorest 50 percent of the world's population.
liberationnews.org/un-climate-report-calls-out-global-elite-as-cause-of-the-crisis/
[Correspondence] One Health or Planetary Health for pandemic prevention?
Courtney Waugh, Su Shiung Lam, Christian Sonne | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
It is a well accepted narrative that the disruption of forests, rapid urbanisation, and population growth are driving zoonotic events simply by increasing close contact between people and animals.1 However, these predictor variables (eg, urbanisation, land usage, human population density) only explain about 30% of the total variation in zoonotic potential.2 With advancing technologies, it has been shown that vertebrate RNA viruses, despite transmitting between species, have co-evolved with their hosts for millions of years, which only strengthens the theory that zoonotic diseases caused by RNA virus spillover, su…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32387-4/fulltext?rss=yes
OAS's New Attempt To Interfere In Venezuela Rejected
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
On Wednesday, the representatives of Argentina, Mexico, and Bolivia to the Organization of American States (OAS) rejected a new resolution that disregards Venezuela's Sunday elections and calls for a transitional government. | The representatives condemned the new attempts of destabilization against Venezuela, noting the belligerent strategy promoted by the OAS resolution that claimed the elections did not observe International Law's guarantees. | Argentina's ambassador to the OAS Carlos Raimundi rejected both the calls to not recognize the elections' results and the imposition of conditions to the Venezuelan gov…
popularresistance.org/oass-new-attempt-to-interfere-in-venezuela-rejected/
World must invest in strong health systems that protect everyone — now and into the future
news.un.org | 2020-12-12
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed just how important it is for all countries to have strong health systems that provide the entire population with quality services when and where they need them, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1079902
Two in three students do not think government is acting in their best interests
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-12-12
Nearly two in three students do not think the government is acting in their best interests and it has not adequately considered the difficulties they may face as a result of coronavirus (Covid-19), a survey suggests. | Political awakening: | A growing proportion (52%) of students say they feel more political due to coronavirus, according to the poll by the National Union of Students (NUS). | Larissa Kennedy, the NUS national president, said the government's failures were "politicising a generation" and prompting rent strikes across the country as anger grows among the student population. She said: Whether…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/12/12/two-in-three-students-do-not-think-government-is-acting-in-their-best-interests/
[Correspondence] Cardiovascular preventive strategies are not conflicting
Rod Jackson, Sue Wells, Anthony Rodgers | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
We agree with Michael Brainin and Karen Sliwa1 about the urgent need to improve the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease but would like to correct some other points they raise. Brainin and Sliwa suggest that we2 promoted high-risk approaches over population-based approaches; however, we stated that "Too often debate about prevention of cardiovascular disease is polarised between opposing evangelists for the high-risk and population-wide approaches. An agnostic approach based on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness is preferable.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32587-3/fulltext?rss=yes
Go Vote Yourself a Raise, Georgia — You've Long Earned It
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-11
All political eyes are on Georgia's runoff election on January 5th, 2021. Two Senate seats are up for grabs and will decide whether the evil Trumpster and corporatist Senator Mitch McConnell stays in total control of the U.S. Senate or not. If the Democrats win both seats, the Senate would be split, 50-50. Vice President…
counterpunch.org/2020/12/11/go-vote-yourself-a-raise-georgia-youve-long-earned-it/
Former Presidential Candidate Capriles Calls on US to End 'Interim Presidency'
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-12-11
Capriles claimed that currently "the opposition has no leadership."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/15076
Free Elections In Venezuela Are A Blow To Regime Change
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-11
Venezuela held legislative elections on December 6 and, as has become the norm, the U.S. and sectors of the opposition that boycotted the election are claiming fraud without presenting evidence. The coalition of parties supporting President Maduro won 68% of the vote and a supermajority in the National Assembly. All the evidence suggests the elections were free and fair. However, turnout was only 31%, a participation rate that was hampered by a partial opposition boycott of the election. | This call to abstain was made by Juan Guaidó and his allies, but a different faction of the opposition participated fully.
popularresistance.org/free-elections-in-venezuela-are-a-blow-to-regime-change/
Cuba's medical brigades fight the pandemic
Kathy Durkin | workers.org | 2020-12-11
Socialist Cuba embodies the spirit of international solidarity by its constant medical aid to countries around the world, especially those impacted by imperialism. This is not just an empty phrase. The true meaning of solidarity is shown every day by teams of Cuban health care workers — the doctors and . . . | Continue reading Cuba's medical brigades fight the pandemic at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/12/53212/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cubas-medical-brigades-fight-the-pandemic
Venezuela: Socialist election win masks deeper problems
Peter Boyle | greenleft.org.au | 2020-12-11
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela's strategy has paid off, winning back control of the National Assembly in the December 6 elections. But it has come at a high price, writes Federico Fuentes.
greenleft.org.au/content/venezuela-socialist-election-win-masks-deeper-problems
Nicolás Maduro: Despite everything, we were able to carry out elections in peace
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-11