(2020-03-13). Julio López Varona on Puerto Rico's Disaster Capitalism. fair.org 
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(2020-03-13). Dominican Republic Prepares for Polls Amid Political Crisis. telesurenglish.net Next Sunday, extraordinary municipal elections will be held in the Dominican Republic amid an unprecedented political crisis and almost no propaganda activity by the candidates. | RELATED: | This Thursday closed the candidates' electoral campaign in the country with an absolute silence of the candidates. | The proselytizing work of the political parties was silenced by the widespread protests that have shaken the Cari…
(2020-03-13). No, Venezuela does not have a six child per family policy. zcomm.org I respect UK journalist Andrew Buncombe. As I noted for FAIR last year, he was one of the few corporate journalists who reported on a study linking Trump's financial sanctions on Venezuela to thousands of deaths by the end of 2018. Since 2018, Trump has repeatedly intensified the sanctions and threatened Venezuela military action, including
(2020-03-13). Venezuela: Two Covid-19 Cases Are Confirmed. telesurenglish.net In the early hours of Friday, two cases of coronavirus in Venezuela were confirmed, according to Vice President Delcy Rodriguez. | RELATED: | The affected people are a 42-year-old woman who was traveling through the European Union and a 52-year-old man who was in Spain. | The two infected patients, who reside in the Miranda state, are duly isolated and in mandatory quarantine. | The epidemiological fence around their direct contac…
(2020-03-13). Funding Boost in Food Aid for Seniors Still Falls Short of Growing Need. truthout.org Advocates for senior citizens hailed the bipartisan passage of a federal bill that calls for boosting money for nutrition programs so that fewer older adults go hungry. But the proposed funding still wouldn't keep up with America's fast-growing senior population. | The legislation reauthorizes the Older Americans Act, which provides for home-delivered and group meals for anyone 60 and older while supporting an array of other services, such as transportation and in-home care. The bill cleared the H…
(2020-03-13). US: 'Over 100K people have coronavirus in Ohio'. yenisafak.com The U.S. state of Ohio is estimated to have more than 100,000 people infected with the coronavirus, according to Ohio Department of Health Director Amy Acton.Speaking alongside the state's Republican Gov. Mike DeWine in a press conference on Thursday, Acton said they know "at least 1% at the very least, 1% of our population is carrying this virus in Ohio today.""We have 11.7 million people. So the math is over 100,000. So that just gives you a sense of how this virus spreads and is spreading quickly," she added. | The official went on to say that the shortage of test kits across the country, and the state, makes…
(2020-03-13). Wildlife Woes: Tiger Found Dead in Indian State of Maharashtra. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): In 2019, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi revealed that there were just 2,967 tigers alive across the country, and noted that the protection of their declining population remains a primary concern for wildlife bodies.
(2020-03-13). India to Import Sex-Sorting Semen Technology from US to Fight Stray Cattle Problem. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): India is dealing with a large population of stray cattle that has been let loose, as male calves are considered to be financial burdens due to their inability to produce milk.
(2020-03-12). Venezuela: FRSO meets National Electoral Council president. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – The Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) labor delegation met today with Tibisay Lucena, president of the CNE (the National Electoral Council) to discuss the upcoming elections. Lucena spoke about this election as very important in the face of U.S aggression and the economic war. | Lucena explained the electoral processes in Venezuela are a result of democratic changes put forward in the 1999 Constitution after President Chavez was elected. The CNE is a new branch of government, the electoral branch, that oversees a fair and democratic process. This is in addition to the legislative, ju…
(2020-03-12). Caricom Open To Mediate Dialogue Over Guyana Election Results. telesurenglish.net A special mission of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) arrived Wednesday for a two-day RELATED: | "We, leaders of the Caribbean Community, are committed to working with the people o…
(2020-03-12). Cuba Confirms Three Positive Cases of Coronavirus. telesurenglish.net The Cuban Ministry of Public Health confirmed Wednesday night that three Italian tourists who arrived on the Caribbean island last Monday tested positive for the new coronavirus. | RELATED: | Four Italian tourists from Lombardy were identified by the country's health authorities on Tuesday, the day after their arrival, with respiratory symptoms. After conducting the pertinent tests, three of them tested positive for Covi…
(2020-03-12). Coronavirus Updates: Cuba's First Local Case, Mexico Adds Cases. telesurenglish.net Update 11: 30 PM: | First local case of coronavirus in Cuba: The first Cuban citizen with a definite diagnosis of coronavirus was disclosed this Thursday by the Cuban Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) after the cases of three Italian tourists reported twenty-four hours ago. | The patient is a resident of the central city of Santa Clara, married to a Bolivian citizen living in Milan, Lombardy region, Italy, who traveled to the island on February 24, apparently asymptomatic, but later began to develop mild respiratory symptoms. | Mexico adds 15 cases of COVID-19 and schools announce the suspension of classes: CO…
(2020-03-12). Russia cannot do without Turkey's cooperation in Syria. iranian.com The former Soviet Union was a satiated world power. It didn't have to prove anything. The Great Patriotic War (1941-45) spoke for itself. Thus, triumphalism was never a diplomatic tool in the Soviet inventory. The removal of the US nuclear missiles from Turkey in the downstream of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis was not even …
(2020-03-11). Media malfunction as Sanders notes positive aspects of Latin American socialism. mronline.org 
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 […] |
(2020-03-11). Venezuela: FRSO labor delegation meets with Bolivarian Space Agency. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela — The Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) labor delegation met with space program officials, March 11, at the Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities. Pictured are Adolfo Godoy, the president of ABAE; Mariano Imbert, the manager of Commercial Development; Salvador Lugo, the vice minister of Science and Technology, along with members of the FRSO delegation.
(2020-03-11). A Case Study of Corporate Media Disinformation. dissidentvoice.org Some alternative media have exposed the US government and its corporate media fake news reporting on Russian "election interference," on Venezuela, the war on Syria, China's Xinjiang and Hong Kong, Nicaragua, Palestine, among others. One of the longest running media disinformation campaigns has been directed at Cuba, well covered in Keith Bolender's Manufacturing the Enemy: …
(2020-03-06). Are Our Prisons and Jails Ready for COVID-19? aclu.org 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…
(2020-02-06). Embassy Protection Collective: "We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law" theantimedia.com In this exclusive interview, VA talks to the activists who defended the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC ahead of their trial.