(2021-04-29). Surveillance, Policing, and Algorithms. dissidentvoice.org 
Since the brutal murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police at the onset of last summer, there has been a resurgence of political energy amongst the American population centered on significantly reforming policing in the United States. Ranging from demilitarization to defunding, there has been no shortage of policy proposals issued by an endless …
(2021-04-29). Farewell, Professor Aristóbulo Istúriz! orinocotribune.com 
A new bout of deep sadness is being endured in the ranks of the Bolivarian Revolution, after the sorrowful loss of Professor Aristóbulo Istúriz, an outstanding social leader, workers advocate, and teacher who served as Minister for Education in recent years. | The unfortunate news was reported on social media networks in the evening hours of this Tuesday, April 27, when the Executive Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, expressed her regret for the physical departure of "the prof," as he was known by many. | Rodríguez highlighted the character of Minister Istúriz, as a fighter…
(2021-04-29). How Lifting Intellectual Property Restrictions Could Help World Vaccinate 60% of Population by 2022. democracynow.org 
As new coronavirus cases surge across India, overwhelming hospitals and crematories, calls are growing louder for wealthy countries to stop hoarding excess supply of COVID-19 vaccines and to loosen intellectual property restrictions preventing more countries from making their own vaccines. We speak with economist Jayati Ghosh and Congressmember Ro Khanna of California.
(2021-04-29). The Major Powers Increased Their Military Spending in 2020. zcomm.org Perhaps, someday, people will ask whether increasing preparations for war was the best these governments could do as their populations sank into widespread disease, death, and poverty…
(2021-04-29). Cambios en Cuba. globalizacion.ca Recuerdo los epitafios escritos por adelantado hace 30 años. Mientras se desmoronaba la Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas, los sabios de la tribu vaticinaban que Cuba no resistiría sin el oro de Moscú ni podría soportar la entropía del socialismo…
(2021-04-29). Three Colombians Charged Over Cocaine-Packed Submarine Operating Within Caribbean Waters. sputniknews.com Puerto Rico is a popular transit way to nearby Caribbean nations, making it a target destination for international business and pleasure. On April 4, the US Coast Guard intercepted a semi-submersible vessel off the coast of Yabucoa.
(2021-04-29). Impuestos a la riqueza: Un comienzo necesario. globalizacion.ca La extrema desigualdad en América Latina y el Caribe es un obstáculo para un sistema democrático capaz de garantizar derechos a toda la población. La riqueza acumulada en unas cuantas familias les permite influir para aprovechar las políticas públicas, obstaculizando…
(2021-04-29). Cuba: Un congreso del pueblo. globalizacion.ca Raúl Castro es la figura principal animadora del octavo congreso del PCC, el congreso de la continuidad revolucionaria, como ha sido conocido en Cuba. Y es, claro, mucho más. No es posible en esta breve reseña de la reunión glosar…
(2021-04-29). Over 20 People Dead, Some 30 Injured as Result of Road Accident in Haiti, Security Office Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A road accident in central Haiti, about 50 kilometers northwest of the capital city of Port-au-Prince, has left 21 people dead and about 30 more injured, the public security office said.
(2021-04-29). North Carolina judge refuses to release body-cam footage of police killing of Andrew Brown Jr. wsws.org Hundreds of residents of Elizabeth City, population 18,000, have been protesting in the streets since Brown's murder last week and demanding that the body-camera footage from the shooting be released to the public.
(2021-04-29). China's population continues to grow in 2020: NBS. ecns.cn China's population continued to grow in 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday.
(2021-04-29). US continues its attacks on Venezuela. greenleft.org.au The head of Venezuela's mission in Australia says the country remains under attack from the United States, Chris Slee reports.
(2021-04-28). Car caravans around the US demand end to the blockade on Cuba. liberationnews.org 
The last Sunday of each month since early this year has seen growing actions here in support of Cuba.
(2021-04-28). No Justification for the Existence of Charter Schools. dissidentvoice.org 
Non-profit and for-profit charter schools are privatized, marketized, corporatized education arrangements that appeared 30 years ago in the U.S. They are legal in 45 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and Guam. About 3.3 million youth are currently enrolled in roughly 7,400 charter schools. Charter schools openly embrace "free market" ideology and siphon billions of public …
(2021-04-28). Puerto Rico: °Fuera LUMA! workers.org 
El llamado a la acción sobre Puerto Rico se manifestó el 13 de abril en Union Square de la ciudad de Nueva York para decir °Fuera LUMA! Exigimos la cancelación de este contrato del gobierno colonial de $1.5 mil millones con LUMA. Esta es una empresa creada para privatizar la . . . |
(2021-04-28). Today, defense of the revolution rests with the media. mronline.org 
Víctor Dreke, legendary commander of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, called for those defending the Revolution today to recognize that the battlefield of the 21st century is the media. | April 28, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-28). World police: Washington seeks to imprison foreign businesspeople for violating illegal US sanctions. thegrayzone.com In violation of international law, the US is seeking to extradite and imprison foreign businesspeople for circumventing its unilateral sanctions. Washington's targets include Venezuelan national Alex Saab, North Korean Mun Chol Myong, and Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. The United States uses economic sanctions as a weapon against states which choose a development path independent of US global domination. Sanctions can take the form of blocking a nation's financial and trade transactions, not allowing financial institutions to process them. The …
(2021-04-28). World police: Washington seeks to imprison foreign businesspeople for violating illegal US sanctions. thegrayzone.com In violation of international law, the US is seeking to extradite and imprison foreign businesspeople for circumventing its unilateral sanctions. Washington's targets include Venezuelan national Alex Saab, North Korean Mun Chol Myong, and Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. The United States uses economic sanctions as a weapon against states that choose a development path independent of US global domination. Sanctions can take the form of blocking a nation's financial and trade transactions, not allowing financial institutions to process them. The …
(2021-04-28). Renewed Clashes in Colombo-Venezuelan Border Region Leave Several Dead. venezuelanalysis.com President Nicolás Maduro ordered the largest military operation in decades aimed at defending Venezuela's territorial sovereignty this past March.
(2021-04-28). It's Time To End The Embargo Against Cuba — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Jacob G. Hornberger* | Now that Cuban president Raul Castro has resigned the presidency of Cuba, will the U.S. government lift its six-decades-long economic embargo against Cuba? | Don't count it. Squeezing the life out of the Cuban people as a way to get regime change has become such a normalized way of life for the United States that it is unlikely that this cruel and brutal policy will be ended anytime soon. | Back in the day, the embargo was justified as part of the Cold War against "godless communism" and, specifically, the international communist conspiracy that was supposedly based in Moscow, Russia,…
(2021-04-28). Cuba In Alert Over High Spread Of COVID-19. telesurenglish.net Cuba's Health Ministry Official Francisco Duran Wednesday warned about the high spread of COVID-19 in the country, which has registered an average of 1,045 cases per day in the last month. | RELATED: | During a televised conference, Duran urged the people to comply with the health measures imposed by the government given the COVID-19 upsurge. | In the last 24 hours, Cuba confirmed 988 new infections and ten deceased peo…
(2021-04-28). Brazil To Receive 1 Million Pfizer Vaccines. telesurenglish.net Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga reported that 1 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine would arrive in the country. This, amid a slow vaccination rollout as cases spike and new COVID-19 variants, is identified in the country. | RELATED: | According to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, less than 3 percent of the population has been fully vaccinated. However, the experts highlight that such a vaccine short…
(2021-04-28). YCL: "Remember the dead! Fight for the living!" challenge-magazine.org The Young Communist League has released the following statement to mark International Workers Memorial Day 2021. | Britain will fall silent today to remember all those who have lost their lives at work over the last year. | This year's International Workers Memorial Day comes after over a year of the world being gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic. Well over 130,000 people in Britain have died, with millions across the globe. | The examples of countries such as Cuba, Vietnam, New Zealand and China have shown that the vast majority of these deaths were preventable. | Everyday working people continue to be infected…
(2021-04-28). Special Economic Zones: Venezuela's Strategy for Breaking the US Encirclement. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan government is fine-tuning the legal framework to strengthen the special economic zones (SEZs) already existing in its territory and to open space for foreign direct investment in a production scheme favorable to the Bolivarian nation. | Although the experiences of foreign investment have left little to Venezuela, the national Executive observes the recent changes in the global financial order in which the BRICS are gaining space and considers this an opportunity for the industrial development of the country. | There are eight SEZs in Venezuela that will be redefined with the new legal framework. Th…
(2021-04-28). Commander Ceballos: Venezuela Continues to Strengthen Military Presence in Apure. orinocotribune.com The Strategic Operational Commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB), Admiral Remigio Ceballos, highlighted this Tuesday, April 27, that the Venezuelan Army (FANB) will continue to increase the deployment of forces in Apure state to expel Colombian narco-paramilitary groups, drug traffickers and terrorists, to whom they have dealt heavy blows. Ceballos confirmed that the FANB will continue combat operations until they are all expelled from Venezuelan territory. | Through his Twitter account @CeballosIchaso, Admiral Remigio Ceballos wrote that the security of the nation, and the defense of all Vene…
(2021-04-28). Venezuela Boosts Gasoline Production Again. orinocotribune.com Caracas (Sputnik) — Amid the siege suffered by the oil industry, the Venezuelan government has recovered both gasoline production in the country and the capacities of its main refineries, an expert in public policies for energy, David Paravisini, told Sputnik. | "Last year at this date all the gasoline was imported, and a year later all the gasoline consumed in the country is produced here," said Paravisini, professor of public energy policies at the Bolivarian University of Venezuela, in conversation with Sputnik. "The refineries were scrap in 2020. Today, the El Palito refinery [in Carabobo, in the cent…
(2021-04-28). Amid Widespread Disease, Death, and Poverty, the Major Powers Increased Their Military Spending in 2020. commondreams.org "Someday, people will ask whether increasing preparations for war by these nations—mostly designed to destroy one another—was the best these governments could do as their populations sank into widespread disease, death, and poverty." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/airforce-1.jpg …
(2021-04-28). Venezuela's Education Minister Aristobulo Isturiz Died At 74. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's Education Minister Aristobulo Isturiz on Tuesday night passed away at 74 after an open-heart surgery. | RELATED: | Vice President Delcy Rodriguez spread the news of the death of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) leader on social networks. | "We mourn the death of our professor, fighter of this Homeland to which he dedicated his life. He accompanied us until the last moment with a hopeful smile. Our condol…
(2021-04-28). Cuban Scientific Community Mourns Death of Biotech Founder. telesurenglish.net Cuba's scientific community on Wednesday mourned the death of Dr. Gustavo Sierra, founder of biotechnology in the country, the forerunner of fundamental advances in the field, and teacher of younger generations. | RELATED: | Dr. Sierra's career is that of a top scientist: he was the first president of the Cuban Society of Immunology and a member of the Vaccine Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Public Health. | The Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical…
(2021-04-28). Hidden Air Pollutants On Rise In Cities In India And UK. eurasiareview.com Levels of air pollutants in cities in India are on the rise, according to scientists using observations from instruments on satellites that scan the global skies every day. | Researchers used a long record of data gathered by space-based instruments to estimate trends in a range of air pollutants for 2005 to 2018, timed to coincide with well-established air quality policies in the UK and rapid development in India. | The study was led by the University of Birmingham and UCL and included an international team of contributors from Belgium, India, Jamaica and the UK. The researchers published their findings in th…
(2021-04-28). The Invention of Reality and the Second Phase. indybay.org Being human thus becomes an unsolvable task in the technocratic society… An immense pressure to conform can arise in a technocratic society, since the devaluation of the subjective is accompanied by a suppression of needs, which, when an entire population is affected, leads less to rebelliousness than to compulsive social conformity in order not to be excluded.
(2021-04-28). New York Times' New Onslaught Against Venezuela—Propaganda or Journalism? orinocotribune.com On Monday, April 26, US newspaper and propaganda outlet Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza denounced this alleged report as part of a campaign aimed at portraying Venezuela as a land in chaos, where there is no authority "in large areas of the country." | The top Venezuelan diplomat pointed to the piece as "another smear campaign again…
(2021-04-28). Venezuelan National Assembly Presents Final List of 103 Candidates Eligible for CNE's Board. orinocotribune.com Deputy "We are a collegiate body made up of 11 deputies and 10 members of civil society, from all sectors," he explained. In addition, the president of…
(2021-04-28). Padrino López: The Violence They Intend to Sow in Venezuela Has its Spokesperson in the US. orinocotribune.com The Minister of the armed forces, the Popular Power for Defense, Vladimir Padrino López reacted, via Twitter, to the public confession made by, fugitive from justice Iván Simonovis, highlighting that the violent acts that they are trying to provoke in our country, so as to generate chaos, are all part of a deliberate strategy with an official spokesperson found in Washington. | Padrino López wrote: "The violence that is intended to sow 'chaos' in Venezuela has its plan and its official spokesperson in Washington. He is none other than the comandante de café [coffee-house Commander], the special super commissioner…
(2021-04-28). Venezuela: Jose Gregorio Hernandez To Be Beatified This Friday. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's ecclesiastical authorities on Wednesday informed that Caracas' La Salle-La Colina school is getting ready for the beatification ceremony of Jose Gregorio Hernandez (1864-1919), "the Doctor of the Poor." | RELATED: | "The relics of the future blessed are ready. After the beatification ceremony, they will be delivered to the different churches nationwide, so Jose Gregorio Hernandez can be venerated by all…
(2021-04-28). Apure: Transition to a Conventional War? libya360.wordpress.com Anahi Arizmendi The situation in the state of Apure is part of a strategy to measure the operational capacity of the FANB, to destabilize the central states of the country, and advance in the preparation of the military forces of the United States and Colombia for a regular war against Venezuela, as analyzed by Congressman…