2021-09-09: News Headlines

Staff (2021-09-09). WHO chief calls for worldwide pause on vaccine boosters until 2022, to allow 'every country' to inoculate 40% of population. rt.com World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has pushed for a global halt on Covid vaccine booster shots until next year, arguing the extra doses should go to low-income nations and not to "healthy" vaccinated people. | "I'm calling for an extension of the [booster] moratorium until at least the end of the year, to enable every country to vaccinate at least 40% of its population," Tedros said at a Wednesday briefing. He added that while nearly all wealthier countries had reached the 10% vaccination threshold, and some two-thirds hit the 40% mark, "Not a single low-income country has reached either…

Peoples Health Dispatch (2021-09-09). Healthcare in Haiti suffers in the midst of a political and economic crisis. peoplesdispatch.org The healthcare system in Haiti has been underfunded and understaffed for years, and it is now facing a new set of challenges after the 14 August earthquake in the southwest of the country.

Editor2 (2021-09-09). Cuba: One of the Few Countries Worldwide That Manufactures Its Own Medical Oxygen. orinocotribune.com By Alejandra Garcia — Sept 7, 2021 | In mid-August, a piece of news shook Cuba: medical oxygen coverage began to be limited in health centers due to a breakdown in the country's main production plant. | It was the first time during the pandemic that the island was going through such a situation. Cuba has been producing its own oxygen for decades. In fact, it is one of the few countries in the world that has its own plant to supply hospitals, health centers, industries, and other institutions. | Fidel Castro had foresight. The OxiCuba S.A. plant was created on the island on October 3, 1965, just a few years a…

Editor2 (2021-09-09). Cuba: The Island at the Center of the Conspiracy — Interview with Ramón Labañino. orinocotribune.com Ramón Labañino, who has a degree in Economics from the University of Havana, is one of the five heroes who in the late 80s and early 90s infiltrated anti-Cuban organizations in the United States to detect and prevent terrorist attacks against Cuba and the Revolution. The five were captured by the FBI and sentenced in illegal trials to different penalties; in the case of Ramón to life imprisonment plus 18 years in US prisons. It was thanks to the resistance and revolutionary perseverance of Fidel Castro's government that they were released on December 17, 2014, in the framework of a prisoner exchange between Washi…

Ross Davidson (2021-09-09). Two new publications on Cuba. greenleft.org.au Ross Davidson presents two new free publications that provide some essential background to the Cuban Revolution and Washington's implacable hostility to it.

teleSUR, SH (2021-09-09). Cuba lidera lista de países con más vacunados de Covid-19. telesurtv.net La funcionaria del Minsap comentó que para noviembre esperan alcanzar el 90 o 92 por ciento de la población vacunada contra el Covid-19.

David Rosen (2021-09-09). The End of White Hegemony? counterpunch.org The Census Bureau recently released the first-round of results from the 2020 census and its findings shocked many, especially older white, conservative Americans. William Frey, of the Brookings Institute, reports, "Yet most notable is the small decline in white population — the first in any census since 1790. During much of the nation's history, white

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-09-09). President Maduro Responds to "Leftists" Criticizing Mexico Talks. orinocotribune.com Dialogue, instead of violence, is the only way that will resolve political differences and promote a new stage of economic, political and social well-being of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, said President Nicolás Maduro this Wednesday, September 8, in support of the Mexico Talks. | He expressed this opinion during a working meeting with the economic cabinet, reiterating the willingness of the Bolivarian Revolution to continue with the dialogues between the government and sectors of the opposition, taking place in Mexico. There have already been two rounds of dialogue, and the talks will resume on September…

Victoria Torres (2021-09-09). Yulimar Rojas Goes for Historic Leap to Secure Her First Diamond League. orinocotribune.com One month and one week after having broken the world record for open sky triple jumping, and winning the first Olympic gold by a Venezuelan woman with a mark of 15.67 m at Tokyo 2020, this Thursday, September 9 at 1: 40 p.m. (VE) Yulimar Rojas will attempt a new leap to secure her first Diamond League Trophy. With her participation in this competition she will entertain the possibility of breaking her own records and exceeding the 16-meter mark in the grand final of the tournament in Zurich. | "I have had a sensational year, full of marks above 15 meters that have given me a consistency that I needed to achieve my…

Staff (2021-09-09). CNE Signs Observation Agreement with Electoral Experts from Latin America (CEELA). orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, September 8, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) and the Latin American Council of Electoral Experts (CEELA) signed an agreement to formalize the deployment of a delegation of electoral observers to the regional and municipal "mega"-elections to be held on November 21. | "It is a reason for joy and contentment, to feel that we are accompanied by you (CEELA), that your wisdom and experience guide us in this complex, difficult, and important task of carrying out an electoral process, which in Venezuela is of enormous significance," said Pedro Calzadilla, president of the electoral body. | I…

Editor2 (2021-09-08). South-North Solidarity: Venezuelan Kraft Food Workers Hail US Strike Against TNC. orinocotribune.com In one of the biggest recent private sector strikes in the US, unionized workers who make Oreos, Chips Ahoy!, Newtons and other Nabisco snacks are on strike in at least five states — Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, and Virginia — over unjust demands for contract concessions. | Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union have rejected management's call for changes in shift lengths and overtime rules. The workers are also calling for the restoration of a pension plan, which Nabisco's owner, Mondelez International, replaced in 2018 with a 401(k) program after a cont…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-08). How the U.S. Came to Dominate Haiti: Military Occupation. libya360.wordpress.com Peter James Hudson Part I — Dark Finance Part II — Seizing the Gold A U.S. Marine patrol in Haiti after the 1915 invasion. "The U.S. occupation of Haiti was brutal in its administration." Chapter Three: Financial Occupations The reaction to the [U.S. Marines'] removal of the gold [from the vaults of the Banque nationale…

Editor (2021-09-08). Cuba: The first country in the world to vaccinate children under 12. mronline.org Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel announced Aug. 31—in a special meeting of scientists and health professionals—that by November, 92.6% of Cuba's entire population will be fully vaccinated with the three-shot process.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-08). Cuba: Vaccination of Pediatric Groups Underway as the Academic Year Begins. libya360.wordpress.com Editorial Comment: Material appears on this website challenging "gene therapy" (mRNA and DNA injections) falsely promoted as vaccines, that have resulted in an appalling number of deaths and injury, yet continue to be forced upon people, in flagrant violation of universal human rights. Cuban vaccines are vaccines, not gene therapy, and as they have advanced…

scorinoco (2021-09-08). PAHO and Cuba Dialogue on Recognition of COVID-19 Vaccines. orinocotribune.com Representatives of the BioCubaFarma business group and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) held a meeting last Thursday, September 2, in Havana, focused on the process of international recognition of Cuba's COVID-19 vaccines. | "Today a working meeting was held in the headquarters of BioCubaFarma, with the representative of PAHO/WHO in CUBA, Dr. José Moya. It took place in a favorable climate and its objective was the process of recognition of our COVID-19 vaccines by the WHO," the Cuban entity announced on its official Twitter account. | Precisely on Wednesday, September 1, the president of the business…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-08). Guinea and the Military Coup Incubator, AFRICOM. libya360.wordpress.com Netfa Freeman The recent coup in Guinea exemplifies the damage done by European colonizers and the U.S. Africa Command. West Africa has just experienced its fourth attempted coup in just over a year, and seven coups over the last 13 years were carried out by African troops trained by the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). One was directly…

Rosa Elizalde (2021-09-08). The Money That Never Arrives in Cuba. counterpunch.org With the money she earns cleaning houses in the morning and an office at night, Virgen Elena Pupo, a 47-year-old Cuban migrant, has managed to raise her family in Washington, D.C., but has not been able to help her parents in Holguín, Cuba. She is separated from her parents by more than 1,246 miles. In

Staff (2021-09-08). Headlines for September 8, 2021. democracynow.org Taliban Announces Acting Gov't as Protests Take Place Across Afghanistan, 75% of U.S. Adults Partially Vaccinated; Quarter of New Cases Are Children Amid Delta Surge, New Zealand Eases Restrictions; Cuba Rolls Out Vaccines for Children as Young as 2, Pro- and Anti-Bolsonaro Protesters Rally on Brazil's Independence Day, Gov. Abbott Claims He Will "Eliminate Rapists" as He Signs Voter Restriction Bill into Law, Biden Warns of Existential Threat of Climate Change as He Visits NY and NJ in Ida's Wake, Global Coalition Calls on U.N. to Postpone November Climate Talks Amid Pandemic, Vaccine Inequity, Mexico's Top Cour…

Moderator (2021-09-08). CIA Torture Cover-Up Still Looms Over 9/11 Trials at Guantánamo. scheerpost.com Entrance to Camp Delta at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. (Kathleen T. Rhem) | By Brett Wilkins / U.S. war crimes in the so-called War on Terror were back in the spotlight Tuesday as pretrial hearings for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants resumed at Guantánamo Bay, with a lawyer for…

Agustín Lage Dávila (2021-09-08). Defender a Cuba es defender el socialismo: Es la misma batalla. globalizacion.ca El país está en manos de los jóvenes. Siempre lo ha estado: Martí tenía 16 años de edad cuando escribió "El Presidido Político en Cuba", Mella tenía 22 cuando fundó el Partido Comunista, Guiteras tenía 27 cuando ordenó la nacionalización…

_____ (2021-09-08). First Africa-CARICOM Summit. popularresistance.org Hosted by Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, and with the theme 'Unity Across Continents and Oceans: Opportunities for Deepening Integration', participating governments looked at ways to strengthen the linkages between the people of Africa and the Caribbean regions by addressing integration challenges across continents. | Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda, and Chair of CARICOM, proposed the establishment of a Forum of African and Caribbean Territories and States (FACTS) to be coordinated jointly by the Secretariats of CARICOM and the African Union (AU). He also proposed the designation of Septemb…

teleSUR (2021-09-08). Colombian Congress Approves President Duque's New Tax Reform. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Senate and House of Representatives passed President Ivan Duque's "Social Investment Law," which is a tax reform that aims to raise some USD4 billion in taxes. | RELATED: | With 76 votes in favor and one against, the Senate approved a bill that supposedly would allow the far-right administration to grant aid to 50 percent of the population affected by the pandemic. Since the bill did not really serve…

Staff (2021-09-08). Weary South Carolina teachers return to classrooms as COVID-19 pummels state. therealnews.com For many around the country, the new school year has already begun. And many districts are pushing forward with in-person schooling, even though we are in the midst of another COVID-19 spike, with new cases around the country rising to their highest point since January. Large swathes of the population are still unvaccinated, including 50 million children nationwide under the age of 12. Combined with the fact that vaccine and mask mandates have become another contentious subject of culture war hysteria and with the more contagious Delta variant causing a critical mass of new hospitalizations, school district…

WSWS (2021-09-08). Virginia's health board moves to loosen pandemic safety rules as the state cuts unemployment benefits for thousands. wsws.org Throughout the pandemic, the Democratic Party-controlled government has consistently sacrificed the health and well-being of its population to the interests of big business.

Staff (2021-09-08). 21N Regional Elections: Diosdado Cabello Presents Report on Chavismo Nominations — Eduardo Samán Excluded. orinocotribune.com At a press conference on Monday, September 6, Diosdado Cabello, first vice-president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), reported that 183,806 persons were nominated by the party's bases to be candidacies for the regional elections of November 21. In this regard, he explained that all the candidacies of the Great Simón Bolívar Patriotic Pole (GPP) have already been registered with the National Electoral Council (CNE). | "All the nominated candidates of the Great Patriotic Pole are already registered, in all governorates, in all municipalities and in all municipal councils," informed Cabello. | Yout…

Staff (2021-09-08). Cape Verde Constitutional Court Green-Lights Saab Extradition to the US. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, September 7, Cape Verde's Constitutional Court ruled that the extradition of Venezuelan diplomatic envoy Alex Saab to the US is constitutional. Washington has asked for the extradition under pretenses of alleged money laundering crimes. | The constitutional court, which is the highest judicial instance of Cape Verde, the country where Saab has been detained since June 2020 at the request of the United States, deemed the appeal filed by the defense against the alleged unconstitutionality of Saab's arrest and extradition as "inadmissible." | The Constitutional Court published a 194-page resolution on it…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2021-09-08). Cape Verde Constitutional Court Approves Extradition of Venezuelan Envoy Alex Saab. venezuelanalysis.com A member of Saab's legal team said the "matter was not closed" and the defense would continue to fight to stop his extradition.

teleSUR (2021-09-08). Latin American Experts to Observe the Venezuelan Elections. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) signed an agreement with the Latin American Council of Electoral Experts (CEELA) for its members to be international observers of the Nov. 21 subnational elections. | RELATED: | "These elections are of great importance since they are part of a political understanding process that is taking place in our country to promote peace. It is reassuring to feel that…

Staff (2021-09-08). Iván Duque Attacks Dialogue Between Venezuelan Government and Opposition (Monomeros). orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, September 7, Colombian President Iván Duque, one of the main allies of the extreme-right wing led by former deputy Juan Guaidó in Venezuela, lashed out against the partial agreements signed by the Venezuelan government and the extreme right opposition in the dialogue process that was held until Monday in Mexico. | In this regard, the Colombian president, referring to the issue through a couple of messages on his Twitter account, insisted on disqualifying the talks and reiterated his accusations against "the dictatorship" of Nicolás Maduro, as he usually calls the Venezuelan government. | Hours before…

scorinoco (2021-09-08). Venezuela on the Path to Political Consensus. orinocotribune.com As of September 3, the government of President Nicolás Maduro has resumed talks with the Venezuelan opposition to reach a consensus, demand an end to the sanctions imposed by the United States and other Western powers, establish an electoral timetable and build a Venezuela for all. | The eyes of the world are on Mexico, the neutral ground where this new round of talks, which began on August 13, is taking place behind closed doors and without press access. | Already on more than one occasion, the government representative in the talks, Jorge Rodríguez, has urged the international community to stop "threatening and…

Staff (2021-09-08). Venezuela Denounces Assault on Monómeros by Colombia's Superintendency. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, September 7, the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela denounced the flagrant assault on the company Monómeros, an asset of the Venezuelan State in Colombia, by Colombia's Superintendency of Corporations (SCC). | This was informed by Freddy àëañez, Venezuelan vice president of Communication, Culture and Tourism. | #COMUNICADO El Gobierno de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, denuncia que la Superintendencia de Sociedades de Colombia, ha asaltado de manera flagrante, un activo del Estado | venezolano, como es el caso de la empresa Monómeros. | Lea Aquí Ana Perdigón (2021-09-08). Following Long Delay, First Batch of COVAX Vaccines Arrive in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Early this morning, the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from the controversial United Nations COVAX initiative arrived in Venezuela, reported the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Health Organization's (WHO) regional office for the Americas. | This first shipment of COVID vaccines consists of 693,600 doses of China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine, which are included on the WHO emergency use list, and represents barely 6% of the total of vaccines paid for by the Venezuelan government. | "The vaccines were purchased through the Revolving Fund of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) with the count…

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