Daily Archives: January 28, 2021

2021-01-28: News Headlines

Yanis Iqbal (2021-01-28). The Biden Administration: Hardening of US Stance on Venezuela. dissidentvoice.org Joe Biden has been sworn in as the President of USA. For Venezuela, nothing has changed. The same belligerence, the same sanctions, and the same imperialism — the American empire continues to be cruelly hostile to the UN-recognized government of Nicolas Maduro. Inviting an Anti-Chavista Criminal Auguries of an ever-intensifying imperialist attack against Venezuela have …

teleSUR (2021-01-28). Mexico To Host Phase 3 of German COVID-19 Vaccine. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Wednesday announced the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines produced by the German company CureVac to conduct phase three of clinical trials with 8,000 volunteers. | RELATED: | CureVac's clinical trials will observe 36,500 volunteers worldwide, including patients from Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Panama, and Peru. | Highlighting that the Mexican overnmen…

Staff (2021-01-28). Share the Technology: Experts Say We Must End Big Pharma Monopoly on COVID Vaccine Supply & Price. democracynow.org As rich countries race to roll out their vaccination programs, leaders in the Global South and global health advocates are increasingly decrying vaccine hoarding that has pushed poorer countries to the back of the line during the pandemic. Some rich countries have secured enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate their populations several times over, while poorer countries struggle to secure enough doses, almost certainly prolonging the pandemic by months or even years. Public health policy expert Dr. Mohga Kamal-Yanni says an obvious way to address the issue is to share technology so more companies in more countries…

RT (2021-01-28). Russia's population decline accelerated in 2020, losing 500,000 residents amid Covid deaths, falling birth rate & less immigration. rt.com Russia has recorded its largest annual population decline in 15 years. According to Rosstat, the official government statistics service, the number of people permanently living in the country dropped by 510,000 in just 12 months. | The national population now totals 146.24 million, a steep drop from 146.75 million at the start of 2020. The last time the country saw such a significant decline was in 2005, when the number of people decreased by 564,500. | Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Moscow was already concerned about the country's falling number of inhabitants. Russia's population peaked at the start of 2018 a…

Staff (2021-01-28). Experts Say We Must End Big Pharma Monopoly on COVID Vaccine Supply and Price. truthout.org As rich countries race to roll out their vaccination programs, leaders in the Global South and global health advocates are increasingly decrying vaccine hoarding that has pushed poorer countries to the back of the line during the pandemic. Some rich countries have secured enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate their populations several times over, while poorer countries struggle to secure enough doses, almost certainly prolonging the pandemic by months or even years. Public health policy expert…

Helen Walsh Diverse Disability Media (2021-01-28). Disability Community and Allies #HighRiskCA COVID-19. indybay.org Disability Community and Allies | Decisions are being made about us without us! Tell our state leaders that WE CAN'T WAIT! We are a vunerable population and we have been left out of consideration to receive the COVID-19 vaccination.

Tony Pecinovsky (2021-01-28). Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations. peoplesworld.org The 20th century saw a wave of anti-colonial, anti-imperialist, national liberation movements transform the world, often with the aid of Soviet, Eastern European, and Cuban Communists. Just as often, these revolts against the old world — the racist, sexist world of subjugation and oppression of entire peoples — were violently suppressed. In the first two …

Peadar O'Cearnaigh (2021-01-28). Derry city councillors call for Cuban medical intervention to fight Covid. thecanary.co On 28 January, independent councillor

Online News Editor (2021-01-28). Jaguar cubs rescued in Nicaragua after being offered for sale online. laprensalatina.com Managua, Jan 27 (efe-epa).- Two jaguar cubs were rescued from a house in the North Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua after being offered for illegal sale on social media when their mother was killed by residents, the Nicaragua Zoo reported on Wednesday. The male and female jaguars, just three-and-a-half months old, were underweight when they were …

yenisafak (2021-01-28). Coronavirus kills 647 health workers in Indonesia. yenisafak.com Adib Khumaidi, a team leader at the Indonesian Medical Association, said in a press release that the number comprises 289 doctors, 221 nurses, 84 midwives, 27 dentists, 15 medical laboratory personnel, and 11 pharmacists.Khumaidi claimed the country's fatality rate for medical personnel is the highest in Asia, and among the top three in the world based on comparison of test statistics and population."From December 2020 to January 2021 we recorded 53 deaths," he said, attributing the high number of fatalities to increased people's activity and mobility recently.The official said the current coronavirus situation i…

Stephanie Odenwald (2021-01-28). What could change with Biden and Harris? indybay.org The next few years will be all about democracy in the U.S., about the social cohesion of a diverse population, about stopping environmental destruction, and about a successful structural change of the economy that goes hand in hand with the creation of sufficient, well-paid jobs and humane working conditions. The opponents of democracy are waiting in the wings.

teleSUR (2021-01-28). Gender Activists Protest Against Rape of a Teenager in Argentina. telesurenglish.net Over 300 women mobilized in Buenos Aires (Argentina) to demand the arrest of Humberto Garzon, who is accused of raping an 18-year-old Venezuelan girl. | RELATED: | Chanting "Garzon rapist, to jail aggressor", the demonstrators gathered peacefully in the Balvanera neighborhood to show solidarity with the victim identified as L.A.R. | The girl responded to a job offer at the "Garzon Uniformes" store specialized in clothing fo…

teleSUR (2021-01-27). Barbados To Impose a Two-Week Lockdown Starting February 3rd. telesurenglish.net Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Tuesday announced that the country will enter "a period of national pause" as part of new restrictions to curb the spread of the Nobel coronavirus. | RELATED: | The lockdown will begin on Feb.3 until Feb. 17 to allow health personnel to conduct COVID-19 tests and medical visits. | Likewise, a curfew will be extended from 7 pm to 6 am and a mandatory quarantine will be increas…

W. T. Whitney, Jr. (2021-01-27). Kerala communists serve the people, look to youth and women. mronline.org At 21 years of age, Arya Rajendran is barely eligible to vote. Nevertheless, she is now the mayor of Kerala's capital city Thiruvananthapuram, population 2,585,000. She is a second-year student at All Saints College. She concentrates in math.

Manuela Solé (2021-01-27). Diplomatic Tensions Rise After Venezuela Detains Guyanese Vessels. venezuelanalysis.com Caracas and Georgetown have an ongoing territorial dispute over the Essequibo region.

sputniknews (2021-01-27). Vaccine War! EU Demands AstraZeneca Hand Over 75m UK-Made COVID-19 Jabs. sputniknews.com The UK's coronavirus vaccination programme is five times more advanced than the EU's, with 10 per cent of the British population inoculated versus just two per cent across the 27-member bloc. the European Commission's response has been to restrict exports of jabs to non-EU countries.

Susie Day (2021-01-27). Emma and Emmanuel: a Marriage Through Prison Walls. counterpunch.org Emmanuella and Emmanuel Pierre call each other "Twin." It makes sense, since they both have practically the same first name and were both born on April 10, 1978, to different Caribbean immigrant families, one in Canada; the other in the U.S. They met when they were ten years old, on a Brooklyn playground. Emmanuella —

sputniknews (2021-01-27). Biden Nominee for UN Envoy Reveals State Department Plans to Designate China's Actions as 'Genocide'. sputniknews.com Earlier, the US Congress passed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, calling on all countries to condemn Beijing's alleged human rights violations towards the Muslim population of Xinjiang.

Online News Editor (2021-01-27). Mafia, royalty, missiles: 90 dizzying years of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba. laprensalatina.com By Lorena Cantó Havana, Jan 26 (efe-epa).- The American mafia plotted assassinations in its halls, its gardens were turned into trenches during the missile crisis and Johnny "Tarzan" Weissmuller used the second floor as a springboard to jump into the pool: few places in the world house as many stories as the Hotel Nacional de …

_____ (2021-01-27). Venezuela Neutralizes Operation Red October, Terrorist Plot Led By Guaidó. popularresistance.org At a press conference, Venezuelan National Assembly (AN) deputy, Freddy Bernal, reported on the results of an investigation by the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM) in Caracas, on the so-called Operation Red October. | This operation aimed to assassinate several civilians and soldiers and damage military infrastructure and was allegedly led by former anti-Chavista deputy Juan Guaidó. | Bernal stressed that the operations were organized by a subject born in Colombia, but who has North American nationality, named Ben Smith Benson.

Arnold August (2021-01-27). Cuba Back on "Terrorism List." What Is Good for the Goose Is Good for the Gander. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles including the E-Book can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). Vease el texto de Arnold en Español. | *** | As …

teleSUR (2021-01-27). Haiti: Unions Call Protests for February 1st. telesurenglish.net According to the opposition, Haiti's President Jovenel Moise ordered security forces to mobilize ahead of protests on February 7, when his mandate expires. | RELATED: | Since Monday, protests have only increased when people hit the streets against a referendum promoted by Moise, who seeks to extend his mandate until 2022. The president requested the Police and the Interior and Justice Ministries to deploy their per…

Brasil de Fato (2021-01-27). Two years on, "people are still dying," says Brumadinho dam collapse victim. peoplesdispatch.org The rupture of the Córrego do Feijà£o Dam in the town of Brumadinho in the state of Minas Gerais occurred two years ago on January 25th, 2019, yet according to one of the victims of the crime Joêlisia Feitosa, the population in the region continues to suffer serious impacts. According to the Feitosa surviving residents have yet to be paid reparations and have been

teleSUR (2021-01-27). Cuba Reaffirms Its Commitment To Global Disarmament. telesurenglish.net Cuba's Ambassador to United Nations Office in Geneva Juan Quintanilla on Monday reaffirmed his nation's commitment to the non-proliferation of weapons while also denouncing the U.S. unilateral coercive measures against his country. | RELATED: | His remarks came in the context of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) which represents the first legally binding multilateral mechani…

teleSUR (2021-01-26). Evo Morales Praises Cuba and Venezuela's Fight Against COVID-19. telesurenglish.net On his Twitter account, Morales noted that "the Cuban Revolution will produce 100 (million) doses of its vaccine against COVID-19 and the Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela produces Carvativir, which neutralizes the symptoms of the disease." | He added that neither of the revolutions seeks profits but rather to fight for human life against the pandemic. | RELATED: | In his tweet, the former Bolivian president referred to the Cuban Governmen…

_____ (2021-01-26). The Economics Lesson Taught By The Pandemic. popularresistance.org On this week's show, Professor Wolff explains that in countries where the government is respected and empowered, such as New Zealand, Taiwan and Cuba, among others, the COVID-19 pandemic has been effectively contained. Alternately, where the government is demonized, disrespected and distrusted, such as in the UK and the US, the pandemic has been devastating. | Prof. Wolff argues that a rational economy includes both private businesses (regulated by the government to different degrees) and state-owned and operated enterprises, depending on which performs best to meet the needs of society. Moreover, besides the que…

teleSUR (2021-01-26). South Africa Asks Governments for Fairer Vaccine Distribution. telesurenglish.net South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called on Thursday for a fairer distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines as his country struggles to immunize its population. | RELATED: | During a virtual meeting of the World Economic Forum, Ramaphosa remarked that "the rich countries of the world went out and acquired large doses, some even acquired up to four times what their population needs … to the exclusion of other countries…

Stephen Lendman (2021-01-26). Israel to Decide Fate of the JCPOA Nuclear Deal? globalresearch.ca According to Biden's secretary of state-designee Anthony Blinken, the new regime in town will keep much of its predecessor's geopolitical agenda in place. | Former usurper-in-waiting/self-designated interim Venezuelan president Guaido — no longer a National Assembly member — will still …

teleSUR Desk (2021-01-26). Venezuela denounces large-scale corruption scheme led by Guaido. mronline.org "The Government of Paraguay owes $360,000,000 to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The commission that was to be shared between Guaidó and the Paraguayans was $26,000,000 do you know how many vaccines could be bought with that?", Rodríguez denounced.

Rubin R. (2021-01-26). The Costs of US Emergency Department Visits. jamanetwork.com The US population made 144.8 million emergency department (ED) visits in 2017, costing a total of $76.3 billion, estimated a recent statistical brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP).

teleSUR (2021-01-26). Cuba Reinforces Its Henry Reeve Medical Brigade in Barbados. telesurenglish.net Cuba's Foreign Affairs Ministry on Monday confirmed the arrival of additional health personnel in Barbados to support the Henry Reeve medical brigade's work on tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | The group consists of four laboratory specialists and 11 physicians who are specialized in epidemiology, anesthesiology, physiotherapy, and adult and pediatric intensive care. | The laboratory specialists will be stat…

Mehr News Agency (2021-01-26). Araghchi meets with Kuwaiti FM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) — Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met and held talks with the Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al Mohammad Al Sabah on Tuesday.

Dean Baker (2021-01-26). The Coronavirus Vaccine Fail and International Elites. cepr.net The vaccine rollout process has been painfully slow in the United States. More than 40 days after the first vaccine was approved for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration, just over 6.0 percent of our population has been vaccinated. And that is with just the first shot, very few having gotten the two …

teleSUR (2021-01-26). Haiti: President Moise Deploys Police To Halt Rising Protests. telesurenglish.net Haiti's President Jovenel Moise on Monday ordered to increase the police deployment in the streets of Port-au-Prince due to the wave of protests that will be called on February 7, the day his term expires, according to the opposition. | RELATED: | The anti-government movements oppose the electoral calendar proposed by Moise, which includes a constitutional referendum in April and presidential elections in September. | Over the last weeks…

Fight Back (2021-01-26). Facebook shuts down community, women's groups and activists' pages without cause. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On January 22, Facebook disabled the main pages of two major community organizations, Peoples Power Assembly and Women In Struggle/Mujeres En Lucha, as well as activists around the country who have played roles in either group, including Puerto Rican activist Berta Joubert-Ceci; Greg Butterfield, Struggle La Lucha writer; Cheryl La Bash, co-chair, National Network on Cuba; Maggie Vascassenno, Los Angeles Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice; and others. | It also banished Peoples Power Assembly page editor Charlene Lady J. Jenkins, a founder of "What's Up Baltimore," whose Baltimore grassroo…