Daily Archives: May 28, 2021

2021-05-28: News Headlines

Michael Welch (2021-05-29). Israel Post Ceasefire: When the Dreams of Israelis Collide with the Hopes of Palestinians. globalresearch.ca "Terrorize the civilian population, assuring maximal destruction of property and cultural resources… The daily life of the Palestinians must be rendered unbearable: They should be locked up in cities and towns, prevented from exercising normal economic life, cut off from …

Fight Back (2021-05-28). U.S.-backed commandos kill blind Colombian revolutionary leader. fightbacknews.org On May 17, a U.S.-backed Colombian commando unit, acting like bounty hunters, illegally crossed into the Venezuelan state of Zulia to murder Colombian rebel leader Jesus Santrich. Like the criminal gangsters they are, the commandos cut off his left finger to verify his identity to claim the $1 million bounty cosponsored by the U.S. State Department and the Colombian President Ivan Duque. | One might be forced to ask the question: why would the U.S. and Colombian governments place a $1 million bounty for a dead-or-alive capture of a blind 55-year-old former peace negotiator who was in a small mountain town near th…

Daniela Jimenez (2021-05-28). Foreign Affairs Minister Arreaza's Forceful Response to Biden's Advisor, Juan González. orinocotribune.com Following pessimistic and meddlesome remarks made this Wednesday, May 26, by Juan González, advisor to the US president Joe Biden, assuring that political pressure on President Nicolás Maduro will persist if the dialogue between the opposition and Chavismo "fails," the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza responded to the Colombian González. | "The dialogue has been fruitful and has generated peace thanks to the willingness of Venezuelans," wrote Arreaza on Twitter. "You should occupy yourself with your two countries: main producer of narcotics (Colombia) and the main consumer (United States), and re…

Mark Gruenberg (2021-05-28). Chicago ordinance bringing laid-off hotel workers back to work stalls. peoplesworld.org CHICAGO—Marie Lourdie Pierre-Jacques, a naturalized Haitian immigrant who was a banquet server in Swissotel in Chicago's Loop, gave her life to her job for 18 years. She almost had her first baby at the hotel. After only six weeks of leave, she returned to work. After that, her first son called her sister "Mommy" and …

Éric Toussaint (2021-05-28). North Africa and the Middle-East: A new wave of debt. Part 6. mronline.org We deepen our analysis by focusing on various regions. After Latin America and the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa, we continue with the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA). | May 28, 2021 | Newswire…

Editorial Team (2021-05-28). Bizarre propaganda offensive begins against New Zealand. challenge-magazine.org The Five Eyes is an "intelligence alliance" compromising of Canada, the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand that began as a World War 2 tool but for most of its existence been a weapon against socialist states. | Its primary function currently is to compile resources for propaganda attacks on China and supposedly validate a whole range of hyperbolic claims about Beijing. | With the population of New Zealand being only about 2% that of the United States' alone, many would correctly assume that Wellington's contribution to this arrangement isn't substantial. A paper from the small country's government estimated th…

ANSWER Coalition Bay Area (2021-05-28). Sunday 5/30: San Francisco Caravan: End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba! indybay.org Gather at 1875 Marin Street, San Francisco…

WSWS (2021-05-28). COVID pandemic spawns vaccine billionaires amid global mass death. wsws.org The profits reaped off vaccine production have produced nine new billionaires, amid record deaths and a denial of vaccinations for the vast majority of the world's population.

Staff (2021-05-28). Anti-Chavista Deputy Bertucci: 'US Policy Towards Venezuela to Change in Coming Months'. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, May 27, Venezuelan deputy to the National Assembly (AN), Javier Bertucci, said that the policy of the United States with respect to Venezuela will change in the coming months, and that between June and July, high-level officials from Joe Biden's administration are expected to visit Venezuela. | "The policy of the United States is going to change in the coming months, because they want results and have not seen them in the last two years," said Bertucci, who is also a member of the AN Special Commission for Dialogue, Reconciliation, and Peace, in an interview granted to Sputnik. | "There are some is…

Staff (2021-05-28). According to Reuters 500,000 Barrels of Diesel Arrived in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, May 27, Reuters news agency Venezuela's diesel shortage, another consequence of the "sanctions" imposed by the United States and promoted by the opposition sector and former deputy Juan Guiadó, primarily affects food transportation…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-05-28). Operation Condor 2.0: Behind Aznar's Award to Guaidó and the Atlas Network. libya360.wordpress.com Karen Méndez Loffredo Interview with Julián Macías Tovar, researcher and editor of Pandemia Digital. Former President José María Aznar presented the 10th FAES Freedom Award to former Venezuelan MP Juan Guaidó. The event was also attended by the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the mayor José Luis Martínez Almeida and the…

José A. Amesty R. (2021-05-28). Marco Rubio García, monomaniaco y mitómano. globalizacion.ca Sin duda alguna el senador republicano Marco Rubio García en EEUU, se ha convertido en el estratega de presión contra Cuba y Venezuela. Su verborrea barata, repetitiva, politiquera y mentirosa, lo hace ser un monomanà¨aco y mentiroso. | Su última perla…

Staff (2021-05-27). Venezuela's Arreaza: World Must Respond to State Violence in Colombia (Desaparecidos, Mass Graves & Bloody Repression). orinocotribune.com Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister, Jorge Arreaza, reacted strongly to the discovery of the bodies of young protesters during the national strike in Colombia, emphasizing that "the world must responded" to the state violence that has been taking place in that country for several weeks already. | Through his official Twitter account @jaarreaza, the senior Venezuelan official wrote: "From #Venezuela we have been warning for years about the seriousness of the situation of state violence and of all kinds of paramilitary groups in #Colombia. What has happened in recent weeks is nothing more than a magnification of d…

Editor2 (2021-05-27). AU Day Celebration: Venezuelan Diplomat Calls on African Leaders to Resist Oppression. orinocotribune.com Today May 25, 2021 is being celebrated across the continent as Africa Day in commemoration of the foundation of the Organisation of African Unity on 25 May 1963. | As part of the celebration, many statements have been made to celebrate the continent and also tackle various issues happening within the continent. | Venezuela's Deputy Permanent Representative to the African Union, Ambassador Alex Saab in a statement on the occasion of the celebration said it is a day of liberation from foreign control and oppression and is worth celebrating. | Citing himself as someone who has suffered injustice over his detention a…

Staff (2021-05-27). 'We are Confident Cape Verde Constitutional Court will Finally Provide Alex Saab the Justice he has been Denied': Jose-Manuel Pinto Monteiro. orinocotribune.com By Jose-Manuel Pinto Monteiro — May 26, 2021 | Arbitrarily detained in Cabo Verde since June 12, 2020, pending his extradition to the United States of America, Ambassador Alex Saab tirelessly continues his fight for his freedom in the face of injustice. | Armed with courage and resilience, the Venezuelan diplomat has launched his appeal to the Constitutional Court of Cabo Verde, which has the power to render the justice which has been denied him this past one year. In this latest filing, Ambassador Saab pleads the abusive and unconstitutional nature of both his detention and the extradition procedure which e…

Staff (2021-05-27). March of Solidarity with Palestine in Caracas (+ Photos). orinocotribune.com Hundreds of Venezuelans mobilized in Caracas this Tuesday, May 25, in a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people and denouncing the 11 days of criminal aggression and bombardment of Gaza by Israel. The march started from Plaza El Indio in Chacao, east of Caracas, and ended at the headquarters of the United Nations (UN), in Torre Parque el àÅvila. | The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) delivered to the UN a statement in support of Palestine, stating that both "the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the PSUV express their strong rejection and condemnation against the acts of extermination ca…

Kenn Orphan (2021-05-27). The Spotlight on Israel Apartheid Must Not Fade. counterpunch.org Unlike ever before, Israel is finally seeing some major pushback that is international in scope. With its ongoing ethnic cleansing campaign exemplified by the expulsion of Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, its attacks on worshippers at one of the holiest sites in Islam, Al Aqsa, and on the holiest of holidays, and its murderous and criminal assault on the captive population of Gaza, Israel has been put in an uncomfortable spotlight. But the key to dismantling its entrenched apartheid system lies in keeping that spotlight fixed, especially now that a ceasefire has been implemented. If attenti…

Sara Flounders (2021-05-27). Venezuelan diplomat kidnapped: Release Alex Saab! workers.org Nearly a year ago, on June 12, 2020, Alex Saab was pulled off a plane at an U.S. demand for his arrest, during a refueling stop in the Republic of Cabo Verde, a small and very poor island archipelago nation off the West Coast of Africa. Saab, a Venezuelan diplomat . . . |

Staff (2021-05-27). No Tokyo Olympics: As COVID Spikes in Japan, Calls Grow to Cancel Games. IOC Refuses. Who Profits? democracynow.org Pressure is growing on organizers to cancel the Tokyo Olympics as Japan struggles to contain a fourth wave of COVID-19 cases. The games, which were delayed by a year due to the pandemic, are scheduled to begin July 23 even though less than 3% of the Japanese population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, one of the lowest rates in the developed world. Jules Boykoff, author and former Olympic athlete who played for the U.S. Olympic soccer team, says the "extremely lopsided" contracts the International Olympic Committee signs with host countries give the body ultimate authority over whether or not to cancel…

Andreína Chávez Alava (2021-05-27). Venezuela: Maduro Hails Special Economic Zone 'Opportunities'. venezuelanalysis.com PDVSA has reportedly signed confidential agreements with 20 companies to increase crude production in 106 fields as the government increasingly turns to the private sector.

Staff (2021-05-27). Spain Receives Venezuela's Formal Request for Leopoldo López Extradition (+ Orlando Figuera Case). orinocotribune.com Spain's Minister for Foreign Affairs, EU and Cooperation, Arancha González Laya, confirmed that Spain has already received the formal request for the extradition of the Venezuelan fugitive from justice, Leopoldo López. | Without providing any further explanation regarding the expected response to the request, the Spanish minister stated that they would "follow the procedure as usual," Europa Press agency reported. | On May 11, the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) authorized a request to be issued to the government of Spain for the extradition of the ultra-rightist and opposition leader Leopoldo López Men…

teleSUR (2021-05-27). Venezuela Denies Hampering Guyana's Independence in 1966. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Ministry (MPPRE) rejected statements by Guyana's President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, who accused the Bolivarian nation of impeding his country's independence in May 26, 1966. | RELATED: | "President Ali distances himself from historical reality to feed a victimizing and negative matrix regarding the just Venezuelan claim on the Essequibo territory whose origin is prior to the granting of i…

teleSUR (2021-05-27). The Dominican Republic Extends COVID-19 Emergency. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader extended the COVID-19 state of emergency for 45 additional days starting on May 30. | RELATED: | His decision seeks to address an increase in COVID-19 contagions. So far, this country has reported 286,269 cases and 3,613 related deaths. | Until June 11, a daily curfew will rule from 8 p.m to 5 a.m. in the National District and the Santo Domingo province, where COVI…

José àÅngel Portal Miranda (2021-05-27). La COVID-19 ha confirmado que el mundo necesita de sistemas sanitarios resilientes. globalizacion.ca Intervención del Doctor José Angel Portal Miranda, Ministro de Salud Pública de Cuba en la 74 ™ Asamblea Mundial de la Salud | Tema: "Poner fin a esta pandemia, prevenir la siguiente: construir juntos un mundo más saludable, seguro y justo". | Señora…

teleSUR (2021-05-27). US Blockade Caused $65 Million in Losses on Cuba's Telecom. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Cuba's Telecommunications Deputy Minister Wilfrido Gonzalez denounced that the U.S. blockade has severely affected his country's telecommunications sector. | RELATED: | "Between April and December 2020, the U.S. blockade has caused damages to this field worth US$65 million," Gonzalez said, adding that the Cuban telecommunications company ETECSA had been restricted from accessing technologies and equipment l…

teleSUR (2021-05-27). 375 Venezuelans Came Back to Their Homeland This Week. telesurenglish.net Venezuelan government continues to advance in the "Return to the Homeland" plan through which 375 Venezuelans came back to their country this week. | RELATED: | Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Rander Peña noted that over 200,000 citizens have returned from different parts of the world under this Plan after they had suffered discrimination and xenophobia. | On Thursday morning, a flight brought 278 Venezuelans f…

teleSUR (2021-05-27). The US 'State Sponsors of Terrorism' List Is Biased, Cuba Warns. telesurenglish.net Cuba's Foreign Affairs Ministry (MINREX) on Wednesday condemned the U.S. State Department's (DoS) decision to declare the Caribbean nation as a State that "does not fully cooperate" with U.S anti-terrorism efforts. | RELATED: | "This is a totally unfounded accusation used for political purposes, which attempts to justify aggressions against Cuba, including the inhumane economic, trade, and financial blockade," MINREX warned. | The…

Darren Byler (2021-05-27). From Xinjiang to Mississippi: Terror Capitalism, Labour and Surveillance. zcomm.org In both Xinjiang and elsewhere, the labour of populations controlled by surveillance infrastructure is devalued and becomes a source of heightened exploitation…

Staff (2021-05-27). Argentina Withdraws Support for International Criminal Court Case Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Embassy of Argentina in the Netherlands sent a letter to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, requesting the withdrawal of all the steps taken by the Court against Venezuela, as reported by the news channel RT. The media had access to a letter in which the Argentine nation reiterated that it was no longer part of the Lima group as it was during the right-wing government of Mauricio Macri who had supported all the unilateral measures that adversly affect the Venezuelan people. | "The Government of the Republic of Argentina withdraws from said referral as well as from any pr…

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2021-05-28: Social Media Postees

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Israel Post Ceasefire: When the Dreams of Israelis Collide with the Hopes of Palestinians
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-29
"Terrorize the civilian population, assuring maximal destruction of property and cultural resources… The daily life of the Palestinians must be rendered unbearable: They should be locked up in cities and towns, prevented from exercising normal economic life, cut off from …
globalresearch.ca/israel-post-ceasefire-when-the-dreams-of-israelis-collide-with-the-hopes-of-palestinians/5746485

Foreign Affairs Minister Arreaza's Forceful Response to Biden's Advisor, Juan González
Daniela Jimenez | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-28
Following pessimistic and meddlesome remarks made this Wednesday, May 26, by Juan González, advisor to the US president Joe Biden, assuring that political pressure on President Nicolás Maduro will persist if the dialogue between the opposition and Chavismo "fails," the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza responded to the Colombian González. | "The dialogue has been fruitful and has generated peace thanks to the willingness of Venezuelans," wrote Arreaza on Twitter. "You should occupy yourself with your two countries: main producer of narcotics (Colombia) and the main consumer (United States), and re…
orinocotribune.com/foreign-affairs-minister-arreazas-forceful-response-to-bidens-advisor-juan-gonzalez/

U.S.-backed commandos kill blind Colombian revolutionary leader
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-28
On May 17, a U.S.-backed Colombian commando unit, acting like bounty hunters, illegally crossed into the Venezuelan state of Zulia to murder Colombian rebel leader Jesus Santrich. Like the criminal gangsters they are, the commandos cut off his left finger to verify his identity to claim the $1 million bounty cosponsored by the U.S. State Department and the Colombian President Ivan Duque. | One might be forced to ask the question: why would the U.S. and Colombian governments place a $1 million bounty for a dead-or-alive capture of a blind 55-year-old former peace negotiator who was in a small mountain town near th…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/5/28/us-backed-commandos-kill-blind-colombian-revolutionary-leader

Foreign Affairs Minister Arreaza's Forceful Response to Biden's Advisor, Juan González
Daniela Jimenez | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-28
Following pessimistic and meddlesome remarks made this Wednesday, May 26, by Juan González, advisor to the US president Joe Biden, assuring that political pressure on President Nicolás Maduro will persist if the dialogue between the opposition and Chavismo "fails," the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza responded to the Colombian González. | "The dialogue has been fruitful and has generated peace thanks to the willingness of Venezuelans," wrote Arreaza on Twitter. "You should occupy yourself with your two countries: main producer of narcotics (Colombia) and the main consumer (United States), and re…
orinocotribune.com/foreign-affairs-minister-arreazas-forceful-response-to-bidens-advisor-juan-gonzalez/

COVID pandemic spawns vaccine billionaires amid global mass death
wsws.org | 2021-05-28
The profits reaped off vaccine production have produced nine new billionaires, amid record deaths and a denial of vaccinations for the vast majority of the world's population.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/28/pers-m28.html

Bizarre propaganda offensive begins against New Zealand
Editorial Team | challenge-magazine.org | 2021-05-28
The Five Eyes is an "intelligence alliance" compromising of Canada, the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand that began as a World War 2 tool but for most of its existence been a weapon against socialist states. | Its primary function currently is to compile resources for propaganda attacks on China and supposedly validate a whole range of hyperbolic claims about Beijing. | With the population of New Zealand being only about 2% that of the United States' alone, many would correctly assume that Wellington's contribution to this arrangement isn't substantial. A paper from the small country's government estimated th…
challenge-magazine.org/2021/05/28/bizarre-propaganda-offensive-begins-against-new-zealand/

Chicago ordinance bringing laid-off hotel workers back to work stalls
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2021-05-28
CHICAGO–Marie Lourdie Pierre-Jacques, a naturalized Haitian immigrant who was a banquet server in Swissotel in Chicago's Loop, gave her life to her job for 18 years. She almost had her first baby at the hotel. After only six weeks of leave, she returned to work. After that, her first son called her sister "Mommy" and …
peoplesworld.org/article/chicago-ordinance-bringing-laid-off-hotel-workers-back-to-work-stalls/

Sunday 5/30: San Francisco Caravan: End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba!
ANSWER Coalition Bay Area | indybay.org | 2021-05-28
Gather at 1875 Marin Street, San Francisco…
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Sunday 5/30: San Francisco Caravan: End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba!
ANSWER Coalition Bay Area | indybay.org | 2021-05-28
Gather at 1875 Marin Street, San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/27/18842779.php

According to Reuters 500,000 Barrels of Diesel Arrived in Venezuela
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-28
On Thursday, May 27, Reuters news agency reported that Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) received almost 500,000 barrels of diesel fuel aboard the tanker Bueno, flying the flag of Djibouti, at the port of Amuay in Falcón state, Venezuela, on Sunday May 23. | Venezuela's diesel shortage, another consequence of the "sanctions" imposed by the United States and promoted by the opposition sector and former deputy Juan Guiadó, primarily affects food transportation…
orinocotribune.com/according-to-reuters-500000-barrels-of-diesel-arrived-in-venezuela/

Operation Condor 2.0: Behind Aznar's Award to Guaidó and the Atlas Network
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-28
Karen Méndez Loffredo Interview with Julián Macías Tovar, researcher and editor of Pandemia Digital. Former President José María Aznar presented the 10th FAES Freedom Award to former Venezuelan MP Juan Guaidó. The event was also attended by the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the mayor José Luis Martínez Almeida and the… Read…
libya360.wordpress.com/2021/05/28/operation-condor-2-0-behind-aznars-award-to-guaido-and-the-atlas-network/

Anti-Chavista Deputy Bertucci: 'US Policy Towards Venezuela to Change in Coming Months'
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-28
This Thursday, May 27, Venezuelan deputy to the National Assembly (AN), Javier Bertucci, said that the policy of the United States with respect to Venezuela will change in the coming months, and that between June and July, high-level officials from Joe Biden's administration are expected to visit Venezuela. | "The policy of the United States is going to change in the coming months, because they want results and have not seen them in the last two years," said Bertucci, who is also a member of the AN Special Commission for Dialogue, Reconciliation, and Peace, in an interview granted to Sputnik. | "There are some is…
orinocotribune.com/anti-chavista-deputy-bertucci-us-policy-towards-venezuela-to-change-in-coming-months/

North Africa and the Middle-East: A new wave of debt. Part 6
Éric Toussaint | mronline.org | 2021-05-28
We deepen our analysis by focusing on various regions. After Latin America and the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa, we continue with the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA). | May 28, 2021 | Newswire…
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Marco Rubio García, monomaniaco y mitómano
José A. Amesty R. | globalizacion.ca | 2021-05-28
Sin duda alguna el senador republicano Marco Rubio García en EEUU, se ha convertido en el estratega de presión contra Cuba y Venezuela. Su verborrea barata, repetitiva, politiquera y mentirosa, lo hace ser un monomanà¨aco y mentiroso. | Su última perla…
globalizacion.ca/marco-rubio-garcia-monomaniaco-y-mitomano/

Venezuela's Arreaza: World Must Respond to State Violence in Colombia (Desaparecidos, Mass Graves & Bloody Repression)
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister, Jorge Arreaza, reacted strongly to the discovery of the bodies of young protesters during the national strike in Colombia, emphasizing that "the world must responded" to the state violence that has been taking place in that country for several weeks already. | Through his official Twitter account @jaarreaza, the senior Venezuelan official wrote:…
orinocotribune.com/venezuelas-arreaza-world-must-respond-to-state-violence-in-colombia-desaparecidos-mass-graves-bloody-repression/

AU Day Celebration: Venezuelan Diplomat Calls on African Leaders to Resist Oppression
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
Today May 25, 2021 is being celebrated across the continent as Africa Day in commemoration of the foundation of the Organisation of African Unity on 25 May 1963. | As part of the celebration, many statements have been made to celebrate the continent and also tackle various issues happening within the continent. | Venezuela's Deputy Permanent Representative to the African Union, Ambassador Alex Saab in a statement on the occasion of the celebration said it is a day of liberation from foreign control and oppression and is worth celebrating. | Citing himself as someone who has suffered injustice over his detention a…
orinocotribune.com/au-day-celebration-venezuelan-diplomat-calls-on-african-leaders-to-resist-oppression/

AU Day Celebration: Venezuelan Diplomat Calls on African Leaders to Resist Oppression
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
Today, May 25, 2021, is being celebrated across the continent as Africa Day in commemoration of the foundation of the Organization of African Unity on 25 May 1963. | As part of the celebration, many statements have been made to celebrate the continent and also tackle various issues happening within the continent. | Venezuela's Deputy Permanent Representative to the African Union, Ambassador Alex Saab, in a statement on the occasion of the celebration, said it is a day of liberation from foreign control and oppression and is worth celebrating. | Citing himself as someone who has suffered injustice over his detenti…
orinocotribune.com/au-day-celebration-venezuelan-diplomat-calls-on-african-leaders-to-resist-oppression/

'We are Confident Cape Verde Constitutional Court will Finally Provide Alex Saab the Justice he has been Denied': Jose-Manuel Pinto Monteiro
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
By Jose-Manuel Pinto Monteiro — May 26, 2021 | Arbitrarily detained in Cabo Verde since June 12, 2020, pending his extradition to the United States of America, Ambassador Alex Saab tirelessly continues his fight for his freedom in the face of injustice. | Armed with courage and resilience, the Venezuelan diplomat has launched his appeal to the Constitutional Court of Cabo Verde, which has the power to render the justice which has been denied him this past one year. In this latest filing, Ambassador Saab pleads the abusive and unconstitutional nature of both his detention and the extradition procedure which e…
orinocotribune.com/we-are-confident-cape-verde-constitutional-court-will-finally-provide-alex-saab-the-justice-he-has-been-denied-jose-manuel-pinto-monteiro/

March of Solidarity with Palestine in Caracas (+ Photos)
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
Hundreds of Venezuelans mobilized in Caracas this Tuesday, May 25, in a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people and denouncing the 11 days of criminal aggression and bombardment of Gaza by Israel. The march started from Plaza El Indio in Chacao, east of Caracas, and ended at the headquarters of the United Nations (UN), in Torre Parque el àÅvila. | The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) delivered to the UN a statement in support of Palestine, stating that both "the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the PSUV express their strong rejection and condemnation against the acts of extermination ca…
orinocotribune.com/march-of-solidarity-with-palestine-in-caracas-photos/

Hearts for Palestine
Andrea Arroyo, Mohammad Sabaaneh | thenation.com | 2021-05-27
Hearts for Palestine…
thenation.com/article/world/hearts-for-palestine/

The Spotlight on Israel Apartheid Must Not Fade
Kenn Orphan | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-27
Unlike ever before, Israel is finally seeing some major pushback that is international in scope. With its ongoing ethnic cleansing campaign exemplified by the expulsion of Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, its attacks on worshippers at one of the holiest sites in Islam, Al Aqsa, and on the holiest of holidays, and its murderous and criminal assault on the captive population of Gaza, Israel has been put in an uncomfortable spotlight. But the key to dismantling its entrenched apartheid system lies in keeping that spotlight fixed, especially now that a ceasefire has been implemented. If attenti…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/27/the-spotlight-on-israel-apartheid-must-not-fade/

Venezuela Denies Hampering Guyana's Independence in 1966
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-27
On Wednesday, Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Ministry (MPPRE) rejected statements by Guyana's President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, who accused the Bolivarian nation of impeding his country's independence in May 26, 1966. | RELATED: | Venezuela Rejects Unfounded Territorial Breach in Guyana | "President Ali distances himself from historical reality to feed a victimizing and negative matrix regarding the just Venezuelan claim on the Essequibo territory whose origin is prior to the granting of i…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Denies-Hampering-Guyanas-Independence-in-1966-20210527-0005.html

Spain Receives Venezuela's Formal Request for Leopoldo López Extradition (+ Orlando Figuera Case)
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
Spain's Minister for Foreign Affairs, EU and Cooperation, Arancha González Laya, confirmed that Spain has already received the formal request for the extradition of the Venezuelan fugitive from justice, Leopoldo López. | Without providing any further explanation regarding the expected response to the request, the Spanish minister stated that they would "follow the procedure as usual," Europa Press agency reported. | On May 11, the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) authorized a request to be issued to the government of Spain for the extradition of the ultra-rightist and opposition leader Leopoldo López Men…
orinocotribune.com/spain-receives-venezuelas-formal-request-for-leopoldo-lopez-extradition-orlando-figuera-case/

Venezuelan diplomat kidnapped: Release Alex Saab!
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2021-05-27
Nearly a year ago, on June 12, 2020, Alex Saab was pulled off a plane at an U.S. demand for his arrest, during a refueling stop in the Republic of Cabo Verde, a small and very poor island archipelago nation off the West Coast of Africa. Saab, a Venezuelan diplomat . . . | Continue reading Venezuelan diplomat kidnapped: Release Alex Saab! at Workers.org
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Venezuelan diplomat kidnapped: Release Alex Saab!
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2021-05-27
Nearly a year ago, on June 12, 2020, Alex Saab was pulled off a plane at an U.S. demand for his arrest, during a refueling stop in the Republic of Cabo Verde, a small and very poor island archipelago nation off the West Coast of Africa. Saab, a Venezuelan diplomat . . . | Continue reading Venezuelan diplomat kidnapped: Release Alex Saab! at Workers.org
workers.org/2021/05/56674/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuelan-diplomat-kidnapped-release-alex-saab

The Dominican Republic Extends COVID-19 Emergency
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-27
On Wednesday, the Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader extended the COVID-19 state of emergency for 45 additional days starting on May 30. | RELATED: | The US Arrests Dominican Lawmaker for Drug Trafficking | His decision seeks to address an increase in COVID-19 contagions. So far, this country has reported 286,269 cases and 3,613 related deaths. | Until June 11, a daily curfew will rule from 8 p.m to 5 a.m. in the National District and the Santo Domingo province, where COVI…
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La COVID-19 ha confirmado que el mundo necesita de sistemas sanitarios resilientes
José àÅngel Portal Miranda | globalizacion.ca | 2021-05-27
Intervención del Doctor José Angel Portal Miranda, Ministro de Salud Pública de Cuba en la 74 ™ Asamblea Mundial de la Salud | Tema: "Poner fin a esta pandemia, prevenir la siguiente: construir juntos un mundo más saludable, seguro y justo". | Señora…
globalizacion.ca/la-covid-19-ha-confirmado-que-el-mundo-necesita-de-sistemas-sanitarios-resilientes/

US Blockade Caused $65 Million in Losses on Cuba's Telecom
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-27
On Wednesday, Cuba's Telecommunications Deputy Minister Wilfrido Gonzalez denounced that the U.S. blockade has severely affected his country's telecommunications sector. | RELATED: | PAHO Highlights Cuba's Regional Role With COVID-19 Vaccines | "Between April and December 2020, the U.S. blockade has caused damages to this field worth US$65 million," Gonzalez said, adding that the Cuban telecommunications company ETECSA had been restricted from accessing technologies and equipment l…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Blockade-Caused-65-Million-in-Losses-on-Cubas-Telecom-20210527-0002.html

No Tokyo Olympics: As COVID Spikes in Japan, Calls Grow to Cancel Games. IOC Refuses. Who Profits?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-27
Pressure is growing on organizers to cancel the Tokyo Olympics as Japan struggles to contain a fourth wave of COVID-19 cases. The games, which were delayed by a year due to the pandemic, are scheduled to begin July 23 even though less than 3% of the Japanese population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, one of the lowest rates in the developed world. Jules Boykoff, author and former Olympic athlete who played for the U.S. Olympic soccer team, says the "extremely lopsided" contracts the International Olympic Committee signs with host countries give the body ultimate authority over whether or not to cancel…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/27/cancel_tokyo_olympics

Venezuela: Maduro Hails Special Economic Zone 'Opportunities'
Andreína Chávez Alava | venezuelanalysis.com | 2021-05-27
PDVSA has reportedly signed confidential agreements with 20 companies to increase crude production in 106 fields as the government increasingly turns to the private sector.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/15217

Sunday 5/30: San Francisco Caravan: End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba!
ANSWER Coalition Bay Area | indybay.org | 2021-05-27
Gather at 1875 Marin Street, San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/27/18842779.php

375 Venezuelans Came Back to Their Homeland This Week
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-27
Venezuelan government continues to advance in the "Return to the Homeland" plan through which 375 Venezuelans came back to their country this week. | RELATED: | Venezuelans Repatriated from Argentina in Time for the New Year | Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Rander Peña noted that over 200,000 citizens have returned from different parts of the world under this Plan after they had suffered discrimination and xenophobia. | On Thursday morning, a flight brought 278 Venezuelans f…
telesurenglish.net/news/375-Venezuelans-Came-Back-to-Their-Homeland-This-Week-20210527-0014.html

The US 'State Sponsors of Terrorism' List Is Biased, Cuba Warns
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-27
Cuba's Foreign Affairs Ministry (MINREX) on Wednesday condemned the U.S. State Department's (DoS) decision to declare the Caribbean nation as a State that "does not fully cooperate" with U.S anti-terrorism efforts. | RELATED: | OXFAM Urges Biden To Remove US Blockade Against Cuba | "This is a totally unfounded accusation used for political purposes, which attempts to justify aggressions against Cuba, including the inhumane economic, trade, and financial blockade," MINREX warned. | The…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-US-State-Sponsors-of-Terrorism-List-Is-Biased-Cuba-Warns-20210527-0012.html

From Xinjiang to Mississippi: Terror Capitalism, Labour and Surveillance
Darren Byler | zcomm.org | 2021-05-27
In both Xinjiang and elsewhere, the labour of populations controlled by surveillance infrastructure is devalued and becomes a source of heightened exploitation…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/from-xinjiang-to-mississippi-terror-capitalism-labour-and-surveillance/

Argentina Withdraws Support for International Criminal Court Case Against Venezuela
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
The Embassy of Argentina in the Netherlands sent a letter to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, requesting the withdrawal of all the steps taken by the Court against Venezuela, as reported by the news channel RT. The media had access to a letter in which the Argentine nation reiterated that it was no longer part of the Lima group as it was during the right-wing government of Mauricio Macri who had supported all the unilateral measures that adversly affect the Venezuelan people. | "The Government of the Republic of Argentina withdraws from said referral as well as from any pr…
orinocotribune.com/argentina-withdraws-support-for-international-criminal-court-case-against-venezuela/

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