Daily Archives: July 8, 2021

2021-07-08: News Headlines

C.J. Atkins (2021-07-08). Fears of U.S. intervention in Haiti escalate after dictator's assassination. peoplesworld.org In the pre-dawn hours of July 7, the president-turned-dictator of Haiti, Jovenel MoàØse, was gunned down in his home by assassins. Two men now make dueling claims to be prime minister—and thus head of government. Many Haiti observers warn the stage may be set for the U.S. to resume its long history of intervening in …

teleSUR (2021-07-08). US Citizen of Haitian Descent Arrested for Moise Assassination. telesurenglish.net An American citizen and another man believed to be Haitian-American were reportedly arrested in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse. | James Solages, a US citizen, was identified as a suspect by the Associated Press and The Washington Post. Both the AP and the Washington Post quoted Mathias Pierre, Haiti's minister of elections and inter-party relations. | Further to the investigation, Carl Henry Destin, deputy magistrate of Pétion-Ville, a commune located in Port-au-Prince, affirmed to Le Nouvelliste that the office and the bedroom of the president were ransacked. On h…

teleSUR (2021-07-08). Prime Minister's Post Still in Dispute in Haiti. telesurenglish.net The day after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, the political crisis in Haiti does not dissipate as Claude Joseph and Ariel Henry are simultaneously claiming that…

WSWS (2021-07-08). Haiti under state of siege after president's assassination. wsws.org MoàØse's government had confronted mass opposition in the streets since 2018, when his government suddenly announced a 50 percent hike in gas prices.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-07-08). Colombian Mercenaries Behind President's Assassination. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Authorities in Haiti say that two of the subjects arrested for the assassination of President Jovenel MoàØse are Haitian-Americans and 26 are Colombian, for a total of 28 arrested mercenaries. Colombia's Defense Minister Diego Molano Aponte has also declared that the captured mercenaries are retired members of the Colombian Army. Molano Aponte said…

Editor2 (2021-07-08). On Assassination of Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse: Black Alliance for Peace Smells a Rat. orinocotribune.com By The Black Alliance For Peace — Jul 7, 2021 | JULY 7, 2021—Unknown assailants overnight assassinating Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse was a horrific act that should be condemned in no uncertain terms. Unfortunately, such violence is unsurprising. As the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) noted in its

Staff (2021-07-08). Armed Militia Assassinates Haiti's President Jovenel MoàØse — Venezuela Condemns the Killing. orinocotribune.com The president of Haiti, Jovenel MoàØse, was assassinated during the early hours of this Wednesday, July 7, by armed men who broke into the president's private residence. According to the official statement by the Haitian government, the assassination was committed around one in the morning by a group of armed men who stormed MoàØse's home in Port-au-Prince. | The death of President MoàØse was confirmed by Claude Joseph, prime minister of the Caribbean island country, who will temporarily assume the head of the government. | Meanwhile, the interim prime minister and the National Police have co…

Staff (2021-07-08). Armed Militia Assassinates Haiti's President Jovenel MoàØse — Venezuela Condemns the Killing. orinocotribune.com The president of Haiti, Jovenel MoàØse, was assassinated during the early hours of this Wednesday, July 7, by armed men who broke into the president's private residence. According to official statement from the Haitian government, the assassination was committed around one in the morning by a group of armed men who stormed MoàØse's home in Port-au-Prince. | The death of President MoàØse was confirmed by Claude Joseph, prime minister of the Caribbean island country, who will temporarily assume the charge of the government. | Meanwhile, the interim prime minister and the National Police have co…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-07-08). Haitian Movements Caution against Foreign Intervention Following MoàØse's Assassination. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Haiti's de-facto president, Jovenel MoàØse, was assassinated in his house on July 7. Photo: Jovenel MoàØse/Twitter Civil society organizations and progressive sectors in Haiti and globally have warned that Jovenel MoàØse's assassination could be used as pretext to increase foreign interference and further deepen the socio-political crisis in the country In the early…

teleSUR (2021-07-08). Haitian Police Shoot Down 4 Suspects and Arrest 2 Attackers. telesurenglish.net The Haitian police announced that they had killed four assassins and arrested two members of the commando that assassinated President Jovenel Moise. Three police officers who had been kidnapped were also released. | RELATED: | In the early hours of Wednesday morning, the assassins entered Moise's residence in Pelerin, a high-class neighborhood located on a hill in the highest part of Port-au-Prince. During the attack, the President…

teleSUR (2021-07-08). Colombian Group Arrested Linked to the Assassination of Moise. telesurenglish.net At least 28 people assassinated President Jovenel Moise, Haitian police said Thursday, adding that 26 were Colombian and two were Americans of Haitian origin. | RELATED: | Eight of them, all Colombians, were still at large, national police director-general Leon Charles said at a news conference, adding that 17 including the two Americans had been arrested. | The director of Noticias Caracol, Juan Roberto Vargas, informed on BLU Radio that several Colombians were among those captured for the assassination of Haitian Presid…

Kim Ives (2021-07-08). Haiti: President assassinated amid killings, protests. greenleft.org.au Kim Ives looks at events in the days leading up to Jovenel Moise's assassination in Haiti.

Anand Naidoo (2021-07-08). The Heat: Haitian president assassinated. america.cgtn.com Haiti's president assassinated at his home in Port-at-Prince.

news.un (2021-07-08). Top UN Haiti envoy hails commitment to hold new elections. news.un.org The UN Special Representative for Haiti on Thursday, acknowledged the legitimacy of Prime Minister Claude Joseph to lead the Caribbean nation, following the "cowardly" assassination of President Jovenel MoàØse on Wednesday, and welcomed his government's commitment to hold national elections later this year.

Luis Bruschtein (2021-07-08). La condena de Haití. globalizacion.ca El asesinato del presidente Jovenel Moise en Haití, por una banda parapolicial, de las más de 70 que existen en ese país, ha generado el temor de que se produzca una nueva intervención internacional seguramente encabezada por Washington o de…

Staff (2021-07-08). Haiti in Chaos After President's Assassination as Activists in U.S. Urge Biden to Stop Deportations. democracynow.org The interim prime minister of Haiti has declared a state of siege and imposed martial law following the assassination of President Jovenel MoàØse, who died in an armed attack on his home. The first lady of Haiti was injured in the attack and airlifted to a hospital in Miami, where she is reportedly in stable but critical condition. Haitian authorities say police have killed four suspects and detained two others, but the individuals have not been identified. No evidence linking them to the assassination has been made public. It is unclear who is now in charge of Haiti, which was already facing a political,…

Staff (2021-07-08). Headlines for July 8, 2021. democracynow.org Haiti Declares "State of Siege" After Assassination of President Jovenel MoàØse, Japan Declares Virus Emergency Through Tokyo Olympics as Global COVID-19 Deaths Pass 4 Million, North America Recorded Hottest June on Record Amid Worsening Climate Crisis, Line 3 Pipeline Foes Say Enbridge Spilled Drilling Chemicals in Minnesota River, U.S. Soldiers and Diplomats Come Under Fire in Iraq and Syria, Human Rights Commission Calls for Demilitarization of Colombia's Police, Unhoused Atlanta Residents Form Union, Occupy City Hall Pressing Demands , Dozens of States Sue Google for Creating App Store Monopoly , Trump…

_____ (2021-07-08). US Citizen Arrested as Suspect in Assassination of Haitian President. commondreams.org "This is not just about abortion at all," said Anu Kumar of the international pro-choice group Ipas.

Staff (2021-07-08). Biden Urged to Stop Deportations to Haiti Following President's Assassination. truthout.org The interim prime minister of Haiti has declared a state of siege and imposed martial law following the assassination of President Jovenel MoàØse, who died in an armed attack on his home. The first lady of Haiti was injured in the attack and airlifted to a hospital in Miami, where she is reportedly in stable but critical condition. Haitian authorities say police have killed four suspects and detained two others, but the individuals have not been identified. No evidence linking them to the…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-07-08). Haitian movements caution against foreign intervention following MoàØse's assassination. peoplesdispatch.org Civil society organizations and progressive sectors in Haiti and globally have warned that Jovenel MoàØse's assassination could be used as pretext to increase foreign interference and further deepen the socio-political crisis in the country…

Latino Rebels (2021-07-08). UndocuBlack Network Urges Biden Administration to Immediately Publish TPS Redesignation for Haiti. latinorebels.com With the assassination of Jovenel MoàØse, statement says that "now is not the time to deport, detain, or expel Haitians seeking refuge in the U.S."

Peoples Dispatch (2021-07-08). Social movements in Haiti say no to foreign intervention. peoplesdispatch.org Jubileo Sur / Americas, a network of social movements in Latin America and the Caribbean condemned MoàØse's assassination and pointed out that there are factors which indicate about the complicity or participation of the security forces in the assassination.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-07-08). Haiti's police say 4 suspects in the assassination of Jovenel MoàØse killed and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the situation in Haiti amid reports of the killing of Jovenel Moise's alleged assassins, the demolition of Palestinian homes in the Occupied West Bank, and more…

_____ (2021-07-08). The Failure of the Obama-Duncan "School Improvement Grants" and Its Lessons for Today. commondreams.org While this week's assassination has intensified Haiti's political turmoil, progressives have emphasized that the ongoing crisis is inseparable from long histories of French and U.S. imperialism and warned against further Western interventions in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

_____ (2021-07-08). Haiti Assassination Raises Red Flags Among Observers Fluent in History of US Intervention. commondreams.org The fate of House Resolution 476, introduced by Rep. Barbara Lee, will give us a clue how close "we," by which I mean the leading military power on the planet, are to transcending our suicidal certainties.

_____ (2021-07-08). The People vs. Mahmoud Abbas: Are the Palestinian Authority's Days Numbered? commondreams.org "It's quite striking that the arguments being made for a U.S. intervention in Haiti are so alike the ones that were used to justify the 1915-34 occupation."

Sara Flounders (2021-07-08). International campaign grows to free Alex Saab. workers.org Free Alex Saab demonstration, July 5, B, Mass. Speaking is Andira Alves, former Amazon worker with Party for Socialism and Liberation. The continuing international Campaign to free Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, abducted by the U.S. over a year ago and held in Cabo Verde, gained momentum this week. The visit . . . |

Editor (2021-07-08). Extradition of Alex Saab: U.S. takes effort to starve Venezuelans to new lows. mronline.org Venezuelan official Alex Saab was arrested over a year ago in Cape Verde and in March 2021 the country's Supreme Court approved his extradition to the United States. | July 8, 2021 | Newswire…

Staff (2021-07-08). Ambassador Alex Saab Challenges Accusations in US Court. orinocotribune.com The Falana & Falana law firm, responsible for the defense of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, challenged the charges against him before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh US Circuit, pursuant to the decision of a US District Judge in Miami, who refused to recognize Saab's diplomatic immunity from US legal procedures. | As reported by the international news agencies EFE and Associated Press, the judge refused to consider Alex Saab's diplomatic immunity, based on the doctrine of "fugitive disentitlement," which is not applicable to the case of the Venezuelan diplomat as he never fled the United State…

Andreína Chávez Alava (2021-07-08). Venezuelan Campesinos Mobilize to Defend Land Law, Demand Gov't Answers. venezuelanalysis.com Andrés Alayo, Campesino Struggle Platform spokesman, said authorities promised to accelerate investigations of judicialization and targeted killing cases.

Medea Benjamin (2021-07-08). Carlos Lazo: The Cuban American Leading the Charge to Transform U.S.-Cuba Policy. dissidentvoice.org Lazo getting ready to start his march from Miami to Washington, D.C. Credit: Tighe Barry Carlos Lazo and a small band of Cuban Americans are on a 1,300-mile pilgrimage from Miami to Washington, D.C., to end the U.S. blockade of Cuba. Despite the blistering summer heat and occasional death threats (including a trucker who tried …

Medea Benjamin (2021-07-08). Carlos Lazo: The Cuban American Leading Charge to Transform U.S.-Cuba Policy. zcomm.org Carlos Lazo and a small band of Cuban Americans are on a 1,300-mile pilgrimage from Miami to Washington, D.C., to end the U.S. blockade of Cuba…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-07-08). President Maduro Demands Washington 'Not Meddle in Venezuela's Internal Affairs'. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan Head of State, Nicolás Maduro Moros, issued a strong call to the United States government to cease its interference in the internal affairs of Venezuela, in response to statements released by the Biden administration about Venezuela's internal politics. | Maduro cited an article by the news agency AP, according to which "the United States asks Venezuela to lift a veto on political parties and opposition leaders." The statement, which the article attributed to a spokesperson for the Biden administration, reflected the US's insistence on repeating the narrative maintained by the Venezuelan opposition…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-07-08). Venezuela Resumes Domestic Commercial Flights for Most Cities. orinocotribune.com Only two states were left behind by the measures resuming commercial flights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, as reported by the Minister of Transportation, Hipólito Abreu, who announced the reactivation of routes throughout the national territory. | The official announced, through a post on his Twitter account, the immediate entry into force of instructions issued by President Nicolás Maduro Moros. The states of Bolívar and Táchira were exempted from the re-opening. | Abreu also noted that, for now, the measure applies only during the weeks of relaxation, part of Venezuela's 7+7 reopening scheme that int…

Marcos Salgado (2021-07-08). Estados Unidos refina su plan contra Venezuela. globalizacion.ca Los gobiernos de Estados Unidos y Canada junto a la Unión Europea formalizaron hace algunos días un nuevo momento de la disputa con la Venezuela de Nicolás Maduro. El comunicado común entre los dos países entierra la estrategia Trump, conducida…

_____ (2021-07-08). ALBA: Towards A People's Climate Conference. popularresistance.org Today, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA-TCP) held a meeting of Environment Ministers of its member states to plan for a people's climate summit that will draw up proposals for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in November. Meeting participants agreed to convene in Venezuela, which will be followed by a people's conference in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Andy Kroll (2021-07-08). America's Accountability Problem. tomdispatch.com America has an accountability problem. In fact, if the Covid-19 disaster, the January 6th Capitol attack, and the Trump years are any indication, the American lexicon has essentially dispensed with the term "accountability." This should come as no surprise. After all, there's nothing particularly new about this. In the Bush years, those who created a system of indefinite offshore detention at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, those who implemented a CIA global torture program and the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance policy, not to mention those who purposely took us to war based on lies about nonexistent I…

teleSUR (2021-07-08). Cuban Soberana 02 Vaccines Achieves 91,2% Efficacy. telesurenglish.net Cuban Finally Institute for Vaccines announced on Thursday that the three doses scheme of Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus reached a 91,2 percent efficacy and a 100 percent efficacy against COVID-19 death. | RELATED: | The groundbreaking news places two out of the five Cuban vaccines candidates among the top 5 vaccines worldwide. Both Abdala and Soberana 02 surpassed the World Health Organization requirement of 50 percent effic…

teleSUR (2021-07-08). Mexico Confirms Its Interests in Acquiring Cuban Vaccines. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel thanked Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) for his interest in acquiring Abdala and Sovereign COVID-19 vaccines, which are developed and produced in the Island. | RELATED: | The AMLO administration gives preference to COVID-19 vaccines that have proven to be highly effective in Phase 2 and 3 of clinical trials. This is the case of the Abdala vaccine, which showed…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-07-08). Tropical storm Elsa makes landfall in Florida after causing destruction in the Caribbean. peoplesdispatch.org Elsa is the fifth storm and the first hurricane of the year in the Atlantic basin. While crossing through the Caribbean last week, it killed at least three people…

Marco Montalti, Giorgia Soldà , Zeno Di Valerio, Aurelia Salussolia, Jacopo Lenzi, Marcello Forcellini, Edoardo Barvas, Susanna Guttmann, Rossella Messina, Elisabetta Poluzzi, Emanuel Raschi, Rossano Riccardi, Maria Pia Fantini, Giusy La Fauci, Davide Gori, for the San Marino Republic COVID ROCCA Group (2021-07-08). [Research Paper] ROCCA observational study: Early results on safety of Sputnik V vaccine (Gam-COVID-Vac) in the Republic of San Marino using active surveillance. thelancet.com Our results, albeit preliminary, suggest that Sputnik V has a high tolerability profile in the population aged ‚â•60 years in terms of short-term AEFIs.

Rosa Miriam Elizalde (2021-07-08). Huracanes sobre Cuba. globalizacion.ca Releo a Jean-Paul Sartre mientras la tormenta tropical Elsa se aleja de Cuba, después de dejar algunas casas sacudidas por los vientos, campos anegados, marejadas y, afortunadamente, ninguna víctima mortal ni daños demasiado ostensibles. | El filósofo francés utilizó la metáfora…

_____ (2021-07-08). Carlos Lazo: The Cuban American Leading the Charge to Transform US-Cuba Policy. commondreams.org While he is a welcome change from the incompetence, venality, and cruelty of the Trump Administration, Biden has continued the Obama and Trump Administrations' support for the Saudi-led war on Yemen.

_____ (2021-07-08). Carlos Lazo: The Cuban American Leading the Charge to Transform US-Cuba Policy. commondreams.org The Miami Tenants Union said the Florida governor's position virtually ensures that "Surfside will not be an isolated incident."

Peoples Dispatch (2021-07-07). De facto president of Haiti Jovenel MoàØse assassinated. peoplesdispatch.org Jovenel MoàØse, the de facto president of Haiti, was assassinated at 1am on July 7 at his home. His wife and Haiti's first lady, Martine MoàØse, was also injured in the attack and has been hospitalized. The news was announced by the prime minister Claude Joseph through an official communique early on July 7. In a press conference, Joseph declared a state of siege and called for an extraordinary council of ministers. | According to the communique, the assailants have not been identified but are suspected to be Spanish-speaking. The official communique called for the population to remain calm and decl…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-07-07). De facto president of Haiti Jovenel MoàØse assassinated. peoplesdispatch.org Jovenel MoàØse, the de facto president of Haiti, was assassinated at 1am on July 7 at his home. His wife and Haiti's first lady, Martine MoàØse, was also injured in the attack and has been hospitalized. The news was announced by the prime minister Claude Joseph through an official communique early on July 7. In a press conference, Joseph declared a state of emergency and called for an extraordinary council of ministers. | According to the communique, the assailants have not been identified but are suspected to be Spanish-speaking. The official communique called for the population to remain calm and…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-07-07). De facto President of Haiti Jovenel MoàØse Assassinated. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Jovenel MoàØse was assassinated by unidentified armed men early on July 7. The assassination came amid a growing political and social crisis in the country due to increased in violence by illegal groups and MoàØse's attacks on state institutions Jovenel MoàØse, the de facto president of Haiti, was assassinated at 1am on July…

Black Alliance for Peace (2021-07-07). The Assassination of Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse. dissidentvoice.org Unknown assailants overnight assassinating Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse was a horrific act that should be condemned in no uncertain terms. Unfortunately, such violence is unsurprising. As the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) noted in its July 6 press release, MoàØse's actions since usurping power have brought Haiti to a boiling point, with heavily armed gangs …

teleSUR (2021-07-07). World Leaders Condemn Assassination of Haitian President Moise. telesurenglish.net Political leaders and high-level officials from around the world sent their solidarity with the Haitian people and condemned the assassination of President Jovenel Moise on Wednesday. | RELATED: | BOLIVIA: "We deeply regret the assassination of the President of the sister Republic of Haiti Jovenel Moise and his wife Martine Marie Etienne Joseph. We condemn these acts of violence, which must be clarified. Our condolences to the Haitian people," Boliv…

teleSUR (2021-07-07). MoàØse's Assassins Highly Trained Foreign Attackers – Gov't. telesurenglish.net Haiti's acting President, Claude Joseph, reported on Wednesday that a "group of non-identified individuals, some of whom spoke Spanish," killed Jovenel MoàØse. The assassins identified themselves as agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), but the U.S. denied the claims. | RELATED: | The video of the homicide circulated early in the morning on social media, as users identified that the assassins spoke English and Spanish with…

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