(2021-07-17). Official story of assassination in Haiti begins to unravel. wsws.org With far-right figures tied to the former Duvalier dictatorship implicated in the crime, Washington is backing a coverup to facilitate an accommodation between the warring factions of the Haitian elite.
(2021-07-17). US Activists Urge Biden to Lift Sanctions Fueling Cuba's Economic Crisis. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Biden administration is using starvation as a weapon against Havana by refusing to lift the very sanctions that helped fuel Cuba's economic crisis in the first place, including those targeting payments from relatives in America, activists told Sputnik.
(2021-07-17). 'Cuba Is Not Alone,' International Solidarity Movements Stress. popularresistance.org Progressive political organizations, social movements, intellectuals, and opinion leaders from around the world continue to affirm their support for the Cuban people and government amid the new attempt by the United States to destabilize the order in this Caribbean nation.
(2021-07-17). Mexico Reaffirms His Rejection to US Blockade Against Cuba. telesurenglish.net Speaking at a press conference at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York on Friday, Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard reaffirmed his country's rejection of the U.S. unilateral blockade against Cuba. | RELATED: | He highlighted that the U.S. inhumane measure against the Caribbean island and other countries were causing "serious impacts" on the population while worsening these nations' humanitarian situation.
(2021-07-17). US failed in destroying Cuba despite spending billions. en.mehrnews.com Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says the United States could not destroy Cuba despite spending billions of dollars.
(2021-07-17). Confronting Interference, for an End to the Blockade and Respect for Cuba's Sovereignty. libya360.wordpress.com Statement of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power We address Parliaments, Parliamentary Friendship Groups and legislators, to spread our truth in the face of the immense and brutal political-media operation against Cuba, oriented and financed from the United States, deployed through social networks, with automated patterns with hundreds of thousands…
(2021-07-17). Pot Meet Kettle: Biden Refers to Cuba as 'Failed State'. sputniknews.com Liberation Heroine Assata Shakur turns 74; Anniversary of bold Young Lord's hospital occupation; Nigerian-American basketball players appeal to play in Olympics…
(2021-07-17). Documents Point To US Hand In Cuba Protests. popularresistance.org "For those new to the issue of Cuba, the protests we are witnessing were started by artists, not politicians. This song 'Patria y Vida' powerfully explains how young Cubans feel. And its release was so impactful, you will go to jail if caught playing it in Cuba," said Florida Senator Marco Rubio, referencing a track by rapper Yotuel.
(2021-07-17). Venezuelan Oil Output Continues Slow Recovery as Washington Approves LPG Imports. venezuelanalysis.com The Treasury Department's license is unlikely to ease cooking gas shortages in the South American nation.
(2021-07-17). Caracas Metro Line 5 Restoration Works Continue: Bello Monte Station to be Completed Soon. orinocotribune.com Restoration work of the Caracas Metro system is now fully underway, not only for maintenance of parts and equipment for trains, but also in restarting the works for Line 5, thanks to Venezuelan labor and engineering. This was informed by Hipólito Abreu, Venezuelan minister for Transport, via his social media accounts. | In Minister Abreu's words, the restarting of the metro works represents "an act of sovereignty that is only possible when a people is determined to be free." He also stressed that these tasks are being carried out by Venezuelan engineers "in the midst of an atrocious blockade and without the tutel…
(2021-07-17). Comentario de Workers World / China y àÅfrica: Cooperación mutua, no neocolonialismo. workers.org 
Por Ernie Hamer (Autor invitado) Basado en una charla dada en una reunión de Workers World/ Partido Mundo Obrero en Buffalo, N.Y., el 27 de abril de 2021. Con la República Popular de China en ascenso, las fuerzas del imperialismo estadounidense están comenzando a entrar en pánico a medida que . . . |
(2021-07-17). 'Cuba Will Never Be a Land of Hatred', Diaz-Canel Says. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, thousands of Cubans gathered at the La Piragua square in Havana to show their support to the Cuban Revolution's leaders and to reject the political instability and destabilization campaigns promoted by the U.S. government. | RELATED: | Chanting "You can count on me Canel" and "I'm Fidel", Cuban Revolution's supporters attended the event in response to the acts of violence affecting the Caribbean nation in…
(2021-07-17). [Editorial] COVID-19 in Africa: a lesson in solidarity. thelancet.com Many countries in Africa face a serious third wave of COVID-19 that is both larger and more burdensome on health systems than previous waves. This predictable turn of events has been driven by a morally reprehensible lack of vaccine equity (<1% of the population are fully vaccinated), leaving the continent vulnerable to new and more transmissible variants of the virus, behavioural and economic pandemic fatigue, and complacency. A lack of diagnostic capacity in some countries means the epidemiology of this current wave is uncertain, but South Africa, Namibia, and Zambia are reporting the highest numbers of new cas...
(2021-07-17). US Government Uses Colombia to Destabilize Latin America: Cabello Dixit. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, July 15, the First Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, referring to the assassination of Haiti's president Jovenel MoàØse, characterized the position of the government of Colombia as shameless, when, in an attempt to absolve the mercenaries, a high-ranking official of the Colombian National Police said that the detained mercenaries were going to arrest the president of Haiti. | Given this, Diosdado Cabello wondered aloud: at what cost were they hired to detain him? On what grounds could Colombia send a mercenary to arrest a president? Who could…
(2021-07-17). Cuba's streets belong to revolutionaries. workers.org 
Prepared for en.granma.cu by Juan Diego Nusa Peñalver, Yudy Castro Morales and Milagros Pichardo Pérez, published July 13. "We are here because the streets belong to Fidel, because the streets of Cuba belong to revolutionaries." This was the phrase we heard the loudest walking along several Havana avenues Sunday afternoon, . . . |
(2021-07-17). UK Supreme Court to Decide Soon on Seized Venezuelan Gold Dispute. orinocotribune.com On Friday, July 16, the lawyers representing the Constitutional Government of Venezuela confirmed that the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom will settle the dispute over Venezuela's gold reserves held by the Bank of England next week. | The seized gold case reached the British courts last year, after the Bank of England refused to hand over Venezuelan gold reserves back to the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), arguing that a similar request had come from a banking board appointed by the self-proclaimed "president" and former National Assembly deputy Juan Guaidó. | In the first instance, the London Commercial Cou…
(2021-07-17). Let Cuba Live Video Exposes Embargo by Failed US State. indybay.org The ANSWER Coalition has an excellent Webinar broadcast on Bastille Day, July 14, 2021, now on Youtube, describing the latest attempt of the failed state, the United States, to overthrow the socialist government of Cuba. See www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkwYhzAt8Fk…
(2021-07-17). USA regime fans anti-Cuba protests. indybay.org 2 weeks after thoroughly embarrassed by a UN vote(184-2!) on the illegal & immoral blockade on Cuba, the Evil Empire strikes back, by promoting and hyping street protests in Cuba. Trying to salvage "face" in the international community, Washington tries to channel global opinion away from its criminal culpability in the rising domestic tensions on the Caribbean island socialist government.
(2021-07-17). Afro-Latino Presence in Early California – Negro Bar, Sacramento County. indybay.org Afro-Latinos migrated to California in significant numbers. By 1790, they made up nearly 20 percent of California's population, or one out of every five residents. More importantly, the concept of "race" had far less significance in California than in the United States. While European-born Spaniards controlled California society, Afro-Latinos and mestizos did manage to gain political and economic influence during the Spanish and Mexican periods of California history. Established in 1849, Negro Bar, today's Sacramento County is a singular remnant of a golden legacy.
(2021-07-17). Puerto Rico Medicaid Funding Advances in Congress. indybay.org Permanent Fix Needed for 1.5 million US Citizens, Asserts Religious Development Group…
(2021-07-17). The US Must End Its Brutal Sanctions Against Cuba. zcomm.org As protests break out in Cuba, some politicians are calling for US intervention. That would be a disaster…
(2021-07-17). Russia Blasts US Bid to Provoke Unrest in Cuba as Part of 'color revolution'. orinocotribune.com Russia has lambasted the US over its attempts to provoke social unrest in Cuba as part of a "color revolution" in the Caribbean country, where anti-government protesters have demanded President Miguel Díaz-Canel's resignation. | The protest rallies started in several cities of Cuba over the weekend, drawing thousands of people to the streets to voice their grievances against Díaz-Canel's government at a time the island country is going through its worst economic crisis in three decades, with chronic shortages of electricity and food exacerbated by crippling US sanctions. | On Monday, July 12, the Cuban president…
(2021-07-17). The Assassination of Jovenel Moise: What Next for Haiti? orinocotribune.com By Seth Donnelly — Jul 13, 2021 | Today, the people of Haiti are facing down the US-backed dictatorship of the ruling Haitian Tet Kale Party (PHTK) that came to power through the fraudulent election of Michel Martelly in 2010 and maintained its grip on power through the fraudulent election of Jovenel Moise in 2016, what Haitian activists refer to as electoral coup d'etats. Both elections were held under UN occupation and sponsored by the US government. As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton detoured from her trip to the Middle East at the height of the Arab Spring uprising in Egypt and personally intervened…
(2021-07-16). Chris Bernadel on Haitian Assassination, Michael Carome on FDA Alzheimer's Investigation. fair.org 
Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Adm. Mike Mullen (center) with US troops in Haiti, 2010 (photo: Chad J. McNeeley/DoD) | This week on CounterSpin: There are enough storylines in the July 7 assassination of Haitian president Jovenel MoàØse to make you lose sight of the big picture. The thing is: US media consumers don't have to puzzle out if the assassins were Colombian, or if a Florida doctor bankrolled the plan, or if MoàØse's own bodyguards had it in for him and his wife. The
(2021-07-16). Moise Assassination Was Planned in the Dominican Republic. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Haiti's National Police (PNH) Director Leon Charles confirmed that the assassination of President Jovenel Moise was planned in the Dominican Republic. The official also announced the arrest of three members of the presidential security detail and the chief bodyguard. | RELATED: | "They were gathered in a hotel in Santo Domingo City. Around the table are the intellectual authors, a technical recruitment grou…
(2021-07-16). Pentagon confirms training assassinators implicated in Haiti. en.mehrnews.com Pentagon confirmed that some of the former Colombian servicemen arrested after last week's assassination of Haiti's president previously received US military training.
(2021-07-16). Online panel: Let Cuba live! End the U.S. blockade now! liberationnews.org 
Photo: Cubans rally to support the revolution and government in Camaguey on July 12 This webinar was organized by the ANSWER Coalition and aired live on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Trump added 243 new sanctions to tighten the 62-year long US economic blockade of Cuba. Imposed shortages of basic goods have created grave suffering throughout …
(2021-07-16). Young Communists in NYC organize protest in support of Cuba. peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK—"Cuba sí, bloqueo no!" (Cuba yes, blockade no!) chanted the crowd in Spanish while holding signs that read "Long live Socialist Cuba" and "End the inhumane sanctions!" The Young Communist League of New York took the initiative to organize a rally in support of ending the blockade on Cuba after a series of protests …
(2021-07-16). 'The US Has Failed to Destroy Cuba', Diaz-Canel Says. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel questioned U.S. President Joe Biden's concern about the crisis on the Island and argued that Washington has failed to destroy the Revolution despite wasting billions of dollars in its attempts to do so. | RELATED: | "If Biden had sincere humanitarian concern for the Cuban people, he could eliminate the 243 crippling sanctions imposed by former President Donald Trump as a first s…
(2021-07-16). BLM declares solidarity with people of Cuba in attack on 'cruel & inhumane' US embargo. rt.com 
Racial justice group Black Lives Matter has publicly condemned the decades-long US embargo on Cuba as the socialist nation was swept by protests against food and drug shortages. The stance alienated some devotees. | BLM "condemns the US federal government's inhumane treatment of Cubans, and urges it to immediately lift the economic embargo," the organization said in a statement posted to social media on Wednesday, echoing calls from NGOs, the UN, and other countries to end the trade blockade that has kept the country in isolation and poverty for so long. | The group's missive laid 60 years of Cuban sufferin…
(2021-07-16). US Concern for Cuba, Latin America Is Spin for Intervention. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-16). Cuba Proves US Involvement In Destabilization Actions. popularresistance.org The member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, accused the U.S. government of being directly involved and of having serious responsibility in the incidents that occurred in our country on July 11th. | During a press conference, convened this Tuesday, the Cuban Foreign Minister presented evidence of this statement and warned the U.S. that it will be responsible for the consequences if it persists in the policy of strangulation of our country, and that its irresponsible conduct can have serious consequences that damage the interest of bot…
(2021-07-16). Medios locales de Cuba reciben ciberataques desde EE.UU. telesurtv.net Se han denunciado 580.000 accesos en casi 30 minutos como parte de una cruzada político-mediática contra Cuba.
(2021-07-16). Miami Mayor Suggests United States Should Bomb Cuba. orinocotribune.com Francis Suárez, a Cuban-American and current mayor of Miami, Florida's largest city, declared that the United States should explore the possibility of launching air strikes against Cuba. | Since last weekend, a "regime"-change operation has been launched against Cuba's socialist government and the majority of the Cuban population, using the pretense of alleged mass protests, that are not evidenced other than one or two small incidents. Police repression has also been raised as an excuse for a so-called humanitarian operation, but again, no mass repression can been seen, at least nothing approaching the degree of…
(2021-07-16). Cinco libros que debes leer del poeta cubano Nicolás Guillén. telesurtv.net En sus trabajos Nicolás Guillén trató el tema del afroamericano en Cuba como ningún otro autor lo había hecho con anterioridad.
(2021-07-16). Evo Morales Denounces A New US-led Plan Condor. popularresistance.org On June 23 of this year, 184 countries of the United Nations General Assembly voted in favor of an end to the US embargo on Cuba. It was the 29th consecutive year where virtually all countries, except the US and Israel made this demand. In recent years the Cuban media has denounced millions of dollars of US funding, through organizations like the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) to create and fund opposition media and the organization of youth. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez on July 11 rejected the smear campaigns of the US media hegemony in the midst of the Covid pandemic with the intensificati…
(2021-07-16). 'Humanitarian Aid' for Venezuela Was Used Fraudulently: USAID. telesurenglish.net In recent days, social networks have been the scene of an intense debate about what actually happened with the humanitarian aid that the United States allegedly sent to Venezuela through former lawmaker Juan Guaido. | RELATED: | From FY2017 to FY2019, President Donald Trump delivered US$507 million to this opposition politician to purchase goods and services aimed at alleviating the alleged humanitarian emergency in V…
(2021-07-16). Venezuela and Switzerland Review Progress of Dialogue Process. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza, met with the head of the Peace and Human Rights Division of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation, Simón Geissbàºhler, to review the progress of the dialogue process in Venezuela. | The meeting between the representatives from both countries was held at Casa Amarilla, headquarters of the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry. The Venezuelan government has repeatedly promoted and encouraged the process despite constant attempts by sectors of the opposition to destabilize the government using illegal and undiplomatic maneuvers…
(2021-07-16). Venezuela to Request Leopoldo López's Extradition from Spain. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro Moros, affirmed that his government will request, from the kingdom of Spain, the extradition of the fugitive from justice Leopoldo López, who has been protected in that European country since October 2020. | In this sense, the Head of State instructed the Minister of Foreign Relations, Jorge Arreaza, to establish contact with the new Spanish Chancellor, José Manuel Albares to present him with all the existing evidence on the case. | Maduro suggested that Arreaza "request the extradition of Mr. Leopoldo López , the main promoter of coups d'état, terrorist violence, and now, thi…
(2021-07-16). The Left Is "Reconquering" Latin America -Arreaza Says. telesurenglish.net "I am hopeful that by 2030 we will have conquered even more spaces than we did during the first decade of this century," Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said during an overview of the region in the special program Latin America in Dispute, broadcasted by teleSUR on Friday night. | RELATED: | The official reflected on the challenges faced by several countries in the region as investigations revealed the parti…
(2021-07-16). Venezuela's Arreaza: A Good Sign if US Recognizes International Criminal Court. orinocotribune.com Thursday, July 15, Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs Jorge Arreaza considered that Washington now recognizes the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) after Ambassador James Story sponsored an activity in which ICC prosecutor Karim Khan participated. | "A good sign that the US, through @usembassyve [James Story], recognizes the International Criminal Court and its jurisdiction, because there its officials will be investigated and tried for crimes against humanity derived from the illegal sanctions against #Venezuela," Arreaza wrote on his Twitter account. | The activity organized by the vir…
(2021-07-16). Al pueblo de Cuba: øEstá Washington orquestando un "golpe blando"? La cooptación de los intelectuales cubanos. globalresearch.ca Nota del autor | En octubre de 2010, fue invitado a la casa de Fidel Castro en las afueras de La Habana para discutir la política exterior de Estados Unidos, los peligros de la guerra nuclear, la crisis económica global y …
(2021-07-16). Venezuela Reports Newsletter. libya360.wordpress.com With conviction the Venezuelan people reaffirm their right to peace and stability, dismantling violent plans against our country. More in: "Venezuela Informa". Con convicción el Pueblo venezolano reafirma su derecho a la paz y la estabilidad, desmontando planes violentos contra nuestro país. Más en: ´Venezuela Informa ª Telegram: t.co/rnL6UyNLdjEs: t.co/z6a88aGobEEn: t.co/SOK6PsKScKFr: t.co/C7FcZgCTf1 — Jorge Arreaza M (@jaarreaza)…
(2021-07-16). Ocasio-Cortez Slams Biden Administration for Upholding 'Absurdly Cruel' Cuba Embargo. commondreams.org "Mass infection is not an option," experts said of the Tory government's "dangerous and unethical" reopening plan.
(2021-07-16). Estimating the early impact of vaccination against COVID-19 on deaths among elderly people in Brazil: Analyses of routinely-collected data on vaccine coverage and mortality. thelancet.com Background: Vaccination against COVID-19 in Brazil started in January 2021, with health workers and the elderly as the priority groups. We assessed whether there was an impact of vaccinations on the mortality of elderly individuals in a context of wide transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 gamma (P.1) variant.Methods: By May 15, 2021, 238,414 COVID-19 deaths had been reported to the Brazilian Mortality Information System. Denominators for mortality rates were calculated by correcting population estimates for all-cause deaths reported in 2020.
(2021-07-16). Venezuela's Minister for Defense: 'We Have Captured 11 Paramilitary Criminals in Apure State'. orinocotribune.com 
This Wednesday July 14, Venezuela's Vice President for Political Sovereignty, Security and Peace, General Vladimir Padrino López, referred to the arduous battle that the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) is fighting against Colombian terrorist and paramilitary groups. In this regard, he reported that the FANB have captured 11 criminals in Apure state, and they are already in Caracas. | "There are those who think that we have surrendered the sovereignty of Apure," said General Padrino. "No! We have not surrendered our sovereignty. We are doing the necessary work and since last Sunday (July 11) we have capture…
(2021-07-16). Roaming Charges: The Cuba Fixation. counterpunch.org The worst thing the Cubans ever did to the US was to export the island's most reactionary criminal element to south Florida, where they've dominated the economic and political scene for the last 60 years, using the same corrupt practices that got them chased out of Havana. And they'll probably be paying price for this island cleaning until the Atlantic reclaims Miami.
(2021-07-16). Investigations Reveal US Involvement In Jovenel Moise's Assassination. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size imageUS trying to regain its control over Central America and the Caribbean. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | US incursions in Central America are on the rise. New data from the investigation on the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise reveals that US government agents are involved in the case. In addition, there are reports alleging that those responsible for the attack were involved in recent invasion and coup atte…
(2021-07-16). Cuba Wins and Will Continue to Win — with Truth, Peace and Social Justice. southfront.org 
Illustrative image | Originally published on In absolute unison with the revolutionary Cuban people, the Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity (REDH) calls on the entire world to remain alert and oppose the interference that the U.S. government and its cronies intend to apply in Cuba. We send a warning about the implications of the recent campaign for a "humanitari…
(2021-07-16). Pentagon: Colombians Arrested in Haitian President's Killing Had US Training. news.antiwar.com The Pentagon said on Thursday that some of the former Colombian servicemen arrested over the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise had previously received training from the US military. | "A review of our training databases indicates that a small number of the Colombian individuals detained as part of this investigation had participated in past US military training and education programs while serving as active members of the Colombian Military Forces," Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Ken Hoffman