(2021-07-27). Portrait Of: Carmen Maria Machado (A Latino USA Podcast). latinorebels.com Carmen Maria Machado talks about writing memoir, her fascination with horror, grappling with her mental health during the pandemic, and confronting her Cuban-American identity while growing up in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
(2021-07-27). UNVACCINATED diners only: California restaurant says it's having fun watching 'heads explode' over mandatory no-vax policy. rt.com 
A California restaurant has refused to back down after being bombarded with negative press and customer reviews for posting a sign demanding that all diners provide proof that they have not been vaccinated against Covid-19. | With vaccination status increasingly becoming a prerequisite to participate in many ordinary activities, one Huntington Beach eatery has decided to take a slightly different approach to granting privileges based on personal medical decisions. | On its storefront window, Basilico's Pasta e Vino taped a sign reading: "PROOF OF BEING UNVACCINATED REQUIRED. We have zero tolerance for treasono…
(2021-07-27). Biden says US 'combat mission' in Iraq will be over by year's end, but won't say how many troops to remain deployed. rt.com 
President Joe Biden said the US combat mission in Iraq will end this December, when Washington's role will shift to training local forces, but declined to say what will come of the 2,500 American troops still in the country | Speaking during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Monday, Biden
(2021-07-27). Snowden skewers Big Tech, 'amoral' capital firms for enabling 'Insecurity Industry' & calls for urgent action before it's too late. rt.com 
Warning that companies that claim to protect national security are the "greatest danger" to it, Edward Snowden has urged the dismantling of this 'Insecurity Industry' by banning trade in intrusive software and penalizing enablers. | In a searing
(2021-07-27). Haiti: President Moise's Head of Security Arrested. telesurenglish.net Haiti's National Police on Monday confirmed that Jean Laguel Civil, the head of security for late President Jovenel Moise, was arrested. | RELATED: | He is charged with murder, attempted murder, and armed robbery. Once a warrant was issued for his arrest, Laguel Civil was detained and transferred to a penitentiary in Delmas near Port-au-Prince. | A few days ago, prosecutor Me Bed-Ford Claude asked the immigration…
(2021-07-27). Haiti Arrests Top Security Official in Slain President Probe. latinorebels.com PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Authorities in Haiti arrested a top official who served as general security coordinator when President Jovenel MoàØse was assassinated, his attorney told The Associated Press on Monday.
(2021-07-27). The July 11 Protests in Cuba. socialistproject.ca 
The following article by Cuban academic and feminist activist Ailynn Torres Santana outlines what happened in Cuba on July 11, discusses the issues raised by the protesters and the government's response, and concludes that in the wake of the protests Cuba needs political solutions that resist all forms of co-optation. This article was originally published in
(2021-07-27). Defend Cuba, defend socialism! workers.org 
Anti-communist forces — led by the U.S. government — are mounting a no-holds-barred attack on revolutionary Cuba. That country continues to advance with determination on its own road to socialism, begun Jan. 1, 1959, when forces led by Fidel Castro and Ernesto "Ché" Guevara overturned the U.S.-backed government of dictator . . . |
(2021-07-27). The People of the U.S. Oppose the Blockade of Cuba. liberationnews.org 
Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how people in Cuba and their supporters around the world are stepping up mobilizations in defense of the country's independence as the U.S. government announces more sanctions. They also discuss the legacy of civil rights legend Bob Moses, the politics of the Tokyo Olympics, the renewed spread of COVID across the country, and more.
(2021-07-27). Press Release of the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in France. libya360.wordpress.com During the night of July 26-27, the Cuban Embassy in France was the object of a terrorist attack perpetrated by two individuals who threw three Molotov cocktails, causing a fire on the faàßade and entrance of this diplomatic mission. Cuban diplomatic personnel were not injured, but material damage was noted. Terrorist acts such as this…
(2021-07-27). What's Actually Going On in Cuba? globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-27). Cuba's Cultural Counter-Revolution: US Gov't-Backed Rappers, Artists Gain Fame As 'Catalyst For Current Unrest'. popularresistance.org Over the past decade, the US government has spent millions of dollars to cultivate anti-government Cuban rappers, rock musicians, artists, and journalists in an explicit bid to weaponize "desocialized and marginalized youth." The strategy implemented by the US in Cuba is a real life version of the fantasies anti-Trump Democrats entertained when they fretted that Russia was covertly sponsoring Black Lives Matter and Antifa to spread chaos through North American society.
(2021-07-27). National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression denounces U.S. criminal interference in Cuba. fightbacknews.org National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression denounces U.S. criminal interference in Cuba |
| Fight Back News Service is circulating the following July 26 statement from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. |
| What the U.S. is doing in Cuba is criminal. The U.S. blockade of the small island nation of eleven million is meant to put a stranglehold on the people. The economic disruption caused by the U.S. embargo causes shortages and difficulties across the island. Not only does the U.S. embargo stop U.S. businesses from trading with Cuba, it punishes companies in o…
(2021-07-27). Arreaza vs. Bukele? Lawfare in El Salvador Against Sánchez Cerén. orinocotribune.com 
After the government of Venezuela "We are facing a new case of lawfare, a strategy used in recent years by conservative groups in power to try to…
(2021-07-27). Experts: Venezuela's Automated Voting System Robust, Guarantees Electoral Transparency. orinocotribune.com At a press conference held earlier today, a group of IT experts and technical auditors stated that Venezuela's automated voting system is completely solid and guarantees electoral transparency, as the Bolivarian Republic approaches the mega-elections scheduled for November 21. | One of the spokespersons for the group of experts, Professor Emilio Hernández, doctor in computer science from the University of Southampton in England and retired professor from Simón Bolívar University, confirmed that "we have found that the system fully complies with the goal of providing accurate and fast tabulation. In addition, it g…
(2021-07-27). Intelligence forces arrest Mossad terrorist network in W Iran. en.mehrnews.com Iran's Intelligence Ministry announced on Tuesday that a network of the members of the Zionist regime's Spy Organization (Mossad) was arrested on the western border of the country.
(2021-07-27). Delta variant is one of the most infectious respiratory diseases known, U.S. CDC director says. ecns.cn "The delta variant is more aggressive and much more transmissible than previously circulating strains," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday.
(2021-07-27). U.S. rocked by more than 900 shooting incidents last week: media. ecns.cn More than 900 shooting incidents took place across the United States last week, according to ABC News.
(2021-07-27). Americans' optimism about country's direction drops nearly 20 points: poll. ecns.cn Americans' optimism about the direction of the country has dropped nearly 20 points, according to the latest ABC News/Ipsos poll.
(2021-07-27). Comicomment: U.S. 'cannot fool all the people all the time' over Fort Detrick. ecns.cn You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
(2021-07-27). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Some 2,200 workers at Bombardier in Toronto could walk out July 27 if a settlement isn't reached, while truckers in Honduras and Puerto Rico staged shutdowns to demand rate rises to meet rising inflation.
(2021-07-27). FARC-EP's Magdalena Medio Bloc Claims Responsibility for Attack on Iván Duque. orinocotribune.com This Monday, July 26, the dissident Magdalena Medio (Middle Magdalena) Bloc of the dismantled Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) claimed responsibility for the June 25 attack on the helicopter carrying the president of Colombia, Iván Duque. The attack occurred while Duque was approaching the landing pad at the Cúcuta airport. The Magdalena Medio bloc also claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack on the Army's 30th Brigade in Cúcuta on June 16, Venezuela's state news agency AVN reported, citing Sputnik. | "Today we want to inform the country that we assume responsibility for the a…
(2021-07-27). Colombia's President Duque Is Cynical, Venezuelan Minister Says. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza on Monday rejected statements made by Colombia's President Ivan Duque in which he claimed that powerful leaders of criminal gangs and dissidents of the defunct FARC guerrillas are based in Venezuelan territory. | RELATED: | "Don't be so cynical. You are at the head of a narco-government that exports drugs and violence. A factory of terrorists in power that has liq…
(2021-07-27). US drone whistleblower Daniel Hale sentenced to 45 months in prison. rt.com 
Daniel Hale, a former US Air Force intelligence analyst who leaked information about civilian deaths caused by drone strikes overseas, has been sentenced to almost four years in prison under the Espionage Act. | US District Judge Liam O'Grady passed the sentence on Tuesday in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, saying that the 45-month sentence was needed as a deterrent to others from disclosing government secrets. O'Grady told Hale he had other options than to share classified documents with a reporter. | Whistleblower Daniel Hale faces sentencing today for revealing the widespread murder of civilians by…
(2021-07-27). 'Justice for Haiti! Let revolutionary Cuba live!'. workers.org 
Boston A multinational, multigenerational, pro-socialist crowd, including Indigenous, Black, Latinx, immigrant rights, peace and justice, union, faith-based, youth, veterans, LGBTQ2S+ and disability rights organizers, converged at Park Street Station, Boston, July 24, for a militant and unified "People's Speak Out and Rally" to demand "No U$ Intervention in Haiti, Reparations . . . |
(2021-07-27). On Cuba's Historic Connections to Palestinian Liberation. orinocotribune.com By Benay Blend — Jul 24, 2021 | "People be 'nuancing' and 'both-siding,' then a government is overthrown and a country falls into devastation and they are nowhere to be found." That In the case of Palestine, "both-side-ism" has a long and inglorious history. As Ramzy Baroud
(2021-07-27). Biden Is Imposing More Harsh Sanctions on Cuba — and Guantánamo Remains Open. truthout.org 
As the United States imposes new Cuba sanctions, citing human rights abuses, we look at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a notorious gulag that President Biden himself has called an "advertisement for creating terror." This month, the first Guantánamo Bay prisoner to be released under the Biden administration, Abdul Latif Nasser, returned to his home country of Morocco after nearly two decades of being held without charge even though he wa…
(2021-07-27). Calls Grow for Biden to Close Guantánamo Military Prison as U.S. Sanctions Cuba over Human Rights. democracynow.org 
As the United States imposes new Cuba sanctions, citing human rights abuses, we look at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a notorious gulag that President Biden himself has called an "advertisement for creating terror." This month, the first Guantánamo Bay prisoner to be released under the Biden administration, Abdul Latif Nasser, returned to his home country of Morocco after nearly two decades of being held without charge even though he was cleared for release in 2016. There are 39 other prisoners still at Guantánamo, nearly two decades after the start of…
(2021-07-27). "Tired of Waiting": Cuban Americans Say Biden Broke Promise to Lift Cuba Sanctions & Thaw Relations. democracynow.org 
After rare anti-government protests in Cuba, Cuban Americans are speaking out to demand the U.S. government end its blockade of the island. But President Joe Biden has responded with new sanctions. We speak with Cuban American Carlos Lazo, who just led a march from Miami to the White House with Puentes de Amor, or Bridges of Love, and says President Biden promised during the 2020 presidential campaign to undo Trump sanctions and return to a more constructive relationship with Cuba. "After seven months, he did nothing," says Lazo. "We get tired of waiting." We also speak with Latin American affairs scholar William…
(2021-07-27). Western left intellectuals and their love affair with the attempted 'color revolution' in Cuba. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Noam Chomsky, Gilbert Achcar, Paul Le Blanc, Suzi Weissman, Tithi Bhattacharya, Charlie Post, Robert Brenner, Gayatri Spivak, Alex Callinicos, Ashley Smith, Eric Toussaint, Marc Cooper, Etienne Balibar. These are a handful of the over 500 signatories on an open letter directed to the blockaded Cuban government on July 12 demanding "respect for the democratic rights of all Cuban people" and the release of "dissident Marxist" Frank García Hernández and his comrades from jail after the protests of July 11. | These signatories are high-profile academic socialists in the U.S. and Europe, featured promine…
(2021-07-27). Alex Saab/Arrest warrant in someone else's name. workers.org 
From Orinoco Tribune The following slightly edited article first appeared in the Orinoco Tribune July 22, as Cape Verde Admits Alex Saab's Arrest Warrant was in Someone Else's Name (Kidnapping). A year after the arrest of the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, Cape Verde's Attorney General (PGR), Luis José Landim, admitted . . . |
(2021-07-27). By acknowledging America can't stop the pipeline, Biden's Nord Stream 2 deal seals the end of the Washington-centric world order. rt.com 
The new agreement between the US and Germany was supposed to show the West was united behind American leadership across the globe. Instead, the deal lays bare the emerging fault lines in a rapidly changing multi-polar world. | Clothed in the usual unifying language of upholding common values and confronting Russia, the pact was published last week to great fanfare and harsh criticism at the same time. The US agreed to give its "permission" for the gas pipeline, in exchange for concessions from Germany. Berlin has committed to a one-off payment of $175 million to fund Ukraine's transition to greener energy, and…
(2021-07-27). Iran's Intelligence Ministry Says It Has Shattered Mossad Sleeper Cell Plotting Mass Unrest. sputniknews.com Iran and Israel have no relations to speak of, and have waged a decades-long covert war involving cyberattacks, sabotage strikes against one another's commercial shipping, the assassination of nearly a dozen Iranian nuclear scientists by Israeli agents, and more.
(2021-07-27). Saint Lucia Labour Party Seals Big Election Win. telesurenglish.net On Monday, with 49.89 percent of the popular vote, Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) took 13 of the 17 seats available in Saint Lucia's parliament, winning by its largest margin of victory since 1997, and SLP leader Philip Pierre is set to be named Prime Minister after a single term in opposition. | RELATED: | The Labour Party made substantial gains at the polls, retaining the six seats it had held since 2016 and adding seven more, covering the…
(2021-07-26). Standing with the Cuban People. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-26). Cuba Denounces Attack Against its Embassy in France. telesurenglish.net Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla denounced on Monday an attack against the Cuban embassy in France and remarked that the U.S. was behind the incident. | RELATED: | "We denounce a terrorist attack with Molotov cocktails against our Embassy in Paris," the official said. "I hold the U.S. Government responsible for its continuous campaigns against our country that encourage these behaviors and for calls for violence,…
(2021-07-26). Blinken Pull Out Statement on Cuba, "US Isolated," Cuba Notice. telesurenglish.net U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken confirmed on Monday that Joe Biden ¥s administration will continue its belligerent policy against Cuba. This, as the U.S. put out a statement alongside another 19 countries condemning the island in the aftermath of the July 11 protests. | RELATED: | "The United States and the international community (19 countries) will continue to provide support for the Cuban people in their ef…
(2021-07-26). Biden administration declares 'long Covid' a DISABILITY eligible for accommodation under civil rights law. rt.com 
Using the anniversary of the adoption of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Biden administration has announced that Americans who suffer from lingering effects of Covid-19 dubbed "long Covid" can now claim disability. | Under a
(2021-07-26). Twitter wars: US Army general mocked after accusing critic of being 'shill for Putin' in 'embarrassing' outburst. rt.com 
A US Army major general is facing backlash after accusing one of his fellow countrymen of being a "shill" for Russian President Vladimir Putin upon being asked on social media how many wars he had won. | Major General Patrick Donahoe found himself embroiled in a Twitter argument on Friday after warning young people that their "youth" would not protect them from Covid-19 in an attempt to convince young people to get vaccinated "right now." | Conservative writer Josiah Lippincott
(2021-07-26). Venezuela Confirms Two Cases of Delta COVID-19 Strain. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro confirmed the highly contagious Delta COVID-19 strain in the Southern nation after two travelers that came from abroad tested positive for it. Both citizens are isolated and receiving treatment. | RELATED: | The first case was a sportsman who arrived in Miranda state from Turkey. The athlete had verified contact with 30 people that have so far tested negative to COVID…
(2021-07-26). US education watchdog warns of 'shadow justice system' if Biden reverses Trump-era due process rules for campus sexual misconduct. rt.com 
A Biden nominee to the education department would signal the rolling back of Trump-era protections to students accused of sexual misconduct on campuses, an education watchdog has warned. | In 2020, former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos enacted new regulations that "bolstered due process at colleges" under Title IX — a 1972 law that prohibits educational discrimination on the basis of sex. The new rules direct colleges to presume an accused student's innocence until proven guilty. | Now, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is cautioning that these protections would be undone if Cather…
(2021-07-26). Charter School Promoters Defend Antisocial Culture of Maximum Profit. dissidentvoice.org 
About 3.3 million students are currently enrolled in roughly 7,400 privately-operated charter schools across 45 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Five states remain opposed to these outsourced schools that appeared in the U.S. 30 years ago. Today, thousands of segregated charter schools run by unelected individuals are either openly operated as for-profit schools …
(2021-07-26). Solidarity with Haiti Will Strengthen the Struggle for Racial Justice Everywhere. progressive.org While reports on the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse are silent on the history of the United States' harmful relations with the island nation, solidarity with Haiti is as important as ever.
(2021-07-26). Cubans come out July 26, defend revolution vs. multi-pronged Yanqui assault. liberationnews.org 
Moncada reminds us that in every period of setback the seeds of victory are sown.
(2021-07-26). Cubans mark July 26 holiday with support for revolution, opposition to U.S. meddling. liberationnews.org Moncada reminds us that in every period of setback the seeds of victory are sown.
(2021-07-26). President Maduro Announces that Dialogue in Mexico Could Include the US. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro disclosed some of the advances that have been achieved regarding the dialogue that the Venezuelan government will carry out with various sectors of the opposition, with the support of Norway and Mexico. During an interview on Telesur this Saturday, July 24, the president indicated that this negotiation mechanism to be held in Mexico is planned for the month of August. The government of Norway will participate in the dialogue. He did not rule out the participation of other countries, including the United States. | "I hope that in the month of August, with the support of the gove…
(2021-07-26). AMLO Wants OAS Replaced with a Body 'Not a Lackey to Anyone' — President Maduro Agrees (CELAC). orinocotribune.com On Saturday, July 24, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, proposed the creation of a body for regional integration for Latin America and the Caribbean to replace the US-dominated Organization of American States (OAS). He made this comment on the occasion of the commemoration ceremony of 238th anniversary of the birth of the Liberator Simón Bolívar. | "The proposal is neither more nor less than to build something similar to the European Union, but based on our history, our reality and our identities," said López Obrador at the summit of foreign affairs ministers of the Community of Latin American…
(2021-07-26). Delta Strain Detected in Venezuela's Simón Bolívar Airport—7+7 Reopening Plan Continues. orinocotribune.com On Sunday, July 25, President Nicolás Maduro reported the detection of two cases of the Delta strain: "In Venezuela we already have two cases of the Delta strain: an athlete who came to Miranda from Turkey, and the second case of a doctor who lives in Caracas. He came from abroad. Both people are vaccinated." | He mentioned the study about lifting the 7+7 reopening scheme and highlighted that the country is facing a new threat with the Delta and Delta Plus variants. He explained that in Colombia they realized last Saturday that the Delta strain was detected a month and a half ago. | "In Venezuela, without a doubt…
(2021-07-26). CONINDUSTRIA: Venezuela's Industry Paralyzed by Fuel Shortages. venezuelanalysis.com Washington has recently tightened its "devastating" sanctions, especially targeting diesel supply and production.
(2021-07-26). Arreaza: Mexico Ensures that CELAC Does Not Meet the Same Fate as UNASUR. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister, Jorge Arreaza, congratulated Mexico's work as a fundamental part in the functioning of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). | During his speech, Arreaza pointed out that this country has played an important role in creating a space for dialogue. Meanwhile it has prevented CELAC from becoming a hub for the interests of right-wing Latino governments, as happened to the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), explained news agency AVN. | "We believe that Mexico has done a great job," Arreaza explained. "In these years of difficulty in the pandemic, we b…