President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (2021-07-13). Cuban President's Statement to the People of Cuba. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2021-07-13). Cuban Leader Warns Of US-Backed Opportunists Seeking To Destabilise Country. popularresistance.org Mr Diaz-Canel, who spoke to protesters in the municipality of San Antonio de los Banos, said that US-backed opposition figures are using the situation to destabilise the country. "The protests involve many revolutionary citizens who want an explanation for the current situation in the country, but are also contaminated by groups of opportunists who take advantage of the current crisis to undermine order and generate chaos," he said in a televised address.

sputniknews (2021-07-13). Pro-Revolutionary Forces Take to Streets of Cuba as More Details Revealed in Moise's Assassination. sputniknews.com More details emerge about Moise assassins; National strike in Colombia enters 10th week; 20 Years of endless war blows back on US society; and US targeting of Cuba and Haiti connected to imperialism hegemony.

Staff (2021-07-13). Díaz-Canel slams US for 'suffocating' Cuba's economy. en.mehrnews.com Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermudez slammed the cruel blockade imposed by the US against the island as the main cause behind recent economic problems.

Steve Sweeney (2021-07-13). Cuban leader warns of U.S.-backed opportunists seeking to destabilize country. peoplesworld.org

Dan Cohen (2021-07-13). Suspected Assassins of Haitian President MoàØse Trained by US, Linked to Pro-Coup Oligarchy. orinocotribune.com By Dan Cohen — Jul 9, 2021 | As the investigation into MoàØse's murder unfolds, the U.S. is laying the groundwork to deploy troops into Haiti for the fourth time in 106 years, at the request of a figure it has spent decades grooming. | PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI — As shock grips the Caribbean island nation of Haiti following the assassination of President Jovenel MoàØse, the Haitian government has carried out a campaign to arrest suspects it alleges are responsible for the murder. | Haitian Director of National Police Leon Charles announced at a press conference that the assassination squad th…

Staff (2021-07-13). Haiti: Jovenel MoàØse's Head of Security Traveled to Colombia 6 Times — Linked to Miami-based CTU Security. orinocotribune.com Colombian authorities confirmed this Monday that the head of security at the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dimitri Hérard, made several trips to Colombia and other Latin American countries in 2021, the purposes of which are unknown, reported the news agency EFE. | "We learned through Interpol's team in Colombia that Commissioner Dimitri Hérard, head of the general security unit of the National Palace of Haiti, had made trips to Ecuador, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, using Colombia as a stop off," said the director of the Colombian Police, General Jorge Luis Vargas, in a press conference abou…

Editor2 (2021-07-13). Fears of US Intervention in Haiti Escalate After Dictator's Assassination. orinocotribune.com By C.J. Atkins — Jul 8, 2021 | UPDATE: On the evening of Friday, July 9, Haitian government officials announced they had requested that the United States dispatch military forces to their country, ostensibly to protect ports, airports, gasoline reserves, and other facilities. The White House said the Biden administration would be sending FBI and Department of Homeland Security officials to Haiti right away; neither the State Department nor the Defense Department have yet confirmed what forces may be deployed. | In the pre-dawn hours of July 7, the president-turned-dictator of Haiti, Jovenel MoàØse, wa…

Staff (2021-07-13). 'Several' suspects in Haiti's presidential assassination were informants for US drug agency, FBI — reports. rt.com The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) confirmed that at least one of the men arrested for the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moise was their informant, according to CNN, while several others may have had ties to the FBI. | Moise was gunned down at dawn last Wednesday by attackers who reportedly claimed to be DEA agents raiding his home. Responding to an inquiry by CNN on Monday, the agency officially denied that the attackers were acting on its behalf, but confirmed that "at times, one of the suspects" detained by the Haitian authorities "was a confidential source to the DEA." | JUST IN: Several of the m…

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-07-13). 2 US police informants suspects in Haitian President's murder. en.mehrnews.com According to some reports, two suspects in the Haitian President's assassination were the US law enforcement informants.

WSWS (2021-07-13). Washington has not ruled out sending troops to Haiti. wsws.org A US security delegation dispatched to Port-au-Prince brought together the three figures claiming to be head of state following the assassination of de facto president Jovenel MoàØse.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-07-13). The War against Petrocaribe: Examining U.S. Imperial Geopolitics on the Caribbean Spectrum. libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad Map of the Caribbean (Photo: Archive) Professor Jean-Claude Gerlus, in his research "The Effects of the Cold War on U.S.-Haitian Relationsos ", was correct in pointing out that the Caribbean Basin was transformed into an undeclared war zone during that period. Reminiscences continue to be experienced in the region. A few days ago,…

Staff (2021-07-13). Webinar Thursday 15: Current Popular Struggles Against US Intervention: Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, Colombia, Nicaragua, Peru and Chile. orinocotribune.com Join us in this new revised webinar with Dan Kovalik and please share this invitation. | We are faced with possible US intervention in Haiti after the murder of the president, a possible coup over the election results in Peru, new US backed protests in Cuba, the positive election results in Chile, the continued bloody repressions in Colombia, regime change plans against Sandinista Nicaragua, and the growing movement to free Venezuela's Alex Saab. Dan Kovalik, labor and human rights lawyer, has been on delegations to many of these countries, and he will review the present state of the popular struggles and Washing…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-07-13). President Díaz-Canel Speaks with the People in Streets of Cuba & Repudiates Fake News. orinocotribune.com With a tour of the streets of Cuba, President Miguel Díaz-Canel sent a message of gratitude to the revolutionaries who came out to counter the manipulations of the national and international right wing promoting acts of violence. | In this way, the president joined the campaign in defense of peace and sovereignty on the Caribbean island, which has been threatened recently by what he denounced as "counterrevolutionary elements who receive money from US agencies." | Meanwhile, in the mainstream media and on social media networks, the usual suspects tried to disseminate fake news of an alleged mass mobilization agai…

Staff (2021-07-13). 'Outside interference' in Cuban affairs is 'unacceptable' & foreign nations should let Havana solve its own issues, Moscow warns. rt.com Any foreign interference in the affairs of Cuba is completely unacceptable, Russia has declared, after the Caribbean country erupted in protest over an ever-worsening economy and the government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. | In a comment published on its website, Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that Moscow is "closely following the development of the situation in and around Cuba." | "We consider outside interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state, and any other destructive actions that would encourage destabilization of the situation on the island, t…

Editor (2021-07-13). Let Cuba live! End the blockade now! workers.org July 12 — Today the capitalist media have turned their focus on anti-government demonstrators in Cuba, which the New York Times claimed to number in the "thousands," in a country of 11 million people. How many thousands, if there were really that many, isn't stated (nor were there any videos . . . |

Staff (2021-07-13). End the damn US embargo on Cuba already. therealnews.com This story appeared in Progressives in the U.S. and around the world on Monday demanded the Biden administration lift the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba and hundreds of sanctions on the country after thousands of Cubans protested the country's economic crisis, which has been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. | The protests in Havana and s…

Staff (2021-07-13). Cubans Demand Respect for Sovereignty & Self-Determination With Which They Decided to Build Socialism. orinocotribune.com Cuba demanded that its sovereignty and self-determination be respected, "with which we have decided to build socialism," said the president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, during a press conference offered this Monday, July 12, in a joint television and radio broadcast, joined by members of his government, regarding the situation in the country facing a US blockade and destabilization attempts that occurred over the weekend. | "The OAS (Organization of American States) has been empowered and trained to play its role in unconventional warfare. Why hasn't it been concerned about the negative effects of the bloc…

WSWS (2021-07-13). Cuba sees largest protests in decades as economy deteriorates and COVID-19 pandemic worsens. wsws.org Thousands protested in and near Havana and other cities throughout the country in the largest wave of demonstrations since 1994.

Fight Back (2021-07-13). Stand with socialist Cuba! fightbacknews.org The working people of Cuba are mobilizing to defend the Cuban revolution and drive pro-U.S. reactionaries from the streets. The Cuban people are united in overcoming the costly U.S. economic embargo and subversion. Cubans steadfastly refuse to return to being a colony controlled by the U.S. Older Cubans remember when it was a playground for American millionaires and gangsters, with widespread poverty, abuse of workers and death an everyday part of life. | Back in 1959, the Cuban revolution shook the captains of Wall Street to their core. The rich have still have not gotten over it. With the working class and its…

Editor (2021-07-13). Cuban president Díaz-Canel: Revolutionaries to the streets! mronline.org This speech provides crucial context and information being covered up by the corporate media in the United States. | July 13, 2021 | Newswire…

Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza (2021-07-13). PSUV Expresses Solidarity with Cuba in Face of US Imperialist Aggression — Demonstration in Support of Cuba in Caracas. orinocotribune.com Caracas, July 12, 2021 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)—The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), in a public statement issued this Monday, July 12, expressed its solidarity with the people and government of Cuba, faced with a new onslaught by the US empire against the Cuban Revolution. | "We will accompany that brother people as another soldier to defeat the imperialist recolonizing plans with which they intend to overthrow the independence and sovereignty of our sister nation and establish, at an inopportune moment, the re-instatement of the nefarious Plan Condor that—violating democracy, inst…

Manolo De Los Santos (2021-07-13). The United States tries to take advantage of the price Cubans are paying for the blockade and the pandemic. peoplesdispatch.org Cuban government officials and activists have reiterated their demand for an end to the blockade imposed by the US which over six decades has cost Cuba $147.8 billion in damages…

Staff (2021-07-13). Boxeo cubano por continuar tradición ganadora en Tokio. cubadebate.cu Dar continuidad a una historia de 37 títulos será el gran reto del boxeo cubano en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020. øSerá posible repetir las tres coronaciones de Río 2016? El palmarés de los aspirantes apunta al sí. øSe vislumbran clásicos 'paseos' hacia el podio? Categóricamente no. øQuiénes son los principales favoritos? Julio y Andy.

Seth Donnelly (2021-07-13). The Assassination of Jovenel Moise: What Next for Haiti? counterpunch.org 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 to put Martelly into power. Similarly,…

David Swanson (2021-07-13). Talk World Radio: Brian Concannon: Haiti Has Had All the U.S. Help It Can Stand. warisacrime.org Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. This week on Talk World Radio, we're discussing Haiti with human rights lawyer and activist Brian Concannon. He is Executive Director of Project Blueprint, which promotes a progressive, human rights-based U.S. foreign policy …

Kelley Beaucar Vlahos (2021-07-13). The Miami-Haiti Connection: Another Mercenary, Another Day. globalresearch.ca

Black Alliance for Peace (2021-07-13). Why Human Rights in China and Tigray, but Not in Haiti, Palestine or Colombia? globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2021-07-13). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Nurses strikes loom in Canada, Dominican Republic; Miners continue strike in Mexico; and Health workers to begin strike in Bolivia…

_____ (2021-07-13). Pennsylvania Town Battles To Shut Down Toxic Waste-To-Energy Plant. popularresistance.org So-called waste-to-energy plants are the waste management industry's way of describing toxic incinerators that burn trash and leave extremely toxic ash containing dioxin, mercury, arsenic and more. The Covanta incinerator in Chester, Pennsylvania, is the largest one of its kind in the U.S. Chester is a low-income community near Philadelphia, with a population of 33,000 people, 72 percent of whom are African American.

_____ (2021-07-13). The Hidden Hand of the US Blockade Sparks Cuba Protests. commondreams.org "If this oppressive law takes effect, it will decimate abortion access in Texas—and that's exactly what it is designed to do."

A Guest Author (2021-07-13). Cuba and HIV/AIDS: How to combat an epidemic. workers.org By àÜzra EL Boston This is an edited version of a talk given July 9 at a Workers World Party‚àíBoston meeting on the theme "Cops and Colonizers Out of Pride." Pride 2021, when we celebrated the 52nd anniversary of the righteous Stonewall Rebellion, also rang with inspiring calls from the . . . |

A Guest Author (2021-07-13). Stop privatizing Puerto Rico! workers.org The U.S.-imposed Fiscal Control Board continues to try to impose all possible neoliberal policies of privatization on the people and island of Puerto Rico. The people have continued to fight back, most recently against LUMA Energy, the private contractor that took over operation of Puerto Rico's electrical grid June 1. . . . |

Staff (2021-07-13). Denuncia canciller cubano campaña de desestabilización contra Cuba (+ Video). cubadebate.cu "Es sabido que el Gobierno de Estados Unidos identificó el impacto del virus y la pandemia como una oportunidad para reforzar el bloqueo con motivaciones políticas y aplicar lo que llamó medidas de máxima presión para reforzar la agresión a nuestro país. "Ha sido un intento deliberado, cruel, oportunista de aprovechar las condiciones de una pandemia para intentar estrangular nuestra economía", denunció Rodríguez Parrilla.

Staff (2021-07-13). Ahora la urgencia es la Patria. cubadebate.cu Busquemos urgente en cada página de nuestra historia, para recordar que detrás de la Revolución, detrás y debajo, en cada horcón que la sostiene, hay mucha sangre de mártir joven, y de toda edad. Como decía Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, para arrebatar a millones una Revolución tan valiosa y costosa, habrá que pasar por sobre el cadáver de millones.

Staff (2021-07-13). Cuba presentará en la ONU informe sobre implementación de la Agenda 2030. cubadebate.cu En cumplimiento de sus responsabilidades y compromisos internacionales Cuba presentará este martes, en el Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre Desarrollo Sostenible de la ONU, su primer informe nacional voluntario sobre la implementación de la Agenda 2030. Serán expuestos de manera virtual los resultados, acciones y desafíos de ese programa.

Staff (2021-07-13). El tiempo: Chubascos y tormentas eléctricas en la región occidental. cubadebate.cu Amanecerá parcialmente nublado en la mitad oriental del país, con poca nubosidad en el resto. Desde el final de la mañana se nublará en localidades del interior y la costa norte occidental con algunos chubascos y tormentas eléctricas, que se extenderán al resto de la región occidental y hacia el interior y sur del centro.

Staff (2021-07-13). Todo intento por perturbar la tranquilidad en Pinar del Río encontrará la respuesta del pueblo. cubadebate.cu Todo intento por perturbar la tranquilidad que siempre ha primado en Cuba encontrará una respuesta del pueblo revolucionario en las calles, idea impulsora de la concentración de un centenar de pinareños en el parque de la Independencia, de la ciudad capital de ese territorio. El reclamo sigue siendo exigir el cese del genocida bloqueo.

Staff (2021-07-13). Del mundo para Matanzas: Médicos de la Henry Reeve. cubadebate.cu En la noche de este lunes, arribaron a la ciudad de Matanzas 182 nuevos profesionales de la salud que se sumarán a la lucha que libra este territorio contra la Covid-19.De ellos, 103 se encontraban cumpliendo colaboración médica en la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, mientras que los otros 79 lo hacían en Azerbaiyán, como parte del contingente internacionalista Henry Reeve.

Staff (2021-07-13). Devuelven libro que había sido tomado prestado de una biblioteca hace 300 años. cubadebate.cu El personal de la catedral de Sheffield (Reino Unido) recibió de vuelta un libro que, aparentemente, fue retirado de la biblioteca del templo hace más de 300 años. El volumen llegó en un paquete por correo de primera clase junto a una nota escrita por una mujer de Gales que explicaba que lo había encontrado entre las pertenencias de su abuela fallecida.

Staff (2021-07-13). Raúl participa en reunión del Buró Político. cubadebate.cu En el día de ayer, el Buró Político del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba sostuvo una reunión presidida por el compañero Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, primer secretario del Comité Central y presidente de la República, la cual contó con la participación del General de Ejército Raúl Castro Ruz.

Staff (2021-07-13). China apoya a Cuba y rechaza injerencia de E.E U.U en temas internos. cubadebate.cu China confirmó este martes su firme apoyo a Cuba en la protección de la estabilidad social, rechazó cualquier acto injerencista en sus asuntos internos y exigió a Estados Unidos levantar ya el bloqueo económico, comercial y financiero. Zhao Lijian, vocero del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, aseguró que su Gobierno respalda a la isla.

Staff (2021-07-13). Hoy en la Mesa Redonda: Segunda parte de la comparecencia especial del presidente y miembros del gobierno. mesaredonda.cubadebate.cu La Mesa Redonda transmitirá hoy los análisis que sobre la situación epidemiológica del país, las nuevas cepas y la obtención de las vacunas cubanas hicieran ayer el Primer Secretario del Partido y Presidente de la República Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, el Ministro de Salud Pública y la Directora General del CIGB.

Staff (2021-07-13). CTC condena manifestaciones de desorden en ciudades cubanas. cubadebate.cu La CTC rechazó las protestas ocurridas en varias ciudades cubanas como parte de la campaña mediática que se trata de imponer para deslegitimar al Gobierno. El movimiento sindical expresa su apoyo incondicional a la respuesta revolucionaria y ratifica el compromiso de los colectivos laborales de elevar la eficiencia en la producción.

Nils Castro (2021-07-13). En Haití sólo la primera frase se repite. globalizacion.ca El miércoles siete, el presidente de Haití fue muerto a tiros en su residencia, por una cuadrilla de exmilitares colombianos bien pertrechados, que arribados a través de la vecina República Dominicana. Ninguno de los anillos de seguridad del Presidente ofreció…

Ian Ellis-Jones (2021-07-13). How the United States punishes Cuba's people. greenleft.org.au For six decades now, the United States has unsuccessfully sought to achieve regime change in Cuba, writes Ian Ellis-Jones.

Luis Manuel Arce Isaac (2021-07-13). Cuba y la compleja situación creada por EE.UU. globalizacion.ca El domingo 11 de julio fue un festival mediático contra Cuba. La prensa de Estados Unidos y las redes sociales controladas por ellos presentaron los conatos de presuntas protestas en San Antonio de los Baños y algunas otras localidades como…

Atilio A. Boron (2021-07-13). Cuba, el bloqueo y la crisis. globalizacion.ca Washington cree que ha llegado el momento de intensificar sus ataques a cuanto gobierno díscolo ante sus órdenes existe en la región. En los últimos días hemos visto el sospechoso asesinato del presidente de Haití, con un modus operandi que…

Paul Street (2021-07-13). Imagine a Nation Like This. zcomm.org Imagine a country so clueless that its population ranks "illegal immigration" as a more serious concern than the biggest issue of our or any time — the climate catastrophe…

Editor2 (2021-07-13). Efficacy of 91.2% with two Doses of Soberana 02 and one of Soberana Plus. orinocotribune.com Results of clinical trials of this combination of Soberana candidate vaccines were announced yesterday at a meeting of the government's COVID-19 task force, led by First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez | The combination of two doses of the candidate vaccine Soberana 02 and one of Soberana Plus, administered in a 0-28-56 day regimen, was found to have an efficacy of 91.2 percent, in preventing symptomatic cases of COVID-19, reported Dr. Vicente Vérez Bencomo, director of the Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV), at Thursday's meeting of the Cuban government's COVID-19 prevention and c…

sputniknews (2021-07-12). Haitian Police Arrest Florida Doctor, One of Suspected Masterminds Behind Moise's Assassination. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – One of the alleged masterminds behind the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise has been arrested, Police Director Leon Charles said.

teleSUR (2021-07-12). Haitian Police Arrests Mastermind of Moise's Assassination. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Haitian National Police (HNP) arrested Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a Florida-based physician, and charged him with masterminding the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. | RELATED: | "When the bandits' advance was blocked, the first person they called was Sanon," said HNP Director Leon Charles, who added that the motive for the crime was political. | During the search of the Sanon's residence, "we f…

Yves Engler (2021-07-12). The Assassination of Jovenel MoàØse. orinocotribune.com By Yves Engler — Jul 9, 2021 | Jovenel MoàØse was a violent and corrupt tyrant. While his passing may not elicit much sympathy, the Haitian president's assassination should not be celebrated. | Backed by Washington and Ottawa, MoàØse appears to have been killed by elements within his own violent PHTK political party. The well-organized operation was probably bankrolled by one of the country's light skinned oligarchs and almost certainly carried out with support from inside the government. Police controlled the road to his house yet this video shows a convoy of armed men moving methodically up t…

Staff (2021-07-12). The US Should Not Send Troops to Haiti, Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. truthout.org After the assassination of President Jovenel MoàØse at his home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's interim government says it has asked the United Nations and the United States to send troops to help secure key infrastructure. The U.S. has so far declined, but has sent an inter-agency team from the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI. Democratic Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the situation in Haiti is "extraordinarily delicate and extremely fragile," and that the U.S. should not sen…

Aldana Vales (2021-07-12). Haití y EE.UU., un vínculo tóxico. globalizacion.ca La política de Estados Unidos hacia Haití, bajo la lupa tras el asesinato de MoàØse. En 1915, después del asesinato de Jean Vilbrun Guillaume Sam, el presidente de Haití en ese momento, Estados Unidos decidió enviar tropas al país caribeño…

Staff (2021-07-12). No U.S. Troops in Haiti: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Military Mission Would Not Help Country. democracynow.org After the assassination of President Jovenel MoàØse at his home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's interim government says it has asked the United Nations and the United States to send troops to help secure key infrastructure. The U.S. has so far declined, but has sent an inter-agency team from the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI. Democratic Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the situation in Haiti is "extraordinarily delicate and extremely fragile," and that the U.S. should not send troops to the country. "Our role should be in supporting a peaceful transition and democratic process for sele…

Staff (2021-07-12). Headlines for July 12, 2021. democracynow.org Police Arrest Man Who Planned to Assume Haitian Presidency as More U.S. Ties Emerge, COVID Cases on the Rise in 42 U.S. States; CDC Urges Schools to Reopen in Fall, Thousands Take to Streets of Cuba to Protest Economic Crisis, Pandemic, Top U.S. Military General Leaves Post in Afghanistan as Withdrawal Nears End, Ethiopian Elections Deliver Win for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Racist Trolls Attack England Soccer Team's Black Players After Loss to Italy in Euro 2020, G20 Members Back 15% Global Minimum Tax; Critics Say Greater Change Is Needed, Biden Signs Order to Combat Monopolies, Low Wages, Biden Fires Trump-Era…

Dan Cohen (2021-07-12). Suspected Assassins of Haitian President MoàØse Trained by US, Linked to Pro-Coup Oligarchy. globalresearch.ca

Thomas Knapp (2021-07-12). Hands Off Haiti! counterpunch.org Associated Press headline, July 8: "Biden with few options to stabilize Haiti in wake of slaying." Following the assassination of president Jovenel MoàØse, AP reports, "the U.S. is unlikely to deploy troops." Nonetheless, the American political and media establishments seem to blithely assume that Haiti's internal affairs are very much America's business. State Department spokesman

_____ (2021-07-12). Florida-Based Doctor Arrested on Suspicion of Plotting Assassination of Haiti's President. commondreams.org The New York Democrat said the Biden administration should support efforts to bring to justice "any actors that may have been complicit on U.S. soil."

Anonymous103 (2021-07-12). Former Canadian Embassy Worker Arrested In Haiti Assassination Worked For Shadowy Security Firm. southfront.org Jovenel MoàØse with his wife | Originally published by Update: The

Liberation Staff (2021-07-12). Cuban President Díaz-Canel: Revolutionaries to the Streets! liberationnews.org This speech provides crucial context and information being covered up by the corporate media in the United States.

Staff (2021-07-12). Let the People Decide: Former Haitian Gov't Minister on Political Chaos After President Assassinated. democracynow.org Political turmoil continues in Haiti following the assassination of President Jovenel MoàØse, with multiple people claiming leadership of the country and gangs unleashing a new wave of violence in the streets. Haitian police say they have arrested a key figure in the assassination, 63-year-old Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a Haitian-born doctor based in Florida who arrived in Haiti in June with "political objectives." Sanon is one of three Haitian Americans now arrested in the attack, along with 18 Colombians. Five Colombians are still at large, and three were reportedly killed. The United States, meanwhile, h…

Black Alliance for Peace (2021-07-12). Why Human Rights in China and Tigray but Not in Haiti, Palestine, or Colombia? dissidentvoice.org U.S. President Joe Biden and the Democrats have been playing the "Black Lives Matter" tune on their fiddle. Biden even raised the issue of Black Lives Matter during his presidential campaign. But, just days after Biden was sworn into office, his administration lent support for the Haitian dictator, Jovenel MoàØse, who stayed in office past …

Staff (2021-07-12). Haiti arrests 'Florida doctor' as alleged mastermind in president's murder, while US dispatches 'security team' to help the probe. rt.com A Haitian-born doctor with decades-old ties to Florida has been detained as a suspected mastermind behind the murder of President Jovenel Moise. Meanwhile, Washington has sent an expert team to Haiti to help with the probe. | Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 63, was arrested and named the "central figure" in the case, becoming the third US-linked suspect in the alleged plot. It is unclear if he actually holds US citizenship, but

WSWS (2021-07-12). Haitian government calls for international military intervention after President's assassination. wsws.org In the aftermath of the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse in the early hours of the morning last Wednesday, the impoverished Caribbean nation's interim government has appealed for a foreign military intervention to protect key infrastructure.

Greg Guma (2021-07-12). Destabilizing Haiti: Why It Keeps Happening. globalresearch.ca …

Diana Carolina Alfonso (2021-07-12). Colombia y Haití: La máquina continental del desolvido. globalizacion.ca Algunas teorías conciben que el capitalismo gore implica una última fase en la expansión neocolonial del capitalismo reciente. Sin embargo, las claves de ese peculiar desarrollo capitalista, basado en el poder de decidir quién mure y quién vive, se encuentran…

Alejandro Teitelbaum (2021-07-12). Haití: Historia de un genocidio y de un ecocidio. globalizacion.ca Cuando Colón llegó en 1492 a la isla que llamó La Española (Haití y Santo Domingo) se encontró con un verdadero vergel ocupado por una gran población nativa que vivía pacíficamente. Pero desde 1500 comenzó la deforestación de la isla…

_____ (2021-07-12). Ocasio-Cortez Urges Biden Not to Send US Troops to Haiti. commondreams.org

Amy Wilentz (2021-07-12). What Next for Haiti? thenation.com What Next for Haiti?

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2021-07-12). PSL statement: U.S. imperialism seeks counter-revolution in Cuba. liberationnews.org The Party for Socialism and Liberation stands in full solidarity with the Cuban Revolution, its government and people in the struggle against the latest sinister counterrevolutionary efforts of U.S. imperialism. The sixty year old blockade and hundreds of sanctions imposed under the Trump administration have caused grave shortages of food, medicines, electricity and other necessities …

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2021-07-12). PSL statement: U.S. imperialism seeks counter-revolution in Cuba. liberationnews.org The Party for Socialism and Liberation stands in full solidarity with the Cuban Revolution, its government and people in the struggle against the latest sinister counter-revolutionary efforts of U.S. imperialism. The sixty year old blockade and hundreds of sanctions imposed under the Trump Administration have caused grave shortages of food, medicines, electricity and other necessities …

Staff (2021-07-12). Venezuela: Cota 905 and the Role of Armed Groups in the Hybrid War. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Jun 10, 2021 | As these lines are being written, the Venezuelan State security forces are conducting a police operation with the objective of neutralizing the belligerent activities carried out by armed groups in three populous sectors of Caracas, in the El Valle-El Cementerio axis, Cota 905 and La Vega. | This is a strategic corridor that connects the southwest of Caracas with the exit towards Miranda state, via the Carretera Negra de Los Mangos, which connects with the Pan-American Highway, and which projects towards almost the entire west of the capital city. | The armed groups in quest…

Anonymous007 (2021-07-12). Cubans Take To The Streets In Anti-Government Protests Not Seen In Decades. southfront.org On July 11th, thousands went to Cuba's streets to protest against the government and call for the first-ever civilian President Miguel Diaz-Canel to step down. | The protests erupted amid Cuba's worst economic crisis since the fall of the Soviet Union and a record surge in coronavirus infections, with people voicing anger over shortages of basic goods, curbs on civil liberties and the authorities' handling of the pandemic. | Thousands took to the streets in various parts of Havana including the historic centre, their shouts of "Diaz-Canel step down" drowning out groups of government supporters waving the Cuban…

Amiad Horowitz (2021-07-12). Republican Congressman Anthony Sabatini calls for execution of Cuban leaders. peoplesworld.org This past weekend, on Sunday, July 11, there were apparently some minor anti-government protests in Cuba by pro-U.S. elements. The disturbances were quickly outnumbered by supporters of the Cuban Revolution who went into the streets. President Miguel Diaz-Canel spoke to the nation, declaring that Cuba would "not allow any sold-out counterrevolutionary who receives money from …

Staff (2021-07-12). President Maduro: More than 20 Colombian Paramilitaries Trained Cota 905 Gangs. orinocotribune.com The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced this Sunday, July 11, that during the operation Gran Cacique Indio Guaicaipuro in Caracas, Colombian military weapons were seized. He also announced that at least 20 paramilitaries from Colombia were at Cota 905 alongside the criminal gangs, "linked to the criminal structures operating on Cota 905." | Similarly, Maduro denounced Leopoldo López for his involvement, from Madrid, Spain, in funding the gangs and their terrorist activities in Venezuela. "They are an incurable network of violence, hatred, and terrorism," said Maduro. "They receive all their support…

Adán Chávez Frías (2021-07-12). Venezuela — Independencia y Patria Socialista. globalizacion.ca I | Al iniciar el mes de julio de esta era bicentenaria, las venezolanas y los venezolanos seguimos en batalla por la Patria, en defensa de su dignidad, soberanía e independencia; una independencia de cuya declaración conmemoramos un nuevo aniversario el…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-07-12). Interests Behind the Request for "Humanitarian Intervention" in Cuba. libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad Rally in Miami in support of the protests in Cuba calling for "humanitarian intervention" by the United States (Photo: Eva Marie Uzcátegui / AFP) For months now, new efforts for "regime change" have been stirring the coals in Cuba under the cover of the San Isidro Movement, a group of artists from the…

teleSUR (2021-07-12). Cuba Is Alert to Destabilization Attempts, Diaz-Canel Says. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel addressed the nation to analyze the actions of those trying to destabilize the Revolution by taking advantage of the crisis prompted by the U.S. blockade and the new COVID-19 wave. | RELATED: | Accompanied by his cabinet, the President reviewed the country's current epidemiological and economic situation, which the international campaign against the Revolution does not usually menti…

WSWS (2021-07-12). Fiji faces unprecedented COVID-19 disaster. wsws.org Despite an accelerating health and social crisis disaster, the government is keeping businesses open while stepping up authoritarian measures against the population.

teleSUR (2021-07-12). Russia, Nicaragua, Bolivia Reject Destabilization in Cuba. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Russia's Foreign Affairs Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced that her country rejects attempts to destabilize the government of President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Cuba. | RELATED: | She qualified as "unacceptable the external interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state… and any other destructive action that foments the destabilization of the situation on the island". | The diplomat also expressed…

The Associated Press (2021-07-12). Police Patrol Havana in Large Numbers After Demonstrations. latinorebels.com HAVANA (AP) — Large contingents of Cuban police patrolled the capital of Havana on Monday following protests around the island nation against food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus crisis. Cuba's president said the demonstrations were stirred up on social media by Cuban-Americans in the United States.

_____ (2021-07-12). Cuban President Díaz-Canel: Revolutionaries to the Streets! popularresistance.org "We have been honest, we have been transparent, we have been clear and at every moment we have been explaining to our people the complexities of the current moments. I remind you that more than a year and a half ago, when the second semester of 2019 began, we had to explain that we were entering a difficult situation. … Since then we have remained under that situation as a result of all the United States government moves led by the Trump administration in relation to Cuba."

teleSUR (2021-07-12). Latin America Rejects US Destabilization Attempts in Cuba. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Latin America's social organizations, political figures, and intellectuals expressed their support for the Cuban people and government in response to the U.S.-backed destabilizing protests on the Island. | RELATED: | "We urge unity in defense of the Revolution. Cuba is dignity", Colombia's Commons Party president Rodrigo Londoño said, stressing that his organization defends the sovereignty of the Cuban people and th…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-07-12). Cuba Possesses the Most Precious Asset: Revolutionary Conscience. libya360.wordpress.com Jorge Capelan For those who say that in Cuba: "…they have nothing. It can neither import nor export anything. Production is low due to lack of inputs and machinery and they cannot buy spare parts, people are hungry and tired…" We tell them: Don't believe it, there are reserves…. What is happening today is nothing…

_____ (2021-07-12). The Cuban American Leading The Charge To Transform US-Cuba Policy. popularresistance.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. Despite the blistering summer heat and occasional death threats (including a trucker who tried to run them off the road), the marchers persist. Lazo's group is called Puentes de Amor, Bridges of Love, and this grueling walkathon is certainly a labor of love. | While right-wing Cubans in Miami call him "comunista," Lazo has no time for ideology. He is neither for or against the Cuban government; he is for the Cuban people, the Cuban families. And he is disgusted by the cr…

teleSUR (2021-07-12). Mexico Rejects Foreign Intervention in Cuban Incidents. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) rejected the intervention of international powers and mainstream media in the protests in Cuba on Sunday. | RELATED: | "I want to express my solidarity with the Cuban people. I believe that a solution must be sought through dialogue, without the use of force, without confrontation, without violence. It must be the Cubans who decide because Cuba is a free, independent, a…

WSWS (2021-07-12). CDC's lifting of mask recommendations in US schools threatens massive surge of infections. wsws.org The guideline changes, which have been universally hailed by the corporate media, the entire political establishment and the teachers unions, amount to the reckless endangerment of millions of children, their teachers, parents and the broader population.

teleSUR, JL (2021-07-12). Pdte. de Cuba rechaza campañas de desprestigio. telesurtv.net "Quieren asfixiarnos para acabar con la Revolución, si quieren preocuparse por el pueblo abran el bloqueo", sentenció el presidente cubano.

The Associated Press (2021-07-12). Demonstrators in Havana Protest Shortages, Rising Prices. latinorebels.com HAVANA (AP) — Thousands of Cubans marched on Havana's Malecón promenade and elsewhere on the island Sunday to protest food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus crisis, in one of biggest anti-government demonstrations in memory.

Staff (2021-07-11). Haitian Senate Appoints Joseph Lambert as Provisional President — Complex Power Struggle (International Meddling). orinocotribune.com On Friday, July 9, the Senate of Haiti appointed the current president of the Upper House, Senator Joseph Lambert, as provisional president of the country after the assassination of Jovenel MoàØse, who was killed in his home in Port-au-Prince in the midnight hours of Wednesday, July 7. The resolution for Lambert's appointment, signed by eight of the ten senators who are in office, states that "the new provisional president, His Excellency Joseph Lambert, will take constitutional oath in Parliament before the Assembly of Senators, in the presence of the constituted authorities and the leaders of civil socie…

àÅlvaro Verzi Rangel (2021-07-11). Incógnitas y especulaciones sobre el asesinato del presidente haitiano. globalizacion.ca Las autoridades haitianas informaron de la detención de por lo menos 17 extranjeros que habrían participado en el ataque y asesinato del presidente Jovenel MoàØse, perpetrado por un comando compuesto por 26 colombianos y dos estadounidenses de ascendencia haitiana, identificados…

José Antonio Gutiérrez D. (2021-07-11). Productos de exportación: Militares (r) colombianos asesinan al presidente haitiano. globalizacion.ca El ex ministro de defensa colombiano, y ex embajador de ese país en EEUU, Juan Carlos Pinzón, cuando recién comenzaban las negociaciones de paz con las FARC-EP, sacaba pecho sobre la exportación de militares colombianos a todo el mundo para…

Editor2 (2021-07-11). Haitian Movements Caution Against Foreign Intervention Following MoàØse's Assassination. orinocotribune.com 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 hours of July 7, unidentified armed men

Abby Zimet (2021-07-11). And The Horse You Rode In On: The Final Glad Surrender of Charlottesville's Confederate Losers. commondreams.org Christian Emmanuel Sanon is the third Haitian-born individual with ties to the United States to be arrested for playing a role in the killing.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-07-11). Ivan Duque's Security Adviser's Cousin Involved in MoàØse Assassination. orinocotribune.com A cousin of Colombian President Iván Duque's national security adviser, Rafael Guarín Cotrino, is reported to be one of the mercenaries who carried out the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse on July 7. | This was informed by the Colombian official himself through a statement circulated by diverse media platforms. In the statement, Guarín stated that although there exists a blood relation, he has never met or had any contact with said relative. | "My father informed me that Mr. Mauricio Grosso Guarín is a son of one of his ten siblings," declared Rafael Guarín in the text of his statement. "I…

teleSUR (2021-07-11). Haiti's Senate Indefinitely Postponed Joseph Lambert Takeover. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, Haiti's Senate delayed the presidential takeover of the newly appointed interim President of the Republic Joseph Lambert. | RELATED: | The act was expected to take place on Saturday afternoon, but some senators asked to reschedule the event. However, no specific date was agreed for the presidential takeover. | Eight out of the ten active Senators of the Caribbean country chose Lambert as interim President agains…

Dan Cohen (2021-07-11). What's Behind the Assassination of Haitian President MoàØse? orinocotribune.com Journalist Kim Ives joins Behind The Headlines correspondent Dan Cohen to discuss the aftermath of the assassination of President Jovenel MoàØse and the revolution brewing in Haiti. | The assassination of Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse sent shockwaves through the tiny Caribbean island nation and beyond. While little is known about what happened overnight Wednesday (July 7), it appears that a group of foreign mercenaries with inside knowledge of MoàØse's home were responsible for carrying out the operation that killed him. | MoàØse was an extremely unpopular figure who had overstayed…

Steve Lalla (2021-07-11). Latin America & the Caribbean is a Battleground Between Imperialism & Progressive Movements—and the Right is Divided, says Spokesperson for Perú's Communist Party. orinocotribune.com July 9 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)—During a recent conference Luis Garate, spokesperson for Perú's Communist Party-Patria Roja, portrayed Perú's right-wing political actors as divided among themselves. | "The real situation is that Pedro Castillo has been elected," said Garate. "What is happening is that the right-wing forces, Keiko Fujimori and the ultra, far-right, and fascist groups, don't want to recognize the results. Right now, here in Perú, the right-wing forces are divided, because the US and the OAS are telling them 'no, the Peruvian elections have been cleared, they were transparent.'" | Unli…