(2021-08-09). Sports apartheid: Israel's Olympic team did not include a single Palestinian citizen of Israel. mronline.org 
Palestinian citizens of Israel are 20 percent of the population. But not a single one was on Israel's 90-member Olympic team.
(2021-08-09). René González of the Cuban Five on Cuba's Challenge and Washington's Hypocrisy (Interview). orinocotribune.com René González is one of the Cuban Five, long jailed in the US for their intelligence work combating far-right Miami terrorist groups. He spoke to Jacobin about the blockade and what his trial told him about the US's concern for human rights in Cuba. | René González is a former member of Cuba's "
(2021-08-09). Talks in Mexico to Discuss Seven Issues — Chavismo vs. All Oppositions. orinocotribune.com 
On Sunday, August 8, the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, informed that "in the next few days, the exact date and venue of the dialogue with the Venezuelan opposition to be held in Mexico will be announced. There are seven issues on the agenda that will be debated." | "About [the talks in] Mexico there is a lot to say," continued President Maduro. "The dialogue with the opposition started in September 2019. From there came the National Assembly (AN) elections and these mega-elections. As of this year, we resumed the dialogue with the G4 [extreme right opposition] and there is a w…
(2021-08-09). Venezuela Registers 1,155 COVID-19 Cases on Saturday and Maintains a 95% Recovery Rate (12 Deaths). orinocotribune.com 
On Saturday August 7, Delcy Rodríguez, the executive vice president of Venezuela, tweeted that there were 1,155 new COVID-19 cases, all by community transmission, detected in the last 24 hours by the Venezuelan health authorities. The recovery rate remains at 95%, with 297,536 patients healed, thanks to the free treatments guaranteed by the Venezuelan Government. | During the daily report offered by the Presidential Commission for the Control and Prevention of COVID-19, Rodríguez specified that community cases were detected in 23 states: Miranda (236), Carabobo (192), Caracas (133 ), Lara (104), Yaracuy (104), La…
(2021-08-08). The Good People Who Will Give Internet to Cuba. orinocotribune.com By Rosa Miriam Elizalde — Aug 5, 2021 | GitHub, the largest free software platform in the world, has published an The list is incomplete because services blo…
(2021-08-08). Cuba Is Putting Its Heart into the Olympic Games in Tokyo. dissidentvoice.org When dawn broke this morning on the fourteenth day of the Olympic Games, Cuba was in 15th place in the Tokyo medal standings. It is admirable and not fortuitous that the small island of only 11 million people is 15th among the 204 countries attending the world games. Each of the talented athletes who represent …
(2021-08-08). Rania Khalek On US Mideast Genocide. popularresistance.org Around one quarter of the world lives in countries under unilateral United States sanctions. While American government officials insist that sanctions are targeted at officials committing human rights abuses in foreign countries, the United Nations notes that they always "disproportionately affect the poor and most vulnerable." | In Cuba, U.S. sanctions are causing shortages that led to widespread protests earlier this summer and are slowing the worldwide rollout of Cuba's domestically produced coronavirus vaccine. U.S. government documents explicitly state that the goal of the blockade of the island is to "decre…
(2021-08-08). Saint Lucia To Restore Bilateral Ties With Venezuela. telesurenglish.net Saint Lucia's External Affairs Minister Alva Baptiste reaffirmed the new administration commitment to restore bilateral ties with the Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro. | RELATED: | As a first step, he confirmed his country's withdrawal from the Lima Group formed to discredit the Bolivarian Revolution and promote intervention and sanctions. | Baptiste's statements come following five years of setbacks in the diplomat…
(2021-08-08). Venezuela Strongly Condemns Violence Against Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. orinocotribune.com The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, on behalf of the people and the government of Venezuela, strongly criticized the act of violence perpetrated last Thursday, August 5, against the Prime Minister of , Ralph Gonsalves, in which the prime minister was injured. Jorge Arreaza, Venezuelan minister for foreign affairs, published President Maduro's statement on his Twitter account @jaarreaza. | Gonsalves was on his way to the parliament of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines when he was hit on the temple by an opposition activist during an anti-government protest. | After the incident, the prime minister was trans…
(2021-08-08). 'PSUV Elections Are True Democracy', President Maduro Says. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro celebrated the holding of the primary elections of the United Party of Venezuela (PSUV) on Sunday, noting that these elections are an example of "direct, participatory and true democracy". | RELATED: | Maduro pointed out that both PSUV militants and citizens listed in the electoral roll could vote for the party's representatives ahead of the subnational elections to be held on…
(2021-08-08). Venezuelans Vote for Socialist Candidates to Nov. 21 Elections. telesurenglish.net The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) holds primary elections on Sunday to choose its candidates for the subnational elections to take place on Nov. 21. | RELATED: | PSUV primary elections are open not only to militants but also to people registered in the electoral roll. | So far, the election day is taking place with no incidents and in a peaceful and secure environment. Electoral authorities took all neces…
(2021-08-08). Venezuela: Workers take over a Kellogg factory, now known as 'Socialist Kellogg'. fightbacknews.org Maracay City, Venezuela – In the worker-controlled Venezuelan Kellogg factory, you see the workers working diligently to make corn flake and sugary cereals in a new package displaying the Venezuelan flag and the words "Together for Venezuela." They are wearing black caps with red letters that say, "Kellogg made in socialism." | In May of 2018, the Kellogg bosses told the factory workers that they had the weekend off due to maintenance. When the workers arrived the following working day, they were shocked to see a large sign on the factory, "We closed operations in Venezuela." The bosses didn't notify them, in per…
(2021-08-08). Food Sovereignty Delegation to Venezuela Scheduled for November 17 (Regional Elections). orinocotribune.com What's going on right now in Venezuela? Come see for yourself how Venezuelans are coping with US economic sanctions designed to cause social implosion. Mainstream media does not mention the different attacks on the Venezuelan people carried out by Colombian mercenaries sponsored by the United States government, come and learn about the economic warfare that the Venezuelan people counter daily, in public transportation, in the distribution of gasoline and diesel, and medicine shortages in the midst of a global pandemic. Come and learn how the grassroots movements are responding to each of those issues caused by th…
(2021-08-08). 'We are in Nobody's Backyard': Rejecting Geopolitical and Historical Fatalism. orinocotribune.com By Gerald A. Perreira — Jul 29, 2021 | Except for the hum of US helicopters flying overhead, there was a deafening silence throughout the Caribbean region, during the recent Operation Tradewinds, Progressive and Pan-African forces did not utter a word, as soldiers from Guyana, Brazil, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago participated in this region-wide military exercise with army personnel from the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Canada, France and the Netherlands. | We were told that Operation Tradewinds was "a US Southern Command sponsored…