(2021-08-17). Headlines for August 17, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Defends U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan After Taliban Capture Kabul , Advocates Demand U.S. and Other Nations Open Doors to Afghan Refugees, Tropical Storm Adds to Haiti's Misery Two Days After Massive Earthquake Kills Over 1,400, Immigrant Advocates Denounce Biden Administration for Deporting Haitian Refugees, U.S. Will Recommend COVID Booster Shots After 8 Months, Despite Global Vaccine Inequity, Johnson & Johnson Ships Millions of Vaccine Doses from South Africa to Europe, U.S. Coronavirus Hospitalizations Soar, with Record Infection Levels in Five States, Republican Governors Erect New Barriers to COVI…
(2021-08-17). Earthquake intensifies imperialist-fueled turmoil in Haiti. workers.org 
A new earthquake, whose epicenter was in southwest Haiti, hit the country Aug. 14, as reported by the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was significantly stronger and shallower than one that devastated Port-au-Prince in 2010. Although the area around its epicenter is less densely populated than Port-au-Prince, the USGS is . . . |
(2021-08-17). Damaged Hospitals in Haiti Struggle to Help Earthquake Survivors as Death Toll Tops 1,400. democracynow.org 
We get an update from Les Cayes, Haiti, not far from the epicenter of Saturday's earthquake, as Tropical Storm Grace drenched parts of the country and the death toll has now climbed to more than 1,400, with nearly 7,000 suffering from injuries amid overwhelmed hospitals. The impact from the latest earthquake is "just as great" as the devastation from the 2010 earthquake, says Jacqueline Charles, Haiti and Caribbean correspondent for the Miami Herald. "Haitians are not sitting around and waiting for international aid. They're not waiting for their national community to come and rescue them," Charles says, noting t…
(2021-08-17). Haiti Earthquake Recovery Hampered by Poverty, High Debts and Corruption. indybay.org As a cyclone hits Haiti, rescue workers searched for survivors from Saturday's 7.2 magnitude earthquake. At least 1300 are confirmed dead and thousands of homes destroyed in one of the world's poorest countries.
(2021-08-17). Sigue el caos y las elecciones generales en Haití se posponen para el 7 de noviembre. globalizacion.ca Las elecciones presidenciales, legislativas y el referéndum constitucional en Haití, previstos para el 26 de septiembre, fueron pospuestas para el 7 de noviembre próximo, según el calendario que el Consejo Electoral Provisional transmitió al nuevo primer ministro haitiano, Ariel Henry,…
(2021-08-17). Latin American Socialists Unite with the West Asian Axis of Resistance. libya360.wordpress.com Ben Norton The leftist governments of Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Bolivia have found a key strategic ally in Iran, the heart of the Axis of Resistance. Revolutionary socialist movements in Latin America are developing closer relations with anti-imperialist resistance forces in West Asia, building a united front against Western aggression and exploitation. This budding alliance…
(2021-08-17). US Treasury Imposes New Sanctions on Iran and Cuba. orinocotribune.com The US Treasury Department announces new sanctions on Cuban officials as well as entities allegedly associated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard. |
(2021-08-17). Coronavirus health disaster in Los Angeles looms with reopening of country's second largest school district. wsws.org Like schools around the country, Los Angeles students have almost no options whatsoever for remote learning while the Delta variant tears through school populations leading to mass infections and deaths.
(2021-08-17). Venezuela's Sunday COVID-19 Report: 909 New Cases, 10 Deaths & 96% Recovery Rate. orinocotribune.com 
On Sunday, August 15, the 518th day of the pandemic in Venezuela, the nation reported 909 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, all by community transmission, in addition to 10 deaths. The details were announced by Executive Vice President of the Republic Delcy Rodríguez, via Twitter. | With this update, Venezuela has reached a total of 319,094 infections and 3,799 deaths. Of this total number of cases, 9,898 are active cases. 7,058 of these are receiving care in hospitals, 2,574 in CDI [Integral Diagnostic Centers] and 266 in private hospitals. The number of people recovered stands at 305,397, which represent…
(2021-08-17). Bolsonaro's Popularity Continues to Plummet as Venezuela Becomes Hot Topic Again. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-17). Mexico Talks to Resume September 3. orinocotribune.com The plenipotentiary envoy of the Venezuelan government for the peace talks in Mexico, Jorge Rodríguez, announced this Monday, August 16, that on September 3 negotiations between the government and the extreme-right opposition will resume. This was stated by Rodríguez during a press conference with international media, alongside the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, while highlighting that it was agreed that they will not only meet in Mexico, but also in Venezuela. | Rodríguez emphasized that the meeting in Mexico was the result of six months of talks. "We issued a memorandum that was the starting point f…
(2021-08-17). Venezuela's 7+7 Reopening Plan has kept Pandemic Under Control. orinocotribune.com The President of the Bolivarian Republic, Nicolás Maduro, described the 7+7 Reopening Plan as a success. The strategy was devised by the Venezuelan Government to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. From the Ayacucho Room in the Miraflores Palace, during a press conference in which more than 20 national and international media outlets participated, the Venezuelan head of state pointed out that the country's social-economic dynamic has permitted sectors of the Venezuelan economy to remain active. "In this way," said Maduro, "the 7+7 Plan has allowed us to say that we have the pandemic under control." | He stressed that V…
(2021-08-17). Freddy Guevara Free Again, Joins Mexico Talks. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuelan opposition politician Freddy Guevara is free to join the dialogue process taking place in Mexico as a member of the delegation that represents the extreme right. Guevara spoke to the media in Caracas, on Sunday, August 15. | In addition, international news agencies reported that "in Mexico, Guevara could replace Carlos Vecchio"—the current representative of former deputy Juan Guaidó before the US, who calls himself "ambassador" in the North American country. | When speaking to the press minutes after his release, Guevara stated that he has "zero political information" when asked about the reasons…
(2021-08-17). President Maduro on Mexico Talks: We Should Resume Diplomatic Relations with the US. orinocotribune.com 
After completing the first phase of the negotiations between the Bolivarian Government and opposition elements in Mexico, President Nicolás Maduro stressed this Monday, August 16, that there are expectations of a a direct dialogue with the US administration. | In a press conference offered from the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, the Venezuelan president confirmed his willingness to address bilateral issues with representatives of the White House and respond to the need to address the impact of policies from abroad on Venezuela. | "I believe that we began to move through the solution with the first step, to dialogu…
(2021-08-17). The Death of the "Lima Group" and Re-Birth of the Latin American Anti-Imperialist Left. counterpunch.org One of the most despicable foreign policy decisions made by the government of Canada must have been co-opting a small number of Latin American countries to turn against their regional neighbour Venezuela. The plotters called themselves the Lima Group after a meeting that took place in Lima, Peru. That was much more than a casual
(2021-08-16). Opening And Closing US Embassies-From Sierra Leone To Afghanistan. popularresistance.org While the people of Afghanistan are in a state of fear of the Taliban who now control Afghanistan, its capital, major cities and countryside after the U.S. and NATO occupation of twenty years, please pardon my personal observances of some of my experiences during sixteen years in the U.S. diplomatic corps and opening and closing U.S. Embassies in Sierra Leone and Afghanistan and the effects on the civilian populations of the countries involved. | In December 2001, I was a part of a very small team from the U.S. Department of State that was sent to Kabul, Afghanistan to reopen the U.S. Embassy. The Embassy had bee…
(2021-08-16). Headlines for August 16, 2021. democracynow.org Taliban Takes Control of Afghanistan After 2 Decades of U.S. Occupation, Haiti's Earthquake Death Toll Soars to 1,300 as Tropical Storm Barrels Toward Stricken Island, U.S. Hospitalizations Are Younger Than Ever; Dallas Schools Defy High Court Ruling on Mask Mandate, Canada's Trudeau Calls Snap Election, Seeking Mandate and Legislative Majority, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin Steps Down Amid Criticism of Pandemic Response, Grenade Attack Kills 12 People in Karachi, Pakistan, Fuel Tank Blast in Lebanon Kills at Least 28 People, Nicaraguan Police Raid Offices of La Prensa, Arrest Editor Critical of Presi…
(2021-08-16). Haiti: Death Toll From 7.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rises to 1,297. telesurenglish.net The death toll from the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on Saturday rose to 1,297, the country's civil protection agency reported on Sunday. | RELATED: | A breakdown of the fatalities in terms of departments shows that 1,054 people were killed in Sud, 122 in Nippes, 119 in Grand'Anse, and two in Nord-Ouest, the Haitian Civil Protection Service tweeted. | Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry said that it was necessary to "
(2021-08-16). Death toll in Haiti earthquake rises to 1,297 — AFP. tass.com UN will allocate at least $8 million to help Haiti.
(2021-08-16). Thousands feared dead as devastating earthquake hits Haiti. wsws.org Official reports currently place the number of fatalities at more than 700, but thousands remain unaccounted for, meaning the death toll will in all likelihood rise dramatically in coming days.
(2021-08-16). At least 1,297 people killed in Haiti following earthquake. peoplesdispatch.org 
According to a recent report by the Haitian Civil Protection Agency, at least 1,297 people died and more than 5,700 were injured due to collapse of buildings and other accidents. Additionally, according to preliminary reports on infrastructure damage the earthquake destroyed 13,694 homes and 13,785 other buildings…
(2021-08-16). Haiti's Earthquakes Require a Haitian Solution. counterpunch.org Haiti is a graveyard of failed NGO projects scattered across the land, tattered signs like tombstones. Perhaps no better a symbol of the crumbling of Haitian sovereignty is the national palace, still unrebuilt.
(2021-08-16). Assassination, Earthquake, and Storms: Haiti's Plague Season. thenation.com Assassination, Earthquake, and Storms: Haiti's Plague Season…
(2021-08-16). Haitians 'Pleading for Help' as Storm Makes Landfall Days After Earthquake. commondreams.org "The United States can't be a credible climate leader at COP 26 while using public money on fossil fuels—climate leaders don't support new gas projects."
(2021-08-16). Search for Survivors Continues After Haiti Earthquake. latinorebels.com The country's Civil Protection Agency said 1,297 dead from the magnitude 7.2 earthquake had been counted by Sunday, a day after the temblor turned thousands of structures into rubble and set off frantic rescue efforts ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching tropical storm.
(2021-08-16). Haiti: 1,300 Die in Earthquake as Nation Is Still Recovering from 2010 Quake & Killing of President. democracynow.org 
We go to Haiti for an update on the humanitarian situation after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the country's southwestern peninsula Saturday. The government has declared a state of emergency and says nearly 1,300 people have died and more than 5,700 are injured. Rescue workers are scrambling to find survivors as Tropical Storm Grace is expected to bring heavy rains to the island. Tens of thousands of people in devastated areas are now sleeping on the streets due to unstable buildings that could still collapse amid aftershocks. "It's just one more item in a very, very long list of traumatic events that the people…
(2021-08-16). Stalled US Debt Relief Is the Latest Setback to Black Farmers. commondreams.org While Haitian people may lack financial resources, the response to the earthquakes must be a #HaitianSolution; solidarity not charity, built on justice, rights, relationships, and Haitian leadership.
(2021-08-16). US Will Never Be Majority Minority Because Immigrants Assimilate Into Anti-Blackness. moguldom.com One complaint in Black America is that it seems it is always under attack — even from other Black people or people of color. Even immigrants feed into and adopt anti-Blackness, according to Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley. Black Americans are sometimes looked down upon by African and Caribbean immigrants, and Latino immigrants often latch …
(2021-08-16). Is the End of the Blockade Against Venezuela Here? orinocotribune.com As the process of dialogue between Venezuelan government delegations and opposition factions advances, support increases for lifting illegal sanctions imposed against Venezuela by the White House and European Union, even within the centers of North American power, the United States Congress. | In support, congresspeople from the Democratic Party, the party to which President Joe Biden belongs, sent a letter formally asking the president of the United States to end unilateral coercive measures against the South American country. | The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza Montserrat, reported publication of t…
(2021-08-16). Highlights from President Maduro's International Press Conference. libya360.wordpress.com Unilateral coercive measures are a silent bombardment against the Venezuelan people "The policy of imperialist sanctions is as genocidal as bombarding a country. It is a silent bombardment against an innocent, humble, working and noble population like the people of Venezuela," said President Nicolás Maduro when referring to the coercive measures applied by Washington that…
(2021-08-16). Unilateral coercive measures are a silent bombardment against the Venezuelan people. mppre.gob.ve "The policy of imperialist sanctions is as genocidal as bombarding a country. It is a silent bombardment against an innocent, humble, working and noble population like the people of Venezuela," said President Nicolás Maduro when referring to the coercive measures applied by Washington that have prevented Venezuela from free access to trade of goods and […] | La entrada
(2021-08-16). Sudden lockdown in Australia's most populous state as Sydney outbreak widens. wsws.org Governments are continuing to insist that the population must "learn to live" with the deadly virus, while facing a deepening political crisis stemming from the rise in infections and deaths.
(2021-08-16). Memorandum of Understanding Signed in Mexico Between Venezuelan Government and Part of the Opposition (Translation). orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, August 15, 2021 (special for OrinocoTribune.com)—We want our readers to see firsthand the transcript and Orinoco Tribune's unofficial translation of the memorandum signed last Friday, August 13, between the Venezuelan government and the opposition labeled as the "Unitary Platform of Venezuela"—a label considered by many analysts as a euphemism for something that, in reality, is a very fragmented extreme wing of the Venezuelan opposition. The so-called Unitary Platform rejected the inclusion of the other faction of the opposition represented in the Venezuelan National Assembly in the dialogue…
(2021-08-16). Venezuela: Revolutionary Venezuelan women collectives at forefront. fightbacknews.org Paez, Venezuela – Groups of mainly women stand with pride in front of Manuelita Saenz Bolivarian School and Community Center. The new center and school provide classes on music, culture, politics, feminism, sports, etc. Children and adults from all over the neighborhood attend to open their minds and improve their education. | "We are a vanguard. We started workshops on politics, religion, feminism, cooking and much more," says Adelheidh Salcedo, teacher at the Manuelita Saenz Bolivarian School and Center. | In Venezuela, the communes – community organizations – have the power to choose what projects need to be f…
(2021-08-16). Venezuelan Government and Guaidó Opposition Begin 'Constructive' Negotiations in Mexico. venezuelanalysis.com Hours after the talks culminated, opposition politician Freddy Guevara was released following a month in prison.
(2021-08-16). 21N: PSUV Announces Remaining Candidates for Governors in Eight States After Reviews. orinocotribune.com On Saturday, August 14, the directorate of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) announced the names of the candidates that were kept on hold after the party primaries for the November 21 regional elections. A number of results of mayors and governorships were reviewed in which the results of the Open Primary Elections (EPA) did not meet certain requirements, and also considering the alliances with the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP). | At a press conference, Diosdado Cabello, PSUV first vice president, informed that after the necessary reviews made by the national leadership of the party, the remaining gover…