(2021-08-20). Venezuela Reports Newsletter N ∞ 22. mppre.gob.ve A step towards coexistence, the end of the blockade and stability: a new cycle of dialogue opens between the Bolivarian Government and extremist sectors of the opposition. It is the commitment to peace, the value that moves our solidarity with brother peoples, such as Haiti, economic recovery and our Diplomacy. We tell you more in […] | La entrada
(2021-08-20). President Maduro: 'Afghanistan Speaks Volumes on Decline of US Empire'. orinocotribune.com The warmongering and interventionist policy of the United States empire has failed, as evidenced by the "pathetic" situation in which Afghanistan was left following the 20-year U.S. occupation, according to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. | What's more, the Venezuelan President said that the misinformation given by U.S. intelligence just days prior indicates that they're either tragically misinformed "or someone within the United States intelligence apparatus is conspiring" to try to sink the U.S. President. | President Maduro
(2021-08-20). Headlines for August 20, 2021. democracynow.org Pentagon Boosts U.S. Troop Levels in Kabul as Chaotic Evacuations Follow Taliban Takeover, Taliban Says It Executed Former Islamic State Leader Abu Omar Khorasani, Afghan Youth Soccer Player Zaki Anwari Died in Fall from U.S. Plane Evacuating Kabul Airport, Afghan Immigrants in Greece Demand Sanctuary for Refugees Fleeing Afghanistan, WHO Slams Rich Nations for Offering Booster Shots While Just 2% of Africa's Population Is Vaccinated, Texas Supreme Court to Allow Schools to Defy Gov. Abbott's Ban on Mask Mandates, Major Hospital in Port-au-Prince Closes After Gangs Kidnap Doctors, Hampering Earthquake Relief, Rep…
(2021-08-20). Cuba completely calm after July disturbances, PM says. tass.com On July 11, protests and disturbances broke out in several Cuban cities, with its participants attacking policemen and looting stores…
(2021-08-20). Un meÃÅdico cubano no descansa mientras la salud de su pueblo esteÃÅ en riesgo. cubadebate.cu Durante 17 meses, la solidaridad y la empatiÃÅa han sido medulares en la lucha contra este devastador virus. Miles de nuestros profesionales, en 57 brigadas, han ayudado a 40 naciones a prestar un servicio de salud digno a sus ciudadanos en medio de la pandemia. En lo que va de anÃÉo, 1 797 de ellos han regresado de paiÃÅses como Venezuela, MeÃÅxico, PanamaÃÅ, AzerbaiyaÃÅn y se han incorporado a la batalla contra la COVID-19 en provincias como Matanzas, Ciego de AÃÅvila, GuantaÃÅnamo, Mayabeque, Cienfuegos, te…
(2021-08-20). Cuba continuará defendiendo su Estado socialista de derecho y justicia social. globalizacion.ca Intervención del Primer Ministro Manuel Marrero Cruz en Consejo Intergubernamental Euroasiático | Excelentísimo señor Askar Mamin, Primer Ministro de la República de Kazajstán, | Excelentísimo señor Ulukbek Maripov, Primer Ministro de la República Kirguisa, | Excelentísimos Señores Jefes de Gobierno y de delegaciones: …
(2021-08-20). Latin American Socialists Unite with Axis of Resistance Against Western Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton — Aug 17, 2021 | 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 is an extremely important development in the struggle against an authoritarian international political and economic system that is essentially a global dictatorship, ruled by the United States and its junior…
(2021-08-20). A political x-ray for possible dialogue in Cuba. zcomm.org One consequence of U.S. harassment has been the objective limitation of the exercise of democracy in the country…
(2021-08-20). OMS alerta que terceras dosis en países desarrollados ponen en riesgo la vacunación en àÅfrica. cubadebate.cu La Organización Mundial de la Salud denunció que la vacunación con terceras dosis en países más desarrollados amenaza la campaña de vacunación contra el coronavirus en àÅfrica y que el acaparamiento es una "burla" respecto a los propósitos de un acceso global y equitativo a la inmunización. Buena parte del continente enfrenta una tercera ola producida por la variante Delta.
(2021-08-20). Venezuela Successfully Negotiates Refineria Dominicana de Petroleo Shares — US Blockade. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, August 19, Venezuelan Minister for Petroleum, Tareck El Aissami, informed about the successful negotiation between PDVSA and PATSA, Ltd. The negotiation transferred PDVSA's 49% stake in the shares of La Refinería Dominicana de Petróleo PDVSA (REFIDOMSA) to the Dominican Republic. This fulfills financial commitments to creditors highlighting Venezuelan solvency and responsibility despite the criminal US blockade. | The head of PDVSA and the petroleum portfolio released a statement recognizing that, "As a result of this transaction, the Bolivarian Republic and PDVSA reduced their external public debt,…
(2021-08-20). Venezuelan Extreme Right Opposition Already with Candidates for 21N Regional Elections (G4). orinocotribune.com The coalition of opposition parties called G4, comprised of AD (led by Henry Ramos Allup), Voluntad Popular, Primero Justicia, and Un Nuevo Tiempo, already has some names planned for pre-candidates or candidates for the regional elections scheduled for November 21 (21N), including people who supported Juan Guaidó. | More and more, spokespersons for the so-called Unitary Platform are joining the call to vote in the upcoming elections. Despite the fact that, at some point, they refused to participate and delegitimized the National Electoral Council (CNE), now they are seeking to run for public office through the el…
(2021-08-20). Arreaza No Longer Venezuela's Minister for Foreign Affairs: President Maduro Reshuffles Cabinet. orinocotribune.com Caracas, August 19, 2021 (OrinocoTribune.com)—The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced a reshuffling of his cabinet today. The appointment of Ambassador Felix Plasencia as the new minister for foreign affairs, replacing Jorge Arreaza—who held the position for over four years—was the most significant change. | "I have appointed Mr. Felix Plasencia as the new minister for foreign affairs of the Republic," President Maduro wrote on his Twitter account. "He has the immense responsibility of continuing the excellent diplomatic work carried out by Jorge Arreaza. Let's make our Peace Diplo…
(2021-08-20). SOUTHCOM Now Claims to Support 'Diplomatic Exit' in Venezuela (Mexico Talks). orinocotribune.com According to reports by news agency EFE, Craig Faller, head of the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), said that he "fully supports a diplomatic exit" in Venezuela. Faller made the comments at the inauguration of the South American Defense Conference in Miami this Tuesday, August 17, where representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, and Uruguay were present. Bolivia did not participate. | Faller claimed that Venezuela's issues are of a political and diplomatic nature, and did not pass up the opportunity to deride President Nicolás Maduro, whom he desc…
(2021-08-20). Venezuela's Minister for Defense Responds to SOUTHCOM's Craig Faller. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's defense minister, General Vladimir Padrino, responded to the attacks by commander of the U.S. Southern Command, Craig Faller, accusing Venezuela of being at the center of a vicious circle of threats. Padrino tweeted: "After so many threats, provocations, and spaghetti westerns… What a rhetorical turn coming from the person who asked for military intervention [in Venezuela]. There will be neither military intervention, nor diplomatic 'exit' here. Here, there is a sovereign response to an internal situation, which is being resolved among Venezuelans." | The US admiral said that he expects a "diplomati…
(2021-08-20). Jesús Santrich Outlines the Utopian Fundamentals of Marxist and Bolivarian Ideologies. orinocotribune.com By W.T. Whitney Jr. — Aug 15, 2021 | Colombian Army Jesús Santrich, a 30 -year veteran of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The ambush took place in Zulia Province, in northeastern Venezuela; six others died. Santrich was a spokesperson for the FARC negotiating team in the talks in Havana with Colombia's government that led to a peace agreement in 2016. | Because former FARC combatants were being killed despite the Agreement a…
(2021-08-20). Arreaza Questions 'Anti-Diplomatic Circus' of UK's Top Diplomat in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, August 20, 2021 (OrinocoTribune.com)—Venezuela's outgoing Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza, questioned the meeting that the United Kingdom's Chargé d'Affaires in Venezuela, Rebecca Buckingham, held with the extremist opposition Juan Guaidó whom the British diplomat labeled "interim constitutional president." | "President? Constitutional? I did not know that Narnia had a Constitution," jokingly replied the Venezuelan top diplomat who asked if this meeting was to justify the theft of Venezuelan gold that is being illegally seized by the Bank of England. "A whole anti-diplomatic circus," Ar…
(2021-08-19). 'Haiti is on its knees,' PM says as earthquake deaths top 2,100 & tens of thousands of families left homeless. rt.com 
Haiti has recorded more than 2,100 deaths following a powerful earthquake that wounded more than 12,000 and destroyed tens of thousands of homes, while over 115,000 families displaced by the disaster continue to seek refuge. | The latest death toll was In a video address earlier in the eveni…
(2021-08-19). Colombian Mercenaries Admit Assassination of Haitian President. telesurenglish.net Colombian ex-military men accepted their responsibility in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, as confirmed by Caracol, a Colombian TV channel that accessed 15 hours of audio recordings in which the mercenaries narrated what happened on July 7. | RELATED: | The recordings feature the voices of retired Army Captain German Rivera, retired Second Lieutenant Jheyner Carmona, retired Sergeant Angel Yarce Sierra, and…
(2021-08-19). Reported death toll from Haiti earthquake exceeds 2,180. tass.com A magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocked Haiti last Saturday…
(2021-08-19). 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.
(2021-08-19). Tensions Over Aid Grow in Haiti as Quake's Deaths Pass 2K. latinorebels.com LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Tensions have been growing over the slow pace of aid reaching victims of a powerful weekend earthquake that killed more than 2,100 people in Haiti and was trailed by a drenching tropical depression.
(2021-08-19). Earthquake Devastates Haiti: Canada shouldn't make it worse. zcomm.org With "friends" like Canada, Haiti is in deep trouble…
(2021-08-19). Once Again, the Vultures Circle Haiti. libya360.wordpress.com Jemima Pierre White vultures playing volleyball during a crisis in Haiti Another earthquake in Haiti provides another opportunity for the NGO community, the Haitian oligarchy, and foreign imperialists to consolidate their profits and power. During a visit to Haiti in early April, 2010, I traveled with a friend to the Club Indigo Hotel. Club Indigo…
(2021-08-19). Asciende a 2.189 la cifra de fallecidos por terremoto en Haití. telesurtv.net Las autoridades haitianas indicaron que aumentó a 12.268 la cifra de heridos como consecuencia del terremoto.
(2021-08-19). Earthquake strikes Haiti in midst of political-economic crisis. peoplesdispatch.org At least 2,189 people have died in Haiti's earthquake as reported by authorities late on August 18. This crisis has hit the Latin American and the Caribbean region's poorest country in the midst of a highly complex situation.
(2021-08-19). Headlines for August 19, 2021. democracynow.org Two Die as Taliban Open Fire on Independence Day Celebration, Ashraf Ghani: I Fled to Prevent Afghanistan from Becoming "Bloodbath Like in Syria and Yemen", Biden: U.S. May Stay in Afghanistan Beyond Aug. 31, U.S. Announces Plans for Vaccine Boosters Despite Criticism from WHO, Biden Moves to Mandate Vaccines at Nursing Homes & Fight Mask Mandate Bans, Paralympics Report First Confirmed COVID Case in the Olympic Village, Death Toll from Haitian Earthquake Nears 2,200, Caldor Fire Destroys Most of Grizzly Flats in California, Texas Supreme Court Rules Absent Democratic Lawmakers Can Be Arrested, Appeals Court Upho…
(2021-08-19). UN WFP warns of severe hunger crisis across Afghanistan and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at protests in Afghanistan and reports of widespread hunger, the rescue efforts in Haiti, protests against Jair Bolsonaro by Indigenous communities and workers in Brazil, and more…
(2021-08-19). Earthquake Devastates Haiti, Canada Shouldn't Make it Worse. orinocotribune.com By Yves Engler — Aug 15, 2021 | With "friends" like Canada, Haiti is in deep trouble. | Justin Trudeau's statement that this country was " Canada is a country with immense resources to hel…
(2021-08-19). Cuba: The single party system confronts the crisis. canadiandimension.com 
A man walks past a Cuban revolutionary mural, Havana. Photo by Enrique de la Osa. | A political party that governs alone, does not compete with another organization, and does not have to run in an election to be in power, would seem to have a great advantage. Paradoxically, that privilege is, at the same time, its greatest weakness. | Not having to negotiate power, taking it for granted that it will not be disputed, leads politically to a harmful attitude that assumes any hint of social pressure is unacceptable. When it occurs, the consequent reaction shows absolute ineptitude shielded with recklessness.
(2021-08-19). East Harlem defends 'Dos Alas' mural of Puerto Rican & Cuban solidarity. liberationnews.org 
Over the last couple of weeks, community activists with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the Justice Center en El Barrio, East Harlem Preservation, and signees of a list of over 40 endorsing organizations and individuals, have been gathering hundreds of in-person petition signatures to defend the Dos Alas mural in the East Harlem (El …
(2021-08-19). U..S suffocates Cuba for unwavering, victorious anti-imperialism at great cost. mronline.org 
Cuba's anti-imperial foreign policy helped end apartheid in South Africa and sustain liberation movements worldwide. Historian Piero Gleijeses says that's one of the main reasons why the US has terrorized the island nation through today.
(2021-08-19). Cuba, China, Latin America and the World. orinocotribune.com 
By John Ross — Aug 12, 2021 | The US in Latin America is at present once again seeing a series of countries attempting to follow independent policies, corresponding to their national interests, and some with a socialist orientation, rather than subordinating themselves to the US. These countries typically reject the current US cold war against China and indeed seek win-win relations with China. The US is responding to this trend by tightening its blockade of Cuba in an attempt to strangle that country in the hope of provoking a "colour counter-revolution." This anti-Cuba US blockade is being carrying out in…
(2021-08-19). Collective Militarized White Supremacy And Black Neocolonialism. popularresistance.org 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 combined joint exercise conducted with partn…
(2021-08-19). Collective Militarized White Supremacy and Black Neocolonialism in the Caribbean. popularresistance.org 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.
(2021-08-19). Eating with Hope: Solidarity Initiatives are the Alternative for Brazil's Hungry. libya360.wordpress.com Daniel Giovanaz, Pedro Stropasolas Over the past few years, an about-turn in policies saw a massive increase in hunger in Brazil. As the pandemic wreaked havoc, solidarity initiatives and donations, which feed close to 30% of the population, were all that stood between people and starvation. The abandonment of policies to combat poverty has put Brazil…
(2021-08-19). [Research Paper] The geography of emergency department-based HIV testing in South Africa: Can patients link to care? thelancet.com We have shown that strategies to improve linkage to care from the ED should consider the high rates of poor linkage among young men and those presenting to the ED with trauma. Furthermore, innovative linkage to care solutions will need to account for the unique geographical consideration of this population, given that many ED patients will need to continue care at a site distant from the diagnosis site.
(2021-08-19). Thousands of students in Tampa, Florida placed on quarantine days after schools reopen. wsws.org The extraordinary toll the virus is now taking on the population is a testament to the recklessness of the reopening strategy designed by district officials and underlines the criminal handling of the pandemic by the Republicans and Democrats.
(2021-08-19). A paramedic details harsh and dangerous working conditions in the Australian state of New South Wales. wsws.org With COVID -19 infections rapidly spreading across most Australian states the World Socialist Web Site has reached out to health care workers whose situation is larg ely hidden from the population.
(2021-08-19). Venezuela: Maduro Reshuffles Cabinet, Arreaza Replaced as Foreign Minister. venezuelanalysis.com Former ambassador to China Felix Plasencia will take over the foreign affairs portfolio.
(2021-08-19). Venezuela & Russia Examine Bilateral & International Agenda, COVID-19 Response (Phone Call). orinocotribune.com The Executive Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, discussed various issues of their bilateral and international agenda, the pandemic, as well as the dialogue process begun between the Bolivarian Government and the opposition, during a telephone conversation held this Wednesday, August 18. | The Russian Foreign Affairs Minister confirmed the willingness of his government to contribute to an inclusive solution to the Venezuelan conflict, respecting the principles of sovereignty and non-interference in…
(2021-08-19). Venezuela to Request the Return of Monomeros at Mexico Talks. orinocotribune.com On Wednesday, August 18, at a working meeting of the Higher Council of Productive Economy, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, proposed that the business sector should issue a document asking for the return of the Monómeros company to Venezuela. This document will be taken to the dialogue in Mexico. | "I propose that all Venezuelan producers prepare a document that Dr. Jorge Rodríguez will take as a fundamental point to the dialogue table in Mexico—a document that will be signed so that Monómeros is returned to its owner, Pequiven," said President Maduro during a TV broadcast together with Pequiven…
(2021-08-19). Lifting of Sanctions Against Venezuela Is Negotiation Priority. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro affirmed that the priority in the dialogues between his government and the opposition is the lifting of the US sanctions against his country. | RELATED: | During the dialogue process, the plenipotentiary envoy of the Venezuelan government Jorge Rodriguez will permanently position that the lifting of sanctions and the recovery of the Venezuelan economy are unavoidabl…
(2021-08-19). Venezuela's Arreaza: Almagro Should be Investigated for Bolivia's 2019 Coup & Massacres. orinocotribune.com On Wednesday, August 18, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, spoke in favor of investigating the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, for his role in the coup against Evo Morales in November 2019, and for supporting the de facto government of Jeanine àÅñez and her human rights violations. | The statement was made by Arreaza in a tweet published this Wednesday that read: "the Interdisciplinary Group of Experts of the IACHR [Inter-American Commission on Human Rights] confirmed serious human rights violations in Bolivia during the de facto governme…
(2021-08-19). Venezuela denounces transnational crime network with mercenaries from Colombia and the United States. mppre.gob.ve The ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, referred this Wednesday to the complaint that he recently submitted to the Security Council of the multilateral organization about the existence of a network of transnational organized crime with mercenaries of Colombia and the United States, which perpetrated acts of terrorism […] | La entrada
(2021-08-19). Foreign Minister Arreaza meets with Russian Ambassador Sergey Mélik-Bagdasarov. mppre.gob.ve In the spaces of the Casa Amarilla, in Caracas, the Peoplep's Power Minister for Foreign Relations, Jorge Arreaza, met this Wednesday with the ambassador of the Russian Federation accredited in Venezuela, Sergey Mélik-Bagdasárov, with whom he talked about bilateral cooperation and solidarity relations that consolidate the strategic alliance between both countries. In this context, they […] | La entrada