(2021-08-21). Keep The US Embassy In Kabul Open. popularresistance.org I was on the small U.S. Department of State team that reopened the U.S. Embassy in Kabul in December 2001 and strongly feel that if the U.S. really cares for the people of Afghanistan, it should keep the U.S. Embassy open. | History reveals that generally when U.S. military strategies don't work such as in Cuba (1959), Viet Nam (1975), Nicaragua (1979 and 2018), Iran (1979) and North Korea (1953), the U.S. closes embassies and wrecks havoc through brutal sanctions on the economies of the countries to have some sort of soul-soothing revenge for the politicians that put the U.S. in conflict with the countries. | I'
(2021-08-21). World mobilises against the U.S. on Cuba—including China. mronline.org 
Cuba is a small country. But because it became in 1959 the first country in the Western hemisphere to thoroughly break with U.S. domination, and embark on a path of national independence, events concerning Cuba have a geopolitical significance many times greater than its size. Present events show that this continues to be the case.
(2021-08-21). Biden Continues Hardline Cuba Policy. news.antiwar.com The US announced new sanctions on Cuban officials on Thursday as the Biden administration Thursday's sanctions marked the fourth round since anti-government protests took place in the country in July. The sanctions Considering Cuba has been under a US trade embargo for over…
(2021-08-21). Cuba agradece solidaridad de la Unión Económica Euroasiática. telesurtv.net En su estatus de estado observador Cuba destacó las donaciones y el respaldo mostrado por los países del bloque.
(2021-08-21). Cecmed autoriza uso de dos vacunas cubanas más contra Covid-19. telesurtv.net La autoridad regulatoria cubana aprobó las vacunas anticovid de la serie Soberana y se suman tres a las aportadas por Cuba.
(2021-08-21). Venezuela Relinquishes Stake in Dominican Refinery, Reclaims Debt. venezuelanalysis.com PDVSA partnered with Refidomsa in 2010 under former President Chávez as part of the PetroCaribe integration project.
(2021-08-21). [Correspondence] Revisiting the evidence for physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection. thelancet.com Derek Chu and colleagues reported that face mask wearing in hospitals and health-care settings reduces risk of respiratory infection.1 Surprisingly, this recommendation was extended to the general population. Summary estimates were calculated using results of three severe acute respiratory syndrome studies, of which only two yielded statistically significant results. The first study was done in households, a situation that is similar to a health-care setting.2 The second was a case-control study in the general population where infected and uninfected individuals were asked via telephone interviews whether they ha…
(2021-08-21). Climate change and hunger in Madagascar: a UN Resident Coordinator blog. news.un.org In the south of Madagascar, known as the Grand Sud, hundreds of thousands of people are suffering from one of the worst droughts in the region in 40 years, the most senior UN official in the country has said, warning that the population is facing a severe humanitarian crisis.
(2021-08-21). Who is Félix Plasencia, Venezuela's New Foreign Minister? orinocotribune.com This Thursday, August 19, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced changes in five ministries of his cabinet, after several members of the Executive were elected to be candidates for the regional elections scheduled for November 21. | Among the changes that Maduro made, one of the most significant was…
(2021-08-20). Once Again, The Vultures Circle Haiti. popularresistance.org During a visit to Haiti in early April, 2010, I traveled with a friend to the Club Indigo Hotel. Club Indigo was located 45 minutes north of Port-au-Prince near the small community of Montrouis. Formerly Club Med Haiti (and currently the Royal Decameron Indigo), the resort was promoted as "a unique residential, leisure and business hotel complex" and a "naturally privileged, protected place." Set in a large tropical park, Club Indigo was situated between the Cà¥te des Arcadins, one of Haiti's longest stretches of pure white sand beaches, and a long mountain range. | My trip to Club Indigo occurred just three…
(2021-08-20). Haiti Earthquake Victims Receive Food Assistance. telesurenglish.net Since the magnitude 7.2 earthquake took place on August 14, at least 2,189 people have died and over 12,000 others were injured. Currently, Haitians are struggling to survive and return to normal life. | RELATED: | On August 18, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) dispatched a convoy transporting 3,000 hygiene kits, 2,500 blankets, 500 plastic sheets, 400 shelter repair kits, and safe drinking water. It left from Port-au-Prince and ar…
(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). Haitian earthquake survivors are asking people to support grassroots organisations. thecanary.co Heavy rain from
(2021-08-20). UN deputy chief praises resilience of Haiti's people, says 'incredible' relief effort underway. news.un.org On a two-day mission to Haiti, the UN deputy chief said on Friday that relief teams are "working day and night", and that she was struck by the resilience of the Haitian people, who had mobilized quickly to support their neighbours in the aftermath of last week's massive earthquake and subsequent tropical storm.
(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). Blame Bush and Obama for the Afghan Disaster. strategic-culture.org The ease of the Taliban's victory over America's installed puppet government in Afghanistan proves that the whole war was a fool's errand all along. That regime never had the support of the population, and it never was going to. If all the hawks who already lost this war had their way, and the U.S. stayed another 20 years, that withdrawal would look much the same.
(2021-08-20). China to Send Oxygen Concentrators to Fight COVID-19 in Cuba. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Chinese Government announced that it would donate 150 oxygen concentrators to Cuba to increase this Caribbean nation's response capacity to the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | "The new donation shows the bonds of friendship and brotherhood that exist between our governments and peoples. Thank you, China," Cuba's Foreign Trade Vice Minister Deborah Rivas said, adding that the oxygen concentrators will arrive in her country in the…
(2021-08-20). Cuba Rejects New Us Sanctions Against High-Ranking Officials. telesurenglish.net Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez today rejected the recent U.S. sanctions against high-ranking officials of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Interior Ministry. | RELATED: | According to the Foreign Minister, the U.S. government lacks moral authority for these penalties, announced the day before. "I reject persistent U.S. eagerness to attack Cuba and Cubans, and to reinforce the economic blockade," he added…
(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). 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). Soberana 02, Soberana Plus Vaccines Approved by Cuban Agency. telesurenglish.net The Cuban State Center for the Control of Medicines and Medical Devices (Cecmed) approved on Friday the emergency use of Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus vaccines to advance the immunization against the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | The Cedmed highlighted that "it has been confirmed that the established requirements are met and based on the data obtained in Phase I, II and III Clinical Trials, showing an efficacy in the prevention of symp…
(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). 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). 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…
(2021-08-20). Revealed: Juan Guaidó used millions of looted dollars to asset strip Venezuela. thecanary.co 
On 3 August, The Canary In an effort to access roughly US$2bn of Venezuelan gold held in the Bank of England, it was