(2021-08-26). U.S. Deploys Marines to Haiti Under Guise of 'Disaster Relief'. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-26). Nicaragua at a Revolutionary Crossroads and in Imperialist Crosshairs. libya360.wordpress.com Netfa Freeman U.S. attack on Nicaragua targets its Black community. There is a page in the playbook for U.S. imperialist regime change in Latin America that includes exploiting the identity politics of Blackness. A recent example was the unrest in Cuba a month ago that included a sophisticated attempt to paint the Cuban revolution, its government, and…
(2021-08-26). An Open Letter to President Biden on COVID-19 Vaccines for Cuba. orinocotribune.com By Mayda Mauri Pérez and Luis Herrera Martínez — Aug 24, 2021 | Cuba would be better prepared to cope with the pandemic if US sanctions are lifted to allow for medical supplies. | Dear President Joe Biden: | You recently talked about Cuba and its COVID-19 vaccine campaign at a White House press conference, saying: "I would be prepared to give significant amounts of vaccines if … an international organisation would administer those vaccines and do it in a way that average citizens would have access to those vaccines." You also called Cuba a "failed state". | These statements surprised many, including those…
(2021-08-26). Gentrification And The End Of Black Communities. popularresistance.org Brooklyn, New York is the epicenter of gentrification, the displacement of Black people from cities in this country. Recently released census data shows that neighborhoods like Bedford-Stuyvesant , which was nearly all Black for decades, no longer has a Black majority. Bedford-Stuyvesant's white population rose by 30,000 from 2010 to 2020 while its Black population decreased by 22,000. | The devastation has been wrought by finance capital, which has once again upended life for Black people. Money was taken out of the cities in the 1950s and 1960s, creating what was known as "white flight" to the suburbs. Now the…
(2021-08-26). Wealthy Countries Weigh Boosters; Fewer Than 2% Of Africans Vaccinated. popularresistance.org The highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus is sweeping Africa in a deadly third wave of the pandemic. Over the last month, there has been an 80-percent increase in cases across the continent, with South Africa alone reporting more than 14,000 new cases in a single day. Despite the fact that fewer than 2 percent of Africans have been fully vaccinated, wealthy countries such as the United States are making plans for booster shots for their populations, continuing to hoard doses in a stunning show of vaccine imperialism and capitalist irrationality. | The current wave is Africa's deadliest so far, and is…
(2021-08-26). Russia's COVID-19 response slowed by population reluctant to take domestic vaccine. Arik Burakovsky, Assistant Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University 
(2021-08-26). U.S. Should Force Pfizer to Share COVID Vaccine Technology with Africa. zcomm.org Doctors Without Borders is calling on Pfizer-BioNTech to immediately share the vaccine technology with manufacturers on the African continent, where less than 2% of the population is fully vaccinated…
(2021-08-26). øLos codiciosos de la guerra eterna salen corriendo de Afganistán? globalizacion.ca Julián Assange expresaba hace 10 años en Wikileaks: ´El objetivo es utilizar Afganistán para lavar dinero de las bases impositivas de EEUU y de países europeos a través de Afganistán y traerlo de vuelta a las manos de las élites…
(2021-08-26). Venezuela Is The Fifth Country With Most 'Sanctions' In The World. popularresistance.org Venezuela has submitted to the Prosecutor's Office of the International Criminal Court (ICC) a new report containing evidence on the damage caused by the illegal sanctions—the unilateral coercive measures imposed by authorities of the United States and the European Union. The report also provides evidence on how the United States government and the European Union have intentionally issued them in order to make the Venezuelan people suffer painful situations, to create conditions for overthrowing the constitutionally elected government of President Maduro. This was announced by the Executive Vice President o…
(2021-08-26). Venezuelan Authorities Deployed to Attend to People Affected by Flooding. orinocotribune.com 
Authorities of the Venezuelan government have been deployed all over the country to attend to the people who have been affected by the heavy rains that have occurred in the last two days. | On Tuesday, August 24, during a phone call with President Nicolás Maduro, the Protector of Mérida state, Jehyson Guzmán, reported that personnel are deployed in the seven municipalities most affected by the rains. | Guzmán explained that at least 804 houses have been affected by the mudslide in the mountainous state; 70 houses were washed away due to the overflowing of a river; another 60 houses suffered severe structural dama…
(2021-08-26). Was 2021 Better or Worse for Venezuela? — Datanálisis Poll. orinocotribune.com According to a study carried out by the private polling company Datanálisis, notoriously unsympathetic to Chavismo, 50% of those consulted in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela believe that their living conditions in 2021 are better in comparison to previous years. | These results were stated by opposition commentator Luis Vicente León, director of the opinion analysis firm, during a radio interview. He also addressed issues related to the dialogue process taking place in Mexico, and the mega-elections scheduled by the National Electoral Council (CNE) for November 21. | According to León's statements, people su…
(2021-08-26). Alex Saab Breaks Silence on his Kidnapping — Venezuela Will Win. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, August 25, defense lawyers of the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab shared a series of notes sent by the ambassador who was abducted in Cape Verde more than a year ago, and who continues to wait, alongside international observers, for the decision of the Cape Verdean Constitutional Court to confirm his immediate release, expected any moment. | The Venezuelan diplomat noted the pressure exerted by the United States government on Cape Verde and the violations of his human rights, diplomatic immunity, and of international law. In addition, Saab mentions the series of constitutional irregularities require…
(2021-08-26). Venezuela's gangs have been turned into armed capitalist enterprises (Part I). mronline.org 
Criminologist Andrés Antillano looks at the causes of the transformation of Venezuela's gangs.
(2021-08-26). Venezuelan Authorities Fight Corruption while Reuters Whitewashes the Embezzlers (PDVSA vs. Supraquimic). orinocotribune.com 
The large media corporations that threaten honest reporting on Venezuela continue their efforts to misrepresent reality. In the newest case, a report by the Reuters news agency titled " The article refers to the case of a swap agreement signed between PDVSA and a company named Supraquim…
(2021-08-26). Venezuela is the Fifth Country with Most 'Sanctions' in the World — New Report Sent to International Criminal Court. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuela has submitted to the Prosecutor's Office of the International Criminal Court (ICC) a new report containing evidence on the damage caused by the illegal sanctions—the unilateral coercive measures imposed by authorities of the United States and the European Union. The report also provides evidence on how the United States government and the European Union have intentionally issued them in order to make the Venezuelan people suffer painful situations, to create conditions for overthrowing the constitutionally elected government of President Maduro. This was announced by the Executive Vice President o…
(2021-08-26). Venezuela is Fifth-Most 'Sanctioned' Country in the World — New Report Sent to International Criminal Court. orinocotribune.com Venezuela has submitted to the Prosecutor's Office of the International Criminal Court (ICC) a new report containing evidence on the damage caused by the illegal sanctions—the unilateral coercive measures imposed by authorities of the United States and the European Union. The report also provides evidence on how the United States government and the European Union have intentionally issued them in order to make the Venezuelan people suffer painful situations, to create conditions for overthrowing the constitutionally elected government of President Maduro. This was announced by the Executive Vice President o…
(2021-08-26). Venezuela Welcomes Peru's Support to the Dialogue Process. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Felix Plasencia thanked Peru for its willingness to accompany the dialogue between the Government of President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition. | RELATED: | During his inauguration ceremony, Foreign Affairs Minister Oscar Maurtua said that Peru supports the dialogue process and offered to serve as an alternate venue for the meetings among the Venezuelan political sectors. | "W…
(2021-08-25). Headlines for August 25, 2021. democracynow.org Biden: U.S. "On Pace" to Withdraw from Afghanistan by Aug. 31, Taliban Blocks Afghans from Accessing Kabul Airport, World Bank Cuts Funds for Afghanistan as U.N. Warns of Looming Catastrophe, House Democrats Approve $3.5 Trillion Budget Resolution, House Passes John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, Immigration: Supreme Court Revives Trump's "Remain in Mexico" Program, Judge Faults DHS for Not Considering Ecological Harm of Militarizing Border, U.S. Records 1,400 New COVID Deaths as AMA Calls for Broad Vaccine Mandates, U.S. & Cuba Pledge Vaccines for Vietnam, But Only Cuba Offers to Share Vaccine Technology,…
(2021-08-25). New Orleans protesters condemn U.S. interventions in Cuba, Haiti, Afghanistan. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – On August 31, around 30 community members gathered in opposition to the U.S. government's role in fueling crises around the world. They met at the historic Congo Square in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. | The Freedom Road Socialist Organization of New Orleans and the New Orleans Hospitality Workers Alliance called the march. Participants rejected U.S. attempts to destabilize Cuba. They also condemned the United States' role in creating miserable ongoing conditions in Haiti and Afghanistan. | Solidarity with the people of Cuba and Haiti, who share a geographical region and a long historic…
(2021-08-25). Alex Saab, Afghanistan, and the limits of US power. zcomm.org The US government will (perhaps within a month) probably succeed in extraditing businessman Alex Saab from Cape Verde. His "crime" was being an official envoy for the Venezuelan government as he attempted to negotiate the sale of medicines from Iran to Venezuela. US sanctions have declared such activity illegal. Saab was on his way to
(2021-08-25). Wednesday 8/25: Rapid Response Call: How to Support Families in Haiti, Afghanistan & US Border. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2021-08-25). CELAC Is Concerned About Future of The Afghan People. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) expressed concern about the future of the Afghan people since the Taliban seizure of power threatens the security and integrity of this population. | RELATED: | Despite the general amnesty that the Taliban decreed after occupying Kabul on August 15, CELAC members fear for the rights of women, LGBTI people, and religious minorities that remain in Afg…
(2021-08-25). Second Flight with 30 Tons of Venezuelan Humanitarian Aid Arrives in Haiti. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan government sent a second flight with humanitarian aid to Haiti on Monday, August 23, with 30 tons of various supplies to meet the basic needs of citizens affected by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck the Caribbean country on August 14. | The flight left from the Simón Bolívar airport serving Caracas, with cargo that included medicine and non-perishable food. In addition, personal hygiene kits, diapers, and other desperately needed materials were also sent to the Haitian people suffering from the consequences of the earthquake. | Venezuela's Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace, Remigi…
(2021-08-25). Cuba Saves Lives in Haiti. orinocotribune.com Nature once again took its toll on Haiti. On August 14, the most impoverished country in Latin America registered a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that as of the latest count has left over 2,000 people dead and 10,000 injured. The catastrophe is only exceeded by the damage left on the Haitian people by the devastating earthquake that shook the nation in 2010. | The testimonies are heartbreaking. "I saw bodies being pulled out of the rubble," Jean Marie Simon, 38, told the press. Simon is a resident of Les Cayes, one of the most affected cities in the southern part of the country. | "The streets were filled with people…
(2021-08-25). Duque's Disturbing Actions in Regard to MoàØse Assassination in Haiti. orinocotribune.com The following is a translation of the daily report of Samuel Robinson Institute for August 23, 2021. | The behavior of Iván Duque's Uribista government can be described as "disturbing," in light of the revelations that have surfaced during the judicial proceedings against the Colombian mercenaries who took part in Jovenel MoàØse's assassination in Haiti. Recently, the assassins confessed certain details that implicate Duque's government directly in the June 7 events. | What the mercenaries have confessed | Captain Germán Rivera (a.k.a Mike), the leader of the commando group, declared that the former Haiti…
(2021-08-25). Haiti's Villages Continue to Be "Cut Off from Help" More Than a Week After Massive Earthquake. democracynow.org 
We speak with Stéphane Vincent, a Haitian citizen journalist who is helping the BBC to cover the aftermath of the devastating August 14 earthquake for the BBC and says the destruction in Les Cayes is reminiscent of the 2010 earthquake that struck the country. "To relive that again was very heart-wrenching," he says. "The people have been feeling left out and abandoned by government." Vincent co-wrote a BBC article on "The forgotten villages cut off from help."
(2021-08-25). How Do We Support Haiti's Earthquake Victims in Both the Short and Long Term? libya360.wordpress.com Grant MacMaster Haiti's most recent earthquake has devastated most of the country's three western departments of Nippes, the South, and the Grand'Anse. The epicenter was near Petit Trou de Nippes, which is completely leveled. Larger towns like Les Cayes and Jérémie have also seen major destruction. The death toll will continue to rise. So far,…
(2021-08-25). US & Colombia: Assassination, Cover-Up and "Humanitarian" Marines in Haiti. libya360.wordpress.com Aram Aharonian MoàØse's assassination highlighted the complex situation within the Colombian Army, which has become the largest exporter of mercenaries for private military security companies associated with current political actors. It resembles a bad detective novel, where a commando of mercenaries carries out an assassination and where the governments that send and finance the assassins…
(2021-08-25). 11 Days After Haiti's Earthquake, Doctor Describes Lack of Treatment, Supplies & COVID-19 Concerns. democracynow.org 
We go to Les Cayes, Haiti, to speak with a doctor about the conditions near the epicenter of the massive August 14 earthquake, as the death toll passes 2,200, with thousands of survivors growing increasingly desperate. Over 12,000 people were injured and an estimated 53,000 homes were destroyed by the 7.2 magnitude quake. People left unhoused have been living in squalid camps in the mountains north of the hard-hit city of Les Cayes, where children are reportedly suffering from hunger, fevers and infections. There is an acute lack of medical workers and humanitarian aid, says Dr. Chery Marie Anne-Lise, a general p…
(2021-08-25). New Jersey says no to U.S. blockade of Cuba. workers.org 
New Jersey says no to U.S. blockade of Cuba A "New Jersey in Solidarity with Cuba and Against U.S. Imperialism" demonstration was held Aug. 11 at One Gateway Center in Newark, N.J. The action was sponsored by a broad coalition of organizations led by N.J. Anti-War Agenda and joined by . . . |
(2021-08-25). International Center for Decolonization Studies Denounces US Imposed Sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela at Copenhagen Event. orinocotribune.com 
"These years have been characterized by an interventionist and interference agenda instigated by the right," stated Humberto González Silva, president of the International Center for Decolonization Studies (CIED), at a recent meeting in Copenhagen. "They [the US] have tried to turn us into a colony through economic, military and cultural intervention," added González Silva. "Therefore, decolonization is the deployment of the transversal principles and values established in the Plan de la Patria, the code of ethics of the Venezuelan society, and this is anti-imperialism." | As part of its international outreach pr…
(2021-08-25). Diaz-Canel Meets With Leader of Solidarity Project With Cuba. telesurenglish.net The struggle to lift restrictions that hinder the normal development of family relations on both sides of the Florida Strait and against the blockade are the main axis of the Bridges of Love project headed by Carlos Lazo, who is also committed to showing the Cuban reality to the American people.
(2021-08-25). øCómo somos los cubanos? globalizacion.ca La pregunta que encabeza este artículo puede ser respondida de muchas formas, quizás tantas como más de 11 millones, todas diferentes. Los cubanos estamos en Cuba y también en todo el mundo y allí donde nos encontremos siempre portamos la…
(2021-08-25). The Bolero Is Declared Cultural Heritage of the Cuban Nation. telesurenglish.net The bolero, a vocal, instrumental and dance genre of the song movement in Cuba, was declared Cultural Heritage of the Nation, in order to contribute to the sustainability, visibility and viability of this expression of the country's identity. | RELATED: | According to the press release shared by the Ministry of Culture, the proposal was made by the Commission for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Herit…
(2021-08-25). Globalink | China's Top Epidemiologist: China Likely To Achieve Herd Immunity by End of 2021. telesurenglish.net China is likely to achieve effective herd immunity by the end of this year with more than 80 percent of the population vaccinated, China's top epidemiologist has said.
(2021-08-25). South Korea moves to end social distancing restrictions despite COVID-19 surge. wsws.org The primary goal of the Moon government is not to protect people, but to condition the population to "live with the virus."
(2021-08-25). Jesús Santrich explored utopian origins of Marxist and Bolivarian ideologies. peoplesworld.org 
Colombian Army commandos on May 17, 2021, killed Jesús Santrich, a 30-year veteran of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The ambush took place in Zulia Province, in northwestern Venezuela, neighboring Colombia; six others died. Santrich was a spokesperson for the FARC negotiating team in the talks in Havana with Colombia's government that resulted …
(2021-08-25). Jorge Rodríguez: The Right Wing Was Forced to Resume the Path of Dialogue. orinocotribune.com Deputy Jorge Rodríguez, president of Venezuela's National Assembly, expressed that the political sectors of the right, which had specific weight in the early years of the 21st century, have been characterized by their historical record of violence exercised over the past 20 years since "they abandoned the constitutional and democratic political path and, instead, opted for the shortcuts of violence, aggression and fake news." However, now the opposition sectors have been forced to resume the path of dialogue because of the defeat that the Venezuelan people and the Bolivarian Revolution have inflicted on them. | R…
(2021-08-25). The Blockade Against Venezuela: Measures and Consequences. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-25). Venezuela Assists Citizens Affected by Heavy Rains. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro deployed the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) and Civil Protection to assist the communities affected by heavy rains caused by tropical waves 38 and 39. | RELATED: | Currently, wave number 38 lies to the north of Zulia state and continues to leave the country through the west. Meanwhile, Tropical wave number 39 is over the east of the country, causing heavy rainfall in 85 m…
(2021-08-25). Canada Underestimated Anti-Imperialist Sentiment of Venezuelan People — Interview with Yves Engler. orinocotribune.com August 23, 2021 (OrinocoTribune.com)—US, Canada, and their allies underestimated the persistence of anti-imperialist sentiment in Venezuela when they attempted to overthrow the government of Nicolás Maduro using the Lima Group and the puppet government of Juan Guaidó, affirmed Canadian foreign policy expert Yves Engler. | "The whole Juan Guaidó experiment was clearly disastrous," Engler said in a recent interview with Orinoco Tribune. "It was a total failure, and my presumption is that the US and Canadian officials—and maybe Colombian and other countries' officials—were drinking their own Kool-A…
(2021-08-25). Venezuela Details Suffering Caused by US Sanctions in Report to ICC. libya360.wordpress.com José Luis Granados Ceja Caracas asked the ICC to open an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed by the US through unilateral coercive measures. The Venezuelan government submitted a second report to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday detailing the negative impacts of the United States' unilateral coercive measures. The report is part of Caracas'…
(2021-08-25). President Maduro receives credentials of Kingdom of Tonga's Ambassador to Venezuela. mppre.gob.ve President Nicolas Maduro received on Tuesday the credentials of the new Ambassador of the Kingdom of Tonga to Venezuela, Viliami Va'inga Tone, during a ceremony at the Miraflores Presidential Palace. At the event, the Venezuelan president was accompanied by Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia and Foreign Vice-minister for Asia, the Middle East and Oceania Capaya Rodríguez. […] | La entrada
(2021-08-25). 196 years of the Declaration of Independence of Uruguay commemorated in Caracas. mppre.gob.ve The Embassy of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay accredited to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela commemorated the one hundred ninety-sixth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, in the facilities of the National Pantheon and the Mausoleum of El Libertador, located in the center of the Venezuelan capital. The Charge d'Affaires of the Uruguayan Embassy, Verónica […] | La entrada