(2021-08-29). Assassinations and invasions — how the US and France shaped Haiti's long history of political turmoil. Jean Eddy Saint Paul, Professor of Sociology, Brooklyn College 
(2021-08-29). Concluye instalación del mayor parque eólico marino flotante del mundo. cubadebate.cu
(2021-08-29). México propone sustituir a la OEA por una organización no intervencionista. telesurtv.net La Cumbre de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños, de septiembre en México, definirá los pasos a seguir.
(2021-08-29). UC Davis Study Finds Dams Are Ineffective for Cold-Water Conservation for Salmon and Trout. indybay.org Ann Willis, the study's lead author, says the solution to creating cold water habitat to stop the extinction of salmon and trout populations is to remove dams and restructure water management in California.
(2021-08-29). Bloomberg Dixit: Guaidó & Co. to Announce Participation in Regional Elections — Deadline for Nominations Extended. orinocotribune.com 
The opposition extreme right-wing led by former deputy Juan Guaidó will participate in the regional elections scheduled for November 21, as part of the agreements of the dialogue that is taking place in Mexico, sources from the Guaidó bloc allegedly reported this Friday, August 2, to Bloomberg. | "Venezuela's opposition is set to announce it will break a three-year boycott of elections and register candidates for November's vote, marking progress on a key issue in political negotiations with President Nicolas Maduro's government," reported the US news corporation. | According to the outlet, it is expected that th…
(2021-08-29). CNE de Venezuela prorroga plazo para inscribir postulantes. telesurtv.net Diversas organizaciones políticas solicitaron extender plazo de inscripción de candidaturas para los comicios del 21N.
(2021-08-28). Extinction Rebellion Take The Streets. popularresistance.org Several thousand people gathered in Trafalgar Square on the 230th anniversary of the Haitian Revolution for the beginning of Extinction Rebellion's two-week "Impossible Rebellion", which is seeking to make "the politically impossible inevitable". | XR have two weeks of marches, occupations and talks planned across the country for the next two weeks, to demand that governments take serious action to tackle the climate crisis. The main demand of this latest rebellion is to stop all new fossil fuel investment immediately. | Protesters in Trafalgar Square waved XR flags and chanted "Extinction Rebellion" in between s…
(2021-08-28). Western Powers Undermine Haiti, Venezuela Shows Solidarity. popularresistance.org On August 14, Haiti was devastated by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake originating from the southern Tiburon Peninsula, 150 kilometres from the capital, Port-au-Prince. World leaders issued statements of solidarity, international charities began encouraging donations, and the United Nations started organizing emergency aid funds to assist the country. Articles on this ongoing tragedy often emphasis two prior catastrophes which have compounded the quake's impact on the Haitian people: the COVID-19 pandemic and political instability following the assassination of President Jovenel MoàØse. | In such analyses, it is…
(2021-08-28). The Return Of The Marines. popularresistance.org A battalion of U.S. Marines from North Carolina's Camp Lejeune left for Haiti on Wednesday, August 18 under the pretext of aiding the victims of the disasters that struck the departments of Sud, Nippes and Grand'Anse: a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on Saturday, August 14, and heavy rains, winds, and floods from tropical storm Grace which swept through the country, particularly the Grand-Sud, on August 16 and 17, 2021. | The provisional death toll provided by the Civil Protection Agency currently stands at 2,189 and more than 12,000 people have been injured. According to the Agency, the earthquake destroyed more than…
(2021-08-28). Nicaragua at a Revolutionary Crossroads and in Imperialist Crosshairs. orinocotribune.com By Netfa Freeman — Aug 25, 2021 | US attack on Nicaragua targets its Black community. | There is a page in the playbook for US 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 The legitimacy of neoliberalism or late-stage capitalism is so wounded that the s…
(2021-08-28). The International Community Must be on Alert to Defend Perú. orinocotribune.com 
By Nino Pagliccia — Aug 27, 2021 | We have sound and clear signals from Latin America that its people want progressive anti-imperialist governments that promote real democracy, sovereignty and well-being for all, and not only for a small minority of privileged oligarchs. They have realised that the US imposed capitalist-centred neoliberal model does not work. Peruvians have also joined recently in this left-wing movement, together with Mexicans, Argentinians, Cubans, Venezuelans, Bolivians, Nicaraguans, with the election of working class Pedro Castillo as president. If Washington was hoping to see a coup by…
(2021-08-28). CNE: 21,159,000 Voters Registered for 21N Regional Elections. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, August 27, the authorities of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) approved the definitive Electoral Registry (RE) in which 21,159,846 voters are authorized to vote in the regional and municipal elections on November 21, according to a statement by the electoral body. | According to the final updated numbers, the states with the largest electoral population are Zulia with 2,621,127 voters (12.39% of the total). Zulia is followed by Miranda, with 2,232,472 citizens, which is equivalent to 10.55% of the total, while the voters of the Capital district number 1,706,281, or 8.06% of the RE. | Vo…
(2021-08-28). [Articles] 1-year outcomes in hospital survivors with COVID-19: a longitudinal cohort study. thelancet.com Most COVID-19 survivors had a good physical and functional recovery during 1-year follow-up, and had returned to their original work and life. The health status in our cohort of COVID-19 survivors at 12 months was still lower than that in the control population.
(2021-08-28). [Correspondence] Making miscarriage matter. thelancet.com Siobhan Quenby and colleagues1 estimated the risk of miscarriage as 15 ∑3% (95% CI 12 ∑5—18 ∑7) based on nine large cohort studies. This evidence synthesis does not include data from low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), probably because there are insufficient large-scale studies and secondary datasets.2 Furthermore, in most of the studies that are included, the study population is defined at the time of pregnancy outcome; they are therefore cross-sectional rather than cohort in nature. Most importantly, not reporting gestational age-specific miscarriage rates in the articles included…
(2021-08-28). Sanders Pitches $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill to Thousands at Indiana Town Hall. commondreams.org The persistent opposition to masks and vaccines is "as if the population of London would argue with Churchill against taking shelter in the underground during Nazi air raids because it interfered with tea time. It's that incomprehensible."
(2021-08-28). Commercial Flights Between US and Venezuela to Resume? (Illegal Sanctions). orinocotribune.com There have been many speculations on the possible renewal of certain bilateral relations between the United States and Venezuela; and now there have been some new statements. There is a probability of the reactivation of commercial flight routes for Venezuelan airlines to the United States, and the lifting of sanctions that prohibit US airlines from engaging in direct flights to Venezuela. | In March 2019, American Airlines had indefinitely suspended its flights to Venezuela due to prohibitions imposed by the US government and its unilateral coercive measures. | Donald Trump's administration also illegally sancti…
(2021-08-28). Venezuelans Will Elect 3,082 Regional and Municipal Representatives in 21N Regional Elections. orinocotribune.com On November 21, the people of Venezuela will elect a total of 3,082 representational positions in the regional and municipal elections. | The principal rector of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Tania D'Amelio, informed this via Twitter. She also posted a chart with the number of positions that voters will elect during the elections. | D'Amelio specified that 23 governors and 253 state legislators will be elected; of the legislators 152 will be elected through electoral lists, 93 by nominal vote, and there will be eight indigenous representatives. Moreover, 335 mayors and 2,471 councilors will be elected. Am…
(2021-08-28). PSUV Ready to Enroll Candidates to Participate in Regional Elections. orinocotribune.com 
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) is ready to register all the candidates of the Great Patriotic Pole who will participate in the regional elections scheduled for November 21, when "the revolutionary forces will achieve a considerable electoral victory," announced the president of the Electoral Commission of the red party, Diosdado Cabello, during a press conference offered this Friday August 27. | "Today, there are not only conditions for the November 21 elections, there is time for (the opposition) to prepare, and get ready, because on November 21 the revolutionary forces are going to beat them," s…
(2021-08-28). Minister Arreaza: Venezuelan Working Class is Raising Production with Collective Criteria, Conscience and Dedication. orinocotribune.com On Friday, August 27, Venezuela's new Minister of Industries and National Production, Jorge Arreaza, commented that the Venezuelan working class has been raising production with collective criteria, with conscience and dedication. He made this remark after a meeting with the workers of the companies of the Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana (CVG), whom Arreaza met in order to assess and listen to their needs. | Via his Twitter account, @jaarreaza, Minister Arreaza asserted that the workers have raised national production with collective criteria, innovation and creativity. "A conscious, united, empowered working c…
(2021-08-28). The media myth of 'once prosperous' and democratic Venezuela before Chávez. mronline.org 
Economists typically use GDP per capita to assess how rich a country is. It is basically a measure of the average income per person. If journalists cared to be at all precise when they say that Venezuela had once been "rich," then that's a statistic they'd cite.
(2021-08-28). Venezuela's gangs have been turned into armed capitalist enterprises (Part II). mronline.org 
Criminologist Andrés Antillano examines a high-profile security operation to neutralize criminal activity in the Cota 905 district in July.
(2021-08-28). Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab Fights Latest US Extradition Maneuvers. orinocotribune.com By Roger D. Harris — Aug 27, 2021 | Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab remains defiant after over 14 months under US-ordered arrest in the African archipelago country of Cabo Verde. A special envoy of the Venezuelan government, he is fighting extradition to the US for the "crime" of trying to procure humanitarian supplies of food, fuel, and medicine from Iran in violation of illegal US sanctions. To date, Saab's legal appeals for freedom have been either denied, rejected, or ignored as his extradition to the US is becoming increasingly imminent. | The legal case | Saab continues to fight this flagrant attempt of…