(2021-08-15). Earthquake of Magnitude 7.2 Shakes Haiti and Triggers Tsunami Alert — Humanitarian Aid and Donations in the Spot (Red Cross). orinocotribune.com 
On Saturday, August 14, Haiti was shaken by a strong earthquake of magnitude 7.2 degrees on the Richter scale, causing severe damage to infrastructure and deaths and a large number of injuries. By Saturday afternoon, the death toll that was initialy 27 fatalities was raised to 304; however, authorities fear receiving more reports of deaths from this shocking event. In addition, as the epicenter of the earthquake was on the sea floor, tsunami warning was activated by the US Geological Survey. | At about 8: 30 in the morning (local time) the earthquake began to be felt, and as in 2010, when almost 300 thousand peop…
(2021-08-15). Earthquake Devastates Haiti. dissidentvoice.org 
With "friends" like Canada, Haiti is in deep trouble. Justin Trudeau's statement that this country was "standing ready" to assist after a massive earthquake rocked the western part of Haiti Saturday is not reassuring. Over the past two decades Canada has done too much to undermine Haitian sovereignty, democracy and living standards to be considered …
(2021-08-15). Over 700 Dead From Earthquake as Powerful Storm Heads Toward Haiti. commondreams.org Ending this pandemic would be a good way for the United States to save countless more lives. It would also be a kind of living amends for the innocent lives we've taken in the Middle East.
(2021-08-15). Cuba — El pensamiento revolucionario. globalizacion.ca Desde Aristóteles hasta Hegel, todos los filósofos que elaboraron sistemas de pensamiento integrales trabajaron en un ambiente propicio a la reflexión y el ejercicio del magisterio. El pensamiento revolucionario se ha ido haciendo impregnado por el fragor del combate. | Carlos…
(2021-08-15). Fidel es presente y futuro, como lo es la Revolución a la que su pueblo da continuidad. globalizacion.ca Intervención de Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba y Presidente de la República, en el Encuentro Virtual Internacional "Fidel, un hombre de ciencia con visión de futuro", desde el Palacio de la…
(2021-08-15). CELAC Sends Best Wishes for Venezuelan Dialogue in Mexico. orinocotribune.com Mexican Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Marcelo Ebrard, announced that the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), along with the entire world, is paying full attention to the dialogue between the Government and opposition of Venezuela. Moreover, CELAC has sent its best wishes in favor of a dialogue that could benefit the Venezuelan people as a whole. | Ebrard made these comments during his inaugural speech at the signing of an initial memorandum of understanding between the Venezuelan government and the opposition sectors, which took place in Mexico City on Friday, August 13. The dialogue had be…
(2021-08-15). América Latina: En busca de la soberanía perdida. globalizacion.ca Dos hechos recientes han activado la posibilidad de relanzar la cooperación y coordinación latinoamericana y caribeña, tan abandonada durante el último lustro: el discurso de Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) durante la reunión de Cancilleres de la Comunidad de Estados…
(2021-08-15). US Congressman Jesús 'Chuy' García Asks Biden Government to Lift Blockade Against Venezuela (Grijalva, AOC, Omar and More). orinocotribune.com On Friday, August 13, US congressman for the Democratic Party, Jesús "Chuy" García, reported that, together with 18 other legislators, he has sent a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, asking Joe Biden's administration to lift the illegal sanctions imposed against Venezuela. | The members of the Congress have also asked the US government to participate in a direct dialogue with Caracas and to stop politicizing "humanitarian assistance" around the Venezuela, urging to "strongly consider conducting a prompt review of our government's current policy towards Venezuela." | Our policy towards Venezuela prom…
(2021-08-15). CITGO Lost Profits under Guaidó's Administration, When it Should Have Earned More Than a Billion Dollars. orinocotribune.com The direct consequence of the confiscation of the assets of CITGO Petroleum, Inc., that administers the Lemont, Lake Charles and Corpus Christi Refineries, is evident in the report presented by the PDVSA Commissioner regarding PDVSA's US subsidiary. Under the administration of the board appointed by Juan Guaidó and former US President Donald Trump, profits of CITGO Petroleum fell drastically by approximately 66% in 2019, compared to the $850 million that it earned in 2018, when it was still administered by the Venezuelan state oil company. | The PDVSA 2020 Commissioner Report also states that, according to inform…
(2021-08-15). The Death of the "Lima Group" and Re-Birth of the Latin American Anti-Imperialist Left. orinocotribune.com
(2021-08-15). Malas cuentas de la derecha venezolana. globalizacion.ca El anuncio del inicio de diálogo en México entre el gobierno de Venezuela y la derecha criolla significa, en primer término, el reconocimiento por cuentas de ésta del fracaso de los añosos esfuerzos por derrocar a Hugo Chávez, primero, y…
(2021-08-14). [World Report] Haiti's health woes intensify. thelancet.com Assassination, after months of violence, fuel shortages, and protests, has led to instability in Haiti, causing interruptions to normal care and the COVID-19 response. Joe Parkin Daniels reports.
(2021-08-14). 'High Casualties' Feared After 7.2-Magnitude Quake Hits Haiti. commondreams.org When it comes to the crimes of large corporations and their bosses, immunity or impunity is what they expect.
(2021-08-14). Mexico Talks Between Chavismo and Extreme Right Kick Off Today in Chapultepec. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, August 13, 2021 (OrinocoTribune.com)—The president of Venezuela's National Assembly and representative of the national government for the Mexico Talks, Jorge Rodríguez, arrived in Mexico City this Friday, August 13, to start the negotiation process with the Venezuelan extreme-right opposition. | Rodríguez, who will be in charge of directing the dialogue between both political sectors, arrived at Toluca International Airport at noon (local time). During the inauguration Rodríguez celebrated the realization of the Talks and stressed that it has been shown that Venezuelans do not yield to any kind of…
(2021-08-14). Show the Children the Green Fields and Let Sunshine into Their Minds. zcomm.org Half the global population has no internet, and many of those who are able to access the internet cannot afford the technologies and tools required to participate in distance learning…
(2021-08-14). Cuba's big wins at Olympics due to its revolution. liberationnews.org 
The Tokyo Olympics provided Cuban athletes with a platform to express perseverance in the face of a criminal blockade while engaging in friendly competition with athletes from nations across the globe.
(2021-08-14). 'Economic Warfare [Is] Designed to Starve the Cuban People Into Rebellion' (Interview). orinocotribune.com 
CounterSpin interview with James Early on Cuban blockade | Janine Jackson interviewed IPS's James Early about the Cuban blockade for the Janine Jackson: In the wake of Black Lives Matter and George Floyd protests, lawmakers in Florida—as elsewhere—passed legislation increasing penalties for blocking public streets, and offering protection to people who hit protesters with their car. But when people took to the street to show suppo…
(2021-08-14). Open Letter By Cuban Scientists To Biden. popularresistance.org You recently referred to Cuba at a White House saying: 'I would be prepared to give significant amounts of vaccines if… an international organization 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 in the U.S. who have first-hand exposure to Cuba's health system. They also rankled with frontline Cuban health workers risking their lives to contain the COVID epidemic in our country. They do not reflect Cuban reality, and we deplore that disinformation by maliciou…
(2021-08-14). Bolivia: Evo Morales warns of right-wing maneuvers. workers.org 
Translated by Walter Lippmann for CubaNews and edited by Workers World. Luis Arce, currently Bolivia's president, left, with former President Evo Morales in 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Former president Evo Morales, leader of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party, denounced, this Aug. 4, the Bolivian political right for promoting . . . |
(2021-08-14). Cuba's Example Shone in Tokyo Olympics with 15 Medals. orinocotribune.com By Nikos Mottas — Aug 12, 2021 | The performance of the Cuban athletes who took part in the XXXII Olympics in Tokyo and achieved a total of 15 medals causes admiration and pride. | Leaving behind much larger countries with rich tradition in sports, the small socialist Cuba with a population of 11 million people ranked 14th in the Olympic medal list, winning seven gold, three silver and five bronze medals. | Of course, this is not the first time that Cuba has performed great in the Olympics. For many decades, despite the genocidal economic, trade and financial blockade imposed by the United States, the Island…
(2021-08-14). Chavismo and Two Opposition Sectors to Meet for Dialogue in Mexico. orinocotribune.com The following is a translation of the daily report of Samuel Robinson Institute for August 12, 2021. | So far, it is known that Chavismo and at least two sectors of the Venezuelan opposition will meet in Mexico, for another round of talks. These meetings will be crucial, since the previous dialogues between Chavismo and the Guaidó aligned opposition, held in Barbados in 2019 with the mediation of Norway, failed. | The context of the talks | The complexity of these dialogues can be explained by the multiple factors surrounding them. | The first instance of this is that the existence of various oppositions to Chavi…
(2021-08-14). United States Imposes Conditions while Venezuela Chooses Dialogue. orinocotribune.com With a new process of dialogue underway between the Venezuelan government and the extreme-right opposition sector of Venezuela, the government of the United States immediately sought to impose conditions on the Caribbean nation's government. | This was made clear by the words of Ned Price, US Department of State spokesperson. The official stated in a press conference that his country insists on holding elections in Venezuela as a requirement for Washington to "ease" the illegal sanctions it imposes. | Faced with this imperialist arrogance of imposing conditions on sovereign countries, the Venezuelan government ha…
(2021-08-14). Here's The Agenda For Venezuela's Peace Talks In Mexico. popularresistance.org The Bolivarian government of Venezuela and representatives of the US-backed opposition have officially begun a new dialogue process in Mexico, with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding. | The negotiation and dialogue process was inaugurated on Friday evening at Mexico City's National Museum of Anthropology, as the two Venezuelan negotiating parties signed the Memorandum. | Heading the delegation representing the Bolivarian Government of Venezuela, is Jorge Rodriguez, President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, who also led the government delegation in the 2018 Dominican Republic dialogue on behalf of…
(2021-08-14). Venezuela: Laws aimed at gender violence have major impact. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – Images of men sitting in prison, looking down at their shoes, awaiting court for violating and committing acts of violence against women appear on the TV screen. Scrolling across the bottom of the screen are the words, "The most people in prison in Venezuela are men who have committed gender violence." | Venezuela has one of the strongest gender laws of any country in the world. The laws strongly protect women, so men are held accountable and cannot hurt them again. | "We made laws in Venezuela so we will be a country without violence against women. These laws don't just protect us from being…
(2021-08-14). Eyewitness Venezuela: Digital Literacy Free to All Students. orinocotribune.com 
By Rachell Tucker — Aug 4, 2021 | As a teacher who has had to struggle alongside thousands of coworkers, students and parents during the pandemic with hybrid education, I was astounded by my visit to the Canaima computer factory that was created to fulfil the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez's dream of "one computer per child." | At the Bicentennial Congress of the People in Caracas hundreds of anti-imperialists worldwide convened to discuss the unity needed to defeat the brutal US sanctions Venezuela and many other countries are suffering under. The "sanctions," or unilateral coercive measures imposed by…
(2021-08-14). US Democrats Call for Venezuela Sanctions Relief and 'Direct Dialogue' with Maduro. venezuelanalysis.com The representatives urged the White House to allow crude-for-diesel swaps and "constructively engage" with actors on the ground.
(2021-08-14). Government of Venezuela and sectors of the opposition sign memorandum of understanding in Mexico. mppre.gob.ve After the installation in Mexico of the dialogue process between the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and sectors of the opposition, a memorandum of understanding was signed on August 13, which includes seven issues of political, electoral and social interest. The memorandum was signed by the delegates of the national government and the […] | La entrada
(2021-08-14). Delegation of the Bolivarian Government arrives in Mexico for political dialogue with sectors of the opposition. mppre.gob.ve This Friday, the Bolivarian Government delegation, led by the president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, arrived at the international airport of Toluca, in Mexico, and will hold talks with sectors of the Venezuelan opposition in the Aztec nation. The commission will actively participate in this meeting sponsored by the Kingdom of Norway, with […] | La entrada
(2021-08-14). Venezuelan government and opposition signed memorandum of understanding for dialogue. peoplesdispatch.org The Venezuelan government and the platform of opposition forces in the country signed a historic agreement in Mexico City on Friday August 14. The move represents an important advance to address the political crisis faced by the country for the past several years as US-backed opposition forces have turned to radical and violent methods in an attempt to force the democratically elected government of Nicolás Maduro out of office. Venezuelan officials are also hopeful that the talks can help to lift the crushing unilateral coercive measures imposed by the US and its allies which have already cost billions of dollars…
