(2021-09-17). Historic Africa/CARICOM Summit. popularresistance.org It was an idea whose time had come. On Tuesday, September 5 this idea took material form at the first Africa/CARICOM Summit conducted virtually and broadcast to the world via the Web and social media. | Participants at the historical event included heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community and the African Union, chairs of Caricom and the African Union Commission, the Africa Regional Economic Communities, the Secretaries General of Caricom and the Organization of the African Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), and the president of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). | The Summit was chaired by P…
(2021-09-17). How The US Government Stokes Racial Tensions In Cuba. popularresistance.org Havana – "A Black uprising is shaking Cuba's Communist regime," read The Washington Post's headline on the recent unrest on the Caribbean island. "Afro-Cubans Come Out In Droves To Protest Government," wrote NPR. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal went with "Cuba's Black Communities Bear the Brunt of Regime's Crackdown" as a title. | These were examples of a slew of coverage in the nation's top outlets, which presented what amounted to one day of U.S.-backed protests in July as a nationwide insurrection led by the country's Black population — in effect, Cuba's Black Lives Matter moment. | Apart from dramati…
(2021-09-17). Political turmoil deepens in Haiti as PM comes under suspicion in President's assassination. peoplesdispatch.org Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has been implicated in the assassination of de-facto president Jovenel MoàØse, setting off major changes in the government and the judiciary and aggravating the political crisis…
(2021-09-17). Headlines for September 17, 2021. democracynow.org U.S. Resumes Deportation Flights to Haiti as 10,000 Haitian Asylum Seekers Cross Rio Grande, Haitian Prime Minister, Accused of Aiding President's Murder, Sacks Justice Minister, Federal Judge Bars Biden Administration's Use of Trump-Era Rule to Fast-Track Deportations, U.N. Warns Time Is Rapidly Running Out to Limit Global Heating to 1.5 Degrees Celsius, U.S. Reports 3,400 COVID Deaths in One Day; One-Quarter of ICU Beds Are At or Near Capacity, France, China Blast U.S.-U.K.-Australia Nuclear Partnership, Biden Calls for Corporations and Super Wealthy to Pay Fair Share of Taxes, Police Put Fence Around Capitol A…
(2021-09-17). Afghan refugee crisis poised to explode. asiatimes.com 
PESHAWAR- None of Afghanistan's neighbors is prepared to take in Afghan refugees and internally displaced persons despite the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) warning that 97% of Afghanistan's population is at risk of poverty and starvation. The UN agency cautions that Afghanistan is inching towards a total collapse given "frozen foreign reserves, collapsing public finances, …
(2021-09-17). Science Saturday: Uterine microbe found to have disease-causing behavior in endometrial cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A tiny microbe thriving in the uterine microbiome — a population of bacteria, viruses, yeasts/fungi in and around the uterus— could be a contributing driver of endometrial cancer, according to a new Mayo Clinic study. "We have found that a microbe that is particularly associated with endometrial cancer is capable of pathogenic behavior, and is stimulated by one of the main risk factors for the disease — estrogen exposure," explains Marina Walther-Antonio, Ph.D., a researcher within the Mayo…
(2021-09-17). Venezuela Condemns False Accusations of US World Police (Communiqué). orinocotribune.com On Wednesday, September 16, the Venezuelan government, through the Minister for Foreign Affairs Félix Plasencia, strongly condemned the invalid and illegal practice of the United States government pretending to appoint itself as the supranational police of sovereign and independent States. This was stated in a statement about the main drug-producing or drug-trafficking countries in the fiscal year 2022, published by the US State Department on September 15 of this year. | According to a
(2021-09-17). 'Leftists' Holler as PSUV's Pedro Carreño Trends on Social Media. orinocotribune.com The name of Venezuelan PSUV deputy Pedro Carreño became a trending topic on Venezuela's social media platform recently following comments issued in the National Assembly session this Wednesday, September 15, regarding the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV), Oscar Figuera. | The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) parliamentarian Carreño had strong words for the position taken by Figuera against the discourse and the political guidelines of the PSUV, even while Figuera insists that he supports the revolutionary interests. | "Then there is this puppet from the Central Intelligence Ag…
(2021-09-16). UN Human Rights Chief Calls For Venezuela Sanctions Relief. popularresistance.org Mexico City, Mexico – Michelle Bachelet, United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, called on Monday for sectoral sanctions against Venezuela to be lifted. | "I reiterate my call for sectoral sanctions to be lifted," the former Chilean president said, recalling the negative impact of the measures on the Caribbean nation's economy. | The High Commissioner's call came during the opening of the 48th session of the Human Rights Council where she presented her report on the human rights situation in Venezuela. Bachelet also expressed her support for the ongoing dialogue between the government and the US-b…
(2021-09-16). El Salvador Becomes First Nation to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender Amid Growing Authoritarianism. democracynow.org 
Thousands in El Salvador took to the streets Wednesday to protest President Nayib Bukele's growing consolidation of power and a new law making El Salvador the world's first country to recognize the highly volatile cryptocurrency bitcoin as legal tender. Protesters in El Salvador are also criticizing a recent court ruling that paves the way for Bukele to run for reelection in 2024. El Salvador's turn to bitcoin comes as a "surprise" to many, but has been pushed by Bukele as a way to lessen remittance fees, says Jorge Cuéllar, an assistant professor of Latin American, Latino and Caribbean studies at Dartmouth Colle…
(2021-09-16). 'Cruel and Callous': Biden Slammed for Resuming Deportations to Battered Haiti. commondreams.org If the GOP had the courage of the Senate Republicans in 1974, Milley never would have been in a position to worry that an American president might start a nuclear war just to hang on to power.
(2021-09-16). Dems Call Fossil Fuel CEOs, Lobbyists to Testify About Climate Disinformation. commondreams.org "Hours after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake, President Joe Biden released a statement saying that the United States was a 'friend' of Haiti. A 'friend' does not continuously inflict pain on another friend," said Guerline Jozef of the Haitian Bridge Alliance.
(2021-09-16). UN Rapporteur Denounces Negative Impact of Sanctions on Venezuelan People. orinocotribune.com 
The special rapporteur of the United Nations (UN), Alena Douhan, confirmed on Wednesday, September 15, that illegal sanctions and blockades imposed against Venezuela have had a devastating effect on the population. | In a report presented at the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Douhan explained that the sanctions imposed against Venezuela do not correspond to the requirements of international law. | In that sense, she detailed with figures, studies, and examples, how the different measures imposed by the United States and its allies in relation to the Venezuelan oil, gold, and mining sectors, the econ…
(2021-09-16). As Wealthy Nations Debate Giving Booster Vaccine Shots, Calls Grow for Global Vaccine Equity. democracynow.org 
As the debate over booster vaccine shots heats up in the United States, global health leaders have issued an urgent call for global vaccine equity. The WHO reports vaccination rates on the African continent fall far below its target for 70% of the population of all countries to be vaccinated by mid-2022. "The science is not completely behind the need for booster shots yet," says Zane Dangor, special adviser to the foreign minister of South Africa, who has called on the U.S. to come up with a proposal for allowing other countries to manufacture vaccines. "This is an emergency that affects all of us because variant…
(2021-09-16). Hunger stalks the United States. peoplesdispatch.org 
The Unity and Survival Program of the Philadelphia Liberation Center provided essential food support to a struggling population as the pandemic wreaked havoc. Their success demonstrates that the problem of hunger haunting the United States can be solved with the right political will…
(2021-09-16). J'Accuse! The Gene-based "Vaccines" Are Killing People. Governments Worldwide Are Lying to You the People, to the Populations They Purportedly Serve. globalresearch.ca The Signal of Harm is now indisputably overwhelming, and, in line with universally accepted ethical standards for clinical trials, Doctors for Covid Ethics demands that the 'Covid' vaccine programme be halted immediately.
(2021-09-16). Abrams Finds Culprit in Venezuelan Opposition: Capriles. orinocotribune.com Former US special envoy for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, blamed opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski for having divided the Venezuelan right, adding this opinion to the many explanations already proposed for the failure in the US-led "regime"-change operation against the government of President Nicolás Maduro. | During an interview with the Miami-based extreme right Venezuelan journalist, Carla Angola, Donald Trump's employee dismissed Capriles' performance at a time when the White House accelerated its plans to overthrow the Venezuelan president. | "I am a critic," said Abrams, summarizing his opinion of H…
(2021-09-16). Venezuela: Oil Sector Stagnant as US Chamber of Commerce Calls for Sanctions 'Overhaul'. venezuelanalysis.com The business guild complained that the blockade has hurt US corporations.
(2021-09-16). Venezuela's International Reserves Increase as IMF Allocates Resources in Response to Mexico Talks — 'Leftists' Complain. orinocotribune.com The Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) has publsihed on its website a considerable increase in Venezuela's The official BCV website reveals that the reserves are currently at $11.3 billion, representing an increase of $5.1 billion, according to the spreadsheet that tracks the daily movements of the reserves. | As for the origin of…
(2021-09-16). Julio Borges: Assets Abroad 'Should Never Have been Managed by Opposition'. orinocotribune.com No one can forget that opposition leader Julio Borges was one of the main promoters of the anti-national strategy of demanding illegal sanctions against Venezuela and seizure of its resources to bring about the departure of the elected government of President Nicolás Maduro, always stressing that these decisions would not affect the Venezuelan people. | Now that anti-Chavismo has been forced to sit down with the government to negotiate in Mexico, since the time invested in defending the "sanctions" only brought loss of political strength to the radical opposition, Borges now says that assets abroad "should never…
(2021-09-16). Fiscalía venezolana investiga a Guaidó por caso Monómeros. telesurtv.net La pesquisa contemplará los delitos de usurpación de funciones, traición a la patria y conspiración, entre otros.
(2021-09-16). Ambassador Alex Saab officially included in Mexico talks as part of Venezuelan Government delegation. mronline.org 
With the official inclusion of the Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab, into the Mexico Talks, a new stage opened in the development of the dialogue process opened in Mexico between the Venezuelan Government and sectors of the opposition, grouped in what is called the Unitary Platform.
(2021-09-16). Venezuela respalda informe de ONU sobre efectos negativos de las medidas coercitivas. telesurtv.net Las medidas coercitivas han violado flagrantemente el derecho internacional y constituyen crímenes de lesa humanidad.