(2021-09-30). ABC Cuts Obama's Critique of 'Open Borders' From TV Interview, Airs Criticism of GOP Instead. sputniknews.com Over 200,000 encounters were registered at the US southwest border in August alone. This number is expected to rise even further in September as border authorities are battling a dramatic surge in Haitian migrants, who are seeking asylum in the United States.
(2021-09-30). Haitians Protest Deportation of Asylum Seekers. indybay.org Hatian refugees chased by Texans on horses and deported without due process…
(2021-09-30). México dará refugio a 13 mil migrantes haitianos. telesurtv.net La mayoría de migrantes haitianos que llegaron a México provenía de Chile y Brasil.
(2021-09-30). 21N: Venezuela's CNE Signs Agreement with EU for Electoral Observation Mission. orinocotribune.com According to the CNE, the EU observation mission will respect the national legal framework during the regional elections in Venezuela. | The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela signed an agreement with the European Union (EU) on Wednesday, September 29, in which the European body agreed to send an international mission of observers for the regional and municipal elections to be held on November 21 in the South American country. | "The document highlights that the European Union Electoral Observation Mission (EU-EOM) and its members will maintain strict conduct of impartiality, objectivity, independence…
(2021-09-30). The Media Myth of 'Once Prosperous' and Democratic Venezuela Before Chávez. zcomm.org The following piece is adapted from the authors' new book, Extraordinary Threat: The US Empire, the Media and 20 Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela, published by Monthly Review Press.
(2021-09-29). Top Cuban diplomat speaks to The Grayzone about renewed US assault. thegrayzone.com Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Carlos F. de Cossio, the Director General of the United States for Cuba's Foreign Ministry, about continuing US attempts to overthrow his country's government. By Anya Parampil TRANSCRIPT ANYA PARAMPIL: Director General Carlos de Cossio, thank you so much for speaking with me this afternoon. President Miguel Díaz-Canel just gave an address before the UN General Assembly, in which he denounced what he described as US attempts to reinstate a Monroe Doctrine …
(2021-09-29). øPodrá la CELAC acabar con la OEA? (I). globalizacion.ca Me hallaba borroneando apuntes para un breve comentario del relanzamiento de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac, sexta Cumbre, México, 18 de septiembre), cuando me detuve en la carta de un lector publicada en El Correo Ilustrado (El…
(2021-09-29). Cuban And Mexican Presidents Strengthen Solidarity. popularresistance.org The independence of Mexico and of Cuba, got a big hearing in Mexico City on September 16. On that day in 1810, in Dolores, Mexico, Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo called upon parishioners to join him in rebelling against Spain's viceregal government. Mexico finally gained independence in 1821. Every year, at 11 PM on September 15, and on September 16, Mexicans and their presidents pay homage to Hidalgo's iconic Cry of Dolores (Grito de Dolores). | This year, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, commemorating that important day, had a surprising guest. Cuba's president Miguel Díaz-Canel was at his side and they b…
(2021-09-29). Presidents of Mexico and Cuba: 'End US Economic War on Cuba'. orinocotribune.com 
In a blow to Washington's stepped-up attempts to isolate Cuba, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador invited Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel to serve as guest of honor for Mexico's independence day celebration on September 16. | In his speech at the military parade marking the 211th anniversary of the start of Mexico's war for independence—known as the Grito de Dolores—López Obrador lauded the Cuban people. "They have defended with dignity their right to live free and independent, without permitting interference in their internal affairs by any foreign power," he said. | "You can be for or a…
(2021-09-29). Headlines for September 29, 2021. democracynow.org Progressives Hold Firm on Opposing Infrastructure Bill Without Vow to Pass Build Back Better Act, Vanessa Nakate, Greta Thunberg Condemn Climate Inaction, U.S. Military Leaders Acknowledge "Strategic Failure" in Afghanistan During Senate Questioning, Gen. Milley Denies Going Around Chain of Command During Trump Term, Pfizer-BioNTech Submits Vaccine Data on 5-to-11-Year-Olds to FDA; Mask Mandate Bans Halted in SC and AZ, Cuba Starts Shipping Abdala Vaccine; COVID Surges in Russia and Syria; Japan Lifts State of Emergency, Fumio Kishida, from Ruling Party Establishment, Set to Become Next Japanese Prime Minister, R…
(2021-09-29). The US May Have Lost the Military War in Syria, But Has Won the Propaganda War at Home By Portraying its Murderous Invasion as a Moral Crusade. orinocotribune.com 
By Jeremy Kuzmarov — Sep 22, 2021 | As It Did with Castro in Cuba and Noriega in Panama, the "Mighty Wurlitzer" of U.S. Propaganda Defused Antiwar Sentiment by Painting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as a Brutal Animal Who Had to Be Removed. | In 1991, famed MIT linguist Noam Chomsky published a political pamphlet called Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda, which provided an examination of U.S. war propaganda and its success from Woodrow Wilson's World War I Creel Commission to Bush Sr.'s war on Iraq. | According to Chomsky, "Propaganda is to democracy what the bludgeon is to a totali…
(2021-09-29). COVID-19 cases surge at US colleges and universities, administrations seek to hide the disaster. wsws.org College campuses have been transformed into incubators of COVID-19 as the pandemic surges…
(2021-09-29). Diary Entry: Handling the Truth of Cuba. counterpunch.org To hear Daniel Ellsberg tell it, the world came a lot closer to nuclear annihilation during the Cuban Missile Crisis than has ever been played up by the Press for our education. What's new? In his must-read book, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner, Ellsberg delivers the astonishing news, not well-known even
(2021-09-29). Top Cuban Diplomat Responds to Renewed US Assault. libya360.wordpress.com Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Carlos F. de Cossio, the Director General of the United States for Cuba's Foreign Ministry, about continuing US attempts to overthrow his country's government. He discusses Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel's address before the UN General Assembly, continuity between Trump and Biden policy on Cuba, US support for recent…
(2021-09-29). Open the borders! Reparations for the Haitian people! workers.org 
Workers World Party salutes the inspiring bravery of the Haitian people — in Del Rio, Texas, and in Haiti, now and for over two centuries. WWP also salutes the solidarity expressed in the streets by the political movement worldwide including inside the U.S. for the Haitian people. The racist brutality . . . |
(2021-09-29). The Other Americans: Haitians Expelled from Southern Border. progressive.org The expulsion of migrants in Texas highlights decades of failed U.S. foreign policy toward Haiti.
(2021-09-29). Violent deportations of Haitian refugees expose Biden's record on migrant rights. peoplesdispatch.org The violent expulsion of Haitian migrants in Del Rio, at the behest of the Joe Biden administration, has put a spotlight on the president's record of continuing Trump-era laws to expel hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and undocumented migrants…
(2021-09-29). Haitian migrants brutalised at US-Mexico border and deported. greenleft.org.au Nearly 15,000 Haitian migrants camped on the Mexico-Texas border were rounded up by US border patrol agents on horseback, reports Malik Miah.
(2021-09-29). Haitian migrants brutalised at US-Mexico border, deported. greenleft.org.au Nearly 15,000 Haitian migrants camped on the Mexico-Texas border were rounded up by US border patrol agents on horseback, reports Malik Miah.
(2021-09-29). Haitians, La Migra, and Title 42: What We're Not Talking About (OPINION). latinorebels.com
(2021-09-29). US Media Have Distorted Narratives on Haiti Since 1804. It's Still Happening. truthout.org 
As I watch footage videos of the countless Haitian immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, my heart is broken. I feel helpless. As a dear friend, who is a writer, reminded me recently, "It is exhausting work to confront tangled injustices/griefs of this magnitude." | Watching the images, what struck me the most was the simplistic misrepresentation and the lack of humanity. These are my people. Each one could have been my brother, sister, cousin, aunt, mother or father. I could have been among the…
(2021-09-29). Mexico Talks: Dialogue Table Condemns Xenophobia Against Venezuelan Migrants in Chile. orinocotribune.com Both the Venezuelan government and opposition delegations jointly condemned the xenophobic acts perpetrated against Venezuelan migrants in Chile this weekend. This was announced on Monday, September 27, by Dag Nylander, spokesperson of the facilitator team of the Kingdom of Norway, at the end of the third phase of the Venezuelan dialogue held in Mexico City. Both delegations expressed their absolute condemnation for the acts of xenophobia and violence against Venezuelan families that occurred this Saturday in the Chilean city of Iquique, denouncing the acts as a very serious violation of human rights. The delegat…
(2021-09-29). Outrage Over Atrocities Committed Against Alex Saab. popularresistance.org After receiving a letter from the diplomat Alex Saab, the head of the Venezuelan government delegation in the Mexico Talks, Jorge Rodríguez, expressed outrage at the atrocities committed against this representative of Venezuelan diplomacy. In the letter, Saab denounced his subjection to torture in Cape Verde, including psychologically torment. For example, authorities had deprived him of water for days, wrote Saab, "because according to them they must pass the transparent bottles through the x-ray, and the machine is always damaged."
(2021-09-29). Venezuelan Women Demand Abortion Decriminalization in 'Green Wave' March. venezuelanalysis.com Feminist movements rallied in Caracas as they fight to abolish the country's draconian anti-abortion legislation.
(2021-09-29). Jorge Rodríguez Expresses Outrage Over Atrocities Committed Against Alex Saab (Letter). orinocotribune.com After receiving a letter from the diplomat Alex Saab, the head of the Venezuelan government delegation in the Mexico Talks, Jorge Rodríguez, expressed outrage at the atrocities committed against this representative of Venezuelan diplomacy. | In a post on his Twitter account, Rodríguez wrote: "This letter from our special envoy Alex Saab was received this morning by the members of the Venezuelan government delegation. His message moved us, and at the same time we felt deep indignation at the atrocities committed against our diplomat. Truth and life will prevail!" | In the letter, Saab denounced his subjection to t…
(2021-09-29). The Latest Developments in Mexico Talks. orinocotribune.com On Monday, September 27, the third phase of the Venezuelan national dialogue between the Venezuelan government and the opposition Unitary Platform, held in Mexico City, ended with a decision to establish consultation mechanisms amongst the diverse socio-political sectors of Venezuela and of other countries. | After the closing of the round of meetings that took place from September 25 to 27, Dag Nylander, spokesperson for the mediator team of the Kingdom of Norway, presented a joint statement with the Venezuelan government and opposition delegations, reaffirming the agenda established in the previously signed Mem…
(2021-09-29). Venezuela Reiterates Commitment to Strengthen United Nations. orinocotribune.com "World collaboration is needed more than ever due to the economic recession prompted by the pandemic," the Venezuelan chancellor said. | Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Felix Plasencia met United Nations Secretary Antonio Guterres in New York to reiterate his country's commitment to strengthening this multilateral organization. | "Political collaboration is needed more than ever due to the economic recession and health crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic," Plasencia said, stressing that the government of President Nicolas Maduro currently holds dialogues with the opposition in Mexico to reach agreements…
(2021-09-29). Venezuela Denounces Detention of Two FANB Members by Colombia. orinocotribune.com Venezuela condemned the "arbitrary detention" of two of its military personnel by Colombia and has demanded their immediate release to avoid unnecessary tensions between the two countries. | The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) of Venezuela has denounced the "arbitrary detention" of two of its members by Colombian authorities in the town of Cúcuta, in the department of Norte de Santander at the Colombia-Venezuela border. | According to a statement published on Tuesday, September 28, by the FANB on Twitter, Wilter Alexis González Miranda and Gabriel Antonio Veloz Varela, two Venezuelan sergeants were apprehe…
(2021-09-29). Venezuelan Women & LGBTQ Movements March to National Assembly & Demand Legalization of Abortion (Statement). orinocotribune.com 
This Tuesday, September 28, Venezuelan feminist and LGBTQ organizations, women and other individuals grouped in the Green Route initiative (#RutaVerde) marched from Plaza Morelos to the Federal Legislative Palace to demand the legal and social decriminalization of abortion in Venezuela (#AbortoLegalYaVzla). | Specifically, demonstrators demanded the "immediate repeal of Articles 430, 431, 433 and 434 of the Penal Code," those that criminalize the interruption of pregnancy in practically any situation. In reality, as explained in a statement by social movements, abortion constitutes "a public health and human righ…
(2021-09-29). Diálogo venezolano: Un mecanismo de consulta con actores nacionales e internacionales. globalizacion.ca El gobierno y las oposiciones de Venezuela acercaron posiciones en búsqueda de soluciones a los desafíos en materia social, económica y política y decidieron crear un mecanismo de consulta que apoye el diálogo, el cual estará integrado por actores políticos…
(2021-09-29). Third round of dialogue process between Venezuelan government and opposition concludes. peoplesdispatch.org The recent round of dialogue and negotiation process between the Venezuelan government and the platform of far-right opposition forces began amid conflict with the mediator Norway and concluded without reaching significant agreements…