United Nations Sounds Alarms About Rising Violence in Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-15
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday condemned the increase in violence in Colombia, urging President Ivan Duque's administration to take concrete actions to effectively protect the population. | RELATED: | Antioquia: Colombia Counts 83rd Massacre of 2020 | Bachelet noted that the Indigenous Nasa community has been one of the most affected by the violence in 2020, with 66 of its members reported having been killed in the northern Cauca regi…
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The Most Lethal Virus Is Not COVID. It Is War
John Pilger | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-15
John Pilger describes the invisible weapon of past and current wars, and the threat of nuclear war, under cover of the Covid pandemic. This is propaganda, aided by censorship by omission. | Watch Pilger's 2010 film The War You Don't See…
globalresearch.ca/most-lethal-virus-not-covid-war/5732310

The Most Lethal Virus is Not COVID. It is War
John Pilger | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-15
In the midst of the greatest health emergency in modern times, with more than 4 million surgical procedures delayed by the National Health Service, Boris Johnson has announced a record increase of £16.5 billion in so-called defence spending — a figure that would restore the under-resourced NHS many times over.
counterpunch.org/2020/12/15/the-most-lethal-virus-is-not-covid-it-is-war/

A look at Venezuela's National Assembly election
John Catalinotto | workers.org | 2020-12-15
Venezuela's December 6 National Assembly (AN) elections overcame the prior pro-imperialist majority in that body and catapulted the ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV) into an overwhelming majority. President Nicolás Maduro, also of the PSUV, won big. Voting is smooth and fair in Venezuela. The imperialist politicians and corporate media, especially . . . | Continue reading A look at Venezuela's National Assembly election at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/12/53236/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-look-at-venezuelas-national-assembly-election

Socialist election win masks deeper problems
Federico Fuentes | mronline.org | 2020-12-15
With a majority of the opposition boycotting and an abstention rate of almost 70%, the governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) obtained 69% of the vote in the country's December 6 National Assembly (AN) elections.
mronline.org/2020/12/15/socialist-election-win-masks-deeper-problems/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=socialist-election-win-masks-deeper-problems

Black Woman Sworn in as Governor in Bermuda
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-15
Rena Lalgie, the first black governor and woman in the history of the Bermuda archipelago, was sworn in at Government House in Hamilton city. | RELATED: | Hurricane Paulette Hits Bermuda With Torrential Rains and Winds | After arriving from the UK on Sunday, she said it was a privilege to star her service as governor of Bermuda, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean. | Prime Minister David Burt, Chief Justice Narinder Hargun, and Cabinet Secretary Marc Telemaque attended th…
telesurenglish.net/news/Black-Woman-Sworn-in-as-Governor-in-Bermuda-20201215-0007.html

[UPDATED] Venezuela Investigates Maritime Accident on Migrant Route
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-12-14
An estimated twenty died presumably travelling to Trinidad and Tobago in a small boat.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/15077

Chile: Deal on Indigenous People's Seats To Write Constitution
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-14
The Chilean Senate's Joint Commission reached an agreement on the number of seats reserved for the representatives of the Indigenous Peoples in the convention that will draft the new constitution. | RELATED: Chile: | Piñera at Lowest Approval Rate Since Becoming President | The final proposal established 17 seats for the Indigenous peoples and 1 for the Afro-descendant population, all within the 155 quotas already convened. | It was also included that each political alliance must…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-Deal-on-Indigenous-Peoples-Seats-To-Write-Constitution-20201214-0002.html

Max Blumenthal Meets Rafael Correa In Venezuela
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-14
Max Blumenthal interviews former Ecuador President Rafael Correa, who was in Venezuela to observe its legislative elections and show support to a government under sustained economic and political attack by the US. | Correa addresses issues ranging from the repression in his country under the watch of its outgoing neoliberal president, Lenin Moreno, to the persecution of Julian Assange and the role of a CIA contractor in targeting him and the Wikileaks founder. | Blumenthal and Correa also discuss the prospect of a left-wing victory in Ecuador's upcoming national elections, and what the US-backed government is doi…
popularresistance.org/max-blumenthal-meets-rafael-correa-in-venezuela/

John Pilger: The Most Lethal Virus Is Not COVID. It Is War
John Pilger | mintpressnews.com | 2020-12-14
In the midst of the greatest health emergency in modern times, with more than 4 million surgical procedures delayed by the National Health Service, Britain has announced a record increase of £16.5 billion in so-called defense spending.
mintpressnews.com/john-pilger-lethal-virus-not-covid-war/273597/

President Maduro Calls on the US To Probe Opposition Lawmakers
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-14
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro Sunday called on U.S. lawmakers to investigate the use of billion of dollars assigned by President Donald Trump's administration to opposition politicians in order to promote destabilization actions against the Bolivarian nation. | RELATED: | Venezuela Denounces Terrorist Plan Against Its Oil Facilities | Maduro noted that the U.S. Congress will find thefts, scams, and lies by opposition representatives Leopoldo Lopez, Julio Borges, and Juan…
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ALBA-TCP Celebrates XVIII Summit Virtually
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-14
The XVIII Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP), is being held this Monday in a virtual manner and in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Bolivia Returns as ALBA-TCP Holds XVIII Virtual Summit | Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, coordinator of the event, and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro opened the event by means of vituar interventions transmitted from the Twitter account of the pres…
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US Embassy Caught Scrubbing Tweets Urging Venezuelans Not To Vote
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-12-14