2021-12-08: News Headlines

Eric Zuesse (2021-12-08). Putin: Ukraine Is to Russia What Cuba Was to America in the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. moderndiplomacy.eu In an almost universally ignored speech by Putin, on December 1st (titled "Ceremony for presenting foreign ambassadors' letters of credence"), he said, merely as an aside [and I here shall add clarifications in brackets]: By the way, the threat on our western border [he was referring mainly to Ukraine] is really growing, and we have …

scorinoco (2021-12-08). What You're Not Supposed to Know About Cuba and Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By Ted Snider — Dec 6, 2021 | What's changed in Venezuela and Cuba since Biden became President? Nothing. But as US foreign policy on those two great threats to America continues seamlessly on from the Trump presidency to the Biden presidency, there's something the White House and the media don't want you to know. | Venezuela | Though you'd barely know it from the media, Venezuela just had an important election. Though not a presidential election, the regional elections were significant because, since the opposition fully participated for the first time in several years, the election was an obvious referendu…

Editor2 (2021-12-08). Crying at the Centro Fidel Castro Ruz. orinocotribune.com By Salifu Mack — Dec 2, 2021 | I recently had the opportunity to visit Cuba through a friendship Caravan with

Misión Verdad (2021-12-08). Borges vs. Guaidó: US' House of Cards on Fire. orinocotribune.com By Mision Verdad — Dec 7, 2021 | We are witnessing live the unveiling of a fiction that has lasted for too long; whose protagonists belong to the most extreme of the anti-Chavismo sectors. The outcome of the unveiling is destined to propitiate the failure of the anti-Venezuela US strategy. Both the excesses of its dauphins and hitmen have worn out the age of anti-politics, and these are now being ignored because of the prevailing reality in the country, a reality in which most of the political parties are participating in the democratic arena. | Julio Borges has finally decided to depart from what Washington…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-12-08). Chilean Activists Welcome Leopoldo López with Eggs. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, December 7, a group of Chilean demonstrators received the fugitive from Venezuelan justice Leopoldo López at the former Congress of the Republic, in Santiago de Chile, with a barrage of eggs and slogans denouncing him as a criminal, murderer, and coup leader. | The Venezuelan opposition figure visited the building to meet with representatives of the Chilean extreme right participating in the Constitutional Convention, the Chilean constituent body in charge of writing the new post-Pinochet Magna Carta.[VÂDEO] Leopoldo López llega a la Convención Constitucional de Chile y lo reciben tirándole huevo…

àÅlvaro Verzi Rangel (2021-12-08). Reconoce la Asamblea General de la ONU al gobierno constitucional de Maduro. globalizacion.ca La Asamblea General de la Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU) reconoció el lunes al gobierno constitucional del presidente Nicolás Maduro como representante legítimo de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, lo que fue calificado por el embajador Samuel Moncada como "una…

Victoria Korn (2021-12-08). Juan Guaidó perdió a su "canciller: La lucha por el poder y el dinero usurpado. globalizacion.ca El publicitado gobierno interino de Juan Guaidó, la estructura institucional paralela que creó Estados Unidos para tratar de derrocar al presidente constitucional Nicolás Maduro en Venezuela, comienza a resquebrajarse desde dentro, tras el anuncio de Julio Borges, su "canciller", de…

Staff (2021-12-07). Headlines for December 7, 2021. democracynow.org Justice Department Sues Texas Over Political Maps That Diminish Power of Voters of Color, New York City Announces First-in-Nation Vaccine Mandate For Private Employers, Biden Meets Putin as Russian Troops Mass on Ukraine Border, Russia and India Agree to Deepen Military Ties, Haitian Kidnappers Release 3 More Missionaries, 12 Remain Hostages, Civil Rights Office's Warnings Over Haiti Deportations Went Ignored by DHS and ICE , Biden Administration Reinstates and Expands Trump-Era "Remain in Mexico" Policy, Trump-era Oil & Gas Drilling Boom Continues Under Biden, Despite Campaign Pledge , Top Mike Pence Aide Will C…

Editor2 (2021-12-07). 'Surreal': Biden Invites Venezuelan Coup Leader Juan Guaidó to US 'Summit for Democracy'. orinocotribune.com By Kenny Stancil — Dec 1, 2021 | Critics slammed Biden's decision to invite the leader of an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Venezuelan president to an ostensibly pro-democracy gathering. | U.S. President Joe Biden was nearly the victim of a

José Mireles Alcalá (2021-12-07). Venezuela: El movimiento #FreeAlexSaad. peoplesworld.org CARACAS—La disputa por del poder político en Venezuela ha conllevado a una constante confrontación de sectores de la oposición venezolana y el gobierno progresista de Nicolás Maduro Moros, este último heredó la continua agresión impuesta por los grupos económicos que dirigen a los Estados Unidos de Norte América, quienes por más de 15 años se …

Staff (2021-12-07). Venezuela's Oil Production Reaches 930,000 Barrels per Day Peak in December's First Week. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) achieved a total oil production of 930,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the first week of December. The level approaches PDVSA's forecast of one million bpd by the end of the year, as detailed in an internal PDVSA report. The nation's oil industry, in addition to millions of Venezuelan citizens, have seen their livelihoods damaged by illegal coercive measures (or "sanctions") issued by the United States and Europe in an attempt to oust President Nicolas Maduro. | The level of production was reached due to the efforts of exploration and production workers…

teleSUR (2021-12-07). Venezuela: Five Candidates Run For Governor In Barinas State. telesurenglish.net As of Tuesday morning, five Venezuelan parties had registered candidates to run in the elections for governor to be held in the Barinas state on January 9, 2022. | RELATED: | Previously, the National Electoral Council (CNE) annulled the results of the elections held in that territory given that the winning candidate in the Nov. 21 elections, Freddy Superlano, should not have participated in the democratic process because pre…

teleSUR (2021-12-07). UNGA Recognizes President Nicolas Maduro's Representative. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) approved a resolution confirming the credentials of diplomats who are qualified to participate and represent their countries before this multilateral organization. Among them is Samuel Moncada, the permanent representative of the Venezuelan State to the United Nations (UN). | RELATED: | Through this decision, the UN members made a tacit recognition that the government hea…

Ann Brown (2021-12-07). New Campaign Launched For Colonial Slavemaster Scotland to Pay Reparations For Her Crimes, Slavery. moguldom.com Some Caribbean islands want Scotland to pay slavery reparations. And a former Scottish National Party (SNP) adviser has backed calls for the country to pay reparations to the Caribbean islands for the damage inflicted during the years of the slave trade. Scotland profited from the enslaved workers in the Caribbean and took the money back …

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