2022-04-17: News Headlines

Vijay Prashad (2022-04-16). We do not want a divided planet; we want a World without walls. mronline.org While the United States began its illegal war against Iraq in 2003, Cuba's President Fidel Castro spoke in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 'Our country does not drop bombs on other peoples', he said, 'nor does it send thousands of planes to bomb cities … Our country's tens of thousands of scientists and doctors have been educated on the idea of saving lives'.

Staff (2022-04-16). Cuba condemns Israeli assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) — In continuation of the widespread condemnation of the Israeli brutal assault on Palestinian worshippers in Al-Aqsa Mosque, the foreign minister of Cuba Bruno Rodríguez strongly condemned it.

teleSUR, sar, SB (2022-04-16). Cuatro frases de Fidel en la proclamación del carácter socialista. telesurtv.net Cuba celebra este 16 de abril los 61 años de la proclamación del carácter socialista de su Revolución, liderada por el comandante Fidel Castro.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-16). Recuerda Cuba aniversario de proclamar socialista la Revolución. telesurtv.net El acto fue encabezado por el presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel y destacados miembros del Partido Comunista y el Gobierno.

Staff (2022-04-16). Venezuelan Interior Minister: 80% of Illegal Weapons Seized in Venezuela Come from Colombia. orinocotribune.com Minister Ceballos has warned about a rise in insecurity at the Venezuela-Colombia border. | On Friday, April 15, the Venezuelan Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace, Admiral-in-Chief Remigio Ceballos Ichaso stated that 80% of the weapons that enter Venezuela illegally come from Colombia. | "What this Colombian narco-paramilitary government does is to constantly attack the people and the government of Venezuela," the minister said during a television interview. | Ceballos explained that Venezuela and Colombia share a border of more than 2,219 kilometers, through which paramilitary groups move freely from…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-04-16). Blow to Colombian Drug Traffickers — Venezuela's Army Seizes Cannabis in Apure. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan army has seized 750 packets of marijuana in Apure state on the Venezuela-Colombia border, in an operation that was part of the 2022 Bolivarian Shield Operation Vuelvan Caras. This was reported by the head of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB), Major General Domingo Hernández Lárez. He commented that this drug seizure has dealt another heavy blow to Colombian drug traffickers who transport illicit substances through Venezuelan territory. | The seizure was made possible by a reconnaissance operation deployed throughout the surroundings areas of the Riecito…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-04-16). Letter to Biden Exposes Deep Crisis of Venezuelan Opposition. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan opposition is going through a moment of great division, as some sectors of the right-wing opposition have started a public fight against some other sectors that sent a letter to US President Joe Biden requesting relief from the sanctions imposed on Venezuela by the White House. | This division was exposed by statements made by some leaders of the extreme right, through interviews in media and through posts on social media. They have criticized those who signed the letter addressed to the White House and members of the US Congress. | Former leader of opposition party Acción Democrático and fugitive…

Editor2 (2022-04-16). Venezuela: April 11, the First Time a US Imposed Coup Was Defeated in 48 Hours (Interview). orinocotribune.com April 11, 2022 is the 20th anniversary of the coup d'état that in 2002 removed President Hugo Chávez Frías for 48 hours from the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. In a heroic deed, and in record time, the people and the Bolivarian Armed Force rescued the Venezuelan president and restored democracy in the country. An event that many compare to October 17, 1945 in Argentina, when the people took to the streets to force the de facto government to free Juan Domingo Perón. Both were founding processes of two of the largest popular movements in the region, Peronismo and Chavismo. | To reflect on how t…

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-04-16). Venezuela commemorates 20th anniversary of the failed coup against Hugo Chávez. peoplesdispatch.org The failed coup was the first victory of the Venezuelan people against US imperialism in the 21st century. It marked the beginning of the resistance of Venezuelans against the US attacks, which continue to this day…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-16). Sharif's retaliation: Pakistani airstrikes kill 45 Afghan civilians, including women, children. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com In the Abrahamic world during Ramadan, Easter and Passover. Daily SabahApril 16, 2022 Pakistani rocket fire kills 45 Afghans, say Taliban At least 45 civilians, including women and children, have been killed in airstrikes and artillery shelling by Pakistani forces along its border with Afghanistan, local Taliban officials said Saturday. The attacks were carried out …

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