(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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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…
(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…
(2021-09-28). CELAC: A Strong and United Voice Before the International Community. orinocotribune.com By Rafael Correa — Sep 23, 2021 | CELAC [Community of Latin American and Caribbean States] was born in 2011 to give our peoples a strong and united voice before the international community. I had the privilege of being one of its founders, and during my tenure as president of Ecuador I always maintained that CELAC should replace the OAS [Organization of American States]. The world of the future will be a world of blocs. CELAC should be the body in which Latin American and Caribbean countries process our agreements and conflicts, and the OAS should remain as the space where, as a bloc, we discuss our converge…
(2021-09-28). CELAC: Unidad en la diversidad. globalizacion.ca Unidad en la diversidad. Esta fue la intención expresada en la cumbre de la CELAC, la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y caribeños que culminó en México. Una propuesta que, articulada de otra manera porque dirigida más a los pueblos que…
(2021-09-28). Lecciones que aprender de la agricultura regenerativa de Cuba. peoplesworld.org 
Cuba sigue siendo un enigma para muchas personas en los Estados Unidos, todavía envuelta en la niebla de profundas diferencias culturales y políticas. Debido al bloqueo económico de Estados Unidos contra Cuba, la mayoría de cubanos y estadounidenses no pueden intercambiar bienes o ideas ni colaborar en investigaciones científicas. Sin embargo, en los ámbitos de …
(2021-09-28). Silvio Rodríguez actúa en España y dona ganancias a Cuba. telesurtv.net Su actuación en el centenario del PCE fue reconocida como un gran acontecimiento por el presidente cubano Miguel Díaz-Canel.
(2021-09-28). Encampment cleared in a racist rush — Haiti still tottering. workers.org 
After images of the U.S. Border Patrol agents using long reins as whips against Haitians camped in Del Rio, Texas, trying to get into the U.S., spread worldwide, a top-level decision was made to shut the Del Rio camps down. Haitian migrants crossed the Rio Grande between Texas and Mexico . . . |
(2021-09-28). Haitians Protest Deportation of Asylum Seekers. indybay.org Hatian refugees chased by Texans on horses and deported without due process…
(2021-09-28). SF Solidarity With Haitians On US Border & US Out of Haiti Now! indybay.org Community activists rallied against the attacks by US ICE agents on Hatians in Texas.
(2021-09-28). What Is Shanghai Cooperation Organization? strategic-culture.org 
Virtually unknown across the West, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is the foremost Eurasian political, economic and security alliance. Founded in 2001, it is the world's largest regional organisation in geographic scope and population, covering three-fifths of the Eurasian continent, 40% of the world population, and more than 20% of global GDP.
(2021-09-28). Armenian Foreign Ministry statement on the war launched a year ago. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com This site has published dozens, maybe scores of excerpts from Azerbaijani officials, including such statements of President Aliyev as "We are the winning country. We have destroyed Armenia." Yerevan: Baku planned Karabakh war to annihilate Armenian population The 44-day war launched by Azerbaijan in fall 2020 was a pre-planned and prepared military aggression aimed at …
(2021-09-28). Association of Epidural Analgesia During Labor and Delivery With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Offspring. jamanetwork.com This cohort study assesses the association of maternal use of epidural analgesia during labor and delivery with autism spectrum disorder in offspring using a large population-based data set of term singleton children born in British Columbia, Canada, between April 1, 2000, and December 31, 2014.
(2021-09-28). HBO's Anti-Maduro Propaganda Is Cruder Than Venezuelan Oil. popularresistance.org HBO Max began streaming a documentary on September 15: A La Calle ("To the Street"). It portrays US-backed opposition leaders in Venezuela as pro-democracy heroes battling a brutal dictatorship—a total reversal of the truth. A Daily Beast article (9/13/21) promoting the film is headlined "Capturing Venezuela's Descent Into Socialist Hell," which succinctly conveys the film's slant, and suggests why it found a big corporate platform like HBO Max, a subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia. | From the trailer alone, it's obvious that A La Calle depicts Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López as a noble democ…
(2021-09-28). Venezuela's Justice First Blames Guaidó's Popular Will Party for Misuse of National Assets Abroad. orinocotribune.com Justice First [PJ/Primero Justicia] conveniently omitted any mention of its own complicity in the crimes against Venezuela. | As negotiations progress between the government of Venezuela and the opposition in Mexico City, it is becoming increasingly evident that there is practically no consensus remaining in the well-known G4 coalition (PJ, Democratic Action, Popular Will, and A New Era) for the false "interim presidency" of Juan Guaidó. | Earlier today, the Justice First [Primero Justicia] party published a statement in which it washed its hands of the seizure and misuse of the assets of the Venezuelan State abr…
(2021-09-28). Tensions Rise At Third Round Of Stalled Government-Opposition Negotiations. popularresistance.org Mérida — The Venezuelan government and US-backed opposition held a third round of talks in Mexico City over the weekend amid increasing friction. | The weekend negotiations followed "fruitful" encounters in August and early September. Following previous sessions, the two parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding, opposition politician Freddy Guevara was released from prison, a number of hardliners signed up to participate in the upcoming November 21 elections and US $5.1 billion was transferred to the country's international reserves by the International Monetary Fund. | The talks bring together represen…
(2021-09-28). Venezuela: This is how Currency Rebranding will Come Into Effect. orinocotribune.com 
As of October 1, the monetary rebranding of the Venezuelan currency, the bolívar, will come into effect in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, according to the official schedule. This was confirmed by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez as she spoke about details of the process on Monday, September 27. | Rodríguez recalled that the process does not affect in any way the value of the national currency, and noted that the Central Bank of Venezuela will continue to issue coins and bills in their traditional physical form. | The rebranding is being launched to erase six zeros from the embattled bolívar, affected by a bo…
(2021-09-28). Chile to Continue Evicting Venezuelan Migrants. orinocotribune.com Police forces of Chile's Sebastian Piñera evicted around 150 families of undocumented Venezuelan immigrants from makeshift camps in the city of Iquique in northern Chile. The next day a crowd of at least 3,000 people joined the eviction with posters and xenophobic insults, while the most radical elements burned the belongings of these Venezuelans migrants in vulnerable conditions. | The Chilean Interior Minister, Rodrigo Delgado, expressed his rejection of the violence of the protest, but assured that the Chilean government will continue "with the evictions in all the public spaces that are required" and also "wi…
(2021-09-28). KO for Guaidó: Spain Recognizes Maduro as President of Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Spain invited ambassadors from the government of Nicolás Maduro to celebrate the National Day of the Iberian country, providing solid evidence that it now recognizes the Chavista president. | The Spanish news website Vozpópuli reported this Monday, September 27, that the president of the government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, has changed tack regarding his position towards Venezuela, by asking his legations abroad to invite Maduro's ambassadors to the events of October 12 commemorating the National Day of Spain. | With this gesture, the outlet highlighted, the government of Sánchez fully recognizes Maduro and "the p…
(2021-09-28). Venezuela's Efforts to Overcome the Pandemic, Political Crisis, and Sanctions: Interview with Carlos Ron. libya360.wordpress.com On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Peoples Dispatch spoke with Carlos Ron, Venezuela's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America. From positive advances in the dialogue process between the constitutional government and the opposition forces, to strengthening regional unity in the CELAC summit, to bringing together 18 countries…
(2021-09-28). Venezuela's efforts to overcome the pandemic, political crisis, and sanctions. peoplesdispatch.org On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Peoples Dispatch spoke with Carlos Ron, Venezuela's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America.
(2021-09-28). Avanza en México diálogo entre Gobierno de Venezuela y las oposiciones. telesurtv.net Noruega ha reafirmado su compromiso con el proceso de negociación venezolano en México, actuando como facilitador imparcial.
(2021-09-28). UN Condemns Xenophobic Attacks on Venezuelan Migrants in Chile. orinocotribune.com 
The UN and Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned of an increase in xenophobia in Chile due to attacks on Venezuelan migrants in the northern regions of the South American country. | Felipe González, special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants at the United Nations, described the attack on Venezuelan migrants in Iquique, in northern Chile, as "unacceptable humiliation." | "The xenophobic discourse, equating migration with crime, which unfortunately has become more and more frequent in Chile, feeds this kind of barbarism," he said on Sunday through his Twitter account. | In turn, the United Nations Children's Fund…
(2021-09-28). Venezuela and the U.S. Left at a Crossroads. zcomm.org The U.S. Left's natural allies in Venezuela are the activists and grassroots movements fighting for the rights of workers, Indigenous peoples, women, and LGBTQI+ communities…
(2021-09-28). China rechaza medidas coercitivas de EE.UU. contra Venezuela. telesurtv.net El canciller chino, Wang Yi, dijo que Beijing rechaza también las sanciones unilaterales ilegales y jurisdicción de brazo largo.
