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2020-04-09: Social Media Postees

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Colonialism & coronavirus: 800,000 Haitians may die of COVID-19
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-09
Gutted by US-allied, neoliberal governments which have controlled the country since 2004, Haiti's healthcare sector braces for a potential catastrophe….
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/09/colonialism-coronavirus-haitians-covid/

Trinidad & Tobago Rejects Possible US Intervention on Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-09
Besides stressing that his country's stance on Venezuela has not changed, Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Keith Rowley stated that the Caribbean must remain a peace zone and rejected a possible U.S.-led military intervention in the South American country. | RELATED: | Intellectuals, Artists Issue Letter in Defense of Venezuela | "Our position remains the same. Trin…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trinidad–Tobago-Rejects-Possible-US-Intervention-on-Venezuela-20200409-0001.html

Finnish govt extends coronavirus-related restrictions to May 13
rt.com | 2020-04-09
Finland on Thursday extended most of its restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus by one month to May 13, the government said. | It extended its ban on public meetings of more than 10 people, and the closure of public services such as libraries and schools for most students. The government had previously decided to close all restaurants until the end of May. | On Tuesday, the country's public health authority said it would start tracking the spread of the new coronavirus in the population with randomized antibody tests. The results will be used to help the government decide what meas…
rt.com/newsline/485369-finland-extends-restrictions-tests/

OPEC to Decide Historic Oil Production Cut Due to COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-09
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) just started an emergency meeting this Thursday to agree on a historic cut in fuel production after COVID-19 crushed global demand. | RELATED: | Maduro Announces Measures to Defend Venezuela's Oil Industry | The meeting agreed upon by OPEC and non-OPEC partners, known as OPEC+, takes place at 4 P.M. Vienna time, Austria, and will be conducted via video conference. | The G-20 presidency said the meeting will foster dialogue…
telesurenglish.net/news/opec-to-decide-historic-oil-production-cut-due-to-covid19-20200409-0005.html

U.S. activates new phase of violence against Venezuela
| workers.org | 2020-04-09
The U.S accuses Venezuelan President Maduro of "narcoterrorism" but the people defend him. The Platform of Venezuelan Social Movements Against the Blockade issued the following statement on March 26. To the People of the World and Friends of the Bolivarian Revolution In the midst of the most recent attacks of . . . | Continue reading U.S. activates new phase of violence against Venezuela at Workers.org…
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Venezuela Pres Maduro's Message to American people
repost | indybay.org | 2020-04-09
Oil rich Venezuela is again threatened with invasion, by Nazi Trump, with no opposition from any Democrat, sending an armada to Venezuela's shores, in the middle of a pandemic, under the obviously false pretext of drug-pushing, which the world knows Venezuela does not do. The democratically elected government of Nicolas Maduro has sent an open letter to the American people. See www.globalresearch.ca/letter-president-maduro-people-united-states/5708882…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/07/18832148.php

Bolsonaro Is Good President Only for 33 Percent of Brazilians
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-09
Amid debates about what needs to be done to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, Datafolha published an opinion poll according to which 80 percent of the population says they suspect President Jair Bolsonaro's statements. | RELATED: | Sao Paulo Extends Lockdown, Bolsonaro Defies Health Advice | The investigation was carried out between April 5 and Ap…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolsonaro-Is-Good-President-Only-for-33-Percent-of-Brazilians-20200409-0004.html

Phantoms of "The Operation"
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-09
"Tis the times' plague, when madmen lead the blind."

Modi signals India's calamitous 21-day lockdown to be extended, as coronavirus cases surge
wsws.org | 2020-04-09
India is especially vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic because of endemic mass poverty, poor to non-existent sanitation, the high density of its population, and the lack of public health facilities and personnel.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/09/coin-a09.html

Covid-19 to plunge half a billion people into poverty
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-09
New research published by UNU-WIDER today warns that the economic fallout from the global pandemic could increase global poverty by as much as half a billion people, or 8% of the total human population. This would be the first time that poverty has increased globally in thirty years, since 1990. The authors of the UNU-WIDER study

Ghebreyesus: 'Africa Will Not Be Testing Ground for Any Vaccine'
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-09
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization leader, condemned the suggestion of testing an anti-COVID vaccine on the African population. These statements, qualified as racism, were made by two doctors who were live on French television. | RELATED: New York Lives Its Deadliest Day With 799 Deaths by COVID-19 | The main argument for the hypothetical vaccine testing is Africa does not have the defense and preventive resources as other regions. Jean-Paul Mira and Camille Loc…
telesurenglish.net/news/-ghebreyesus-africa-will-not-be-the-testing-ground-for-any-vaccine-20200409-0014.html

UN Seeks $130 Million To Prevent Hunger Catastrophe in Zimbabwe
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-09
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said Wednesday it needed US$130 million to fund emergency operations in Zimbabwe until August and prevent a catastrophe in the southern African nation, as climate- and recession-induced food shortages deepened. | RELATED: | Uganda: Unqualified Woman Ran Health Center, 105 Children Died | The WFP added 7.7 million Zimbabweans, half the population, need food aid after a devastating drought and cyclone last year. A lack of predictable…
telesurenglish.net/news/UN-Seeks-130-Million-To-Prevent-Hunger-Catastrophe-in-Zimbabwe-20200409-0020.html

Gaza Running out of Coronavirus Tests: Health Minister
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-09
The Gaza Strip has no coronavirus testing kits left, Palestinian health authorities said Wednesday, raising the alarm that the enclave, which is facing severe shortages of equipment, may rapidly be overwhelmed by the outbreak. | RELATED: | High Population Density Challenge for Gazans to Fight COVID-19 | "Testing at our central laboratory has stopped, after coronavirus test kits completely ran out," Gaza health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said. | The Palestinian territo…
telesurenglish.net/news/Gaza-Running-out-of-Coronavirus-Tests-Health-Minister-20200409-0022.html

Our Covid-19 numbers are best in Western Europe, don't ruin it: Austrian chancellor asks people to stay home for Easter
rt.com | 2020-04-09
Austria is weathering the coronavirus pandemic better than many but that's not an excuse to break self-isolation for Easter celebrations, despite traditions and good weather, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has warned. | "We are a country in West Europe that has the best trend in [Covid-19] numbers. This is thanks to the self-isolation measures, further steps and participation of the population," Kurz said in a statement. | But Austrians should keep in mind that "the virus is still among us" and plan how they celebrate Easter accordingly. He asked people to refrain from customary family reunions for the celebration…
rt.com/news/485371-austria-best-coronavirus-numbers/

Haiti faces a coronavirus catastrophe
G. Dunkel | workers.org | 2020-04-09
The predictions are grim, and the figures are totally misleading: As of April 5, 6 p.m., Haiti reported only 21 COVID-19 cases and one death. The Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, reported 1,745 cases and 52 deaths. (worldometers.info/coronavirus/) Haiti has only 130 ICU beds. Dr. . . . | Continue reading Haiti faces a coronavirus catastrophe at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/04/47582/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=haiti-faces-a-coronavirus-catastrophe

Adolf Trump goes for Venezuela: A jump into nothingness?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-09
In the midst of a desolate scenario, when the United States has become the country with the highest number of those infected by the Coronavirus, President Donald Trump and his team of serial criminals like Elliott Abrams, Cuban-American Mauricio Claver-Carone, Marco Rubio and others, announced that their country and 22 other nations would launch a …
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Unlike the international community, Colombia has a plan for Venezuela's refugees
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-04-09
Without much support from the international community, Colombia's migration authority has begun taking care of refugees from Venezuela who have been hit hardest by the coronavirus crisis. How Migration is…
colombiareports.com/unlike-the-international-community-colombia-has-a-plan-for-venezuelas-refugees/

Colonialism Made Puerto Rico Vulnerable to Coronavirus Catastrophe
Chris Gelardi | thenation.com | 2020-04-09
Colonialism Made Puerto Rico Vulnerable to Coronavirus Catastrophe…
thenation.com/article/politics/puerto-rico-coronavirus/

Despite U.S. blockade, Cuba's comprehensive health system looks after every citizen
Merriam Ansara | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-09
HAVANA–For the past three weeks, I have been working mornings in my local doctor's office. My volunteer job is to go through the six drawers of around 1,500 patients attended by my doctor, Marta Gálvez. The neighborhood is in Nuevo Vedado, near the Plaza of the Revolution, and stretches from La Rosa to Ermita to …
peoplesworld.org/article/despite-u-s-blockade-cubas-comprehensive-health-system-looks-after-every-citizen/

'Mere insinuation offends me': Italy's PM Conte blasts suggestion of ulterior motive behind Russian coronavirus aid
rt.com | 2020-04-09
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has called any suggestion that Russia had an ulterior motive in sending coronavirus aid to Italy "an insult to the Italian government," warning that the pandemic poses an existential threat to the EU. | Amid stalled EU relief efforts, aid and personnel arrived in Italy from China, Cuba and Russia to help Italian medical authorities fight back against the coronavirus outbreak in the country, which ravaged its northern regions and forced a total lockdown of society. | When asked if the Russian coronavirus aid, in the form of both manpower and medical equipment, was a ploy by the Kre…
rt.com/news/485357-conte-offended-russian-aid-italy/

It All Looks Like a Stephen King Story, and He Feels He Owns Humanity an Apology
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-09
Stephen King has been responsible for countless fictional deaths, but his bloodlust reached its peak in The Stand, where a virus wiped out almost the entire world population. Four decades since the book came out, it is as relevant as ever.
sputniknews.com/world/202004091078894026-it-all-looks-like-a-stephen-king-story-and-he-feels-he-owns-humanity-an-apology/

What Did Saddam Hussein Have for Breakfast? Tastes of Late Iraqi Ruler Revealed in New Book
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-09
The late rulers of Iraq and Cuba apparently had great appetites, according to a Polish author who is now about to disclose all their "tasty" secrets to a wider audience.
sputniknews.com/society/202004091078895158-what-did-saddam-hussein-have-for-breakfast-tastes-of-late-iraqi-ruler-revealed-in-new-book/

Latinos, Blacks Disproportionately Hit by COVID-19 in NYC
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-08
The Latino community represents the ethnic group that is hit harder by the COVID-19 in New York City, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed Wednesday. | RELATED: | COVID-19 Disastrous for US-Detained Migrants Amnesty Int. Warns | Citing data from New York City's health department, de Blasio said Latinos – who comprise about 29 percent of the city's population – represent nearly 34 percent of the patients who died of COVID-…
telesurenglish.net/news/Latino-Blacks-Disproportionately-Hit-by-COVID-19-in-NYC–20200408-0016.html

Migrants in detention in Texas face COVID-19
Mirinda Crissman | workers.org | 2020-04-08
Austin, Texas Migrants being held in detention in Texas have been facing abhorrent sanitary conditions in the detention facilities long before the coronavirus pandemic began. Now that the virus is here, and threatens to infect such a vulnerable and captive population at higher rates than the general population, many migrants . . . | Continue reading Migrants in detention in Texas face COVID-19 at Workers.org…
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European Left Slams EU Support for Trump's Venezuela 'Transition' Plan
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-04-08
The European Union took "positive note" of Washington's initiative.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14839

"A Systematic Issue of Disparity": Black People in Louisiana Account for 70% of COVID-19 Deaths
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-08
Louisiana faces one of the worst outbreaks of the coronavirus in the United States. New data shows black people account for 70% of all the state's coronavirus deaths, though they comprise just 32% of the state's population. Louisiana also has the highest incarceration rate in the country, and more than 65% of the people in its jails and prisons are black. At least 28 people are infected, and 22 corrections staff have tested positive. State corrections officials are sending infected prisoners to the Louisiana State Penitentiary

Colombia Partakes in US-Led Military Operation in the Caribbean
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-08
Colombia's President Ivan Duque Tuesday confirmed that his country partakes in the International Naval Campaign Orion V, an operation which easily could become the prelude to a military aggression against Venezuelan people and its President Nicolas Maduro. | RELATED: | Intellectuals, Artists Issue Letter in Defense of Venezuela | "It is the world's biggest…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Partakes-in-US-Led-Military-Operation-in-the-Caribbean-20200408-0009.html

Open Letter to Condemn Trump Administration's Hypocritical Indictment on Drug Charges of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and High-Ranking Venezuelan Officials
Stansfield Smith | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-08
We, the undersigned organizations and prominent individuals, condemn the false claims of criminal charges by the US government against the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and other high-ranking officials with the pretext of their alleged involvement in international drug trafficking. The US government is offering a $15 million bounty for information that would …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/open-letter-to-condemn-trump-administrations-hypocritical-indictment-on-drug-charges-of-venezuelan-president-nicolas-maduro-and-high-ranking-venezuelan-officials/

Open Letter to Condemn Trump Administration's Hypocritical Indictment on Drug Charges of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and High-Ranking Venezuelan Officials
Alliance for Global Justice | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
We, the undersigned organizations and prominent individuals, condemn the false claims of criminal charges by the US government against the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and other high-ranking officials with the pretext of their alleged involvement in international …
globalresearch.ca/open-letter-condemn-trump-administration-drug-charges-venezuelan-president-nicolas-maduro-high-ranking-venezuelan-officials/5709043

Venezuela Receives Humanitarian Aid From UN, WHO, Russia
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-08
Venezuela received Wednesday about 90 tons of humanitarian aid from the United Nations, World Health Organization, PanAmerican Health Organization, and Russia. | RELATED: | Nearly 60 Groups Demand End to Sanctions During COVID-19 Crisis | "On behalf of President Nicolas Maduro, we thank the United Nations, the director of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Russian Federation led by Ambassador Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov, who has strengthened bilateral relations, for this hum…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Receives-Humanitarian-Aid-From-UN-WHO-Russia-20200408-0020.html

Black People in Louisiana Account for 70 Percent of the State's COVID-19 Deaths
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-08
Louisiana faces one of the worst outbreaks of the coronavirus in the United States. New data shows Black people account for 70% of all the state's coronavirus deaths, though they comprise just 32% of the state's population. Louisiana also has the highest incarceration rate in the country, and more than 65% of the people in its jails and prisons are Black. At least 28 people are infected, and 22 corrections staff have tested positive. State corrections officials are sending infected prisoners t…
truthout.org/video/black-people-in-louisiana-account-for-70-percent-of-the-states-covid-19-deaths/

Michigan Prisons Are One Of The Fastest Growing COVID-19 Hot Spots
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-08
Prisoners with the virus have been isolated with punitive solitary confinement measures. Symptomatic staff may still be working, raising the risk for a vulnerable prison population.
therealnews.com/stories/michigan-prisons-coronavirus-hot-spot-solitary-confinement-isolation

Amid Plague, Sanctions are Genocide
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-08
Sanctions have long been indefensible; now in the time of Covid-19, more so than ever. Nor are they some minor phenomena. Over a quarter of humanity lives under U.S. economic sanctions. That means millions of people lack untroubled access to food and medicines during a lethal pestilence. Thus in Iran, where the government fears millions of deaths from Covid-19, sanctions amount to genocide. Under ordinary circumstances, these embargoes are economic warfare. By putting Iran and Venezuela under economic siege even before the pandemic, the U.S. had murdered tens of thousands of those countries' citizens. Yet most Am…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/08/amid-plague-sanctions-are-genocide/

Cuba has Reached Limited Local Transmission Stage of COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-08
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermudez informed the island that they have entered the limited local transmission stage of the COVID-19. | RELATED: | Cuba Receives Medical Aid From China | According to the Cuban Health Minister, this stage report states "when cases are confirmed in which no link could be established with travelers from affected areas and are limited to small clusters in localities or institutions in the country." | Currently, different municipalities spared in the country are under these circumstances: Consolació…
telesurenglish.net/news/cuba-in–covid19-limited-local-transmission-stage-20200408-0004.html

Cuban doctors battle COVID-19 around the globe, defying U.S
Andrea Rodríguez | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-08
peoplesworld.org/article/cuban-doctors-battle-covid-19-around-the-globe-defying-u-s/

Billionaire-backed Human Rights Watch lobbies for lethal US sanctions on leftist governments as Covid crisis rages
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-08
Regime change-hungry HRW is proudly taking credit for crushing new US sanctions on Nicaragua while pushing to escalate Washington's economic…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/08/billionaire-human-rights-watch-sanctions-nicaragua-venezuela/

In Response to President Maduro's Letter to the People of the United States
TNIDHUC | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-07
The Network in Defense of Humanity, US Chapter, expresses our heartfelt solidarity with the people of Venezuela and its only legitimate President Nicolas Maduro Moros in this hour of danger. The US administration is creating more conflict and aggression against Venezuela, while people all over the world are fighting a dangerous virus pandemic. Two weeks …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/in-response-to-president-maduros-letter-to-the-people-of-the-united-states/

Venezuela Registers a Single New Case for COVID-19 in 24 Hours
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-07
In Venezuela, only a single positive case of COVID-19 was registered in the last 24 hours to increase the number of infections to 166. | The announcement was made by the Executive Vice President of the Republic, Delcy Rodríguez, during an expanded meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Control and Prevention of the coronavirus, where she met with the President Nicolás Maduro. | RELATED: | Intellectuals, Artists Issue Letter in Defense of Venezuela | Rodríguez explained th…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Registers-a-Single-New-Case-for-COVID-19-in-24-Hours-20200407-0020.html

UK extends its 'immense gratitude' to Cuba for helping British cruise ship
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2020-04-07
UK ambassador to Cuba Dr Antony Stokes has formally thanked the Cuban government for taking in British cruise ship MS Braemar. The vessel, with a number of people infected with coronavirus (Covid-19) onboard, was refused permission to dock in the Bahamas and Barbados. | But the Cu…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/04/07/uk-extends-its-immense-gratitude-to-cuba-for-helping-british-cruise-ship/

World population stats verses CoVid-19
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-07
Coronavirus since the beginning

Trump Should Fight COVID-19, Not Venezuela
Leonardo Flores | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-07
Trump has been threatening military action against Venezuela since August 2017 and a naval blockade since August 2019. The recent deployment of the Navy towards Venezuela is the first step in backing up both threats.
mintpressnews.com/trump-should-fight-covid-19-not-venezuela/266427/

Amid Sanctions and Military Mobilization, Maduro Pens Letter Urging Americans to Question Trump
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-06
"I wholeheartedly ask you not to allow your country to be dragged once again into another unending conflict, another Vietnam, another Iraq, but this time, closer to home."
mintpressnews.com/nicolas-maduro-letter-oppose-war-venezuela-coronavirus/266397/

President Maduro's Message to the People of the US
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-06
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to the people of the US. The Trump administration is escalating attempts to bring down President Maduro and the Bolivarian Revolution, making bogus charges against Maduro and other officials. The Trump administration also published a plan that would radically alter the Venezuelan government's branches of power. This is to prepare for yet another coup attempt by the U.S. in support of unelected scoundrels. This past week President Trump ordered a serious increase of US Naval ships patrolling Caribbean w…
fightbacknews.org/2020/4/6/president-maduro-s-message-people-us

Carta del Presidente Maduro al Pueblo de EE.UU
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-06
Lucha y Resiste está promoviendo una declaración del Presidente de Venezuela Nicolás Maduro al pueblo de los Estados Unidos. El administracion del Trump esta subiendo el nivel de atentados a derrotar el Presidente Maduro y La Revolucion Bolivariana por poniendo cargas de narco-terrorismo al Maduro y otros en el gobierno. El administración del Trump también publicó un plan a alterar el gobierno Venezolano para permitir la oposición de los elites que toman más poder. Eso es a preparar un otro atentado del golpe del estado por los EEUU en apoyo de los no elegidos bobolongos. La semana pasada el Presidente Trump orde…
fightbacknews.org/node/7975

Venezuela Braces for Migrant Return as Coronavirus Rattles Latin America
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-04-06
The Caribbean country's 159 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 7 deaths is considerably lower than its neighbours' tallies.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14835

Sanctioning the Way for COVID-19
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-04-06
MarketWatch See article on original site While the United States is fighting COVID-19 here at home, US sanctions against other governments are aiding the virus' spread abroad. They've already likely contributed to many unnecessary deaths in Iran, and Venezuela's experience with the pandemic may also be much more deadly due to these punitive measures. COVID-19 …
cepr.net/u-s-sanctions-in-a-time-of-coronavirus-are-morally-depraved-as-well-as-illegal-under-international-law/

Message from Cuba's Ambassador to China, Carlos Miguel Pereira Hernández
Carlos Miguel Pereira Hernández | liberationnews.org | 2020-04-05
"The noble, massive, and commendable effort by the founder of Alibaba and the Jack Ma Foundation that had reached some fifty countries around the world could not touch Cuban soil."
liberationnews.org/message-from-cubas-ambassador-to-china-carlos-miguel-pereira-hernandez/

[Research Paper] Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing surgeries during the incubation period of COVID-19 infection
Shaoqing Lei, Fang Jiang, Wating Su, Chang Chen, Jingli Chen, Wei Mei, Li-Ying Zhan, Yifan Jia, Liangqing Zhang, Danyong Liu, Zhong-Yuan Xia, Zhengyuan Xia | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
In this retrospective cohort study of 34 operative patients with confirmed COVID-19, 15 (44 ∑1%) patients needed ICU care, and the mortality rate was 20 ∑5%.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30075-4/fulltext?rss=yes

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2020-04-08: News Headlines

Mirinda Crissman (2020-04-08). Migrants in detention in Texas face COVID-19. workers.org Austin, Texas Migrants being held in detention in Texas have been facing abhorrent sanitary conditions in the detention facilities long before the coronavirus pandemic began. Now that the virus is here, and threatens to infect such a vulnerable and captive population at higher rates than the general population, many migrants . . . |

repost (2020-04-08). Venezuela Pres Maduro's Message to American people. indybay.org Oil rich Venezuela is again threatened with invasion, by Nazi Trump, with no opposition from any Democrat, sending an armada to Venezuela's shores, in the middle of a pandemic, under the obviously false pretext of drug-pushing, which the world knows Venezuela does not do. The democratically elected government of Nicolas Maduro has sent an open letter to the American people. See www.globalresearch.ca/letter-president-maduro-people-united-states/5708882…

Alliance for Global Justice (2020-04-08). Open Letter to Condemn Trump Administration's Hypocritical Indictment on Drug Charges of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and High-Ranking Venezuelan Officials. globalresearch.ca We, the undersigned organizations and prominent individuals, condemn the false claims of criminal charges by the US government against the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and other high-ranking officials with the pretext of their alleged involvement in international …

Eve Ottenberg (2020-04-08). Amid Plague, Sanctions are Genocide. counterpunch.org Sanctions have long been indefensible; now in the time of Covid-19, more so than ever. Nor are they some minor phenomena. Over a quarter of humanity lives under U.S. economic sanctions. That means millions of people lack untroubled access to food and medicines during a lethal pestilence. Thus in Iran, where the government fears millions of deaths from Covid-19, sanctions amount to genocide. Under ordinary circumstances, these embargoes are economic warfare. By putting Iran and Venezuela under economic siege even before the pandemic, the U.S. had murdered tens of thousands of those countries' citizens. Yet most Am…

Gary Leupp (2020-04-08). Could COVID-19 Kill Capitalism? counterpunch.org This is not your normal zoonotic pandemic virus. That would be the famous Black Plague of 1348 spread by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. It arrived in northern Italy from the Crimean Peninsula, and eventually reached all of Europe, killing off a third of the population. Recent archeology suggests the same plague had struck southern Sweden

WSWS (2020-04-08). Grocery worker dies from COVID-19 infection in suburban Maryland. wsws.org Grocery workers have been increasingly falling ill as the coronavirus spreads through the population.

Jake Johnston (2020-04-08). Tens of Millions Will Be Pushed into Poverty Amid COVID-Induced Recession. counterpunch.org The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has lowered regional GDP growth projections from positive 1.3 percent to negative 1.8 percent in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic. ECLAC projects that, with such a growth rate, poverty and extreme poverty will increase by 34 million and 23.3 million, respectively. In an op-ed,

Ben Norton (2020-04-08). Billionaire-backed Human Rights Watch lobbies for lethal US sanctions on leftist governments as the Covid crisis rages. thegrayzone.com Regime change-hungry HRW is proudly taking credit for crushing new US sanctions on Nicaragua while pushing to escalate Washington's economic…

teleSUR (2020-04-07). Italian Communists Send a Fraternal Hug to the People of Cuba. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Italian Communist Party (PCI) issued a public thanks to the cooperation of the Cuban Health workers in this European country. | RELATED: | "For 60 years, you have been an example and an invaluable resource for all the peoples of the world… A nation that is giving a great lesson in solidarity and humanity. Its doctors, who have cured the sick in 64 countries, testify to the value of a socialist societ…

Staff (2020-04-07). Headlines for April 7, 2020. democracynow.org Boris Johnson in Intensive Care for COVID-19, U.K.'s Foreign Secretary Deputized | , Most of U.S. Population Told to Stay Home as Medical Equipment Shortages Continue to Mar Response, Trump Ignored Coronavirus Warnings from His Own Administration as Early as January | , Grocery Stores Report Coronavirus Deaths as Workers Say They Are Not Receiving Adequate Protection, WI Primary Vote Goes Ahead After Ruling by State Supreme Court; SCOTUS Throws Out Mail-in Ballot Extension, New York Appears to Flatten COVID-19 Curve as Cuomo Tightens Preventive Measures, Gov't Called to Release Data on Racial Makeup of COVID-19 D…

teleSUR (2020-04-07). Venezuela Registers a Single New Case for COVID-19 in 24 Hours. telesurenglish.net In Venezuela, only a single positive case of COVID-19 was registered in the last 24 hours to increase the number of infections to 166. | The announcement was made by the Executive Vice President of the Republic, Delcy Rodríguez, during an expanded meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Control and Prevention of the coronavirus, where she met with the President Nicolás Maduro. | RELATED: | Rodríguez explained th…

TNIDHUC (2020-04-07). In Response to President Maduro's Letter to the People of the United States. dissidentvoice.org The Network in Defense of Humanity, US Chapter, expresses our heartfelt solidarity with the people of Venezuela and its only legitimate President Nicolas Maduro Moros in this hour of danger. The US administration is creating more conflict and aggression against Venezuela, while people all over the world are fighting a dangerous virus pandemic. Two weeks …

teleSUR (2020-04-07). Puerto Rico: The Number of COVID-19 Confirmed Cases Reaches 573. telesurenglish.net Puerto Rico's Health Department Tuesday announced that the number of positive cases for COVID-19 has reached 573 so far, 23 of which have died. | RELATED: | One of the deceased was a 79-year-old woman who died in a hospital in the Mayagàºez region. A 40-year-old man also died and became the Caribbean island's youngest victim. | "Every death confronts us with the unfortunate reality of the lethality of the ene…

Leonardo Flores (2020-04-07). Trump Should Fight COVID-19, Not Venezuela. mintpressnews.com Trump has been threatening military action against Venezuela since August 2017 and a naval blockade since August 2019. The recent deployment of the Navy towards Venezuela is the first step in backing up both threats.

Leonardo Flores (2020-04-07). The U.S. Should Fight COVID, Not Venezuela. commondreams.org Venezuelan soldiers prepare for war… against COVID-19. (Photo: Twitter @Planifica_Fanb) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/unnamed_2_0.jpg …

graham (2020-04-07). World population stats verses CoVid-19. truepublica.org.uk Coronavirus since the beginning — infected 1.3 million, deaths 74,500. Births this year — 37 million, births today 175,000 Deaths this year — 15.7 million, deaths today 74,000 Net population growth this year 21.7 million, net population growth today 103,000 Source: Worldometer…

Andrew Emett (2020-04-07). Exposure to air pollution leads to higher risk of dementia. nationofchange.org "By 2050, 68% of the world population is expected to live in urban areas, where they are continuously exposed to air pollution."

teleSUR (2020-04-07). Bolivian Authorities Request Protection for Vulnerable Group. telesurenglish.net Bolivia's Ombudsman Office requested the de facto government provide benefits to the population during COVID-19 outbreak that has affected most of the world. | RELATED: | The administrative body, who overlooks people's rights, asked the government to extend the "Family Coupon" program and a pension for the familiar basket. According to the people's defendant institution, these actions should benefit vulnerable and fe…

teleSUR (2020-04-07). Cuba Receives Medical Aid From China. telesurenglish.net Cuba received a large donation from China, as they delivered medical aid and supplies amid the COVID-19's outbreak on the island. | RELATED: | This batch contained 2,000 sanitary masks, 10,000 surgical masks. Also, as bio-safe equipment, China sent two thousand disposable protective suits, 500 infrared thermometers, two thousand protective goggles, two thousand pairs of surgical gloves and two thousand pairs of insu…

Peoples Dispatch (2020-04-07). US blocks export of crucial N95 masks to Canada and Latin America. peoplesdispatch.org At a time when countries like Cuba and China are offering assistance and providing doctors and medical supplies to others, the US move is being criticized as self-centered…

John McEvoy (2020-04-07). UK extends its 'immense gratitude' to Cuba for helping British cruise ship. thecanary.co UK ambassador to Cuba Dr Antony Stokes has But the Cu…

Nicolás Maduro Moros (2020-04-06). Letter from President Maduro as U.S. threatens Venezuela with war. mronline.org In greeting you, with affection, I take the liberty of addressing you on the occasion of denouncing the severe events taking place against the peace and stability of Venezuela, at a time when the concern of the States and Governments should be focused on the protection of the life and health of their citizens, due …

Alan Macleod (2020-04-06). Amid Sanctions and Military Mobilization, Maduro Pens Letter Urging Americans to Question Trump. mintpressnews.com "I wholeheartedly ask you not to allow your country to be dragged once again into another unending conflict, another Vietnam, another Iraq, but this time, closer to home."

Fight Back (2020-04-06). President Maduro's Message to the People of the US. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to the people of the US. The Trump administration is escalating attempts to bring down President Maduro and the Bolivarian Revolution, making bogus charges against Maduro and other officials. The Trump administration also published a plan that would radically alter the Venezuelan government's branches of power. This is to prepare for yet another coup attempt by the U.S. in support of unelected scoundrels. This past week President Trump ordered a serious increase of US Naval ships patrolling Caribbean w…

Fight Back (2020-04-06). Carta del Presidente Maduro al Pueblo de EE.UU. fightbacknews.org Lucha y Resiste está promoviendo una declaración del Presidente de Venezuela Nicolás Maduro al pueblo de los Estados Unidos. El administracion del Trump esta subiendo el nivel de atentados a derrotar el Presidente Maduro y La Revolucion Bolivariana por poniendo cargas de narco-terrorismo al Maduro y otros en el gobierno. El administración del Trump también publicó un plan a alterar el gobierno Venezolano para permitir la oposición de los elites que toman más poder. Eso es a preparar un otro atentado del golpe del estado por los EEUU en apoyo de los no elegidos bobolongos. La semana pasada el Presidente Trump orde…

Matt Sedlar (2020-04-06). Sanctioning the Way for COVID-19. cepr.net MarketWatch See article on original site While the United States is fighting COVID-19 here at home, US sanctions against other governments are aiding the virus' spread abroad. They've already likely contributed to many unnecessary deaths in Iran, and Venezuela's experience with the pandemic may also be much more deadly due to these punitive measures. COVID-19 …

Paul Dobson (2020-04-06). Venezuela Braces for Migrant Return as Coronavirus Rattles Latin America. venezuelanalysis.com The Caribbean country's 159 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 7 deaths is considerably lower than its neighbours' tallies.

teleSUR (2020-04-06). Cuban Medical Team Arrives in Barbados to Help Fight COVID-19. telesurenglish.net A team of Cuban medical professionals including 100 intensive care specialists arrived Sunday in RELATED: | Barbados Health Minister Jeffrey Bostic held a virtual press conference Sunday in which he…

Carlos Miguel Pereira Hernández (2020-04-05). Message from Cuba's Ambassador to China, Carlos Miguel Pereira Hernández. liberationnews.org "The noble, massive, and commendable effort by the founder of Alibaba and the Jack Ma Foundation that had reached some fifty countries around the world could not touch Cuban soil."

Shaoqing Lei, Fang Jiang, Wating Su, Chang Chen, Jingli Chen, Wei Mei, Li-Ying Zhan, Yifan Jia, Liangqing Zhang, Danyong Liu, Zhong-Yuan Xia, Zhengyuan Xia (2020-04-04). [Research Paper] Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing surgeries during the incubation period of COVID-19 infection. thelancet.com In this retrospective cohort study of 34 operative patients with confirmed COVID-19, 15 (44 ∑1%) patients needed ICU care, and the mortality rate was 20 ∑5%.

Staff (2020-04-03). The $15 Million Bounty On Maduro Is One More Attempt To Unseat Him. therealnews.com The US says Maduro collaborated with the FARC to "flood the US with cocaine." It's an additional legal pressure to get Venezuela's president to step down.

Presidente Nicolás Maduro (2020-04-03). Carta a los Pueblos del Mundo de Presidente Nicolás Maduro. liberationnews.org "Aprovecho esta oportunidad, para expresar mi solidaridad y la del Pueblo de Venezuela hacia todos los Pueblos que hoy también sufren graves consecuencias por los efectos de la pandemia."

news.un (2020-04-03). 'Overwhelmed' health systems have little room for sick refugees, migrants, UN agencies warn. news.un.org Four prominent United Nations system entities have called on countries to protect refugees, migrants, stateless persons and those forcibly displaced by disasters and conflict — some of the world's most vulnerable populations — against the rapidly expanding COVID-19 pandemic.

Anya Parampil (2020-04-03). Ex UN anti-narcotics chief & mob expert says US Treasury running 'mafia racket' against Venezuela. thegrayzone.com Pino Arlacchi, the former Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Prevention, says US is behaving…

VINS (2020-04-03). Indigenous Men, Suicides, Racism, and Health Care. Who is Watching? projectcensored.org The suicide rate for Indigenous men across North America, especially within Canada, is disproportionate to the rest of the population and racism may very well play a huge role in…

Matt Sedlar (2020-04-03). ECLAC: Tens of Millions Will Be Pushed into Poverty Amid COVID-Induced Recession. cepr.net The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has lowered regional GDP growth projections from positive 1.3 percent to negative 1.8 percent in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic. ECLAC projects that, with such a growth rate, poverty and extreme poverty will increase by 34 million and 23.3 million, respectively. In an op-ed, …

President Nicolás Maduro (2020-04-03). Message from Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to the people of the world. liberationnews.org No imperialist aggression, however ferocious it may be, will divert us from the sovereign and independent path that we have forged for 200 years, nor will it distance us from the sacred obligation to preserve the life and health of our people in the face of the frightening global pandemic of COVID-19.

Staff (2020-04-02). What Happened To Cuba-US Relations Under Trump? therealnews.com Eddie Conway talks to Dr. Ken Morgan from Baltimore and Professor Luis Montero-Cabrera about Cuba's relief efforts and doctors, the cost of hostile relations with the US, and how Americans can still travel to Cuba under Trump's restrictions.

Ricardo Vaz and Lucas Koerner (2020-04-02). US Sends Navy Ships to Caribbean in 'Anti-Drug' Mission Targeting Venezuela. venezuelanalysis.com Venezuela denounced an attack on one of its naval vessels in recent days.

Aaron Maté (2020-04-01). Pompeo's 'transition' plan tells Venezuela to suffer into submission. thegrayzone.com Declaring that "Nicolas Maduro will never again govern Venezuela," Mike Pompeo unveils a so-called "transition" plan that tells Venezuelans to…

Alan Macleod (2020-04-01). Coronavirus Aid for Regime Change: Washington's 13 Point Plan for Venezuela. mintpressnews.com The State Department

Ben Norton (2020-03-31). Brazil's ex-President Lula on Venezuela: Maduro is democratic, Guaidó should be in prison, US blockade kills civilians. thegrayzone.com In comments ignored by English-language media, Lula da Silva slammed the US coup attempt against Venezuela, calling Nicolás Maduro a…

Ben Norton (2020-03-31). Southcom boosts US military presence in Latin America, citing China, Russia 'threats'. thegrayzone.com Southern Command is ramping up the US military presence in Latin America to counter China, Russia, and Venezuela, after signing…

Lucas Koerner (2020-03-31). Venezuela Blasts US 'Transition' Plan as 'Tutelage'. venezuelanalysis.com Washington has threatened to "increase" crippling sanctions until Caracas accepts the deal.

Staff (2020-03-30). "Housing Is Health": Calls Grow for California to Give Vacant Homes to Unhoused People Amid Pandemic. democracynow.org We look at the crisis of homelessness during the coronavirus pandemic in California, where the number of cases has passed 6,000 with 132 deaths. The entire state has been ordered to shelter in place, leaving the state's massive unhoused population extremely vulnerable. As the state braces for a surge in cases, tens of thousands of people are living on the streets. A recent study estimates that nearly 2,600 unhoused people will need to be hospitalized for the virus in Los Angeles alone — and nearly 1,000 will need intensive care. We speak with Martha Escudero, a member of a group of unhoused mothers, elders…

Paul Dobson (2020-03-30). Rosneft Dodges US Sanctions by Transferring Venezuela Operations to Russian State Firm. venezuelanalysis.com Moscow insists that its support for the Venezuelan government and role in its oil industry will remain unchanged.

Ricardo Vaz (2020-03-29). Former Venezuelan General Hands Himself over to US Authorities. venezuelanalysis.com Cliver Alcala had recently confessed to plotting a coup against the Venezuelan government.

Gloria La Riva (2020-03-27). Cuba closes border to protect citizens, sends doctors to help worldwide. liberationnews.org The Cuban government has established a national program of response and prevention.

Ricardo Vaz (2020-03-27). [UPDATED] Venezuela Registers First Coronavirus Deaths. venezuelanalysis.com There are 113 diagnosed cases as of Friday evening.

Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz (2020-03-26). Venezuela Dismisses US Justice Department 'Narco-terrorism' Accusations. venezuelanalysis.com Cliver Alcala, also indicted, confessed to organizing a coup plot against the Maduro government.

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