WSWS (2023-12-08). Venezuela claims oil-rich territory controlled by Guyana as Pentagon carries out flight operations. wsws.org While the Maduro administration is carrying out an entirely reactionary policy, US imperialism has been the main player stoking up tensions in recent years.

Vijay Prashad (2023-12-08). ExxonMobil quiere iniciar una guerra en Sudamérica. peoplesdispatch.org Está claro que los venezolanos que acudieron a votar el 3 de diciembre en un referéndum en la región del Esequibo vieron esto menos como un conflicto entre Venezuela y Guyana y más como un conflicto entre ExxonMobil y los pueblos de estos dos países latinoamericanos.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-12-08). Realizan movilizaciones en rechazo a Dina Boluarte en Perú. telesurtv.net Los manifestantes protestaron en contra del Gobierno, la corrupción y la crisis institucional que vive esa nación.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-12-08). Brasil saluda ingreso pleno de Bolivia al bloque del Mercosur. telesurtv.net Lula considera que el bloque se fortalecerá, toda vez que Bolivia es una de las economías de más rápido crecimiento en la región y en el mundo, de manera duradera y sostenible.

teleSUR, MER (2023-12-08). Presidente Maduro denuncia pretensiones de despojar a Venezuela de la Guayana Esequiba. telesurtv.net El mandatario Maduro precisó que el objetivo es desmembrar al país en pedazos y robar la riqueza que le pertenece a los venezolanos.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-12-08). Presidente Gustavo Petro y Roger Waters hablan sobre Palestina. telesurtv.net El británico elogió al presidente de Colombia y recordó que en las elecciones de 2022 había pedido en las redes sociales votar por él.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-12-08). Bolivia acoge con optimismo su ingreso como socio al Mercosur. telesurtv.net "Agradecemos a todos los países miembros por hacer realidad el ingreso pleno de Bolivia al Mercosur", resaltó Arce.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-12-08). Inicia en Venezuela consulta pública de Ley Orgánica para la Defensa de la Guayana Esequiba. telesurtv.net Con este paso debe abrir un debate en torno a dicho un instrumento entre todas y todos los venezolanos.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-12-08). Así quedaron los grupos de la Copa América 2024. telesurtv.net El partido de inauguración será entre la actual campeona del mundo Argentina contra el ganador del repechaje entre Canadá y Trinidad y Tobago.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-12-08). Indepaz denuncia asesinato de líder en Putumayo, Colombia. telesurtv.net Este líder fue asesinado con arma blanca en la vereda Carmelita del territorio Puerto Vega Teteye.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-12-08). Canciller de Venezuela se reúne con primer ministro sanvicentino. telesurtv.net El canciller venezolano expuso los resultados del referendo consultivo sobre la defensa de la Guayana Esequiba.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-12-08). Venezuela presenta a Caricom resultados de referendo consultivo. telesurtv.net El canciller venezolano calificó de contundente la votación de los venezolanos en defensa del territorio Esequibo.

Brenda Norrell (2023-12-08). Lithium Mine Battle at Paiute Massacre Site Links to Global Battle Against Greenwashing. indybay.org The struggle to protect Peehee Mu'huh, Thacker Pass, from lithium mine links the global struggles of uncontacted Indonesians battling nickel mining, child slaves in Congo's cobalt mines, and the peoples' battles against lithium mining in Serbia and Argentina. They are all battling the greenwashing of the false solution of electric vehicles for climate change.

Lucas Estanislau, People's Dispatch. (2023-12-06). Food Sovereignty Guarantees A Future: La Via Campesina Conference. popularresistance.org Another model of production in the countryside is possible. This was the affirmation that was present in several speeches by representatives of more than 180 peasant organizations from different regions of the world during the opening acts of the 8th International Conference of La Via Campesina, which took place this Sunday in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. | The Conference which began in the Colombian capital on December 1 will go until December 8, with the participation of more than 500 representatives of rural and peasant movements from more than 82 countries. The aim is to discuss experiences in building fo…

Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-12-06). NATO/West Or Global Majority? popularresistance.org Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the fracturing international order between the NATO/West bloc and the Global Majority, analyzing Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Russia, Argentina, and Europe.

infobrics (2023-12-06). Why America might let Venezuela take Esequibo. infobrics.org Caracas should tread carefully, as the wounded beast in Washington DC is desperate for a win after it made a historic mistake of taking on Russia, a resurgent superpower that has effectively defeated America's crawling aggression in Europe. The belligerent thalassocracy doesn't need much in terms of excuses for an invasion, especially so close to home.

Press TV, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-12-06). Iranian, Russian, Chinese Forces To Hold Joint Naval Exercise. popularresistance.org Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani told the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran News Network (IRINN) television news channel on Friday evening that Iranian, Chinese and Russian forces will jointly practice exercises during the 2024 Marine Security Belt naval war game. | He added that delegates from Pakistan, Brazil, Oman, India, South Africa and a number of the Caspian Sea littoral states have also been invited to participate in the drills as observers. | Iranian naval forces and their Chinese and Russian counterparts have held several military drills in recent years to improve the security of inter…

Lucas Estanislau, People's Dispatch. (2023-12-06). Food Sovereignty Guarantees A Future: La Via Campesina Conference. popularresistance.org Another model of production in the countryside is possible. This was the affirmation that was present in several speeches by representatives of more than 180 peasant organizations from different regions of the world during the opening acts of the 8th International Conference of La Via Campesina, which took place this Sunday in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. | The Conference which began in the Colombian capital on December 1 will go until December 8, with the participation of more than 500 representatives of rural and peasant movements from more than 82 countries. The aim is to discuss experiences in building fo…

Vijay Prashad (2023-12-06). ExxonMobil wants to start a war in Latin America. mronline.org It is clear that the Venezuelans who came to cast their vote on December 3 in a referendum on the Essequibo region saw this less as a conflict between Venezuela and Guyana and more as a conflict between ExxonMobil and the people of these two Latin American countries…

Vijay Prashad (2023-12-06). ExxonMobil Wants to Start a War in South America. counterpunch.org On December 3, 2023, a large number of registered voters in Venezuela voted in a referendum over the Essequibo region that is disputed with neighboring Guyana. Nearly all those who voted answered yes to the five questions. These questions asked the Venezuelan people to affirm the sovereignty of their country over Essequibo. "Today," said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, "there

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-12-06). Venezuela: An Overwhelming Victory of the People. orinocotribune.com By Tala Alayli — Dec 4, 2023 | A constructive report showcasing the struggle of Venezuela and Guyana in the Essequibo case, and the recent victory of the Venezuelan people in Venezuela's seventh referendum, which was focused on acquiring back Caracas' colonized lands. | Venezuela, given its extraordinary educational, cultural, and social developments and its vast energy and natural resources, is called on to become a revolutionary model for the world. | -Fidel Castro | When valuable natural resources were discovered in the Venezuelan lands of Essequibo, the British colonizers manipulated maps and clawed the…

Ana Perdigón (2023-12-06). Venezuela: FANB Deployed in Territory Bordering Essequibo. orinocotribune.com The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) began development and social care activities in the border with the Essequibo territory. | The Strategic Operational Commander of the FANB, Domingo Hernández Lárez, reported via social media that the FANB began a first phase of deployment to provide comprehensive support in the area. | He explained that the support plans were carried out in the town of Punta Barima, in the Antonio Díaz municipality of…

Ana Perdigón (2023-12-06). Nicaragua Recalls Ambassador from Argentina. orinocotribune.com Given the repeated verbal attacks against Nicaragua which the newly elected president of Argentina, Javier Milei, has indulged in, the government of Daniel Ortega announced that it was withdrawing its ambassador, Carlos Midence, immediately. The ambassador will be withdrawn prior to Milei's inauguration. | "Given the installation and inauguration of a new Government in the Argentine Republic, an inauguration that will take place on December 10, and in the face of repeated statements and comments from the new leader, the Government of Reconciliation and National Unity of Nicaragua has proceeded to withdraw its amb…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-12-06). Colombia's official return to UNASUR. plenglish.com Bogota, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) Colombia made official its return to the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) after almost five years of absence, a decision that responds to the country's commitment to regional unity, the Foreign Ministry informed in a statement.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-12-06). Guayana Esequiba: Geo-Economics of an Occupation. orinocotribune.com By Irene León — Dec 2, 2023 | An air of bonanza has raised the projections of the ExxonMobil corporation, which accumulated around $414 billion in 2022, an unprecedented income in its history which represents 44.8% more than the previous year. It is a gigantic increase if compared to its crisis in 2020, when its losses put its place in the stock market in jeopardy. Research by ExxonMobil indicated that Guyana could become "the country that produces the most barrels of oil per inhabitant in the world, surpassing Kuwait, in that case, when measuring the wealth per capita of its 800 thousand inhabitants, it wou…

Daniel Politi, Patricia Luna (2023-12-06). El apoyo de Henry Kissinger a regímenes brutales todavía atormenta a América Latina. peoplesworld.org SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — En Chile, los izquierdistas fueron torturados, arrojados desde helicópteros y obligados a presenciar cómo violaban a sus familiares. En Argentina, muchos fueron "desaparecidos" por miembros de la brutal dictadura militar que mantuvo a los detenidos en campos de concentración. Todo sucedió con el respaldo de Henry Kissinger, el exsecretario de Estado …

Redacción Chile (2023-12-06). The last session of the Nonviolent Journalism workshop in Cerrillos, Santiago de Chile. pressenza.com This Saturday we held the no-end session of the Nonviolent Journalism Workshop (PNV) in the Central Bookshop of the Cerrillos district (Santiago de Chile). This workshop was an abbreviated version of the international online workshop that concluded on November 25th. Both workshops are the first Spanish version and were based on the book Nonviolent Journalism, published by Pressenza. | A facilitating factor was good relations with Mayor Lorena Facuse and the director of the Cerrillos Public Bookshop, Patricia Herrera, dating back to the presentation of the book Muros que Hablan, focusing on the graffiti of the Chi…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-12-06). Book on the Cuban Revolution to be presented in Argentina. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) The book "Vivir Sin Tener Precio. Presente y futuro de la Revolución Cubana" will be launched today in Argentina as part of the initiatives to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the process that began in 1959 under the leadership of Fidel Castro (1926-2016).