(2019-07-07). Bolivian Exports Exceed Three Billion Dollars. plenglish.com 07 de julio de 2019, 00: 20La Paz, July 7 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia"s exports exceed three billion dollars, with an outstanding participation of the manufacture, hydrocarbons, mining and agriculture sectors.
(2019-07-07). Bolivia Gives Housing to 'Mama Julia', World's Oldest Woman. telesurenglish.net Bolivia's President Evo Morales attended the event Sunday at which 'Mama Julia', thought to be the oldest woman in the world, was given a social housing unity free of charge. The president also announced the launching of a new housing program for single mothers. | RELATED: | Bolivia's Housing Program Benefitted 150,000 Since 2006 | Julia Flores Qolque, known as 'Mama Julia' is 118 years old, is an Indigenous woman originally from North Potosi, but is now living in the town of Sacaba in…
(2019-07-07). Bolivia's Opposition Campaign Clouded over US Relations. plenglish.com La Paz, July 7 (Prensa Latina) The likely resumption of full relations with the United States is clouding on Sunday the campaign of Bolivian opposition candidate Carlos Mesa since he has not been fully honest.
(2019-07-07). Venezuelan Government Slams 'Biased' UN Human Rights Report. venezuelanalysis.com Despite recognizing the negative impact of US sanctions, the report contains no recommendation for the measures to be lifted.
(2019-07-07). Latin America Honors Centennial of Beloved Artist Guayasamin. telesurenglish.net Cheered as one of the greatest painters of the 20 century, the memory of Ecuador's Oswaldo Guayasamin was honored Saturday on the 100 anniversary of his birth. | RELATED: | US: Washington Sees Unveiling of First Palestinian Art Museum | Across the region and in his home country, events were held to celebrate the centennial of his birth. The artist's final years were spent bringing the struggles of Latin American history to life with his colorful and emotive paintings. | Guayasam…
(2019-07-07). American Independence Day 2019. indybay.org This article, reposted from the World Socialist Web Site, recalls and examines the elementary proposition, first established in 1776, that the United States is a nation of immigrants.
(2019-07-07). High-Impact Opportunities Exist to Restore Tropical Rainforests Around the World. truthout.org The green belt of tropical rainforests that covers equatorial regions of the Americas, Africa, Indonesia and Southeast Asia is turning brown. Since 1990, Indonesia has lost 50% of its original forest, the Amazon 30% and Central Africa 14%. Fires, logging, hunting, road building and fragmentation have heavily damaged more than 30% of those that remain. | These forests provide many benefits: They store large amounts of ca…
(2019-07-07). Another Whitewashed Trial of War Crimes by USA Invader. indybay.org The latest acquittal (except for an "unauthorized posing of a photo of a prisoner" charge) of a Navy SEAL is another case of Imperialist impunity of war crimes in America's global "War on Terror." Special Op. Chief Edward Gallagher was cleared of all other far more serious charges, including one for killing an injured teenage ISIS fighter in Iraq in 2017. He was released without having to serve any more time, since his sentence of 4 months for the "photo posing" charge has been offset by his pretrial detention. Apparently, this is a prime example of "victor's justice" in America's long history of overseas Imperia…
(2019-07-07). How the Sanctions Harm My Iranian-American Family. truthdig.com "What's wrong?" I asked my mother, as I saw her broken expression. She was on the phone, speaking with my grandparents in Iran. "A terrible thing has happened," she replied. | My grandparent's home in Tehran had been broken into. The thieves took everything they could carry — my grandmother's jewelry, my uncle's prized watch collection, his wedding band, and some cash. Perhaps the only thing left untouched was the grand, ornate Persian rug in their living room. | My grandfather had left the house for 10 minutes for afternoon prayers at the mosque. Now, he swears to never leave his home unattended again. He…
(2019-07-07). Woman sues fertility clinic after giving birth to SOMEONE ELSE'S babies. rt.com 
An Asian-American couple who enlisted a pricey fertility clinic to help them have children is taking legal action, after the woman ultimately gave birth to twins that were not genetically related to her or her husband.
(2019-07-07). Ayn Rand's Legacy of Unifying Social Cruelty. truthout.org Lisa Duggan is a journalist, activist and professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University. She has authored several books on gender and cultural politics. Her newest book, Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed, is part of a series she is co-editing with University of California Press called American Studies Now. She was president of…
(2019-07-07). Japanese American Internment Survivors Protest Plan to Jail Migrant Kids at Prison Camp. indybay.org Japanese Americans, including at least one from San Francisco, demonstrated at Ft. Sill in Oklahoma on June 22, one day after President Trump directed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to conduct a mass roundup of migrant families that have received deportation orders. They were met by uniformed military police who told them they did not have permission to congregate and might face arrest. "You need to move right now!" one of the officers shouted. "What don't you understand? It's English: Get out."
(2019-07-07). Guatemalan Legislators Suspect President of Fraud. telesurenglish.net Days after Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales publicly signed off on the purchase of two reconnaissance aircraft from Argentina, Congress has called the ministers of defense and finance to testify in what legislators and national auditors say is a shady deal. | RELATED: | Guatemala Buys Drug Surveillance Planes From Argentina | Legislators and the national auditor say Morales may have committed fraud for signing off on the deal that wasn't budgeted. The Guatemalan leader may also have…
(2019-07-07). Bolsonaro Came to Power in Brazil Through Election Fraud. truthout.org Janine Jackson: "In Brazil, a nerdy judge is a superstar," declared the Washington Post in December of 2015. The glowing profile was of then-Judge Sérgio Moro, overseeing the trials of those caught in the enormous Lava Jato, or Car Wash, anti-corruption campaign—that,…
(2019-07-06). 'Pacific Alliance' Reaches Out To Other Regional Trade Blocs. telesurenglish.net The Council of Ministers of the Pacific Alliance (PA) closed on Friday after two days of meetings in Lima, Peru, prior to the 14th Presidential Summit, which is expected to reaffirm its commitment to multilateral trade rules. | RELATED: | Trump's Decision to Ease Huawei Ban Boosts Market Shares | Foreign Affairs, Trade and Finance Ministers from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru met, separately, with representatives of the states observers of the alliance, and signed declarations with Japan, the Eurasia…
(2019-07-06). Power versus the Press: The Extradition Cases of Pinochet & Assange. globalresearch.ca With Julian Assange facing possible extradition from Britain to the U.S. for publishing classified secrets, Elizabeth Vos reflects on the parallel but divergent case of a notorious Chilean dictator. | *** | Eight months from now one of the most consequential extradition …
(2019-07-06). 'Weaponizing human rights': UN chief Bachelet's Venezuela report follows US regime change script. thegrayzone.com Former UN special rapporteur Alfred de Zayas slams UN High Commissioner Bachelet's report on Venezuela as a politicized collection of…
(2019-07-06). Venezuela Building Socialism in the Midst of a War. dissidentvoice.org "Venezuela," Daniela Rodríguez explained, "is building socialism in the midst of a war." According to Rodríguez, "the U.S. is using new tools of warfare trying to subjugate, dominate, and push back socialism not only in Venezuela but in any part of the world." Nevertheless, she added, "we are learning new ways to defend humanity." A …
(2019-07-06). UN Report on Human Rights in Venezuela Faulty by Design. globalresearch.ca Following Michelle Bachelet visit to Venezuela last June, the official report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela was released on July 4, a day …
(2019-07-06). The IMF and World Bank: Partners in Economic Backwardness. globalresearch.ca Michael Hudson discusses his seminal work of 1972, Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire, a critique of how the US exploits foreign economies through IMF and World bank debt; difference between the IMF and World Bank; World Bank …
(2019-07-06). American injustice: Trump and cronies protect a murderous US Navy SEAL. wsws.org In the months leading up to Edward Gallagher's acquittal, several members of his defense team were revealed to have close ties to the White House.
(2019-07-06). Trump's Fourth of July: The militarist bombast of a crisis-ridden system. wsws.org Intended as a demonstration of the eternal power and greatness of American capitalism, what was instead exposed in the grotesque spectacle is a beleaguered and isolated ruling class.
(2019-07-06). As a Lesbian of African Descent, I Am Not an American—Not Completely. commondreams.org The Fourth of July, Independence Day, is a conundrum for me. I am happy to have it as a federal holiday but do not celebrate it, for reasons I will try to explain.
(2019-07-06). Experts Mapped Global Hotspots Where Restoring Tropical Rainforests Would Be Most Beneficial and Least Costly and Risky. commondreams.org The green belt of tropical rainforests that covers equatorial regions of the Americas, Africa, Indonesia and Southeast Asia is turning brown. Since 1990, Indonesia has lost 50 percent of its original forest, the Amazon 30 percent, and Central Africa 14 percent. Fires, logging, hunting, road building, and fragmentation have heavily damaged more than 30 percent of those that remain.
(2019-07-06). Judges are complicit in the opioid epidemic says new analysis. nationofchange.org Big Pharma is notorious for their role in the opioid epidemic that has killed more than half a million Americans. But according to a new analysis, judges have played a major contributing role as well. | An analysis of U.S. court secrecy, conducted by Reuters, shows that by sealing evidence from the public, judges may have lengthened and deepened the epidemic. | In 2001 the first lawsuit filed by a state against a Big Pharma company that manufactured OxyContin began. West Virginia brought the suit against Purdue Pharma LP, accusing them of minimizing the drug's risks and telling doctors that it was less addicti…
(2019-07-06). DSA/Jacobin/Haymarket-sponsored 'Socialism' conference features US gov-funded regime-change activists. thegrayzone.com The 2019 Socialism Conference, sponsored by American leftist juggernauts the DSA, Jacobin magazine, and ISO's Haymarket Books, features regime-change activists…
(2019-07-06). US Imperialism from Manifest Destiny to the New American Century. dissidentvoice.org 
Roberto Sirvent and Danny Haiphong have explored the albatross of myths, legends, lies and damn lies around America's neck in their book American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News—From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror. They look into America's closet of historical secrets and expose them. They knock down …
(2019-07-06). I Spent 16 Months in Solitary Confinement and Now I'm Fighting to End It. commondreams.org I was just 17 years old when I was sent to solitary confinement in "Camp J," one of the most severe lockdown units at one of America's most brutal prisons, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. I languished in solitary for 16 months.
(2019-07-06). American History for Truthdiggers: Bush 41—Struggling in Reagan's Shadow. truthdig.com Editor's note: The past is prologue. The stories we tell about ourselves and our forebears inform the sort of country we think we are and help determine public policy. As our current president promises to "make America great again," this moment is an appropriate time to reconsider our past, look back at various eras of United States history and re-evaluate America's origins. When, exactly, were we "great"? | Below is the 34th installment of the "American History for Truthdiggers" series, a pull-no-punches appraisal of our shared, if flawed, past. The author of the series, Danny Sjursen, who retired recently as a…
(2019-07-06). Medicare for All Sponsor Rep. Jayapal Challenges Biden's Comments on Labor Unions and Health Insurance. commondreams.org Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal—who favors creating a national single-payer system that ensures healthcare as a human right for all Americans—responded critically on Saturday to 2020 presidential primary front-runner Joe Biden's recent comments about labor unions and employer-based health insurance. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/jayapal_1_0.jpg …
(2019-07-06). Parisian Protesters Demand Stricter Laws to Combat Femicide. telesurenglish.net Over 1,000 protesters marched through Paris's streets demand the government adopt stricter measures to prevent femicides and domestic abuse across the nation. | RELATED: | Argentina Protests Gender Violence, Demands Right To Abort | "We are calling on the interior minister to convene all the regional prefects and make sure that no woman will ever walk in…
(2019-07-06). Bolsonaro Shuts Down Radio MEC, Brazil's Oldest Station. telesurenglish.net The historic "Music, Education and Culture"(MEC) Radio, Brazil's first radio station which was founded in 1923 and donated to the federal government in 1936, was shut down by the Brazilian Communications Broadcaster (EBC), as part of the changes made by right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro. | RELATED: | Lily Allen Dedicates Her Song 'F*ck You' to Jair Bolsonaro | "In its crusade against culture in the country, the Bolsonaro administration extinguishes Radio MEC… the radio of classica…
(2019-07-06). On the Front Lines of Bolsonaro's War on the Amazon, Brazil's Forest Communities Fight Against Climate Catastrophe. theintercept.com 
Without action, the loss of another fifth of Brazil's rainforest will trigger a cascading system collapse called "dieback" and release a carbon bomb.
(2019-07-06). As Brazil's Bolsonaro Wages War on the Amazon, Rainforest Communities Battle Climate Emergency. commondreams.org The catastrophic loss of another fifth of Brazil's rainforest could happen within one generation. It's happened before. It's happening now.< | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/amazon_4.jpg …
(2019-07-05). Why the US Puppet President of Venezuela is Toast. counterpunch.org 
Even the corporate media are losing enthusiasm for the US government's ploy to replace the democratically elected President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela with the US-anointed security asset Juan Guaidó. Reuters reports in a July 1 article, "Disappointed Venezuelans lose patience with Guaidó as Maduro hangs on," that the US-backed "military uprising" has "unraveled." A critical More
(2019-07-05). Friday's Daily Brief: Sudan power-sharing deal welcomed, hope for Venezuela talks, Rohingya camps flooded, Libya airstrikes update. un.org Friday's main news stories include: Guterres welcomes Sudan power-sharing deal; six children are among 53 confirmed dead after Libya detention centre airstrikes; Monsoon rains wreak havoc in Rohingya camps; and Bachelet calls for "time and space" in Venezuela.
(2019-07-05). Venezuela: Amid crisis and sanctions, LGBTI activists continue to demand change. greenleft.org.au 
One of the sectors hardest hit by Venezuela's economic crisis is the nation's LGBTI community. Lacking access to life-saving medicines and denied certain rights, activists say there is still much to be done within the revolution. | A recent report by the Washington-based Centre for Economic and Policy Research found that there are more than 300,000 people at risk of death in Venezuela due to a lack of access to medicines or treatment. This includes about 80,000 people living with HIV, many of whom are LGBTI or sexual and gender diverse — the term commonly used in Venezuela. | United States sanctions ha…
(2019-07-05). What's really happening in Sudan? cgtn.com On the latest episode of The Heat Podcast, guest host Mike Walter joins columnist and activist Azaz El Shami to discuss the uprisings in Sudan and the road toward peace.
(2019-07-05). July 4th: Return to Sender, No Guarantees, Broken Treaties, Shafted! dissidentvoice.org 
What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling …
(2019-07-05). 'Canada Adopts America First Foreign Policy,' US State Dept boasted in 2017, with appointment of FM Chrystia Freeland. thegrayzone.com The US embassy in Ottawa boasted in a March 2017 memo, "Canada Adopts 'America First' Foreign Policy," just after PM…
(2019-07-05). Trump unleashes torrent of militarism in Fourth of July speech. wsws.org Trump's hour-long paean to the military was designed to further elevate the military as the supreme arbiter of American politics and buttress of his own personalist rule.
(2019-07-05). 'Putin's America': Time editor clobbered online after DC parade over-reaction. rt.com 
As Washington, DC prepared to celebrate Independence Day, Time Magazine editor at large Anand Giridharadas cast a sinister shadow over the festivities, suggesting a planned military parade is a sign he lives in 'Putin's America.'
(2019-07-05). Trump thinks planes predate the USA, and people are losing it. thecanary.co Donald Trump is not known for his firm grasp of history. His latest speech makes it seem like the same could be said of his grasp of reality. Because President Trump — the alleged leader of the free world — thinks that the war of independence involved planes. | During his July 4th speech, President Donald Trump says American forces "took over the airports" during the US War of Independence in the late 18th century. | Planes were not used in warfare until the 20th century. pic.twitter.com/pxhYVdfGz4 | [mdas…
(2019-07-05). The Trump of July. progressive.org "It's on this day that America First celebrates its independence from Crooked Hillary!"
(2019-07-05). The Falsity of America. counterpunch.org All rise! It is the anniversary of this conflicted, sclerotic, blind, self-destructive country. There will be celebrations. Glitzy extravaganzas of flash and fireworks providing the shimmering eye candy to camouflage the corpse of the myth that is centerpiece and theme our national shivaree. A nation built on genocide and slavery, with a Constitution launched More
(2019-07-05). Abu Graib at Home in America. counterpunch.org "This is not what America is about" argues a U.S. reporter referring to revelations of misogynist, violent, racist behavior by employees of the U.S. Border Patrol 'guarding' migrants held in detention centers.Sorry Mr. Thompson (Pro Publica reporter who broke this story); THIS IS what America is about. Vulnerable people, i.e. women, men and children held More
(2019-07-05). What Sanctions Mean for My Iranian-American Family. counterpunch.org What's wrong?" I asked my mother, as I saw her broken expression. She was on the phone, speaking with my grandparents in Iran. "A terrible thing has happened," she replied. My grandparent's home in Tehran had been broken into. The thieves took everything they could carry — my grandmother's jewelry, my uncle's prized watch collection, More
(2019-07-05). Scandal for Bolsonaro's Justice Minister Sergio Moro Grows as the Intercept Partners With Brazil's Largest Magazine For New Exposé. theintercept.com 
On June 9, the Intercept began reporting a series of exposés about unethical and corrupt behavior by then-judge Sergio Moro, now the powerful Justice Minister for President Jair Bolsonaro, based on a massive archive of secret documents provided to us by an anonymous source. As the Guardian reported on Wednesday regarding retaliatory investigations launched by Moro's Federal Police against us in an at…
(2019-07-05). Brazil: Millions strike against Bolsonaro's pension reforms. greenleft.org.au 
The streets answered with a resounding "no" to Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's pension reform proposition, to his intentions of restraining rights, and to the continuity of attacks against the people since former president Michel Temer's coup d'etat in 2016. | The protests, part of a general strike called by national union organisations, mobilised millions of people in 360 cities from north to south, across 26 states and the Federal district. | The general strike on June 14 developed out of the unified struggle of national unions, popular movements and progressive sectors fighting for public education and ag…
(2019-07-04). UN human rights chief 'hopeful' Venezuelan authorities are ready to address violations, calls for dialogue. un.org "The only way out of this crisis is to come together, in dialogue": that was the clear message delivered by Michelle Bachelet, the UN human rights chief, to the Government of Venezuela on Friday, during an address to the Human Rights Council, coinciding with the publication of a new UN report on Venezuela.