Daily Archives: August 1, 2019

2019-08-01: News Headlines

Asad Ismi (2019-08-01). Bolsonaro's Clearcut Populism."The Barbarism has Begun" globalresearch.ca "The barbarism has begun," declared the Pankarurú Indigenous nation after Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's neofascist president, won fraudulent elections in October 2018 amidst accusations of breaking financing rules and shamelessly spreading fake news. The Pankarurú inhabit a northeastern part of …

teleSUR (2019-07-31). Maduro Personally Thanks Embassy Protection Collective From US. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro reiterated Tuesday his gratitude to United States' activists who were members of the Protection Collective of Venezuela's embassy in Washington. | RELATED: | Presidents of Venezuela and Cuba Close 25th Sao Paulo Forum | "Our gratitude and eternal recognition to the Protection Collective of our diplomatic headquarters in Washington. Their performance reflects high morals for the defense of the dignity and sovereignty of the Venezuelan people," t…

teleSUR (2019-07-31). Bolsonaro Announces Greater Budget Cuts in Brazil. telesurenglish.net Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, announced on Wednesday a cut to the federal budget of 82.5 million dollars, representing the largest reduction in recent years in the country. | The new economic policy mainly affects education and social welfare programs, whose resources will be blocked by an unofficial decree of the Executive. | RELATED: | Brazilians Protest Bolsonaro's Threats Against Glenn Greenwald | Between 2016-2019 Brazil has experienced a reduction in its gross domest…

teleSUR (2019-07-31). Trump Designates Brazil a 'Major Non-Nato Ally'. telesurenglish.net United States President Donald Trump officially nominated Brazil a "major non-NATO ally" Wednesday, making good on a pledge Trump made to Brazil's far-right president in March. | RELATED: | Brazilians Protest Bolsonaro's Threats Against Glenn Greenwald | The designation was announced by the White House and provides the South American country special access to U.S. weapons and equipment, as well as military training only available for countries that are part of the North Atlanti…

teleSUR (2019-07-31). 81 Venezuelans Return Home From Ecuador With Gov't Program. telesurenglish.net A total of 81 Venezuelans returned from Ecuador Tuesday, as part of the 'Return to the Homeland' program that has been promoted by President Nicolas Maduro's administration. | RELATED: | 180 Venezuelans Return Home from Peru | According to the Venezuelans returning their decision is mainly based on the unfulfilled expectations when migrating, lack of opportunities in the host countries, suffering from xenophobia and/or not having the resources to return by their own means. | The migrants were residing…

Prensa Latina (2019-07-31). Responsabilizan a Bolsonaro con invasión de tierras indígenas. peoplesworld.org BRASILIA — El presidente brasileño, Jair Bolsonaro, es responsable 29 jul de la invasión de las tierras indígenas de Waià£pis por un grupo de buscadores de metales preciosos, acción criminal que terminó con el asesinato de uno de los caciques. Así lo afirma la diputada Marcivania Flecha, quien denuncia que 'al mismo tiempo, cuando esos …

teleSUR (2019-07-31). US Court Rules Canadian Firm Can Collect $1.4B From Venezuela. telesurenglish.net With United States backing, self-declared interim president Juan Guaido and the Venezuelan right have been conducting an illegal operation to confiscate the Venezuelan public's wealth and assets, Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said Wednesday. | RELATED: | Russia To 'Abstain' Attending Int'l Talks on Venezuela in Lima | According to rep…

Fight Back (2019-07-31). FRSO leader meets with Secretary General of ALBA: Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – Pictured, left to right, at the international Sà£o Paulo Forum in Caracas, Venezuela: professor and eco socialist author Miguel Angel Nunez, Secretary General of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) David Choquehuanca, and Tom Burke of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. | ALBA works to improve the living conditions of workers, farmers and people across Latin America. ALBA puts people before profits and looks for ways that many countries can cooperate for sustainable development. | Secretary General Choquehuanca is from Bolivia and organizes cooperation bet…

Fight Back (2019-07-31). Reflections on the Sao Paolo Forum. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – From July 25 to 28, over 1000 delegates gathered for the 25th Sao Paolo Forum in Caracas, Venezuela. Historically the largest gathering of the Latin American left, the Forum was transformed this year by its hosts into an assembly of revolutionary parties and movements from around the world, with the sole focus of how a new global revolutionary offensive can be launched against imperialism. | The range of invitees was spectacular. There were representatives from every socialist state and Latin American nation, along with revolutionaries from Palestine, the Philippines, Spain, the Basque Countr…

teleSUR (2019-07-31). US Teenager Charged in Killing of Italian Military Policeman. telesurenglish.net The people of the town of Somma Vesuvius, Italy, held Monday a funeral to remember Mario Cerciello Rega, a 35-year-old military policeman who was stabbed to death by a U.S. teenager in an affluent Rome neighborhood on July 26. | RELATED: | Italy Orders 24 to Life for Disappearing Italians During Operation Condor | The officer and his partner were following a clue that proved false as they would later discover. According to it, two Maghreb had stolen a backpack from Serg…

teleSUR (2019-07-31). Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean Drops to 0.5%: ECLAC. telesurenglish.net The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented Wednesday its annual economic report for the region at a press conference in Santiago, Chile. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro Announces Greater Budget Cuts in Brazil | In the 'Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2019', the ECLAC stated that the economy of Latin America and the Caribbean is expected to g…

teleSUR (2019-07-31). ExxonMobil Explosion, Fire Leaves 66 Injured in Southern Texas. telesurenglish.net Sixty-six people were treated after a Texan ExxonMobil plant caught fire following an explosion Wednesday, authorities said. | RELATED: | 40,000 Liters of Diesel Spilled Into Sea in Chile's Patagonia | Emergency personnel administered first aid to employees and contractors at the scene. Although many had received minor burns, none were seriously injured an…

Dr. Gary G. Kohls (2019-07-31). Toxic Mine Waste. The Dangers of Copper Sulfide Mining. globalresearch.ca A few months ago, the Trump administration's Bureau of Land Management renewed the previously cancelled mineral exploration leases to Antofagasta, the Chilean mining giant that owns Twin Metals, the Canadian penny-stock company that has been doing the groundwork for Antofagasta's …

Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez (2019-07-31). Exterminating the future: World outcry grows as Brazil rapidly expands deforestation of Amazon. nationofchange.org New government data in Brazil shows that deforestation in the Amazon has dramatically increased since the far-right former military officer Jair Bolsonaro became president in January. Brazil has lost more than 1,300 square miles of forest cover this year, and the pace of deforestation is increasing. One report claims that the equivalent of three soccer …

teleSUR (2019-07-31). US Allows Drugmakers to Import Pharmaceuticals From Canada. telesurenglish.net U.S. citizens will have the option to safely and legally import Canadian prescription drugs for a lower cost, the Donald Trump administration ruled Wednesday despite push back from manufacturers in the country. | RELATED: | Colombian Bishop To Exorcise Drugs out of City by Sprinkling Holy Water From Army Helicopter | This is the government's first step…

teleSUR-EF (2019-07-31). Argentina Opposition Cries Fraud on New Voting System. telesurenglish.net Leaders of Argentina's coalitions, Front for All and Federal Consensus, along with the Radical Civic Union (UCR) party, presented a letter to the nation's top electoral body citing "technical problems, irregularities and other inconvenient situations" regarding the country's newly installed electoral software to be used in the October presidential polls. | RELATED: | Macri Is 'Owned' by IMF: Progressive Presidential Candidate | "We do not even have the basic documents or passwords, r…

Staff (2019-07-31). Brazilians Fight Far-Right Campaign to Silence Greenwald & Intercept Leaks. therealnews.com Hundreds of Brazilians rallied in defense of U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald, on Tuesday. Greenwald has been threatened to be deported, imprisoned, and even killed, because of his role in the release of the on-going bombshell Intercept leaks, which revealed right-wing bias in the corruption investigations that saw former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva jailed…

Maria Paez Victor (2019-07-31). Venezuela: Disturbing Echoes of History. counterpunch.org Amidst the cacophony of misinformation about Venezuela there are three key questions that need answers: 1) What is really happening in Venezuela, 2) Why is it happening, and 3) What will happen next? What is really happening in Venezuela? There is a Political Campaign against the Venezuelan Government The United States, Canada and Europe are More

Staff (2019-07-30). Exterminating the Future: World Outcry Grows as Brazil Rapidly Expands Deforestation of Amazon. democracynow.org New government data in Brazil shows that deforestation in the Amazon has dramatically increased since the far-right former military officer Jair Bolsonaro became president in January. Brazil has lost more than 1,300 square miles of forest cover this year, and the pace of deforestation is increasing. One report claims that the equivalent of three soccer fields are being deforested every minute in the Amazon. In June, deforestation increased by 88% over the same month last year. The drastic spike is due to Bolsonaro's rolling back of regulations and allowing illegal land invasions, logging and burning. Climate scie…

Fight Back (2019-07-30). Labor movements of the world support Bolivarian Venezuela. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – On July 26, the delegation from the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) participated in a gathering of trade unionists from around the world with the leaders of the Central of Bolivarian Socialist Workers (CBST), the largest labor federation in Venezuela. | Taking place as part of the 25th Sao Paolo Forum, the purpose of the meeting was to debate the current conditions – both internationally and nationally – in the anti-imperialist struggle, and how the working classes of the world can support the Bolivarian Revolution. The gathering was chaired by Carlos López, the national coordinato…

Staff (2019-07-30). Headlines for July 30, 2019. democracynow.org Gilroy, CA Shooter Touted White Supremacist Text, Posted Racist Content Before Massacre, Trump Renews Attacks on Rep. Cummings, Lashes Out at Al Sharpton, Senate Fails to Override Trump Vetoes on Bills Blocking Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, Saudi Air Raids Kill At Least 10 in Northern Yemen, 5 Teenage Students Killed by Security Forces in Sudan, Brazil: At Least 57 Killed in Prison Riot, 164 Environmental Activists Killed in 2018, Indigenous Activists Protest Real Estate Development in New Zealand, Greenland's Ice Sheet at Risk of Record Melting, CNN and MSNBC to Host Climate Crisis-Centered Events, Kamala Harris R…

Steve Sweeney (2019-07-30). Sà£o Paulo Forum: Venezuelan and Cuban presidents call for unity against U.S. imperialism. peoplesworld.org Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was joined by his Cuban counterpart Miguel Díaz-Canel Sunday as they issued a rallying cry for regional unity "to confront the onslaught of U.S. imperialism." The pair were among the speakers at the closing ceremony of the 25th Sao Paolo Forum in Caracas, which coincided with celebrations marking the 65th anniversary …

Alex Anfruns (2019-07-30). In Venezuela, the Right to Housing is Made Possible by the Revolution. dissidentvoice.org In the Antímano neighbourhood of the capital district of Caracas, a very special block of flats has been built. Its inhabitants built it with their own hands. In 2011, on the initiative of President Hugo Chávez, a little less than one hectare of land was expropriated from the Polar company. The idea was to rescue …

Ricardo Vaz (2019-07-30). Venezuela: Six Chavista Militants Killed in Fresh Rural Violence. venezuelanalysis.com Landowner violence continues to plague the Venezuelan countryside.

Fred_F (2019-07-30). Protests demand: 'Lift the sanctions on Venezuela!'. greenleft.org.au A rally was held outside the United States Consulate in Martin Place on July 27 to condemn the US government's campaign to overthrow the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro through illegal sanctions and threats of military intervention. | Rally chairperson Coral Wynter read out an open letter released that day, signed by 45 academics, unionists, journalists and solidarity activists, among others, calling on the Australian government to: reverse its recognition of opposition leader Juan Guaidó as "interim presiden…

Staff (2019-07-29). Mass Protests in Colombia and Abroad Decry Killings of 500 Activists Since Peace Accords. democracynow.org Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on Friday in more than 50 cities and towns across Colombia to protest a surge of lethal attacks on indigenous, Afro-Colombian and environmental leaders in recent years. Solidarity marches were held in dozens of cities around the world, from Mexico City to Athens. In 2016, the Colombian government and FARC rebels signed a historic peace accord to move the country forward after a half-century of armed conflict. But since then, nearly 500 human rights activists, many from the Afro-Colombian community, have been killed, targeted for their work combating illegal m…

United Nations (2019-07-29). Murder of Brazilian indigenous leader a 'worrying symptom' of land invasion. un.org In the wake of the murder of indigenous leader Emrya Wajà£pi in Brazil, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has called on the country's authorities to "react quickly and decisively" to protect the rights of indigenous peoples on their lands.

Fight Back (2019-07-29). Nicaragua celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista Popular Revolution. fightbacknews.org Managua, Nicaragua – On July 19, 500,000 Nicaraguans filled Managua's Plaza de la Fe to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Popular Revolution and Nicaragua's liberation from the U.S.-imposed Somoza dictatorship. | President Daniel Ortega, Vice President Rosario Murillo, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and international representatives electrified the crowd – many in attendance had traveled hours in packed caravans from all over the country – with calls for peace, continued economic and social progress, and the defense of Nicaraguan sovereignty in the face of U.S. aggression.

Staff (2019-07-29). Headlines for July 29, 2019. democracynow.org Baltimore Pushes Back After Trump Calls City "Rodent Infested Mess" and Attacks Rep. Cummings, Gunman Kills 3, Injures 15 at Gilroy Garlic Festival in Northern California, Shooting at Brownsville, Brooklyn, Block Party Kills 1, Injures 11, SCOTUS OKs Trump Plan to Use Military Funds for Border Wall, U.S. and Guatemala Sign Controversial Immigration Deal Despite Widespread Opposition, Dir. of National Intelligence Dan Coats Resigns, Brazilian President Bolsonaro Threatens Glenn Greenwald with Imprisonment, Miners Raid Tribe in Brazil, Killing Leader as Amazon Suffers Mass Deforestation by Illegal Loggers, Russian…

Paul Dobson (2019-07-29). Sao Paulo Forum Voices Solidarity with Venezuela, Rejects US Warmongering. venezuelanalysis.com The host of delegates from around the world likewise expressed support for leftist movements in Latin America.

United Nations (2019-07-29). Easing 'classroom crisis' in Cà¥te d'Ivoire, brick by (plastic) brick. un.org In an innovative partnership, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and a Colombian social enterprise announced on Monday that it had broken ground on a first-of-its-kind factory to convert plastic waste in Cà¥te d'Ivoire into modular, easy-to-assemble, low-cost plastic bricks for classrooms in the West African country.

Fred_F (2019-07-29). Venezuela: Massacre of revolutionary activists in Barinas. greenleft.org.au The following statement was released by the Bolívar and Zamora Revolutionary Current (CRBZ) on July 28, translated by Pedro Alvarez. | *** | The Bolívar and Zamora Revolutionary Current, and the Hugo Chávez Popular Defence Brigades (BDPHC), want to denounce to the country and the world the murder of six comrades of our movement by an as yet unidentified armed group, presumably mercenaries paid by sections of the local right-wing landowners. | The murdered comrades were: Eudes Yorkley Rojas, ID 17357016; Manuel J. Cordero, ID 27628648; Alexi Ontiveros Mora, ID 26928273; Eudes Rojas Peña, ID 2051746; Kevin Navas Ro…

Anya Parampil (2019-07-28). 'We are the vaccine against unilateralism': Non-Aligned Movement gathers in Venezuela to resist dictatorship of dollar. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone reports from the 2019 Non-Aligned Movement, where delegates from over 120 nations offered a crucial endorsement of Venezuelan…

Max Blumenthal (2019-07-28). How Joe Biden's privatization plans helped doom Latin America and fuel the migration crisis. thegrayzone.com On the campaign trail, Joe Biden has boasted of his role in transforming Colombia and Central America through ambitious economic…

Fight Back (2019-07-28). Venezuela: FRSO delegation attends memorial for Jorge Rodríguez. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – On July 25, a delegation from Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) participated in an event to mark the 33rd anniversary of the murder of Jorge Rodríguez, Sr. Several hundred people gathered in the cemetery in Caracas where his tomb lies alongside other "martyrs of the Revolution" who were killed in the decades before Chávez came to power. | Jorge Rodríguez, Sr. was the dynamic founder of the Socialist League, a Marxist-Leninist formation that came out of the bloody guerrilla struggle of the 1960s. Inspired by the ideas of Mao Zedong, the League committed itself to the mass struggle in…

Jim Carey (2019-07-28). Starvation as a Weapon: US Targets Venezuela CLAP Program. theantimedia.com (GPA) — The new US sanctions on Venezuela meant to target the CLAP food program proves there is nothing "humanitarian" about Washington's concerns. Last week the United States Department of Treasury placed new sanctions on multiple individuals and businesses connected to the Bolivarian government's Local Committees for Supply and Production program (in Spanish Los Comités Locales de …

Glenn Greenwald (2019-07-28). The Bolsonaro Government's Aggressive Response Shows Why Our Reporting on the Secret Brazil Archive Is So Vital. theintercept.com Justice Minister Moro and his defenders are trying to distract attention away from their own misconduct by fixating on the actions of those who revealed it.

Reese Erlich (2019-07-26). Foreign Correspondent: Elizabeth Warren on War and Peace. progressive.org Warren's troubling foreign policy history includes uncritical support of Israel, supporting sanctions on Venezuela, and vilifying Russia and China as national security threats. But her views are also evolving.

susan_p (2019-07-26). Open letter to Australian government: No war on Venezuela, lift the sanctions. greenleft.org.au The following open letter to the Australian government was released on July 27. | *** | The United States government of President Donald Trump has made clear it will do whatever is required, including engaging in illegal activities and even potentially launching a military offensive, to overthrow Venezuela's democratically elected government of President Nicolas Maduro. | On January 23, when Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido unilaterally declared himself "interim president" of Venezuela, the US administration immediately recognised his illegal claim. The Australian government followed suit shortly after. W…

Andrew Fishman (2019-07-26). Brazilian Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Gave Secret Talk to Bankers and Took Money From a Company He Was Investigating. theintercept.com Deltan Dallagnol, the coordinator of Brazil's Car Wash prosecutors, gave speeches to bankers organized by XP Investimentos and the big-data firm Neoway.

Gloria La Riva (2019-07-25). Venezuela defeats new power sabotage in hours. liberationnews.org This is the third major attempt by the United States and internal counterrevolutionaries to try to destroy the power system, the first being March 7-12 and the second from March 23 to April 4. There have been hundreds of terrorist attacks on the power lines.

Ricardo Vaz (2019-07-25). Venezuela: US Sanctions Target Subsidized Food Program as Foro de Sao Paulo Kicks Off. venezuelanalysis.com Washington has targeted companies and individuals it alleges are profiteering from the CLAP food initiative.

Ricardo Vaz (2019-07-24). Venezuela Recovers From Blackout as Guaido 'Approves' Military Treaty Reincorporation. venezuelanalysis.com Caracas blamed the blackout on an "electromagnetic attack" while recovery was faster than before.

Aaron Maté (2019-07-23). US meddling in Venezuela "completely wrongheaded," ex-advisor to Maduro rival says. thegrayzone.com Francisco Rodríguez, a leading Venezuelan economist, warns that U.S. sanctions on Venezuela could cause "hundreds of thousands" of deaths. A…

Venezuelanalysis (2019-07-23). Nationwide Blackout in Venezuela, Third since March — VA's on the Ground Coverage Affected. venezuelanalysis.com A government communique states that the probable cause was an "electromagnetic attack."

Paul Dobson (2019-07-23). Non-Aligned Movement Condemns US Sanctions Against Venezuela. venezuelanalysis.com The 120-member movement held a ministerial meeting in Caracas as a US spy jet reportedly violated Venezuelan airspace.

Ricardo Vaz (2019-07-18). Venezuela: Trump Diverts Central America Aid to Guaido as EU Threatens More Sanctions. venezuelanalysis.com Guaido's team is receiving over $40 million to fund salaries, travel, training, propaganda and technical assistance.

Ricardo Vaz (2019-07-17). Venezuelan Campesinos Released After Security Forces Raid. venezuelanalysis.com A prompt mobilization from popular movements managed to secure their release.

TeleSur English (2019-07-15). UN Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution Rejecting US Sanctions. venezuelanalysis.com The draft resolution was approved with 28 votes in favor, 14 against and five abstentions, and was presented by Venezuela and Palestine on behalf of the Movement of Non-aligned Countries.

Paul Dobson (2019-07-15). UPDATED: Venezuela: Guaido Bodyguards Arrested as Barbados Talks Resume. venezuelanalysis.com The self-declared "Interim President" claimed his men were victims of a "set up."

2019-08-01: Social Media Postees

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Bolsonaro's Clearcut Populism."The Barbarism has Begun"
Asad Ismi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-01
"The barbarism has begun," declared the Pankarurú Indigenous nation after Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's neofascist president, won fraudulent elections in October 2018 amidst accusations of breaking financing rules and shamelessly spreading fake news. The Pankarurú inhabit a northeastern part of | …
globalresearch.ca/bolsonaros-clearcut-populism-the-barbarism-has-begun/5685261

Maduro Personally Thanks Embassy Protection Collective From US
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro reiterated Tuesday his gratitude to United States' activists who were members of the Protection Collective of Venezuela's embassy in Washington. | RELATED: | Presidents of Venezuela and Cuba Close 25th Sao Paulo Forum | "Our gratitude and eternal recognition to the Protection Collective of our diplomatic headquarters in Washington. Their performance reflects high morals for the defense of the dignity and sovereignty of the Venezuelan people," t…
telesurenglish.net/news/Maduro-Personally-Thanks-Embassy-Protection-Collective-From-US-20190731-0017.html

Trump Designates Brazil a 'Major Non-Nato Ally'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
United States President Donald Trump officially nominated Brazil a "major non-NATO ally" Wednesday, making good on a pledge Trump made to Brazil's far-right president in March. | RELATED: | Brazilians Protest Bolsonaro's Threats Against Glenn Greenwald | The designation was announced by the White House and provides the South American country special access to U.S. weapons and equipment, as well as military training only available for countries that are part of the North Atlanti…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Is-Officially-Designated-Non-NATO-Ally-20190731-0028.html

Bolsonaro Announces Greater Budget Cuts in Brazil
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, announced on Wednesday a cut to the federal budget of 82.5 million dollars, representing the largest reduction in recent years in the country. | The new economic policy mainly affects education and social welfare programs, whose resources will be blocked by an unofficial decree of the Executive. | RELATED: | Brazilians Protest Bolsonaro's Threats Against Glenn Greenwald | Between 2016-2019 Brazil has experienced a reduction in its gross domest…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolsonaro-Announces-Greater-Budget-Cuts-in-Brazil-20190731-0021.html

81 Venezuelans Return Home From Ecuador With Gov't Program
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
A total of 81 Venezuelans returned from Ecuador Tuesday, as part of the 'Return to the Homeland' program that has been promoted by President Nicolas Maduro's administration. | RELATED: | 180 Venezuelans Return Home from Peru | According to the Venezuelans returning their decision is mainly based on the unfulfilled expectations when migrating, lack of opportunities in the host countries, suffering from xenophobia and/or not having the resources to return by their own means. | The migrants were residing…
telesurenglish.net/news/81-Venezuelans-Return-Home-From-Ecuador-With-Government-Program-20190731-0014.html

Venezuela: Disturbing Echoes of History
Maria Paez Victor | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
Amidst the cacophony of misinformation about Venezuela there are three key questions that need answers: 1) What is really happening in Venezuela, 2) Why is it happening, and 3) What will happen next? What is really happening in Venezuela? There is a Political Campaign against the Venezuelan Government The United States, Canada and Europe are…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/venezuela-disturbing-echoes-of-history/

Reflections on the Sao Paolo Forum
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-31
Caracas, Venezuela – From July 25 to 28, over 1000 delegates gathered for the 25th Sao Paolo Forum in Caracas, Venezuela. Historically the largest gathering of the Latin American left, the Forum was transformed this year by its hosts into an assembly of revolutionary parties and movements from around the world, with the sole focus of how a new global revolutionary offensive can be launched against imperialism. | The range of invitees was spectacular. There were representatives from every socialist state and Latin American nation, along with revolutionaries from Palestine, the Philippines, Spain, the Basque Countr…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/31/reflections-sao-paolo-forum

US Court Rules Canadian Firm Can Collect $1.4B From Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
With United States backing, self-declared interim president Juan Guaido and the Venezuelan right have been conducting an illegal operation to confiscate the Venezuelan public's wealth and assets, Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said Wednesday. | RELATED: | Russia To 'Abstain' Attending Int'l Talks on Venezuela in Lima | According to rep…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Will-Take-Crystallex-Case-to-High-Court-Rodriguez-20190731-0015.html

FRSO leader meets with Secretary General of ALBA: Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-31
Caracas, Venezuela – Pictured, left to right, at the international Sà£o Paulo Forum in Caracas, Venezuela: professor and eco socialist author Miguel Angel Nunez, Secretary General of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) David Choquehuanca, and Tom Burke of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. | ALBA works to improve the living conditions of workers, farmers and people across Latin America. ALBA puts people before profits and looks for ways that many countries can cooperate for sustainable development. | Secretary General Choquehuanca is from Bolivia and organizes cooperation bet…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/31/frso-leader-meets-secretary-general-alba-bolivarian-alliance-peoples-our-america

Toxic Mine Waste. The Dangers of Copper Sulfide Mining
Dr. Gary G. Kohls | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
A few months ago, the Trump administration's Bureau of Land Management renewed the previously cancelled mineral exploration leases to Antofagasta, the Chilean mining giant that owns Twin Metals, the Canadian penny-stock company that has been doing the groundwork for Antofagasta's …
globalresearch.ca/lessons-polluted-superfund-copper-mine-used-dry-stacking-method-toxic-mine-tailings-storage/5685161

ExxonMobil Explosion, Fire Leaves 66 Injured in Southern Texas
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
Sixty-six people were treated after a Texan ExxonMobil plant caught fire following an explosion Wednesday, authorities said. | RELATED: | 40,000 Liters of Diesel Spilled Into Sea in Chile's Patagonia | Emergency personnel administered first aid to employees and contractors at the scene. Although many had received minor burns, none were seriously injured an…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-ExxonMobile-Explosion-Fire-Leaves-66-Injured-in-Texas-20190731-0026.html

Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean Drops to 0.5%: ECLAC
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented Wednesday its annual economic report for the region at a press conference in Santiago, Chile. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro Announces Greater Budget Cuts in Brazil | In the 'Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2019', the ECLAC stated that the economy of Latin America and the Caribbean is expected to g…
telesurenglish.net/news/Growth-in-Latin-America-andtheCaribbean-Drops-to-0.5ECLAC-20190731-0022.html

Exterminating the future: World outcry grows as Brazil rapidly expands deforestation of Amazon
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-31
New government data in Brazil shows that deforestation in the Amazon has dramatically increased since the far-right former military officer Jair Bolsonaro became president in January. Brazil has lost more than 1,300 square miles of forest cover this year, and the pace of deforestation is increasing. One report claims that the equivalent of three soccer …
nationofchange.org/2019/07/31/exterminating-the-future-world-outcry-grows-as-brazil-rapidly-expands-deforestation-of-amazon/

US Allows Drugmakers to Import Pharmaceuticals From Canada
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
U.S. citizens will have the option to safely and legally import Canadian prescription drugs for a lower cost, the Donald Trump administration ruled Wednesday despite push back from manufacturers in the country. | RELATED: | Colombian Bishop To Exorcise Drugs out of City by Sprinkling Holy Water From Army Helicopter | This is the government's first step…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-to-Allow-Drugmakers-Import-Pharmaceuticals-from-Canada-20190731-0019.html

Argentina Opposition Cries Fraud on New Voting System
teleSUR-EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
Leaders of Argentina's coalitions, Front for All and Federal Consensus, along with the Radical Civic Union (UCR) party, presented a letter to the nation's top electoral body citing "technical problems, irregularities and other inconvenient situations" regarding the country's newly installed electoral software to be used in the October presidential polls. | RELATED: | Macri Is 'Owned' by IMF: Progressive Presidential Candidate | "We do not even have the basic documents or passwords, r…
telesurenglish.net/news/Argentina-Opposition-Cries-Fraud-on-New-Voting-System-20190731-0018.html

Brazilians Fight Far-Right Campaign to Silence Greenwald & Intercept Leaks
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-31
Hundreds of Brazilians rallied in defense of U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald, on Tuesday. Greenwald has been threatened to be deported, imprisoned, and even killed, because of his role in the release of the on-going bombshell Intercept leaks, which revealed right-wing bias in the corruption investigations that saw former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva jailed…
therealnews.com/stories/brazilians-fight-far-right-campaign-to-silence-greenwald-intercept-leaks

Labor movements of the world support Bolivarian Venezuela
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-30
Caracas, Venezuela – On July 26, the delegation from the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) participated in a gathering of trade unionists from around the world with the leaders of the Central of Bolivarian Socialist Workers (CBST), the largest labor federation in Venezuela. | Taking place as part of the 25th Sao Paolo Forum, the purpose of the meeting was to debate the current conditions – both internationally and nationally – in the anti-imperialist struggle, and how the working classes of the world can support the Bolivarian Revolution. The gathering was chaired by Carlos López, the national coordinato…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/30/labor-movements-world-support-bolivarian-venezuela

Exterminating the Future: World Outcry Grows as Brazil Rapidly Expands Deforestation of Amazon
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-30
New government data in Brazil shows that deforestation in the Amazon has dramatically increased since the far-right former military officer Jair Bolsonaro became president in January. Brazil has lost more than 1,300 square miles of forest cover this year, and the pace of deforestation is increasing. One report claims that the equivalent of three soccer fields are being deforested every minute in the Amazon. In June, deforestation increased by 88% over the same month last year. The drastic spike is due to Bolsonaro's rolling back of regulations and allowing illegal land invasions, logging and burning. Climate scie…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/30/bolsonaro_amazon_deforestation_indigenous_leader_murdered

Headlines for July 30, 2019
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-30
Gilroy, CA Shooter Touted White Supremacist Text, Posted Racist Content Before Massacre, Trump Renews Attacks on Rep. Cummings, Lashes Out at Al Sharpton, Senate Fails to Override Trump Vetoes on Bills Blocking Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, Saudi Air Raids Kill At Least 10 in Northern Yemen, 5 Teenage Students Killed by Security Forces in Sudan, Brazil: At Least 57 Killed in Prison Riot, 164 Environmental Activists Killed in 2018, Indigenous Activists Protest Real Estate Development in New Zealand, Greenland's Ice Sheet at Risk of Record Melting, CNN and MSNBC to Host Climate Crisis-Centered Events, Kamala Harris R…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/30/headlines

Venezuela: Six Chavista Militants Killed in Fresh Rural Violence
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-30
Landowner violence continues to plague the Venezuelan countryside.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14607

In Venezuela, the Right to Housing is Made Possible by the Revolution
Alex Anfruns | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-30
In the Antímano neighbourhood of the capital district of Caracas, a very special block of flats has been built. Its inhabitants built it with their own hands. In 2011, on the initiative of President Hugo Chávez, a little less than one hectare of land was expropriated from the Polar company. The idea was to rescue …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/in-venezuela-the-right-to-housing-is-made-possible-by-the-revolution/

Sà£o Paulo Forum: Venezuelan and Cuban presidents call for unity against U.S. imperialism
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-30
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was joined by his Cuban counterpart Miguel Díaz-Canel Sunday as they issued a rallying cry for regional unity "to confront the onslaught of U.S. imperialism." The pair were among the speakers at the closing ceremony of the 25th Sao Paolo Forum in Caracas, which coincided with celebrations marking the 65th anniversary …
peoplesworld.org/article/sao-paulo-forum-venezuelan-and-cuban-presidents-call-for-unity-against-u-s-imperialism/

Protests demand: 'Lift the sanctions on Venezuela!'
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-30
A rally was held outside the United States Consulate in Martin Place on July 27 to condemn the US government's campaign to overthrow the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro through illegal sanctions and threats of military intervention. | Rally chairperson Coral Wynter read out an open letter released that day, signed by 45 academics, unionists, journalists and solidarity activists, among others, calling on the Australian government to: reverse its recognition of opposition leader Juan Guaidó as "interim presiden…
greenleft.org.au/content/protests-demand-lift-sanctions-venezuela

Mass Protests in Colombia and Abroad Decry Killings of 500 Activists Since Peace Accords
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-29
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on Friday in more than 50 cities and towns across Colombia to protest a surge of lethal attacks on indigenous, Afro-Colombian and environmental leaders in recent years. Solidarity marches were held in dozens of cities around the world, from Mexico City to Athens. In 2016, the Colombian government and FARC rebels signed a historic peace accord to move the country forward after a half-century of armed conflict. But since then, nearly 500 human rights activists, many from the Afro-Colombian community, have been killed, targeted for their work combating illegal m…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/29/colombia_protests_against_social_leader_assassinations

Murder of Brazilian indigenous leader a 'worrying symptom' of land invasion
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-29
In the wake of the murder of indigenous leader Emrya Wajà£pi in Brazil, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has called on the country's authorities to "react quickly and decisively" to protect the rights of indigenous peoples on their lands.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1043401

Headlines for July 29, 2019
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-29
Baltimore Pushes Back After Trump Calls City "Rodent Infested Mess" and Attacks Rep. Cummings, Gunman Kills 3, Injures 15 at Gilroy Garlic Festival in Northern California, Shooting at Brownsville, Brooklyn, Block Party Kills 1, Injures 11, SCOTUS OKs Trump Plan to Use Military Funds for Border Wall, U.S. and Guatemala Sign Controversial Immigration Deal Despite Widespread Opposition, Dir. of National Intelligence Dan Coats Resigns, Brazilian President Bolsonaro Threatens Glenn Greenwald with Imprisonment, Miners Raid Tribe in Brazil, Killing Leader as Amazon Suffers Mass Deforestation by Illegal Loggers, Russian…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/29/headlines

Nicaragua celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista Popular Revolution
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-29
Managua, Nicaragua – On July 19, 500,000 Nicaraguans filled Managua's Plaza de la Fe to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Popular Revolution and Nicaragua's liberation from the U.S.-imposed Somoza dictatorship. | President Daniel Ortega, Vice President Rosario Murillo, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and international representatives electrified the crowd – many in attendance had traveled hours in packed caravans from all over the country – with calls for peace, continued economic and social progress, and the defense of Nicaraguan sovereignty in the face of U.S. aggression.
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/28/nicaragua-celebrates-40th-anniversary-sandinista-popular-revolution

Sao Paulo Forum Voices Solidarity with Venezuela, Rejects US Warmongering
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-29
The host of delegates from around the world likewise expressed support for leftist movements in Latin America.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14606

Easing 'classroom crisis' in Cà¥te d'Ivoire, brick by (plastic) brick
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-29
In an innovative partnership, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and a Colombian social enterprise announced on Monday that it had broken ground on a first-of-its-kind factory to convert plastic waste in Cà¥te d'Ivoire into modular, easy-to-assemble, low-cost plastic bricks for classrooms in the West African country.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1043351

Venezuela: Massacre of revolutionary activists in Barinas
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-29
The following statement was released by the Bolívar and Zamora Revolutionary Current (CRBZ) on July 28, translated by Pedro Alvarez. | *** | The Bolívar and Zamora Revolutionary Current, and the Hugo Chávez Popular Defence Brigades (BDPHC), want to denounce to the country and the world the murder of six comrades of our movement by an as yet unidentified armed group, presumably mercenaries paid by sections of the local right-wing landowners. | The murdered comrades were: Eudes Yorkley Rojas, ID 17357016; Manuel J. Cordero, ID 27628648; Alexi Ontiveros Mora, ID 26928273; Eudes Rojas Peña, ID 2051746; Kevin Navas Ro…
greenleft.org.au/content/venezuela-massacre-revolutionary-activists-barinas

'We are the vaccine against unilateralism': Non-Aligned Movement gathers in Venezuela to resist dictatorship of dollar
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-28
The Grayzone reports from the 2019 Non-Aligned Movement, where delegates from over 120 nations offered a crucial endorsement of Venezuelan…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/28/we-are-the-vaccine-against-unilateralism-the-non-aligned-movement-gathers-in-venezuela-to-resist-the-dictatorship-of-the-dollar/

How Joe Biden's privatization plans helped doom Latin America and fuel the migration crisis
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-28
On the campaign trail, Joe Biden has boasted of his role in transforming Colombia and Central America through ambitious economic…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/28/biden-privatization-plan-colombia-honduras-migration/

Venezuela: FRSO delegation attends memorial for Jorge Rodríguez
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-28
Caracas, Venezuela – On July 25, a delegation from Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) participated in an event to mark the 33rd anniversary of the murder of Jorge Rodríguez, Sr. Several hundred people gathered in the cemetery in Caracas where his tomb lies alongside other "martyrs of the Revolution" who were killed in the decades before Chávez came to power. | Jorge Rodríguez, Sr. was the dynamic founder of the Socialist League, a Marxist-Leninist formation that came out of the bloody guerrilla struggle of the 1960s. Inspired by the ideas of Mao Zedong, the League committed itself to the mass struggle in…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/28/venezuela-frso-delegation-attends-memorial-jorge-rodr-guez

Starvation as a Weapon: US Targets Venezuela CLAP Program
Jim Carey | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-28
(GPA) — The new US sanctions on Venezuela meant to target the CLAP food program proves there is nothing "humanitarian" about Washington's concerns. Last week the United States Department of Treasury placed new sanctions on multiple individuals and businesses connected to the Bolivarian government's Local Committees for Supply and Production program (in Spanish Los Comités Locales de …

Starvation as a Weapon: US Targets Venezuela CLAP Program

The Bolsonaro Government's Aggressive Response Shows Why Our Reporting on the Secret Brazil Archive Is So Vital
Glenn Greenwald | theintercept.com | 2019-07-28
Justice Minister Moro and his defenders are trying to distract attention away from their own misconduct by fixating on the actions of those who revealed it.
theintercept.com/2019/07/28/bolsonaro-attacks-show-why-reporting-on-secret-brazil-archive-is-vital/

Foreign Correspondent: Elizabeth Warren on War and Peace
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2019-07-26
Warren's troubling foreign policy history includes uncritical support of Israel, supporting sanctions on Venezuela, and vilifying Russia and China as national security threats. But her views are also evolving.
progressive.org/dispatches/foreign-correspondent-elizabeth-warren-on-war-and-peace-erlich-190726/

Brazilian Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Gave Secret Talk to Bankers and Took Money From a Company He Was Investigating
Andrew Fishman | theintercept.com | 2019-07-26
Deltan Dallagnol, the coordinator of Brazil's Car Wash prosecutors, gave speeches to bankers organized by XP Investimentos and the big-data firm Neoway.
theintercept.com/2019/07/26/brazil-car-wash-deltan-dallagnol-paid-speaking/

Open letter to Australian government: No war on Venezuela, lift the sanctions
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-26
The following open letter to the Australian government was released on July 27. | *** | The United States government of President Donald Trump has made clear it will do whatever is required, including engaging in illegal activities and even potentially launching a military offensive, to overthrow Venezuela's democratically elected government of President Nicolas Maduro. | On January 23, when Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido unilaterally declared himself "interim president" of Venezuela, the US administration immediately recognised his illegal claim. The Australian government followed suit shortly after. W…
greenleft.org.au/content/open-letter-australian-government-no-war-venezuela-lift-sanctions

Venezuela defeats new power sabotage in hours
Gloria La Riva | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-25
This is the third major attempt by the United States and internal counterrevolutionaries to try to destroy the power system, the first being March 7-12 and the second from March 23 to April 4. There have been hundreds of terrorist attacks on the power lines.
liberationnews.org/venezuela-defeats-new-power-sabotage-in-hours/

Venezuela: US Sanctions Target Subsidized Food Program as Foro de Sao Paulo Kicks Off
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-25
Washington has targeted companies and individuals it alleges are profiteering from the CLAP food initiative.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14602

Venezuela Recovers From Blackout as Guaido 'Approves' Military Treaty Reincorporation
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-24
Caracas blamed the blackout on an "electromagnetic attack" while recovery was faster than before.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14599

US meddling in Venezuela "completely wrongheaded," ex-advisor to Maduro rival says
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-23
Francisco Rodríguez, a leading Venezuelan economist, warns that U.S. sanctions on Venezuela could cause "hundreds of thousands" of deaths. A…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/23/us-meddling-in-venezuela-completely-wrongheaded-ex-advisor-to-maduro-rival-says/

Non-Aligned Movement Condemns US Sanctions Against Venezuela
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-23
The 120-member movement held a ministerial meeting in Caracas as a US spy jet reportedly violated Venezuelan airspace.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14596

Nationwide Blackout in Venezuela, Third since March — VA's on the Ground Coverage Affected
venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-23
A government communique states that the probable cause was an "electromagnetic attack."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14595

Venezuela: Trump Diverts Central America Aid to Guaido as EU Threatens More Sanctions
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-18
Guaido's team is receiving over $40 million to fund salaries, travel, training, propaganda and technical assistance.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14592

Venezuelan Campesinos Released After Security Forces Raid
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-17
A prompt mobilization from popular movements managed to secure their release.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14590

UPDATED: Venezuela: Guaido Bodyguards Arrested as Barbados Talks Resume
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-15
The self-declared "Interim President" claimed his men were victims of a "set up."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14587

UN Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution Rejecting US Sanctions
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-15
The draft resolution was approved with 28 votes in favor, 14 against and five abstentions, and was presented by Venezuela and Palestine on behalf of the Movement of Non-aligned Countries.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14585

Venezuela: 'Progress' Reported in Gov't-Opposition Talks as US Sanctions Counter-Intelligence Agency
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-12
The agenda of the talks has not been disclosed but the topic of elections is reportedly being left for last.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14584

Venezuela: Oil Output Stagnant as Inflation Continues Slowdown
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-11
The Venezuelan economy has now had four consecutive months without hyperinflation.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14582