Daily Archives: November 15, 2019

2019-11-15: News Headlines

Kathleen Wallace (2019-11-15). A Gangster for Capitalism: Next Up, Bolivia. counterpunch.org "War is a racket. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses." This sounds like a modern day comment from the US far left, but the source is hardly that. It's from a man who was the most decorated Marine ever at the time of his death. More

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2019-11-15). Why Aren't Americans Rising up Like the People of Chile and Lebanon? counterpunch.org The waves of protests breaking out in country after country around the world beg the question: Why aren't Americans rising up like our neighbors? We live at the very heart of this neoliberal system that is force-feeding the systemic injustice and inequality of 19th-century laissez-faire capitalism to the people of the 21st century. So we More

Dave Lindorff (2019-11-15). When an Elected Government Falls in South America, as in Bolivia, Look For a US Role. counterpunch.org When it comes to politics in Latin America, what initially seems clear is usually anything but. And when that some complicated political event happens and is reported about in the US, the last place to look for clarity is the US media, which almost universally parrots the Washington line — an imperialist one that takes More

Nino Pagliccia (2019-11-15). Morales: Bolivia Suffers an Assault on the Power of the People. counterpunch.org As the military coup continues to entrench itself in Bolivia, the first goal of the perpetrators is to appear to be following the constitutional process. But the faàßade is not enough to hide the real disaster of yet another self-proclaimed president in Latin America. When you thought that the Juan Guaido experiment in Venezuela was More

Nino Pagliccia (2019-11-15). Morales: Bolivia Suffers an Assault on the Power of the People. Self Appointed "President Jeanine Añez. globalresearch.ca As the military coup continues to entrench itself in Bolivia, the first goal of the perpetrators is to appear to be following the constitutional process. But the faàßade is not enough to hide the real disaster of yet another self-proclaimed …

Atilio A. Boron (2019-11-15). The Coup in Bolivia: Five Lessons. globalresearch.ca The Bolivian tragedy teaches us various lessons that our people and the peoples social and political forces must learn from and record in our consciences forever. Here is a brief list, jotted down quickly, and as a prelude to …

Jeb Sprague (2019-11-15). Top Bolivian Coup Plotters Trained by US Military's School of the Americas, Served as Attachés in FBI Police Programs. globalresearch.ca Commanders of Bolivia's military and police helped plot the coup and guaranteed its success. They were previously educated for insurrection in the US government's notorious School of the Americas and FBI training programs. | *** | The United States played a key …

Danny Haiphong (2019-11-15). In Bolivia, the American Empire Strikes Back. globalresearch.ca Evo Morales' fourth term was over before it began. After winning the latest presidential election by over 600,000 votes, a flurry of violence on the part of the U.S.-backed opposition in Bolivia pressured Evo to step down. Evo's home was …

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2019-11-15). "Crime Against Democracy": U.S. Backed Fascist Coup in Bolivia. globalresearch.ca Bolivia's legitimate President, Evo Morales now in exile in Mexico said that the "The OAS is in the service of the North American empire" and that he "could not understand" how his military leaders betrayed Bolivia.

Clark T. Scott (2019-11-15). Bolivia and the Loud Silence. counterpunch.org The lack of criticism about the destruction of democracy in Bolivia from the presidential candidates in the so-called democratic party of the faking United States of America is possibly the single most revealing non-event in the charade of the 2020 electoral scheming. It is more telling than all of their words. The only one of More

Patrick Bond (2019-11-15). As Brazil's ex-President Lula is Set Free and BRICS Leaders Summit, What Lessons From the Workers Party for Fighting Global Neoliberalism? counterpunch.org Just as Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) heads of state prepared to meet in Brasilia on November 13-14, hosted by Jair Bolsonaro, a double political earthquake hit: Lula's freedom from prison on November 8, followed by a coup against Bolivian president Evo Morales on November 11. Lula was central to BRICS' establishment a decade ago. Details about More

Terranium 117 (2019-11-15). From Where Rock Oil on Brazilian Beaches (Also Far to the USA?). indybay.org Places of beach oil pollutions in Brazil suggest that oil have come with the South-Equatorial Ocean Stream, even from region of the African Oil Shore. And it come from the lithospherical expansional rock cracks or widened mining drill slots. Big quantity of this sea oil may be here later the critical evidence of new phenomenon.

Alison Bodine (2019-11-15). Chile Despertó! Chile Has Woken Up! The Rising Battle Against Neoliberalism. globalresearch.ca °Chile despertó! | °Piñera, renuncia! | °Piñera ya fue! | °Que se vayan los milicos! | Chile Has Woken Up! | Piñera Resign! | Piñera Has Gone! | Let the "Milicos" leave! ("Milicos" is a derogatory word for police and military personnel) | These are some the powerful …

Staff (2019-11-15). Headlines for November 15, 2019. democracynow.org Two Killed as 16-Year-Old Student Opens Fire at L.A. County High School, El Paso Walmart Reopens, Three Months After Massacre by Racist Gunman, House Speaker Pelosi Accuses Trump of Bribery, an Impeachable Offense, Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine to Testify She Felt Threatened by Trump, Chile to Hold Referendum on Rewriting Pinochet-Era Constitution, Chilean Protesters Mark Anniversary of Police Killing of Indigenous Activist, Mon Laferte Holds Topless Protest Against Chilean State Violence at Latin Grammys, Indigenous Bolivians Protest as Interim President Orders Evo Morales Silenced, Israel Resumes Bombing as…

Farooque Chowdhury (2019-11-14). Imperialist imprint in Bolivia coup. mronline.org Imperialist imprint in the just carried out Bolivia coup is visible. | Source

Vijay Prashad (2019-11-14). Bolivia Does Not Exist. dissidentvoice.org On November 10, Bolivia's President Evo Morales Ayma was removed from office. Technically Morales resigned, but the conditions for his resignation had been set by the Bolivian oligarchy (egged on for thirteen years by the United States government, as Noam Chomsky and I indicated in this statement the day before the coup). Having won re-election …

RT (2019-11-14). China hands Trump a victory in trade war by lifting 5-year-old poultry ban. rt.com China has lifted a ban on US poultry and poultry products that has been in place since the December 2014 avian flu outbreak, opening the door to a potential $1 billion worth of exports from the US to China. | Major US chicken processors like Sanderson Farms, Tyson Foods and Pilgrim's Pride saw their stock value climb to year highs on Thursday, following the announcement. US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer called the development "great news for both America's farmers and China's consumers", in a celebratory public statement. The US is the second largest poultry exporter in the world, behind Brazil, with…

RT (2019-11-14). Messi or Ronaldo? Pele picks his perfect playing partner from current crop of stars. rt.com Legendary goalscorer Pele has said that Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar are the best three players in the world, but picked Barcelona icon Messi as his choice of ideal strike partner. | Lamenting what he sees as a reduced number of greats around the world, Brazil's all-time top scorer suggested only three of the current generation could match the fabled likes of Eusébio, Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Diego Maradona and Garrincha. | Pele named Messi as the "most complete player" and said he had spoken to Neymar's father, who advises the Paris Saint-Germain striker, about the mercurial forwa…

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies (2019-11-14). Why Aren't People in the US Rising Up Like Those Elsewhere in the World? commondreams.org Demonstrators wave flags as they take part during the day of cultural activities 'El Derecho a Vivir en Paz' called by 'Movimiento Unidad Social' at Plaza O'Higgins on October 27, 2019 in Santiago, Chile. Unidad Social, an organization conformed by various social groups, has called society to be part of cultural activities in defence of human rights and against abuses, under the slogan #NoMasAbusos (No more abuses) people demand Sebastian Pi√±era's Government attention to issues such as health care, pension system, privatization of water, public transport, education, social mobili…

Max Blumenthal (2019-11-14). Golpe en Bolivia fue liderizado por dirigente cristiano paramilitar, fascista y millonario — con apoyo extranjero. thegrayzone.com Luis Fernando Camacho, el líder del golpe en Bolivia es un multimillonario de extrema derecha que emergió de los movimientos…

Staff (2019-11-14). Chilean Elites Cannot Be Trusted to Write New Constitution, Activists Say. truthout.org In Chile, protesters led a massive national strike Tuesday as they condemned the government's plans to rewrite the country's Constitution, which dates back to Augusto Pinochet's military regime. Chile's interior minister announced Sunday the government would draft a new constitution that Congress would then rewrite and put to a public referendum. But protesters say the people should be involved with the rewriting of the constitution from the beginning and that this is an attempt by Sebastián Piñera'

United Nations (2019-11-14). Bolivia crisis: UN chief sends envoy to support peace, amidst renewed clashes. un.org UN chief António Guterres announced on Thursday that he had appointed a Personal Envoy who would be travelling to Bolivia later in the day, to offer support to national leaders, following the departure of former president, Evo Morales.

Stephen Lendman (2019-11-14). Media Support for the CIA Coup in Bolivia. globalresearch.ca Without establishment media support, US planned aggression, color revolutions, old-fashioned coups, and other hostile to peace, equity and justice actions wouldn't get out of the starting gate. | Propaganda support is crucial, manipulating the public mind. Media operate as gatekeepers, proliferating …

BDS South Africa (2019-11-14). Bolivia's Evo Morales Receives Support from South Africa. globalresearch.ca BDS SA, COSATU, SACP, SSN, FOCUS-SA and others join South Africa's ruling party, the ANC, in pledging solidarity with the Nelson Mandela of Latin America, President Evo Morales of Bolivia. | Over the weekend, in a shock to all peace loving …

David Rovics (2019-11-14). If I Had A Hammer. dissidentvoice.org Ôªø Can a hundred thousand people with sledgehammers change the world? The past few weeks have seen so many developments in the world. Such as absolutely massive, ongoing and very militant protests happening in a multitude of countries. Not just in capital cities, but throughout countries like Ecuador, Chile, Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria, Sudan, in places …

Eoin Higgins (2019-11-14). "We Don't Want Any Dictators": Bolivians Flood Streets to Protest Military Coup. theantimedia.com Unrest continued in Bolivia Thursday as protests against the right-wing coup that unseated democratically-elected President Evo Morales on Sunday.

teleSUR (2019-11-14). Chile: Protests Continue For the 28th Day in a Row. telesurenglish.net Demonstrators in Chile gathered in public squares on Thursday for another round of protests that started over a hike in public transport fares but have broadened to encompass grievances over low wages, the high cost of living and social inequality. | RELATED: | Chile's Piñera Announces Retired Police Can Be Rehired | In the capital Santiago, the protest started in the Italia Square – renamed "Dignity Square" – and the Avenue Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins…

Lucas Koerner (2019-11-14). Venezuelan Embassy Attacked in Brazil. venezuelanalysis.com Bolsonaro denied any prior knowledge of the attack.

Ricardo Vaz (2019-11-14). Venezuelan Oil Output Sees Modest Rise in October: OPEC. venezuelanalysis.com Reviving production has led Chevron convert a blending plant back to a crude upgrader for export of heavier grades.

Enzo Pellegrin (2019-11-14). The Strategic Battle for Lithium. Huge Reserves in Bolivia, Argentina, Chile. globalresearch.ca On March 15, 2018, Maurizio Stefanini, reporter of an italian right think-tank, complained that the huge reserve of Lithium present in Bolivia was in the hands of the State"" and of the bad example"" of Evo Morales. (1) In the …

Jason Ditz (2019-11-14). Bolivia Police Forcibly Block Pro-Morales MPs From Legislature. theantimedia.com The legality of the move is in serious doubt, as Bolivian law allows senators from entering the Senate to meet whenever they want.

teleSUR (2019-11-14). At Least 12 Dead Following Coup in Bolivia. telesurenglish.net At least 12 Bolivians have been killed and more than 530 injured by the violence that escalated in Bolivia following the coup against constitutional president Evo Morales, denounced the Ombudsman's Office. | RELATED: | Argentina: Congress Rejects the Coup d'Etat in Bolivia | The human rights agency explained on its official website that among the injured are women, children, adolescents and journalists. | In turn, the institution – created in 1994 by constitutional mandate – posted on it…

Eds. (2019-11-14). 5 fast facts about the military coup in Bolivia and what you can do. mronline.org Despite what the mainstream media headlines would have you believe, a coup is underway in Bolivia. | Source

Leonardo Flores (2019-11-14). US and OAS help overthrow another government: Behind the coup against Bolivia's Evo Morales. thegrayzone.com The US targeted Evo Morales for overthrow ever since he became president. And the Organization of American States helped set…

teleSUR (2019-11-14). Argentina: Congress Rejects the Coup d'Etat in Bolivia. telesurenglish.net Both chambers of the Argentine parliament on Wednesday passed resolutions to condemn the coup d'etat against Bolivia's President Evo Morales. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Over 4000 Twitter Accounts Created to Legitimize Coup | In the Senate, both the Left and the Right presented draft resolutions to condemn the ongoing political events in the neighboring Andean cou…

teleSUR (2019-11-14). Alberto Fernandez Offers Argentina as a Home to Evo Morales. telesurenglish.net "If I had been president, I would have offered (Evo) political asylum from the first day. Argentina is the house of all Bolivians," declared Alberto Fernandez in Montevideo, during his visit to support candidate Daniel Martinez from Frente Amplio, in the second round of general elections in Uruguay. | RELATED: | Argentina: Congress Rejects the Coup d'Etat in Bolivia | After meeting his homolog, Tabare Vazquez, Fernandez addressed media to express his solidarity and concerned about the pl…

teleSUR (2019-11-14). Rohingyas Turn to Argentinian Justice System over 'Genocide'. telesurenglish.net A Rohingya organization has filed a complaint in Argentina over alleged crimes against the Rohingya group in Myanmar, defense sources told EFE on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Myanmar Urged To Release Rohingya Held for Traveling | "With today's legal case, we are urging Argentina to help us in our struggle, and to investigate those guilty of atrocity crimes," the Burmese Rohingya Organization UK (Brouk) said in a statement. | The organization said…

Cesar Chelala (2019-11-14). Soap Operas as Teaching Tools. counterpunch.org A friend of mine, a physician who works the longest hours of anybody I know, makes only one exception from her demanding schedule in New York. Once a week, she returns home early to watch a new episode of her favorite Brazilian soap opera. I cannot think of a more unlikely fan. It shows the More

Terranium 117 (2019-11-14). From Where Rock Oil on Brazilian Beaches (Also Far to the USA?). indybay.org Places of beach oil pollutions in Brazil suggest that oil have come with the South-Equatorial Ocean Stream, even from region of the African Oil Shore. And it come from the lithospherical expansional rock cracks or widened mining drill slots. Big quantity of this sea oil may be here later the critical evidence of new phenomenon.

teleSUR (2019-11-14). Chile's Mapuche People Mourn the Death of Camillo Catrillanca. telesurenglish.net November 14 will mark the first anniversary of the death of Camilo Catrillanca, an Indigenous man who was shot to dead by a Military Police (Carabinero) officer in La Araucania. Social movements and progressive parties have called for demonstrations in more than 40 cities. | RELATED: | Interior Minister Responsible for Catrillanca Murder | This crime brought a political crisis for President Sebastian Piñera administration because police officers tried to misrepresent the facts s…

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2019-11-14). 'We Don't Want Any Dictators': Bolivians Flood Streets to Protest Right-Wing, Anti-Indigenous Coup. commondreams.org "Anti-Indigenous racism is at the heart of what's happening in Bolivia." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bolivia_protest.jpg

Staff (2019-11-14). CodePink Founder Medea Benjamin Threatened with Arrest After Protesting U.S. Foreign Interventions. democracynow.org CodePink co-founder and longtime peace activist Medea Benjamin was threatened with arrest in Washington, D.C., Wednesday and accused of assaulting a sitting congressmember after being forcibly removed from a press conference for opposing the U.S.-backed coup and U.S. sanctions in Venezuela. Benjamin vehemently denies the accusations and says she was in fact the one assaulted when she and other activists demonstrated at a press conference hosted by Florida Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Florida Republican Mario Díaz-Balart announcing the launch of a Congressional Venezuela Democracy Caucus. We speak with Me…

Staff (2019-11-14). Chilean Activist: Same Elites Who Caused Social Crisis Can't Be Trusted to Write New Constitution. democracynow.org In Chile, protesters led a massive national strike Tuesday as they condemned the government's plans to rewrite the country's Constitution, which dates back to Augusto Pinochet's military regime. Chile's interior minister announced Sunday the government would draft a new constitution that Congress would then rewrite and put to a public referendum. But protesters say the people should be involved with the rewriting of the constitution from the beginning and that this is an attempt by Sebastián Piñera's government to delay political and social reforms in Chile. The Chilean authorities have killed at least 20 people…

Staff (2019-11-14). Headlines for November 14, 2019. democracynow.org U.S. Diplomats Testify Trump Pressured Ukraine to Dig Up Political Dirt on Bidens, Trump Claims He Was "Too Busy" to Watch Impeachment Inquiry, Trump Hosts President Erdogan at White House Amid Turkish Attacks in Syria, 34 Palestinians Killed in Two Days as Israel Bombs Gaza Strip, Exiled Bolivian President Evo Morales Calls for "National Dialogue", Protests Rage as Bolivia's Self-Proclaimed Interim President Swears In Cabinet, Lebanese Soldiers Shoot and Kill Man as Protests Enter Fifth Week, Zimbabwe: Millions at Risk of Starving Amid Climate Change-Fueled Drought, Hundreds of Elephants Die as Drought Grips Sou…

Jeb Sprague (2019-11-14). Top Bolivian coup plotters trained by U.S. military's School of the Americas, served as attachés in FBI police programs. mronline.org Commanders of Bolivia's military and police helped plot the coup and guaranteed its success. Before they were educated for insurrection through the US military's notorious School of the Americas and FBI training programs. | Source

RT (2019-11-13). Code Pink founder raided by DC police on dubious charges of 'assault' at anti-Maduro 'Venezuela freedom' event (VIDEO). rt.com Police have tried to detain Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin without a warrant on mysterious charges of 'assaulting' a Democratic congresswoman at an anti-Maduro press event in support of the "freedom for the Venezuelan people." | Benjamin was accused of assaulting Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Florida) when over a dozen officers surrounded her home on Wednesday in Washington, DC. | In footage she posted to Facebook, Benjamin strenuously denies the accusations, explaining that she was the one assaulted — pushed and pulled by right-wing Venezuelans ("big guys") supporting the US-backed oppositi…

RT (2019-11-13). Code Pink founder raided by DC police on dubious Venezuelan embassy 'assault' charges (VIDEO). rt.com Police have tried to detain Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin without a warrant on belated and mysterious charges of 'assaulting' a Democratic congresswoman during this summer's siege of the Venezuelan embassy in Washington. | Benjamin was accused of assaulting Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Florida) — months after the alleged incident — when over a dozen officers surrounded her home on Wednesday in Washington, DC. | In footage she posted to Facebook, Benjamin strenuously denies the accusations, explaining that she was the one assaulted — pushed and pulled by right-wing Venezuelans ("b…

Dave Lindorff (2019-11-13). When an Elected Government Falls in South America, as in Bolivia Today, Look for a US Role. dissidentvoice.org When it comes to politics in Latin America, what initially seems clear is usually anything but. And when that some complicated political event happens and is reported about in the US, the last place to look for clarity is the US media, which almost universally parrots the Washington line — an imperialist one that takes …

United Nations (2019-11-13). 'Harmonized' plan launched to support millions of Venezuelan refugees and migrants. un.org A $1.35 billion appeal has been launched to meet the increasing humanitarian needs of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean and to support the communities hosting them.

teleSUR (2019-11-13). Venezuela Confirms Recovery of Its Embassy in Brazil. telesurenglish.net Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza confirmed Wednesday that irregular groups that violently entered Venezuela'sembassy located in Brasilia, Brazil's capital, left the premises peacefully thanks to authorities and social pressure. | RELATED: | Trespassers Forcibly Enter Venezuelan Embassy in Brasilia | Through his Twitter account, the diplomat expressed his gratitude to the Brazilian social movements that went to the location to defend the diplomatic headquarters and achieve…

2019-11-15: Social Media Postees

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Why Aren't Americans Rising up Like the People of Chile and Lebanon?
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
The waves of protests breaking out in country after country around the world beg the question: Why aren't Americans rising up like our neighbors? We live at the very heart of this neoliberal system that is force-feeding the systemic injustice and inequality of 19th-century laissez-faire capitalism to the people of the 21st century. So we…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/15/why-arent-americans-rising-up-like-the-people-of-chile-and-lebanon/

When an Elected Government Falls in South America, as in Bolivia, Look For a US Role
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
When it comes to politics in Latin America, what initially seems clear is usually anything but. And when that some complicated political event happens and is reported about in the US, the last place to look for clarity is the US media, which almost universally parrots the Washington line — an imperialist one that takes…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/15/when-an-elected-government-falls-in-south-america-as-in-bolivia-look-for-a-us-role/

Morales: Bolivia Suffers an Assault on the Power of the People
Nino Pagliccia | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
As the military coup continues to entrench itself in Bolivia, the first goal of the perpetrators is to appear to be following the constitutional process. But the faàßade is not enough to hide the real disaster of yet another self-proclaimed president in Latin America. When you thought that the Juan Guaido experiment in Venezuela was…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/15/morales-bolivia-suffers-an-assault-on-the-power-of-the-people/

"Crime Against Democracy": U.S. Backed Fascist Coup in Bolivia
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
Bolivia's legitimate President, Evo Morales now in exile in Mexico said that the "The OAS is in the service of the North American empire" and that he "could not understand" how his military leaders betrayed Bolivia.
globalresearch.ca/u-s-backed-fascist-coup-bolivia-crime-against-democracy/5695045

The Coup in Bolivia: Five Lessons
Atilio A. Boron | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
The Bolivian tragedy teaches us various lessons that our people and the peoples social and political forces must learn from and record in our consciences forever. Here is a brief list, jotted down quickly, and as a prelude to …
globalresearch.ca/coup-bolivia-five-lessons/5695084

In Bolivia, the American Empire Strikes Back
Danny Haiphong | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
Evo Morales' fourth term was over before it began. After winning the latest presidential election by over 600,000 votes, a flurry of violence on the part of the U.S.-backed opposition in Bolivia pressured Evo to step down. Evo's home was …
globalresearch.ca/bolivia-american-empire-strikes-back/5695072

Morales: Bolivia Suffers an Assault on the Power of the People. Self Appointed "President Jeanine Añez
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
As the military coup continues to entrench itself in Bolivia, the first goal of the perpetrators is to appear to be following the constitutional process. But the faàßade is not enough to hide the real disaster of yet another self-proclaimed …
globalresearch.ca/morales-bolivia-suffers-assault-power-people/5695043

A Gangster for Capitalism: Next Up, Bolivia
Kathleen Wallace | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
"War is a racket. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses." This sounds like a modern day comment from the US far left, but the source is hardly that. It's from a man who was the most decorated Marine ever at the time of his death.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/15/a-gangster-for-capitalism-next-up-bolivia/

As Brazil's ex-President Lula is Set Free and BRICS Leaders Summit, What Lessons From the Workers Party for Fighting Global Neoliberalism?
Patrick Bond | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
Just as Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) heads of state prepared to meet in Brasilia on November 13-14, hosted by Jair Bolsonaro, a double political earthquake hit: Lula's freedom from prison on November 8, followed by a coup against Bolivian president Evo Morales on November 11. Lula was central to BRICS' establishment a decade ago. Details about…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/15/as-brazils-ex-president-lula-is-set-free-and-brics-leaders-summit-what-lessons-from-the-workers-party-for-fighting-global-neoliberalism/

Top Bolivian Coup Plotters Trained by US Military's School of the Americas, Served as Attachés in FBI Police Programs
Jeb Sprague | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
Commanders of Bolivia's military and police helped plot the coup and guaranteed its success. They were previously educated for insurrection in the US government's notorious School of the Americas and FBI training programs. | *** | The United States played a key …
globalresearch.ca/top-bolivian-coup-plotters-trained-by-us-military-school-americas-served-attaches-fbi-police-programs/5695080

Bolivia and the Loud Silence
Clark T. Scott | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
The lack of criticism about the destruction of democracy in Bolivia from the presidential candidates in the so-called democratic party of the faking United States of America is possibly the single most revealing non-event in the charade of the 2020 electoral scheming. It is more telling than all of their words. The only one of…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/15/bolivia-and-the-loud-silence/

From Where Rock Oil on Brazilian Beaches (Also Far to the USA?)
Terranium 117 | indybay.org | 2019-11-15
Places of beach oil pollutions in Brazil suggest that oil have come with the South-Equatorial Ocean Stream, even from region of the African Oil Shore. And it come from the lithospherical expansional rock cracks or widened mining drill slots. Big quantity of this sea oil may be here later the critical evidence of new phenomenon.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/12/18828051.php

Chile Despertó! Chile Has Woken Up! The Rising Battle Against Neoliberalism
Alison Bodine | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
°Chile despertó! | °Piñera, renuncia! | °Piñera ya fue! | °Que se vayan los milicos! | Chile Has Woken Up! | Piñera Resign! | Piñera Has Gone! | Let the "Milicos" leave! ("Milicos" is a derogatory word for police and military personnel) | These are some the powerful …
globalresearch.ca/rising-fight-against-neo-liberalism-chile/5695069

Why Aren't People in the US Rising Up Like Those Elsewhere in the World?
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies | commondreams.org | 2019-11-14
Demonstrators wave flags as they take part during the day of cultural activities 'El Derecho a Vivir en Paz' called by 'Movimiento Unidad Social' at Plaza O'Higgins on October 27, 2019 in Santiago, Chile. Unidad Social, an organization conformed by various social groups, has called society to be part of cultural activities in defence of human rights and against abuses, under the slogan #NoMasAbusos (No more abuses) people demand Sebastian Pi√±era's Government attention to issues such as health care, pension system, privatization of water, public transport, education, social mobili…
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/14/why-arent-people-us-rising-those-elsewhere-world?cd-origin=rss

Golpe en Bolivia fue liderizado por dirigente cristiano paramilitar, fascista y millonario — con apoyo extranjero
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-14
Luis Fernando Camacho, el líder del golpe en Bolivia es un multimillonario de extrema derecha que emergió de los movimientos…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/14/golpe-bolivia-cristiano-fascista-millonario-extranjero/

Bolivia Does Not Exist
Vijay Prashad | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-14
On November 10, Bolivia's President Evo Morales Ayma was removed from office. Technically Morales resigned, but the conditions for his resignation had been set by the Bolivian oligarchy (egged on for thirteen years by the United States government, as Noam Chomsky and I indicated in this statement the day before the coup). Having won re-election …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/bolivia-does-not-exist/

Chilean Elites Cannot Be Trusted to Write New Constitution, Activists Say
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-14
In Chile, protesters led a massive national strike Tuesday as they condemned the government's plans to rewrite the country's Constitution, which dates back to Augusto Pinochet's military regime. Chile's interior minister announced Sunday the government would draft a new constitution that Congress would then rewrite and put to a public referendum. But protesters say the people should be involved with the rewriting of the constitution from the beginning and that this is an attempt by Sebastián Piñera'…
truthout.org/video/activists-say-chilean-elites-cannot-be-trusted-to-write-new-constitution/

Media Support for the CIA Coup in Bolivia
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-14
Without establishment media support, US planned aggression, color revolutions, old-fashioned coups, and other hostile to peace, equity and justice actions wouldn't get out of the starting gate. | Propaganda support is crucial, manipulating the public mind. Media operate as gatekeepers, proliferating …
globalresearch.ca/media-support-cia-coup-bolivia/5694964

Bolivia's Evo Morales Receives Support from South Africa
BDS South Africa | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-14
BDS SA, COSATU, SACP, SSN, FOCUS-SA and others join South Africa's ruling party, the ANC, in pledging solidarity with the Nelson Mandela of Latin America, President Evo Morales of Bolivia. | Over the weekend, in a shock to all peace loving …
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Bolivia crisis: UN chief sends envoy to support peace, amidst renewed clashes
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-14
UN chief António Guterres announced on Thursday that he had appointed a Personal Envoy who would be travelling to Bolivia later in the day, to offer support to national leaders, following the departure of former president, Evo Morales.
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If I Had A Hammer
David Rovics | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-14
Ôªø Can a hundred thousand people with sledgehammers change the world? The past few weeks have seen so many developments in the world. Such as absolutely massive, ongoing and very militant protests happening in a multitude of countries. Not just in capital cities, but throughout countries like Ecuador, Chile, Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria, Sudan, in places …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/if-i-had-a-hammer/

"We Don't Want Any Dictators": Bolivians Flood Streets to Protest Military Coup
Eoin Higgins | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-14
Unrest continued in Bolivia Thursday as protests against the right-wing coup that unseated democratically-elected President Evo Morales on Sunday.

"We Don't Want Any Dictators": Bolivians Flood Streets to Protest Military Coup

Chile: Protests Continue For the 28th Day in a Row
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-14
Demonstrators in Chile gathered in public squares on Thursday for another round of protests that started over a hike in public transport fares but have broadened to encompass grievances over low wages, the high cost of living and social inequality. | RELATED: | Chile's Piñera Announces Retired Police Can Be Rehired | In the capital Santiago, the protest started in the Italia Square – renamed "Dignity Square" – and the Avenue Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-Protests-Continue-For-the-28th-Day-in-a-Row-20191114-0012.html

Venezuelan Embassy Attacked in Brazil
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-11-14
Bolsonaro denied any prior knowledge of the attack.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14723

Venezuelan Embassy Attacked in Brazil
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-11-14
Bolsonaro denied any prior knowledge of the attack.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14723

Venezuelan Oil Output Sees Modest Rise in October: OPEC
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-11-14
Reviving production has led Chevron convert a blending plant back to a crude upgrader for export of heavier grades.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14724

Bolivia Police Forcibly Block Pro-Morales MPs From Legislature
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-14
The legality of the move is in serious doubt, as Bolivian law allows senators from entering the Senate to meet whenever they want.

Bolivia Police Forcibly Block Pro-Morales MPs From Legislature

The Strategic Battle for Lithium. Huge Reserves in Bolivia, Argentina, Chile
Enzo Pellegrin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-14
On March 15, 2018, Maurizio Stefanini, reporter of an italian right think-tank, complained that the huge reserve of Lithium present in Bolivia was in the hands of the State"" and of the bad example"" of Evo Morales. (1) In the …
globalresearch.ca/take-lithium-stay/5694951

Top Bolivian coup plotters trained by U.S. military's School of the Americas, served as attachés in FBI police programs
Jeb Sprague | mronline.org | 2019-11-14
Commanders of Bolivia's military and police helped plot the coup and guaranteed its success. Before they were educated for insurrection through the US military's notorious School of the Americas and FBI training programs. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/14/top-bolivian-coup-plotters-trained-by-us-militarys-school-of-the-americas-served-as-attaches-in-fbi-police-programs/

Argentina: Congress Rejects the Coup d'Etat in Bolivia
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-14
Both chambers of the Argentine parliament on Wednesday passed resolutions to condemn the coup d'etat against Bolivia's President Evo Morales. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Over 4000 Twitter Accounts Created to Legitimize Coup | In the Senate, both the Left and the Right presented draft resolutions to condemn the ongoing political events in the neighboring Andean cou…
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At Least 12 Dead Following Coup in Bolivia
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-14
At least 12 Bolivians have been killed and more than 530 injured by the violence that escalated in Bolivia following the coup against constitutional president Evo Morales, denounced the Ombudsman's Office. | RELATED: | Argentina: Congress Rejects the Coup d'Etat in Bolivia | The human rights agency explained on its official website that among the injured are women, children, adolescents and journalists. | In turn, the institution – created in 1994 by constitutional mandate – posted on it…
telesurenglish.net/news/At-Least-12-Dead-Following-Coup-in-Bolivia-20191114-0008.html

5 fast facts about the military coup in Bolivia and what you can do
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-11-14
Despite what the mainstream media headlines would have you believe, a coup is underway in Bolivia. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/14/5-fast-facts-about-the-military-coup-in-bolivia-and-what-you-can-do/

Alberto Fernandez Offers Argentina as a Home to Evo Morales
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-14
"If I had been president, I would have offered (Evo) political asylum from the first day. Argentina is the house of all Bolivians," declared Alberto Fernandez in Montevideo, during his visit to support candidate Daniel Martinez from Frente Amplio, in the second round of general elections in Uruguay. | RELATED: | Argentina: Congress Rejects the Coup d'Etat in Bolivia | After meeting his homolog, Tabare Vazquez, Fernandez addressed media to express his solidarity and concerned about the pl…
telesurenglish.net/news/alberto-fernandez-offers-argentina-as-a-home-to-evo-morales-20191114-0010.html

US and OAS help overthrow another government: Behind the coup against Bolivia's Evo Morales
Leonardo Flores | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-14
The US targeted Evo Morales for overthrow ever since he became president. And the Organization of American States helped set…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/14/oas-us-coup-bolivia-evo-morales/

Bolivia Police Forcibly Block Pro-Morales MPs From Legislature
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-14
The legality of the move is in serious doubt, as Bolivian law allows senators from entering the Senate to meet whenever they want.

Bolivia Police Forcibly Block Pro-Morales MPs From Legislature

Imperialist imprint in Bolivia coup
Farooque Chowdhury | mronline.org | 2019-11-14
Imperialist imprint in the just carried out Bolivia coup is visible. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/14/imperialist-imprint-in-bolivia-coup/

Rohingyas Turn to Argentinian Justice System over 'Genocide'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-14
A Rohingya organization has filed a complaint in Argentina over alleged crimes against the Rohingya group in Myanmar, defense sources told EFE on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Myanmar Urged To Release Rohingya Held for Traveling | "With today's legal case, we are urging Argentina to help us in our struggle, and to investigate those guilty of atrocity crimes," the Burmese Rohingya Organization UK (Brouk) said in a statement. | The organization said…
telesurenglish.net/news/Rohingyas-Turn-to-Argentinian-Justice-System-over-Genocide-20191114-0009.html

China hands Trump a victory in trade war by lifting 5-year-old poultry ban
rt.com | 2019-11-14
China has lifted a ban on US poultry and poultry products that has been in place since the December 2014 avian flu outbreak, opening the door to a potential $1 billion worth of exports from the US to China. | Major US chicken processors like Sanderson Farms, Tyson Foods and Pilgrim's Pride saw their stock value climb to year highs on Thursday, following the announcement. US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer called the development "great news for both America's farmers and China's consumers", in a celebratory public statement. The US is the second largest poultry exporter in the world, behind Brazil, with…
rt.com/newsline/473490-china-lifts-us-poultry-ban/

Soap Operas as Teaching Tools
Cesar Chelala | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-14
A friend of mine, a physician who works the longest hours of anybody I know, makes only one exception from her demanding schedule in New York. Once a week, she returns home early to watch a new episode of her favorite Brazilian soap opera. I cannot think of a more unlikely fan. It shows the…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/14/soap-operas-as-teaching-tools/

From Where Rock Oil on Brazilian Beaches (Also Far to the USA?)
Terranium 117 | indybay.org | 2019-11-14
Places of beach oil pollutions in Brazil suggest that oil have come with the South-Equatorial Ocean Stream, even from region of the African Oil Shore. And it come from the lithospherical expansional rock cracks or widened mining drill slots. Big quantity of this sea oil may be here later the critical evidence of new phenomenon.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/12/18828051.php

Messi or Ronaldo? Pele picks his perfect playing partner from current crop of stars
rt.com | 2019-11-14
Legendary goalscorer Pele has said that Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar are the best three players in the world, but picked Barcelona icon Messi as his choice of ideal strike partner. | Lamenting what he sees as a reduced number of greats around the world, Brazil's all-time top scorer suggested only three of the current generation could match the fabled likes of Eusébio, Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Diego Maradona and Garrincha. | Pele named Messi as the "most complete player" and said he had spoken to Neymar's father, who advises the Paris Saint-Germain striker, about the mercurial forwa…
rt.com/sport/473481-pele-picks-perfect-playing-partner-messi-ronaldo/

Chile's Mapuche People Mourn the Death of Camillo Catrillanca
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-14
November 14 will mark the first anniversary of the death of Camilo Catrillanca, an Indigenous man who was shot to dead by a Military Police (Carabinero) officer in La Araucania. Social movements and progressive parties have called for demonstrations in more than 40 cities. | RELATED: | Interior Minister Responsible for Catrillanca Murder | This crime brought a political crisis for President Sebastian Piñera administration because police officers tried to misrepresent the facts s…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chiles-Mapuche-People-Mourn-the-Death-of-Camillo-Catrillanca-20191114-0005.html

'We Don't Want Any Dictators': Bolivians Flood Streets to Protest Right-Wing, Anti-Indigenous Coup
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-14
"Anti-Indigenous racism is at the heart of what's happening in Bolivia." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bolivia_protest.jpg
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CodePink Founder Medea Benjamin Threatened with Arrest After Protesting U.S. Foreign Interventions
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-14
CodePink co-founder and longtime peace activist Medea Benjamin was threatened with arrest in Washington, D.C., Wednesday and accused of assaulting a sitting congressmember after being forcibly removed from a press conference for opposing the U.S.-backed coup and U.S. sanctions in Venezuela. Benjamin vehemently denies the accusations and says she was in fact the one assaulted when she and other activists demonstrated at a press conference hosted by Florida Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Florida Republican Mario Díaz-Balart announcing the launch of a Congressional Venezuela Democracy Caucus. We speak with Me…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/14/activist_medea_benjamin_faces_threats_of

Chilean Activist: Same Elites Who Caused Social Crisis Can't Be Trusted to Write New Constitution
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-14
In Chile, protesters led a massive national strike Tuesday as they condemned the government's plans to rewrite the country's Constitution, which dates back to Augusto Pinochet's military regime. Chile's interior minister announced Sunday the government would draft a new constitution that Congress would then rewrite and put to a public referendum. But protesters say the people should be involved with the rewriting of the constitution from the beginning and that this is an attempt by Sebastián Piñera's government to delay political and social reforms in Chile. The Chilean authorities have killed at least 20 people…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/14/chile_national_strike_sebastian_pinera_constitution

Code Pink founder raided by DC police on dubious Venezuelan embassy 'assault' charges (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-11-13
Police have tried to detain Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin without a warrant on belated and mysterious charges of 'assaulting' a Democratic congresswoman during this summer's siege of the Venezuelan embassy in Washington. | Benjamin was accused of assaulting Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Florida) — months after the alleged incident — when over a dozen officers surrounded her home on Wednesday in Washington, DC. | In footage she posted to Facebook, Benjamin strenuously denies the accusations, explaining that she was the one assaulted — pushed and pulled by right-wing Venezuelans ("b…
rt.com/usa/473371-medea-benjamin-detained-venezuela-assault/

Code Pink founder raided by DC police on dubious charges of 'assault' at anti-Maduro 'Venezuela freedom' event (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-11-13
Police have tried to detain Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin without a warrant on mysterious charges of 'assaulting' a Democratic congresswoman at an anti-Maduro press event in support of the "freedom for the Venezuelan people." | Benjamin was accused of assaulting Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Florida) when over a dozen officers surrounded her home on Wednesday in Washington, DC. | In footage she posted to Facebook, Benjamin strenuously denies the accusations, explaining that she was the one assaulted — pushed and pulled by right-wing Venezuelans ("big guys") supporting the US-backed oppositi…
rt.com/usa/473371-medea-benjamin-detained-venezuela-assault/

'Harmonized' plan launched to support millions of Venezuelan refugees and migrants
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-13
A $1.35 billion appeal has been launched to meet the increasing humanitarian needs of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean and to support the communities hosting them.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051271

Venezuela Confirms Recovery of Its Embassy in Brazil
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-13
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza confirmed Wednesday that irregular groups that violently entered Venezuela'sembassy located in Brasilia, Brazil's capital, left the premises peacefully thanks to authorities and social pressure. | RELATED: | Trespassers Forcibly Enter Venezuelan Embassy in Brasilia | Through his Twitter account, the diplomat expressed his gratitude to the Brazilian social movements that went to the location to defend the diplomatic headquarters and achieve…
telesurenglish.net/news/venezuela-confirms-recovery-of-its-embassy-in-brazil-20191113-0019.html

Wednesday's Daily Brief: UN bid to aid diabetics, Israel-Gaza attacks, climate change in Nepal, Iraq envoy appeal to MPs
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-13
A recap of Wednesday's stories in brief: UN leads plan for insulin supply boosts; 'No justification' for Gaza border violence; Iraqis paying 'unthinkable price' in protests; $1.35 billion needed for Venezuela crisis; Record flooding affects 100,000 Nigerians.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051301