Attempts to Remove Morales' Memory from Bolivia Will Likely Reinvigorate an Anti-Imperialist Struggle
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
Last Wednesday, the coup government of Bolivia launched a massive military operation claiming to be a pre-emptive strike against the expected violence to occur this Wednesday during Plurinational State Foundation Day celebrations that memorializes the change in the name of …
globalresearch.ca/attempts-remove-morales-memory-bolivia-reinvigorate-anti-imperialist-struggle/5701241

Evo Morales announces MAS candidates for general elections in May
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-21
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales on January 19 announced the presidential ticket of his party, the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), for the upcoming general elections in the country. Speaking at a press conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where Morales is living as a political refugee, he announced that former Minister of Economy Luis Arce and former Minister of Foreign Affairs David Choquehuanca would run for president and vice president, respectively, in the elections scheduled for May 3. | The decision was taken after two days of intense discussion and contemplation between Morales, the MAS leaders of…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/21/evo-morales-announces-mas-candidates-for-general-elections-in-may/

Australian Open 2020: Rafael Nadal makes storming start, then hails fans for Australian bushfire fundraiser (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-01-21
Rafael Nadal kicked off his Australian Open campaign in dominant fashion as he thrashed unseeded Bolivian Hugo Dellien in straight sets, then thanked the fans for their fundraising efforts to help fight the Australian bushfires. | The Spanish star and No. 1 seed is bidding to capture his 20th Grand Slam title to draw level with Roger Federer's record, but said that equalling the Swiss ace's record isn't a target he's specifically pursuing. | Instead, he says, all he is interested in is playing at his very best. If he does that, the titles will take care of themselves. | "If I am able to reach my highest level,…
rt.com/sport/478775-australian-open-2020-rafael-nadal-hugo-dellien/

BRICS open to new member states joining the club, says Russia's deputy FM
rt.com | 2020-01-21
The BRICS group of emerging economies, which is comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, is open to welcoming new member countries, according to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. | Russia is focused on activities on the BRICS+ platform, which "makes it possible for interested countries to find ways to cooperate with the group's members," said Ryabkov, adding: "This is why it is possible to talk about the expansion of BRICS as a goal for the future." | According to Ryabkov, the Russian Sherpa in the five-nation trade bloc, "BRICS' existence is important in terms of creating new…
rt.com/business/478771-brics-new-member-states/

Venezuela's Maduro offers Trump a "win-win" bargain
wsws.org | 2020-01-21
In an interview with the Washington Post, the Venezuelan president "suggested that a bonanza could be waiting for U.S. oil companies" if the White House ends sanctions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/21/vene-j21.html

Bolivia: New election date announced amidst persecution and threats
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-21
Bolivia coup Fernando MolinaIssue 1250 Bolivia 2020 Bolivian elections Movement Towards Socialism (MAS)January 21, 2020Bolivians will return to the polls on May 3, almost fi…
greenleft.org.au/content/bolivia-new-election-date-announced-amidst-persecution-and-threats

Brazil's far-right government backed terror plot against Venezuela, top newspaper reveals
Ben Norton | mronline.org | 2020-01-20
Brazil's extreme Bolsonaro government backed an attack on Venezuela in a plot to overthrow its elected president. The shocking terror operation has received no coverage in mainstream U.S. media. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/20/brazils-far-right-government-backed-terror-plot-against-venezuela-top-newspaper-reveals/

Embassy Protectors speak out in Fort Lauderdale
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-20
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Cómo Juan Guaidó perdió el control de la Asamblea Nacional en Venezuela
Orlenys Ortiz | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-20
øNo entiendes lo sucedido el 5 de enero en la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela? Echemos un vistazo cronológico al fracaso…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/20/juan-guaido-asamblea-nacional-venezuela/

The People of Colombia Are Cracking Up the Walls of War and Authoritarianism
Justin Podur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
The protests that started with the national strike called by Colombia's central union on November 21 to protest pension reforms and the broken promises of the peace accords have persisted for two months and grown into a protest against the …
globalresearch.ca/people-colombia-cracking-up-walls-war-authoritarianism/5701116

The people of Colombia are cracking up the walls of war and authoritarianism
Justin Podur | mronline.org | 2020-01-20
The protests that started with the national strike called by Colombia's central union on November 21 to protest pension reforms and the broken promises of the peace accords have persisted for two months and grown into a protest against the whole establishment. And the protests have continued into the new year and show no signs […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/20/the-people-of-colombia-are-cracking-up-the-walls-of-war-and-authoritarianism/

Bolivia: As Elections Near, US-Backed Interim Gov't Mobilizes Military, Arrests Opposition Leaders
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-20
Interim President of Bolivia Jeanine Añez has ordered troops to the streets and forced opposition candidates to organize abroad for fear of arrest ahead of the country's first elections since a US-backed coup last November.
mintpressnews.com/bolivia-election-government-mobilizes-military-arrests-opposition-leaders/264240/

Brazilians March in Memory of 272 People Killed Last Year
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-20
Hundreds of people are participating in a march on Monday that will begin in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte and end in the municipality of Brumadinho. This march is being conducted in memory of the 272 people that died as a result of the collapsed dam in Córrego do Feijao, on January 25, 2019. | RELATED: | Brazil's Peoples: Bolsonaro Means Genocide, Ethnocide, Ecocide | The march in honor of the victims of that tragedy will last six days, as the participants intend to arrive…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazilians-March-in-Memory-of-272-People-Killed-Last-Year-20200120-0001.html

Venezuela Strengthens Cuba, China, Iran Ties Despite Guatemala Rupture
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-01-20
Cuba and Venezuela have reportedly signed more than 1,400 agreements since 2000.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14769

Venezuelan FM Makes Official Visit to Iran to Boost Relations
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-20
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza met on Monday with his counterpart from the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javad Zarif, to discuss a number of topics, including the strengthening of bilateral relations. | RELATED: | 'Latin America in Constant Siege from US': Venezuela's FM | Heading a high-ranking delegation, Arreaza, arrived in Tehran on Sunday night for a three-day visit. Arreaza's visit to Iran comes just a week after he made his first official visit to China. | "The Minister o…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuelan-FM-Makes-Official-Visit-to-Iran-to-Boost-Relations-20200120-0002.html

Venezuelan President Proposes Respectful Dialogue With US Gov't
teleSUR, jg | telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-20
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro expressed once again that he welcomes dialogue with the United States as long as it is based on mutual respect between both governments. | RELATED: | 'Latin America in Constant Siege from US': Venezuela's FM | In an exclusive interview with The Washington Post, published this weekend, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro proposed dialogue with the United States, which would establish a different relationship between both countri…
telesurenglish.net/news/venezuelan-president-proposes-respectful-dialogue-with-us-gvt-20200119-0018.html

Moscow Hopes Iran Won't Quit Global Nuclear Pact
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-20
Moscow hopes that Iran will not withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying Monday. | "We warn the Iranian side against reckless steps in terms of maintaining the obligations of the Islamic Republic under the NPT," RIA Novosti news agency quoted Ryabkov as saying. | RELATED: | Venezuelan FM Makes Official Visit to Iran to Boost Relations | "We talk about this openly and consider t…
telesurenglish.net/news/Moscow-Hopes-Iran-Wont-Quit-Global-Nuclear-Pact-20200120-0005.html

Peruvian Constitutional Court validates the dissolution of congress
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-20
The Peruvian Constitutional Court (TC) on January 14 ruled in support of President Martín Vizcarra's decision to dissolve Congress and declared unfounded the claim from the former president of the legislative body, Pedro Olaechea. After debating for more than three hours, with four votes in favor and three against, the magistrates declared Vizcarra's decision constitutionally and legally valid, dismissing Olaechea's complaint. | Last year, on September 30, right-wing President Vizcarra exercised his executive powers and dissolved th…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/20/peruvian-constitutional-court-validates-the-dissolution-of-congress/

One More Social Leader Killed In Colombia, 21 So Far in 2020
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-19
The Cordobexia Social Foundation denounced Saturday the assassination of social leader Luis Dario Rodriguez, the second activist killed in the northwestern department of Cordoba this week and the 21st so far in Colombia this year. | RELATED: | 17 Social Leaders Assassinated so Far This Year in Colombia | According to the statement released by the foundation, the social leader was murdered on Friday afternoon as he was returning home from a fishing trip in the municipality of Tierr…
telesurenglish.net/news/another-social-leader-killed-in-colombia-21-so-far-this-year-20200119-0010.html

Bolivia: MAS Presents Official Presidential Ticket
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-19
Bolivia's Movement Towards Socialism, headed by exiled President Evo Morales, announced Sunday that former Minister of Economy Luis Arce and former Minister of Foreign Affairs David Choquehuanca will run for president and vice president, respectively, for the country's May 3 general elections. | RELATED: | Bolivia's Movement to Socialism Party Forms Presidential Plan | Arce, 57, was Morales' Minister of Economy from 2006 to 2017 and then from January 2019 until the coup, leading…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-MAS-Presents-Official-Presidential-Ticket–20200119-0009.html

Brazil's far-right government backed terror plot against Venezuela, top newspaper reveals
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-17
Brazil's extreme Bolsonaro government backed an attack on Venezuela in a plot to overthrow its elected president. The shocking terror…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/17/brazil-paper-reveals-bolsonaro-terror-plot-venezuela/

Tackling femicide in Argentina: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
news.un.org | 2020-01-17
Tackling violence against women is crucial to realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In January, the United Nations launched a Decade of Action to support meeting the 17 goals by 2030.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1055452

What Really Happened With Venezuela's Parallel President?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-17
Media reports and the Trump administration presented a very one-sided version of the election of Venezuela's National Assembly leadership, presenting it as a coup. But who is trying to overthrow whom?
therealnews.com/stories/what-happened-venezuela-juan-guaido-president

In Venezuela, reactionary Guaidó humiliated by assembly defeat
John Catalinotto | workers.org | 2020-01-17
The self-appointed "interim president" of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, received a humiliating setback in that country's National Assembly vote on Jan. 5. He was deposed as leader of the parliamentary body. Throughout 2019, Guaidó served as the designated puppet of U.S. imperialism in Venezuela. He made five attempts with a reactionary, . . . | Continue reading In Venezuela, reactionary Guaidó humiliated by assembly defeat at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/01/45597/

Trump Prosecutors Make Move to Ensure that Embassy Protectors are Convicted
Ajamu Baraka and Bahman Azad | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-15
As the trial approaches, the lawyers for the Trump Administration's prosecution of the four Venezuelan Embassy Protectors who were arrested last May are asking the court to make sure the jury is kept ignorant about the facts and circumstances surrounding the actions of the protectors. In a recently filed motion by government lawyers, state prosecutors …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/trump-prosecutors-make-move-to-ensure-that-embassy-protectors-are-convicted/

Venezuela: Oil Output Stabilizes as Government Eyes Foreign Investment
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-01-15
The Maduro government is reportedly looking to offer greater advantages to private companies in joint oil ventures.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14766

US Sanctions Venezuela's New Parliament Leader, Senior Opposition Lawmakers
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-01-14
The legislature's new opposition leadership "categorically" rejected the sanctions.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14764

Colombia: 'Staggering number' of human rights defenders killed in 2019
news.un.org | 2020-01-14
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, is "deeply troubled by the staggering number of human rights defenders killed in Colombia" last year, its spokesperson said on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1055272

Under US pressure, social media companies censor critical content and suspend Venezuelan, Iranian, and Syrian accounts
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-13
As the US escalates its hybrid wars, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are suspending accounts and censoring content that conflicts with…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/12/us-pressure-social-media-censoring-suspending-venezuela-iran-syria/

Venezuela Blames Sanctions After UN Voting Right Suspended
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-01-13
Venezuela, which has one of the highest UN contribution rates in the region, has not paid its dues since 2018.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14762

Juan Guaidó's top 5 fails
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-11
Anya Parampil reflects on Juan Guaidó's greatest failures throughout his first year as wannabe president of Venezuela along with Diego…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/11/juan-guaidos-top-5-fails/

For Western Press, the Only Coup in Venezuela Is Against Guaidó
Lucas Koerner | fair.org | 2020-01-10
The Washington Post ( 1/5/20) described Venezuelan lawmakers voting against someone other than Washington's chosen candidate to head the assembly as "sedition within the opposition." | The international corporate media have entered crisis mode following the replacement of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as head of the country's National Assembly. | In headline after headline, Venezue…
fair.org/home/for-western-press-the-only-coup-in-venezuela-is-against-guaido/

Venezuela: Guaido installs parallel parliament, US threatens more sanctions
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-10
Venezuela Ricardo VazIssue 1248 Venezuela Juan Guaido US Vice President Mike PenceJanuary 10, 2020Opposition leader Juan Guaido installed a "parallel" parliament in Caracas on January 7. | The…
greenleft.org.au/content/venezuela-guaido-installs-parallel-parliament-us-threatens-more-sanctions

Venezuela: Guaido Installs Parallel Parliament After Washington Threatens More Sanctions
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-01-08
The Trump administration is reportedly mulling sanctions against opposition deputies who voted against Guaido.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14759

Venezuelan Government and Opposition Fraction Announce Release of 14 'Political Prisoners'
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-01-06
The National Roundtable for Peaceful Dialogue also offered its backing to the new National Assembly president, Luis Parra.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14757

Venezuela: Guaido Replaced as Parliament Head in Disputed Vote
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-01-05
Pro-Guaido opposition lawmakers have rejected the vote, forming a parallel parliament with US and international right-wing support.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14755

Prison gave me a greater will to fight
Luiz ignacio lula Da silva | zcomm.org | 2019-12-28
Interview on the reality that Brazil is experiencing and the social protests that have occurred in several Latin American countries…
zcomm.org/zvideo/prison-gave-me-a-greater-will-to-fight/

Chileans Demand New Constitution as Protests Continue
The Real News | zcomm.org | 2019-12-28
For two months, Chileans have been protesting all over the country on a daily basis…
zcomm.org/zvideo/chileans-demand-new-constitution-as-protests-continue/

Venezuela Repels 'Terrorist' Attack on Military Bases, 1 Soldier Dead
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-12-23
The assailants stormed several military installations before being engaged by the Venezuelan army.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14752