Social media giants disappear popular Iranian & Venezuelan accounts
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-30
Red Lines host Anya Parampil talks with Professor Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran. Professor Marandi's Facebook and Instagram…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/30/social-media-giants-disappear-popular-iranian-venezuelan-accounts/
How Western left media helped legitimate U.S. regime change in Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | mronline.org | 2020-01-30
It's been a year since Juan Guaidó began his U.S.-anointed mandate as "interim president" of Venezuela. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/30/how-western-left-media-helped-legitimate-u-s-regime-change-in-venezuela/
Brazilian President Bolsonaro guest of honor at India's Republic Day
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
Modi advocated a "strategic partnership" based on "similar ideology and similar values."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/bols-j30.html
Honduran Nurses Continue Strike Against Threat of Layoffs
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The members of the Association of Nurses and Auxiliary Nurses in Honduras (Aneeah) continue this Wednesday a national strike for the third consecutive day, due to the threat of dismissal and the refusal of the Government to the possibility of a salary increase | RELATED: | Brazil Petrobras Workers Call Indefinite Strike From Saturday | The nurses' union called for restoring an environment reconciliation, welcomed during the previous dialogue, without reaching confrontations or w…
telesurenglish.net/news/honduran-nurses-continue-strike-against-threat-of-layoffs-20200129-0026.html
Argentina: Lower House Approves Restructuring External Debt
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
Argentina's Lower House Wednesday passed the "Law for the Management of the Sustainability of External Public Debt", which gives President Alberto Fernandez broad powers to renegotiate the country's foreign debt. Now the Senate must consider and approve the new regulations. | RELATED: | Argentine Executive Project Aims To Restore Debt Sustainability | "A sov…
telesurenglish.net/news/Argentina-Lower-House-Approves-Restructuring-External-Debt-20200130-0003.html
'Is it cold in Argentina?': Belgian cycling journalist rides into sexism row over pic of female reporter
rt.com | 2020-01-30
Belgian former pro cyclist-turned-reporter Sven Spoormakers set off a sexism storm on social media with his comments on a female reporter covering an event in Argentina. | In a now-deleted tweet, Spoormakers shared a picture of ESPN reporter Belen Mendiguren wearing a low-cut top and interviewing a competitor at the Vuelta a San Juan, with the Belgian commenting on Mendiguren's appearance by writing: "Is it cold in Argentina?"
rt.com/sport/479598-spoormakers-cycling-reporter-argentina-sexism-row/
Crisis election in Peru yields fractured Congress
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
Traditional parties that have dominated Peruvian politics for decades were left without a single seat, while no party succeeded in capturing more than 10 percent of the ballots.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/peru-j30.html
Ciudadano estadounidense detenido e interrogado por agentes del DHS sobre la solidaridad con Venezuela del movimiento antiguerra
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-29
Un ciudadano estadounidense que participó en el Colectivo de Protección de la Embajada de Venezuela fue detenido, registrado e interrogado…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/29/ciudadano-estadounidense-detenido-interrogado-agentes-dhs/
Brazil Petrobras Workers Call Indefinite Strike From Saturday
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
Workers at the Brazilian oil company Petrobras approved Wednesday a plan to go on an indefinite strike from Saturday, protesting a plan by the state-controlled company to close the Parana Nitrogen Fertilizer plant and fire its 396 workers. | RELATED: | Brazilian Indigenous Tribes to Sue Bolsonaro Over Crude Remarks | "The current government's aggressive policy of privatization and closure of Petrobras' strategic units impacts oil tankers, with massive layoffs and attacks on ag…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Petrobras-Workers-Call-Indefinite-Strike-From-Saturday-20200129-0018.html
Afghanistan: Probe Starts Into Alleged Abuse of About 546 Boys
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
An investigation into the alleged abuse of more than 500 schoolboys in Afghanistan has been launched after a pedophile ring was discovered last year in the country's Logar province, The Guardian last reported Wednesday. | RELATED: | Chile: 6 Military Police Detained for Sexual Abuse in Protests | "We are in the process of running a comprehensive, impartial investigation," a spokesman for the attorney general's office said, adding that a committee had been created. | The move c…
telesurenglish.net/news/Afghanistan-Probe-Starts-Into-Alleged-Abuse-of-at-Least-546-Boys-20200129-0020.html
Meet the Candidates Taking on Bolivia's US-Backed Right Wing Government
Oliver Vargas | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-29
Bolivian journalist Oliver Vargas takes an in-depth look at the candidates taking on the interim right-wing government of Jeanine Anez in Bolivia's upcoming elections and the many challenges they face.
mintpressnews.com/bolivia-elections-meet-candidates-taking-on-jeanine-anez/264424/
Bolivia: Socialist Candidate Arce Attended Prosecutor's Office
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) presidential candidate Luis Arce Wednesday morning arrived at the Prosecutor's Office to give statements in an investigation for a case of alleged corruption at the Indigenous Peoples and Farmers' Development Fund (FONDIOC). | RELATED: | Socialist Presidential Candidate Luis Arce Arrives in Bolivia | Once the hearin…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Socialist-Candidate-Arce-Attended-Prosecutors-Office-20200129-0004.html
Haiti Joins US-Backed Lima Group Against Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
Haiti's request to be incorporated as a member into the United States-led Lima Group has been accepted, Peru's Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday on its Twitter account. | RELATED: | After the Earthquake: 10 Years of Domestic and International Failures in Haiti | "Following the request of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Haiti Bocchit Edmond and a letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru Gustavo Meza-Cuadra in his capacity as coordinator of the Lima…
telesurenglish.net/news/Haiti-Joins-Us-Backed-Lima-Group-Against-Venezuela-20200129-0017.html
In impeachment crisis, Trump continues fascistic appeals, Democrats promote warmonger John Bolton
wsws.org | 2020-01-29
An architect of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Bolton has advocated wars for regime change in Iran, Syria, Libya, Venezuela, Cuba, Yemen and North Korea.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/29/impe-j29.html
Uprising in Chile is legacy of dashed hopes and bitter defeat
W. T. Whitney Jr. | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-29
Santiago high school students were the spark. Rejecting a fare hike, they jumped over subway toll barriers on Oct. 18, 2019. Students filled the streets all over. Police action led to injuries and arrests. Some 1.2 million people occupied Plaza Italia in Santiago a week later. After three months, on Jan. 18, Santiago marchers arriving …
peoplesworld.org/article/uprising-in-chile-is-legacy-of-dashed-hopes-and-bitter-defeat/
Paraguay Declares Health Emergency in Asuncion Due to Dengue
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
During the session held on Wednesday, local authorities have decided for 90 days to declare an environmental and health emergency in Asunción, capital of Paraguay, according to Humberto Blasco, president of the Municipal Board, via Twitter. | RELATED: | Brazil: Ministry Prefers 'Abstinence' Instead of Sex Education | According to Blasco, the purpose is to deal with the dengue epidemic in the Paraguayan city, after a strong rebound of the disease, transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosqu…
telesurenglish.net/news/paraguay-declares-health-emergency-in-asuncion-due-to-dengue-20200129-0016.html
Brazil: Ministry Prefers 'Abstinence' Instead of Sex Education
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
The Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP) Tuesday took a position against encouraging sexual abstinence as a method to avoid teen pregnancy, which is the policy option actively promoted by the Women, Family, and Human Rights Ministry that is currently headed by evangelical pastor Damares Alves. | RELATED: | Brazilian Indigenous Tribes to Sue Bolsonaro Over Crude Remarks | The SBP argues that the only effective option in this matter is to offer both access to health services an…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Ministry-Prefers-Abstinence-Instead-of-Sex-Education-20200129-0008.html
Over 120 Trans People Murdered in Brazil in 2019: Study
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
Brazil is still the most perilous country in the world for transexual people, according to the report issued Wednesday by LGBT rights association Antra on the National Day of the Visibility of Trans people. | RELATED: | Brazil: Ministry Prefers 'Abstinence' Instead of Sex Education | According to the document, 124 trans people – whose gender identity does not match their sex assigned at birth – have been…
telesurenglish.net/news/Over-120-Trans-People-Murdered-in-Brazil-in-2019-Study-20200129-0015.html
Glenn Greenwald and David Miranda on Bolsonaro's Far-Right Movement in Brazil: 'We Intend to Fight This Repression, Not Flee From It'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-29
In an op-ed published Wednesday by the Guardian, American journalist Glenn Greenwald and Brazilian Congressman David Miranda—who are married and live with their two children in Rio de Janeiro—vowed to continue fighting against the movement behind Brazil's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, despite attacks that have included detailed death threats targeting their family. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1837277661.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/01/29/glenn-greenwald-and-david-miranda-bolsonaros-far-right-movement-brazil-we-intend?cd-origin=rss
Interim Bolivian president Añez calls Indigenous citizens "savages"
Albert Bender | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-28
The outlaw Bolivian president Jeanine Añez has announced that new elections in the country will be held on May 3, 2020. And just prior to that, it was disclosed that Añez called on Bolivians to prevent the return of "savages" to power, referring to Evo Morales, the country's first Indigenous president. According to a Jan. 6 …
peoplesworld.org/article/interim-bolivian-president-anez-calls-indigenous-citizens-savages/
FRSO Venezuela delegation meets with women in Bolivarian Militia
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-28
Caracas, Venezuela – During the World Anti-Imperialist Congress, members of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) delegation talked with women in the Bolivarian Militia. The Bolivarian Militia was created in 2005 in response to U.S. intervention. As of December 2019, President Maduro said he is moving toward making the Militia into "combat units" within the Armed Forces. In 2019, with multiple U.S.-backed coup attempts to install Juan Guaidó in place of democratically elected President Maduro, the Bolivarian Militia nearly doubled to 3.3 million members in a country of around 30 million people. Their rol…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/28/frso-venezuela-delegation-meets-women-bolivarian-militia
Mientras Trump reduce los cupones de alimentos, USAID financia un cambio de régimen de Venezuela con 500 millones de dólares en dinero de impuestos
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-25
La administración Trump ha gastado 654 millones de dólares en "ayuda" para tratar de derrocar al gobierno de Venezuela, incluidos…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/24/trump-reduce-cupones-alimentos-usaid-financia-un-cambio-de-regimen-de-venezuela-con-500-millones-dolares-dinero-impuestos/
US citizen detained and interrogated by DHS agents about anti-war movement solidarity with Venezuela
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-25
A US citizen who participated in the Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective was detained, searched and interrogated for the second time…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/24/us-citizen-detained-interrogated-dhs-venezuela/
"The New Colossus": In New Play, Tim Robbins Tackles Immigration & Xenophobia
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-23
President Trump said Wednesday that he would expand his highly controversial travel ban, which already bars citizens from seven countries, most of which have Muslim-majority populations
How Western Left Media Helped Legitimate US Regime Change in Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | fair.org | 2020-01-22
In Jacobin ( 2/5/19)… | It's been a year since Juan Guaidó began his US-anointed mandate as "interim president" of Venezuela. | Following the opposition leader's failure to secure reelection as National Assembly president this month, Washington and its corporate media stenographers have hysterically decried a "coup" (FAIR.org, 1/10/20) against the coup…
fair.org/home/how-western-left-media-helped-legitimate-us-regime-change-in-venezuela/
Criminalizing Reporting: Glenn Greenwald Faces Cybercrime Complaint After Exposing Scandal in Brazil
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-22
In Brazil, federal prosecutors have filed a criminal complaint against journalist and Intercept co-founder Glenn Greenwald in connection to a major investigation he spearheaded that exposed misconduct among federal prosecutors and a former judge. Called "The Secret Brazil Archive," the series of pieces published in The Intercept and The Intercept Brasil used a trove of documents to offer new and damning insight into the sweeping anti-corruption campaign that brought down former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and paved the way for the election of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro. The investigation used pre…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/22/glenn_greenwald_cybercrimes_charges_brazil