2020-01-31: Social Media Postees

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Chile: One Dead and 124 Arrested During a Violent Early Morning
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-31
One dead person, 124 detainees and several wounded was the balance of the police repression to the protests that Chileans carried out in the early hours of Friday in Santiago. | RELATED: | Chilean Students Protest Controversial Exam in Santiago | On Thursday afternoon, citizens went out to protest the death of Jorge Mora, a fan of the Colo-Colo soccer team, who was hit by a Police truck last Tuesday. | His death intensified popular mobilizations against the neoliberal state, which th…
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Uprising in Chile is the Legacy of Dashed Hopes and Bitter Defeat
W. T. Whitney | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-31
Santiago high school students were the spark. Rejecting a fare hike, they jumped over subway toll barriers on October 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 January 18, Santiago marchers arriving…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/31/uprising-in-chile-is-the-legacy-of-dashed-hopes-and-bitter-defeat/

Uprising in Chile is the Legacy of Dashed Hopes and Bitter Defeat
W. T. Whitney | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-31
Santiago high school students were the spark. Rejecting a fare hike, they jumped over subway toll barriers on October 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 January 18, Santiago marchers arriving…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/31/uprising-in-chile-is-the-legacy-of-dashed-hopes-and-bitter-defeat/

US government censorship? Social media giants disappear accounts of Iranian and Venezuelan academics, journalists
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/

'The US Has Become a Force of Evil': Oliver Stone
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The United States has become a "force of evil" against the people who want to reform things, renowned director Oliver Stone told former Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa during an interview Wednesday in his RT show 'Conversando con Correa' (Speaking With Correa). | RELATED: | Abby Martin Banned From Speaking at US University For Refusing to Sign Pro-Israel Pledge | The conversation started with an overview of Stone's life and career, before plunging into the subject of politics, the worl…
telesurenglish.net/news/the-Us-Has-Become-a-Force-of-Evil-Oliver-Stone-20200130-0027.html

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/

Maduro on Merlano Case: Duque Does Not Want the Truth Out There
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, said Thursday that his Colombian counterpart, Iván Duque, has not followed the due process for the extradition of former congresswoman Aída Merlano. Merlano, who arrested last Monday in the city of Maracaibo, Zulia state, after running away from her country, seems not interested in knowing the truth, according to the head of state. | RELATED: | 'Plan to Exterminate Former Guerrillas Is Underway' FARC Says | During a nationwide broadcast,…
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'Plan to Exterminate Former Guerrillas Is Underway' FARC Says
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
Colombia's Common Revolutionary Alternative Force (FARC) Thursday denounced the execution of an extermination plan against former guerrilla fighters who are settled in the Ituango Municipality, in Antioquia. | RELATED: | Colombia: 27 Social Leaders Killed in 27 days of 2020 | The humanitarian situation is particularly serious in the Santa Lucia community where 12 c…
telesurenglish.net/news/Plan-to-Exterminate-Former-Guerrillas-Is-Underway-FARC-Says-20200130-0008.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

Labor Party of Mexico Expresses Support for teleSUR
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The Labor Party of Mexico issued a statement in which it expressed its rejection of the attacks by Venezuelan opposition lawmaker Juan Guaidó against the international media outlet teleSUR. | RELATED: | Network for Defence of Humanity Voices Support for teleSUR | The Mexican political party stated that Guaidó "only seeks to promote and put at the service of U.S. imperialism a media outlet that has stood out for giving voice to those who never had it." | The statement points out th…
telesurenglish.net/news/labor-party-of-mexico-expresses-its-support-for-telesur-20200130-0017.html

Venezuelan Rum Maker Optimistic About Economic Recovery
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
Rum distiller Ron Santa Teresa has launched Venezuela's first public share offering in 11 years, saying that the nation may see an economic transition similar to China. | RELATED: | Venezuelan Assembly to Investigate US Funding to Guaido | One of Venezuela's best-known brands, Santa Teresa, which exports via an alliance with Bermuda-based Bacardi Ltd., sold an initial 1 million shares on Friday. | It was the firm's first in a series of offers of bolivar-denominated shares hoped to…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuelan-Rum-Maker-Optimistic-About-Economic-Recovery-20200130-0021.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…
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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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

"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