Brazilian Police Kill Suspect in Marielle Franco's Murder
teleSUR-age | telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-10
Adriano da Nóbrega, the notorious hitman whose gang of hired killers was allegedly involved in the murder of Brazilian councilor, Marielle Franco, was gunned down by police on Sunday in the northeastern state of Bahia, where the suspect had been hiding from authorities. | RELATED: | Paris Will Have a Public Space Named After Activist Marielle Franco | The former special forces police captain, who also had close ties to the family of the Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro,…
telesurenglish.net/news/brazilian-police-kill-suspect-for-marielle-francos-murder–20200210-0006.html

Meet the candidates taking on Bolivia's U.S.-backed right-wing government
Oliver Vargas | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-10
Bolivia's presidential elections are scheduled to take place on May 3, 2020. The elections will be organized by the "transitional" government of Jeanine àÅñez, who seized power in a U.S.-backed military coup on November 10, 2019. The coup forced out the democratically elected leftist-Indigenous government of Evo Morales, who presided over an economic boom following …
peoplesworld.org/article/meet-the-candidates-taking-on-bolivias-u-s-backed-right-wing-government/

'Puzzling' virus of UNKNOWN origin with genes scientists can't identify discovered in Brazil
rt.com | 2020-02-10
Scientists in Brazil have discovered a virus which appears to be almost entirely new, consisting of unrecognizable genes that have been, until now, undocumented. | The Yaravirus (Yaravirus brasiliensis), named after a water deity in Brazilian mythology and folklore, was discovered in Lake Pampulha in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte. | Also on rt.com | | –°hina unveils mobile app that DETECTS coronavirus close contact | In recent years, virologists and other researchers have discovered a variety of new viruses which challenge tradition…
rt.com/news/480495-virus-unknown-origin-brazil/

Brazilian Government Wants to Destroy the Culture of Native Peoples
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
Recently, Brazilian government appointed Ricardo Lopes Dias to the position of coordinator of isolated peoples at the National Indian Foundation (Fundaàßà£o Nacional do Ândio

Brazilians Mobilize to Clean Up Massive Oil Spill and End the Fossil Fuel Era
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-10
A major oil spill, coming from a mysterious source in the South Atlantic Ocean, has been contaminating Brazil's coastline since Aug. 30. The oil has already reached a 1,500-mile stretch of the coast across 11 Brazilian states. It's contaminated beaches, coral reefs, estuaries, mangroves, and at least 14 nature conservation areas. And it has been impacting the health of traditional coastal communities, including the liv…
truthout.org/articles/brazilians-mobilize-to-clean-up-massive-oil-spill-and-end-the-fossil-fuel-era/

China, Russia to Defy US Sanctions Over Support to Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-10
The Russian government rejected on Monday the U.S. threats to impose new sanctions against several Russian companies for their cooperation with Venezuela in the oil sector. | RELATED: | Venezuela Denounces Terrorist Attack Against Cantv, Movilnet Telecom Warehouse | Last week, the United States special representative for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, warned Russia that its support for Venezuela will cost them econmically as Washington is looking to sanction them.
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Russia-to-Defy-US-Sanctions-Over-Support-to-Venezuela-20200210-0005.html

Water Sprite: Puzzling New Virus With Unknown Genes Spotted in Brazil
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-10
Although the newly uncovered virus was found to belong to the amoeba class, 90 percent of its genes are totally absent from vast 8,500-item metagenome databases.
sputniknews.com/science/202002101078275895-water-sprite-puzzling-new-virus-with-unknown-genes-spotted-in-brazil/

Egypt Arrests and Tortures Human Rights Activist: Rights Group
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-09
An Egyptian researcher and activist was arrested Friday at Cairo's international airport following his arrival from Italy to Egypt's capital for a family visit, according to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). | RELATED: | 'In Chile They Torture, Rape, Kill', Mon Laferte Says Shameless | Patrick George Zaki, 27, had been in the Italian city of Bologna since August 2019 for his postgraduate studies. | "He was taken into the custody of Egypt's National Security Inve…
telesurenglish.net/news/Egypt-Arrests-and-Tortures-Human-Rights-Activist-Rights-Group-20200209-0015.html

Evo Morales Calls for National Reconciliation in Bolivia
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-09
The leader of the Movement to Socialism (MAS) in Bolivia, Evo Morales, called for Bolivians on Saturday to preserve peace and prevent violence in the Andean country. | RELATED: | Bolivia's Coup-Born Regime Arrests Socialist Lawmaker Torrico | "The existence of paramilitary or shock groups that attempt prevent the integrity of Bolivians should not be tolerated," Morales wrote from his Twitter account. | The legitimate president of Bolivia pointed out that in the midst of the dif…
telesurenglish.net/news/Evo-Morales-Calls-for-National-Reconciliation-in-Bolivia-20200209-0002.html

A Year After Brazil Dam Collapse, Communities Still Calling for Accountability
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-09
On January 20, about 350 people gathered together in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, to begin a five-day march to commemorate the one-year anniversary of a deadly dam collapse that occurred at Córrego do Feijà£o in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil, on January 25, 2019. "Vale Destroys, T…
truthout.org/articles/a-year-after-brazil-dam-collapse-communities-still-calling-for-accountability/

Bankers Shape Canadian Policy in Latin America. Juan Guaidó Fêted in Ottawa
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
What's more likely to shape Canadian policy in the Hemisphere: human rights and democracy or bankers' bottom-line? | Last week Venezuelan politician Juan Guaidó was fêted in Ottawa. The self-declared president met Canada's Prime Minister, international development minister and foreign minister. …
globalresearch.ca/bankers-shape-canadian-policy-latin-america/5703148

Venezuela Denounces Terrorist Attack Against Telecom Warehouse
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-09
The Venezuelan government denounced Sunday a terrorist attack on a warehouse of the National Telephone Company of Venezuela (Cantv) and its affiliate Movilnet in the northern state of Carabobo, causing total loss of strategic telecommunications equipment. | RELATED: | Venezuelan Government Denounces Right-Wing Terrorist Plan | Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez informed that the attack was perpetrated on Saturday night in the Flor Amarillo sector of Valencia, Carabobo state,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Denounces-Terrorist-Attack-Against-Cantv-Movilnet-Telecom-Warehouse-20200209-0009.html

Argentina Will Not Pay IMF Debt Until Recession Has Ended
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-09
Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said on Saturday that the government will not pay "even half a cent" of its debt back to the International Monetary Fund before the country has exited recession. | RELATED: | CFK Presents Her Book At Cuba's International Book Fair | "The first thing we have to do in order to be able to pay is to exit the recession," Fernandez de Kirchner said at a presentation of her book "Sinceramente" (Sincerely) at Havana's international boo…
telesurenglish.net/news/Argentina-Will-Not-Pay-IMF-Debt-Until-Recession-Has-Ended-20200209-0001.html

Brazil: 80% Killed by Police in Rio in 2019 Were Black
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-08
In Brazil, 80 percent of those killed by police in Rio de Janeiro were Black, a figure that only in the first half of 2019 is similar to that of the country as a whole in 2018, according to data published by the Institute of Public Security (ISP). | RELATED: | Brazil: 2 Former Police Arrested in Marielle Franco Murder | On Feb. 8, 2019, during a police operation in the Fallet favela, it was the day with the most deaths due to legal intervention in the first half of 2019, 18 in tota…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-80-of-Killed-by-Police-in-Rio-de-Janeiro-2019-Were-Black-20200208-0012.html

Venezuela to Defend Conviasa Airlines From US Ilegal Sanctions
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-08
Venezuela's Economy Minister Tareck El Aissami Saturday announced that his country will respond to the U.S. sanctions against Conviasa airlines, a public company that has 40 aircraft and 2,012 workers. | RELATED: | Russia and Venezuela Build up Cooperation Against US Sanctions | Besides offering commercial services, this airline carries out non-profi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-to-Defend-Conviasa-Airlines-From-US-Ilegal-Sanctions-20200208-0005.html

CFK Presents Her Book At Cuba's International Book Fair
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-08
Argentinian Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner presented Saturday her book "Sincerely" for the first time outside her country, in Havana as part of the XXIX International Book Fair held in Cuba. | RELATED: | Argentina's Senate Approves Government Debt Renegotiation | With the presence of the island's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, the event revolved around the presentation of her best-selling memoir, which the former president said is a compilation of everything before and a…
telesurenglish.net/news/CFK-Presents-Her-Book-At-Cubas-International-Book-Fair-20200208-0010.html

Embassy Protection Collective: "We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law"
Venezuela Analysis | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-06
In this exclusive interview, VA talks to the activists who defended the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC ahead of their trial.

Embassy Protection Collective: "We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law"

Free Bolivian political prisoner Facundo Molares!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-05
Bolivia suffered a vicious coup d'état on November 10, 2019 that was provoked by right-wing gangs rampaging in the street, traitorous police and military officers, the old guard political elite, and, of course, supported by the United States Embassy. As soon as Evo Morales was elected to a fourth term as president of Bolivia on October 20, with almost 47% of the vote, right-wing elements, centered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, started a campaign to destabilize the progressive government headed by Evo. | Directly after the results announcing that Morales won in the first round of the presidential election, reactiona…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/2/5/free-bolivian-political-prisoner-facundo-molares

SOTU: Democratic "Resistance" Give Trump's Venezuela Aggression a Standing Ovation
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-05
Perhaps the loudest applause heard during Trump's State of the Union Address was reserved for Venezuala's Juan Guaidó, as Democrats and Republicans rose as one to salute the self-declared president.
mintpressnews.com/state-of-the-union-democrats-applaud-guaido-venezuela/264678/

ACLU: Trump Is Expanding His Racist Travel Ban, This Time Targeting Africans
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-03
The Trump administration has expanded its contested travel ban to six additional countries

Why aren't Americans rising up like the people of Chile and Lebanon?
Medea Benjamin | zcomm.org | 2020-02-02
The tinder for a revolutionary movement is everywhere…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/why-arent-americans-rising-up-like-the-people-of-chile-and-lebanon/

Headlines for January 31, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-31
Senate Poised to Acquit President Trump in Impeachment Trial, World Health Organization Declares International Public Health Emergency, U.S. Special Envoy Warns of International Crisis in Idlib, Syria, Britain Formally Withdrawing from European Union Tonight, Pentagon Deploys 1st Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead-Armed Submarine, Trump Admin Poised to Loosen Restrictions on Use of Landmines, Human Rights Groups Condemn Mexico for Crackdown on Central American Migrants, Mexican Butterfly Conservationist Found Dead, Bolivia's Movement for Socialism Candidate Luis Arce Returns to Bolivia, U.S. Pushes EU to End Ban on Chemic…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/31/headlines

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/