Chile: New Wave of Protests to Demand Piñera's Resignation
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-11
Thousands of Chileans are taking to the streets again this Wednesday to demand the removal of President Sebastian Piñera, who is turning two years into his term.‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã | RELATED: | Chile Denounces Government Repression During Feminist Strike | "The Piñera administration thought that by talking about a hypothetical new constitution it would succeed in placating t…
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FRSO labor delegation joins Venezuelan march defending the Bolivarian government
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-11
Caracas, Venezuela – Over 600,000 people took to the streets in Caracas, March 10, marching to support President Maduro and the Bolivarian government. The small opposition called for a march on the Presidential Palace Miraflores and held small rallies in the wealthy neighborhoods. However, huge masses of people in central Caracas marched through several working-class neighborhoods to counter the opposition's call. The gigantic march went as far as the eye could see. There were banners, trucks and music. People were chanting, singing and dancing. | "I saw thousands of working people celebrating their revoluti…
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Caricom Prime Ministers to Make Post-Elections Visit to Guyana
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-11
Caribbean Community's Chairman and Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Mottley will lead a delegation of regional Prime Ministers on a special two-day mission to Guyana, starting March 11. | RELATED: | Caricom Urges Transparent Elections in Guyana To Avoid More Victims | The delegation will meet with the leadership of all parties that contested the poll, according to a statement released Tuesday by the organization. | Mottley will be joined by Prime Ministers Roosevelt Skerrit of…
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Colombia: Council of State Returns Angela Robledo to Congress
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-11
Colombia's Council of State Tuesday announced that the Colombia Humana (CH) party's lawmaker Angela Maria Robledo may return to the Lower House after she was charged and dismissed for "double militancy." | RELATED: | Colombia: Ivan Cepeda Accuses Right-Wing Parties of Buying Vote | "The seat restored to me by the 'Council of State' also belongs to the more than 8 million people who voted for the Human Colombia political project," Robledo tweeted.‚Äã&sbq…
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Brazil's Bolsonaro signs military pact with Trump
wsws.org | 2020-03-11
The meeting of the two fascistic presidents in Florida was dedicated to escalating aggression against Venezuela, even as the US and Brazil remain divided on economic issues.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/11/bols-m11.html

Death Toll From Brazil's Mudslides Hits 44
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-11
The death toll from the devastating mudslides that occurred one week ago in southeast Brazil's Sao Paulo state has reached 44, local authorities said Tuesday. | RELATED: Brazil Only Buying Scrap Metal From US, Says Celso Amorim | Using heavy earth-moving machinery, firefighters dug up the body of a fellow rescue worker who died while trying to save a family buried under earth and rubble. | Another 34 people remain missing in the popular seaside resort town of Guaruja, whe…
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Chile Denounces Government Repression During Feminist Strike
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
The feminist general strike called in Chile on Monday as part of the celebrations of International Women's Day was repressed by the police of President Sebastian Piñera's government, according to the National Institute of Human Rights (INDH). | RELATED: | Chile: General Strike on Second Day of Feminist Protests | "Even though this was a peaceful day, which called to defend gender equality, the carabineros (Chilean police) attacked the demonstrators," the INDH president Sergio Micco to…
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Elon Musk is acting like a neo-Conquistador for South America's lithium
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-03-10
Elon Musk, the head of Tesla, wants to build an electric car factory in Brazil. He was supposed to meet Jair Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil, in Miami in early March, but he was too busy; instead, Musk will go to Brazil sometime this year. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/09/elon-musk-is-acting-like-a-neo-conquistador-for-south-americas-lithium/

Venezuela: Pro-Gov't and Opposition Hold Rallies in Caracas
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Venezuelan pro-government protesters and sectors of the opposition took Tuesday to the streets of the capital, Caracas, staging parallel rallies led by both sides' main leaders. | RELATED: | Venezuela's Multiparty Committee Tasked to Appoint New Electoral Officials In Session | Leading the pro-government march, Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) Diosdado Cabello gave a speech in which he rejected the anti-democratic stance of a certain sector of the opp…
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The Organization of American States Is Eroding Faith in Democracy
Laura Carlsen | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-10
The actions of the OAS Electoral Mission in Bolivia, headed by the Costa Rican Manuel González Sanz, triggered a break with the democratic order, leading not only to the coup but the subsequent killings of pro-Morales protesters by security forces, who specifically targeted indigenous supporters of the nation's first indigenous president.
counterpunch.org/2020/03/10/the-organization-of-american-states-is-eroding-faith-in-democracy/

FRSO labor delegation meets with Venezuelan trade union leaders
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-10
Caracas, Venezuela – On March 9, the Freedom Road Socialist Organization labor delegation met with Venezuelan transport sector union leaders. The delegation met to support the struggle of union workers against Trump's sanctions and economic blockade. President Francisco Torrealba of the Venezuelan Transport Workers Federation spoke, "We welcome you to Venezuela and hope to build ties between workers and unions of both countries." He proudly said, "President Maduro is a member of our union!" | Jesus Delgado, president of the airlines sector for the transport workers union, and also a worker at Conviasa airlin…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/3/10/frso-labor-delegation-meets-venezuelan-trade-union-leaders

FRSO delegation arrives in Caracas, meets with human rights organization
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-10
Caracas, Venezuela

Bachelet Condemns US Coercive Actions Against Venezuelan People
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Tuesday reiterated her concern about the new unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States against the Venezuelan people. | RELATED: | US, Colombia, Brazil Hold Alliance to Attack Venezuela | In the oral update on the human rights situation in Venezuela, which took place at the UN H…
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Uruguay Withdraws From Unasur and Returns to the US-Backed TIAR
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Uruguay's Foreign Minister Ernesto Talvi Tuesday announced that his country withdraws from the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) and returns to the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR). | RELATED: | Uruguay: Lacalle's Investiture Ceremony Alined With US Biases | "The Government of Uruguay decided to withdraw from Unasur, which has already been abandoned by most countries in the region with the exception of Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. It…
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Ecuadorean President Unleashes New Austerity Reform Package
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno announced Tuesday an austerity reform package as a direct result of the oil price slump and a struggling economy caused by neoliberal policies. | RELATED: | Oil Falls 30% As Saudi Arabia Slashes Prices, Sparks Price War | "The global coronavirus disease is generating an economic crisis worldwide, and has hit Ecuador hard," Moreno justified his decision, explaining that production, exports, tourism, and many other commercial activities, of almost…
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'Coronavirus Kills Slowly, Is Highly Invasive': Cuban Expert
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
For the latest edition of his show Talking with Correa (Conversando con Correa), Ecuador's former President Rafael Correa hosted Cuban specialist in ‚Äã‚Äãgenetic engineering Luis Herrera, who provided some details about the novel coronavirus. | RELATED: | Europe Confronts COVID-19, Economic Impact Likely | "It belongs to the family of RNA viruses," the expert said, recalling that this kind of disease has precedents. "One of the first epidemics, which be…
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Brazil Only Buying Scrap Metal From US, Says Celso Amorim
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Brazilian ex-chancellor Celso Amorim said that the South American nation would only buy scrap metal from the U.S. after the military agreement. | RELATED: | Brazil: Feminist Farmers Start 'Seeds of Resistance' Campaign | According to the former diplomatic, Trump pursues to align Brazil to his politics as an ally in the region. Amorim added: "If to do so, it is needed to do small buys or sell second hand, they will do it. We cannot be naàØve about that." | The ex-Foreign Minister pointed ou…
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China: 14 Temporary Hospitals Closed for Covid-19 Reduction
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
After a month of strict isolation and quarantine measures, the Chinese city of Wuhan, in Hubei province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, announced Monday the closure of 14 temporary hospitals, due to low levels of infection in the territory. | RELATED: | First Case of Coronavirus Reported in Colombia and Peru | Although there are still 19,000 people hospitalized nationwide because of the epidemic, Wuhan authorities announced that, due to the low level of infection reported…
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Colombia: Ivan Cepeda Accuses Right-Wing Parties of Buying Vote
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Colombian Senator Ivan Cepeda presented his formal accusation against Maria Claudia Daza, the former adviser to ex-President Alvaro Uribe's, due to her implication in vote buying during the 2018 elections on behalf of current mandatary Ivan Duque. | RELATED: | Violence Against Women Leaders Increases in Colombia | Cepeda, who also was a representative or the Colombian government chamber, denounced the right-wing functionary to the General Prosecutor, Francisco Barbosa Delgado. | These a…
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Brazil: Feminist Farmers Start 'Seeds of Resistance' Campaign
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Brazil's Movement of Female Farmers (MMC) Monday started the "Seeds of Resistance" national campaign as a way to highlighting social fights for gender equity, respect for Indigenous cultures, and defense of local producers. | RELATED: | US, Colombia, Brazil Hold Alliance to Attack Venezuela | This campaign also pursues to make visible the experience and wisdom of the Brazilian small farmers, who are permanently under attack from large companies, which are backed up by the far-right Pres…
telesurenglish.net/news/brazilian-women-in-defense-of-native-seeds-20200310-0012.html

US, Colombia, Brazil Hold Alliance to Attack Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza denounced that the United States, Colombia, and Brazil have established an alliance to increase the aggression against the Bolivarian people through a naval blockade. | RELATED: | Venezuela's Multiparty Committee Tasked to Appoint New Electoral Officials In Session | "The White House is developing a chain of command t…
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Fire Destroys Most Voting Machines in Venezuela's Capital
Reuters | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
Venezuela's elections council said on Sunday that a fire over the weekend destroyed most of the voting machines stored in its main warehouse in the capital, Caracas, potentially complicating parliamentary elections scheduled for this year. | Nearly 50,000 voting machines and …
globalresearch.ca/fire-destroys-most-voting-machines-venezuela-capital/5705940

MAS Presents New Legal Resort To Enable Evo Morales' Candidacy
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) presented a new legal recourse to qualify ex-president Evo Morales as a candidate for the first senatorship in Cochabamba, informed political secretary Froilan Fulguera on Tuesday. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Congress Summons 3 Ministers to Explain Their Actions | In statements to Radio Fides, Fulguera said that the appeal was submitted to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), which he hopes will analyze and give viability "for brother Juan Evo Morales to continue…
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Bolivia: Congress Summons 3 Ministers to Explain Their Actions
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Bolivia's Plurinational Legislative Assembly (ALP) invited three ministers of the coup-born regime lead by Jeanine Añez to attend a hearing session on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Parliament Censors Jeanine àÅñez's Allies Minister | This meeting should be attended by Communication Minister Maria Fernandez, Environment Minister Maria Pinckert, and Ru…
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