US Media, Pols Rage After Venezuelans Defy US Empire to Re-elect Socialists
Alan MacLeod | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-13
President Nicolas Maduro and his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) are celebrating today, after a clear victory in yesterday's National Assembly elections. The elections, boycotted by many major right-wing opposition groups, but still participated in by over 100 …
globalresearch.ca/us-media-pols-rage-venezuelans-defy-us-empire-re-elect-socialists/5732055

President Luis Arce Travels to Brazil for Medical Check-up
teleSUR, ce | telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-13
Bolivian President Luis Arce departed on Sunday morning to Brazil for a routine appointment, temporarily leaving the presidency in the hands of Vice President David Choquehuanca until Tuesday. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Lower Chamber Passes a Bill Taxing Large Fortunes | "Today, I am absent from Bolivia until Tuesday, December 15, to carry out my routine health check-up. I thank the Bolivian people for the love and well wishes that they have sent me," Arce tweeted. | Before Arce's trip t…
telesurenglish.net/news/president-luis-arce-travels-to-brazil-for-medical-check-up-20201213-0002.html

Reopening embassy in Tehran key step in fight against US
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-13
TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (MNA) — Bolivian Foreign Minister announced that his country will reopen its embassy in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167128/Reopening-embassy-in-Tehran-key-step-in-fight-against-US

Message of Chiledoc's head to Iranian Cinema Verite
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-13
TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (MNA) — Head of Chile Documentary Film Center (Chiledoc) Diego Pino Anguita sent a message to the 14th Iran International Documentary Film Festival known as "Cinema Verite" which is slated to be held online on 15-22 December.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167111/Message-of-Chiledoc-s-head-to-Iranian-Cinema-Verite

Foreign Minister Arreaza To US 'Ambassador'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
Venezuela scoffed at the presentation of credentials by the person in charge of the US "virtual embassy" in Colombia, pointing out that his office in Caracas awaits him. | James Story, assigned as the supposed US ambassador to Venezuela, delivered his credentials to the fugitive Venezuelan opposition politician Julio Borges, "envoy" of the self-proclaimed president of Venezuela, coup leader Juan Guaidó, on Monday in Bogotá, the Colombian capital, reflecting the White House's commitment to the opposition and to regime change in Venezuela.
popularresistance.org/foreign-minister-arreaza-to-us-ambassador-your-office-in-caracas-awaits-you/

Go Vote Yourself a Raise, Georgia—You've Long Earned It
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2020-12-12
Candidates should be pushed to say if they stand with the super-rich profiteering, callous Big Business tycoons or with the people who work for pitiful wages, on the rugged frontlines, and keep our society running. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/georgia_primary.jpg …
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OAS's New Attempt To Interfere In Venezuela Rejected
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
On Wednesday, the representatives of Argentina, Mexico, and Bolivia to the Organization of American States (OAS) rejected a new resolution that disregards Venezuela's Sunday elections and calls for a transitional government. | The representatives condemned the new attempts of destabilization against Venezuela, noting the belligerent strategy promoted by the OAS resolution that claimed the elections did not observe International Law's guarantees. | Argentina's ambassador to the OAS Carlos Raimundi rejected both the calls to not recognize the elections' results and the imposition of conditions to the Venezuelan gov…
popularresistance.org/oass-new-attempt-to-interfere-in-venezuela-rejected/

Jeffrey Lewis — The Story of Chile (a low-budget documentary)
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-12
counterpunch.org/2020/12/12/jeffrey-lewis-the-story-of-chile-a-low-budget-documentary/

Argentina: Acciones Plurinacionales en Defensa de la Vida
reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras | indybay.org | 2020-12-12
Argentina | Del 8 al 13 de diciembre | SEMANA DE ACCIONES PLURINACIONALES EN DEFENSA DE LA VIDA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/10/18838901.php

Chilean Embraces Environmental Ethos on Oregon Coast
Paul Haeder | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-12
Before heading over to interview this subject, I was thinking of a possible epigraph for the piece. One from a Chilean: Discovery is not seeing what there is (that is impossible at any level), but rather allowing oneself to converge towards a continually freshly-created reality. ‚Äï Chilean economist, Manfred Max-Neef, From the Outside Looking In: Experiences …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/chilean-embraces-environmental-ethos-on-oregon-coast/

French Police Round Up Protesters, Mainstream Media Ignores
teleSUR, ce | telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-12
French citizens held another day of large-scale protests in Paris against the global security bill, which limits the dissemination of images in which police officers can be personally identified, among other things. | RELATED: | Six People Arrested in Brazil Over the Death of Joao Silveira | Parisian police repressed the march, making several arrests, reportedly to prevent the formation of the so-called "black blocks" of protesters. | Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said that…
telesurenglish.net/news/french-police-round-up-protesters-mainstream-media-ignores-20201212-0002.html

[World Report] Bolivia's new health minister promises universal health care
Amy Booth | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
Once implemented, the system will guarantee free health care to Bolivians, but critics say more funding is needed. Amy Booth reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32664-7/fulltext?rss=yes

Free Elections In Venezuela Are A Blow To Regime Change
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-11
Venezuela held legislative elections on December 6 and, as has become the norm, the U.S. and sectors of the opposition that boycotted the election are claiming fraud without presenting evidence. The coalition of parties supporting President Maduro won 68% of the vote and a supermajority in the National Assembly. All the evidence suggests the elections were free and fair. However, turnout was only 31%, a participation rate that was hampered by a partial opposition boycott of the election. | This call to abstain was made by Juan Guaidó and his allies, but a different faction of the opposition participated fully.