(2020-01-26). Brazil breaks oil production record. rt.com 
Brazil produced more than 1 billion barrels last year, the first time it has breached the 1-billion-barrel mark, Reuters reports, citing the country's oil regulator, ANP. | The daily average stood at 3.106 million bpd, up 7.78 percent on 2018, ANP also said. | More than half of the total oil production Brazil recorded in 2019 came from the prolific presalt zone off its coast. The contribution of the presalt zone stood at 633.98 million barrels, which was an annual improvement of 21.56 percent. | Also on rt.com | | Br…
(2020-01-26). India marks Republic Day with grand show of military might & cultural diversity (VIDEOS). rt.com 
India celebrated its 71st Republic Day with a grand parade, showcasing the nation's military might, history and cultural diversity, with visiting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as the guest of honor. | Before the parade kicked off down the iconic Rajpath boulevard in downtown Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid a wreath at the newly built National War Memorial for the first time instead of doing so at the Amar Jawan Jyoti memorial, dedicated to the heroes of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. | Prime Minister
(2020-01-26). How new creative actions are fueling Chile's uprising. zcomm.org In response to repression by Chilean police, decentralized performances — sparked by small artist collectives — are replacing traditional barricades…
(2020-01-26). A Year of Failure for Guaidó and Trump's "Fake President" globalresearch.ca It has now been one year since Juan Guaidó, then head of Venezuela's National Assembly, swore himself in as "interim president" of the country on January 23, 2019. It is worth recalling that this scheme was hatched in Washington. …
(2020-01-26). Miss BumBum Reveals How Much Her Outstanding Physique Brings Her Per Year. sputniknews.com Brazilian stunner Suzy Cortez made history last October when she became the first woman to be crowned Miss BumBum twice. This gave a boost to the career of the curvy 29-year-old, who not only enjoys fame on social media — with over two million followers on Instagram — but also earns thousands of dollars on her racy snaps.
(2020-01-26). India showcases military strength at Republic Day. yenisafak.com India on Sunday showcased its military strength at an event marking the country's 71st Republic Day.Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was the chief guest at the event held in the capital New Delhi. This was the third time that India invited a Brazilian president as the chief guest at the Republic Day event.During the event, the newly inducted Chinook heavy lift and Apache attack choppers were put on display for the first time.Another feature of the program was a contingent of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) women bikers, who performed daredevil stunts.Elaborate security arrangements were made for the Republ…
(2020-01-25). Mientras Trump reduce los cupones de alimentos, USAID financia un cambio de régimen de Venezuela con 500 millones de dólares en dinero de impuestos. thegrayzone.com La administración Trump ha gastado 654 millones de dólares en "ayuda" para tratar de derrocar al gobierno de Venezuela, incluidos…
(2020-01-25). US citizen detained and interrogated by DHS agents about anti-war movement solidarity with Venezuela. thegrayzone.com A US citizen who participated in the Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective was detained, searched and interrogated for the second time…
(2020-01-25). Protests in Madrid Against Visit of Venezuelan Lawmaker Guaido. telesurenglish.net In front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Madrid, the solidarity movement with the Bolivarian Revolution repudiated on Saturday the visit to Spain of RELATED: |
(2020-01-25). President Nicolás Maduro addresses World Anti Imperialist Congress. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – On the final day of the World Anti Imperialist Congress, January 24, Venezuelan President Nicólas Maduro spoke to the hundreds of international delegates from over fifty countries. A delegation from Freedom Road Socialist Organization is participating in the Congress. | With a Syrian professor and member of Ba'ath Party at his side, Maduro began with a story of a visit he had alongside Hugo Chavez to Syria when thousands of Syrians surrounded his vehicle in Damascus and lifted the car in celebration of a brave anti-imperialist leader. Maduro followed this with a declaration of solidarity to…
(2020-01-25). Bolivia: Corruption Accusations Seek to Curb Arce's Candidacy. telesurenglish.net Luis Arce, the presidential candidate of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), denounced Friday that Bolivia's interim government is trying to obstruct his participation in the next elections by filing allegations of corruption against him. | RELATED: | "People who know me know that I have never stained my hands. My conscience is calm," Arce said and added that "the intention of all that is clear: they want me not to par…
(2020-01-25). 'Greed Brought the Brumadinho Dam Tragedy in Brazil' Lula Says. telesurenglish.net A year after the breakdown of the Brumadinho dam in Minas Gerais, Brazilians sadly remember 272 people who were victims of the negligence of the mining company Vale SA. | RELATED: | "A year of Brumadinho's crime… When people only think of profits, they allow genocides like what happened in Brumadinho," former President Lula da Silva said and sent his solidarity with all the families who are still suffering the pai…
(2020-01-25). Colombia: Bus Accident Leaves Eight Fatal Victims. telesurenglish.net Eight people died and many more were injured on Friday in a bus accident in southwestern Colombia, when traveling on the Pan-American Highway on the Popayan-La Cruz route collided with some rocks near the town of Rosas in the Cauca department and then overturned. | RELATED: | According to preliminary data, the vehicle suffered mechanical failure, lost its brakes and overturned, announced Victor Valencia, deputy commander of…
(2020-01-24). Lee Camp straightens out 'sewage' NYT article that claims Russian bots 'sowed confusion' in South America (VIDEO). rt.com 
American comedian Lee Camp issued a scathing retort to a New York Times piece alleging that Russian bots stoked tensions in South America, jokingly noting that it would take several years to fully dissect the baseless report. | The host of Redacted Tonight marveled at how the piece, titled "As Protests in South America Surged, So Did Russian Trolls on Twitter, US Finds," was based on data provided by not-very-objective State Department 'analysts'. For Camp, this raised a number of obvious red flags. | He argued that, contrary to the US government-sourced piece, Washington and its cheerleaders in the media are…
(2020-01-24). Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva: Obama, Hillary Ordered Me Not to Negotiate with Iran. mintpressnews.com 
"I remember that Hilary Clinton worked hard against my idea to go to Iran. She even called the Emir of Qatar and asked him to convince me not to go. When I arrived in Moscow and met with [Dmitry] Medvedev, I found out Obama had called and asked him to help convince me not to go."
(2020-01-24). Brazilian prosecutors target journalist Glenn Greenwald for 'cybercrimes'. mronline.org 
Glenn Greenwald is accused of being involved in the hacking of communications of senior government officials. His reports exposed the conspiracy between Brazil's current justice minister, Sergio Moro, and the Federal Prosecutor's Office against former president Lula. |
(2020-01-24). Bolsonaro's Brazil Supports US Deportation of Immigrants. telesurenglish.net The U.S. government will deport the second planeload of Brazilians, from El Paso, Texas, since last October given the increasing number of migrants trying to enter the United States illegally from Mexico, News Agency Reuters reported. | RELATED: | The flight will arrive in Belo Horizonte on Saturday morning, Brazilian Foreign Minister,
(2020-01-24). While Trump cuts food stamps, USAID bankrolls Venezuela regime change with half a billion in tax dollars. thegrayzone.com The Trump administration has spent $654 million in "aid" to try to overthrow Venezuela's government, including $435 million through USAID…
(2020-01-24). Headlines for January 24, 2020. democracynow.org Impeachment Managers Continue Opening Arguments in Trump's Senate Trial, 33 Million on Lockdown in Chinese Cities as Coronavirus Outbreak Spreads, Hundreds of Thousands of Iraqis March to Demand U.S. Troop Withdrawal, Trump Invites Israeli Leaders to White House for "Peace Plan" Unveiling, Mexican Soldiers Attack Central American Migrant Caravan, Arresting 800, U.S. to Send Ambassador to Bolivia After Coup That Ousted Evo Morales, Puerto Rican Protesters Demand Ouster of Gov. Wanda Vázquez, SC Official Switches Presidential Endorsement from Biden to Sanders, National Archives Replaces Doctored Women's March Photo…
(2020-01-24). Venezuela's "Guaido Threat": Safeguarding Telesur Is Our Obligation, Academics and Intellectuals. globalresearch.ca Attacks on Venezuelan TV station Telesur are an example of the "arrogance of the powerful" trying to stop people from hearing the truth, campaigners warned today. | Intellectuals and academics from across Latin America penned an open letter in support of …
(2020-01-24). Venezuelans celebrate one year of resistance to U.S. coup attempt. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – On January 23, thousands marched in Caracas and listened to a fiery speech from President Maduro to mark two important historic events. In 1958, mass movements joined with patriotic forces in the military to bring down the U.S.-backed dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jímenez. This was the model of civic-military unity that President Hugo Chávez used in his vision of a Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. Unfortunately for Venezuelans, the fall of the Jímenez dictatorship was a short-lived victory. The betrayal of this victory ushered in 40 years of violent repression of communists and other dissid…
(2020-01-24). Venezuela Must Remain Vigilant and on Guard Against US Hybrid Warfare. counterpunch.org A meme circulating on social media shows the distraught gaze of Venezuela's opposition member Juan Guaidó with a caption that says in part, "he is not a head of State, he has no army, he has no ministers, he never participated in presidential elections, he was a 'guarimbero' [violent rioter] and he is called interim
(2020-01-24). Bolivia's Coup-Born Regime Suspends Relations With Cuba. telesurenglish.net A couple of days after the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale visited La Paz, RELATED: | This decision was made public on Friday, one day after Hale announced that the…
(2020-01-24). Bolivia's De-Facto President Jeanine Añez to Run for Office. telesurenglish.net Bolivia's de-facto President Jeanine Anez said on Friday that she will be a candidate in upcoming elections breaking her own word on the matter. | The former Senator announced her candidacy at an event in La Paz, despite previously having said she would not run. | RELATED: | "The dispersed vote and candidates who fail to bring Bolivians together has led me to make this decision," she said at a gathering of her political party Dem…
(2020-01-24). Globalizing the War on Indigenous People: Bolsonaro and Modi. counterpunch.org A man who has repeatedly romanticized dictatorship and advocated the use of torture seems like an odd choice for guest of honor at the annual celebration of the constitution in the biggest democracy in the world. However, it makes perfect sense that Brazil's notorious President, Jair Bolsonaro, has been invited to India's Republic Day parade
(2020-01-24). Bolsonaro: 'More and More the Indian Is a Human Being Like Us'. telesurenglish.net Brazil's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, once again displayed his racism Thursday. He defended that Indigenous communities should integrate with the rest of society and assessed that, increasingly, the Indian is "evolving" and becoming a "human being like us." | RELATED: | During a live broadcast on Facebook, Bolsonaro announced the creation of the Amazon Council, a structure created earlier this week to coordina…
(2020-01-24). In Open Letter to Brazilian Authorities, 40+ Rights Groups Condemn 'Attempt to Intimidate and Retaliate Against' Glenn Greenwald. commondreams.org A coalition of more than 40 press freedom and human rights groups from across the globe sent a letter Friday to Brazilian authorities condemning cybercrime charges brought against American investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald earlier this week as a clear intimidation effort for his reporting on key members of President Jair Bolsonaro's government. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greenwald_0_0.jpg …
(2020-01-24). Indigenous People in Brazil Vow to Defeat Bolsonaro After "Perverse" Attack Claiming Tribes Are Still "Evolving" Into Human Beings. commondreams.org Indigenous leaders in Brazil on Friday vowed to stop President Jair Bolsonaro's assault on their land and members of the country's 300 tribes, filing a lawsuit against the president for his latest racist statements about Indigenous people. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-01-24_at_11.06.54_am.jpg …
(2020-01-23). What the Right Wing in Latin America means by democracy is violence. mronline.org 
It was a curious exchange. Frustrated by the attacks on his party—the Movement for Socialism (MAS)—former president of Bolivia Evo Morales made an audio recording in which he called upon his supporters to form militias. Maximilian Heath of Reuters went to Argentina to speak with Morales about this leaked recording. |
(2020-01-23). "The New Colossus": In New Play, Tim Robbins Tackles Immigration & Xenophobia. democracynow.org 
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 — Libya, Iran, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, North Korea and Venezuela — from entering the United States. Politico reports that the expanded ban could implement immigration restrictions on seven more countries: Belarus, Burma, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania, according to two sources. We speak with acclaimed actor, director and activist Tim Robbins, whose recent work has focused on immigration to the United S…
(2020-01-23). An Epic Act of Resistance and Trial of Our Times. "The Venezuela Embassy Protectors Collective" globalresearch.ca On February 11th, four American peace activists, known as the
(2020-01-22). How Western Left Media Helped Legitimate US Regime Change in Venezuela. fair.org 
In Jacobin ( It's been a year since Juan Guaidó began his US-anointed mandate as "interim president" of Venezuela. | Following the opposition leader's
(2020-01-22). Criminalizing Reporting: Glenn Greenwald Faces Cybercrime Complaint After Exposing Scandal in Brazil. democracynow.org 
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…
(2020-01-22). Delegates arrive in Venezuela on eve of World Anti-Imperialist Congress. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – Hundreds of delegates arrived in Caracas from around the world, January 21, the eve of the World Anti-Imperialist Congress. The Congress is being held January 22-24 in Caracas and is hosted by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Venezuela's governing party, which has been under sharp attack by U.S. imperialism. | The congress is bringing together a broad range of anti-imperialist organizations, movements and governments from around 100 countries. At the congress they will exchange views and experiences and will strategize about strengthening the struggle against U.S. imperia…
(2020-01-22). Opening plenary kicks off World Anti-Imperialist Congress. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – On January 22, hundreds of international delegates from 52 countries heard from leaders from Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and Brazil to kick off the World Anti-Imperialist Congress. | Starting with a professor from Syria who remarked that U.S. imperialism assassinated Iranian General Qassem Soleimani because the U.S. fears it is losing its grip on the Middle East, the crowd shouted "Viva Soleimani!" He added that, with the help requested by Syria from Russia, Iran and others, the Syrians have bravely declared "No pasarán!" | After the Syrian professor, an official from the Cuban Communist Party sha…
(2020-01-22). Syrian ambassador to Venezuela with FRSO delegation. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – Members of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) delegation Sarah Martin and Jim Byrne, with Syrian Ambassador to Venezuela Khalil Bitar, attending World Anti-Imperialist Congress in Caracas.
(2020-01-22). Brazil's Right-Wing Gov't Charges Journalist Glenn Greenwald with Cybercrimes. mintpressnews.com The Brazilian government of Jair Bolsonaro has charged investigative reporter Glenn Greenwald with cybercrimes— offenses he allegedly committed while reporting on the government's own high-level corruption. Prosecutors
(2020-01-21). Netflix, Iran and the Documentary as Geopolitical Weapon. fair.org 
Netflix's Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy | Like The Mechanism before it, Netflix's new series Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy is an entertainment product that advances US interests through character assassination of a popular left-wing Latin American leader. | "Try saying this," the director said: "'In the '80s, Rio de Janeiro was a land of the haves and the have nots. I was a have not.'" In 2016, I was working as a fixer on an episode of a Netflix documentary crime series, and the main character was not cooperating with the script. | He was Afro-Brazilian, but he was not the…
(2020-01-21). FRSO Delegation Visits Bolivarian University of Venezuela. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela—A Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) delegation visited the Bolivarian University of Venezuela on January 20, speaking to political science classes. | "Students asked about the movements for change in our country. They definitely had the impression people are protesting Trump, and movements are growing stronger. They are excited that socialist ideas are becoming popular in the U.S.," said Brad Sigal, a delegation member from Minneapolis. | Sigal continued, "Many of the students are attending the university because of the Bolivarian Revolution and the opportunities it opens up fo…
(2020-01-21). Bolivia: New election date announced amidst persecution and threats. greenleft.org.au 
(2020-01-20). Cómo Juan Guaidó perdió el control de la Asamblea Nacional en Venezuela. thegrayzone.com øNo entiendes lo sucedido el 5 de enero en la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela? Echemos un vistazo cronológico al fracaso…
(2020-01-20). Bolivia: As Elections Near, US-Backed Interim Gov't Mobilizes Military, Arrests Opposition Leaders. mintpressnews.com Interim President of Bolivia Jeanine Añez has ordered troops to the streets and forced opposition candidates to organize abroad for fear of arrest ahead of the country's first elections since a US-backed coup last November.
(2019-12-28). Chileans Demand New Constitution as Protests Continue. zcomm.org For two months, Chileans have been protesting all over the country on a daily basis…
(2019-12-28). Prison gave me a greater will to fight. zcomm.org Interview on the reality that Brazil is experiencing and the social protests that have occurred in several Latin American countries…
(2019-12-20). Notes on a private TV newscast in Bolivia. The contrast with Venezuela is clear as day. zcomm.org In August, I took detailed notes a news broadcast on one of Venezuela's largest TV networks. I summarized these notes in an interview I did with the Real News Network making the point that Venezuela's private media (which reaches 60-90% of households) is remarkably free — most especially when you consider the US is openly
(2019-12-16). Francisco Rodriguez answers some questions I asked about Venezuela. zcomm.org Venezuelan economist Francisco Rodriguez, formerly of Torino Economics, answered a few questions of mine about his country. He was the economic adviser to Henri Falcon, the second place finisher in the May 2018 presidential election. His updated estimate for 2019 is that Venezuela's real GDP will contract by 25% . That's horrific, but less severe
(2019-12-15). 128 Reuters articles on Bolivia since October 20, 2019 election with no mention of expert criticism of OAS audit UPDATED. zcomm.org Bolivia ¥s foreign minister says Mexico appeal to International Court 'a mistake' Bolivia's YPFB strikes transition deal with Petrobras to extend natural gas exports Bolivia is not a Mexican colony, acting foreign minister Longaric tells El Pais Mexico says Spanish diplomats' cars blocked by Bolivia at La Paz embassy Mexico appeals to international court as diplomatic
(2019-12-02). Ecuador: From the middle of the world to the end of the world. zcomm.org Demonstration in Quito Ecuador, by Fabiana Lando/Shutterstock.com As its very name suggests, Ecuador is geographically located in the middle of the world. And now, from all appearances, neoliberalism has decided to carry out its end-of-the-world maneuvers in this country. That is perhaps the reason it is coming to the realization that the Ecuadorean people are