(2020-04-13). Community organisation key to fighting COVID-19. mronline.org 
While, by April 9, Brazil to its east had registered more than 16,000 cases and 822 deaths and Colombia to its west, had seen its tally climb above 2000 cases and 54 deaths, Venezuela had only recorded 167 cases and 9 deaths.
(2020-04-13). A Year Since the Arrest of WikiLeaks Publisher Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca Today marks 12 months since WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police and security officers after being illegally expelled from Ecuador's London embassy, where he had lived and worked as a political refugee for seven years. | The sight …
(2020-04-13). Colombia: Police Abuse Becomes Common During COVID-19 Outbreak. telesurenglish.net Colombian citizens denounced the police brutality and misuse of power during quarantine enforcement due COVID-19 outbreak inside the South American nation, a new report revealed. | RELATED: | Social media users shared videos showing police imposing arbitrary and random fines during the quarantine period in Colombia this past week. Colombian officers are also intimidating citizens who are seen outside of their homes. | Esteban Velazquez, a psych…
(2020-04-13). Bodies in the Streets: IMF Imposed Measures Have Left Ecuador Unable to Cope with Coronavirus. mintpressnews.com Ecuador is near collapse under the strain of the coronavirus after the government of Lenin Moreno stripped state services nearly bare at the behest of the IMF.
(2020-04-13). Exactly 18 Years After US Coup Against Venezuela, Pompeo and Abrams Warn Another is Coming. mintpressnews.com US regime change cheerleaders Mike Pompeo and Elliot Abrams warned Venezuala's government not to resist the upcoming implementation of a "transitional government."
(2020-04-13). Uruguay: Constructive Work Resumes Despite Measures by COVID-19. telesurenglish.net More than 45 000 construction workers will return to work on Monday after two weeks of preventive cessation, despite the COVID-19 threat in the South American nation. | RELATED: | The Labor Ministry and the Unique National Union held several meetings to coordinate the possible resumption of work under the sanitary requirements. According to Daniel Diveiro, the organization will implement a preventive protocol. Among…
(2020-04-13). Brazilian Democracy Is Dead. globalresearch.ca The word is that that General Braga Netto is the new "acting president" of Brazil. Firstly, this position does not legally exist. We live in a presidential system, and the power of the executive is in the hands of the …
(2020-04-13). More Than 800 Bolivians Will Receive Refuge in Chile. telesurenglish.net More than 800 Bolivians were forced to remain in the Chilean city of Iquique after the Bolivian government prevented their return to the country. | RELATED: | For almost a week, 825 Bolivians were stranded in the Chilean municipality of Colchane, after the de facto government of Jeanine Añez denied them entry with military protection. | With their belongings in suitcases or wrapped in tablecloths, 10 buses with 450 Bolivi…
(2020-04-13). Venezuela: Community organization key to fighting COVID-19. zcomm.org Interview on how the communes are coping with the pandemic…
(2020-04-13). Rio's Christ the Redeemer Dressed as Doctor to Honour Health Workers Amid COVID-19 Pandemic – Video. sputniknews.com Brazil has registered more than 1,400 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours. The total number of people infected with COVID-19 in the South American country has now reached 22,169, the Health Ministry said earlier today, adding that the coronavirus-related death toll had climbed to 1,223.
(2020-04-12). Venezuela Announces 6-month Rent Suspension, Guarantees Workers' Wages, Bans Lay-offs. globalresearch.ca The Venezuelan government announced a series of measures on Sunday in attempts to protect the population from the economic effects of the coronavirus crisis. | Speaking on a live televised address, President Nicolás Maduro instructed that all commercial and residential rent, …
(2020-04-12). ILPS U.S. Chapter Stands Firmly with Venezuela. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the International League of Peoples' Struggle – US chapter. | The International League of Peoples' Struggle – US chapter (ILPS US) expresses our deep and genuine solidarity with the people of Venezuela and their government under duly-elected President Nicolas Maduro. We absolutely reject the war mongering of the Donald Trump administration, including the fabricated charges of drug trafficking against President Maduro, the deployment of the U.S. Navy to Venezuela under the flimsy guise of fighting drug trafficking, and the continuing economic san…
(2020-04-12). Brazilian Death Toll from Coronavirus Surpasses 1,100. telesurenglish.net The Brazilian Ministry of Health said Saturday that the country registered 68 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 1,124. | RELATED: | Brazil has the highest number of deaths and cases in Latin America, with a mortality rate of 5.4 percent, according to the ministry. | In the last few hours, 1,089 new cases have been registered, bring the count to 20,727. | The infections are concentrated…
(2020-04-11). Venezuela Donates COVID-19 Tests to Caribbean Countries. telesurenglish.net Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez reported Friday that the Bolivarian Government donated rapid and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests to several Caribbean countries to help them in the fight against COVID-19. | RELATED: | Rodríguez said that, by order of President Nicolas Maduro, tests were sent to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua, and Barbuda, as well as Dominica and Grenada. | "To our brothers in…
(2020-04-11). Ecuador Records More Than 300 Deaths From COVID-19. telesurenglish.net The Ecuadorean Ministry of Public Health announced Saturday that 315 people have died due to the new coronavirus, COVID-19, as well as 7,257 confirmed cases. | RELATED: | The Guayas region, whose capital is Guayaquil, has the highest number of deaths reaching 165, followed by Pichincha and Manabi with 26 and 22. Similarly, of the number of confirmed cases, 4,041 (equivalent to 56 per cent) are men, while 3,216 (equivale…
(2020-04-11). Bolsonaro Prompts Crowds After Visiting Emergency Hospital. telesurenglish.net Brazil's . | RELATED: | After visiting an emergency hospital, the former captain went out to meet his fans who wanted to…
(2020-04-11). St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada Thank Venezuela for Donations. telesurenglish.net Saint Vincent & the Grenadines RELATED: | "We have received 3,000 rapid test kits for the COVID-19 and a relevant quantity of reagents for the PCR test,"
(2020-04-10). Colombia's Gustavo Petro Diagnosed with Cancer. telesurenglish.net Senator Gustavo Petro, one of the most prominent leftist leaders of the Colombian government, said Friday that he was recently diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. | RELATED: | "I decided to travel to Cuba to complete health tests, and they diagnosed on March 2, an early stage of cancer of the lining between the esophagus and stomach," Petro confirmed. | Petro, who lost the presidential elections in 2018 against i…
(2020-04-10). Brazil Bolsonaro Hits the Streets To Defy COVID-19 Guidelines. telesurenglish.net Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro took to the streets of Brasilia on Friday, drawing crowds and greeting followers in his latest public attack on social isolation measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak. | RELATED: | On Friday, a national holiday in Brazil, Bolsonaro went to a military hospital, before stopping at a pharmacy and then visiting one of his sons in a residential building, according to TV images and press r…
(2020-04-10). Memoir: A Liberation Theology Stations of the Cross in Northeast Brazil. counterpunch.org Padre Andreas, a Jesuit priest from Spain, came on a radical mission to the impoverished hillside shantytown of Alto do Cruzeiro in the municipio of Timbauba, a sugarcane market town in Pernambuco Brazil. At the time, 1989, I was living on "the Alto" (the hill) with the rural workers, sugarcane cutters, and fishermen and women
(2020-04-08). "People Are Dying in the Streets": Ecuador Struggles to Cope with COVID-19 as Cases Skyrocket. democracynow.org 
The coronavirus pandemic is exhausting Ecuador's medical resources, with at least 220 dead and more than 4,000 cases. Ecuador is among the top three countries with the largest number of COVID-19 cases in the entire Latin American region. In recent days, images of dead bodies wrapped in plastic tarp left on the streets of the city of Guayaquil as families desperately try to bury loved ones have shocked the entire country and the world. Guayaquil is Ecuador's most populous city and the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. We speak with Denisse Herrera, the Ecuador correspondent for teleSUR.
(2020-04-08). Brazil and COVID-19: Favela Residents and Indigenous Communities Among Those Most at Risk. cepr.net As of noon on April 8th the total number of Covid-19 positive cases reported by Brazil's health ministry exceeded 14,000 and the number of deaths exceeded 700. This is, by far, the highest number of reported cases in Latin America (though Ecuador has a greater number of reported cases and deaths on a per capita …
(2020-04-08). Billionaire-backed Human Rights Watch lobbies for lethal US sanctions on leftist governments as Covid crisis rages. thegrayzone.com Regime change-hungry HRW is proudly taking credit for crushing new US sanctions on Nicaragua while pushing to escalate Washington's economic…
(2020-04-03). Ex UN anti-narcotics chief & mob expert says US Treasury running 'mafia racket' against Venezuela. thegrayzone.com Pino Arlacchi, the former Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Prevention, says US is behaving…
(2020-04-01). Pompeo's 'transition' plan tells Venezuela to suffer into submission. thegrayzone.com Declaring that "Nicolas Maduro will never again govern Venezuela," Mike Pompeo unveils a so-called "transition" plan that tells Venezuelans to…
(2020-03-13). No, Venezuela does not have a six child per family policy. zcomm.org I respect UK journalist Andrew Buncombe. As I noted for FAIR last year, he was one of the few corporate journalists who reported on a study linking Trump's financial sanctions on Venezuela to thousands of deaths by the end of 2018. Since 2018, Trump has repeatedly intensified the sanctions and threatened Venezuela with military action,
(2020-02-06). Embassy Protection Collective: "We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law" theantimedia.com In this exclusive interview, VA talks to the activists who defended the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC ahead of their trial.