(2020-04-25). Food delivery workers in Brazil join international strikes against unsafe conditions. wsws.org Over the past week, there have been strikes and protests in Brazil and other Latin American countries, including Ecuador and Argentina, as well as Spain.
(2020-04-25). Amid warnings of famine and unrest in Venezuela, Maduro renews talks with US-backed opposition. wsws.org The timing of the renewed talks makes it clear that any settlement with US imperialism would be centrally aimed against a challenge from below.
(2020-04-25). Peru: 1,300 Police Officers Are Infected With Coronavirus. telesurenglish.net Peru's RELATED: | In the last week, the Peruvian Police carried out som…
(2020-04-24). Bolivia: Añez Regime Makes It Difficult for Citizens to Return. telesurenglish.net Over 1,000 Bolivians stranded in the border with Argentina cannot return to their country because RELATED: | Only 60 of them have sufficient monetary resources to travel…
(2020-04-24). Brazil Registers Record of Daily Deaths as Hospitals Collapse. telesurenglish.net Brazil's Health Ministry Friday afternoon reported 52,995 COVID-19 cases, 357 deaths in the last 24 hours, and 3,670 deaths so far. | RELATED: | The state of Sao Paulo registers 17,826 contagion cases and 1,512 deaths. It is followed by the state of Rio de Janeiro with 6,282 COVID-19 cases and 570 deaths. | In Manaus city, in the state of Amazonas, hospitals have begun to fill up with corpses and, in some health in…
(2020-04-24). Brazil Justice Minister Quits in Bolsonaro's Worst Crisis Yet. telesurenglish.net Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro suffered the heaviest blow to his presidency so far as his well-known justice minister quit Friday and accused him of potential criminal meddling in law enforcement, adding to the turmoil of a government struggling to confront a fast-growing coronavirus outbreak. | RELATED: | Former judge Sergio Moro, who gained notoriety in the anti-corruption investigation, Lava Jato, resigned a…
(2020-04-24). Brazil and Colombia Are Epidemiological Threats to Venezuela. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's RELATED: | He informed that 95 people have been hospitalized in 'sentinel' hospitals and 10 people…
(2020-04-24). Peru: Poor People Undertake Exodus to Their Home Towns. telesurenglish.net Hundreds of Peruvians Friday continue to leave Lima city on foot towards their home towns after they ran out of resources during the quarantine. | RELATED: | After
(2020-04-24). Uruguay: Nationals Returning Flights Extended Until May. telesurenglish.net Uruguay Foreign Minister Ernesto Talvi announced April 23, stranded conational returning flights would resume operations until May 2. Amazonas Airlines will be in charge of the flights. | RELATED: | According to the official, the "All at home" operation has brought back to the homeland 2.921 Uruguayans. The operations extension will permit the return of 367 fellow citizens who remain abroad in n…
(2020-04-23). Brazil Breaks Record With Over 400 COVID-19 Deaths in One Day. telesurenglish.net Brazil recorded 407 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, a record number and an increase of 14 percent, according to the Ministry of Health. | RELATED: | The total number of COVID-19 deaths nationwide exceeded 3,000 on Thursday. In total, since March 17, when the first death from the virus occurred in the country, 3,313 deaths were recorded. | The South American country also has 49,492 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of…
(2020-04-23). Bolivia: Añez's Restrictive Measures Affect Fish Farmers. telesurenglish.net Bolivian fish farmers lost about 11 million fishes due to fuel sale suspension. Jeanine Añez's regime ceased the fuel supply to the tropic region in Cochabamba. | RELATED: | Fish farmers in the five municipalities of Chapare use fuel to oxygenate more than 2,000 pools with motor pumps to raise fish. According to Radiokawasun Coca, the lack of fuel caused the death of the fishes. | High temperatures cause the water le…
(2020-04-23). Alarming: COVID-19 Infections in Ecuador, Double to 22,160. telesurenglish.net The number of people infected with COVID-19 in Ecuador rose to 22,160 Thursday —almost double what was announced mere hours before— after the Minister of Health, Juan Carlos Zevallos, handed over the results of delayed tests. | RELATED: | During Thursday morning, the Government Minister, Maria Paula Romo, released the official figures and reported that according to the latest data, there were 11,183 positive…
(2020-04-22). Chileans Who Took to Streets Against Inequality & Climate Crisis Say Virus Lockdowns Won't Stop Them. democracynow.org 
Months ago, the streets of Santiago and other Chilean cities were alive with a vibrant mass protest movement that drew hundreds of thousands and even led the U.N. climate summit to be relocated to Madrid, Spain, last December. Now the public spaces of Santiago are largely empty as citizens shelter in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. But the protest movement against austerity and right-wing President Sebastián Piñera lives on as activists find new ways to organize online. We go to Santiago, Chile, to speak with Angela Valenzuela, a 350.org organizer who has been active both in the country's uprising and in…
(2020-04-16). Bolivian coup leader freaks out on The Grayzone for 'fascist' label in complaint to OAS 'human rights' arm. thegrayzone.com The director of far-right Bolivian coup leader Camacho's presidential campaign threw a slander-laced tantrum against The Grayzone in a letter…
(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.
(2020-04-25). Can pandemic catalyze diplomacy to end conflicts? yenisafak.com Governments in Yemen, the Philippines, Thailand, and Colombia and armed groups have heeded to the call of a cease-fire by the UN amid the coronavirus pandemic. But the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir is a far cry from peace.The New People's Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, announced a cease-fire in its 50-year war in late March, to ensure that all citizens can access testing and treatment.In Colombia, a left-wing armed group, the National Liberation Army (ELN) declared a month's cease-fire starting on April 1. In southern Thailand, local armed groups decided to postpone hostili…
(2020-04-20). Human Rights Watch cabildea por sanciones letales contra Nicaragua y Venezuela, mientras arrecia la crisis de Covid-19. thegrayzone.com Human Rights Watch está orgullosamente asumiendo el crédito por sanciones devastadoras contra Nicaragua, mientras busca escalar la guerra económica en…