(2020-08-22). Venezuela Receives Humanitarian Aid To Fight Covid-19. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's Vice Minister for Europe Yvan Gil Saturday announced the arrival of a 73 tons' Humanitarian aid bound from Spain and Portugal, in order to face COVID-19 in the country. | RELATED: | "This shipment is a contribution made by the European Union (EU) and the governments of Spain and Portugal to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. We are talking about 73 tons of medical supplies," Gil said. | Gil pointed out…
(2020-08-22). Brazil Calls for COVID-19 Plan to Protect Indigenous People. telesurenglish.net Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Judge Luis Roberto Barroso Friday ordered President Jair Bolsonaro's administration to present a new version of the plan to halt the COVID-19 in the Indigenous communities. | RELATED: | The original plan was requested last July, following a request from the Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) and several political parties. | The new order requires the document to be reworked and sub…
(2020-08-22). Three Massacres in Colombia in 24 Hours. telesurenglish.net The government of Colombia's Nariño department has confirmed a new massacre in the area of La Guayacana, a rural area of the municipality of Tumaco. | RELATED: | There, six young people were murdered and two more are missing, according to preliminary information. | It's not yet known who was behind this latest massacre. | The incident occurred just hours after President Ivan Duque traveled to Samaniego, where last weekend eight people, b…
(2020-08-22). Colombia: New Massacre Leaves Six People Dead in Cauca Valley. telesurenglish.net The Ombudsman's office of Cauca Friday denounced a new massacre in that Colombian department in which six people were killed by armed groups. | RELATED: | "The massacre took place in the Uribe village. We are waiting for a Colombian Army's delegation to arrive in the area," Mayor Carlos Vela said. | The six people were taken by an illegal armed group. Afterward, they were found dead between the Uribe and Ortega Llanos se…
(2020-08-22). Venezuela Receives 73 Tons of Supplies & Equipment from Europe. telesurenglish.net Seventy-three tons of donated supplies Saturday arrived in Caracas, Venezuela, from Europe to assist in the fight against COVID-19. | RELATED: | The shipment includes equipment and supplies such as medicine, vaccines, PPE, water purification equipment and family hygiene kits. | The two flights which came from Madrid, were received by Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister for Europe, Yvan Gil, in the company of Jan Harfst, representative…
(2020-08-22). Walking The Tightrope: Latin America's Pink Tide. popularresistance.org Latin America's Pink Tide: Breakthroughs and Shortcomings, edited by economic historian and prominent Latin Americanist Steve Ellner, offers a critical ethical theoretical framework for assessing the performance of left and left-of-center governments in Latin America during the Pink Tide. The "Pink Tide" refers to the wave of progressive governments beginning with the election of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela in 1998. These progressive governments provided alternatives to the neoliberal economic model that had brought growing economic and social inequality, austerity, privatization of public resources, and political s…
(2020-08-21). Drug Trafficking Militias Massacre Social Leaders in Colombia. globalresearch.ca In Colombia, a terrible wave of violence affects the people and especially traditional indigenous communities. According to United Nations data, more than 40 murders of social leaders have occurred this year alone. | Last Tuesday, August 18, three Indians of the …
(2020-08-21). Añez intensifies persecution of social leaders. mronline.org 
Those who took part in the protests against…
(2020-08-21). Mapuche spiritual leader ends hunger strike. peoplesdispatch.org Mapuche political prisoner and spiritual leader, Machi Celestino Córdova, on August 18, announced to end Córdova has repeatedly denounced that Mapuche prisoners face discrimination and harassment in Chilean prisons and…
(2020-08-21). US to Tighten Venezuela Sanctions after Gasoline Seizure. globalresearch.ca The Trump administration is reportedly considering ending all Venezuela oil sanctions exemptions in October. | "Whatever oil business is left has to be completed (by the deadline)," an anonymous source told …
(2020-08-20). Bolivia's right-wing coup government is facing resistance. mronline.org 
On 28 July, tens of thousands took to the streets of El Alto, the predominantly working-class and Indigenous city that overlooks La Paz, in a mobilisation called by the Bolivian Workers Centre (Central Obrera Boliviana, or COB), the country's chief trade union federation, together with other worker, peasant and Indigenous organisations (gathered under the title …
(2020-08-20). Venezuela: The real enemy. mronline.org 
We became an unusual and extraordinary threat to U.S. imperialism in 1999. From that moment on, our enemy declared war, not a conventional war, but war nonetheless.
(2020-08-20). Venezuela Welcomes Turkish FM, Signs New Round of Agreements. venezuelanalysis.com Turkey agreed to build a new hospital in Venezuela on the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations.
(2020-08-20). MAS, trade unions and coup regime strike deal to quell revolt by Bolivian workers. wsws.org This most recent betrayal of the MAS and COB proves once again they represent the interests of the Bolivian ruling class.
(2020-08-20). Could the Duterte Regime Be COVID-19's Next Victim? zcomm.org Like Trump in the U.S. and Bolsonaro in Brazil, the Philippine strongman's utter failure to contain COVID-19 may kneecap his authoritarian ambitions…
(2020-08-20). Rafael Correa will run for vice-presidency of Ecuador in 2021 general elections. peoplesdispatch.org Former president Rafael Correa announced that he will run alongside economist Andrés Arauz in the upcoming general elections in Ecuador, but considerable obstacles to their participation in the upcoming elections remain…
(2020-08-19). Colombia: Three AWA Indigenous Youths Assassinated in Nariño. telesurenglish.net The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) Tuesday denounced the murder of three Awa indigenous youths in the Pialapi Pueblo Viejo Reservation in the Nariño Department. | RELATED: | Armed Forces representatives had to walk for 12 hours to get to the crime scene and try to clarify what had happened. | The Awa Camaguari community leaders requested to President Ivan Duque's administration more National Unit fo…
(2020-08-19). Reuters (Unsurprisingly) Looks Away as Ecuador Tries to Outlaw Opposition Parties. zcomm.org Reuters routinely buries information that would badly damage the reputation of US allies in the Americas…
(2020-08-19). Will There Ever be Elections Again in Bolivia? counterpunch.org 
On November 10, 2019, President Evo Morales Ayma of Bolivia announced his resignation from the presidency. Morales had been elected in 2014 to a third presidential term, which should have lasted until January 2020. In November 2019, protests around his fourth electoral victory in October led to the police and the military asking Morales to step down; by every description of the term, this was a coup d'état. Two days later, Morales went into exile in Mexico.
(2020-08-19). Understand the circumstances in which abortion is legal in Brazil. peoplesdispatch.org The While human rights organizations have been trying for decades to consolidate the notion that abortion is exclusively a woman's choice, religious fundamentalists contes…
(2020-08-19). Ecuador's Workers Ask Moreno Policies to Mitigate Layoffs. telesurenglish.net The Ecuadorean Workers Confederation (CTE) Tuesday urged President Lenin Moreno to take urgent measures to mitigate the wave of layoffs that employers have unleashed by taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | "Layoffs in the public and private sectors are plentiful. Around 45,000 people are unemployed and a program of aggressive layoffs continues," the CTE activist Miguel Garcia warned. | "Th…
(2020-08-19). In act of high seas piracy, US hijacks Iranian oil bound for Venezuela. wsws.org The oil seizure came as Washington failed to secure support at the United Nations Security Council for a resolution extending an arms embargo against Tehran.
(2020-08-19). Venezuela Honors Cuban Doctors for Their Fight Against COVID-19. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez Tuesday decorated Cuban doctors for their cooperation in the fight against COVID-19. | RELATED: | Rodriguez presented the Francisco de Miranda Order to the doctors in recognition of the work they do for the benefit of Venezuelans. | She indicated that over 22,000 members of the Henry Reeve Brigade are deployed in her nation, which has saved thousands of lives over…
(2020-08-19). Bolivian journalist explains the 'important victory' people have won against the coup government. thecanary.co The Canary