Peace in Colombia should mean land reform and an end to hunger
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-06-03
Colombia's ongoing national strike is part of a decades-long struggle against the political and economic elites to demand peace and dignity for all.
popularresistance.org/peace-in-colombia-should-mean-land-reform-and-an-end-to-hunger/

Colombia: Police Brutality Left 30 People Injured In Pereira
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
Colombia's Mobile Anti-Riot Squadron (ESMAD) on Wednesday night used stun guns and tear gas canisters to halt a peaceful protest in Pereira city, where they left at least 30 people injured. | RELATED: | Seven Killed in Colombia's 60th Massacre of 2020 | Videos posted on social networks show hundreds of people fleeing from the agents amid tear gas smoke and gunfires. The ESMAD attacked protesters to clear the Ciudad Victoria civic square, the main point of resistance in Pereira. | "Our city li…
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Human Rights Mission Condemns State Terrorism In Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
Colombia's International Human Rights Verification Mission on Thursday ordered an investigation into President Ivan Duque's administration for "torturing, disappearing, raping, and murdering Colombian citizens during the social outbreak." | RELATED: | Colombia To Purchase 'Emergency' Weapons To Quell Protests | "The government is encouraging police brutality, which has limited the right of the people to protest peacefully and to take part in the country's political decisions," the Mission c…
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Colombia: "The Government Murders with Impunity Because the US Empire is Behind it."
Carlos Aznarez | orinocotribune.com | 2021-06-03
By Carlos Aznarez — May 31, 2021 | Cecilia Zamudio is a Colombian writer, poet, journalist and artist, and like many of her compatriots lives these days with great concern for what means the repressive escalation of the government of Iván Duque, but also with deep satisfaction to the patriotism that the Colombian people starring a national productive strike that has passed the month of duration, With her we talked about all these contingencies, in order to further sharpen the efforts of internationalist solidarity with the struggle of that people. | Day after day, Uribism in government continues to develop a…
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Mobilizations in Colombia Persevere After Government Continues Militarization
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-06-03
The National Strike Committee of Colombia announced that peaceful mobilizations will continue throughout country, as the government of Iván Duque refuses to endorse the preliminary agreement agreed to in May. | "The peaceful strike continues due to the government's attitude of refusing to negotiate the emergency document," said Committee delegate Francisco Maltés. | El Comité Nacional de Paro convoca en el marco del Paro Nacional: | Gran toma de capitales Miércoles 2 de junio En todo el país. | Por negociación del Pliego Nacional de Emergencia ya. pic.twitter.com/C67irYwEzJ…
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Lab-Leak Theories of COVID-19 Are Unfounded, Scientists Say
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) mission team to Wuhan to inquire into the origins of COVID-19 have expressed their disbelief that the virus escaped from a laboratory. | RELATED: | Brazil Reports 2,507 More COVID-19 Deaths | "The evidence right now, well, for the lab side, it's political: It's from an intel agency that's not been shown. That's not scientific," said WHO team member and zoologist Peter Daszak in a podcast last week. "It's not something that you can really reasonably la…
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Brazil: The People, at Last, Took to the Streets
Unicorn Riot | unicornriot.ninja | 2021-06-03
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Leftist Candidate Castillo Condemns Fujimori Father's Crimes
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
Free Peru's (PL) leftist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo Wednesday held a meeting with relatives of victims who suffered forced disappearance during Alberto Fujimori's presidency (1990-2000). | RELATED: | Peru: History-Shaping Presidential Elections This Weekend | Castillo received a public letter from families of the Cantuta case victims, in which they denounced ongoing human rights violations and urged for justice. | He met also the relatives of 24-year-old Inti Sotelo, who…
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Argentina Postpones Parliamentary Elections Due to COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
Argentina's Senate approved…
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Argentina To Start Large-Scale Production of Sputnik V Vaccine
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
On Wednesday, Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti informed that COVID-19 Sputnik V vaccines will be soon produced in the South American nation, following the approval by the Russian Gamaleya Institute of the doses' samples produced in Richmond labs. | RELATED: | Argentine Health Minister Highlights Productive Visit to Cuba | Vizzotti confirmed that the three batches of the vaccine components 1 and 2 were able to meet the standards, so progress will be made in importing a…
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Ecuador: Quito Metropolitan Council Approves Removal of Mayor
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
During an extraordinary meeting that began on Wednesday afternoon, members of Quito's Metropolitan Council approved a request for the removal of Jorge Yunda, the mayor of Ecuador's capital city. | RELATED: | Ecuadorians Protest on Lasso's First Day in Office | This request was filed by the "Front of Professionals for the Dignity of Quito". The Mayor's lawyer argued that such request violates the principles established in the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights since the only way to re…
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Who Is Peru's Presidential Candidate Keiko Fujimori?>
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
Peru's right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori will face primary school teacher Pedro Castillo in the run-off elections to be held on June 6. | RELATED: | Free Peru's Candidate Still Leads Polls Ahead of Election Day | According to national polls, the Fuerza Popular Party's leader will trail in the race for the presidency. Castillo is expected to get 40 percent of the votes in his favor while Fujimori could receive 37 percent of the votes. | The unpopularity of the right…
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Heading toward summit: new NATO narrative depicts Russia as threat to world peace
Rick Rozoff | mronline.org | 2021-06-03
In recent months all U.S. geographical and several other military commands have branded Russia an adversary in all parts of the world, from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from South America to North Africa, from West Asia to Eastern Europe, from cyberspace to outer space. | June 3, 2021…
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Masses battle rightist regimes in Colombia, Brazil, Chile
John Catalinotto | workers.org | 2021-06-02
Ongoing struggles in three South American countries show the general uprising that began in 2019 is still challenging right-wing ruling groups that had resumed control of governments. "Bolsonaro out!" Ten thousand demonstrated in Rio de Janeiro, May 29. A look at events in Colombia, Brazil and Chile demonstrate that the . . . | Continue reading Masses battle rightist regimes in Colombia, Brazil, Chile at Workers.org…
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New Investigation Reveals Role of Israeli Operatives in Colombia's "Political Genocide"
Dan Cohen | mintpressnews.com | 2021-06-02
Known as the "Red Dance," the systematic murder of the Patriotic Union remains one of the most extreme cases of political violence in Latin America and new evidence suggests that it was concocted by one of the most decorated spies in Israeli history.
mintpressnews.com/investigation-israel-mossad-colombia-genocide-rafael-eitan/277499/

Colombia: At Least 3,789 Police Brutality Cases Since April 28
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-02
The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Temblores reported on Wednesday at least 3,789 cases of police brutality amid the national strikes in Colombia, which have extended for 36 days. | RELATED: | Colombia's Senator Arias Persecuted for Helping Protesters | According to the latest report, 45 out of the 3,789 cases were homicides, 65 victims suffered eye injuries, 187 cases of gunshots, and 25 cases of sexual violence. Temblores said that there had been 1,649 arbitrary detentions an…
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Colombia's Partnership with NATO Allows It to Breach Human Rights Without Condemnation
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
Since Joe Biden's …
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At Least 100 Million Full-Time Jobs Lost In 2021-ILO
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-02
The International Labour Organization (ILO) reported on Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic economic crisis is "far from over" as the "jobs gap will reach 75 million in 2021, before falling to 23 million in 2022." | RELATED: | Covid-19 in Colombia: Almost 500.000 New Unemployed | According to the latest projections, the estimate of working or reduced-hours losses will amount to 100 million full-time jobs in 2021 and 26 million full-time jobs in 2022. Moreover, global unemployment "is expe…
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After Decades of Oppression, Colombian Women Lead Front Lines of National Strike
Natalia Torres Garzon | zcomm.org | 2021-06-02
Women's presence in Colombia's national strike–both as activists and as victims–has caught the world's attention…
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Colombia o la hipocresía europea
Jesús González Pazos | globalizacion.ca | 2021-06-02
Un régimen que criminaliza la protesta social y que en su respuesta a la misma suma un reguero continuo de violaciones sistemáticas a los derechos humanos. Un régimen que ha añadido a la represión policial, que causa ya decenas de…
globalizacion.ca/colombia-o-la-hipocresia-europea/

Brazil Reports 2,507 More COVID-19 Deaths
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-02
Brazil on Wednesday reported 2,507 more deaths from COVID-19, taking the nationwide tally to 467,706, the Ministry of Health said. | A total of 95,601 new infections were detected, raising the caseload to 16,720,081, the ministry said. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro Supports Hosting 'Copa America' Tournament in Brazil | Brazil has the world's second-highest COVID-19 death toll, after the United States, and the third-largest caseload, behind the United States and India. | The South America…
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The Beginning of the End: #29M Anti-Bolsonaro Protests
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-06-02
On Saturday May 29, 2021, Brazil saw its biggest public mobilisations since the Coronavirus pandemic began. Hundreds of thousands of protesters, organised in 213 cities nationwide, took to the streets against the Bolsonaro-Guedes regime. Amongst the visible messages, anger was directed specifically at its mishandling of the pandemic, with demonstrators demanding vaccines, emergency payments, and indignant at the spiralling cost of living. | But the #29M protests were built around a unifying and unambiguous demand: an end to the Bolsonaro presidency. | "Being on the streets to fight is an extreme act, to say enoug…
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Peru's Pedro Castillo Represents a Challenge to the Canadian Mining Industry
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-06-02
Owen Schalk Peru's socialist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo, the favourite to win the runoff vote on June 6, will serve as a challenge to the Canadian mineral industry in Latin America. Photo from Twitter. Presidential front-runner is taking aim at the extractive sector, wants a bigger share of company profits to benefit Peruvians The June… Read…
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On eve of crisis election, Peru more than doubles its COVID-19 death count
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
The announcement, made on the eve of a crisis election, confirmed the sense within the population that the pandemic's impact was far greater than the government had admitted.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/peru-j02.html

Peru Between Castillo and Fujimori, People Seeks a New Start
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-02
Peruvians will decide their next president on June 6 as two candidates from radically opposed positions aim to restructure politics in the country, the neoliberal-right representative Keiko Fujimori and the progressive-left candidate Pedro Castillo, who leads the polls. | RELATED: | Free Peru's Candidate Still Leads Polls Ahead of Election Day | Keiko Fujimori, daughter of dictator Alberto Fujimori, lost the race to the presidency in 2011 during the second round against Ollanta H…
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Perú: Los avances nacional-populares en América Latina
Eduardo Paz Rada | globalizacion.ca | 2021-06-02
A pocos días de la segunda vuelta electoral en el Perú, los poderes económicos, mediáticos y geopolíticos de la oligarquía y el imperialismo están implementando una poderosa y mentirosa campaña destinada a impedir el triunfo del profesor Pedro Castillo de…
globalizacion.ca/peru-los-avances-nacional-populares-en-america-latina/

Argentina — Fueron el peor gobierno, son la peor oposición
Hugo de Torres | globalizacion.ca | 2021-06-02
A las aflicciones propias de la pandemia y el confinamiento establecido por los gobiernos Nacional y Provincial, en la semana que termina se sumó como factor adicional de descontento, el enfrentamiento en el que fue obligado a participar el gobierno…
globalizacion.ca/argentina-fueron-el-peor-gobierno-son-la-peor-oposicion/

Understanding Peru's elections from the peasant patrols to fujimorism
Lautaro Rivara | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-06-02
500 years of colonial history, 200 years of life as a republic, and 40 years of experience of the rural and urban peasant patrols movement, to understand a subject and a process that come from afar…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/06/02/understanding-perus-elections-from-the-peasant-patrols-to-fujimorism/

Understanding Peru's elections from the peasant patrols to fujimorism
Lautaro Rivara | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-06-02
500 years of colonial history, 200 years of life as a republic, and 40 years of experience of the rural and urban peasant patrols movement, to understand a subject and a process that come from afar…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/06/02/understanding-perus-elections-from-the-peasant-patrols-to-fujimorism/