2021-06-10: News Headlines

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-06-10). Pedro Castillo Wins Presidential Elections in Peru, Keiko Fujimori Rejects the Results. libya360.wordpress.com Tanya Wadhwa Pedro Castillo of the left-wing Free Pery party won the second round of presidential elections held in Peru on June 6. Photo: José Cristobal / La Republica With 99.998% of the ballots counted, left-wing candidate Pedro Castillo has secured 50.204% of the votes, while far-right Keiko Fujimori has obtained 49.796% of the votes….

Carlos León Moya (2021-06-10). Socialist Teacher Takes Lead in Peruvian Election. zcomm.org Nation Reels from Pandemic & Political Crisis…

Staff (2021-06-10). Headlines for June 10, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Set to Announce U.S. Donation of 500 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to Poorer Nations, WTO to Start Negotiations on COVID Vaccine Patent Waivers, 8 Months After They Were Proposed, India Logs Pandemic-High Daily Death Toll; COVID Surges in Haiti, Where 0% Are Vaccinated, 10 Killed in Afghanistan as ISIS Attacks Mine-Clearing Charity, Rights Group Says Colombian Police Have Killed at Least 20 Anti-Government Protesters, U.S. to Keep Trump-Era Sanctions on Iran Even If Nuclear Deal Is Restored, AG Merrick Garland Explains DOJ Decision to Defend Trump in Defamation Case, TC Energy Cancels Keystone XL Pipeline…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-06-10). Colombian Paramilitary Regime Orders Youth Genocide to Demobilize National Strike. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos De Urabá Economic bankruptcy and recession have taken their toll on the most vulnerable population. It was not necessary to be clairvoyant to predict exactly what was going to happen in May 2021. How can we forget the murder of Dilan Cruz-transmitted live and direct- by the police in the protests in Bogota in…

teleSUR (2021-06-10). Anti-Riot Squad's Violent Tactics Left 50 Colombians Injured. telesurenglish.net Leaving a dead person and 50 injured people, Colombia's Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) unleashed another night of terror on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Police agents launched tear gas against demonstrators in Cali City's Andres Sanin neighborhood, where 35 people were injured as a result of the clashes. | Security forces repressed a mobilization in Medellin, leaving 23 injured people with burns, lacerations, and asphyxiat…

Angela (2021-06-10). Sunday 6/13: From Colombia to Palestine- The Bay Rises Up. indybay.org 456 Montgomery St. | San Francisco…

Kimberly Barzola (2021-06-10). Castillo elected president of Peru: Socialist teacher defeats daughter of fascist dictator. liberationnews.org In a major breakthrough for the Peruvian left and working class, socialist public school teacher and union leader Pedro Castillo has made history winning election as the country's next president.

teleSUR Desk (2021-06-10). Peru: Castillo has 113,000 vote lead over Fujimori. mronline.org He has received greetings from some Latin American governments for the favorable result of the presidential elections. | June 10, 2021 | Newswire…

_____ (2021-06-10). Social Movements And Protestors Intensify Struggle In Colombia. popularresistance.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we look at the ongoing national strike in Colombia and the establishment of the National People's Assembly by various social movements, the ongoing vote count in Peru as the presidential runoff elections draw to a close, a countrywide strike for better wages and safe working conditions by health workers in New Zealand, the ongoing strike to demand a renewal of wages by garment and textile workers in Lesotho, and 6 years of the #NiUnaMenos movement against femicide and other forms of gender-based violence.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-10). Greek workers go on strike to protest proposed labour reform and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the general strike observed by workers across Greece, the latest on Peru's election as Pedro Castillo nears victory, and more…

WSWS (2021-06-10). Tensions rise in Peru with winner yet to be announced in polarized election. wsws.org Even as Pedro Castillo sought to calm markets by guaranteeing private property and foreign debt payments, supporters of his opponent Keiko Fujimori have talked of a military coup.

teleSUR (2021-06-10). Castillo Asks To Avoid Provocations From the Peruvian Far-Righ. telesurenglish.net Free Peru candidate Pedro Castillo asked his compatriots to remain calm in the face of destabilizing actions of those who want to disregard the results of the presidential elections held on June 6. | RELATED: | "Dear brothers and sisters: I thank those who continue to resist in the streets… Let us not fall into the provocations of those who want to see this country in chaos. We call for peace and tranquility. Le…

Editor2 (2021-06-10). Elections in Nicaragua and International Media Manipulation. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Midence — June 6, 2021 | In order to understand their history better, Indian "subaltern studies" historians, since the 1970s, have set out to read backwards the history told via the eurocentric method of British imperialism, since this history told only a part of the story, based on erasures and concealments, among other fallacious techniques. This method of reading backwards, is the one that should be used today to dismantle the narratives Western media corporations offer us about countries like Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cuba or Bolivia, among many other countries that promote a democratic and revolut…

Daniela Jimenez (2021-06-10). Sanctions Against Venezuela Are Flagrant Violations of International Law, Says Arreaza. orinocotribune.com "The illegal nature of unilateral coercive measures, called sanctions, has been clearly established. They are a flagrant violation of all the principles of international law," said Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza this Wednesday, June 9, during his participation in the virtual panel "Unilateral Coercive Measures: Disrespect of International Law and Grave Human Consequences." | At the event organized by the government of Venezuela and the School of Diplomacy and International Relations of Geneva, Switzerland, Arreaza asserted that Venezuela continues to respect the United Nations Charter, which de…

Marc Vandepitte (2021-06-10). Why are Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela Managing so Well in the Fight Against COVID-19? orinocotribune.com By Marc Vandepitte — Jun 8, 2021 | It is curious that the three American countries that are suffering harsh economic sanctions from the United States are doing much better than the others in their fight against covid-19. One thing is certain: the pandemic has highlighted the crisis of the neoliberal and capitalist model. | Actual number of deaths from covid | As in Europe, the coronavirus crisis has hit the American continent hard. Its ratio of deaths due to covid per number of inhabitants is six times higher than in the rest of the world. However, there are three countries that stand out above the rest for…

Staff (2021-06-10). UN Human Rights Committee Calls for Suspension of Alex Saab's Extradition. orinocotribune.com On June 8, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee asked the Government of Cape Verde to suspend the extradition of Venezuelan diplomat and businessman Alex Saab while the international body is analyzing the case. | The committee's resolution includes a series of measures requested to Cape Verde to guarantee Saab's human rights, including access to independent medical professionals chosen by him to assess his health condition that, according to his legal team and relatives, has been deteriorating over the course of his detention. The Venezuelan diplomat is suffering from stomach cancer and has been denied…

Andreína Chávez Alava (2021-06-10). Venezuela's Oil Production Bounces Back as Experts Condemn 'Devastating' Sanctions. venezuelanalysis.com Mark Weisbrot, director of the Washington DC-based Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), denounced the "terrible economic damage" US sanctions have caused in Venezuela.

Staff (2021-06-10). Venezuela Receives New Shipment of Supplies & Medical Equipment from China. orinocotribune.com Twenty nine tons of supplies and medical equipment arrived in Venezuela this Wednesday, June 9, from the People's Republic of China, as part of the air bridge created between the two nations. | The 17th flight completed since the inauguration of the air bridge between China and Venezuela, the shipment was composed of supplies for the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 and included diagnostic kits, medication, ventilators, and personal protective equipment, related Venezuela's Minister for Health, Carlos Alvarado | Alvarado said that 61 ventilators for intensive care units will be distributed immediately to healt…

Editor2 (2021-06-10). UN Committee Rules on Detention of Venezuelan Diplomat Saab. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, the United Nations Human Rights Committee ruled on the illegal detention of the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab and requested the government of Cabo Verde to suspend his extradition process to the United States. In addition, Cabo Verde was requested to take all necessary measures to ensure access to appropriate health care for him. | "Pursuant to Rule 94 of the Committee's rules of procedure, the state party [Cabo Verde] has been requested to refrain from extraditing Mr. Alex Nain Saab Morán to the United States of America while his case is under review by the Committee or until further notice," read…

Anna Buss (2021-06-10). In Brazil, Environmental Crimes Can Be Traced to the Top. counterpunch.org "Picture this, the President [Jair Bolsonaro] has a secretary of state, chosen by him, who knows there has been deforestation, and what does he do? Instead of taking drastic measures to combat that crime, he travels to the location to show his support for the loggers," said Juliana de Paula Batista.

WSWS (2021-06-10). Unions end four-month strike of Brazilian teachers against Sà£o Paulo school reopenings. wsws.org In a criminal maneuver, the educators' unions in Sà£o Paulo ended the four-month strike against the homicidal reopening of schools as the pandemic approaches a third wave in Brazil.

Liz Kimbrough (2021-06-10). New Areas of Primary Forest Cleared in Brazil's 'Lawless' Lábrea. globalresearch.ca Satellite imagery reveals …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-10). Fight against femicides continues in Argentina and across Latin America. peoplesdispatch.org Since 2015, every year, the movement Ni Una Menos or 'Not One (Woman) Less' organizes massive marches across the country to raise voice against violence against women and non-binary people.

Ariela Ruiz Caro (2021-06-10). Chile: the End of Neoliberalism. zcomm.org The political make-up of the 155 elected delegates to the Assembly implies the termination of the neoliberal model established under the dictatorship of General Pinochet…

Medea Benjamin, Leonardo Flores (2021-06-09). Rural Teacher Pedro Castillo Poised to Write a New Chapter in Peru's History. dissidentvoice.org Pedro Castillo speaking at a campaign event (AP Photo) With his wide-brimmed peasant hat and oversized teacher's pencil held high, Peru's Pedro Castillo has been traveling the country exhorting voters to get behind a call that has been particularly urgent during this devastating pandemic: "No más pobres en un país rico" — No more poor …

teleSUR (2021-06-09). Peru: Castillo Has 113,000 Vote Lead Over Fujimori. telesurenglish.net As of Wednesday morning, Free Peru (FP) presidential candidate Pedro Castillo had reached a lead of 113,193 votes over Popular Force (PF) candidate Keiko Fujimori. This result was officially verified with 96.86 percent of votes counted. | RELATED: | Throughout Tuesday, the difference between the two increased slowly but steadily as the recount progressed. According to the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), the lef…

Medea Benjamin (2021-06-09). Rural Teacher Pedro Castillo Poised to Write a New Chapter in Peru's History. zcomm.org Castillo, the son of illiterate peasants, overcame vicious media attacks and is on the verge of defeating Keiko Fujimori, the scion of a Peruvian political dynasty…

Medea Benjamin (2021-06-09). Rural teacher Pedro Castillo poised to write a new chapter in Peru's history. peoplesdispatch.org On the foreign policy front, Castillo's victory will represent a huge blow to US interests in the region and an important step towards reactivating Latin American integration.

teleSUR (2021-06-09). Colombians To Take Over Bogota to Demand Duque to Dialogue. telesurenglish.net Colombia's National Strike Committee called on citizens to take to the streets of Bogota to protest against President Ivan Duque and State terrorism deployed through the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD). | RELATED: | The "great takeover of Bogota" is a march that arises as a response to the negative attitude adopted by the Duque administration, which refuses to sign pre-agreements on guarantees for social protest and move…

Carlos del Urabá (2021-06-09). El régimen paramilitar colombiano ordena el genocidio juvenil para desmovilizar el Paro Nacional. globalizacion.ca La pandemia del coronavirus y el riguroso confinamiento ha provocado en Colombia un estallido social sin precedentes. La quiebra económica y la recesión se ha ensañado con la población más vulnerable. No es necesario ser videntes para predecir al pie…

slorinoco (2021-06-09). Head of OAS Mission Congratulates Perú for Transparent Elections. orinocotribune.com Paraguayan Rubén Ramírez, head of the Electoral Observation Mission of the embattled Organization of American States (OAS) to Perú, congratulated the country's electoral authorities for the use of "mechanisms that contribute to the transparency of the electoral processes and provide certainty to the citizens," reported the news agency EFE. | In a video message broadcast on OAS social media networks, Ramírez stressed that last Sunday Peruvians went to the polls "to express their will in a peaceful and democratic manner" and recognized the electoral authorities "for the organization of a highly complex process, mar…

Fight Back (2021-06-09). Union educator in the lead to become president of Peru. fightbacknews.org Tucson, AZ – In an historic election, former elementary school teacher and union leader Pedro Castillo is winning the Peruvian presidential race. As reported by the Peruvian National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) on the morning of June 9, Castillo is leading over right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori. | Castillo, from a poor peasant background, is the presidential candidate of the Peru Libre party, has 50.2% of the vote. Keiko Fujimori, daughter of imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, has 49.7% of the vote, with 98.1% reporting. Fujimori's father is in prison for the forced sterilization of thousand…

Staff (2021-06-09). Fujimori's Allegations of Electoral Fraud in Peru Refuted. orinocotribune.com Keiko Fujimori, presidential candidate in Peru, has received a wave of rejection and criticisms for her claims of "indications of fraud" against the party of her rival Pedro Castillo, Prensa Latina reported. | Election observers, the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), election experts, and Castillo's party Peru Libre and its allies, have all flatly ruled out the possibility of fraud in the Peruvian presidential election as alleged by neoliberal candidate Fujimori. | Castillo's left-wing party rejected the statements made by Fujimori during a press conference, where she claimed that about 1,300 votes h…

_____ (2021-06-09). Peru: Castillo Ahead By 100,000 Votes. popularresistance.org Peru Libre candidate Pedro Castillo has rejected accusations of fraud in the Peruvian elections and has encouraged his supporters to defend the vote in a "historic vigil". Monday night's vigil showed the streets of downtown Lima full of supporters of Prof. Castillo, who waving flags and chanting "the people united will never be defeated" showed exemplary discipline and commitment to the new Peru that is coming. | On the other hand, the narco-corrupt candidate Keiko Fujimori, in her desperation for a defeat that is becoming inevitable as the hours go by, denounced on Monday night something that even the most fanat…

_____ (2021-06-09). Peru: Castillo Ahead By 100,000 Votes. popularresistance.org Peru Libre candidate Pedro Castillo has rejected accusations of fraud in the Peruvian elections and has encouraged his supporters to defend the vote in a "historic vigil". Monday night's vigil showed the streets of downtown Lima full of supporters of Prof. Castillo, who waving flags and chanting "the people united will never be defeated" showed exemplary discipline and commitment to the new Peru that is coming.

teleSUR (2021-06-09). Peru: With 99.99% Of Precincts In Pedro Castillo Leads Election. telesurenglish.net With 99.99 percent of the electoral records processed, the candidate for the Presidency of Peru, Pedro Castillo, is ahead of his opponent for Fuerza Popular, Keiko Fujimori, this Tuesday, after having reversed the preliminary results presented by the electoral authority. | The National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) presented the updated data in a web portal so that the population can follow up the scrutiny. | Based on this data, the aspirant for Peru Libre, Castillo, obtained 8,778,540 valid votes, equivalent to 50.22 percent of the valid votes. | Fujimori has 8,698,811 valid votes, which represents a t…

Angela (2021-06-09). Sunday 6/13: From Colombia to Palestine- The Bay Rises Up. indybay.org 456 Montgomery St. | San Francisco…

Yves Engler (2021-06-09). Canada Still Supports Colombia's Repressive Right-Wing Government. orinocotribune.com By Yves Engler — Jun 7, 2021 | Last week right-wing Colombian President Ivan Duque deployed the military to Cali. The city of 2.3 million has been the epicenter of a month-long nationwide protest that forced the government to withdraw a regressive tax proposal that unleashed a general strike. | During the past month security forces have killed at least

Eds. (2021-06-09). After decades of oppression, Colombian women lead front lines of National Strike. mronline.org "Far too many women are fighting—not only for their rights, but for the rights of all," says Yomali Torres, an Afro-Colombian activist. The 26-year-old joined throngs of women in the streets of Colombia over the past month to demand an end to patriarchal oppression at the hands of a U.S.-backed neoliberal state. | June 9, 2021…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-09). After six weeks, the mobilizations in Colombia continue. peoplesdispatch.org Fresh mobilizations have been called to demand that the national government sign the pre-agreement to guarantee the right to protest and advance in negotiating the demands raised by the mobilizing sectors…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-09). Social movements and protestors intensify struggle in Colombia and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the latest on the national strike in Colombia, a strike for better pay and staffing by health workers in New Zealand, and more…

The Associated Press (2021-06-09). Rights Group: Colombian Police Cause Deaths of 20 Protesters. latinorebels.com BUCARAMANGA, Colombia (AP) — An international monitoring group on Wednesday accused police officers in Colombia of responsibility for the deaths of 20 people and other violent actions against protesters during recent civil unrest, including sexual abuse, beatings and arbitrary detentions.

Pasqualina Curcio (2021-06-09). Venezuela: 'My Concerns About the Special Economic Zones Law'. orinocotribune.com By Pasqualina Curcio — Jun 2, 2021 | It is impossible not to think of maquilas when one hears talk of Special Economic Zones (SEZ). The first thing that comes to mind is cheap labor, violation of labor rights, increased worker exploitation, low or no taxes and exports. This is what characterizes an SEZ according to the World Bank manuals. | Let us ask ourselves the following question: What is it that would make large foreign capitals move so that, instead of investing in their countries, they come to Venezuela or any other nation? Obviously the maximization of their profit. In a capitalist system, given the…

Federico Fuentes (2021-06-09). 'Commune or nothing'. zcomm.org New laws reignite old debates over communal power in Venezuela…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2021-06-09). Maduro: COVAX 'Owes a Debt' to Venezuela. venezuelanalysis.com The Venezuelan president said the country was facing a lobbying effort to hamper the country's ability to purchase vaccines.

Lucía Eugenia Córdova (2021-06-09). President Maduro: Certain Groups 'Injecting Lots of Money to Buy Criminal Gangs'. orinocotribune.com Certain political sectors of Venezuela "are injecting a lot of money to buy criminal gangs and generate violence in working-class neighborhoods," said the president of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, on Tuesday afternoon. | He warned that his government will not stand idly by. "Then don't cry, don't scream, when justice is done with the Constitution," commented Maduro in a speech broadcast on the public television outlet Venezolana de Television (VTV). "Do not go out to say you are politically persecuted, to get a statement from Almagro." | He also said that those responsible for these "dirty plans against the peac…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-06-09). Ledezma Portends Fatal Omen if Guaidó Dialogues with the Government. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan opposition figure Antonio Ledezma disqualified a possible dialogue between the extreme right-wing and the Bolivarian Government and stated that if former deputy Juan Guaidó sits at the negotiation table with the government, "he will be putting up his own tombstone." | The dissident member of the Democratic Action (AD) party made this comment in an interview with

teleSUR (2021-06-09). Brazil: Supreme Court to Hear Requests to Block Copa America. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Brazil's Supreme Court (STF) will hold hearings on two requests to block the Copa America soccer tournament, scheduled to kick off on 13 June. | Related: | The full 11-member court will take up the matter in a special virtual session and will have 24 hours to express the ruling on the institution's digital platforms. | The Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) and the National Confederation of Metalworkers (N…

teleSUR (2021-06-09). Brazil's Team Agrees To Participate in Copa America. telesurenglish.net Brazil's national football team will participate in the controversial Copa America to be held in the South American country amid growing COVID-19 infections and a widespread campaign by human rights advocates to stop the tournament. | RELATED: | "We are against organizing the Copa America, but we will never say no to the Brazilian national team," the players said in a statement adding that they "are a cohesive group, but with di…

Rachel Pope, Prakash Ganesh, Jill Miracle, Romona Brazile, Honor Wolfe, Johnie Rose, Kurt C. Stange, Terry Allan, Heidi Gullett (2021-06-09). [Research Paper] Structural racism and risk of SARS-CoV-2 in pregnancy. thelancet.com Many pregnant women infected by SARS-CoV-2 are essential workers. Black women are more likely than White counterparts to have occupational exposure as the presumed source for their infection. Limitations in occupational options and controlling risk in these positions could be related to lower socio-economic status, resulting from a long history of structural racism in Cuyahoga County as evidenced by redlining and other policies limiting opportunities for people of color.

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