Daily Archives: January 20, 2021

2021-01-20: News Headlines

Anya Parampil (2021-01-20). Biden Inaugural Guest Is Venezuelan Coup Leader Charged with Inciting Violent Assault on Gov't Building. globalresearch.ca After condemning the pro-Trump invasion of the Capitol, the incoming Biden administration invited Carlos Vecchio — a coup leader charged in the 2014 torching of the Venezuelan Attorney General's office — to its inaugural ceremony. | *** | As Washington recovered from …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-01-20). Brazilians celebrate arrival of Venezuelan oxygen to struggling Manaus. peoplesdispatch.org Following the collapse of the healthcare system in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, Venezuela has sent 130,000 liters of oxygen and a brigade of 107 doctors to help combat the pandemic…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-01-20). Brazilians celebrate arrival of Venezuelan oxygen supplies to struggling Manaus. peoplesdispatch.org Following the collapse of the healthcare system in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, Venezuela has sent 130,000 liters of oxygen and a brigade of 107 doctors to help combat the pandemic…

teleSUR (2021-01-19). Chile: Mapuche Indigenous People Gathered To Condemn Violence. telesurenglish.net Mapuche Indigenous leaders on Monday began an "urgent conversation" in the Temucuicui territory to denounce the state violence against Indigenous people promoted by Chile's President Sebastian Piñera. | RELATED: | The two-day meeting took place after the violence experienced on January 7 when Investigation Police (PDI) officers carried out a raid in the Ercilla community. | Around 350 people attended the meeting, including…

Jornal GGN (2021-01-19). Drastic effects of COVID in Manaus, Brazil: No oxygen, patients transferred, curfew. peoplesworld.org This week the capital of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, broke the record for new hospitalizations and burials. Today Amazonians invaded the social networks in despair. The State clamors for the federal government to help. The crisis in Manaus, provoked by the alarming number of cases of COVID-19, placed the state capital at the center …

teleSUR (2021-01-19). Paramilitaries Kill Two Young Men and One Minor in Colombia. telesurenglish.net The murder of these Colombian citizens is the second massacre that occurred in Antioquia this year. | RELATED: | Authorities identified the victims as Jhon Cuello, Duvan Bedoya, and Steven Jaramillo, 17. Another unidentified young man was injured. | "Neighbors in the community called the police when they heard the shots. The injured youth was referred to a hospital in the Monteria city due to the severity of the injuries," political activi…

Jeremy Ross (2021-01-19). "Brazil is Broken": Bolsonaro, COVID, and the Looming Return to Austerity. counterpunch.org As the New Year begins and Brazil officially passes 200,000 COVID deaths, far-right Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro announced with his characteristic bluntness: "Brazil is broken. I can't do anything." While blaming the media for exaggerating the threat of the coronavirus, Bolsonaro complained that COVID had prevented him from further pursuing the structural adjustments and austerity

WSWS (2021-01-19). Workers Struggle: The Americas. wsws.org Doctors across Peru have walked out over pay and COVID-19-related issues while teachers in Arizona's Peoria Unified School District staged a sickout over dangerous in-person instruction.

teleSUR (2021-01-19). Venezuelan Donated Oxygen Arrives in Manaus, Brazil. telesurenglish.net Authorities confirm the arrival of five trucks with oxygen in the capital of the Brazilian Amazon, Manaus, to attend to the sanitary crisis that the territory is suffering due to the Covid-19 pandemic. | The population welcomed the trucks with Venezuelan flags amidst applause. The shipment will be able to alleviate the dramatic situation suffered by the hospital network in Manaus. | RELATED: | The Venezuelan Fore…

teleSUR (2021-01-19). Bolivia To Accuse 26 Police Officers Who Mutinied in 2019. telesurenglish.net Bolivia's Decolonization Deputy Minister Pelagio Condori Monday filed a complaint against 26 police officers who incited a riot during the political turmoil experienced in the country in November 2019. | RELATED: | The complaint included Santa Cruz's ex-Police Commander Colonel Miguel Mercado and the National Police Commander General Vladimir Calderon who urged ex-President Evo Morales (2006-2019) to step down. | If t…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-01-19). Remembering Commander Yesenia. peoplesdispatch.org On the 9th anniversary of the killing of Yesenia, an Afro-Colombian woman and commander of the National Liberation Army, Commander Pablo Beltrán shared his reflections about her struggle and her story, one that is shared by many Colombians who are victims of state and paramilitary violence. | December 20 marked the ninth anniversary of the physical disappearance of Commander Yesenia, an unforgettable revolutionary fighter from the SerraniÃÅa de San Lucas, where the Central Cordillera ends, stopped by the union of the great Magdalena and Cauca Rivers. | "You don't know how difficult it is to move f…

teleSUR (2021-01-19). Mexico to Produce 6 Million Doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) on Monday informed that Argentina sent to his country the active substance that will allow the manufacture of 6 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. | RELATED: | Argentina's MAbxience, the laboratory responsible for the raw material production, sent a first batch of the active substance to Mexico thanks to the project that both countries signed in…

teleSUR (2021-01-19). Ecuador: Lawmakers Vote a Bill to Seize Goods of Illicit Origin. telesurenglish.net Ecuador's Parliament Tuesday is set to vote on a bill aimed at recovering assets of illicit origin or obtained through acts of corruption. | RELATED: | The bill needs the favorable vote of 70 lawmakers in order to be passed. If approved, President Lenin Moreno will have 30 days to issue a partial or total veto. | Once published in the Official Gazette, the new regulations will apply the "retrospective principle" which allows f…

teleSUR (2021-01-19). Peru: Cusco Doctors on Strike for Better Working Conditions. telesurenglish.net Peruvian Health workers from Cusco province's state-owned hospitals have been on strike for six days in a row, demanding better working conditions and medical equipment from the government. | RELATED: | To date, neither Peru's president Francisco Sagasti nor local authorities have attended to their demands. | "This week, we will radicalize the struggle," Peru's Medical Federation President Rodolfo Larota warned and assure…

teleSUR (2021-01-19). Petroperu Issues Debt Bonds To Finance a Refinery Project. telesurenglish.net Peru's Economy Ministry (MEF) authorized the state-owned oil company Petroperu to issue debt bonds to finance Talara Refinery's Modernization Project (PMRT). These bonds, however, will not be backed by the government. | RELATED: | MEF's decision responds to warnings from Petroperu President Eduardo Guevara who assured that US$700 million were needed to complete the Talara project. | Non-financial public enterprises will…

teleSUR (2021-01-18). Another Indigenous Leader Was Menaced in Colombia. telesurenglish.net Colombia's Justice and Peace Commission (JPC) on Monday reported on the release of Embera Indigenous leader Jesus Bailarin who was kidnapped by Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces (AGC) paramilitaries on Sunday. | RELATED: | The Indigenous leader was kidnapped at 6.00 pm local time 200 meters from the Pavarando River bridge in the Antioquia department. He was subjected to torture for about one hour and forty minutes. | The param…

Paul Dobson (2021-01-18). Guaido Accused of Blocking Vaccines as Venezuela Sends Covid-19 Aid to Brazil. venezuelanalysis.com 107 doctors and 14,000 oxygen tanks have been sent on a humanitarian convoy to Manaus, Brazil.

teleSUR (2021-01-18). Bolivia Stands With Palestinian People, Choquehuanca Says. telesurenglish.net Bolivia reaffirmed on Monday that Israel should be judged for its crimes against Palestinians as the world's peoples stand in support of illegally occupied Palestine. | RELATED: | During a virtual press conference by parliamentarians supporting the Palestinian cause, Bolivia's Vice-President David Choquehuanca stated that "the crimes committed by the Zionist regime, especially against civilians, especially women and c…

teleSUR (2021-01-18). Argentina Begins To Distribute the Second Dose of Sputnik V. telesurenglish.net Argentina began on Monday the distribution of 300,000 Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines to complete the vaccination of those who received the first dose on December 29. | RELATED: | As of Friday, this South American nation had applied 200,759 out of 300,000 doses of the Russian vaccine it received last year. | The national vaccination campaign's first stage is focused on citizens between the ages of 18 and 59 who work in hospitals,…

teleSUR (2021-01-18). Brazil To Use Sinovac and Astrazeneca COVID-19 Vaccines. telesurenglish.net Brazil's Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) unanimously approved on Sunday the emergency use of the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine and the AstraZeneca-University of Oxford vaccine. | RELATED: | The decision will allow the Brazilian government to start its vaccination plan with 6 million doses of the CoronaVac vaccine, which was developed by the Chinese laboratory Sinovac and the Butantan Institute of Sao Paulo. | "The…

teleSUR (2021-01-18). Brazil: Health Minister Pazuelo Investigated Over Manaus Crisis. telesurenglish.net Brazilian Attorney General's Office (PGR) Monday ordered an inquiry against the Health Ministry Eduardo Pazuello and the Amazonas Governor Wilson Lima over the COVID-19 emergency in Manaus. | RELATED: | The Superior Court of Justice (STJ) will undergo the investigation against authorities who allegedly were warned about the critical oxygen shortage at least four days before Manaus' health system collapse. | The PGR wants to investigate whether…

teleSUR (2021-01-18). Venezuela Inaugurates Ozone Science Center. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday inaugurated the National Ozone Science Center (CENAOZ), a modern facility that aims to promote health strategies based on ozone therapy. | RELATED: | "Today we inaugurate the CENAOZ headquarters. The ozone therapy will contribute to the medical protocols that have been established for the cure of COVID-19," Maduro said. | "The ozone therapy will be present in all the count…

teleSUR (2021-01-18). The U.S. Opposed National Dialogues in Venezuela. telesurenglish.net Opposition lawmaker Timoteo Zambrano on Sunday affirmed that U.S. President Donald Trump hampered all dialogue processes between the Venezuelan opposition and President Nicolas Maduro. | RELATED: | He recalled the meetings held under the auspices of the Dominican Republic's former President D…

Aline Maciel (2021-01-18). Brazil Elections Boost Environmental Violators to High Office in Amazon. globalresearch.ca More than a hundred candidates who ran in municipal elections last November in cities across Brazil's Amazonian states are on the environmental regulator's "dirty list" for violations committed over the past decade. | That's the finding from an analysis by Agência …

sputniknews (2021-01-18). Trump Issues Proclamation Lifting Travel Restrictions on Schengen Area, UK, Ireland, and Brazil. sputniknews.com This step was taken in coordination with the Ministry of Health and takes into account the order dated January 12, which requires those entering the United States to test negative for the coronavirus, the proclamation says.

teleSUR (2021-01-18). Venezuela: Guaido Has Over ‚Ǩ2 Billion in European Bank Accounts. telesurenglish.net "Mr. Juan Guaidó will have to say where he got the 2 billion euros that he has deposited in European bank accounts and a 77-foot yacht that he has in Fort Lauderdale, Florida [United States], which has even been visited by U.S. Senator Marco Rubio," Amoroso declared. | RELATED: | "They have to explain to the people of Venezuela how they have obtained the money, how is it that Mr. [Julio] Borges lives in a mansion in…

teleSUR (2021-01-18). Chile Records 23 Wildfires So Far This Month. telesurenglish.net Chile's National Warning Center (NWC) Sunday informed that 23 wildfires have been recorded nationwide, 12 of which are active and 11 are under control. | RELATED: | Valparaiso, Maule, and àëuble are the regions where the four main wildfires were registered. On Sunday, 4,200 hectares of land were affected in the Quilpue community where the Lago Peñuelas National Reserve became a fire hotspot. | No human losses have been…

teleSUR (2021-01-18). Heavy Rains Trigger Floods and Infrastructure Damage in Bolivia. telesurenglish.net Bolivia's Civil Defense Deputy Minister Juan Calvimontes on Sunday reported that torrential rains unleashed flooding and infrastructure disasters in several urban and rural regions across the country. | RELATED: | "We have approximately 13,000 families affected by the flooding, four people dead, three of whom in Sucre and one in Cochabamba. We do not have reports on any missing persons," Calvimontes said. | Rainsto…

teleSUR (2021-01-18). Close to Half of Peruvians Disapprove of President Sagasti. telesurenglish.net Local outlet El Comercio on Monday published a poll revealing that 47 percent of Peruvians disapprove of President Francisco Sagasti's government, while only 34 percent approve it. | RELATED: | The rejection rate against him increased by 10 percent compared with the results of a survey conducted in December. | "Two months into his term, the dissatisfaction against Sagasti's administration increased by 12 points," El Comer…

teleSUR (2021-01-17). Peru: Ex-President Vizcarra Barred From Run for Congress. telesurenglish.net Lima's Special Electoral Jury (JEE) excluded Peru's former President Martin Vizcarra's (2018-2020) candidacy for Congress over the omission of information about his personal incomes. | RELATED: | The JEE concluded that Vizcarra did not specify all the information about the incomes received from the company Agrotecnica Estuquiña SA, of which he has 30 percent of the share. | Ex-Congresswoman Yeni Vilcatoma made the banning…