Daily Archives: January 27, 2021

2021-01-27: News Headlines

sputniknews (2021-01-28). Colombia Suspends Flights to Brazil for Month Over New COVID-19 Strain. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — Colombia has suspended air traffic with Brazil for a month over the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus, Colombian President Ivan Duque announced.

teleSUR (2021-01-27). Ecuador Closes Illegal Clinic Selling Fake COVID-19 Vaccines. telesurenglish.net Ecuador's Police on Tuesday shut down a clandestine clinic that administered nearly 70,000 doses of fake COVID-19 vaccines in Quito. | RELATED: | The clinic, which provided its patients with an unknown substance making them believe it cured the disease, was closed down after complaints from neighbors. | According to the capital's Security Secretary Cesar Diaz, the establishment was formally registered as a spa and slimming massage cen…

Manuela Solé (2021-01-27). Diplomatic Tensions Rise After Venezuela Detains Guyanese Vessels. venezuelanalysis.com Caracas and Georgetown have an ongoing territorial dispute over the Essequibo region.

Mehr News Agency (2021-01-27). Total lockdown imposed in central Peru as COVID-19 surges. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) — Peru introduced strict new measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the wake of the death of a vaccine volunteer who was given a placebo rather than the actual vaccine.

Online News Editor (2021-01-27). Peruvians desperately seek oxygen refills as 2nd wave of coronavirus hits. laprensalatina.com By Carla Samon Ros Lima, Jan 27 (efe-epa).- Desperate family members are once again seeking oxygen tank refills for loved ones battling Covid-19 in Peru, where people have been forced to sleep out in the elements in hopes of acquiring that scarce commodity. In recent days, hundreds of empty green tanks have been lined up …

_____ (2021-01-27). Venezuela Neutralizes Operation Red October, Terrorist Plot Led By Guaidó. popularresistance.org At a press conference, Venezuelan National Assembly (AN) deputy, Freddy Bernal, reported on the results of an investigation by the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM) in Caracas, on the so-called Operation Red October. | This operation aimed to assassinate several civilians and soldiers and damage military infrastructure and was allegedly led by former anti-Chavista deputy Juan Guaidó. | Bernal stressed that the operations were organized by a subject born in Colombia, but who has North American nationality, named Ben Smith Benson.

Online News Editor (2021-01-27). Remembering the Holocaust with Italy's stumbling stones. laprensalatina.com Rome, Jan 27 (efe-epa).- "Here lived Fortunata Perugia, born in 1881, arrested on 2.2.1944. Deported to Auschwitz. Murdered on 23.5.1944." This is the message engraved onto one of the latest stumbling blocks to be laid in Rome on the lead up to International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday. The golden-topped cobbles, like this one in …

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2021-01-27). Bolivia: Felipe Quispe, el último Mallku. indybay.org Bolivia: Felipe Quispe, el último Mallku | "Voy a seguir luchando hasta mi muerte, debajo de la tierra voy a seguir gritando…"

teleSUR (2021-01-26). Evo Morales Praises Cuba and Venezuela's Fight Against COVID-19. telesurenglish.net On his Twitter account, Morales noted that "the Cuban Revolution will produce 100 (million) doses of its vaccine against COVID-19 and the Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela produces Carvativir, which neutralizes the symptoms of the disease." | He added that neither of the revolutions seeks profits but rather to fight for human life against the pandemic. | RELATED: | In his tweet, the former Bolivian president referred to the Cuban Governmen…

teleSUR (2021-01-26). Maduro Invites International Organizations To Witness Elections. telesurenglish.net Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro invited the European Union on Monday to observe the governor's elections in 2021. | RELATED: | During a meeting with the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), the president reiterated that all international organizations are invited to witness Venezuelan democracy. Maduro foresees a victory of his party PSUV after progressive forces regained the parliament's majority from the o…

Stephen Lendman (2021-01-26). Israel to Decide Fate of the JCPOA Nuclear Deal? globalresearch.ca According to Biden's secretary of state-designee Anthony Blinken, the new regime in town will keep much of its predecessor's geopolitical agenda in place. | Former usurper-in-waiting/self-designated interim Venezuelan president Guaido — no longer a National Assembly member — will still …

teleSUR (2021-01-26). Brazil's Supreme Court Allows Inquiry Against Health Minister. telesurenglish.net Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (TSF) Tuesday allowed an investigation against Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello over the COVID-19 crisis unleashed in Manaus city, Amazon state, last week. | RELATED: | TSF Judge Ricardo Lewandowski passed the investigation two days after Brazil's Attorney General Augusto Aras requested to inquire into the facts that led to the health system collapse in Manaus. | Pazuello, who was also cr…

teleSUR (2021-01-26). Amazonian Peoples Denounce Discrimination in Vaccination. telesurenglish.net The Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA) denounced that governments maintain discriminatory policies in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. | RELATED: | "Governments have failed all the inhabitants of the Amazon," said COICA Coordinator Jose Diaz, who is a member of the Wakuenai Kurripaco people. | "The advance of the Brazilian COVID-19 strain affects the most vulnerable and exp…

teleSUR (2021-01-26). Colombia: Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Died From COVID-19. telesurenglish.net Colombia's Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Tuesday morning died in Bogota due to health complications related to COVID-19. | RELATED: | Health authorities' last report issued on Monday informed Holmes was progressing favorably. However, he was still receiving ventilatory support and antibiotics. | He was interned at the Bogota's Military Hospital since January 12, when he was diagnosed. He required specialized treatment fr…

WSWS (2021-01-26). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Doctors across Peru are continuing a job action over conditions in the hospitals and adequate funding for COVID treatment including medicines and supplies.

Tom Clifford (2021-01-26). When Biden's "New" America Confronts the New China. counterpunch.org The lexicon has changed. Words and phrases that seemed to define our world until quite recently now belong to a bygone era. Remember BRICs? The grouping of the next economic superpowers. Well, Brazil, Russia, India and China now resemble a brash start-up promising a whole new way of doing things only to fall out among

teleSUR Desk (2021-01-26). Venezuela denounces large-scale corruption scheme led by Guaido. mronline.org "The Government of Paraguay owes $360,000,000 to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The commission that was to be shared between Guaidó and the Paraguayans was $26,000,000 do you know how many vaccines could be bought with that?", Rodríguez denounced.

A Guest Author (2021-01-26). Elliott Abrams, fire your own president; you couldn't fire mine in Venezuela. workers.org By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein The writer was the director of international relations in Venezuela's presidential office and the country's ambassador to Nicaragua. Currently, he is a guest professor at Shanghai University in China. Translation: Angel Alvarez. Nicolás Maduro In an appearance before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Aug. . . . |

Online News Editor (2021-01-26). Tributes pour in for Colombian defense minister who died of Covid-19. laprensalatina.com Bogota, Jan 26 (efe-epa).- Tributes poured in on Tuesday for Colombian Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo Garcia, who died of Covid-19 at the age of 69. President Ivan Duque delivered the news of the passing of the leading conservative politician, saying in a speech at the presidential palace in Bogota that he felt "deep sorrow …

Online News Editor (2021-01-26). Colombia's defense minister dies of Covid-19. laprensalatina.com Bogota, Jan 26 (efe-epa).- Colombian Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo has died of Covid-19 at the age of 69, the country's President Ivan Duque confirmed Tuesday. "Colombians, with deep sorrow and sadness, I have received the news of the death of our defense minister," Duque said in a speech he gave at the presidential palace …

Online News Editor (2021-01-26). Brazil scrambles to buy vaccine as Covid-19 kills more than 1,000 a day. laprensalatina.com Sao Paulo, Jan 26 (efe-epa).- The Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage out of control in Brazil, whose president said Tuesday that he had authorized private firms to buy the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine to immunize their employees provided the companies donate half of the doses to the public vaccination campaign. "I want to make it very …

RT (2021-01-26). 'She Hulk' vs 'Female Khabib'? Women's MMA behemoth Gabi Garcia states terms for Kayla Harrison showdown. rt.com The trouble with being a heavyweight in women's MMA is that there isn't a long list of potential opponents but undefeated 'She Hulk' Gabi Garcia has laid down a gauntlet to Kayla Harrison, described by some as the 'Female Khabib'. | Brazil's Garcia, who stands at 6ft 2in tall and has registered a weight of 235lbs in the past, has been indomitable throughout her seven professional mixed martial arts fights to date. | The Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt has been outside the first round just once to date in her career – largely, some say, due to a lack of opponents to match her fearsome frame. | This accusation…

Peter Bolton (2021-01-26). After years of incompetence and destruction, Brazil's far-right president could finally face impeachment. thecanary.co Far-right Brazilian politician Jair Bolsonaro's presidency has been on a downward spiral ever since he assumed office on 1 January 2019. As The Canary has

teleSUR (2021-01-26). Ecuador Adds Another Sentence To Ex-Vice President Jorge Glas. telesurenglish.net Ecuador's Superior Court on Monday sentenced former Vice-Presidente Jorge Glas to eight years in prison for misuse of public funds in an oil contract. | RELATED: | The Prosecutor's Office accused Glas of having participated in the irregular awarding of an oil field in Sucumbios province n 2012, which resulted in a US$28.4 million loss to the State. | As a strategic sectors coordinator and member of the Hydrocarb…

teleSUR (2021-01-26). Hitmen Kill An Urban Artist and Youth Leader in Cali, Colombia. telesurenglish.net Colombia's Institute for Development and Peace Studies (Indepaz) Monday confirmed the murder of urban artist Julian Muñoz by an armed group in the Valle del Cauca Department. | RELATED: | On Saturday, a group of hooded men shot the young man, 25, outside a barbershop in Comuna 18, in Cali city. His body was identified hours later by relatives and friends. | "Muñoz was a youth leader who belonged to the Prisoners of Hope Group, a movement that…

teleSUR (2021-01-26). Bolivia Grants Loans To Boost Domestic Industry. telesurenglish.net Bolivia's President Luis Arce Monday delivered the first credits from a US$132-million public fund to support industries and promote import substitution. | RELATED: | Allowing an interest rate of 0.5 percent, the credits are part of the Reactivation and Development of National Industry (FIREDIN) and the Import Substitution (SI Bolivia) programs. | The credits will be delivered in maximum amounts of US$726,000 to large companies…

teleSUR (2021-01-26). Argentine President Arrives in Chile on Official Visit. telesurenglish.net The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, arrived this Tuesday in Chile on a two-day state visit, in which he met with his colleague Sebastián Piñera, to deepen bilateral ties. | The trip to Chile includes a meeting between Fernández and Piñera, and a visit to the legislative and judicial branches. | RELATED: | The head of state arrived this Tuesday at noon in Santiago de Chile. From the airport, he went to…

WSWS (2021-01-26). Millions of Brazilian students refuse to take exam amid rising opposition to back to school campaign. wsws.org The unprecedented mass absence from one of Brazil's most important national yearly exams is a statement of opposition to the government's herd immunity policy and the reopening of schools.

teleSUR (2021-01-26). Argentine Asks Rich Countries for Climate Change Commitments. telesurenglish.net Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez on Monday called for a greater commitment against climate change from developed countries at the opening session of the 2021 United Nations Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS). | RELATED: | "We have the opportunity to act collectively in response to climate change," said Fernandez virtually at 2021 CAS, which is being hosted by the Netherlands on Jan. 25-26, and seeks to promote an ag…

teleSUR (2021-01-26). Chile: Senate Commission Debates Pardon To Political Prisoners. telesurenglish.net Chile's Senate Human Rights Commission on Monday approved the discussion of a bill that seeks to grant pardon to political detainees linked to the 2019 social unrest. | RELATED: | On Dec. 9, 2020, Senate President Adriana Muñozel promoted the bill that must also be debated in the Security and Constitution Commissions. | Excepting people prosecuted for terrorist crimes, the bill seeks to annul the criminal liability and cancel the…

teleSUR (2021-01-25). Peru: Lima Runs Out of ICU Beds for COVID-19 Patients. telesurenglish.net Peru's Ombudsman's Office warned of a pressing health situation in the cities of Lima and Callao due to the lack of intensive care unit (ICU) beds. | RELATED: | On Sunday, Health Ministry (MINSA) reported that there were only 107 remaining ICU beds across the country. In the Lima region alone, only 8 of 934 beds were available in health institutions. | MINSA officials also noted that 1,758 ICU beds were occupied by COVID-19 pati…

teleSUR (2021-01-25). Uruguay Secures COVID-19 Vaccines With Pfizer and Sinovac. telesurenglish.net Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle announced an agreement with the U.S. pharmaceutical Pfizer-BioNTech and the Chinese company Sinovac for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines. | RELATED: | The agreement with Pfizer-BioNTech covered 2 million doses, 200,000 of which are expected to arrive in March. The deal with Sinovac included 1,750,000 doses. | A US$120 million budget was approved for the drug purchase, which will allow the vaccination of 2,8…

Almudena Calatrava (2021-01-25). Argentina's abortion law enters force under watchful eyes. peoplesworld.org BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's groundbreaking abortion law went into force Sunday under the watchful eyes of women's groups and government officials, who hope to ensure its full implementation despite opposition from some conservative and church groups. Argentina became the largest nation in Latin America to legalize elective abortion after its Senate on Dec. …

Rayhan Uddin (2021-01-25). Wall Street executives face criticism for returning to 'Davos in the desert'. middleeasteye.net Wall Street executives face criticism for returning to 'Davos in the desert' | Businesses accused of 'enabling brutal government', as corporate delegates set to attend conference previously boycotted over murdered journalist | Mon, 01/25/2021 – 18: 14 | Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during the Future Investment Initiative forum in Riyadh on 30 October 2019 (AFP/File photo) | Wall Street ex…

Alan Macleod (2021-01-25). With Likely Victory of Andrés Arauz, Ecuador Will Join Latin America's Anti-Imperialist Surge. mintpressnews.com Ecuador is just weeks away from becoming the latest Latin American nation to move away from the IMF and United States and elect a strongly progressive, anti-imperialist government.

Mehr News Agency (2021-01-25). Brazilians take to streets calling for Pres. impeachment. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — Thousands of Brazilians took the streets for a second day Sunday to call for the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro, who is under fire for his government's handling of COVID-19 that claimed more than 216,000 lives.

teleSUR (2021-01-25). Colombia: FARC Party Changes Its Name To Avoid Stigmatization. telesurenglish.net Colombia's Revolutionary Alternative Force of the Common (FARC) on Sunday decided to change its name to "Common Party" (Partido Comunes) to fight the political stigma caused by years of armed conflict. | RELATED: | FARC Party President Rodrigo Londoño made the announcement, noting that the party's logo symbolized by a rose would remain the same. Likewise, a new legal representative will be appointed by the National Board. | The new name w…

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2021-01-25). Biden and the Democrats will Sow Chaos in Latin America. globalresearch.ca US President Joseph Biden, a relic from Washington's old political establishment will continue the same imperialist policies in Latin America as did his predecessors including that of Donald Trump. There is a clear indication that Washington's hostilities towards Venezuela's …

teleSUR (2021-01-25). Over 15,000 Families Affected by Heavy Rains in Bolivia. telesurenglish.net Bolivia's Defense Deputy Minister Juan Calvimontes reported that 15,593 families were affected by recent rains nationwide, warning that flooding could continue in the upcoming days. | RELATED: | Damages were recorded in 48 municipalities where over 7,400 hectares of crops and 873 houses were affected. | The northern region of the La Paz department was one of the most critical areas due to rivers' overflowing, landslides,…

Fight Back (2021-01-25). Interview with Mark Burton, attorney for Colombian revolutionary Simon Trinidad. fightbacknews.org Fight Back! interviews Mark Burton, attorney for Colombian revolutionary Simon Trinidad who is a political prisoner held by the U.S. government. Simon Trinidad, also known as Ricardo Palmera, is a good man who has done nothing wrong. His only crime is to fight for the freedom and independence of his own country, taking the side of Colombian workers and peasants. Due to U.S. government repression, we are unable to interview Simon Trinidad directly. Check out the campaign to Free Simon Trinidad at Fight Back!: Who Is Simon Trinidad? | Mark B…

teleSUR (2021-01-25). Venezuelan Legislature Installs Essequibo Defense Commission. telesurenglish.net The Venezuelan National Assembly installed this Monday the Special Commission for the Defense of Essequibo Guyana and Territorial Sovereignty, Deputy Hermann Escarrá, announced in a press conference. | Escarrrá indicated that "Venezuela is not willing to lose one more millimeter of its territory, that is not going to happen. All our efforts are directed so that our Essequibo territory is respected." | RELATED: | The Spec…