(2021-01-28). Peruvian health workers' strike enters third week. peoplesdispatch.org 
Since January 13, thousands of healthcare professionals from a dozen health workers' unions have been carrying out an indefinite national strike, demanding a greater budget for the public health sector and better working conditions, among other demands…
(2021-01-28). Venezuela: Oil Corporations Lobby Biden Administration for Sanctions Reversal. venezuelanalysis.com A removal of the ban on swap deals could boost Venezuela's oil production and ease fuel shortages.
(2021-01-28). Mexico To Host Phase 3 of German COVID-19 Vaccine. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Wednesday announced the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines produced by the German company CureVac to conduct phase three of clinical trials with 8,000 volunteers. | RELATED: | CureVac's clinical trials will observe 36,500 volunteers worldwide, including patients from Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Panama, and Peru. | Highlighting that the Mexican overnmen…
(2021-01-28). Peru Deploys Army on Border With Ecuador to Block Migrants. telesurenglish.net President Francisco Sagasti's administration on Wednesday deployed hundreds of Peruvian officers throughout the border with Ecuador to prohibit immigrants from entering the country amid its second wave of COVID-19. | RELATED: | "We will keep the border blocked for as long as necessary to prevent the entry of immigrants infected with COVID-19," Peruvian Armed Forces Joint Command tweeted. | The joint decision "seeks t…
(2021-01-28). Andrés Arauz's chances look bright, say opinion polls ahead of Ecuadorian elections. peoplesdispatch.org 
According to a study conducted by well-known Ecuadorian analyst Omar Maluk, Andrés Arauz leads the voting intention with 39.2% of the votes. The study shows him with a lead of 17.4% over his nearest rival…
(2021-01-28). The Biden Administration: Hardening of US Stance on Venezuela. dissidentvoice.org Joe Biden has been sworn in as the President of USA. For Venezuela, nothing has changed. The same belligerence, the same sanctions, and the same imperialism — the American empire continues to be cruelly hostile to the UN-recognized government of Nicolas Maduro. Inviting an Anti-Chavista Criminal Auguries of an ever-intensifying imperialist attack against Venezuela have …
(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.
(2021-01-28). Bolsonaro Unleashes His Foul Language Against Journalists. telesurenglish.net Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday responded with foul language to journalists who denounced irregularities in costly public food purchases made amid the pandemic. | RELATED: | "When I see the press attacking me and saying I bought two and a half million cans of condensed milk, [my response is] go fu#% yourselves, shitty press," Bolsonaro said at a private event whose video was leaked to social media. | "Le…
(2021-01-28). 'Brazil on Fire': How fake news, culture wars and the United States put a fascist in power. greenleft.org.au Once at the centre of the region's left turn, Brazil has for the past two years been governed by a far-right president. Michael Fox spoke to Green Left about the significance of recent events there.
(2021-01-28). 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…"
(2021-01-28). Gender Activists Protest Against Rape of a Teenager in Argentina. telesurenglish.net Over 300 women mobilized in Buenos Aires (Argentina) to demand the arrest of Humberto Garzon, who is accused of raping an 18-year-old Venezuelan girl. | RELATED: | Chanting "Garzon rapist, to jail aggressor", the demonstrators gathered peacefully in the Balvanera neighborhood to show solidarity with the victim identified as L.A.R. | The girl responded to a job offer at the "Garzon Uniformes" store specialized in clothing fo…
(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.
(2021-01-27). Argentina's Main Opera House Becomes COVID-19 Test Center. telesurenglish.net In Buenos Aires city, the Columbus Theatre (Teatro Colon), one of the world's most important opera houses, offered its facilities and staff to support "Detect", a program promoted by the Health Ministry to perform COVID-19 tests. | RELATED: | In rotating shifts of four hours per day, theater staff will support health workers by performing tasks such as receiving and orienting people who wish to get tested for COVID-…
(2021-01-27). Brazilian Religious Leaders Call for Bolsonaro's Impeachment. telesurenglish.net Catholic and Evangelical religious leaders on Tuesday filed a petition for Congress to open an impeachment trial against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro due to his mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | The petition was backed by 17 Christian movements and 380 bishops, priests, and pastors. Among them are representatives of the Catholic Church in Brazil, the country with the largest number of Catholic…
(2021-01-27). Ecuador: Lawmakers Dismiss Health Minister Zevallos. telesurenglish.net Ecuador's Parliament Tuesday approved the dismissal and the beginning of an impeachment process against Health Minister Juan Zevallos for alleged mismanagement of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign. | RELATED: | Lawmakers Doris Soliz and Rodrigo Collaguazo presented the impeachment motion which was approved with 121 votes in favor and four abstentions. | On Monday, Ombudsman Office chairman Freddy Carrion demanded…
(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…
(2021-01-27). Peru Quarantines 10 Regions to Halt Second Wave of COVID-19. telesurenglish.net Peru's President Francisco Sagasti Tuesday informed that ten regions of his country will enter quarantine as of January 31 due to the increase in COVID-19 infections. | RELATED: | The Metropolitan Area, Lima, Callao, Ancash, Pasco, Huanuco, Junin, Huancavelica, Ica, and Apurimac will be confined until February 14. | Sagasti informed on the suspension of inter-provincial transportation to and from these territories. Only v…
(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.
(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). 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 …
(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.
(2021-01-27). Wildfire Ravages 10,000 Hectares of Forest in Argentina. telesurenglish.net A fire allegedly caused by human negligence on Sunday has ravaged 10,000 hectares of forests in Rio Negro province in the Patagonia region. | RELATED: | According to local authorities, the fire spread due to the heat and wind gusts of over 90 kilometers per hour. | Hundreds of firefighters deployed in the El Bolson area are trying to control the flames with two helicopters and one plane's help. | "The flames threaten t…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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.
(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.
(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. . . . |
(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 …
(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 …
(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 …
(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…
(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
(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…
(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…
(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…