Alan Macleod (2021-03-23). Biden Backs Revival of His Brainchild: Plan Colombia 2.0 Set to Begin Next Month. mintpressnews.com Colombia is set to return to a massive aerial campaign of spraying Monsanto's glyphosate across the country, a plan Biden once fought hard with his Republican colleagues to enact.

WSWS (2021-03-23). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Workers blockaded a soybean oil refinery in San Lorenzo, Argentina to protest terminations, while teachers in Entre Ríos province staged a one-day strike on March 19, and state workers in Córdoba province struck on March 18.

teleSUR (2021-03-23). Ecuador's Ombudsman Threatened After Moreno's Inquiry Petition. telesurenglish.net Ecuador's Ombudsman Freddy Carrión submitted a request for charges related to crimes against humanity by president Lenin Moreno and his cabinet on Tuesday. Hours after the petition, Carrion asked for protection for himself and his family after receiving several death threats. | RELATED: | Ombudsman Carrión filed the complaint to the State Attorney General's Office (FGE) for alleged crimes committed during the social unrest…

Tanya Wadhwa (2021-03-23). Opinion poll suggests Andrés Arauz victory in the upcoming Ecuadorian elections. peoplesdispatch.org The second round of the presidential elections in Ecuador is scheduled for April 11. Ahead of the run-off election, yesterday on March 21, the candidates received an important opportunity to promote their proposals for the new government and help the citizens decide their vote. | Yesterday, Andrés Arauz of the progressive Union for Hope alliance (UNES) and Guillermo Lasso of the coalition of right-wing Creating Opportunities‚Ää party (CREO) and Social Christian Party (PSC) took part in the mandatory debate organized by the National Electoral Council (CNE), which was broadcasted on national radio a…

Dan Cohen (2021-03-22). US intelligence thinks you're stupid: ODNI report blames Russia, ignores Colombian election interference. thegrayzone.com The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) issued a report alleging Russian interference in the 2020 election, contradicting November statements that there was no meddling, while ignoring documented interference from top US ally Colombia. By Dan Cohen / MintPress News / Behind the Headlines Russiagate is back! That's right. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) says Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei meddled in the 2020 U.S. election. But not only they: Lebanese …

teleSUR (2021-03-22). Oxygen, Medicines, Beds Are in Short Supply in Brazil. telesurenglish.net Brazil begins the week with a bleak outlook: supplies and medical facilities to care for COVID-19 patients are dramatically scarce in 25 of its 27 states. | RELATED: | In these territories, beds in intensive care units (ICUs) have an occupancy rate of over 80 percent and the average number of COVID-19 related deaths exceeds 2,000 cases. | Although President Jair Bolsonaro's administration expressed "concern" over…

Eduardo Aliverti (2021-03-22). Argentina — La cadena nacional, las dudas y las certezas. globalizacion.ca Quitada la hojarasca de ese nuevo show patotero e incendiario de quien ejerce como ministro de Seguridad bonaerense sin responder más que a su proyecto propio, y la presentación de un libro con hojas en blanco, es la alocución presidencial…

WSWS (2021-03-22). Pseudo-left uses constitutional election to conceal danger of dictatorship in Chile. wsws.org The bourgeoisie has used the constitutional convention as a deliberate decoy to grant themselves time to prepare for the inevitable social eruption that will come.

teleSUR (2021-03-22). Ecuador's Decision: Job Creation or Capital Liberalization. telesurenglish.net Ecuador's National Electoral Council (CNE) on Sunday organized the first and only debate between the presidential candidates who will face each other in the second electoral round that will take place on April 11 | RELATED: | During this event, the Creating Opportunities (CREO) candidate Guillermo Lasso spent his time attacking the Union for Hope (UNES) candidate Andres Arauz and ju…

Hedelberto López Blanch (2021-03-22). Argentina — La confabulación de Macri con el FMI. globalizacion.ca El Gobierno argentino del presidente Alberto Fernández está desenredando la enorme confabulación entre el exrégimen de Mauricio Macri y el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) mediante la cual ese organismo otorgó un crédito por 56 300 millones de dólares que se…

Special to People's World (2021-03-22). Brazilian State of Maranhà£o obtains 4.5 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine. peoplesworld.org The Governor of the Brazilian State of Maranhà£o, Flávio Dino, a member of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB), signed a contract on March 17 with the Sovereign Russian Fund authorizing the acquisition of 4.582 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine to combat the coronavirus. This vaccine, produced by the Gamaleya laboratory, has …

teleSUR (2021-03-22). Peru's President Sagasti Refuses To Declare Over 'Vaccinegate'. telesurenglish.net Peru's President Francisco Sagasti announced that he would not attend a congressional subpoena scheduled for Monday to respond to the allegations of COVID-19 illegal vaccinations in his Cabinet. | RELATED: | On March 18, the Congress' Constitutional Accusations Subcommittee summoned Sagasti on "the Vaccinegate", a scandal involving former Health Minister Pilar Mazzetti and former Foreign Affairs Minister Elizabeth Astet…