(2021-06-22). Tory government opens negotiations with trans-Pacific trading bloc. challenge-magazine.org The UK government has begun talks to join the trans-Pacific trading bloc, CPTPP, as part of its post-Brexit move to focus on trade outside of Europe. The International Trade Secretary, Liz Truss, opened negotiations on Tuesday morning with Japan's Yasutoshi Nishimura, the current chair of the CPTPP. | The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is a trade alliance between 11 nations: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. The UK formally applied to join the CPTPP in February, as the first non-founding member to…
(2021-06-22). Peru: Journalist Warns of Bolivia-Style Coup After the Election. popularresistance.org Peru's elitist right-wing forces behind presidential contender Keiko Fujimori are leading a "political propaganda" campaign of fraud allegations against her leftist rival Pedro Castillo and even considering a military coup to block his rise to power, a local journalist has declared. | "What is happening in Peru is that we have this election strategy of fear made by the right-wing forces, the private media, and also by the economic powers supporting Fujimori… claiming that if Castillo wins the election, the country will become a dictatorship like Venezuela".
(2021-06-22). US Sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela Hamper the Global Fight Against COVID-19. orinocotribune.com 
By Cole Stangler — Jun 18 2021 | Critics say the sanctions undermine U.S. ambitions to vaccinate the world, while new polling shows a clear majority favors a policy change. | IN CUBA, the smallest country in the world to produce its own Covid-19 vaccines, five immunizations are currently in clinical trials. Soberana 2 and Abdala have reached Phase 3, making the island nation the only country in Latin America to reach the final stage in vaccine development. In the meantime, three other kinds of Cuban Covid-19 shots are in early trial phases. | Last month, Cuban authorities opted to begin early distribution of…
(2021-06-22). Delegation Visits Cabo Verde To #FreeAlexSaab As US Flaunts International Laws. popularresistance.org Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab, who is a businessman born in Colombia, has been held for over a year now in the small African island nation of Cabo Verde at the request of the United States, which is seeking his extradition. Saab has not committed any crimes other than trying to thwart the United States' illegal economic blockade of Venezuela by buying food and medicines for the people. Clearing the FOG speaks with Roger Harris, one of the members of a recent delegation that traveled to Cabo Verde to free Alex Saab. Harris speaks about the brutal conditions in which Saab is being held, the results of the delegati…
(2021-06-22). Imperialists Desperate to Hold Control Over Colombia, Fearing Next Wave of Socialist Revolutions. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Jun 20, 2021 | Many teeth have been gnashed by the reactionary media throughout this last month or so amid the lower class uprising within Colombia, and amid the victory of Pedro Castillo in Peru's presidential election. The imperialists may have succeeded at stopping an anti-IMF candidate from winning in Ecuador this year by
(2021-06-22). Peruvians defend Pedro Castillo's victory as Keiko Fujimori continues coup attempts. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands of Peruvians took to the streets in Lima and other cities on June 19 to defend the electoral victory of socialist candidate Pedro Castillo from the Free Peru party. Right-wing Keiko Fujimori from Popular Force is still refusing to concede. Castillo won the elections with a margin of at least 44,000 votes. | As the electoral authorities are working to check all votes challenged by the opposition, Fujimori has been creating a climate of doubt in order to justify a coup.
(2021-06-22). Coup Fears Grow as Fujimori Falsely Claims Fraud. zcomm.org Fears are growing in Peru that supporters of right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, will stage a coup to prevent her rival, the socialist teacher and union leader Pedro Castillo, from taking power…
(2021-06-22). Caracas Welcomes Delegates from 120 Countries at Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples of the World. orinocotribune.com This Monday, Caracas welcomed the Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples of the World (CBPM), the international chapter of the Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples inaugurated earlier this year in Venezuela as a political platform for diverse groups to meet, cooperate and generate dialogue. | The CBPM launch took place in the Manzanares room of the Meliá Caracas Hotel and was attended by dozens of delegates from 123 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, and our America. It marked the beginning of three consecutive days of deliberations in groups divided by thematic areas. The delegations will share and discuss proposa…
(2021-06-22). Tareck El Aissami to Bloomberg: #Venezuela to Quadruple #Oil Production by End of Year—#Gas Lines Will End by July. orinocotribune.com Speaking to the "Production can go up to 600,000 barrels per day if everything goes well and sanctions are not increased," he said. "Even getting to that would be implausible in the medium term; production capacity has been…
(2021-06-22). European Union to Send Technical Mission for Venezuela's 21N Regional Elections. orinocotribune.com This Monday, June 21, Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, confirmed that the international body will send a technical mission to Venezuela to evaluate preparations made by the National Electoral Council (CNE) for regional and local mega-elections, scheduled for November 21. Thus, at a later date, the European Union (EU) will decide whether to send electoral observers in November, reported Europa Press. | "There is a possible political opening," said Borrell. "I will send a technical mission to consider whether the conditions for an observation mission are in place." He is…
(2021-06-22). Colombia's Uribismo Forms Urban Paramilitary Cells (Cali's Ciudad Jardin Massacre). libya360.wordpress.com On June 16, the Colombian investigative journalism group Cuestion Publica published the report "When the Police Are Allied with Armed Men in Civilian Clothes" which consists of the reconstruction—from videos, audios and chat messages—of an incident to the south of Cali, Colombia, which reveals how the police and civilians formed an armed self-defense group. Data,…
(2021-06-22). Colombia's Uribismo Forms Urban Paramilitary Cells (Cali's Ciudad Jardin Massacre). orinocotribune.com On June 16, the Colombian investigative journalism group Cuestion Publica published the report Data, facts and authors | ‚Ä¢ On May 28, a group of civilians and police officers fired at unarmed citizens…
(2021-06-22). Headlines for June 22, 2021. democracynow.org South African President Blasts Big Pharma for Refusing to Share COVID-19 Vaccine Technology, Cuba Says Abdala Vaccine Shows 92% Efficacy Against COVID-19, Coronavirus Surges in Indonesia; Colombia Death Toll Passes 100,000, White House Falls Behind Goal of Donating 80 Million Vaccine Doses by End of June, Deaths Soared by 32% in U.S. Nursing Homes, Where 4 in 10 Had COVID-19 in 2020, Senate GOP to Filibuster Restoration of Voting Rights Protections, Belarus Hit with New Sanctions as U.N. Rights Chief Decries Torture and Other Abuses, Zapatistas Arrive in Spain, Marking 500 Years Since Cortés's Conquest of Mexico,…
(2021-06-22). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Staff at the National Education Association are decrying strikebreaking by the largest US teachers union while workers in Uruguay staged a protest against the right-wing government of President Luis Lacalle Pou.
(2021-06-21). El Perú es un espejismo. globalizacion.ca °Van por el golpe! Las maniobras y leguleyadas del fujimorismo y su ejército abogadil solo tenían por objeto alargar el conteo de votos por tiempo indefinido, entrampando el proceso electoral. Aceptan que no hay fraude. Ahora y sin apoyo internacional…
(2021-06-21). Necropolitics in the Amazon. counterpunch.org As usual, the Amazon is on the frontlines of the war for the appropriation of the natural world. Most people when they hear 'Amazon', think only of Brazil. And while the situation in that country certainly is alarming, the battlefields of the Amazon region span northern Bolivia, various departments of Peru, several areas of Ecuador and southern Colombia and Venezuela.
(2021-06-21). Peru: "The Armed Forces are Not Political Arbitrators" libya360.wordpress.com Interview with Juan Carlos Ruiz Molleda, Attorney at Law, Institute of Legal Defense (IDL) The lawyer of the Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL), Juan Carlos Ruiz Molleda, clarifies why the Armed Forces cannot intervene in the current electoral process. "The Armed Forces are not political arbiters. Article 169 of the Constitution states that they are…
(2021-06-21). Disease as a Weapon: Has the US Blocked Vaccines For Venezuela? orinocotribune.com 
By Maria Paez Victor — Jun 18, 2021 | According to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres 75% of vaccines distributed since Feb. 2021 went to the 10 richest countries of the world. At the G7 sorority meeting last week the leaders pledged to "share" up to 2 billion doses of their "surplus" vaccines. The WHO has declared it is not enough since 11 billion doses are needed. Biden promises only half a million dos…
(2021-06-21). U.S. Sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela Hamper the Global Fight Against Covid-19. libya360.wordpress.com Cole StanglerIn Cuba, the smallest country in the world to produce its own Covid-19 vaccines, five immunizations are currently in clinical trials. Soberana 2 and Abdala have reached Phase 3, making the island nation the only country in Latin America to reach the final stage in vaccine development. In the meantime, three other kinds of…
(2021-06-21). Biden Administration Rejects Maduro's Call to Lift Venezuela Sanctions. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration has In an interview last week, Maduro said President Biden should lift sanctions and normalize relations with Venezuela. Responding to Maduro's comments in an email to Bloomberg, a State Department spokesman said a change in Venezuela policy would only be done if Maduro engages with Juan Guaido, who the US recognizes as interim president…
(2021-06-21). Global Outcry after Venezuela Financially Blocked from COVAX Initiative. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at
(2021-06-21). Bilateral Meeting Between Arreaza and Lavrov in Moscow Confirmed. orinocotribune.com 
A bilateral meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, June 22, between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza Montserrat, and his counterpart from the Russian Federation, Foreign Affairs Minister Segey Lavrov. This was confirmed this Thursday, June 17, by the spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova. | The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed through a post on its Twitter account that the top diplomats, Arreaza and Lavrov, will discuss the present situation in Venezuela and in the region, bilateral relations, and the fight agai…
(2021-06-21). Bilateral Meeting Between Arreaza and Lavrov in Moscow Confirmed. orinocotribune.com 
A bilateral meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, June 22, between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza Montserrat, and his counterpart from the Russian Federation, Foreign Affairs Minister Segey Lavrov. This was confirmed this Thursday, June 17, by the spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova. | The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed through a post on its Twitter account that the top diplomats, Arreaza and Lavrov, will discuss the present situation in Venezuela and in the region, bilateral relations, and the fight agai…
(2021-06-21). Alex Saab Reveals New Details about his Abduction in Cape Verde (CNN). orinocotribune.com 
When repeating the grievances regarding his arbitrary, illegal and illegitimate detention, the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab mentioned new details about his experience in Cape Verde, where he remains incarcerated and faces the threat of extradition to the United States, a country where he is not expected to benefit from the rule of law. | In a letter sent through his team of lawyers, Saab answered some questions from US news network CNN. He asserted his rights once again amid what he considers incoherent actions from Cape Verde, a country that prides itself on its independence and sovereignty. | "If I am extradi…
(2021-06-21). Pedro Castillo's Victory Raises Hopes Beyond Peru. popularresistance.org Peru's long-standing polarity between a large extension of coastal region, where the nation's wealth is concentrated, and the much-neglected interior was on full display in the June 6 presidential election. But the polarity was not just geographical. It wasn't just that the winning candidate, Pedro Castillo, received the lion's share of his votes from the interior, known as the "Other Peru." Nor that Lima and other coastal cities favored Keiko Fujimori, particularly in middle class districts. The election also pitted two candidates with very dissimilar backgrounds against each other: Fujimori, a former first lady…
(2021-06-21). Pedro Castillo's Victory Raises Hopes Beyond Peru. orinocotribune.com By Steve Ellner — Jun 17, 2021 | There is good reason to believe that Pedro Castillo will not betray the Peruvians of humble origin who elected him. | Peru's long-standing polarity between a large extension of coastal region, where the nation's wealth is concentrated, and the much-neglected interior was on full display in the June 6 presidential election. But the polarity was not just geographical. It wasn't just that the winning candidate, Pedro Castillo, received the lion's share of his votes from the interior, known as the "Other Peru." Nor that Lima and other coastal cities favored Keiko Fujimori, partic…
(2021-06-21). Peruvians Take to the Streets To Defend Pedro Castillo's Victory. telesurenglish.net Although fifteen days have passed since the presidential election held on June 6, electoral authorities have yet to formally declare Free Peru candidate Pedro Castillo as Peru's president-elect. | RELATED: | On Sunday, thousands of Peruvians took to the streets to demand that the National Jury of Elections (JNE) complete all the necessary procedures to formally culminate the electoral process. Regarding these massive support mobi…
(2021-06-21). Socialist Pedro Castillo Won Peru's Election, But Coup Fears Grow as Fujimori Falsely Claims Fraud. democracynow.org 
Fears are growing in Peru that supporters of right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of imprisoned former dictator Alberto Fujimori, will stage a coup to prevent her rival, the socialist teacher and union leader Pedro Castillo, from taking power. With 100% of votes counted from the June 6 election, Castillo has a 44,000-vote lead, but Fujimori is claiming fraud without offering any evidence. She is calling for hundreds of thousands of votes, mostly from poor Andean regions, to be annulled. Thousands took to the streets in Lima to protest against Fujimori's claims. We speak with José Carlos…
(2021-06-21). Socialist Pedro Castillo Wins Peruvian Election Over Alberto Fujimori's Daughter: Former Military Commanders Encourage Electoral Coup. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at
(2021-06-21). Pedro Castillo — A Teacher Elected to Dismantle Neoliberalism in Peru? globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at
(2021-06-21). Coup Fears Grow as Right-Wing Candidate in Peru Falsely Claims Election Fraud. truthout.org 
Fears are growing in Peru that supporters of right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of imprisoned former dictator Alberto Fujimori, will stage a coup to prevent her rival, the socialist teacher and union leader Pedro Castillo, from taking power. With 100% of votes counted from the June 6 election, Castillo has a 44,000-vote lead, but Fujimori is claiming fraud without offering any evidence. She is calling for hundreds of thousands of votes, mostly from poor Andean region…
(2021-06-21). Venezuela Includes Foreign Refugees in COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Program. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan National Commission for Refugees (CONARE), through its office in Guasdualito, Apure state, in coordination with the government, the mayor of the José María Romero Municipality and the Venezuelan Ministry of Health, carried out a COVID-19 mass vaccination day on June 18 for senior citizens in the state. Several refugees of Colombian and Mexican nationalities who live in Venezuela were vaccinated in this session. | Thanks to the cooperation of the governments of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China, Venezuela has been able to launch the immunization program against COVID-19 in pr…
(2021-06-21). Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples of the World to begin in Caracas, Venezuela. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – The Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples of the World begins on June 21 in Caracas, Venezuela. To prepare for the Bicentennial Congress a series of Zoom meetings began in February 2021, with hundreds of people from more than 80 countries of the world participating in solidarity each month. | President Maduro of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela welcomed and spoke to the participants who attended from every part of the globe. These included countries where the working class holds power, like Cuba and China, with officials from their ruling parties, trade union movements, and international re…
(2021-06-21). The Communard Union, Chávez's Ideas In Action. popularresistance.org Since 2019, several Venezuelan organizations that were weathering the storm of the crisis began to meet and sound each other out. In doing so, they were motivated by the need to survive in the face of the crisis, but they were also concerned with the [capitalist] restoration that was being imposed by some sectors of the government. Thus began a process of building a shared platform around a common program of struggle. | The Communard Union initiative took shape when these organizations were reflecting on the commune as a strategic project. The final proposal came out of a meeting held at the Che Guevara Commune i…
(2021-06-21). Venezuela Blasts 'US-Scripted' International Migration Donor Conference as 'Media Farce'. venezuelanalysis.com The US $1.5 billion in pledges coincided with the release of the UN's 2020 Global Report on displaced persons with updated data on Venezuelan migration.
(2021-06-21). Venezuela Celebrates Martyrs' Day in Honor of Fabricio Ojeda. telesurenglish.net On June 21, Venezuela commemorates the Martyrs' Day in honor of Fabricio Ojeda, a revolutionary who headed the Patriotic Board to overthrow the dictatorship of Marcos Perez Jimenez (1952-1958). | RELATED: | Ojeda was a founding member of the Democratic-Republican Union (URD) party, through which he was elected lawmaker in 1958. At that time, he was also leading the Patriot…
(2021-06-21). Cuba and Venezuela Boost Strategic Economic Relations. orinocotribune.com Havana, June 17 (ACN) Cuban deputy prime minister Ricardo Cabrisas, who is on an official visit to Venezuela, has met with several government ministers as part of the Inter-governmental Commission with the Joint Cooperation Integral Agreement. | One of the meetings included the revision of the Havana-Caracas agenda to develop strategies aimed at guaranteeing energy services, according to Venezolana de Television TV channel. |
(2021-06-21). Headlines for June 21, 2021. democracynow.org More Transmissible Delta Variant Becoming Dominant, Threatening COVID Recovery, Cuba's Soberana 02 Vaccine Offers Hope as COVID Surges in Latin America, Brazil Tops 500,000 Deaths, Japan, Uganda Impose New Measures Amid Mounting COVID Cases, Hard-Line Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi Wins Iranian Presidency as Nuclear Deal Talks Continue, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to Meet with Biden Amid Surging Violence and Taliban Advance, MSF Warns Access Urgently Needed to Bring Aid to Syria's Idlib Region, Authorities Uncover Likely Remains of Missing Indigenous Activist 3 Weeks After Disappearance, Ethiopia Holds Twice-Del…
(2021-06-21). Mobilizations against Bolsonaro gain strength and mobilize around 750 thousand people. peoplesdispatch.org 
Actions for "Vaccine in the arm, food on the plate and get out Bolsonaro" were organized in at least 400 cities across Brazil and saw the participation of 750 thousand people…
(2021-06-21). 'Bolsonaro Out!': Massive protests in Brazil as COVID-19 death toll tops 500,000. therealnews.com 
Chanting and holding signs featuring slogans like "Bolsonaro Out," "500,000 Deaths, It's His Fault," and "Vaccines Now," protesters in Brazil are calling for the resignation or impeachment of the far-right president.
(2021-06-21). Protests against Bolsonaro Gain Strength and Mobilize around 750 Thousand People. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch "Vaccine in the arm, food on the plate and get out Bolsonaro" protest in Porto Alegre (RS). Photo: Jorge Leà£o Actions for "Vaccine in the arm, food on the plate and get out Bolsonaro" were organized in at least 400 cities across Brazil and saw the participation of 750 thousand people The conclusion…
(2021-06-21). Hundreds of thousands hit the streets against Bolsonaro in Brazil. peoplesdispatch.org The triggering point for the protest was 500,000 deaths due to the pandemic in Brazil. Brazil has been reeling under the pandemic especially since the beginning of 2021 recording around 300,000 deaths and 10 million cases.
(2021-06-21). Mass demonstrations erupt across Brazil as COVID deaths pass 500,000 mark. wsws.org Hundreds of thousands took to the streets against the homicidal policies pursued by the Bolsonaro government in the face of the pandemic.
(2021-06-21). Meet Cathy Rojas, the socialist running for mayor of New York City. liberationnews.org 
On June 18, the Party for Socialism and Liberation announced that Cathy Rojas was running for mayor of New York to fight for a city for all — not the rich. Rojas is a high school history teacher, organizer, Queens native, the daughter of two Colombian immigrants, a New York public schools graduate, and socialist. …
(2021-06-21). 43 Massacres in Colombia so Far This Year. telesurenglish.net Over the weekend, the bodies of three Colombians were found in Medellin, in the Antioquia department, wrapped in plastic bags sealed with tape. | RELATED: | Medellin Metropolitan Police Commander Pablo Ruiz explained that the first body was found on Saturday night in a suburb of the city. According to the officer, the other two bodies correspond to two young men found on a highway in the north of the capital of…
(2021-06-21). Colombia: Analyzing the Strike from the Peoples' Congress. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Aznarez The national strike continues to be a topic of discussion in Colombia and the world. Also the repression and crimes of state terrorism of the government of Ivan Duque. That is why this week the Peoples' Tribunal condemned the regime for genocide. To talk about the current situation, we interviewed the leader of…
(2021-06-21). Unique Ecuadorian frog discovered, named after Led Zeppelin. peoplesworld.org 
A new species of frog has been described by scientists for the first time, and it's a real rockstar. The new frog, introduced to the world in the journal Neotropical Biodiversity on Sunday, hails from the Ecuadorian Andes and bears the name Pristimantis ledzeppelin, or Led Zeppelin's Rain Frog. "The name honors Led Zeppelin and …
(2021-06-21). End Vaccine Apartheid: Summit on Vaccine Internationalism Demands Urgent Action to Help Global South. democracynow.org 
We look at the push to end what the World Health Organization is calling "vaccine apartheid," as many countries have yet to see a single COVID-19 vaccine shot amid mounting infections. "What we're looking for is an alternative to a system that has basically allowed for COVID-19 vaccines to be absolutely concentrated in the higher-income countries," says Carina Vance Mafla, former health minister of Ecuador, who co-chaired this weekend's emergency Summit on Vaccine Internationalism. She argues vaccine access can be improved by expanding vaccine "production in other countries … that have developed vaccine candida…
(2021-06-21). La derecha argentina vive en los 70 del siglo XX. globalizacion.ca Con respecto a la ultraderechización de la derecha argentina ya no hay mucho que decir. Continúa el giro transgresor, deshinibido y furioso de las ultraderechas actuales. No tiene ningún pudor, ni verguenza en atacar todo lo que es digno desde…
(2021-06-21). Argentina — Preguntas sobre cómo construir poder. globalizacion.ca De a poco pero con intensidad, como quien no quiere la cosa porque queda feo en un escenario pandémico, van instalándose los ejes de la campaña electoral. Y para variar, hay alguien que rompe lo previsible. | El cuadro básico, en…