(2021-07-03). Massacres Climb to 47 in Colombia so Far This Year. telesurenglish.net Colombia's Institute for Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ) reported a new massacre in the Cauca department where three young men were shot to death. | RELATED: | Coming from the Argelia municipality, the victims were traveling near the Balboa town where unidentified armed individuals killed them. | The three young men had several gunshot wounds, and their bodies were abandoned on a road in the El Filo passage l…
(2021-07-03). Nancy Hollander: Alex Saab Must be Released as ECOWAS Ruled ('The Mauritanian' of Venezuela). orinocotribune.com In an interview with journalist Caleb Maupin, the renowned US lawyer and specialist in international criminal law Nancy Hollander was forceful in stating that Alex Saab's case "has implications for any country that is sanctioned, and there are a number of them." For Maduro's government in particular, she added, "it has implications for the US's constant efforts to overthrow it," which is why she considered the arrest of anyone with diplomatic immunity as a "very bad precedent." | Hollander, who is also a consultant specialized in criminal procedures in Europe, stressed that the ruling of the Economic Community of…
(2021-07-03). Bolsonaro And The CIA Conspire Against "New Pink Tide" In South America. popularresistance.org In Brazil, Chile and Colombia, the United States' three key allies in South America, left wing candidates currently lead election polls for forthcoming elections, against a backdrop of massive street protests against their far-right, US-supported leaders, in what many are describing as a repeat of the "pink tide" that swept the continent twenty years ago.
(2021-07-03). A Brief History of Paramilitarism in Colombia and Its Impact on the Current National Strike. libya360.wordpress.com Vicente Guevara El Paro Nacional that began on April 28th, 2021 has now been going on for over 2 months. During this time, the international community has been able to witness the horrific types of violence that the Colombian population has been subjected to for decades now. Although much of the violence being seen in…
(2021-07-03). Venezuela's 200 years of independence celebrated with International Bicentennial Congress. liberationnews.org 
The Battle of Carabobo ended on June 24, 1821 spelling the end of the Spanish colonizers' rule in what are now Venezuela, Colombia and Panama.
(2021-07-03). First Phase of PSUV Primaries: Results & Next Steps—Some Governors Excluded. orinocotribune.com 
After four days of tabulating the results and analyzing the internal application process held last Sunday, June 27, the National Electoral Commission of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) reported that a total of 57,003 women and 43,972 men were nominated for a total of 100,975 applicants for leadership positions. | "It is an impressive number," said the first vice president of the party, Diosdado Cabello. "That is the first highly positive report—that a party, from its bases, nominates more than one hundred thousand people for leadership in popularly elected positions." | Cabello also specified…
(2021-07-03). 'Did Joe Biden Authorise The Plan?' Maduro Accuses US of Planning His Assassination. sputniknews.com This is not the first time that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused Washington of plotting to assassinate him. In 2019, similar accusations were leveled at former US President Donald Trump.
(2021-07-03). 21N Elections: Auditors Consider Voting Software Robust and Secure. orinocotribune.com The technical commission in charge of carrying out an exhaustive audit of the CNE's Automated Voting System (SAV) has informed at a press conference that the software that will be used for the November 21 elections is robust, and its security is fully guaranteed. | Presenting a report on the first phase of the audit of the automated voting system of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), Professor Robinson Rivas of Simón Bolívar University, affirmed that, thus far, the audit has shown satisfactory results. | Rivas, who is part of the audit team, explained that there has been no international support for th…
(2021-07-03). Exposed: CIA Plot to Assassinate President Maduro and High-Ranking Members of Venezuela's Government. libya360.wordpress.com BREAKING: President Maduro says reliable intelligence sources indicate plans brewing for a new assassination attempt against Venezuelan political and military leaders. @NicolasMaduro asks whether Biden is aware of Craig Faller and the CIA Director's plans to assassinate him. pic.twitter.com/fmMBjjqQrI — Kawsachun News (@KawsachunNews) July 3, 2021 Trump gave the order for the magnicide attempt of…
(2021-07-03). Brazilians Want Bolsonaro Out After a New Corruption Scandal. telesurenglish.net In Brazil, social movements, trade unions, and human rights activists on Saturday demonstrated in at least 350 cities to condemn the recent corruption scandal linking President Jair Bolsonaro with the purchase at inflated prices of Indian-produced Covaxin COVID-19 vaccines. | RELATED: |
(2021-07-03). Argentina — La campaña sucia de Macri. globalizacion.ca Al poner bajo sospecha las próximas elecciones bonaerenses, Mauricio Macri parece cubrirse de un resultado muy desfavorable. La pregunta que le formularon en un canal del Grupo Clarín fue armada para obtener esa denuncia. Si quiere mantener la relación de…
(2021-07-03). Cape Verde Government Denies Responsibility, Leaves Alex Saab's Fate in the Hands of Constitutional Court. orinocotribune.com In a new expression of cynicism and disrespect for international law, Cape Verdean Minister of Justice Joana Rosa asserted that, although Venezuelan special diplomatic envoy Alex Saab was arrested by order of the Cape Verdean government, the process of his extradition to the United States "is no longer the competence of the government from the moment it became a judicial matter." Therefore, the Constitutional Court [Supreme Court] of Cape Verde will have to decide on the matter. | According to a report published by the website Inforpress, Minister Rosa stated that "the government has not approved the extradition…
(2021-07-02). Dan Kovalik, Lawyer & Human Rights Specialist: Alex Saab Case Exposes Lawlessness of the United States. orinocotribune.com Dan Kovalik, lawyer, human rights activist and pacifist, asserted that "the story of Alex Saab is very important because it really exposes the lawlessness of the United States. The US put pressure on Cabo Verde to arrest, detain and extradite Alex Saab for the crime of helping Venezuela overcome sanctions that are in themselves illegal." | Kovalik, who is also a writer, again denounced the persecution of the Venezuelan diplomat for his only "crime"—doing humanitarian work for Venezuela. "And that is why the world has to know about this, they have to be aware, and they have to move to change US policy," he s…
(2021-07-02). Scheer Intelligence: The Public And Personal Urgency Of Assange's Case. popularresistance.org The saga of Julian Assange's persecution has been defined by leading human rights organizations as one of the most significant threats to press freedom in our time. The WikiLeaks founder published, among other devastating leaks, the "Collateral Damage" video obtained by Chelsea Manning that revealed war crimes being committed in Iraq by U.S. soldiers. As U.S. authorities attempted to extradite Assange for alleged violations of the Espionage Act of 1917, he took refuge for several years in the Ecuadorian Embassy in the U.K. until he was imprisoned in a high-security London facility in 2019. The WikiLeaks founder h…
(2021-07-02). The Triumph of Pedro Castillo Amid the Campaign to Undermine His Presidency. counterpunch.org The victory of Pedro Castillo, a rural teacher, in Peru's presidential elections will be recorded in the annals of history as one of the most significant events in the last 200 years of Peruvian history. With his pencil and megaphone in hand, Castillo embodies the impoverished and vulnerable inland populations of the country. During his
(2021-07-02). Prosecution Of Alex Saab Unjust, Illegal & Indefensible. popularresistance.org José António Dos Reis, former minister in Cape Verde, founder of the country's Movement for Democracy (MPD) ruling political party, and close to the current government, harshly criticized Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva (of the same political party) and the judicial authorities of Cape Verde for the illegal detention and abduction of the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab.
(2021-07-02). Prosecution of Alex Saab Unjust, Illegal & Indefensible: Cape Verdean Politician. orinocotribune.com José António Dos Reis, former minister in Cape Verde, founder of the country's Movement for Democracy (MPD) ruling political party, and close to the current government, harshly criticized Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva (of the same political party) and the judicial authorities of Cape Verde for the illegal detention and abduction of the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab. | In his
(2021-07-02). Prosecution Of Alex Saab Unjust, Illegal And Indefensible. popularresistance.org José António Dos Reis, former minister in Cape Verde, founder of the country's Movement for Democracy (MPD) ruling political party, and close to the current government, harshly criticized Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva (of the same political party) and the judicial authorities of Cape Verde for the illegal detention and abduction of the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab. | In his article entitled "The Case of Alex Saab: Cape Verde Between Ambiguity and Schizophrenia" published by the online media outlet Santiago Magazine, the politician described the judicial process as "unjust, illegal, and indefensible," hi…
(2021-07-02). Headlines for July 2, 2021. democracynow.org Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Voter Suppression Law in Latest Blow to Voting Rights Act, Supreme Court Strikes Down California Donor Law in Major Win for Dark Money Groups, Trump Organization Charged with Criminal Tax Fraud, CFO Charged with Grand Larceny, WHO Warns Delta Coronavirus Variant Driving Massive Third Wave Across Africa, Venezuela Begins Administering Cuban-Made Abdala COVID-19 Vaccine, Extreme Heat Wave Scorches Canada, Nearly Wiping Out Canadian Town of Lytton, Pelosi Appoints Republican Liz Cheney to Select Committee to Probe Capitol Insurrection, Attorney General Merrick Garland Halts Federal Exec…
(2021-07-02). After Phone Call with Biden, Colombia's Duque Finally Criticizes Human Rights Abuses. orinocotribune.com 
After two months of brutal repression by the police forces and numerous serious human rights violations amid the national strike and demonstrations in Colombia, this Tuesday President Iván Duque claimed Colombia would open an investigation of the members of the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) who abused one young protester and two journalists during another day of demonstrations in Suba, Bogotá. | At least 75 people have died during mobilizations that have been demonized by the Duque government, including at least 44 homicides in which police officers participated, in addition to more than 100 missing persons. Two…
(2021-07-02). Colombia Experiences Growing Social Unrest: UN Mission Warns. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNMC) acknowledged that the prolonged protests express unprecedented social unrest in the South American country. | RELATED: | "The events drew serious national and international concerns, along with appeals for non-violence, respect for human rights and the resolution of differences through peaceful dialogue," the UNMC reported to United Nations Secretar…
(2021-07-02). CIA Preparing a False Flag Operation from Colombia? libya360.wordpress.com Mison Verdad Colombian President Iván Duque and Craig Faller, head of the Southern Command (Photo: Presidency of Colombia). Colombia's role in the already permanent regime change operation against Venezuela is broad and eloquent. Some recent events in that country may be worthy of attention and analysis, however, all this would require a series of further…
(2021-07-02). Venezuela immunizes its population against COVID-19 with Cuban vaccine. peoplesdispatch.org Last week, Venezuela signed an agreement with Cuba for the purchase of 12 million doses of Abdala, just three days after the country announced and celebrated the success of its locally developed anti-COVID-19 vaccine…
(2021-07-02). Where is Socialism in Venezuela? Lessons from the Cultural Revolution. counterpunch.org The Cultural Revolution in China raised a number of key questions about the construction of socialism and attempted (albeit with limited success) to solve them. For that reason, its legacy remains relevant to the present. Alain Badiou has claimed that we are still contemporaries of 1968. In effect, the questions raised at that time about how to build an egalitarian society
(2021-07-02). Three Officials in Guárico State Arrested for Alleged Corruption—National Land Institute (+ Arms Trafficking). orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, announced that the director of the National Land Institute (INTI) in Guárico state and two other officials of that organization have been apprehended for alleged links to acts of corruption. From the headquarters of the Public Ministry in Caracas, Saab explained that Pedro Carpio (director of the regional entity) and Miguel Aponte (coordinator in Zaraza) were brought in after being named in several complaints by other officials of that state, as well as the peasants of the area. | The process began "after a complaint made by the citizen Juan Rengifo, who reported t…
(2021-07-02). World Food Program Begins Humanitarian Shipments to Venezuela. telesurenglish.net The WFP in April announced a deal with the government of President Nicolas Maduro to reach 185,000 children in 2021 and expand to 1.5 million by the end of the 2022-2023 school year. | RELATED: | According to the WFP, the first 42,000 food packages including rice, lentils, salt and vegetable oil shall be distributed to children under six in areas affected by food insecurity in Maracaibo, Venezuela's second-large…
(2021-07-02). President Maduro Meets with Democratic Socialists of America. telesurenglish.net In this sense, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela strengthens ties of cooperation, brotherhood and solidarity with activists and the people of the United States who fight for democracy and values such as peace and sovereignty of the peoples of the world, to strengthen the fight against the blockade and the coercive and unilateral measures imposed by the government of the United States. | RELATED: | Participating…
(2021-07-02). Cuba's Vaccine Triumph: Interview. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Kawsachun News spoke exclusively to the Ambassador of Cuba in Bolivia, Danilo Sánchez Vázquez, about the COVID-19 vaccines his country is developing and the context for Cuba's success in the field of biotech and public health. We also discussed Cuba's economic model and the enormous difficulties foisted upon the country due to the…
(2021-07-02). Fiddler on the sidewalks of New York: What became of Tevye. peoplesworld.org 
BEVERLY HILLS—The last we saw renowned Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem's touching character Tevye the Milkman, he was exiting the stage escaping an anti-Semitic pogrom in Russia headed for parts unknown. People like him wound up in France, England, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Australia. Many found themselves in New York and other American cities …
(2021-07-02). Brazil Suspends Covaxin Contract as Scandal Becomes Too Hot for Bolsonaro. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2021-07-02). 'More Is Required': Biden DOJ Pauses Federal Executions. commondreams.org One opposition lawmaker accused Brazil's far-right president of trying to "manipulate public opinion with false accusations."
(2021-07-02). 'Same as Trump': Bolsonaro Issues Preemptive Election Fraud Claims in Brazil. commondreams.org Darren Woods claims company lobbyists' comments on "a variety of issues, including climate change policy, and our interaction with elected officials," were "disturbing and inaccurate."
(2021-07-02). Campaign for the Elimination of Patents. orinocotribune.com By Pasqualina Curcio — Jun 28, 2021 | A debate has been going on worldwide about the exemption of COVID-19 vaccine patents. The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom, warned governments and pharmaceutical companies that "unless we eliminate the virus everywhere, we could end up back at square one." This statement is mainly due to the fact that the longer we take to vaccinate the world's population, the more likely the coronavirus will mutate and evade vaccines, making them less effective in containing the disease. A clear example has been Brazil, where several experts warn t…
(2021-07-02). Bolsonaro To Be Investigated in Covaxin Corruption Case. telesurenglish.net The Attorney General's Office asked the Supreme Court (TSF) to investigate whether Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro took adequate and timely actions to prevent the misappropriation of public funds during the purchase of Covaxin vaccines. | RELATED: | On March 20, Democrat lawmaker Luis Miranda informed the far-right President about the existence of possible irregularities in the purchase of the COVID-19 vaccines. Two days later, in…
(2021-07-02). Chile's Lower House to Question Health Minister Paris. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Chile's Lower House approved to question Health Minister Enrique Paris on July 20 for his handling in the communication of the first Delta variant contagion in the country and other issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | The interpellation, which had 66 votes in favor and 42 votes against, was requested by a group of opposition parliamentarians to force Paris to account for his handli…
(2021-07-02). New York Times Reveals its "Lethal Naivety," Alleges Venezuela's Arreaza. orinocotribune.com "The fate and life of the population near the border [between Venezuela and Colombia] is not exactly a concern, neither for The New York Times nor the governments of Colombia and the United States, and much less for human rights NGOs that some consider to be 'primary sources' for organizations with a global reach," said Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza in a statement addressed to the US media outlet The New York Times (NYT). | Arreaza's comments came in response to a piece published on April 26 that, according to the top diplomat, sought to maintain a slanderous narrative against Venezuela and its effor…