(2021-07-05). Why are the 3 Latin American Countries with the Fewest COVID-19 Deaths not in the News? orinocotribune.com By José Manzaneda — Jul 1, 2021 | Do you know which three countries have the lowest number of COVID-19 deaths per capita in Latin America? The data is provided by the US Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, yet curiously it is not headline news. Do you know why? Because they are Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela—countries subject to US blockade and sanctions, and with public-oriented healthcare policies. | Let's talk about press freedom in Russia and the USA. Vladimir Putin attended an hour-long press conference with all the Western networks to report on his recent meeting with Joe Biden. At the la…
(2021-07-05). Is Peru on the Verge of a Coup? orinocotribune.com By Alejandra García — Jul 1, 2021 | One month after holding the run-off election, Peru still has no president-elect. The winning candidate, leftist Pedro Castillo, hasn't assumed the country's leadership yet because the Peruvian right-wing insists that widespread election fraud has taken place, although judicial authorities say otherwise. | Peru's National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) concluded the official vote count on June 15. Since then, Castillo's rival, right-wing Keiko Fujimori, has been waging a legal battle without solid grounds to reverse the result of this electoral process, which was labe…
(2021-07-05). President Maduro: 'Venezuela Has Vaccinated More than 11% of the Population' Without COVAX (+Ultimatum). orinocotribune.com On Sunday, July 4, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, informed that to date 2 million 508 thousand 201 people have been vaccinated in the country, representing 11.4% of the population. | During his speech on the weekly report of the fight against COVID-19, President Maduro stressed that 11.4% of the population has already been vaccinated, and the country is on the path to vaccinate 20% of its citizens very soon. | "We already have the vaccines to advance to our next goal, which is to vaccinate 20% of the population," said the head of state. | President Maduro affirmed that during July, August and Septemb…
(2021-07-05). Venezuela immunizes its population against COVID-19 with Cuban vaccine. mronline.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 | July 5, 2021…
(2021-07-05). Arnold August at the Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples of the World. orinocotribune.com Caracas, July 5, 2021 (special for OrinocoTribune.com)—From June 21 to 23, Caracas was the global headquarters for 300 activists and intellectuals from the left, who arrived from five continents to celebrate the bicentennial of the Battle of Carabobo, when Simón Bolívar sealed Venezuela's independence and expelled Spanish troops from Venezuelan soil. | Venezuela hosted the Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples of the World to bring attention to the battle that the Venezuelan people are currently waging against the imperialist aggression of the United States, Europe and Canada. In addition to the 300 intellec…
(2021-07-05). Venezuelan crude exports soar 66% year-on-year. rt.com 
Crude oil exports from Venezuela inched up last month as traders rushed to sell Venezuelan crude to Chinese buyers ahead of the entry into effect of a new tax. | Reuters Yet Venezuela also reported a rare increase in production last m…
(2021-07-05). What is Behind Arrest of Javier Tarazona from NGO Fundaredes? orinocotribune.com The arrest of Javier Tarazona, director of the NGO Fundaredes, became a trending topic this Saturday, July 3. The previous day, prosecutors had requested the arrest of Tarazona and two of his collaborators to the Third Court with jurisdiction in terrorism, for the crimes of incitement of hatred and terrorism, based on Venezuelan law. | According to the evidence presented, Fundaredes is nothing more than an entity that serves the interests of the Colombian government in its attempts to destabilize Venezuela from both sides of the border. This alleged NGO served to promote war propaganda from Apure state, when the…
(2021-07-05). Anti-Bolsonaro protests sweep Brazil as opposition draws up 23 charges of impeachment. wsws.org The Congressional opposition led by the Workers Party is attempting to bury Bolsonaro's murderous herd immunity policy under charges of corrupt vaccine deals.
(2021-07-05). Campaigners for Pinochet's victims win two legal battles in Australian courts. greenleft.org.au The decades-long campaign demanding truth and justice for victims of Chilean General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship scored two important victories in Australia last month, reports Federico Fuentes.
(2021-07-04). 'Stop the Steal' Campaign by Losing Candidate in Peru Must End. zcomm.org Ripping a page from Donald Trump, the right spreads baseless conspiracy theories in an attempt to overturn the democratic will of the people…
(2021-07-04). Peru: Community Kitchens, Crisis and Inequality. orinocotribune.com 
By Marco Teruggi — Jun 30, 2021 | The pandemic and the economic crisis in Peru have led to the emergence of community kitchens being organized in the poorest areas of the country's capital, Lima. In such neighborhoods, local women have organized themselves to get food and cook it, thus facing poverty and filling in for the absence of aid from the State. | It is noon and Edith Tajani comes to the door of her house with a megaphone in hand. "Neighbors, lunch is ready, you can come and collect," she speaks into the megaphone. Tajani is surrounded by hills on which there are a few scattered brick houses, and man…
(2021-07-04). Peru: Community Kitchens, Crisis and Inequality. libya360.wordpress.com Marco Teruggi The pandemic and the economic crisis in Peru have led to the emergence of community kitchens being organized in the poorest areas of the country's capital, Lima. In such neighborhoods, local women have organized themselves to get food and cook it, thus facing poverty and filling in for the absence of aid from…
(2021-07-04). President Maduro Denounces Assassination Plans Devised by the White House Coming From Colombia and Brazil. orinocotribune.com On Friday, July 2, in a ceremony for the promotion of the personnel of the Honor Guard and the General Directorate of Military Counter Intelligence (DGCIM), president and commander-in-chief of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB), Nicolás Maduro, decried that the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Southern Command of the US Army (SOUTHCOM) would try to commit assassinations again to achieve their long-dreamt of "regime change" in Venezuela. Here we reproduce the highlights of his criticisms. | "Former President Donald Trump, you know… because I had denounced it and showed it: he ga…
(2021-07-04). US Institutions Encourage Coup Impunity in Bolivia. orinocotribune.com As Bolivia's new government under Luis Arce prepares to prosecute the people behind the 2019 coup against Evo Morales, prominent US institutions such as Human Rights Watch, Washington Post, and the State Department urge Arce not to move against them. Ollie Vargas, a journalist, and analyst based in Bolivia says the prosecution is essential at a time when coups are back in vogue in Latin America. | Greg Wilpert | Welcome to theAnalysis, I'm Greg Wilpert. Today, we'll revisit the situation in Bolivia, where conditions remain tense about eight months since the leftist Luis Arce became president. | Prosecutors are…
(2021-07-04). 'People above profit': Thousands take to streets in Brazil, angry with President Bolsonaro in new wave of major protests (VIDEO). rt.com 
Protesters have flooded the streets in Brazil, including a massive rally in its biggest city, Sao Paulo, criticizing the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and alleged involvement in deforestation in the Amazon. | Demonstrations were organized in over 300 locations across Brazil and abroad, local media reported on Saturday. In Sao Paulo, one of the most populous cities in the world, demonstrators flooded the streets, as seen in footage from RT's video agency Ruptly. They carried huge banners reading 'People above profit' and 'Life, bread, vaccine and education'. Signs demanding the impeachment o…
(2021-07-04). Venezuela's Arreaza Rejects Right Wing Attacks Against Cuba's Abdala Vaccine. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza rejected the criticisms and attacks by sectors of the Venezuelan extreme right against Cuban medical collaboration with the people of Venezuela, once again exposing their lack of credibility and connection with reality. | Arreaza listed the attacks in a Twitter post, where he also criticized the Venezuelan opposition groups questioning the recent agreement between Venezuela and Cuba for the supply of the Cuban COVID-19 vaccine Abdala. "The Venezuelan right wing is obsessed with Cuba: they are not doctors, they are sorcerers (2003) [refering to the year Misión Barr…