(2021-07-14). What we know about who is behind the assassination of Haiti's president. peoplesdispatch.org Investigations reveal that the US and at least one of its regional allies, Colombia, are implicated in the assassination of Haiti's de-facto president Jovenel MoàØse.
(2021-07-14). Links Between Hitman Recruiter Tony Intriago and Iván Duque Revealed. orinocotribune.com The recent assassination of the president of Haiti, Jovenel MoàØse, has once again exposed the tactics and plans of the United States and Colombia to overthrow governments of countries around the world, as evidence continue to surface of the links between Colombian President Iván Duque and detained Venezuelan businessman Antonio "Tony" Intriago, who was the recruiter of the Colombian hitmen arrested in Haiti. | An article published in La Nueva Prensa newspaper has disclosed that Antonio Intriago was the sponsor of the concert Venezuela Aid Live together with Iván Duque, held in Cúcuta in 2019 and which ser…
(2021-07-14). End of the Hyperinflationary Cycle? New Signs of Economic Recovery in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
By Orlando Rangel Y — Jul 13, 2021 | Sudden increases in parallel foreign exchange market relative to the local currency are becoming less frequent. | Venezuela has been going through years of a hyperinflationary cycle that seems to have no end, which got exacerbated with the economic blockade imposed by the US and the sanctions of the European Union (EU). This has created a content in which the quality of life of its citizens is pressured to the limit, deteriorating their purchasing power and increasing inequality. | However, the sudden price increases that were recorded from time to time in the parallel…
(2021-07-14). Declassified US Documents Reveal Conspiracies Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com In a meeting with the Special Commission for Dialogue, Peace and Reconciliation of the Venezuelan National Assembly, President Nicolás Maduro informed that "recently, a group of researchers from the United States have sent us a series of declassified documents which record the permanent conspiracy, the plots and the evil ways in which the sanctions were prepared. These documents also records the aggressions, the economic persecution and the attacks on our electrical grid and our public services, all of that to lead to an unmanageable situation with the purpose of creating an implosion of distress and discontent i…
(2021-07-14). There's a Dirty Tricks Campaign in Peru to Deny Left's Presidential Victory. zcomm.org The campaign to overturn Peru's presidential election results is one of "unconventional warfare."
(2021-07-14). Javier Tarazona of Fundaredes Allegedly Involved in Foiled Kidnapping Operation Requested by Colombia's Duque. orinocotribune.com 
The president of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN), deputy Jorge Rodríguez announced on Monday, July 13, that in the next few days a press conference will be held to give more details of the case of Javier Tarazona. Rodriguez explained that Tarazona intended to cooperate in a kidnapping operation aiming at "removing by force" a woman from Venezuela to Colombia. Rodriguez choose not to give more details and suggested journalists to wait for the upcoming press conference with all the details about this case. | "We have evidence on the so-called Tarazona case that we are going to be showing in the coming days," Rod…
(2021-07-14). Jorge Rodríguez Denounces New Drone Assassination Attempt on President Maduro & Connection Between Extreme Right and Cota 905 Terrorism. orinocotribune.com 
This Tuesday, July 13, during a press conference held at the Federal Legislative Palace, the president of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN), deputy Jorge Rodríguez, presented new evidence of destabilization attempts perpetrated by the extreme right, which armed and trained the gangs of Cota 905 to try overthrowing the government of President Nicolás Maduro. | Rodríguez stated that on June 22 an attack was thwarted that would have targeted President Nicolás Maduro while he was inaugurating the monument for the Bicentennial of the Battle of Carabobo. Four drones were used in the attack, which were intercepted and…
(2021-07-14). Venezuelan Gov't Shows Evidence of Alleged Opposition Ties to Violent Groups in Caracas. venezuelanalysis.com Far-right leader Leopoldo López was reportedly looking to take advantage of the violence in the popular barrios of Caracas in order to advance destabilization efforts.
(2021-07-14). Complaint filed against former Argentine president Macri over ammunition supply to Bolivian coup regime. peoplesdispatch.org Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri and nine former officials of his government have been accused of aggravated smuggling of weapons and war ammunition, embezzlement of public funds, abuse of authority and crimes that compromise the peace and dignity of the Nation…
(2021-07-14). Boris Johnson Goes Full-On Bolsonaro. counterpunch.org Its seemingly unaccountable authoritarian leader Jair Bolsonaro has been widely criticized for his callous and irresponsible handling of Brazil's Covid pandemic. Last week the British prime minister Boris "BoJo" Johnson put Bolsonaro on notice: the latter would now have a serious rival when it comes to death-dealing standards and ways where Covid is concerned. BoJo said he planned to lift almost all remaining restrictions in England on July 19 — a day dubbed "Freedom Day" by the idiot pro-Tory tabloids.
(2021-07-14). Why Brazilian Workers Love Lula. zcomm.org Lula rose from humble origins to become a leftist icon, exuding working-class authenticity and successfully bringing working people into the country's political life…
(2021-07-14). Soy and Cattle Team Up to Drive Deforestation in South America: Study. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). Webinar Thursday 15: Current Popular Struggles Against US Intervention: Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, Colombia, Nicaragua, Peru and Chile. orinocotribune.com Join us in this new revised webinar with Dan Kovalik and please share this invitation. | We are faced with possible US intervention in Haiti after the murder of the president, a possible coup over the election results in Peru, new US backed protests in Cuba, the positive election results in Chile, the continued bloody repressions in Colombia, regime change plans against Sandinista Nicaragua, and the growing movement to free Venezuela's Alex Saab. Dan Kovalik, labor and human rights lawyer, has been on delegations to many of these countries, and he will review the present state of the popular struggles and Washing…
(2021-07-13). Lula Rejects the Manipulation of Narrative Against Cuba. telesurenglish.net Former Brazilian president and socialist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva denounced via Twitter on Tuesday the manipulation of the Cuban reality in the aftermath of Sunday ¥s disturbs. | RELATED: | "What is happening in Cuba that is so special that they talk about it so much?! There was a march. I even saw the president of Cuba at the march, talking to people. Cuba has already suffered 60 years from a US econ…
(2021-07-13). Pro-Revolutionary Forces Take to Streets of Cuba as More Details Revealed in Moise's Assassination. sputniknews.com More details emerge about Moise assassins; National strike in Colombia enters 10th week; 20 Years of endless war blows back on US society; and US targeting of Cuba and Haiti connected to imperialism hegemony.
(2021-07-13). Argentina Asks to End Blockades Against Cuba and Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez addressed the economic and social situation of Cuba and Venezuela and ratified his position in favor of ending the U.S. economic blockades against these nations. | RELATED: | "This policy has prevented Cuba and Venezuela from accessing artificial respirators. Realize what that means", Fernandez said, stressing that those who suffer the consequences of the block…
(2021-07-13). PSUV Expresses Solidarity with Cuba in Face of US Imperialist Aggression — Demonstration in Support of Cuba in Caracas. orinocotribune.com Caracas, July 12, 2021 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)—The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), in a public statement issued this Monday, July 12, expressed its solidarity with the people and government of Cuba, faced with a new onslaught by the US empire against the Cuban Revolution. | "We will accompany that brother people as another soldier to defeat the imperialist recolonizing plans with which they intend to overthrow the independence and sovereignty of our sister nation and establish, at an inopportune moment, the re-instatement of the nefarious Plan Condor that—violating democracy, inst…
(2021-07-13). Haiti: Jovenel MoàØse's Head of Security Traveled to Colombia 6 Times — Linked to Miami-based CTU Security. orinocotribune.com 
Colombian authorities confirmed this Monday that the head of security at the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dimitri Hérard, made several trips to Colombia and other Latin American countries in 2021, the purposes of which are unknown, reported the news agency EFE. | "We learned through Interpol's team in Colombia that Commissioner Dimitri Hérard, head of the general security unit of the National Palace of Haiti, had made trips to Ecuador, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, using Colombia as a stop off," said the director of the Colombian Police, General Jorge Luis Vargas, in a press conference abou…
(2021-07-13). Why Human Rights in China and Tigray, but Not in Haiti, Palestine or Colombia? globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). En Haití sólo la primera frase se repite. globalizacion.ca El miércoles siete, el presidente de Haití fue muerto a tiros en su residencia, por una cuadrilla de exmilitares colombianos bien pertrechados, que arribados a través de la vecina República Dominicana. Ninguno de los anillos de seguridad del Presidente ofreció…
(2021-07-13). Colombia Denies Meeting Between Duque and Mercenary Recruiter. telesurenglish.net The Colombian government denied that President Ivan Duque had met with Antonio Intriago, a Venezuelan citizen who is the representative of the CTU Security company that recruited the Colombian ex-military men who took part in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise. | RELATED: | "The then presidential candidate Ivan Duque did not hold any meeting nor has any link with Antonio Intriago," the Colombian…
(2021-07-13). Peru: JNE Concludes Review of All of Keiko's Vote Contestations. telesurenglish.net The spokesperson of the National Jury of Elections (JNE) of Peru, Luis Alberto Sanchez, announced that this authority resolved this Monday the appeals of nullity and complaints of law presented by the neoliberal candidate Keiko Fujimori (Fuerza Popular) after the second round of the presidential elections, in which she faced the progressive candidate Pedro Castillo (Peru Libre). | In declarations to local media, Sánchez informed that the JNE notified the corresponding Special Electoral Juries (JEE) of this step. Based on this, the spokesman estimated that the winner of the elections could be proclaimed next we…
(2021-07-13). Venezuela Reports 1,200 New COVID-19 Cases, 12 Deaths & a 94% Recovery Rate on Sunday. orinocotribune.com 
On the 483rd day of the pandemic in Venezuela, Sunday, July 11, the nation reported 1,200 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours—all due to community transmission—in addition to 12 deaths. The details were announced by the Executive Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez, through her Twitter account. | With this update, Venezuela reaches a total of 284,942 infections and 3,290 deaths through almost 16 months of the pandemic. Of these, 14,024 are active cases, of whom 7,389 are receiving care in hospitals, 5,995 in Comprehensive Diagnostic Centers, and 640 in private clinics. The number of individuals…
(2021-07-13). 'Colombia Has Become a Regional Threat', Venezuela Warns. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Venezuela's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino denounced that the tolerance of Colombian governments towards paramilitaries, drug traffickers, and mercenaries has generated a serious security problem in Latin America. | RELATED: | "Colombia has become a threat to Venezuela and the region," he said at a swearing-in ceremony for eight new commanders of the Strategic Regions of Integral Defense (REDI). | These sta…
(2021-07-13). Colombia Seeks To Hide the Traces of the Violence It Generates. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Venezuela's National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez denounced the existence of a media campaign that President Ivan Duque is spreading internationally to hide the participation of Colombian mercenaries and drug traffickers in the destabilization of Latin American governments. | RELATED: | "All violent actions have their epicenter in the Duque administration and its paramilitarism, which has become the new Colombi…
(2021-07-13). Argentina Denounces Macri's Participation in 2019 Bolivian Coup. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Argentina's government denounced ex-President Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) for the irregular shipment to Bolivia of weapons and ammunition to repress social protests after the 2019 coup d'etat against Evo Morales. | RELATED: | Macri made available to Jeanine Añez's regime at least 40,000 AT 12/70 cartridges and 150 grenades. To this purpose, his administration violated the quantities and destination of the items declared in the cu…
(2021-07-13). Justicia de Bolivia extiende prisión preventiva a Jeanine àÅñez. telesurtv.net La expresidenta facto es investigada por su participación en el golpe de Estado perpetrado en esa nación en noviembre de 2019.
(2021-07-13). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Nurses strikes loom in Canada, Dominican Republic; Miners continue strike in Mexico; and Health workers to begin strike in Bolivia…
(2021-07-13). Bolsonaro Signs Bill To Privatize Electrobras. telesurenglish.net Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed on Tuesday a bill that advances the privatization of the electricity company Electrobras, which produces 30 percent of the country ¥s power. | RELATED: | The bill, passed by the Senate on June 17, opens the company's shares to private capital by diluting the state's 61 percent stake. The government hopes to acquire $4.95 billion from the share sale, but it will keep a golden share to vet…
(2021-07-13). Hallan sin vida a desaparecidos durante protestas en Colombia. telesurtv.net Duván Felipe Barros Gómez y Alquimedez Santana se reportaron desaparecidos desde hace más de un mes.
(2021-07-13). Colombia peace process at critical juncture: UN envoy. news.un.org Events that were previously unthinkable in Colombia have been made possible through the historic 2016 peace agreement, the UN envoy for the country told the Security Council on Tuesday.
(2021-07-13). Zuma arrest sparks unrest in South Africa amid rising hunger and poverty and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the crisis in South Africa amid worsening poverty and hunger, the links between the US, Colombia, and the suspects arrested in the assassination of Jovenel Moise, and more…