(2021-07-26). Cuba's cultural counter-revolution: US gov't-backed rappers, artists gain fame as 'catalyst for current unrest'. thegrayzone.com Painting itself as a grassroots collective of artists fighting for freedom of expression, the San Isidro Movement has become a key weapon in the US government's assault on the Cuban revolution. "My people need Europe, my people need Europe to point out the abuser," Yotuel, a Spain-based Cuban rapper, proclaimed in an EU parliament event convened by right-wing legislators before handing the mic over to Venezuelan coup leader Juan Guaidó. Days later, Yotuel held a Zoom call with State Department …
(2021-07-25). Chilean Senate Approves Marriage Equality. orinocotribune.com 
The lawmakers supported paternity rights, including adoption by same-sex couples. Since 2015, Chile has implemented a Civil Union agreement that granted several rights to same-sex couples. | On Tuesday, July 20, the Chilean Senate approved a bill on marriage equality, which can now pass to the Chamber of Deputies and the constitutional process of its adoption into law may advance. The bill is a landmark project in the predominantly Catholic conservative country. | According to a statement by the National Congress, the "the Senate approved by 28 votes in favor, 14 against and 0 abstentions the norms that regulate…
(2021-07-25). Pedro Castillo aumenta su aprobación en Perú tras juramentación. telesurtv.net La encuesta reveló que más de la mitad de los votantes entrevistados consideran que los resultados son legítimos.
(2021-07-25). Arce-Castillo Socialist Alliance For South America, Part I. popularresistance.org On July 28, 2021, Pedro Castillo, son of illiterate Andean peasants will be inaugurated as President of Peru, celebrating the victory of his socialist party Perú Libre in the elections of June. Peru has strong historical ties to other regional powers, most notably Ecuador and Bolivia. | Castillo's victory follows by two months the swearing in of Guillermo Alberto Santiago Lasso Mendoza as President of Ecuador in May. Although Lasso is center-right, he will be constrained by the continuing hold over Ecuador's 137 seat assembly of allies of former President Rafael Correa (2007-2017) which maintains the largest bloc…
(2021-07-25). Venezuela Pays Tribute to the Liberator Simón Bolívar in the National Pantheon. orinocotribune.com 
On Saturday, July 24, the Venezuelan government paid tribute to the Liberator Simón Bolívar on the occasion of the 238th anniversary of his birth, with an event celebrated at the National Pantheon. The event was led by the Minister for the Interior, Justice and Peace, Admiral Carmen Meléndez, who urged the people to be attentive to all the activities that the national government will carry out to honor "this man, this strategist, who achieved the independence of Venezuela in unity." | "We love Bolívar as life itself, and the people of Bolívar more than our life, and because of him we know how to walk the path tow…
(2021-07-25). Maduro orders military to respond to any US aggression. en.mehrnews.com Following the violation of Venezuela's airspace by a US military jet, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the country's military to remain alert and respond forcefully to any act of aggression.
(2021-07-25). South America: NATO partners U.S., Colombia held air combat exercise. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Story by U.S. Southern Command. Relampago VI occurred earlier this month. In 2017 NATO signed an Individual Partnership and Cooperation Programme with Colombia and the country joined NATO's Partners Across the Globe in 2018. In January Colombia's Vice Foreign Minister for Multilateral Affairs Adriana Mejía and Vice Defence Minister for Strategy and Planning Jairo García …
(2021-07-25). Nueva masacre en el Cauca, Colombia deja al menos tres muertos. telesurtv.net Según Indepaz a la fecha se han registrado 57 masacres en todo el país, de las cuales 11 han sucedido en el departamento del Cauca.
(2021-07-25). 'Primero Justicia' no respaldara a Guaidó y su Gobierno interino. globalizacion.ca A través de fuentes de todo crédito, vinculadas a la oposición venezolana-colombiana empeñada en derrotar al Presidente Nicolás Maduro, hemos conocido que se continúan acrecentando las disputas entre el partido Primero Justicia venezolano, con el casi extinto gobierno interino, que…
(2021-07-25). U.S., Colombia: NATO Partners Held Air Combat Exercise. libya360.wordpress.com Relampago VI occurred earlier this month. In 2017 NATO signed an Individual Partnership and Cooperation Programme with Colombia and the country joined NATO's Partners Across the Globe in 2018. In January Colombia's Vice Foreign Minister for Multilateral Affairs Adriana Mejía and Vice Defence Minister for Strategy and Planning Jairo García met with NATO representatives to…
(2021-07-25). Sex workers and COVID-19: Resisting the pandemic and criminalization. mronline.org 
Georgina Orellano, secretary-general of the Association of Women Sex Workers of Argentina (AMMAR), says that "the pandemic has highlighted the inequality" in society and deepened the problems faced by sex workers. Sex work, which is not recognized in Argentina, has become more precarious, she says.
(2021-07-25). Meet Toka, the Most Dangerous Israeli Spyware Firm You've Never Heard of. strategic-culture.org 
The mainstream media's myopic focus on Israel's Pegasus spyware and the threats it poses means that other companies, like Toka, go uninvestigated, even when their products present an even greater potential for abuse and illegal surveillance. | By Whitney WEBB | This past Sunday,
(2021-07-25). Only 10 Countries Possess 75% of all COVID Vaccines. orinocotribune.com This is a translation of the daily report by the Caracas-based Samuel Robinson Institute for July 24, 2021. | On July 22, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, regretted that of all the available COVID-19 vaccines, three-quarters have been distributed in only ten countries around the world. | As reported by Chilean news portal El Desconcierto, WHO Director Tedros Adhanom warned that "more than 3.5 billion vaccines have been distributed worldwide, but over 75% of them have gone to just ten countries. Vaccine inequity is not only a moral failure, it is also self-destructive…
(2021-07-25). Argentina — Neoliberalismo y candidatos. globalizacion.ca Es sabido que en América Latina el neoliberalismo es de alta intensidad. De allí que los candidatos de la derecha argentina sean pura impostura y una inconsistencia inigualable. No pueden enunciar nada político y para demostrarlo uno de sus candidatos…