(2021-08-31). América Latina y el Caribe: Lo popular, poder Popular. globalizacion.ca El termino Popular, Lo Popular, Poder Popular, está en los últimos días como tema referente, debido a algunos casos acaecidos, por ejemplo, en Cuba, en Nicaragua y siempre en Venezuela. Y demás está decir, que Lo Popular es un tema…
(2021-08-31). New Report on Human Rights Violations in Bolivia in 2019 Sheds Light on the Role of the OAS. counterpunch.org On August 17, the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI in Spanish) released its report on human rights violations committed in the context of the 2019 coup d'état that overthrew President Evo Morales and installed the de facto government of Jeanine àÅñez in Bolivia. The 468-page report, based on eight months of research, sheds light
(2021-08-31). Brazil: On the Road to Dictatorship? globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-31). Brazil, Amazon, World: Fake News and the Social Contract. counterpunch.org Fake news, disinformation, hate speech, post-truth, conspiracy theory, various forms of denialism, and the barefaced lies of politicians all come together as something like the ideational hallmark of neoliberalism. There are many lies, of many kinds, but there has to be a container where they all coexist comfortably. And this is neoliberalism's enormous lie that, if we make "the" (as if there were only one) market free, it will run everything. Law trammels the freedom of the market as does the idea of a social contract. A contract requires that the parties tell the truth, and the idea of democratic government imp…
(2021-08-31). Realizan movilización para recordar a desaparecidos en Chile. telesurtv.net Organizaciones sociales exigieron Justicia por los casos de desaparecidos en dictadura y la liberación de los presos políticos tras el estallido de 2018.
(2021-08-31). New Explosives Attack Leaves 14 Injured at Cúcuta Police Station. orinocotribune.com Twelve uniformed men and two civilians were allegedly injured in an attack with explosives against a police station in the city of Cúcuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela, authorities reported on Monday, August 30. | "We reject the terrorist attack in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, against the Atalaya Police Station, which left 12 soldiers in uniform and two civilians injured. Without respite, we fight criminal groups that seek to sow terror in this area," wrote President Iván Duque on Twitter, adopting a familiar tone used during increasing episodes of violence in Colombia. Tensions in Colombia have risen du…
(2021-08-31). Tribunal colombiano no imputa a exgeneral por falsos positivos. telesurtv.net Se calcula que bajo las órdenes del exgeneral del Mario Montoya Uribe se registraron más de 6.500 ejecuciones extrajudiciales.
(2021-08-31). Organización indígena de Colombia rechaza amenazas de muerte. telesurtv.net La ONIC denunció que en las últimas semanas se han registrado constantes amenazas de muerte contra líderes indígenas.
(2021-08-31). Clash Between Venezuelan and Colombian Military Occurred in Venezuelan Waters (Communiqué). orinocotribune.com 
A clash between the Venezuelan and Colombian military that went viral on social media platforms this past weekend occurred in Venezuelan waters. Despite this, private corporate media circulated the fallacy that Venezuela's military violated Colombian territory. | The viral video showed how Bolivarian National Guards were doing a routine inspection of a Colombian vessel that had crossed the border. At that moment, a third boat appeared, carrying Colombian military personnel, and tried to slip through and thus avoid a rigorous inspection. Meanwhile, the individuals who were the subjects of the inspection harassed t…
(2021-08-31). Perú, victoria (provisoria) para Pedro Castillo. globalizacion.ca Por una mayoría importante, el Congreso del Perú le dio el voto de confianza al gabinete de Guido Bellido, el primer ministro designado por el presidente Pedro Castillo. Fueron 73 votos a favor, donde se sumaron los congresistas del partido…
(2021-08-31). The International Community Must be on Alert to Defend Peru. zcomm.org We have sound and clear signals from Latin America that its people want progressive anti-imperialist governments that promote real democracy…
(2021-08-31). Exigen en Uruguay archivos militares sobre desaparecidos. telesurtv.net Familiares de las 187 víctimas continúan reclamándole al Gobierno que responda a los pedidos del Institución de Derechos Humanos de Uruguay.
(2021-08-31). Venezuela Announces New Vaccination Protocol for People Over 50 Years of Age. orinocotribune.com 
As of Monday, August 30, some Venezuelans will begin to receive COVID-19 vaccinations without an appointment, as required to date, through the Patria platform. This option will be extended to Venezuelans over 50 years of age, according to policies defined by the authorities. | For this reason, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez announced that between August 30 and September 5, those people over 60 years of age who have not yet been vaccinated can go to any vaccination center, and the vaccine will be available for them, without appointment. | "We need to finish vaccinating those over 60, because they are known to be o…
(2021-08-31). Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab Fights Latest US Extradition Maneuvers. counterpunch.org Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab remains defiant after over 14 months under US-ordered arrest in the African archipelago country of Cabo Verde. A special envoy of the Venezuelan government, he is fighting extradition to the US for the "crime" of trying to procure humanitarian supplies of food, fuel, and medicine from Iran in violation of illegal
(2021-08-31). CNE Initiates Audit of Voting Machine Software for 21N Mega-Elections. orinocotribune.com On Monday, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) began audits of the voting machine software, to validate and certify the applications that will be used in the regional and municipal elections on November 21 (21N). | The audit of Venezuela's voting machine software will last 12 days, during which CNE technicians, experts from political parties, and international electoral experts, will verify the transfer of information and security of the secret ballot system. | The electoral experts will have the responsibilities of: | ‚Ä¢ Evaluating the voting machine hardware. | ‚Ä¢ Veri…
(2021-08-31). ConocoPhillips Hunts PDVSA Assets in the Caribbean. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Aug 30, 2021 | In 2007, the international legal dispute between Petróleos de Venezuela, SA (PDVSA) and US transnational oil companies ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil began, when the latter two refused to enter Joint Venture agreements alongside remaining international corporations, more than 20 in number. This occurred within the framework of the sovereign process of nationalization of strategic resources of Venezuela that was under way during the government of President Hugo Chávez. | This new operational and commercial alternative replaced the model of the "strategic agreements" for the op…
(2021-08-31). Venezuela Proposes ALBA-TCP Strengthen Ties with ASEAN and Arab League. orinocotribune.com 
This Monday, August 30, Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Félix Plasencia, invited the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) to establish cultural and tourist ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Arab League. | During a videoconference to discuss cooperation strategies in cultural and tourism issues, Plasencia emphasized that cultural connections cannot be forged without tourism. | He added that all of the nations that make up ALBA possess virtues in this regard, and extended a commitment on behalf of Venezuela t…
(2021-08-30). While Western Powers Undermine Haitian Sovereignty, Venezuela Continues to Show Solidarity. orinocotribune.com By Owen Schalk — Aug 27, 2021 | On August 14, Haiti was devastated by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake originating from the southern Tiburon Peninsula, 150 kilometres from the capital, Port-au-Prince. World leaders issued statements of solidarity, international charities began encouraging donations, and the United Nations started organizing emergency aid funds to assist the country. Articles on this ongoing tragedy often emphasis two prior catastrophes which have compounded the quake's impact on the Haitian people: the COVID-19 pandemic and political instability following the assassination of President Jovenel Moà…
(2021-08-30). Islamic State claims rocket attack on Kabul airport and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we look at reports of civilian casualties after a US drone strike in Kabul; protests against police brutality by farmers in India as the struggle crosses 9 months; protests by Palestinians in Gaza against the crushing 14 year long Israeli siege; the March on Washington for Voting Rights in the US to demand better protections against voter suppression laws in the US; and a warning issued by the Executive Committee of the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights of Bolivia (APDHB) of coup leader Jeanine Anez's possible escape from prison.
(2021-08-30). Mexico, Chile, Cuba Para-Athletes Win Gold and Silver Medals. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Latin American athletes Monica Rodriguez, Francisca Mardones, Leinier Savon, and Leonardo Diaz won gold and silver medals at the Tokyo Paralympics. | RELATED: | The 32-year-old Mexican sprint Rodriguez and her guide Kevin Aguilar won the gold medal in the 1,500-meter competition for the T11 visually impaired category and imposed a world record of 4 min 37 sec and 40 hundredths. | "I have run safe, determined, and strong. My last w…
(2021-08-30). El FMI, con ropa de cordero, es fuente de desgracias para Argentina. globalizacion.ca Dos noticias le dan contenido al título. Una proviene de una oficina del Mercado de Cambios del Banco Central (Deuda: Informe sobre activos externos) y la otra es la mentada anotación del Fondo Monetario Internacional por 4.355 millones de dólares,…
(2021-08-30). Argentina — Comunicar o sucumbir. globalizacion.ca Esta columna lamenta manifestar su discrepancia, una vez más, con lo que ya parece un descontrol. En el Ministerio de Transporte hay, aunque se la niegue, una disputa feroz tras bambalinas. Y así lo muestra ahora el decreto 556/2021 que,…
(2021-08-30). Argentina — Las trampas en que cae el Gobierno disimulan a la oposición. globalizacion.ca øNo se puede hablar de otra cosa que no sea el divorcio manifiesto entre la campaña electoral y los temas que verdaderamente preocupan a las mayorías? Se puede y se debe.Pero primero habría que fijar responsabilidades en torno de quiénes…
(2021-08-30). The New International Relations Of Latin America. popularresistance.org We spoke to Bolivia's Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, who is leading the charge for a more democratic process of regional integration. The country is raising its voice against Luis Almagro, head of the Organization of American States, both for his role in the 2019 coup, and his wider political actions, on behalf of the United States, in the domestic affairs of member states.
(2021-08-30). The New International Relations of Latin America: Interview with Bolivia's Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News We spoke to Bolivia's Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, who is leading the charge for a more democratic process of regional integration. The country is raising its voice against Luis Almagro, head of the Organization of American States, both for his role in the 2019 coup, and his wider political actions, on behalf of…
(2021-08-30). Child Labor in Brazil Employs Nearly 2 Million Children: Report. telesurenglish.net Brazil registers today 1.8 million children and adolescents between the ages of 5 and 17 in a situation of child labor, according to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), cited by the R7 portal. | RELATED: | Although they represent 54 percent of the national population (more than 213 million inhabitants), blacks or mulattos comprised 66 percent of the total. | Among the children men…
(2021-08-30). Bolsonaro Believes He Will Be either Reelected or Killed. telesurenglish.net During a meeting with evangelical pastors from the state of Goias, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro spoke about the possible scenarios in his immediate political future. | RELATED: | "I have three alternatives … to be arrested, to be killed, or to win the election. Rest assured the first option does not exist. I am doing the right thing and I owe nothing to anyone," the far-right captain said. | His statements occur amid a new political crisis f…
(2021-08-30). Raid at Brazilian Banks Kills Three, the City in Terror. telesurenglish.net Criminals groups attacked three banks in the Brazilian town of Aracatuba, Sao Paulo state, killing at least three people and injuring another three, the civil police reported on Monday. | RELATED: | According to the authorities, over 20 people participated in the robbery, as they blocked roads with burning vehicles and placed explosions all over the city. The whole operation lasted two hours. | Meanwhile, in Braz…
(2021-08-30). How Amílcar Cabral Shaped Paulo Freire's Pedagogy. orinocotribune.com By Curry Malott — Aug 26, 2021 | Frantz Fanon's influence on Paulo Freire's thought is well known, but the Brazilian educator also drew considerably from Amílcar Cabral, the revolutionary intellectual from Guinea-Bissau. | This is a lightly edited excerpt from an article originally published by Amílcar L Cabral was born 12 September 1924 in Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau, one of Portugal's African colonies. He was murdered on 20 January 1973 by fascist Portuguese ass…
(2021-08-30). On the road to dictatorship? mronline.org 
Where there is smoke, there is fire, goes the popular saying. Most Brazilians and world public opinion know that Brazil is governed by a man of fascist convictions. Bolsonaro always praises the torturers of the military dictatorship implanted in Brazil in 1964 and regrets that "at least 30,000 subversives" were not shot.
(2021-08-30). Chile's Military Police To Be Dissolved: Top Commission States. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, the Human Rights Commission (HRC) of the Constitutional Convention approved to dissolve Chile's Military Police (Carabineros) for its continuous human rights violations and the slow pace of the prosecution against some of their members. | RELATED: | "The Military Polce shall be replaced by a police institution run by civilians who respect the rights of our people," lawmaker Giovanna Roa stated after…
(2021-08-30). Colombia: Bombing Attack in Cucuta City Leaves 14 Injured. telesurenglish.net Colombian authorities investigate a bombing attack on Monday against the District 1 Police headquarters in the Atalaya neighborhood in Cucuta City, where 12 officers and two civilians were injured. | RELATED: | "The criminals left an improvised explosive device under a street bench, causing damage to our facility, hurting officers who begin their shift and civilians transiting the area," Cucuta City Police Commander Oscar Moren…
(2021-08-30). Colombia Provokes Tensions on the Border With Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Venezuela's Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced that Colombia tries to increase diplomatic tensions by generating false information related to the violation of free navigation in the Rio Negro, which separates the Colombian department of Guainia from the Venezuelan state of Amazonas. | RELATED: | Previously, the Colombian Navy argued that the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) carried out a control search of…
(2021-08-30). Venezuela Protests 'Inconsistent' Accusations of Colombian Border Incursion. venezuelanalysis.com Bogotá claimed two Venezuelan soldiers had illegally crossed the border to search a civilian boat earlier this month.
(2021-08-30). "We Are Confident We Have Found An Effective Low Risk Treatment For COVID, Need Further Scientific Studies To Verify" southfront.org 
Written by Daniel Edgar exclusively for South Front The traditional healers on the Pacific coast in Colombia have long used…
(2021-08-30). Exxon's Oil Drilling Gamble Off Guyana Coast Could Turn Country from a Carbon Sink to a "Carbon Bomb" democracynow.org 
Despite desperate climate warnings against new fossil fuel development, ExxonMobil is pursuing a massive new oil project in Guyana that is projected to be the corporation's largest oil production in the world. A new investigation by Antonia Juhasz, a longtime oil and energy investigative reporter, reveals the project will release 125 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, turning Guyana from a carbon sink into what she says could be a "carbon bomb" and posing major environmental risks.
(2021-08-30). Free Peru party faces lawfare campaign. peoplesdispatch.org This weekend, the officials of the Prosecutor's Office and the Peruvian National Police raided seven premises of the ruling Free Peru party, including the house of its founder and secretary general, Vladimir Cerrón, in an alleged corruption and money laundering case…
(2021-08-30). Peru: Provisional Victory for Pedro Castillo. libya360.wordpress.com Marcos Salgado LIMA, Aug. 26, 2021 Peruvian President Pedro Castillo (c-front), Council of Ministers President Guido Bellido (2-front) and members of his ministerial cabinet wave in the courtyard of the Government Palace, in Lima, PerÀô, Aug. 26, 2021. Bellido went to Congress on Thursday to ask for a vote of confidence for his cabinet, while…
(2021-08-30). Over 20 Dead, Dozens Missing After Vessel Collision in Peru. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – More than 20 people are feared dead while over 50 are missing after two vessels collided on the Huallaga River in the Amazonian region of Loreto in Peru, the radio station RPP has reported.
(2021-08-30). Edgar Ramírez Blames Lack of Vaccines in Venezuela for Death of Relatives (Data). orinocotribune.com 
Edgar Ramírez, Venezuelan actor residing in the United States, has reported that several of his relatives in Venezuela died of COVID-19. He has blamed the Venezuelan government for the deaths, reporting that his relatives did not have access to COVID-19 vaccines. However, he did not mention that Venezuela's access to vaccines has been blocked and hampered due to international pressure coming directly from the United States and Europe. | "After excruciating agony, my Aunt Lucy died on Saturday," wrote Ramírez on his
(2021-08-30). Venezuelan Athlete Lisbeli Vera: 'I Know it is Difficult, but I Want to Bring Three Medals Home'. orinocotribune.com 
The name of Lisbeli Vera is already well known in the field of world para athletics, and the silver medal in Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in the 400m T47 won by the 19-year-old born in Zulia state confirms this. | "We achieved the first objective, which was a medal in these Games," Vera stressed after winning her silver medal in Tokyo. "However, we are going for more because I want to bring three medals to Venezuela," she added. | The Zulia state native overcame bullying and shyness thanks to a tenacious and disciplined character on the track, motivated to daily training under her mentor, Isidoro Barthelemy. Vera…
(2021-08-30). ConocoPhillips On the Hunt for PDVSA's Caribbean Assets. libya360.wordpress.com Mision Verdad U.S. transnational ConocoPhillips is once again litigating against Venezuela, this time in Jamaica (Photo: Thimo Rodríguez). In 2007, the international legal dispute between Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) and the U.S. oil transnationals, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil, began. (PDVSA) and the US oil transnationals, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil, when the latter refused to join the…
(2021-08-30). US Education Dept. Opens Civil Rights Probes Into 5 States' Bans on School Mask Mandates. commondreams.org There are people who hope to invade Iran, or Venezuela, or pick-a-country-with-a-problem, but next time, they insist, they'll do it "better." They must stop. They must be stopped.
