(2021-08-09). Talks in Mexico to Discuss Seven Issues — Chavismo vs. All Oppositions. orinocotribune.com 
On Sunday, August 8, the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, informed that "in the next few days, the exact date and venue of the dialogue with the Venezuelan opposition to be held in Mexico will be announced. There are seven issues on the agenda that will be debated." | "About [the talks in] Mexico there is a lot to say," continued President Maduro. "The dialogue with the opposition started in September 2019. From there came the National Assembly (AN) elections and these mega-elections. As of this year, we resumed the dialogue with the G4 [extreme right opposition] and there is a w…
(2021-08-09). Venezuela Registers 1,155 COVID-19 Cases on Saturday and Maintains a 95% Recovery Rate (12 Deaths). orinocotribune.com 
On Saturday August 7, Delcy Rodríguez, the executive vice president of Venezuela, tweeted that there were 1,155 new COVID-19 cases, all by community transmission, detected in the last 24 hours by the Venezuelan health authorities. The recovery rate remains at 95%, with 297,536 patients healed, thanks to the free treatments guaranteed by the Venezuelan Government. | During the daily report offered by the Presidential Commission for the Control and Prevention of COVID-19, Rodríguez specified that community cases were detected in 23 states: Miranda (236), Carabobo (192), Caracas (133 ), Lara (104), Yaracuy (104), La…
(2021-08-09). 2021 Climate Disasters Raise Alarm Over Food Security. popularresistance.org In July, A Video Went Viral On Social Media In Argentina Showing People Walking Across What Looks Like A Desert. But It Isn't A Desert. This Is The Bed Of The Paraná River, Part Of The Second-Largest River System In South America. Normally The Stream Rises In Brazil And Reaches The Sea Via The River Plate, Draining A Vast Watershed Covering All Of Paraguay, Southern Brazil And Northern Argentina. Normally The Water Volume Flowing To The Atlantic Roughly Equals That Of The Mississippi River. | What's Happening Now Is Not Normal. The Drying Up Of Large Stretches Of River Comes As The Most Severe Drought Since 1944…
(2021-08-09). Biden Admin offers hand of friendship to Bolsonaro. mronline.org 
Latest U.S. government visit is further evidence that the Biden administration has no qualms about supporting Brazil's far-right military-dominated regime.
(2021-08-09). Colombia registra 65 masacres en ocho meses del 2021. telesurtv.net Además de la masacre, este domingo también se denunció el asesinato de un excombatiente.
(2021-08-09). Cruz Roja alerta sobre 2.600 desplazados en Bolívar, Colombia. telesurtv.net El CICR llamó a los grupos armados que operan en la zona del departamento de Bolívar a respetar la integridad de las personas desplazadas.
(2021-08-08). Pedro Castillo's rise to the presidency intensifies Peru's crisis. wsws.org Castillo is already signaling the bourgeoisie that his government—his populist promises notwithstanding—can be trusted to suppress any threats to profit interests or disruption of law and order.
(2021-08-08). Social Banditry For The 21st Century. popularresistance.org At least as early as the first century A.D., shiftas of the Horn of Africa renounced their allegiance to emperors, government and law, and took to the wild where — through their disruptions of the usual business and trade — they would manage to survive as outlaws. For centuries, the Balkan haiduks roamed their lands, stealing from their Ottoman occupiers. Yi brigands and others from across the Chinese frontier sustained their economies in large part through raiding during the early 20th century. From 1917-1937, Peruvian women led bands of sharpshooters by horseback to rob the rich and give to the poor…
(2021-08-08). Venezuela Strongly Condemns Violence Against Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. orinocotribune.com The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, on behalf of the people and the government of Venezuela, strongly criticized the act of violence perpetrated last Thursday, August 5, against the Prime Minister of , Ralph Gonsalves, in which the prime minister was injured. Jorge Arreaza, Venezuelan minister for foreign affairs, published President Maduro's statement on his Twitter account @jaarreaza. | Gonsalves was on his way to the parliament of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines when he was hit on the temple by an opposition activist during an anti-government protest. | After the incident, the prime minister was trans…
(2021-08-08). Venezuela: Workers take over a Kellogg factory, now known as 'Socialist Kellogg'. fightbacknews.org Maracay City, Venezuela – In the worker-controlled Venezuelan Kellogg factory, you see the workers working diligently to make corn flake and sugary cereals in a new package displaying the Venezuelan flag and the words "Together for Venezuela." They are wearing black caps with red letters that say, "Kellogg made in socialism." | In May of 2018, the Kellogg bosses told the factory workers that they had the weekend off due to maintenance. When the workers arrived the following working day, they were shocked to see a large sign on the factory, "We closed operations in Venezuela." The bosses didn't notify them, in per…
(2021-08-08). Food Sovereignty Delegation to Venezuela Scheduled for November 17 (Regional Elections). orinocotribune.com What's going on right now in Venezuela? Come see for yourself how Venezuelans are coping with US economic sanctions designed to cause social implosion. Mainstream media does not mention the different attacks on the Venezuelan people carried out by Colombian mercenaries sponsored by the United States government, come and learn about the economic warfare that the Venezuelan people counter daily, in public transportation, in the distribution of gasoline and diesel, and medicine shortages in the midst of a global pandemic. Come and learn how the grassroots movements are responding to each of those issues caused by th…
(2021-08-08). Saint Lucia To Restore Bilateral Ties With Venezuela. telesurenglish.net Saint Lucia's External Affairs Minister Alva Baptiste reaffirmed the new administration commitment to restore bilateral ties with the Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro. | RELATED: | As a first step, he confirmed his country's withdrawal from the Lima Group formed to discredit the Bolivarian Revolution and promote intervention and sanctions. | Baptiste's statements come following five years of setbacks in the diplomat…
(2021-08-08). 'PSUV Elections Are True Democracy', President Maduro Says. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro celebrated the holding of the primary elections of the United Party of Venezuela (PSUV) on Sunday, noting that these elections are an example of "direct, participatory and true democracy". | RELATED: | Maduro pointed out that both PSUV militants and citizens listed in the electoral roll could vote for the party's representatives ahead of the subnational elections to be held on…
(2021-08-08). Venezuelans Vote for Socialist Candidates to Nov. 21 Elections. telesurenglish.net The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) holds primary elections on Sunday to choose its candidates for the subnational elections to take place on Nov. 21. | RELATED: | PSUV primary elections are open not only to militants but also to people registered in the electoral roll. | So far, the election day is taking place with no incidents and in a peaceful and secure environment. Electoral authorities took all neces…
(2021-08-08). USA to Brazil: Join NATO but First Kick Out Huawei from 5G Market (Free Trade Not So Free). orinocotribune.com The US offers Brazil the status of "global partner" in NATO, if Brasilia replaces the Chinese Huawei in its 5G network market with a "similar" US one. | As reported by Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sà£o Paulo on Friday, August 6, US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, during his visit to Brazil, has offered the government of Jair Bolsonaro to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with the status of "global partner," in exchange for Brasilia "reconsidering" its digital communication technology relations with China. | The senior US official undertook his first trip to Brazil with the aim of…
(2021-08-08). 'We are in Nobody's Backyard': Rejecting Geopolitical and Historical Fatalism. orinocotribune.com By Gerald A. Perreira — Jul 29, 2021 | Except for the hum of US helicopters flying overhead, there was a deafening silence throughout the Caribbean region, during the recent Operation Tradewinds, Progressive and Pan-African forces did not utter a word, as soldiers from Guyana, Brazil, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago participated in this region-wide military exercise with army personnel from the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Canada, France and the Netherlands. | We were told that Operation Tradewinds was "a US Southern Command sponsored…
(2021-08-08). United States Finances Colombia's Police Brutality. orinocotribune.com In an interview with Rolling Stone Colombia, US Congressman Jim McGovern said that part of the US Congress agrees with a budget cut to reduce funding for Colombian security forces, so that the United States will not be an accomplice to police brutality in the South American country. "If that is not sufficient enough, we will review our help again," stated McGovern. "You can expect that the Biden administration will take seriously everything related to the protection of human rights." | Recently, the government of Iván Duque rejected a series of recommendations made by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights…
(2021-08-08). Salvatore Mancuso's Confession Reveals How Paramilitarism Emerged in Colombia. libya360.wordpress.com Mison VerdadSalvatore Mancuso was one of the "political commissars" of the AUC (Photo: Archive). The war that has been raging in Colombia for the last seven decades has gone through various stages of violence, with different actors that often intertwine in terms of their interests and procedures, with the State playing a leading role —…
(2021-08-08). Ecuadorian Teachers' Hunger Strike Enters Fourth Week. orinocotribune.com 
In the past three weeks, the hunger strike that began in four cities of the country has expanded to eleven provinces of the country. It has also received the support of various students' unions, social organizations and parents. | Since July 12, over 30 Ecuadorian teachers have been carrying out an indefinite hunger strike, demanding immediate implementation of the Organic Law of Intercultural Education (LOEI). In the past three weeks, the protest measure that began in four cities of the country has expanded to eleven provinces of the country and now more than 80 teachers are on hunger strike. The strike was call…
(2021-08-08). Argentina To Ease COVID-19 Restrictions. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez announced new measures to soften COVID-19 restrictions and normalize social and economic life. | RELATED: | Noting further regulations on the matter, National Director of Migrations Florencia Carignan increased from 1.000 to 1.700 the daily amount of Argentinians and permanent residents who can enter the country. | Nevertheless, incoming citizens must show a COVID-…