(2021-08-11). Second Report: PSUV Announces Mayoralty Results of Primaries—8 Governorships to be Reviewed (Video). orinocotribune.com 
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) held a press conference this Monday night, August 9, and presented additional results of the Open Primary Elections held on Sunday, reporting the results for mayoral candidates in state capitals and major cities, and updating the numbers obtained by the candidates for governor. The candidacies for the governments of Apure, Aragua, Bolívar, Cojedes, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, and Trujillo did not manage to obtain the necessary percentage of votes and were sent for review by the PSUV National Directorate. | The Vice President of the party, Diosdado Cabello, indicat…
(2021-08-11). Bolivia: Evo Morales advierte sobre maniobras de la derecha. workers.org 
Por Cuba Debate El exmandatario Evo Morales, presidente del partido Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), denunció este miércoles (4 de agosto) que la derecha política boliviana promueve maniobras desestabilizadoras disfrazadas de activismo político. Luis Arce, ahora presidente de Bolivia, y ex-presidente Evo Morales en 2020 en Argentina. "Nuevamente, los golpistas anuncian . . . |
(2021-08-11). Héctor Béjar: Life of a Brilliant Foreign Affairs Minister in a Continent Where Many of his Colleagues are Felons of the Empire. orinocotribune.com Héctor Béjar was born on September 2, 1935, in Ricardo Palma district, Huarochirí province, Lima department, in Peru. His father, Mariano Béjar Pacheco, was a musician and member of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) party who was not in total agreement with the party leadership. His mother, Zoila Rivera Rodríguez, was a teacher. She studied law at The National University of San Marcos (UNMSM) and was never a student leader there, but rather a press secretary at the Centro Federado de Letras. | From the age of 16 Béjar worked as a news anchor and presenter for national and international artists on…
(2021-08-11). Peru Leaves Lima Group, Backs Dialogue in Venezuela. venezuelanalysis.com Canadian author Arnold August argued that the Lima Group now found itself on its "deathbed".
(2021-08-11). Venezuelans Receive Olympic Athletes with a Warm Embrace — Patria Grande Gets 4th Place in Tokyo 2020 (Videos & Photos). orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, August 10, 2021 ( Many international athletes rema…
(2021-08-11). 'Coercive Measures' Against Venezuela Will Continue, Reaffirms the US. orinocotribune.com New plots against Venezuela are being hatched in the US, as indicated by Juan González, National Security Council Senior Director for the Western Hemisphere in the Joe Biden administration. Ratifying the ongoing interventionist White House stance, González claimed that the US, together with its allies, would continue to exert pressure on Venezuela until "free and fair elections" are held in the country. | These statements come after Mexican President López Obrador's recent announcement that his government will host a negotiation between diverse political sectors of Venezuela, to aid in achieving a possible peacef…
(2021-08-11). THIS THURSDAY — Canada in Venezuela: Orinoco Tribune to Host Live Interview with Yves Engler (Facebook Livestream). orinocotribune.com August 3, 2021 (special for Orinoco Tribune)—Orinoco Tribune will host Canadian writer Yves Engler for a discussion of Canada's foreign policy regarding Venezuela and the economic interests of Canadian corporations in the region on Thursday, August 12. While the US has taken the lead in "regime"-change operations against Presidents Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro, Canada has played a disproportionately significant role that has been less widely publicized—at times Canada is even presented as a benevolent actor in the region. We will learn that Canada's complicity extends far beyond its general support…
(2021-08-11). Venezuela: Workers Take Over a Kellogg Factory, Now Known as 'Socialist Kellogg'. orinocotribune.com Maracay City, Venezuela — In the worker-controlled Venezuelan Kellogg factory, one can see the workers working diligently to make corn flakes 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 th…
(2021-08-11). White House confirms U.S. preparing Brazil for NATO partnership. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com On-the-Record Press Call by National Security Council Senior Director for the Western Hemisphere Juan Gonzalez on Official Travel to Brazil and Argentina Brazil and Argentina are the largest economies in South — and in South America. They bring significant resources to bear, technical know-how, industrial capacity to build resilient supply chains. So, we covered the …
(2021-08-11). Brazil's Bolsonaro Loses His Bid to Reform Voting System. latinorebels.com SàÉO PAULO (AP) — President Jair Bolsonaro has suffered a major defeat in Congress when Brazilian lawmakers rejected a proposal to require printed receipts at some electronic ballot boxes.
(2021-08-11). Brazil: Tanks on the Streets — Attacks on the International Left. libya360.wordpress.com Who Will Laugh Last? Brian MierBrazilians woke up yesterday to visions of a nightmare they thought would never return: military tanks and armored vehicles rolling down the national mall in Brasilia, past the Congress and Supreme Court Buildings in an attempt, admitted by top aides of far right President Jair Bolsonaro, to scare Brazil's democratic…
(2021-08-11). Thousands of doctors, peasants, teachers and truckers stage protests in Paraguay. peoplesdispatch.org 
On August 10, thousands of doctors, peasants, teachers and truckers took to the streets of Paraguay's capital Asunción, demanding compliance with agreements reached previously with the far-right government of president Mario Abdo Benítez. | The truckers continued their semi-blockade on Costanera avenue with their trucks. Teachers mobilized across the capital city and blocked roads leading to parliamentary buildings. Peasants and Indigenous communities held demonstrations in front of the Congress, the state attorney general's office, and the ministries of public works and communications, agriculture and livestock,…
(2021-08-11). Announcing Anathema, Volume 7 Issue 5. itsgoingdown.org Long-running Philadelphia based anarchist publication, Anathema returns with a brand new-issue with interviews, action reports, and news. Volume 7 Issue 5 (PDF for reading 8.5×11) Volume 7 Issue 5 (PDF for printing 11×17) In the issue: What Went Down Hunger Strikes Chilean Models On Noise Demos Brooklyn Center Riot Interview Ecodefense Roundup Everything Will Go…
(2021-08-10). Headlines for August 10, 2021. democracynow.org Pentagon Will Require All Military Personnel to Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19, Florida Reopens Schools, with Masks Optional, as State Becomes Coronavirus Epicenter, Canada Reopens Border to Vaccinated U.S. Travelers, California Officials Warn Record-Shattering Wildfire Could Burn for Weeks, Greek Prime Minister Apologizes Amid Protests over Government's Handling of Wildfires, Germany Sets Up 30 Million Euro Recovery Fund After Devastating Floods, Small Island States Warn Climate Crisis Threatens "Our Very Future", Sixth Afghan Provincial Capital Falls to Taliban , Indigenous Brazilians Seek Genocide Charges Aga…
(2021-08-10). Perú, un país rico lleno de pobres. globalizacion.ca Enormes escollos tendrá el flamante presidente peruano Pedro Castillo desde los primeros momentos de su mandato para llevar a cabo su programa de gobierno pues el Parlamento está controlado por una mayoría ultraderechista y neoliberal atada por un cordón umbilical…
(2021-08-10). Inauguration Speech of Peru President Pedro Castillo. orinocotribune.com Madam President of the Congress of the Republic Ladies and Gentlemen Congressmen of the Republic, | Presidents of the sister republics of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, His Highness the King of Spain. | Members of the honorable diplomatic corps. Authorities present. | Women and men of my beloved Peruvian people. | I begin by greeting my brothers and sisters, descendants of the original peoples of pre-Hispanic Peru, my Quechua, Aymara and Amazonian brothers and sisters, Afro-Peruvians and the various communities of migrant descendants, as well as all the dispossessed minorities of the countr…
(2021-08-10). Lima Group left without home base following Peru and Saint Lucia's withdrawals. peoplesdispatch.org The Lima Group was founded to support the US' regime change campaign against Venezuela. In just four years since its formation, five countries have already withdrawn from the group…
(2021-08-10). Lima Group Left Without a Home Base Following Peru and Saint Lucia's Withdrawals. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch #HandsOffVenezuela march in Caracas, Venezuela, in February 2019. Photo: Archives The Lima Group was founded to support the US' regime change campaign against Venezuela. In just four years since its formation, five countries have already withdrawn from the group This weekend, the new government of Saint Lucia led by Prime Minister Philip Pierre…
(2021-08-10). First Results from PSUV Primaries: Democratic Victory as 21N Mega-Elections Approach. orinocotribune.com 
At 2: 12 a.m. this Monday, August 9, the Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, presented the first results from the party's primary elections, including those for the governorships of Venezuela's 23 states and the Mayor's Office of the municipality of Libertador in Caracas. Carmen Meléndez, Rafael Lacava, Héctor Rodríguez, Jehyson Guzmán, and Freddy Bernal are among the candidates whose victories are assured. | The results were announced at a press conference, after the national board of directors and the electoral commission of the political party received partial res…
(2021-08-10). In the Shadow of the Blockade: Stories of Resistance from El Maizal Commune (Part I). orinocotribune.com 
First-hand accounts of the impact of the US sanctions on one of Venezuela's flagship communes. | El Maizal Commune lies in the fertile lands between the Lara and Portuguesa states in western Venezuela. Founded in 2009, this rural commune has since become an important political and economic force in both the region and the country. It not only produces huge amounts of corn every year, but also raises cattle and pigs, along with a growing number of additional side enterprises. Most importantly, El Maizal Commune forges new social relations and new human beings: people committed to the socialist project that Chávez…
(2021-08-10). Where is Carlos Lanz? A One-Year-Old Question. orinocotribune.com 
On August 8, 2020, former guerrilla, teacher, and veteran activist Carlos Lanz left his home in Maracay, apparently without disturbance or any signs of violence. Since then there has been no trace of him. Family and friends cling to the hope that he will appear safe and sound, or that they will discover his whereabouts, at the very least. | Carlos Lanz is 76 years old and has been a member of the Venezuelan left since he was 17. He has been missing for precisely one year. The case has gone through all possible levels of investigation, but the enigma of where he is or what really happened remains unsolved. Nobody…
(2021-08-10). Venezuela: CNE Opens Nomination Process of Candidates for 21N Regional Elections. orinocotribune.com This Monday, August 9, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) began the process of announcing the nominations of candidates put forth by all political parties and political organizations for participation in the regional and municipal elections scheduled for November 21. The CNE process will be ongoing until August 29. | The information was provided by the Principal Rector of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Tania D ¥Amelio, who through her official Twitter account @taniadamelio, wrote: "According to the electoral schedule, the #CNE begins today and until August 29, the process of presentation, adm…
(2021-08-10). Judicial Decision On Alex Saab's Extradition Expected Next Week. popularresistance.org The Constitutional Court (TC) of Cape Verde scheduled a hearing on the constitutional appeal of the special envoy of Venezuela, Alex Saab Morán, for next August 13 at 9: 00 a.m. Saab has been held in Cape Verdean prison for 410 days under an arbitrary measure emanating from the United States, victim of a flawed process denounced by the diplomat, his defense, and activists and legal experts worldwide. | "We inform you that by order of the Venerable Presiding Counselor Judge in the file of the Concrete Inspection of Constitutionality No. 2/2021, in which Alex Nain Saab Moran is appellant and the Supreme Court of Jus…
(2021-08-10). Venezuela no está en quiebra. globalizacion.ca 1 | En 1919 el joven José Rafael Pocaterra, preso en la Rotunda por oponerse a la dictadura de Juan Vicente Gómez, escribe a escondidas con toconcitos de lápiz dos libros fundamentales para entender Venezuela: las Memorias de un Venezolano de…
(2021-08-10). Venezuelan programs stop the Delta variant. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – Geovanni Peña, the director of the National Institute of Prevention, Health and Worker Safety, states, "Capitalism is the biggest reason for COVID deaths. Here, the Venezuelan government protects the working class and the people feel a collective social responsibility to protect each other. This is why we only have six Delta variant cases, while Delta increases exponentially throughout the USA and other countries." | The United States, one of the major epicenters of the world for capitalism, is leading the world in COVID deaths and COVID cases, with over 36.5 million cases and over 600,000 de…
(2021-08-10). Nicaragua Congratulates Venezuela for PSUV Primaries. orinocotribune.com 
This Monday, August 9, the government of the Republic of Nicaragua congratulated the Venezuelan people, the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and the authorities of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) for holding the Open Primary Elections to choose the candidates who will represent this political organization in Venezuela's regional elections scheduled for November 21. | Last Sunday, August 8, the PSUV held its primaries, aimed at securing the best candidates for the upcoming regional elections. More than 5.5 million voters were mobilized for the democratic fiesta, and…
(2021-08-10). Cancillería boliviana denuncia postura injerencista de la OEA. telesurtv.net La cancillería boliviana alertó a la comunidad internacional sobre nuevos intentos de desestabilización al Gobierno de Luis Arce, electo democráticamente.
(2021-08-10). ONU confirma a Colombia como principal narcoproductor del mundo y a EE.UU. como principal consumidor. globalizacion.ca Colombia tiene la mayor área sembrada de narcocultivos del mundo por delante de Perú y Bolivia, mientras Estados Unidos es el mayor consumidor de cocaína. Sigue siendo el principal productor de cocaína pese a la reducción de sus sembrados, confirmó…
(2021-08-10). Bolivia in the Spotlight: A New Coup in the Making? orinocotribune.com A little less than two years after the coup against Evo Morales in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, political and social movements are concerned that a new conspiracy is afoot, led by sectors of the right, to overthrow the current President Luis Arce. | As a result, a spokesperson for the Union Federation of Mining Workers of Bolivia stated that labor organizations remain on alert, and expressed their willingness to counter any attempt to undermine the stability and peace of the highland nation. | The pronouncement was made by union leader Gonzalo Quispe, who participated in a joint press conference with repre…
(2021-08-10). Washington Wants Brazil to Become a NATO Partner, but this Does Not Favor Brazilian Interests. globalresearch.ca …
(2021-08-10). Since 1978, CEO Pay Has Risen 1,322%. Typical Worker Pay? Just 18%. commondreams.org "We believe that there are ongoing acts in Brazil that constitute crimes against humanity, genocide, and ecocide."
(2021-08-10). Colombia's Tax Reform Reveals the Hidden Power of Credit Agencies Throughout the Americas. latinorebels.com "Credit rating agencies try to have a qualitative and scientific vision for rating sovereign debt," Giovanni Rodríguez of Colombia's National University told Latino Rebels. "They have very practical methodologies which are easy to follow. But in the end. these agencies, far from making objective ratings, use ratings that are based in political and subjective logic."
(2021-08-10). Colombia registra 106 líderes sociales asesinados en 2021. telesurtv.net Indepaz señala que en lo corrido del año, el país lleva 106 líderes sociales asesinados y 65 masacres.
(2021-08-10). How Monopoly Media Abets the Persecutors of Assange. dissidentvoice.org 
On 11 April 2019 Julian Assange was carried by UK police from the sovereign territory of Ecuador's London embassy. He was then conveyed to Westminster magistrates court, which convicted him of absconding within fifteen minutes. The event was captured in iconic images displaying his untrimmed beard, which is significant for two overlooked reasons. One is …
(2021-08-10). Argentina — Todo depende del discurso. globalizacion.ca Sería interesante trazar un recorrido histórico y entender cómo llegamos a las PASO para explicarnos las tensiones coyunturales a las que nos someten. También visualizar en la boleta única de qué forma se termina la vigencia de los partidos políticos…