(2021-08-24). 'The Blockade Against Venezuela: Measures and Consequences'. mronline.org 
n recent years, the United States and its allies have unleashed a devastating blockade against Venezuela in hopes of triggering regime change.
(2021-08-24). Progressive movements warn of right-wing coup against Pedro Castillo and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at ALBA Movements' statement on the coup attempts in Peru, fuel and medical shortages in Lebanon as the government cuts subsidies, and more…
(2021-08-24). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Health sciences workers stage a protest in Mexico City while teachers in Salta province, Argentina are in the fourth week of a strike over salaries.
(2021-08-24). Indigenous Peoples Set Up Protest Camp In Brasilia. popularresistance.org On Sunday, the Indigenous peoples established a camp in Brasilia where the headquarters of the State functions are located. Throughout the week, they will carry out demonstrations to reject President Jair Bolsonaro and prevent the Supreme Court of Brazil (STF) from approving the "Time Frame", which is a norm related to the demarcation of their ancestral lands.
(2021-08-24). Norwegian organizations demand intervention in state-owned firm's labor dispute in Chile. peoplesdispatch.org The workers of the 'Los Lagos' hydroelectric power project in Chile undertaken by the Norwegian energy producer, Statkraft, have been protesting the unilateral changes in shifts of working days and lack of COVID-19 safety measures…
(2021-08-24). Former Paramilitary Criminals Reveal Colombian Army Provided Hit List of College Students. orinocotribune.com During a conference titled "The Armed Conflict at the University of Nariño," organized by the Truth Commission in Colombia, ex-commanders Guillermo León Marín and Aníbal Gómez of the defunct Antonio Nariño Peasant Brigades Front of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), attached to the Libertadores del Sur Bloc, asked for forgiveness due to the great variety of crimes perpetrated against the community of the University of Nariño. | The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia was the largest paramilitary group in Colombia, accused of a vast number of war crimes and crimes against humanity. | Gómez apolog…
(2021-08-24). Estados Unidos, Colombia: Magnicidio, encubrimiento y marines "humanitarios" globalizacion.ca Parece una mala novela policial, donde un comando de mercenarios comete un magnicidio y donde los gobiernos que envían y financian a los asesinos luego se aseguran de que sean funcionarios propios quienes investiguen el hecho, amparados por un comando…
(2021-08-24). Latin American movements warn of a coup underway in Peru. peoplesdispatch.org The Social Movements of ALBA platform said the resignation of Peruvian foreign minister Héctor Béjar is a clear example of the ongoing coup against the newly inaugurated left government…
(2021-08-24). Estados Unidos, la Marina, el terrorismo mediático y la renuncia forzada del canciller Béjar. globalizacion.ca Tras apenas 19 días de gestión el canciller peruano Héctor Béjar, exguerrillero y sociólogo, renunció a su cargo, en medio de una campaña de terrorismo mediático en su contra y contra el gobierno del presidente Pedro Castillo, luego que el…
(2021-08-24). Sanctions and Electoral Scenario in Venezuela: Polls Speak. orinocotribune.com 
In preparation for the November 21 mega-elections to select regional governors, mayors, councilors, and legislators, the impact of the sanctions imposed by the United States government on Venezuela entered the polls as one of the variables that most influences the opinions of voters. | For example, the polling company Datanalisis—with deep connections to the extreme-right opposition—presented the results of a recent study in which 29.2% of those interviewed affirmed that they would not vote for a candidate who has supported the sanctions. 11% pointed out that "it would be a negative factor, but it wou…
(2021-08-24). Defense Team of Diplomat Alex Saab Denounces Constitutional Violations by Cape Verde. orinocotribune.com This Monday, August 23, the defense of the Venezuelan Special Envoy to Iran Alex Saab issued a statement denouncing the constitutional violations in his case. | They also urged the Constitutional Court of Cape Verde to enforce justice and release the Venezuelan diplomat. | Below is the full translation of the statement by the defense: | In a few moments the Constitutional Court of Cape Verde will rule on the appeal presented by the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab in which he invokes no less than 12 constitutional irregularities in his case. | This is a serious and solemn moment, with multiple and complex diplomatic…
(2021-08-24). Inter-Parliamentary Union Delegation Arrives in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
The international delegation will be in the country until August 27 and will meet with various Venezuelan authorities. | A delegation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) arrived in Venezuela this Monday, August 23, and held a meeting with deputies of the National Assembly (AN), led by its First Vice President Iris Varela, who emphasized the AN's willingness to achieve a "fruitful exchange" during the visit. | "We want you to know that our country has a very welcoming attitude towards solving all the problems that affect our people as a result of the national dialogue, these problems that have been generated as…
(2021-08-23). Guatemala Arrests 41 Latin American Migrants Heading to the US. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Guatemala's Police arrested 41 Brazilian, Chilean, and Haitian undocumented migrants who were heading to the United States. They will be deported to their countries. | RELATED: | The ten migrant families were found at a house in the Cipresales neiborhood in Guatemala City and transferred to a health center, where they were tested for COVID-19. | Migration authorities will begin deportation procedures against…
(2021-08-23). Bolivian Authorities: àÅñez's Prison Conditions do Not Pose a Danger to her Health. orinocotribune.com The government of Bolivia has reported that the prison conditions of former de facto President Jeanine àÅñez do not pose any risk to her health, after an episode of self-harm. | Through a statement issued on Saturday, August 21, the Bolivian Ministry of the Government indicated that Jeanine àÅñez received the necessary healthcare assistance after she had injured herself in her arm at dawn on Saturday in the Miraflores prison. | The statement specified that there is a medical team attending to the former de facto ruler, and the authorities have installed an exceptional infrastructure to take care of he…
(2021-08-23). Anez Remains "Stable" After Attempting Suicide, No Major Injury. telesurenglish.net Bolivia's former de facto president Jeanine Anez is "stable" after she tried to kill herself while in prison, local media outlets reported on Monday. | RELATED: | According to Juan Carlos Limpias, the director of prisons, the authorities "can say, without a doubt, that her health is stable." The official also noticed that "at the moment, she is with her family in the penitentiary. The family will be an important fac…
(2021-08-23). Bolivia Ex-Prez àÅñez Charged With Genocide. latinorebels.com The charges relate to actions taken by àÅñez shortly after being declared president when she issued a decree giving the military responsibility for public security. In the next week, security forces shot 20 people to death and injured dozens of others in two clashes in Cochabamba and El Alto.
(2021-08-23). Bolivian People Cannot Stand Impunity, Seek Justice, Arce Says. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Bolivian president Luis Arce said that Justice is the only way towards national reconciliation during an act at the Army General Staff. | RELATED: | "The correct, real and concrete way to pacify that we have is the application of Justice, as requested by the families of the people who have lost…
(2021-08-23). GIEI Report Confirms Human Rights Violations in the 2019 U.S.-Backed Coup in Bolivia. strategic-culture.org Bolivia's victims are victims of a U.S.-backed coup, and U.S.-funded political violence should equally share the spotlight now highlighting Anez's short-lived legacy of human rights violations in Bolivia. | A 471-page report by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts for Bolivia (GIEI-Bolivia) recently presented to Bolivian President Luis Arce in La Paz on Tuesday this week confirms the U.S.-backed coup's persecution of opponents, including "systematic torture and summary executions" in 2019. The report is based on interviews with 400 victims of the Anez regime and other witnesses, as well as 120,000 f…
(2021-08-23). Chilean Morenoites promote illusions in Constitutional Convention. wsws.org In their participation in the Constitutional Convention the Morenoites will once again attempt to tie the working class to the capitalist state.
(2021-08-23). ALBA Movements Warns About Coup Plot Against Pedro Castillo. telesurenglish.net The Continental Articulation of Social and Popular Movements towards ALBA (ALBA Movements) warned on Monday about a coup against Peruvian president Pedro Castillo. The organization represents over 400 social movements in 25 countries of the region. | RELATED: | "From ALBA Movements, we denounce the Peruvian right and its insistence on ignoring the popular majorities of this sister country," the group said in a statement noticing that attempts to oust Castillo started the day he was elected president.
(2021-08-23). ALBA Movements Issue Alert Over Coup Attempt In Peru. popularresistance.org ALBA Movimientos is issuing an alert of a coup underway against the government of Pedro Castillo in Peru and is calling for international solidarity, saying, the removal of Héctor Bejar from the Foreign Ministry, just two weeks into government, "is a clear sign of the coup in progress in its political & military facet and expresses the linkage of right-wing parties with fascist sectors of the human rights violations [of past decades]".
(2021-08-23). Venezuela Advances in COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Plan. orinocotribune.com 
The Executive Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, reported that the Venezuelan government is carrying out the Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Plan to achieve the goal of 70% immunization, during a supervision of the Mission System and large missions in the 23 de Enero parish in Caracas. She explained, "We all have to take care of ourselves. This is a call to conscience to avoid an unbridled wave of COVID-19 infections by taking care of ourselves and wearing our masks." | She reminded people that in the Capital District, specifically in the Caricuao parish, a case of the Delta variant was detected, which is wh…
(2021-08-23). Alex Saab's Letter: No retreat, No surrender! workers.org 
The Venezuelan Special Envoy to Iran, Alex Saab, reiterated his call for justice, through a letter received through his lawyers, one day before the case was to be heard again in the Constitutional Court of Cape Verde on August 13. A call for liberty for illegally arrested Venezuelan diplomat Alex . . . |
(2021-08-23). Venezuela: Satellites, Space Activities and the Anti-Imperialist Struggle. orinocotribune.com By Estevan Hernandez — Aug 17, 2021 | The following article was written following a Party for Socialism and Liberation delegation to the recently held Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples of the World held in Caracas, Venezuela. The delegation participated in a tour of the Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities center in Caracas (ABAE). | After much investment, determination, and assistance from other countries, particularly China, Venezuela now manages the Simon Bolivar, Miranda and Sucre satellites. The technological advancements and the space program are a massive achievement necessary for formerly-coloni…
(2021-08-23). The Inter-Parliamentary Union Visits Venezuela. telesurenglish.net In response to an official invitation made in April, a mission from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), headed by its President Duarte Pacheco, arrived in Caracas to meet with Venezuelan lawmakers and other political actors. | RELATED: | This mission is expected to make recommendations to its governing bodies on "how the IPU can contribute to the overall efforts to resolve the political crisis in Venezuela in a s…
(2021-08-23). U.S. Interventionism in Venezuela. Elliott Abrams: If Opposition Decides to Reform or Eliminate the '[ Juan Guaidó ] Interim Government,' We Must Support It. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-23). Chainanalysis: Venezuela Leads Latin America in Cryptocurrency Trading. venezuelanalysis.com Locals are increasingly switching to P2P methods to bypass inflation, cash shortages and low wages, as well as Washington's blockade.
(2021-08-23). Foreign Minister Plasencia receives Copies of Credentials from the designated Ambassador of the Kingdom of Tonga. mppre.gob.ve The People's Power Minister for Foreign Relations, Félix Plasencia, received this Monday the Copies of Credentials from the designated ambassador of the Kingdom of Tonga, Viliami Va'inga Tone, concurrent to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela from New York City, United States, where since 2018 he has been the permanent representative of his country before the […] | La entrada