(2021-09-09). What United Us Was Empathy: Community Organizations Help Tackle Hunger in Argentina. libya360.wordpress.com Julián Inzaugarat, Ana Dagorret Children's Day in Villa del Parque, Luján, organized by the people's organizations. Photo: Victoria Nordenstahl The pandemic brought with it more inequality and injustice. Grassroots movements responded with solidarity and organization and food for those who were struggling What will the world be like when we emerge from the pandemic? Will we…
(2021-09-09). Bolsonaro's coup plots in Brazil, under the shadow of January 6. wsws.org The Brazilian and international media's recognition of the imminent threat of a coup is unprecedented in the 35 years since the fall of the US-backed military regime.
(2021-09-09). Colombia: NATO's foothold in Latin America. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deputy Secretary General meets Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister On Thursday (9 September 2021), NATO's Deputy Secretary General Mircea GeoanƒÉ met Vice President and Foreign Minister of Colombia Marta Lucía Ramírez de Rincón, and discussed the deepening of bilateral cooperation between Colombia and NATO. Colombia and NATO will agree a new partnership programme in …
(2021-09-09). President Maduro Responds to "Leftists" Criticizing Mexico Talks. orinocotribune.com Dialogue, instead of violence, is the only way that will resolve political differences and promote a new stage of economic, political and social well-being of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, said President Nicolás Maduro this Wednesday, September 8, in support of the Mexico Talks. | He expressed this opinion during a working meeting with the economic cabinet, reiterating the willingness of the Bolivarian Revolution to continue with the dialogues between the government and sectors of the opposition, taking place in Mexico. There have already been two rounds of dialogue, and the talks will resume on September…
(2021-09-09). CNE Signs Observation Agreement with Electoral Experts from Latin America (CEELA). orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, September 8, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) and the Latin American Council of Electoral Experts (CEELA) signed an agreement to formalize the deployment of a delegation of electoral observers to the regional and municipal "mega"-elections to be held on November 21. | "It is a reason for joy and contentment, to feel that we are accompanied by you (CEELA), that your wisdom and experience guide us in this complex, difficult, and important task of carrying out an electoral process, which in Venezuela is of enormous significance," said Pedro Calzadilla, president of the electoral body. | I…
(2021-09-09). Yulimar Rojas Goes for Historic Leap to Secure Her First Diamond League. orinocotribune.com 
One month and one week after having broken the world record for open sky triple jumping, and winning the first Olympic gold by a Venezuelan woman with a mark of 15.67 m at Tokyo 2020, this Thursday, September 9 at 1: 40 p.m. (VE) Yulimar Rojas will attempt a new leap to secure her first Diamond League Trophy. With her participation in this competition she will entertain the possibility of breaking her own records and exceeding the 16-meter mark in the grand final of the tournament in Zurich. | "I have had a sensational year, full of marks above 15 meters that have given me a consistency that I needed to achieve my…
(2021-09-08). South-North Solidarity: Venezuelan Kraft Food Workers Hail US Strike Against TNC. orinocotribune.com In one of the biggest recent private sector strikes in the US, unionized workers who make Oreos, Chips Ahoy!, Newtons and other Nabisco snacks are on strike in at least five states — Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, and Virginia — over unjust demands for contract concessions. | Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union have rejected management's call for changes in shift lengths and overtime rules. The workers are also calling for the restoration of a pension plan, which Nabisco's owner, Mondelez International, replaced in 2018 with a 401(k) program after a cont…
(2021-09-08). Mexico's Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion in landmark ruling and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the landmark ruling issued by Mexico's Supreme Court to decriminalize abortion services; the indictments announced against 14 Palestinian security officers for the custodial killing of activist Nizar Banat; counter-protests organized across Brazil against rallies held by far right President Jair Bolsonaro; parliamentary elections in Morocco amid continued demands for political and democratic reforms; and a recent study on mask-wearing conducted in Bangladesh and the urgent changes needed in the public health response to COVID-19.
(2021-09-08). Brazil: Over 4,000 Participate in National March of Indigenous Women. libya360.wordpress.com Photo: Andressa Zumpano/CPT NacionalPhoto: Andressa Zumpano/CPT Nacional Participants of the II Indigenous Women's March follow the trial of the "Temporary Framework" in Brasília. This Wednesday 8th, the trial continues in the Federal Supreme Court (TSF) to decide on the "Temporary Framework" to establish the legal limit on the demarcation of indigenous lands. More than four…
(2021-09-08). Headlines for September 8, 2021. democracynow.org Taliban Announces Acting Gov't as Protests Take Place Across Afghanistan, 75% of U.S. Adults Partially Vaccinated; Quarter of New Cases Are Children Amid Delta Surge, New Zealand Eases Restrictions; Cuba Rolls Out Vaccines for Children as Young as 2, Pro- and Anti-Bolsonaro Protesters Rally on Brazil's Independence Day, Gov. Abbott Claims He Will "Eliminate Rapists" as He Signs Voter Restriction Bill into Law, Biden Warns of Existential Threat of Climate Change as He Visits NY and NJ in Ida's Wake, Global Coalition Calls on U.N. to Postpone November Climate Talks Amid Pandemic, Vaccine Inequity, Mexico's Top Cour…
(2021-09-08). Argentina Hosts Latin American Climate Change Summit. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez inaugurated the Latin American Summit on Climate Change, in which regional leaders will discuss common strategies to protect the environment and guarantee sustainable economic development. | RELATED: | "Now is the time to act. Planetary destruction is not going to stop unless all governments adopt a new development paradigm," Fernandez stated and advanced that…
(2021-09-08). President of Argentina Calls for Environmental Social Justice. telesurenglish.net The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, pointed out at the Latin American climate change summit that the world needs environmental social justice and said that "the clock on climate change will not stop unless we all do something together." | RELATED: | At the opening of the Latin American summit on climate change entitled "High-level Dialogue on Climate Action in the Americas," organized by Argentina, the president invited th…
(2021-09-08). Argentina — Sobre la posibilidad de obligar a abortar. globalizacion.ca øEs posible obligar a una mujer a abortar? La pregunta es necesaria, cuando en Salta, una de las provincias conocidas por su extensa militancia antiderechos y su raigambre católica conservadora, se denunció a una médica residente del Hospital de Tartagal,…
(2021-09-08). Bolivia: General Montero Arrested for Senkata Massacre. telesurenglish.net Former Commander-General of the Bolivian Police Rodolfo Montero was arrested on Tuesday after giving his statement about the episodes of violence occurred in the Senkata massacre on Nov. 19, 2019. | Related: | "The Public Prosecutor's Office has determined the arrest of the former Commander of the Bolivian Police, Rodolfo Montero, for the crimes of genocide, homicide, and serious injuries in relation to the Senkata…
(2021-09-08). September 7th: The Greatest Crime. popularresistance.org Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro just appropriated Brazil's September 7, Independence Day holiday for his own political purposes. | If he had appropriated Rio's Cristo Redentor statue or Petrobras state petroleum company, the crime would have been less egregious. | September 7th is supposed to be a great civic festival that includes all Brazilians, regardless of party colors or ideological preferences. But this year, it will will be an exclusive manifestation of the bolsonaristas in support of their "Myth" and, even worse, in defiance of or even attacking democratic institutions. | There are a lot of warnings a…
(2021-09-08). Bolsonaro rehearses fascistic coup on Brazil's Independence Day. wsws.org The September 7 demonstrations were a high point of a dictatorial turn advanced ever more frantically by Bolsonaro.
(2021-09-08). BRICS' Influence Grows as Three New Members Join the New Development Bank. strategic-culture.org By Paul ANTONOPOULOS | The New Development Bank (NDB) was created by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) in 2015. The BRICS bank, as it is more commonly known, invests mainly in developing economies in areas such as transportation, water and sanitation, clean energy, digital infrastructure, social infrastructure and urban development. On September 2, NDB President Marcos Troyjo announced that the United Arab Emirates, Uruguay and Bangladesh were the first members of the bank's expansion. | "New members will have in NDB a platform to foster their cooperation in infrastructure and sustainable deve…
(2021-09-08). On Brazil's independence day, hundreds of thousands defended democracy. peoplesdispatch.org The 'Cry of the Excluded' also mobilized people in defense of national sovereignty and against the favoring of the interests of the ruling class, companies and banks over the well-being of the people.
(2021-09-08). Chile to Vaccinate Kids 6 to 11 Against COVID-19. telesurenglish.net Chile will resume its vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) next week by vaccinating adolescents aged 14 to 17, and children aged 6 to 11 with underlying medical conditions, Deputy Minister of Public Health Paula Daza said Wednesday. | RELATED: | "Between Monday, Sept. 13 and Thursday, Sept. 16, all adolescents between 14 and 17 years of age can be vaccinated at the Cesfams (Family Health…
(2021-09-08). Chile: Agricultural Emergency Declared in Biobio and àëuble. telesurenglish.net Chile's Agriculture Minister Maria Undurraga on Tuesday declared "agricultural emergency" in 54 municipalities at the àëuble y Biobio regions. | Related: | Taken in preparation for the summer, the decision allows these municipalities to access a US$11-million emergency fund, which is designed to alleviate production-related damages caused by water stress. | Although drought has been affecting àëuble and B…
(2021-09-08). Elisa Loncon, President of the Constitutional Convention: "Chile Will Never Go Back to the Way it Was" libya360.wordpress.com Meritxell Freixas For the last two months, the Mapuche Elisa Loncon, 58 years old, has presided over the constituent assembly in charge of writing the new Magna Carta that will replace the current text, drafted in 1980, under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). She was elected with 96 of the 155 votes of the…
(2021-09-08). °Despierta Chile! Todo el poder a la convención. globalizacion.ca Una vez más la fronda oligárquica está embolinando la perdiz. Pretende restar prestigio y autoridad moral a la Convención Constitucional. Sin embargo, ella es la última esperanza de un cambio pacífico y democrático que ponga al país en la senda…
(2021-09-08). Colombian Congress Approves President Duque's New Tax Reform. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Senate and House of Representatives passed President Ivan Duque's "Social Investment Law," which is a tax reform that aims to raise some USD4 billion in taxes. | RELATED: | With 76 votes in favor and one against, the Senate approved a bill that supposedly would allow the far-right administration to grant aid to 50 percent of the population affected by the pandemic. Since the bill did not really serve…
(2021-09-08). Iván Duque Attacks Dialogue Between Venezuelan Government and Opposition (Monomeros). orinocotribune.com 
On Tuesday, September 7, Colombian President Iván Duque, one of the main allies of the extreme-right wing led by former deputy Juan Guaidó in Venezuela, lashed out against the partial agreements signed by the Venezuelan government and the extreme right opposition in the dialogue process that was held until Monday in Mexico. | In this regard, the Colombian president, referring to the issue through a couple of messages on his Twitter account, insisted on disqualifying the talks and reiterated his accusations against "the dictatorship" of Nicolás Maduro, as he usually calls the Venezuelan government. | Hours before…
(2021-09-08). Venezuela Denounces Assault on Monómeros by Colombia's Superintendency. orinocotribune.com 
On Tuesday, September 7, the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela denounced the flagrant assault on the company Monómeros, an asset of the Venezuelan State in Colombia, by Colombia's Superintendency of Corporations (SCC). | This was informed by Freddy àëañez, Venezuelan vice president of Communication, Culture and Tourism. | #COMUNICADO El Gobierno de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, denuncia que la Superintendencia de Sociedades de Colombia, ha asaltado de manera flagrante, un activo del Estado | venezolano, como es el caso de la empresa Monómeros. | Lea Aquí (2021-09-08). JEP de Colombia llama a diez militares por falsos positivos. telesurtv.net Los exoficiales tendrán que dar su versión sobre ejecuciones extrajudiciales en Huila entre 2005 y 2009.
(2021-09-08). Rebuilding Latin America's Economies: Interview with Andrés Arauz. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News We spoke to Andrés Arauz, former Presidential candidate in Ecuador for the Revolución Ciudadana (Citizens' Revolution). Andrés won the first round, with an advantage of more than 10 points over second place candidate, the neoliberal banker Guillermo Lasso. However, many liberal voters who backed third place Yaku Perez in the first round, cast…
(2021-09-08). How Chevron Used the Legal System and the FBI to Target Whistle-Blowing Lawyer Steven Donziger. scheerpost.com Human rights attorney Steven Donziger has now been under house arrest in his New York City apartment for two years. The reason for his detainment, as Lee Camp puts it in this clip from "Redacted Tonight," is that Donziger made it his business to hold Chevron accountable for how the Big Oil megacorp "harmed, sickened and killed tens of thousands in Ecuador" and tried to avoid paying "billions of dollars" in restitutions. | Donziger's battle against American oil companies and on behalf of indigenous communities and farmers in Ecuador spans nearly three decades. He was part of an international legal team that…
(2021-09-08). Cape Verde Constitutional Court Approves Extradition of Venezuelan Envoy Alex Saab. venezuelanalysis.com A member of Saab's legal team said the "matter was not closed" and the defense would continue to fight to stop his extradition.
(2021-09-08). 21N Regional Elections: Diosdado Cabello Presents Report on Chavismo Nominations — Eduardo Samán Excluded. orinocotribune.com At a press conference on Monday, September 6, Diosdado Cabello, first vice-president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), reported that 183,806 persons were nominated by the party's bases to be candidacies for the regional elections of November 21. In this regard, he explained that all the candidacies of the Great Simón Bolívar Patriotic Pole (GPP) have already been registered with the National Electoral Council (CNE). | "All the nominated candidates of the Great Patriotic Pole are already registered, in all governorates, in all municipalities and in all municipal councils," informed Cabello. | Yout…
(2021-09-08). Cape Verde Constitutional Court Green-Lights Saab Extradition to the US. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, September 7, Cape Verde's Constitutional Court ruled that the extradition of Venezuelan diplomatic envoy Alex Saab to the US is constitutional. Washington has asked for the extradition under pretenses of alleged money laundering crimes. | The constitutional court, which is the highest judicial instance of Cape Verde, the country where Saab has been detained since June 2020 at the request of the United States, deemed the appeal filed by the defense against the alleged unconstitutionality of Saab's arrest and extradition as "inadmissible." | The Constitutional Court published a 194-page resolution on it…
(2021-09-08). Latin American Experts to Observe the Venezuelan Elections. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) signed an agreement with the Latin American Council of Electoral Experts (CEELA) for its members to be international observers of the Nov. 21 subnational elections. | RELATED: | "These elections are of great importance since they are part of a political understanding process that is taking place in our country to promote peace. It is reassuring to feel that…
(2021-09-08). Following Long Delay, First Batch of COVAX Vaccines Arrive in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
Early this morning, the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from the controversial United Nations COVAX initiative arrived in Venezuela, reported the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Health Organization's (WHO) regional office for the Americas. | This first shipment of COVID vaccines consists of 693,600 doses of China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine, which are included on the WHO emergency use list, and represents barely 6% of the total of vaccines paid for by the Venezuelan government. | "The vaccines were purchased through the Revolving Fund of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) with the count…
(2021-09-08). Venezuela on the Path to Political Consensus. orinocotribune.com As of September 3, the government of President Nicolás Maduro has resumed talks with the Venezuelan opposition to reach a consensus, demand an end to the sanctions imposed by the United States and other Western powers, establish an electoral timetable and build a Venezuela for all. | The eyes of the world are on Mexico, the neutral ground where this new round of talks, which began on August 13, is taking place behind closed doors and without press access. | Already on more than one occasion, the government representative in the talks, Jorge Rodríguez, has urged the international community to stop "threatening and…