(2021-09-26). Chile is Taking the Final Steps of Dismantling Dictatorship. zcomm.org Ariel Dorfman delivered these remarks at the 45th anniversary Letelier-Moffitt Memorial Program on September 19, 2021…
(2021-09-26). Smoke and Ruins: Deep Time in Paquimé. counterpunch.org 
Entry into underground chamber, Paquimé complex. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. | The town is Nuevo Casa Grande in the Chihuahua province of northern Mexico, 100 miles or so southwest of El Paso. It is an old place with a new name. We are sitting outside a dusty cantina made of mud the color of salmon flesh. The finger traces of its builders streak the walls. The window and door frames are turquoise, the paint peeling off in blue scales. | The waitress has left us dark bottles of home-brewed beer and basket of chile peppers, poblanos and serranos, little green sticks of dynamite. We eat them until our mouths are en…
(2021-09-25). Facebook Finances Propaganda for and Against Certain Politicians. orinocotribune.com Facebook used its News Innovation Test program to support Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's election campaign in the recent federal elections in Canada. In July 2021, Facebook signed a support agreement with Canadian media companies Black Press Media and Glacier Media and with national newspaper The Globe and Mail. | Facebook distributed a total of $8 million among 14 Canadian outlets that participated in the program. | In Argentina in August 2021, Facebook signed an agreement with more than 150 national and local circulation newspapers, supposedly to guarantee that Argentine President Alberto Fernández co…
(2021-09-25). Pdte. de Bolivia reafirma su rechazo a las políticas del FMI. telesurtv.net El presidente aseveró que el entonces Gobierno de facto pretendía endeudar al país con el organismo monetarista.
(2021-09-25). Child Labor is Growing: Which Side Are Democracies On? juancole.com ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) — This is the Year for the Elimination of Child Labor. What can democracies do to make this a reality? By Timothy Ryan | September 23, 2021 Two years ago, when Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro favorably promoted the idea of labor for children as young as eight or nine, …
(2021-09-25). The Heat: Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. america.cgtn.com 
He rose from the working class to the top office, serving as the president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010. Now, the man, affectionately known as Lula, is considering another presidential run.
(2021-09-25). Brazil's Bolsonaro attacks socialism and COVID-19 lockdowns at UN. wsws.org Bolsonaro praised the recent fascistic demonstrations in Brazil and defended his criminal "herd immunity" policy that has caused nearly 600,000 COVID-19 deaths.
(2021-09-25). Australia Played a Key Role in Chile's 1973 Coup, Chilean Exiles Are Demanding an Apology. orinocotribune.com By Carole Concha Bell — Sep 21, 2021 | Newly declassified documents reveal that Australia helped the US overthrow Chile's democratically elected socialist government and install the brutal Augusto Pinochet regime. Chilean exiles in Australia are demanding an apology. | In an open
(2021-09-25). 'Absent State', LGTBI+ Community Activists Yell in Uruguay. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Hundreds of activists took to the streets in Uruguay to celebrate the traditional March for Diversity to defend the LGTBI+ community's rights in this South American nation. | RELATED: | Under heavy rain and chanting, thousands of people marched from the Libertador and Paysandu avenues to 1ro de Mayo square in the capital Montevideo. | This parade was promoted under the slogan "Absent State" to make visible…
(2021-09-25). Venezuelan Government and Opposition Resume Mexico Talks Today — 3rd Round. orinocotribune.com 
The objective of the dialogues is to reach agreements that would return Venezuela's extremist opposition to the democratic process, and the lifting of economic sanctions. | The delegations from the Venezuelan government and the opposition meet again this Friday, September 24 for the third round of dialogues in the Mexican capital, with the mediation of the Norway, know as the Mexico Talks. | The head of the government delegation, Jorge Rodríguez, declared that this new round of discussions will focus on Venezuela's request for the return of the assets stolen from the South American country and held in bank accoun…
(2021-09-25). Latin America Challenges Neocolonial OAS, and US Hegemony, at Historic CELAC Summit. orinocotribune.com 
By Ben Norton — Sep 22, 2021 | The presidents of Venezuela and Cuba joined leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean in a CELAC summit in Mexico, challenging US unilateralism and the neocolonial OAS. | Mexico hosted a historic summit of CELAC, the Community of Latin American and the Caribbean States, on September 18. | It was an important example of Latin America's gradual move away from the Organization of American States (OAS), a neocolonial proxy of Washington, by instead strengthening regional institutions that exclude the United States and Canada. | The summit revived a multilateral organizati…
(2021-09-25). Venezuela: Opposition Leader Guaidó Under Fire Over Alleged $1.3 Billion Settlement. venezuelanalysis.com Multinational corporations look to collect on arbitration awards as the US-backed opposition's management of foreign assets is increasingly challenged.
(2021-09-25). US Congress outlines new phase of economic attacks and hybrid war on Nicaragua's Sandinista government. thegrayzone.com The US Congress invited neoconservative regime-change strategists for a hearing to discuss the next stage of hybrid warfare on Nicaragua's Sandinista government, which will likely involve creating an economic blockade, refusing to recognize the legitimacy of President Daniel Ortega, and borrowing tactics the Trump administration used in its coup attempt in Venezuela. A House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on September 21 set out plans for the next phase of the United States' hybrid warfare on Nicaragua, which aims to destabilize …
(2021-09-25). Bolivarian Officials Arrive in Mexico to Talks With Opposition. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, a Venezuelan governmental delegation headed by Parliament's President Jorge Rodriguez arrived in Mexico where the third round of political talks with opposition sectors will take place. | RELATED: | Previously, President Nicolas Maduro demanded concrete advances in the negotiations, especially on the release of assets blocked abroad and the lifting of sanctions on the Bolivarian nation. | Rodriguez announced th…
(2021-09-25). Gobierno de Venezuela rechaza injerencia de EE.UU. en proceso de diálogo. telesurtv.net "El Gobierno Bolivariano jamás atenderá una agenda que intente imponer este personaje", apuntó Rodríguez.
(2021-09-25). New Phase Of Economic Attacks And Hybrid War On Nicaragua. popularresistance.org The US Congress Invited Neoconservative Regime-Change Strategists To Discuss The Next Stage Of Hybrid Warfare On Nicaragua's Sandinista Government, Which Will Likely Involve Creating An Economic Blockade, Refusing To Recognize The Legitimacy Of President Daniel Ortega, And Borrowing Tactics The Trump Administration Used In Its Coup Attempt In Venezuela.
(2021-09-25). US says to continue imposing sanctions on Iran, Venezuela. en.mehrnews.com In its reaction to a report of oil cooperation between Tehran and Caracas, US Department of Treasury said that Washington would continue to impose sanctions on Islamic Republic of Iran and Venezuela.