Daily Archives: October 1, 2021

2021-10-01: News Headlines

Ed Rampell (2021-10-01). Imperialist Imbecility: The Man Who Shot Salvador Allende? counterpunch.org This is the world premiere of Our Man in Santiago — well, almost. According to director Charlie Mount, there were actually two performances of Santiago in March 2020, when the you-know-what shut Theatre West (along with just about everything else) down. Playwright Mark Wilding's wild take on the 1973 coup in Chile finally debuted Sept.

teleSUR, pha, JGN (2021-10-01). La Caravana de la Muerte en Chile: inicio de la era del terror. telesurtv.net

teleSUR- lvm, JL (2021-10-01). Alertan por pérdida de área de la Amazonía equivalente a Chile. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a la investigación, Brasil tuvo un 19 por ciento de área devastada del territorio amazónico.

teleSUR, JL (2021-10-01). Pdte. Maduro denuncia infiltración de grupos terroristas colombianos conocidos como Tancol. telesurtv.net "La oligarquía colombiana tiene como propósito infiltrar en nuestro país grupos terroristas, narcotraficantes armados", acusó el mandatario.

teleSUR -him, JL (2021-10-01). Indígenas se concentran en Bogotá tras desplazamientos masivos. telesurtv.net Las comunidades indígenas exigen al Gobierno de Iván Duque políticas públicas inclusivas y seguridad para retornar a sus tierras.

sputniknews (2021-10-01). Alleged US Plot to Kill Assange: Activists Ask PM Morrison If They Were on 'Speculative Kill Lists'. sputniknews.com On Sunday, Yahoo News claimed that Trump administration and CIA officials plotted to kidnap or assassinate Julian Assange while he was hiding in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in 2017.

Eve Ottenberg (2021-10-01). Empire's Sometime Handmaidens: Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. counterpunch.org Chevron's malfeasance in Lago Agrio, Ecuador upended people's lives. Pristine wilderness polluted with hundreds of oil pits. A plague of cancer on Indigenous children. Rivers filled with toxic chemicals. An international uproar and court case, in which Chevron set new records for playing dirty. And where, you may ask is Human Rights Watch on this

teleSUR, JGN (2021-10-01). Policía reprime a campesinos e indígenas en Paraguay. telesurtv.net Organizaciones campesinas e indígenas afirman que la nueva ley busca criminalizar la lucha por el derecho a la tierra.

Asad Ismi (2021-10-01). Pedro Castillo and the Failure of Neoliberalism in Peru. globalresearch.ca

Cole Stangler (2021-10-01). U.S. Sanctions Blamed as Venezuela Laments Frozen Order for Medicine. zcomm.org One of Portugal's largest banks is holding up a $12.7 million order to fund shipment of medical supplies and vaccines to Venezuela…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-10-01). The Imprint of an Insurrectional Past: A Conversation with Iraida Vargas and Mario Sanoja. libya360.wordpress.com Cira Pascual Marquina Mario Sanoja and Iraida Vargas (Escuela Venezolana de Planificación) Two eminent anthropologists talk about Venezuela's history and its relation to the present. Iraida Vargas and Mario Sanoja are not detached social scientists, indifferent to what they investigate. Instead, their work in anthropology and archeology is overtly engaged, seeking to link Venezuela's history…

Staff (2021-10-01). Antonio Ledezma Berates EU for Planned Electoral Observation Mission: 'Are You Going to Validate Fraud?'. orinocotribune.com After learning that the European Union will send an Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) to the regional and municipal elections scheduled for November 21, the far-right Venezuelan politician Antonio Ledezma laced into the EU's diplomatic chief, Josep Borrell, whom he rebuked for planning to "validate a fraud." | "What are scheduled for November 21 are fraudulent elections," said Ledezma. "What is this EU mission about? To see if 'El Diablo' (the Devil) is going to participate in a first communion? Because in Venezuela we are victims of a diabolical regime." Ledezma made the comments at a meeting of the People's P…

Staff (2021-10-01). El Aissami: Venezuela Won't Allow Robbery of CITGO & Monómeros. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's Minister for Oil, Tareck El Aissami, announced that Venezuela will not allow the planned theft of CITGO and Monómeros. The country will appeal to all the necessary authorities to recover and restore its rights to the assets of the Venezuelan people. | "We are advancing with the truth, and with vigor, to rescue our assets," he said. "Very soon we will see results, in favor of justice. We are invoking international law to halt this arbitrariness." | He criticized the intention of the Justice First [Primero Justicia] political party which, he explained, intends to "wash its hands and distance itself from…

Fabián Kovacic (2021-09-30). Argentina — Bajo su atenta mirada: La economía en el centro de la disputa política. globalizacion.ca Acusado por su propia vice de aplicar un ajuste demasiado duro en plena debacle pandémica, Alberto Fernández multiplica sus desafíos: kirchnerismo, empresarios, FMI y un 49 por ciento de pobreza. En medio del caos de versiones cruzadas sobre la suerte…

Daniel Campione (2021-09-30). Argentina — Gobierno "renovado": øMucho más de lo mismo? globalizacion.ca El nuevo gabinete está instalado y en movimiento, ni su ostentosa hiperactividad ni su pretensión de eficacia parece equivaler a una preocupación sincera por los intereses populares tan golpeados por la crisis en curso. | Instalados en sus cargos los nuevos…

teleSUR -him, JL (2021-09-30). Fuerza Especial pide capturar a exministro de facto boliviano. telesurtv.net La orden de aprehensión se sustenta en la ausencia del exministro de facto, José Luis Parada a prestar declaración por el caso FMI.

_____ (2021-09-30). Allow Humanitarian Aid To Reach Venezuela. popularresistance.org We are writing to you to urge Novo Banco to execute the transfer of a modest portion of the now technically unfrozen assets belonging to Bandes, the Venezuelan economic and social development bank, so they may be transferred directly to the Brazil-based Pan-American Health Organisation to pay for vaccines and medicines for infants in Venezuela. | Bandes informed us that they submitted this request to Novo Banco on 22nd July and have yet to receive a response. At this point in time there is no legal or extralegal obstacle that would preclude a Portuguese bank from making a transfer of Bandes' own funds in Brazilia…

Staff (2021-09-30). President Maduro Approves Funding to Complete Infrastructure Projects Abandoned by Odebrecht. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, September 28 the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, approved financing to restore railway projects abandoned by Odebrecht within the framework of the Great Venezuela Transportation Mission. | The giant Brazilian construction company Odebrecht paralyzed projects in different part of the world, evading hundred of millions of dollars in contracts, as a result of the complex corruption scheme unveiled by the Panama Papers in 2017. It involved more than 10 countries including Venezuela. In the case of Venezuela, despite great media fanfare, the only politician revealed to have connections with the sca…

teleSUR, JCM (2021-09-30). México dará refugio a 13 mil migrantes haitianos. telesurtv.net La mayoría de migrantes haitianos que llegaron a México provenía de Chile y Brasil.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-30). Ecuador declares state of emergency in prisons after over a hundred killed in riots. peoplesdispatch.org At least 116 inmates were killed in the latest prison riot in Ecuador on September 28 and around 80 were gravely injured. The violent confrontation was the bloodiest massacre in the prison system of the country…

teleSUR -him, JL (2021-09-30). Pdte. de Ecuador dicta estado de excepción a sistema carcelario. telesurtv.net Lasso declaró el estado de excepción por 60 días e instó a todos los entes policiales a tomar acciones en favor de reestablecer el orden en las penitenciarías.

Staff (2021-09-30). Headlines for September 30, 2021. democracynow.org As Government Shutdown Looms, Biden's Legislative Agenda Hangs in the Balance, Second Alaska Hospital to Ration Care Amid Surge in Unvaccinated COVID Patients, YouTube to Ban Anti-Vaccine Misinformation, CDC Urges Pregnant People to Get Vaccinated, Protesters Target Moderna CEO and Top Biden Aide, Demanding Vaccine Equity , U.N. Warns Tigray Blockade Leading to Famine, Dire Medical Shortages for Millions, Pentagon Knew U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul Missed Target, Hit Civilians Weeks Before Public Admission, Ecuador Prison Riot Claims 116 Lives , North Korea Says It Tested New Hypersonic Missile, La Palma Residents L…

teleSUR, JCM (2021-09-30). Fiscalía de Ecuador investiga masacre en penal de Guayas. telesurtv.net Son 35 los reos asesinados y 50 los heridos en la penitenciaría del Litoral, Guayaquil.

Rodolfo Bueno (2021-09-30). Al fin, Estados Unidos superó a Ecuador. globalizacion.ca El historial político del Ecuador siempre fue anecdótico, por decirlo en términos benignos, o cantinflesco, en términos peyorativos; para muestra basta un botón. En 1960, el Dr. José María Velasco Ibarra no sólo que ganó la elección presidencial sino que…

Staff (2021-09-30). 21N: Venezuela's CNE Signs Agreement with EU for Electoral Observation Mission. orinocotribune.com According to the CNE, the EU observation mission will respect the national legal framework during the regional elections in Venezuela. | The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela signed an agreement with the European Union (EU) on Wednesday, September 29, in which the European body agreed to send an international mission of observers for the regional and municipal elections to be held on November 21 in the South American country. | "The document highlights that the European Union Electoral Observation Mission (EU-EOM) and its members will maintain strict conduct of impartiality, objectivity, independence…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2021-09-30). EU To Send Observation Mission to Venezuela for Regional Elections. venezuelanalysis.com The EU mission, the first since 2006, is a step towards total normalization of relations between Caracas and Brussels after years of tension.

Joe Emersberger (2021-09-30). The Media Myth of 'Once Prosperous' and Democratic Venezuela Before Chávez. zcomm.org The following piece is adapted from the authors' new book, Extraordinary Threat: The US Empire, the Media and 20 Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela, published by Monthly Review Press.

Staff (2021-09-30). Venezuela's 17th International Book Fair (FILVEN): Registration Deadline Extended Until October 5. orinocotribune.com Through the National Book Center (Cenal), Venezuela's Ministry for Culture (MPPC) extended until October 5 the call for the registration of exhibitors, academic, and literary activities for the 17th International Book Fair of Venezuela (FILVEN), to be held from November 4 to 14, 2021, under the slogan "Read Independence." | The call is addressed to publishers, distributors, bookstores, companies, or entities related to the book publishing, cultural, or educational sectors, national and international literary agents, and any activity that is linked to the world of books and the publishing sector, which will be abl…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-09-30). New Chapter in Stormy 21N Opposition Electoral Battle: Lara State (Marquina vs. Florido). orinocotribune.com A new chapter was written this week in the turbulent chronicle of frequent clashes between factions of the Venezuelan opposition. The most recent tensions occurred in the ongoing competition for nominations to the candidacy of governorships and mayoralties among right-wing politicians, this time in Lara state. | The spat involved Alfonso Marquina and Luis Florido, as the former expressed his annoyance on social media networks at what he considered the imposition of the latter by the self-styled Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), which brings together several opposition parties. … Yo pedí una explicación y rec…

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