Daily Archives: October 7, 2021

2021-10-07: News Headlines

Ben Dangl (2021-10-07). On rituals and revolutions in the mines of Bolivia. zcomm.org The rituals and celebrations of Bolivia's miners created spaces for radical organizing and helped build solidarity during the 1952 National Revolution…

Miya Tada (2021-10-07). FILM SCREENING | IT WAS A COUP. peoplesforum.org Join us at The People's Forum for a film screening of It Was A Coup! This is a free, educational program, however, in order to maintain a safe capacity level, we ask that you leave a $6 deposit to reserve your participation. You will be refunded your deposit upon arrival or if you cancel. Please have your confirmation email ready when you arrive. | About "IT WAS A COUP" | It Was A Coup is a feature film that documents the coup in Bolivia, the role of Mexican diplomacy in its defense of asylum and the crimes against humanity during the de facto government of Añez in Bolivia. Unpublished information on the Mexican…

teleSUR, JDO, JCM (2021-10-07). Evo Morales asegura que pueblo boliviano derrotará a golpistas. telesurtv.net Denunció que los llamados dirigentes cívicos procuran desestabilizar y quedar impunes tras violar los DD.HH.

Editor2 (2021-10-07). Peru: "Agrarian Reform" Without Changing the Structure of Land Ownership and Tenure. orinocotribune.com By Ollantay Itzamná — Oct 4, 2021 | On Sunday, October 3, in the emblematic Andean city of Cusco, the President of bicentennial Peru, Pedro Castillo, proclaimed what he promised during his electoral campaign: The second agrarian reform for Peru. | What does an agrarian reform consist of? | Agrarian reform consists of the redistribution of land ownership and tenure, complemented with public policies (technical and financial assistance, market creation, etc.) that guarantee rural "development". Agrarian reform, in order to be such, must change the structure of land ownership and tenure. | The 1969 agrarian ref…

teleSUR, lvm, JL (2021-10-07). Fiscalía peruana denuncia a policías por represión en 2020. telesurtv.net Fiscalía formalizó denuncia penal contra 11 oficiales de la Policía por la presunta comisión de los delitos de homicidio agravado y otros.

teleSUR -JCM (2021-10-07). Comunidades indígenas en el norte de Perú toman oleoducto. telesurtv.net Los líderes demandan la presencia del presidente Pedro Castillo para que asuma un compromiso con las organizaciones indígenas.

Staff (2021-10-07). Venezuela's CNE: Carter Center to Witness Sunday's Mock Election — 21N Regional Elections. orinocotribune.com A delegation from the Carter Center which is already in Venezuela, will witness the mock election that the National Electoral Council (CNE) will carry out this Sunday, October 10, and will evaluate possible participation as an observer organization in the regional and municipal elections scheduled for November 21, announced on of the rectors of that electoral body, Roberto Picón. | "At this moment there is a team from the Carter Center visiting Venezuela," said Picón in an interview on the local radio station Unión Radio. "We have met with them on a couple of occasions, they will be there during the drill and the…

teleSUR, jaa, JL (2021-10-06). Cámara confirma acusación a pdte. de Chile por Pandora Papers. telesurtv.net Se estima que la fortuna de Sebastián Piñera está sobre los 3000 millones de dólares.

teleSUR, him, JL (2021-10-06). Exfuncionarios de facto en Bolivia involucrados en Pandora Papers. telesurtv.net La investigación devela que 293 ciudadanos bolivianos están vinculados a 130 cuentas offshore, en cinco paraísos fiscales diferentes.

teleSUR, JDO, JCM (2021-10-06). Por caso de Papeles de Pandora citan a funcionarios colombianos. telesurtv.net Al menos 588 nombres de personas naturales y jurídicas de Colombia figuran como dueños reales de sociedades offshore.

scorinoco (2021-10-06). 'Fora Bolsonaro': Massive Protests in Brazil Call for President's Impeachment. orinocotribune.com Similar to the resistance against the dictatorship, a dozen parties together with unions and social movements participated on Saturday, October 2, in mobilizations throughout Brazil in which the dominant slogan was "Fora Bolsonaro" (Bolsonaro out), together with other slogans on the socio-economic crisis and corruption. | Broad support | A fact: this day of struggle also achieved the support (although they did not participate in the organization) of conservative groups that had kept their distance from the rallies carried out since the end of May by the democratic-popular camp. | For some, what happened this Satu…

Staff (2021-10-06). Protest Against Construction of US Base in Neuquén, Argentina. orinocotribune.com About 60 organizations marched against the construction of a US base in Neuquén, Argentina. | On September 30, a protest caravan, mobilized by a multisectoral grassroots movement against the installation of a so-called US "humanitarian base" in Neuquén city, marched to the proposed construction site of the US base. "No to the Yankee base in Neuquén" was the main slogan chanted by the demonstrators. | More than 60 Mapuche and human rights organizations plus workers unions and political parties constituted the multisectoral movement in Neuquén which commemorated Independence Day with an extensive caravan of over hu…

imperial.ac.uk (2021-10-06). Pandemic healthcare pressure linked to large number of COVID-19 deaths in Brazil. imperial.ac.uk Healthcare pressure together with inequities in healthcare capacity across Brazil drive high number of COVID-19 deaths.

José Luis Granados Ceja (2021-10-06). Venezuelan Victims of Xenophobic Attacks Return from Chile. venezuelanalysis.com The Maduro government has celebrated the return of migrants but has faced criticism for a lack of support to aid their resettlement inside Venezuela.

teleSUR, JL (2021-10-06). Denuncian asesinato de líder indígena en Cauca, Colombia. telesurtv.net Indepaz señala que en lo corrido del año se han asesinado 134 líderes sociales en Colombia.

teleSUR, JDO, JCM (2021-10-06). Víctimas repudian ejecuciones extrajudiciales en Colombia. telesurtv.net En la ciudad de Cali sesiona el Encuentro por la Verdad de Víctimas de Ejecuciones Extrajudiciales, donde se debate sobre los "falsos positivos".

Ana Perdigón (2021-10-06). Colombia-Venezuela Border Reopening: Commercial Exchange Resumes Successfully. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, October 5, commercial exchange at the Colombian-Venezuelan border was resumed as an economic reactivation measure for the Venezuelan state of Táchira and the Colombian department of Norte de Santander. | Venezuelan Deputy Minister of Commerce, Luis Villegas, announced that the commercial reopening on the Colombia-Venezuela border was a total success. | Villegas stressed that this measure would significantly boost the economy of the region, aiming to consolidate its economic stability. | @NicolasMaduro continúa la consolidación de la anhelada estabilidad económica!

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-06). US conditional aid to UN agency violates Palestinian right of return and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at protests in Gaza against a funding agreement between the U.S. and the UNRWA, a U.S. court ordering Indigenous people in Ecuador to pay the Chevron corporation's legal fees, and more…

teleSUR -him, JL (2021-10-06). Andrés Arauz: El pdte. ecuatoriano debe renunciar por evasión. telesurtv.net "No puede haber tratamiento diferenciado ni doble estándar, quien ha involucrado a su familia ha sido el propio Lasso involucrándolos en ese entramado de evasión", indicó Arauz.

_____ (2021-10-06). The Vindictive Empire Strikes Back, in Peru. strategic-culture.org There are hints that reliable imperial pawn Llosa is being cultivated as the new Latin American "elder statesman" who will be entrusted with whipping errant colleagues into line, Stephen Karganovic writes. | Not content with conning the gullible natives in Ecuador to elect its favoured candidate to the Presidency (assuming the vote was honest and Dominion had nothing to do with counting it) the empire is now focusing its resources to undermine, and if possible politically destroy, the recently elected government of Pedro Castillo in Peru. | The insistence of native peoples on acquiring a semblance of political in…

_____ (2021-10-06). 45th Anniversary Of Terrorist Bombing Of Cubana Flight 455. popularresistance.org Today marks 45 years since U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operatives carried out the terrorist bombing of Cubana de Aviación flight 455, a Cuban flight from Barbados to Jamaica. | 73 people were killed in the bombing attack on the flight which departed from Guyana, with destination to Havana, via the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Jamaica. | Various aviation agencies and the Cuban government determined that the airliner was blown up in midair with the detonation of two explosives which had been placed on the airplane, killing all passengers and crew members of the aircraft which plummeted in…

teleSUR, him, JL (2021-10-06). Fiscalía denuncia a expresidente peruano por presunto homicidio. telesurtv.net Los tres funcionarios están imputados por no reaccionar para evitar los fatídicos desenlaces de la desmedida represión policial en las protestas del 2020.

José González Vargas (2021-10-06). Three Free Must-Watch Documentaries on Venezuela. latinorebels.com These documentaries on the pre-Chavismo era in Venezuela -completely free and available on YouTube- offer important background information on the current political and economic crises in the South American nation.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-10-06). Venezuela and Iran: Alliances Under Siege. libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad A PDVSA worker waves an Iranian flag as the Iranian-flagged oil tanker Fortune docks at the El Palito refinery in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo state, Venezuela, May 25, 2020 (Photo: AFP). In 2009, President Hugo Chávez announced that he would sell 20 thousand barrels of gasoline per day to Iran, as a show of…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-10-06). Has Central Bank of Venezuela Been Able to Put the Brakes on Black Market Dollar? orinocotribune.com After the accelerated rise in the foreign currency black market in Venezuela during the last week, the price of the "parallel dollar" has fallen considerably at the start of this week as a result of certain measures taken by the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV). | The BCV, anticipating an attack against the bolívar in the midst of the monetary rebranding process implemented by the government of President Nicolás Maduro, proceeded to inject $50 million into the market. | While the country was preparing for the new monetary regimen to come into force, scheduled for Friday October 1, on September 30 the price of the…

teleSUR (2021-10-06). Venezuelan Socialists Start Pre-Campaign for November Elections. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro summoned the militants of the Great Simon Bolivar Patriotic Pole (GPPSB) to start a pre-campaign day on Thursday and get ready for the sub-national elections that will take place on November 21. | RELATED: | "On Oct. 7, when we remember nine years of the 2012 victory of Commander Hugo Chavez, we will start a GPPSB mobilization day in our country's 335 municipalities and 23 states,"

Roger Harris (2021-10-06). Forbes reveals why the U.S. Government is trying to extradite Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab. mronline.org The U.S. would far prefer to just quietly extradite Saab to Miami, use whatever means necessary to extract sensitive information from him, and then warehouse him in the world's largest prison system.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-10-06). Oslo Freedom Forum Regime Change Circus Hits Miami Beach. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Venezuelan terror leader Leopoldo Lopez and anti-Iran operative Masih Alinejad at the Oslo Freedom Forum in Miami. October 5, 2021. The world's most distinguished CIA pawns are mixing and mingling once again at the Oslo Freedom Forum in Miami Beach. Venezuelan terror leader Leopoldo Lopez and the main individual tasked with propagandizing for…

Roger Harris (2021-10-06). Forbes Reveals Why the US Government Is Trying to Extradite Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab. counterpunch.org Alex Saab is "the key that unlocks the Venezuelan monetary mystery—that is, how a country facing sanctions from the US, the UK and the European Union—is still able to export things like gold and oil…and really the only man who can actually explain how the country [Venezuela] survives today," according to Forbes. The US would

Staff (2021-10-06). Venezuela's CNE Approves International Observation Exceptions For 21N Mega-Elections & Meets with Carter Center. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan electoral authorities, through a resolution approved unanimously, decided to exceptionally admit and regulate the presence of foreign institutions and organizations qualifying as International Observers for the upcoming regional and municipal elections, scheduled for November 21. | The resolution confirms that the foreign institutions and organizations that accept the invitation by the CNE must adhere to the constitutional and legal principles that govern the Venezuelan legal system of elections, which are: respect for the sovereignty of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; not to interfere in the aff…

Morning Star (2021-10-06). Venezuelan government condemned for 'anti-communist' attack on PCV. peoplesworld.org Communists around the world are expressing solidarity with their sister party in Venezuela against what they described as political attacks and oppression in the run-up to local elections on Nov. 21. In an open letter, more than 25 communist parties (as of press time) condemned the decision of Venezuela's national electoral council to block Communist …

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