(2021-10-29). 'How to Prepare a Coup d'État'—the Latest Recipe of the Peruvian Right-Wing Parties. orinocotribune.com By Marcos Maranges — Oct 26, 2021 | This last week was one of the most tense since Pedro Castillo became Peru's president last May. The Congress, with a right-wing majority, is eager to disarm the executive branch so they can technically annul Castillo's electoral triumph over the extreme-right candidate Keiko Fujimori. | For those who do not follow the South American country's internal policies, this may seem like a last-minute move by right-wing sectors, but it is not. The coup was immediately set into motion once Castillo won the presidential runoff early this year. | The first step was to cast doubts ove…
(2021-10-29). Peru: Democracy under attack from right-wing forces. greenleft.org.au Pedro Castillo, leader of the left-wing Peru Libre party, was sworn in as Peru's president on July 28, reports Ben Radford. Since then, his government has faced a campaign of destabilisation from the right-wing opposition.
(2021-10-29). Campaign for Venezuela's 21N Regional Elections Begins: How Many Candidates are There? orinocotribune.com According to the schedule established by Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), the campaign for Venezuela's November 21 regional and municipal "mega-elections" officially began today. Venezuelans will select governors, mayors, city councilors, and regional legislators during the process. | It is an event that brings together almost 68,000 male and female candidates from the different opposition groups against 3,072 candidates nominated by the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP). This last alliance, that of Chavismo, has as its strength the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Venezuela's leading party since…
(2021-10-29). CNE President Meets with Head of EU Election Observation Mission. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, October 28, the president of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), Pedro Calzadilla, received Isabel Santos, head of the Election Observation Mission (EOM) of the European Union (EU), and Xabier Melián, Santos' attaché in the presidency of the team that will survey municipal and regional elections scheduled for November 21. | The meeting was reported by the electoral authority through its Twitter account, @cneesvzla, where it was explained that the meeting was the first point on Santos' agenda to define the details regarding the deployment of the mission during the upcoming electoral proces…
(2021-10-29). Blockade Against Venezuela Makes US Businesses Suffer: US Exports Dropped by 93% from 2012 to 2020. orinocotribune.com 
Nine months after Joe Biden's inauguration as the president of the United States, his government is at the center of international public opinion, with great expectations regarding its relations with Venezuela and different versions about the handling of illegal sanctions and the blockade affecting millions of Venezuelans. | In this situation, Venezuelan media recently published a journalistic investigation, according to which US business owners are currently exerting pressure on President Biden. These groups are also suffering the consequences of the unilateral coercive measures that are supposedly applied again…
(2021-10-29). EU Election Observers Arrive In Venezuela, Legitimizing Upcoming Vote. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The European Union has deployed an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Venezuela to observe the regional and local elections. | Campaigning has kicked off for regional and municipal elections scheduled for November 21, which are set to include opposition candidates as well. | More than 3,000 positions — including governors, mayors and municipal councillors — are up for grabs next month, according to Venezuela's elections authority. Some 21 million voters are eligible to…
(2021-10-29). Movimientos sociales alertan que retomarán protestas en Ecuador. telesurtv.net El líder del Frente Unitario de Trabajadores apuntó que al regreso la huelga puede tener carácter indefinido.
(2021-10-29). President Alberto Fernández: Argentina will not Bow to IMF. orinocotribune.com Argentina's President Alberto Fernández affirmed that his country "is not going to kneel" before the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and attached conditions to an agreement with the multilateral organization to renegotiate a debt of $44 billion, so that it "does not put at risk the future of the Argentines," international media reported. | "If we still do not come to an agreement [with the IMF] it is because we are not going to kneel, because we are going to negotiate until our people's future is not placed at risk because of debt payments," said Fernández during a tribute to former president Néstor Kirchner (…
(2021-10-28). Gobierno boliviano dará reparación integral a víctimas de 2019. telesurtv.net Las masacres de Sacaba, Senkata y Pedregal ocurridas en 2019, y dejaron un saldo de 37 asesinados, más de 500 heridos y 1.800 detenidos.
(2021-10-28). Fiscalía boliviana imputa a militares sobre Golpe de Estado. telesurtv.net Se trata de los mismos exfuncionarios de las FFAA que habían pedido de manera pública la renuncia de Evo Morales en 2019.
(2021-10-28). Another Iranian Tanker Delivers Condensate to Venezuela. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, October 28, another Iranian vessel unloaded 2.1 million barrels of condensate at a Venezuelan port, under a pact signed between the two countries. | The Iranian oil tanker Dorena, which arrived on Monday in Venezuelan waters, was expected to begin unloading this Wednesday at a port of the state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) oil and natural gas company, British news agency Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing a PDVSA document. | This is the second shipment of Iranian condensate that has arrived in Venezuela, according to the document, which does not detail the name of the supplier. | The US-s…
(2021-10-28). CNE venezolano firma memorando con Centro Carter sobre misión de expertos para comicios del 21N. telesurtv.net El memorando establece que la misión tendrá garantías de ejercer su trabajo en la jornada respetando la soberanía y autodeterminación del país.
(2021-10-28). øCómo Venezuela logra la eliminación del analfabetismo?>. telesurtv.net La reducción del analfabetismo en Venezuela se consiguió gracias al programa de alfabetización Misión Robinson, creado en el año 2003.
(2021-10-28). Venezuelan Campesinos Denounce Diesel Price Hike, Lack of Gov't Support. venezuelanalysis.com An "unofficial" increase in diesel costs has set off the alarms in the countryside, already hard-hit by fuel scarcity and lack of inputs for production.
(2021-10-28). Venezuela's Minister for Information: Public Media at the Disposal of Democracy as 21N Electoral Campaign Starts. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, October 27, Venezuela's Minister for Information and Communication, Freddy àëáñez, said that all state-owned public media in the country is at the disposal of over 70,000 candidates from the political parties participating in Venezuela's upcoming mega-elections. | "We want to make public the invitation to all political organizations to reach out to public media," stated àëáñez. "They can count on us to carry out their campaigns." | These statements were presented after the head of the communications portfolio held a working meeting with the president of the National Electoral Council (CN…
(2021-10-28). Fuerzas policiales reprimen movilizaciones sociales en Ecuador. telesurtv.net Irrupción con disparos de gomas de balas y gases lacrimógenos en Quito, y férreos cordones de las Fuerzas Armadas en otras provincias son expresiones de represión a las protestas.
(2021-10-28). Ecuadorians take the streets against president Lasso's government. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands of Ecuadorians have taken to the streets across the country in rejection of a recent increase in fuel prices, which far exceeds the current prices in the world market. The protests are the largest anti-government protests in the five months of Lasso's administration…
(2021-10-28). Opposition grows against increasing schools reopening in Brazil. wsws.org In recent weeks, many Brazilian states have made school attendance mandatory, while ending social distancing in classrooms.
(2021-10-28). OPS: 44 % de la población latinoamericana está vacunada contra la Covid-19. telesurtv.net Cuba, México, Uruguay y Chile son cuatro de las naciones que encabezan la vacunación anticovid en el continente.
(2021-10-28). Víctimas de desplazamiento forzado se triplican en Colombia. telesurtv.net Defensoría del Pueblo precisa que desplazamiento de personas creció 107 por ciento y el familias lo hizo en 213.
(2021-10-28). NATO International Military Staff hosts high-level Colombian delegation at first military-to-military meeting at NATO HQ. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO International Military Staff welcomes Colombian delegation to NATO On the 28th of October 2021, the NATO International Military Staff's Cooperative Security Division hosted a delegation of Colombian military officials for a day of for inter-staff talks at the NATO Headquarters. Colombia has been a NATO Partner since 2017 and this is the first military-to-military …