2022-02-27: News Headlines

Vijay Prashad (2022-02-27). The Left has Culture, but the World Still Belongs to the Banks. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad — Feb 10, 2022 | 'There is great intellectual poverty on the part of the right wing', Héctor Béjar says in our latest Béjar speaks with a great deal of authority on these matters because, for the past sixty years, he has been intimately involved in the intellectual and political debates which have taken place in his native Peru and across Latin America. 'In the cul…

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-27). White House: Venezuela Will Feel the Pressure of Sanctions Against Russia (+Missile Crisis). orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 26, 2022 ( "The sanctions on Russia are so robust that they will have an impact on those governments with economic links with Russia," stated González. "And that is by design, so Venez…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-02-27). Colombia's security forces struggle to contain ELN terror campaign. colombiareports.com Colombia's ELN guerrillas subjected rebel-controlled regions to a three-day terror campaign. According to conflict monitors, guerrillas carried out dozens of operations between Wednesday and Saturday. "The armed strike succeeded in…

teleSUR (2022-02-26). NATO's Encirclement of Russia Threatens Peace, Warns Venezuela. telesurenglish.net We reject NATO's determination to persecute, encircle, encircle and threaten the tranquillity and peace of the entire region," the minister said. | NATO, he stressed, has sought a conflict with Moscow with a dynamic "similar to the Cold War-era." | DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION | Far from providing solutions for peace, Plasencia said, NATO has become a "warlike forum". | RELATED: | Given this, the Venezuelan minister stressed that h…

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-26). Venezuela Criticizes NATO Attitude towards Ukraine Situation (Communiqué). orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 25, 2022 (

teleSUR (2022-02-26). Argentine: Massive Fire Devastation in Corrientes. telesurenglish.net The scarce rainfall in the last few hours and the firefighters deployed on the ground are insufficient to stop the numerous active outbreaks in the province, declared an environmental disaster. | RELATED: | The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, noted that all forces had been allocated to address this issue. The government has sent firefighters, security forces, hydrants and helicopters to fight the fires…

teleSUR (2022-02-26). Argentina Expects Agreement With IMF in the Near Future. telesurenglish.net The divergent points between the Casa Rosada and the international organization lie in the way to reduce the fiscal deficit, with the objective of reducing the 2.5 percent of GDP set for 2022 to 0.9 percent in 2024. | As IMF staff and Argentina advance on talks for a new agreement, the lender's board is closely following whether the country meets four key criteria that would allow it to receive a large loan. Feb. 26, 2022.

Staff (2022-02-26). Footballers 'shun offer from Brazilian foreign ministry' to leave Kiev. rt.com The group decided not to take a train from Kiev's Central Station over security fears | A group of Brazilian football players who made an emotional appeal to their country's government to be rescued from Ukraine are still in the country after failing to take a suggested train to the Romanian border on Friday night. | According to Shakhtar Donetsk star Marlon Santos, who confirmed the development via an Instagram stories post at around two in the morning local time, the group decided not to take the transport offered to them by Itamaraty — Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs — over security fears ami…

sputniknews (2022-02-26). Russian Space Agency Suspends Cooperation With Europe on Launches in Kourou Spaceport. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian space agency Roscosmos is suspending cooperation with Europe on launches from the Kourou cosmodrome and is recalling its employees from French Guiana in response to sanctions imposed by the European Union, the head of the agency, Dmitry Rogozin, said on Saturday.

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