Daily Archives: February 9, 2022

2022-02-09: News Headlines

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2022-02-09). Al menos 27 muertos dejan fuertes lluvias en Bolivia. telesurtv.net Hay 21.463 familias damnificadas en el territorio nacional, mientras que La Paz es el departamento más afectado.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-09). President Maduro Condemns Indolence of Some Officials Toward Workers. orinocotribune.com With a tenacious call to end the indolence of some state institutions and private entities, President Nicolás Maduro asked for the support of Venezuela's working class through the functions carried out by the Productive Councils of Workers (CPT). | The statements were issued this Monday, February 7, during a meeting with workers of state-owned PDVSA subsidiary Pequiven. At the same time, President Maduro noted that Venezuela currently has sufficient funds to finance small and medium industries, including through the bank's credit portfolio. | "The assets are there, what is not there is a connection with the grass…

teleSUR- lvm, JL (2022-02-09). Presentan denuncia contra el expdte. ecuatoriano Lenín Moreno. telesurtv.net La denuncia pide investigar la desaparición de objetos adquiridos por el Gobierno de Rafael Correa y que desaparecieron después del mandato de Moreno.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-02-09). Organizaciones sociales marchan en Argentina contra acuerdo del FMI. telesurtv.net Ante la imposibilidad de cumplir los plazos de pago, el Gobierno negoció durante meses reestructurar la deuda, heredada de la gestión de Macri.

teleSUR, yart, JCM (2022-02-09). Detienen en Chile al líder mapuche Jaime Huenchullán. telesurtv.net La detención del líder mapuche causó indignación en movimientos y colectivos sociales que condenaron el arresto de Huenchullán.

teleSUR, JL, JGN (2022-02-09). Aumenta a 16 cifra de muertos por deslizamiento en Colombia. telesurtv.net Los municipios afectados fueron Dosquebradas y Pereira, situados en el departamento de Risaralda.

teleSUR, JL (2022-02-08). Pdte. de Perú denuncia intentos golpistas contra su Gobierno. telesurtv.net "Me apena que grupos de poder promuevan de manera sistemática una innecesaria vacancia presidencial", denunció el mandatario.

Dan Collyns (2022-02-08). Fishmeal pollution in Peru. america.cgtn.com Peru's anchovy fishery is the world's major supplier of high-protein fishmeal. Fishmeal is one of the pillars of Peru's economy but there are knock-on effects in the city where it is the principal industry, Chimbote. Find out more.

Ana Perdigón (2022-02-08). Venezuela's Minister of Interior Rates Operation Guaicaipuro 2 as Success. orinocotribune.com On Monday, February 7, Venezuelan Minister of Interior Relations, Justice and Peace Remigio Ceballos qualified operation Guaicaipuro 2, carried out in Las Tejerías, as a success. The operation effectively dismantled the criminal organization it set out to confront, and made the region a safer place. | During an interview on Estado Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), "We were able to dismantle a danger…

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-08). Inflation in Venezuela Continues to Cool Down (+Tax on Transactions in US Dollars). orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 7, 2022 ( The graphic below, prepared by Orinoco Tribune's editorial team, demonstrates how the inflation rate has behaved in Venezuela since 2020, based on official figures repo…

teleSUR (2022-02-08). Venezuela Asks Trinidad & Tobago to Clarify Migrant Child Death. telesurenglish.net President Nicolas Maduro's administration rejected the incident in which a Venezuelan baby died while traveling on a boat that was intercepted by the Trinidad and Tobago coast guard on the night of February 5. | RELATED: | "The Venezuelan government extends its most sincere condolences to the infant's relatives and urges the Trinidad & Tobago authorities to carry out an exhaustive investigation to clarify the fact…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-08). Ecuador court upholds Indigenous rights against oil, mining projects and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we look at a major ruling by Ecuador's Constitutional Court protecting Indigenous peoples' rights to block resource extraction projects on their lands; another round of mass mobilisations against the military coup in Sudan as protestors reject negotiations with the junta; the deployment of troops to health centers amid a worsening COVID-19 crisis in the aged care sector; and an agreement reached between President Xiomara Castro's Libre Party and dissenting lawmakers to resolve the political crisis in the Honduran Congress.

Matt Sedlar (2022-02-08). A salvo del precipicio: Argentina y el FMI negocian un mejor acuerdo. cepr.net Si más estadounidenses supieran cuántos civiles inocentes mueren realmente como resultado de estas sanciones, øse permitiría lo peor de ellos?

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-08). Invocando la Doctrina Monroe, diputado de EEUU dice que Argentina es una 'amenaza', tras sus acuerdos con China. multipolarista.com El congresista derechista Matt Gaetz, un aliado de Donald Trump, calificó a Argentina como una "amenaza" para la "seguridad" de EEUU, y se quejó de que su alianza con China desafía la colonialista Doctrina Monroe.

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-08). Invoking Monroe Doctrine, US congressman calls Argentina a 'threat' over China alliance. multipolarista.com (
| An influential right-wing US lawmaker invoked the 200-year-old colonialist Monroe Doctrine on the floor of Congress and called Argentina a "threat" because of its alliance with China. | Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz, a key ally of former president Donald Trump, said in a

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2022-02-08). China respalda a Argentina en su reclamo sobre las Malvinas. telesurtv.net El conflicto de las Malvinas solamente puede encontrar un cauce favorable mediante el diálogo y las negociaciones.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-08). Argentina joins China's Belt and Road Initiative. peoplesdispatch.org On February 6, the governments of Argentine President Alberto Fernández and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a memorandum of understanding on collaboration under the Belt and Road Initiative, a global trade infrastructure project promoted by the People's Republic of China. | The memorandum, which promotes the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, was signed during President Fernández's official three-day visit to China. President Fernández visited China, at President Jinping's invitation, to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Winter Games on Februa…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-08). Brazilians demand an end to racist, xenophobic violence. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands of protesters hit the streets of several Brazilian cities on February 5 to demand justice for MoàØse Kabamgabe, a migrant worker living in Rio de Janeiro who was murdered on January 24. Participants who took place in protests in nine states denounced precarious work, racism, and xenophobia against immigrants.

Staff (2022-02-08). Headlines for February 8, 2022. democracynow.org Biden Vows to Halt Russia-to-Germany Gas Pipeline If Russia Invades Ukraine, Several Democratic-Led States Announce Plans to Roll Back Mask Mandates, Biden Administration Tests Four-Legged Robotic "Dogs" on U.S.-Mexico Border, Costa Rican Presidential Candidates Appear Headed for April Runoff Election, Ex-Honduran President Added to U.S. List of Corrupt Officials over Drug Trafficking, Brazilian Antiracist Protesters Demand Justice for Immigrant Killed over Unpaid Wages, Supreme Court Will Allow Alabama's GOP-Gerrymandered Congressional Maps to Stand, Jill Biden Confirms Free Community College W…

teleSUR, yart, JCM (2022-02-08). Deslizamiento de tierra en Colombia deja al menos seis muertos. telesurtv.net Al menos 21 personas resultaron heridas y fueron trasladadas hacia los hospitales de Pereira.

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