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2022-04-03: News Headlines

Editor2 (2022-04-03). Russia-Ukraine Conflict Highlights Racist Double Standard in the West. orinocotribune.com By Wu Chaolan — Mar 21, 2022 | The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has garnered widespread attention across the globe. The wall-to-wall coverage and outpouring of reactions to the Russia-Ukraine conflict from the West has raised eyebrows at its double standard toward other humanitarian crises, which has unsheathed flagrant racist and biased attitudes toward the value of non-white lives that also matter. | CBS News senior correspondent in Kyiv Charlie D'Agata, for instance, has faced a widespread backlash due to his discriminatory comments on the Ukraine crisis: "This isn't a place, with all due respect, like…

UFCLP (2022-04-03). Thursday 3/31: Ukraine, The War & The Labor Movement A Panel. indybay.org Zoom Panel | us02web.zoom.us/j/86828281477?pwd=UTFHMkVOZDFOMXM3L2JpS3R2UkJ1Zz09

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-03). Nazis in Ukraine: Seeing Through the Fog of the Information War. libya360.wordpress.com Gabriel Rockhill Participants of an annual event in honor of Stepan Bandera march through Kyiv, Ukraine on Jan. 1, 2021. (Genya Savilou/AFP) On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin undertook what he referred to as a "special military operation … to de-militarise and de-Nazify Ukraine." Western bourgeois media immediately decried these stated goals, regularly repeating that the allegations of…

teleSUR, SH (2022-04-03). Sectores en paro acuerdan dar tregua al Gobierno peruano. telesurtv.net El presidente Pedro Castillo comunicó que se reunirá con sus ministros a fin de adoptar medidas para poner fin a las protestas en Huancayo.

teleSUR, DRL, JL (2022-04-03). Incendio consume casi 100 locales comerciales en Santa Cruz. telesurtv.net Los comerciantes lamentaron la pérdida de casi 100 puestos de venta destruidos mientras la policía investiga las causas.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-03). Colombia, Turkey, NATO, world's longest counterinsurgency and newest wars. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ramirez was interviewed while in Turkey. She and her Turkish counterparts had the opportunity to compare notes on the counterinsurgency war in her nation and Turkey's against Kurds in Turkey, Iraq and Syria. Also see: Video: NATO chief, Colombian president unite against Russia over Ukraine, against Russia, China over Venezuela Hurriyet Daily NewsApril 2, 2022 …

teleSUR, SH (2022-04-03). Pdte. Maduro acusa a Iván Duque de planificar ataques contra Venezuela. telesurtv.net El presidente Maduro señaló que el blanco de los ataques sería el sistema eléctrico, así como el servicio de agua potable del país suramericano.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-03). Argentina reclama a Reino Unido reanudar diálogo sobre Malvinas. telesurtv.net Bajo el lema "Malvinas nos une", el Gobierno nacional realizará una serie de actos en todo el país para recordar los 40 años de la guerra.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-04-03). Mudslides kill 14 in heavy rains in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) — Heavy rains caused mudslides that killed at least 14 people insoutherncoastal cities and the Baixada Fluminense area of Rio de Janeiro state, according to state and local authorities on Saturday.

teleSUR, DRL, JL (2022-04-03). Fallece Leonel Sánchez, histórico del fútbol chileno. telesurtv.net Con el deceso de Sánchez, se va uno de los jugadores más importantes del siglo XX en Chile.

Anonymous669 (2022-04-02). Russia Vows To Target British Weapons Being Supplied To Ukraine. southfront.org 2712070 10/04/2015 Russian servicemen attach a Kh-25 high-precision missile to a Su-24 aircraft at the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Dmitriy Vinogradov/RIA Novosti | British-made long-range artillery and anti-ship systems, which the UK has promised to Kiev, will become legitimate targets for Russian troops if delivered to Ukraine, Russian Ambassador to the UK, Andrey Kelin, said in an interview with the

WSWS (2022-04-02). China rejects EU calls to cut ties with Russia over Ukraine war. wsws.org Hostile official remarks after yesterday's virtual European Union-China summit point to escalating global tensions provoked by NATO's war against Russia in Ukraine.

_____ (2022-04-02). US Imperialism's Proxy War With Russia In Ukraine. popularresistance.org Here is my analysis of what's going on in Ukraine after one month. It may not prove acceptable to many. Certainly not liberals, the ruling elite in Washington, or even some left liberal and socialist left. But I've always spoken my mind and will continue to do so, with no allegiances to any political forces or organizations. So here goes: | First, this is a proxy war engineered by US neocons and political elites, that has its origins going back as far as 1999, when the neocons began to gain greater control over US foreign policy. The dress rehearsal for the current conflict originates with the Clinton administrat…

_____ (2022-04-02). Ukraine — A Decisive Transfer Of The Balance Of Power From West To East. popularresistance.org Most of the debate and coverage of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war in Australia and the Western world is decidedly banal. It is characterized by the simplification of an extremely complex situation to generate a narrative that can be summarized as Putin and Russia are evil and Ukraine is good. | This gross simplification is not helpful in either understanding the causes of the war, the nature of the war, its broader implications and most importantly of all, how it can be ended with the least number of additional deaths and injuries and damage to Ukraine's infrastructure. | The preponderance of human-interest repo…

WSWS (2022-04-02). Germany supplies tanks to Ukraine and prepares for war against Russia. wsws.org According to media reports, the German government is planning further arms deliveries to Ukraine worth some €300 million.

ecns.cn (2022-04-02). NATO urged to reflect on its role in Ukraine crisis. ecns.cn

Anonymous767 (2022-04-02). Russian Strikes Setting Ground For Second Stage Of Advance In East Of Ukraine. southfront.org Units of the Russian Armed Forces in Mariupol | As of April 2, the situation on the frontline remains without major changes with the most intense fighting has been ongoing in Mariupol city. Russian troops and DPR units have been carrying out the final stage of the operation to secure the city. The remaining members of Kyiv's forces focused their defense in city port and Azovstal Plant areas. | In own area of operations, units of the Lugansk People's Republic continued their advance on positions of the Ukrainian 57th Infa…

Julie Lévesque (2022-04-02). "Democratization" and Anti-Semitism in Ukraine: When Neo-Nazi Symbols become "The New Normal" globalresearch.ca In the Ukraine parliament, extremist symbols are on display. The flags of France, the UK, Canada, hang alongside those of the Neo-Nazi Svoboda party together with two White supremacist flags.

Staff (2022-04-02). Ukraine's Helicopter Attack in Russia May Hinder Peace Talks. orinocotribune.com Russia has denounced that the Ukrainian Army bombed a fuel depot inside Russian territory, just 35 kilometers from the border on Friday, April 1. Kremlin has warned that this surprise attack could imply a turning point in the conflict and could hinder the peace talks going on between Russia and Ukraine. | The Governor of Belgorod region of Russia, Viacheslav Gladkov, said that two Ukrainian Armed Forces helicopters bombed an oil storage facility managed by the Russian energy giant Rosneft, in an area located about 80 kilometers from the battered Ukrainian city of Kharkov. | The bombardment, which has neither been…

Anonymous103 (2022-04-02). Military Situation In Eastern Ukraine On April 2, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | MORE ON THE TOPIC: : |

No Cold War (2022-04-02). World hunger and the war in Ukraine. peoplesdispatch.org The war in Ukraine, along with sanctions imposed by the United States and Western countries against Russia, have caused global food, fertiliser, and fuel prices to War in the 'breadbasket of the world': | Russia and Ukraine together

Anand Naidoo (2022-04-02). The Heat: China-EU summit. Leaders disagree over response to Ukraine conflict. america.cgtn.com Chinese and European Union leaders hold a virtual summit. High on the agenda — the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Ana Vraƒçar (2022-04-02). Will health be used as a way to pressure Global South on Ukraine war? peoplesdispatch.org The government of Lithuania reversed its decision to donate almost half a million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Bangladesh after the latter abstained during the UN resolution on the war in Ukraine. This sets an alarming precedent…

Dave DeCamp (2022-04-02). US to Work With Allies to Send Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com A US official told The New York Times on Friday that the Biden administration will work with allies in Europe The move marks an escalation in Western military aid to Ukraine. Until now, the US and its NATO allies have provided Ukraine with thousands of shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles but have held off on sending more advanced weapons over concerns of provoking Russia. | The US official wouldn't specify how many tanks will be sent or what countries the…

Dave DeCamp (2022-04-02). US to Work With Allies to Send Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com A US official told The New York Times on Friday that the Biden administration will work with allies in Europe The move marks an escalation in Western military aid to Ukraine. Until now, the US and its NATO allies have provided Ukraine with thousands of shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles but have held off on sending more advanced weapons over concerns of provoking Russia. | The US official wouldn't specify how many tanks will be sent or what countries the…

Anonymous103 (2022-04-02). Military Situation In Ukraine On April 2, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | In the East of the Kiev region, Russian forces retread to the Priluki area; | The UAF took control of Bucha, Boridyanka, Ivankiv, Irpen and Gostomel; | Clashes continue near Kharkiv; | Russian forces secured the town of Izyum south of Kharkiv; | Clashes were reported in the village of Gusarovka, south-west of Izyum; | 40 Ukrainian fighters were killed with a P-800 Oniks cruise missile strike in the Shakhtars'ke area, according to the Russian MoD; | Clashes continue north of the…

teleSUR, jaa, SH (2022-04-02). Rechazan amnistía para acusado del asesinato de Berta Cáceres. telesurtv.net El empresario Roberto Castillo podría ser sentenciado a 25 o 30 años de prisión por el asesinato de la líder y defensora ambiental.

teleSUR, hvh, DRL (2022-04-02). Pdte. Castillo se dispone a dialogar con transportistas en paro. telesurtv.net El presidente Castillo ratificó la posición gubernamental y abogó por el diálogo para alcanzar un acuerdo.

teleSUR, SH (2022-04-02). Perú acatará falló de la Corte-IDH sobre expresidente Fujimori. telesurtv.net La Corte IDH ratificó el pedido a la Justicia peruana a no excarcelar al expresidente Alberto Fujimori.

Roger D. Harris (2022-04-02). Illegally Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat Faces US Court Amid a Shifting Global Context. orinocotribune.com By Roger D. Harris — Mar 31, 2022 | Alex Saab's April 6 hearing takes place in the setting of a mercurial world situation, where events in Ukraine may have indirect bearing on his case and on the larger US economic war against Venezuela. | In a world where the US believes it makes the rules and the rest of humanity must follow its orders — what President Biden euphemistically calls the "

teleSUR, MER (2022-04-02). Venezuela respalda adopción de resolución contra medidas coercitivas. telesurtv.net La resolución presentada planteaba las "Repercusiones negativas de las medidas coercitivas unilaterales en el disfrute de los derechos humanos".

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-04-02). Leopoldo López Criticizes Caracas-Washington Rapprochement. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan far-right politician and fugitive from justice Leopoldo López has expressed his repudiation of the recent rapprochement between the Joe Biden administration and the Venezuelan government of President Nicolás Maduro. | López, who escaped to Spain to evade criminal responsibility for his crimes in Venezuela and remains under protection in Spain also denounced the fact that White House sent a delegation to Miraflores Palace to meet with President Maduro. | López also repeated his stance on imposing so-called "free elections" in Venezuela, entirely disregarding the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republi…

scorinoco (2022-04-02). La Afrovenezolanidad: A Historiography of the Black Experience in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By Menika Dirkson — Mar 30, 2022 | During the month of May, Venezuelans

Staff (2022-04-02). Venezuela Condemns Sweden's Interventionist Comments. orinocotribune.com The Foreign Affairs Minister of Venezuela, Félix Plasencia has condemned his Swedish counterpart's interventionist statements about Venezuela and asked her to refrain from making such comments in future. | On Friday, April 1, Minister Plasencia issued a response to the Foreign Affairs Minister of Sweden, Ann Linde, who met Juan Guaidó and made a series of interventionist comments about Venezuela on social media. She called Guaidó the president of Venezuela's "democratically elected National Assembly," which is false, as the term of that assembly expired in January 2021, and a new assembly was constituted through…

Staff (2022-04-02). Venezuela Applauds UN Resolution against Coercive Measures. orinocotribune.com Venezuela has applauded the United Nations Human Rights Council's adoption of a resulution against unilateral coercive measures. | On Friday, April 1, the Human Rights Council of the United Nations adopted a resolution on "the negative impacts of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights" with a large majority. The resolution was approved by the UN human rights body with 27 votes in favor, 14 against, and 6 abstentions. | The Foreign Affairs Minister of Venezuela, Félix Plasencia, wrote on Twitter, "We applaud the adoption, by a large majority in the UN Human Rights Council, with 27 votes in f…

_____ (2022-04-02). US-EU Sanctions Hit Latin America's Banana Growers. popularresistance.org Russia is a large consumer of the Latin American banana—but western sanctions have dealt a devastating blow to farmers who can no longer get their products to market. | For Ecuador, the world's largest exporter of bananas, the setback has been disastrous. Around 25% of Ecuador's banana exports go to Russia and 90% of all bananas consumed in Russia come from Ecuador. However, commercial ships carrying the bananas can no longer reach the port of St. Petersburg due to sanctions imposed by the US and EU. The sudden drop in demand has left producers with excess supply. Prices have collapsed as a result. | Richar…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-02). Latin America in the New Global Economy. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News We spoke to Ecuadorian economist Juan Fernando Terán about Western sanctions, the Ukraine war, and how Latin America can protect its economy. Who is paying the price of western sanctions on Russia? Ecuador's banana industry has collapsed without the Russian consumer market? Juan F. Terán: Countries that export food and agricultural goods are…

Staff (2022-04-02). øRatas abandonan? Ecuador: Lasso gobernará por decreto. cubadebate.cu Lo más reciente de las trapacerías del millonario mandatario es su acusación a cinco legisladores que, según él, le pidieron favores a cambio de ayudarlo a aprobar su proyecto de Ley Orgánica para Atracción de Inversiones, Fortalecimiento del Mercado de Valores y Transformación, que le Asamblea Nacional rechazó y archivó.

teleSUR, SH (2022-04-02). Realizan vigilia en homenaje a caídos en guerra de las Malvinas. telesurtv.net Movimientos sociales marcharán hacia la embajada de Reino Unido en la capital argentina para manifestar el derecho de Argentina sobre las islas.

Joel Richards (2022-04-02). 40 years after the Malvinas War. america.cgtn.com It was 40 years ago this month that Argentina and Britain fought in the Malvinas/Falkland Islands war. The short-lived conflict has been long-debated in Argentina and to this day remains a national cause.

WSWS (2022-04-02). Strikes sweep Brazil as prices soar. wsws.org A wave of strikes is spreading among different sections of the working class in response to the explosive inflation rates accumulated in the two years of COVID-19 pandemic.

teleSUR, MER (2022-04-02). Pdte. paraguayo destituye a comandante de Academia Militar. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con las denuncias de los familiares, los afectados serían dos cadetes mujeres y tres hombres.

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