Daily Archives: April 12, 2022

2022-04-12: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-04-12). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Truckers in Honduras began a strike April 7, blocking various highways around the country while teachers in Peru joined forces with other workers to demand an increase in minimum wages.

Staff (2022-04-12). 20 Years Since Coup Against Chávez in Venezuela—a 'Trial' that Served to Overthrow Governments in Other Countries. orinocotribune.com RT interviewed Venezuelan journalist and minister Ernesto Villegas, author of the book April, Inside The Coup. | 20 years after the April 2002 coup against Venezuela's then President Hugo Chávez, the same violent and desperate blueprint continues to be applied to overthrow governments both in Venezuela and around the world. | Similar attempts by former deputy Juan Guaidó, in 2019, were not very different. Guaidó, alongside the national and international elements that promoted the action against Chávez, wanted to depose President Nicolás Maduro on several occasions, using various plans that were neutralized by Ven…

Staff (2022-04-12). China's illegal timber business is stripping Suriname's forests. aninews.in Paramaribo [Suriname], May 22 (ANI): China's hunger for timber is stripping Suriname's forests.

teleSUR, lvm, JL (2022-04-11). Corte otorga libertad condicional a expdte. peruano Kuczynski. telesurtv.net El exjefe de Estado deberá cumplir con normas de conducta según la resolución emitida por Corte Superior Nacional de Justicia.

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-04-11). Expdte. boliviano Evo Morales denuncia campaña contra el MAS. telesurtv.net El expresidente instó a cuidarse de infiltrados en el Gobierno que intentan desprestigiar al MAS.

_____ (2022-04-11). Venezuela's Great Housing Mission Achieves Major Milestone. popularresistance.org On April 7, the socialist government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro celebrated the delivery of a record 4 million homes to its citizens as part of a social housing program called the Great Housing Mission of Venezuela (GMVV). During a joint radio and television broadcast, President Maduro emphasized that the handing over of the 4 million homes was a "historic" event and a "world record." "Nothing and no one is going to stop us," he added.

teleSUR, JL (2022-04-11). Venezuela realizará Cumbre Internacional contra el Fascismo. telesurtv.net El evento contará con la participación de más 200 delegados internacionales, donde se compartirán experiencias.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-04-11). Telecom Corporations Invest Again in Venezuela (+5G). orinocotribune.com Beyond the ominous voices that insist on campaigns to announce a permanent economic catastrophe in the midst of the blockade against Venezuela, both the state and private corporations are advancing in the implementation of new technological platforms, as is the case of mobile phone and 5G networks. | In that sense, it recently came to light that at least two private corporations dedicated to providing telecommunication services have already presented specific plans with regards to the matter. One of them is Digitel, which has a history of more than 20 years in Venezuela. | The other big telecom corporation operat…

teleSUR, SH (2022-04-11). Los intentos de golpe de Estado contra el presidente Nicolás Maduro. telesurtv.net Con la partida física del líder de la Revolución Bolivariana, los intentos de golpe de Estado contra el Gobierno de Venezuela se han intensificado.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-11). Europe Is Sleepwalking into another World War. transcend.org 4 Apr 2022 – How can we trust countries that created SWIFT—a financial transfer system aimed at protecting economic transactions against political interference—only to end up removing from that system a country on political grounds? Countries that arrogate to themselves the power to confiscate the financial and gold reserves of sovereign nations like Afghanistan, Venezuela, and now Russia? Countries that trumpet freedom of expression as a sacrosanct universal value, but resort to censorship the moment they are exposed by it?>

Ryan Swan (2022-04-11). Venezuela Seeks Investigation by International Criminal Court (ICC) as to Whether U.S. Sanctions Constitute Crimes Against Humanity. covertactionmagazine.com Adopted as part of regime-change operation, sanctions have killed at least 40,000 Venezuelans. Economic coercive measures, commonly known as economic …

teleSUR (2022-04-11). Venezuela to Hold International Summit Against Fascism. telesurenglish.net Given the scenario of the conflict in Ukraine and the behavior of media multinationals, the organizers of the Summit will scientifically address the forms of communication in the world. | Felix Plasencia Venezuela FM: Tomorrow, April 11, the "International Summit Against Fascism" begins in Caracas, with almost 200 guests from five continents.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-11). Venezuela: April 11, the First Time a US Imposed Coup Was Defeated in 48 Hours. libya360.wordpress.com An Interview with Stella Calloni on April 11, 2022 Chavez freed by the people after 48 hours April 11 is the 20th anniversary of the coup d'état that in 2002 removed, for 48 hours, President Hugo Chávez Frías from the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. In a heroic deed, and in record time,…

Staff (2022-04-11). Photo Exhibit '20 Aprils' Opens Tuesday in Caracas, 20 Years After Coup Against Hugo Chávez. orinocotribune.com This coming Tuesday, April 12, the headquarters of Correo de Carmelitas on Urdaneta Avenue in Caracas will host the photographic exhibition 20 Aprils, which compiles historical images of the events of April 11, 12 and 13, 2002. | Photos of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, of the people in the streets, and from newspapers of the time are part of the repertoire that will be shown in the exhibit to be inaugurated on Tuesday, April 12 at 11 a.m. A preview of the montage was shown this Sunday by Venezuela's Minister for Culture, Ernesto Villegas. | On Twitter, Villegas wrote that the exhibition was organized by the M…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2022-04-11). Venezuela's Maduro Warns Western Powers Aim to Destroy Russia to Stop 'Multipolar' World. venezuelanalysis.com President Nicolás Maduro warned that a "media dictatorship" could lead to a "Third World War."

Staff (2022-04-11). Former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas Released from Prison & Celebrates in Guayaquil. orinocotribune.com The former Ecuadorian vice president during the presidency of Rafael Correa remained in a prison for four years and six months, and was seriously affected by health issues. | This Sunday, April 10 at 11: 31 a.m. local time, the former Vice President of Ecuador, Jorge Glas, left the Latacunga prison after having been deprived of liberty for almost five years. His incarceration came as a part of a judicial process considered by many as an extension of the judicial persecution (lawfare) also launched in the South American country against former president Rafael Correa to eliminate any chance for Correísmo to come bac…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-11). Progressive voices demand Assange's release on third year of his imprisonment. peoplesdispatch.org As his extradition to the United States looms large, Julian Assange completed three years of imprisonment in the United Kingdom on Monday, April 11. Held in a high security prison complex in Belmarsh in the outskirts of London, the Wikileaks founder has been in prison since 2019 when he was dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London by the police. | Marking the anniversary, Assange's supporters held vigils in London and around the world. Last month, on March 14, the UK Supreme Court rejected Assange's request to appeal against his extradition sanctioned by the High Court in London, making his extradition ver…

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-11). Exvicepresidente Jorge Glas sale de prisión en Ecuador. telesurtv.net El exvicepresidente permaneció en un centro carcelario por cuatro años y seis meses, muy afectado de salud.

Taroa Zuñiga Silva (2022-04-11). Workers' Rights and Chile's Constitutional Convention. socialistproject.ca On March 13, 2022, two days after Gabriel Boric was

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-04-11). Cubanos residentes en Colombia celebran fiesta a los niños. telesurtv.net En la jornada, se reverenció al héroe nacional cubano, José Martí, mediante frases que escribiera a los niños.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-04-11). Support for Colombia's "right" plummets: poll. colombiareports.com The number of people who identify themselves as right-wing has decreased dramatically since 2019, according to Colombia's statistics agency DANE. The statistics agency asked people to ranked their political bias…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-04-11). Colombia bars social leaders from speaking before UN security council. colombiareports.com The United Nations' Security Council will not allow social leaders to contradict President Ivan Duque on Colombia's peace process. The Security Council will meet in New York on Tuesday for…

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