Daily Archives: April 16, 2022

2022-04-16: News Headlines

teleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-04-16). Exigen acciones a Repsol para contener impacto de derrame en Perú. telesurtv.net La Defensoría de Perú precisó que se identificaron cerca de 900 especímenes muertos, incluso de especies en peligro de extinción.

teleSUR, avr, JGN, SH (2022-04-16). Ocho datos sobre la Revolución Nacional Boliviana. telesurtv.net En el aniversario 70 de su triunfo, la historia de esta Revolución ofrece innumerables lecciones que hoy mantienen total vigencia.

teleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-04-16). Revisan impugnaciones a postulantes a defensor del Pueblo en Bolivia. telesurtv.net La Constitución Política del Estado, declara en su artículo 220 que el Defensor del Pueblo se nomina a través de la convocatoria pública…

WSWS (2022-04-16). Reinstate the fired strikers at Brazil's CSN! Unify the struggles of the working class! wsws.org The WSWS and the Socialist Equality Group in Brazil demand the immediate reinstatement of the rank-and-file commission and all fired workers at CSN.

Gabriela Moncau (2022-04-16). Overcrowding, shortage of doctors and lack of water: living through pandemic in Sà£o Paulo's prisons. peoplesdispatch.org From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic until January 2022, at least 15,586 prisoners have been infected with the virus in the state of Sà£o Paulo. Of these, 80 have died. In the first year of the pandemic, the State government of Joà£o Doria (Brazilian Social Democracy Party, PSDB) decided to make cuts to the budgets allocated for prisoners' healthcare and hygiene products worth R$ 14 million (USD 3 million) and R$ 31 million (USD 6.5 million), respectively. | During the first five months of 2021 alone, COVID-19 deaths in Sà£o Paulo's prisoner population exceeded the total number of deaths…

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2022-04-15). Cinco obras para recordar el legado de César Vallejo. telesurtv.net En 1913 ingresó en la Universidad de La Libertad de la ciudad de Trujillo, donde se graduó de Bachiller con una tesis sobre el romanticismo en la poesía castellana.

teleSUR, mcs, JGN (2022-04-15). Controladores aéreos levantan huelga en Perú. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con las autoridades vinculadas al paro, serán reanudados inmediatamente los vuelos nacionales e internacionales.

teleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-04-15). Entregan ayuda a 5.229 familias afectadas por inundaciones en Bolivia. telesurtv.net Fueron beneficiadas las familias afectadas en los municipios Moro Moro, Vallegrande, Pucará, Cabezas, Puerto Quijarro, Cuatro Cañadas, Samaipata y El Torno.

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-04-15). Pdtes. de Bolivia, Argentina, Chile y México celebrarán Congreso sobre el litio. telesurtv.net Los representantes de los países participantes del foro apostaron por la sustentabilidad en la extracción del mineral.

teleSUR, ldp, DRL (2022-04-15). Corte Internacional delibera sobre uso de las aguas del Silala. telesurtv.net Chile y Bolivia concluyeron la ronda de argumentos en defensa de sus intereses con respecto al recurso transfronterizo…

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-04-15). Venezuela rechaza informe del Gobierno de EE.UU. sobre derechos humanos. telesurtv.net La Cancillería venezolana instó a la Casa Blanca a resolver los graves problemas internos de ese país en materia de DD.HH.

Ana Perdigón (2022-04-15). Venezuelan Authorities Predict Rebound in Tourism during Holy Week. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela's superior council of tourism (Conseturismo), Reinaldo Pulido, has announced that a significant rebound in the influx of foreign and domestic tourists is expected during Holy Week. | Pulido noted that as this important holiday begins, several tourist destinations in Venezuela have already register a high rate of visitors, which has not been reported since before the onset of the pandemic. | Regarding Los Roques, the paradise island in the Caribbean, he stated that it is 100% booked, in Margarita Island there is a good flow of people and in Mérida there is a 40% occupancy rate. | "T…

Staff (2022-04-15). Argentina Reports Highest Inflation in 20 Years. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, April 13, it was reported that Argentina registered its highest inflation in the last 20 years during the month of March, reaching a figure of 6.7% for that single month, while the interannual rate stood at 55.1%. | This information was released by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) via Twitter. Venezuela and Argentina have been the countries in the region most afflicted by inflation in recent years. Especially Venezuela, which was hit hard by a hyperinflation spiral that affected millions of Venezuelans from 2018 until 2021. Last March, the Central Bank of Venezuela reporte…

Editor (2022-04-15). The Venezuelan Coup, 20 Years Later. scheerpost.com Citizens took to the streets to defend President Hugo Chavez, Caracas, Venezuela, April 2002. | By Dan Beeton / On April 11, 2002, Venezuela's democratically elected government, headed by Hugo Chávez Frías, was ousted in a military coup d'etat. Then, dramatically, two days later,

_____ (2022-04-15). The Venezuela Coup, 20 Years Later. popularresistance.org On April 11, 2002, Venezuela's democratically elected government, headed by Hugo Chávez Frías, was ousted in a military coup d'etat. Then, dramatically, two days later, the coup was overturned by a mass mobilization of Venezuelans. They demanded the restoration of democracy and the return of a government that appeared to be making good on its commitment to redistribute Venezuela's oil wealth to benefit the country's most marginalized sectors. These events led to lasting ramifications not just for Venezuela, but for Latin America and the Caribbean as a whole, paving the way for a "pink tide" of progressive movemen…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-04-15). Venezuelan Anti-Chavistas Ask Washington to Ease Sanctions. orinocotribune.com Expressing criticism of the pressure exerted by US political sectors against the Biden administration's rapprochement with Nicolás Maduro's government in Venezuela, a group of anti-Chavistas presented a letter in which they described the failure of illegal US sanctions. | Joshua Goodman of Associated Press shared the letter through his Twitter account, and noted that the signatories advocated the return of oil companies to Venezuelan soil. | "The economic sanctions and the policy of maximum pressure did not achieve their objectives," reads the document. "While the sanctions are not at the root of the humanitarian…

A Guest Author (2022-04-15). Alex Saab case: Imprisoned Venezuelan diplomat contests extraterritorial judicial abuse. workers.org Alex Saab The following article was published April 11 in Dissident Voice. Roger D. Harris is with Task Force on the Americas. April 11 — Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab's case took a dramatic turn as his legal defense team denounced the U.S. government's flagrant failure to respect long-standing diplomatic immunity . . . |

teleSUR, JGN (2022-04-15). Parlamento ecuatoriano no se pronuncia sobre veto a Ley de aborto por violación. telesurtv.net En Ecuador, cada día dan a luz siete niñas menores de 14 años de edad, en promedio.

teleSUR, DRL (2022-04-15). Gobierno y transportistas argentinos llegan a acuerdo tras paro. telesurtv.net El gremio levantó el paro, al cual fue en reclamo de una mejora en los fletes y ayudas con el pago de los combustibles.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-04-15). The shady forces behind the campaign of Colombia's establishment candidate. colombiareports.com Colombia's establishment candidate is receiving support from President Ivan Duque's coalition partners and pseudo-legal "clans." Runner up Federico Gutierrez became the most viable candidate to confront the anti-corruption candidates after…

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