(2022-04-25). NATO chieftain to attend 20/40-nation meeting on Ukraine in Germany. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOApril 25, 2022 The NATO Secretary General attends US-hosted meeting on Ukraine NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will attend a meeting of the Ukraine Security Consultative Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on 26 April 2022. The meeting is hosted by the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, and will focus on the …
(2022-04-25). Constitution's pledge of NATO membership won't change: Ukrainian parliament chief. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian News AgencyApril 25, 2022 Stefanchuk Assures Constitution Will Not Be Amended Regarding Ukraine's NATO Membership Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk is confident that parliament will not amend the Constitution regarding the course towards full membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). *** According to Stefanchuk, the relevant security guarantees of Ukraine should fundamentally …
(2022-04-25). Pentagon: U.S. to provide more Stingers, Javelins, other arms to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineApril 25, 2022 USA preparing to send Stinger, Javelin, other equipment to Ukraine — US Department of Defense The United States is preparing to send Stinger anti-aircraft systems, Javelin anti-tank missile systems and other equipment to Ukraine in April, the U.S. Department of Defense has said. "Our US Air Force Airmen prepare supply crates containing …
(2022-04-25). No stranger to NATO wars: CV on new U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com On Brink's work in Georgia a decade ago see this. Interfax-UkraineApril 25, 2022 Biden intends to nominate Brink as US ambassador to Ukraine — White House Biden intends to nominate Brink as US ambassador to Ukraine — White HouseU.S. President Joseph Biden intends to nominate Bridget Brink as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. *** Bridget A. …
(2022-04-25). U.S. governors ready National Guard armored vehicles for Ukraine war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The HillApril 24, 2022 State National Guards to send armored vehicles to Ukraine Multiple governors announced this week that their state National Guards would be sending armored vehicles to Ukraine in response to a request from the Pentagon. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) and West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) announced this week that their …
(2022-04-25). Ukraine: We had no intention of offending the friendly people of Japan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 25, 2022 Ukraine apologizes for juxtaposing Japan emperor to Hitler in video The Ukrainian government has apologized over a video shared on Twitter that juxtaposed a picture of the late Japanese Emperor Hirohito to those of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in describing Nazism and fascism. "We had no intention to offend the …
(2022-04-25). Working class struggles explode in Peru. wsws.org The popular slogan has been "out with all of them," reflecting a rejection of Peru's entire bourgeois governmental setup.
(2022-04-25). Conoce la obra del poeta y humorista venezolano Aquiles Nazoa. telesurtv.net El reconocido escritor, humorista y periodista Aquiles Nazoa, considerado el máximo exponente del humor venezolano del siglo XX, nació el 17 de mayo de 1920 y falleció a la edad de 55 años el 25 de abril de 1976, en Caracas, Venezuela.
(2022-04-25). President Maduro: Colombian President Duque Plans to Assassinate Police and Military Agents in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com This Saturday, April 23, President Nicolás Maduro warned Venezuelan society of the plans of outgoing president of the Colombian regime, Iván Duque, to assassinate Venezuelan police and military personnel, as well as to attack police and military posts, before August 7, the day his presidential term ends. | The head of state said: "Iván Duque leaves office on August 7, and he is irritated and desperate to harm Venezuela between now and August 7. Iván Duque has activated plans with criminals and criminal gangs of the [Colombian] state and introducing infiltrators along the border, along the paths, groups of mafioso…
(2022-04-25). Conflictos frenan derechos de la mujer en mundo árabe. cubadebate.cu Los conflictos y las guerras frenan el acceso y el desarrollo de la mujer en el mundo árabe, afirma Aida Nasrallah, presidenta de la Liga para los Derechos de las Mujeres Libanesas, quien participará en el Congreso de la Federación Democrática Internacional de Mujeres (FDIM), que comenzará en Caracas, Venezuela.
(2022-04-25). Desbordamiento de quebrada en Colombia deja cuatro desaparecidos. telesurtv.net El Instituto de Hidrología de Colombia confirmó nuevas precipitaciones en los próximos días que serán más intensas.
(2022-04-25). Reportan masacre número 35 en Colombia en lo que va 2022. telesurtv.net Las autoridades de Cundinamarca revelaron un triple homicidio registrado en la vereda de Rambla Baja, en el municipio de San Antonio de Tequendama.
(2022-04-25). Denuncian nueva masacre en Colombia, la número 36 en el 2022. telesurtv.net Colombia también registra 59 líderes sociales y 17 excombatientes asesinados durante el año.
(2022-04-25). Gobernantes felicitan a Macron por reelección en Francia. telesurtv.net En Latinoamérica los presidentes de México, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panamá, República Dominicana y Colombia, entre otros, celebraron la reelección de Macron.
(2022-04-25). Denuncian asesinato de excombatiente en el Cauca, Colombia. telesurtv.net Con Nelson David Montaños Márquez serían 17 los firmantes de acuerdo asesinados en 2022.
(2022-04-25). Frente Guasú paraguayo anuncia su precandidata a la Presidencia. telesurtv.net La agrupación de los partidos de la izquierda paraguaya presentará a una mujer como candidata a las elecciones de 2023.
(2022-04-25). WSJ: Expand NATO Article 5 to Southern Hemisphere, include colonies, territories. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Wall Street JournalApril 24, 2022 Expand NATO to HawaiiBy Arshan Barzani* Americans understand that an attack on one ally in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an attack on all. If Russia bombed Warsaw, Washington would be obligated to come to its aid. But if Pearl Harbor were attacked again, this rule wouldn't compel U.S. …
(2022-04-25). Turkey conducts simultaneous anti-Kurdish attacks in Syria, Iraq. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ahval NewsApril 24, 2022 Turkey escalates attacks on Syria's Kurds amid Iraq operation Turkey's military has launched a new series of air strikes on Kurdish-run parts of northeast Syria over the past week amid an ongoing ground and air campaign in northern Iraq, targeting the armed rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the Hasakah-based …
(2022-04-24). Liberated Donbass Cities Coming Back To Life. popularresistance.org Sonja van den Ende, an independent journalist from Rotterdam, Netherlands, returned to Donbass last week to chronicle the situation on the ground. She has been to Volnovakha, Mariupol and other cities and villages of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. | "My assessment of Volnovakha is that the city has come to life again, I was there two weeks ago and everywhere in the city, I saw the results of heavy fighting, ammunition and rubble on the streets, even mines, no people on the streets, a ghost town. The hospital was hit severely," Sonja van den Ende says. "The second time I came, last week, I was really…
(2022-04-24). US Media Are Lying About Russian Atrocities in Mariupol, Says Embedded Reporter at Ground Zero. orinocotribune.com 
Sonja Van den Ende — | Where shall I begin? | Can a man endure so much suffering? Can you write about so much suffering without getting emotional? | Probably not. | Mariupol has been wiped out, buildings have collapsed mostly due to rocket attacks and, of course, there have been bombings as well. | Devastation in Mariupol. [Source: rferl.org] | The Western media, of course, blame the Russians for these bombings, but Ukraine also has planes that drop bombs, so how on earth can you say a few thousand kilometers away that it is the Russians?
(2022-04-24). Revista analiza manipulaciones de los grandes medios estadounidenses sobre la guerra en Ucrania. cubadebate.cu Los medios de comunicación de Estados Unidos mienten sobre las presuntas atrocidades cometidas por las tropas de Rusia en la ciudad de Mariúpol, Ucrania, concluyó un documentado artículo publicado este domingo en la revista Covert Action, de la periodista neerlandesa, Sonja Van den Ende.
(2022-04-24). CNN: Austin, Blinken en route to Ukraine, Biden may follow. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com CNNApril 24, 2022 Zelensky says Blinken and Austin will visit Ukraine on Sunday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Kyiv on Sunday. "I don't think this is a secret that people from the US are coming to us tomorrow, State …
(2022-04-24). Pdte. de Cuba sostiene conversación con exmandatario Evo Morales. telesurtv.net El presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel agradeció el apoyo del pueblo boliviano en las más difíciles condiciones para Cuba.
(2022-04-24). The long road for justice for coup victims in Bolivia. peoplesdispatch.org "Acts of torture were committed against them—the victims tell us that police as well as soldiers and even foreigners committed these acts." | Yomar Sánchez, Quechua journalist from Potosí. | From "Memoria y Justicia" program of Bolivia TV, February 25, 2022, 16: 12 | Justice postponed: | Jeanine àÅñez was scheduled to face her first day of trial in February, on accusations of staging a coup d'etat in Bolivia in 2019 that plunged the country into an inferno. Traditional elites at the top of the justice system were among those who engineered the coup. Her trial was postponed. | The grounds for…
(2022-04-24). Inicia en Argentina Tercer Encuentro Plurinacional de Naciones. telesurtv.net Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Colombia y Uruguay fueron invitados a fin de mostrar la diversidad de las comunidades latinas.
(2022-04-24). New Government of Costa Rica Evaluates Diplomatic Rapprochement with Venezuela (+Oil Needs). orinocotribune.com The new government of Costa Rica, with President-elect Rodrigo Chaves at the helm, is considering diplomatic rapproachement with Venezuela, although the outgoing administration of President Carlos Alvarado had recognized Juan Guaidó following the failed US led "regime change" operation against the legitimate government of Nicolás Maduro. | On Friday, April 22, the designated Foreign Affairs Minister of the new government, Arnoldo André Tinoco, confirmed the intention to resume relations with Nicaragua, a country with which the Alvarado government had grown distant and did not appoint ambassadors in recent years,…
(2022-04-24). Pdte. Maduro: Duque planea asesinatos de militares en Venezuela. telesurtv.net "Duque está desesperado por hacerle daño a Venezuela, ha activado planes con bandas de delincuentes por estados y metiendo infiltrados por la frontera", alertó el presidente.
(2022-04-24). US Oil Companies Ask Biden to Authorize Resumption of Activities in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Several US oil companies have asked US President Joe Biden to authorize them to restart oil drilling operations in Venezuela, as reported by Sources consulted by the news agency indicated that if they are allowed to resume oil activities in Venezuela, it could quickly ramp up production capacity beyond 1 million barrels per day (bpd). | Among the US firms that have make the request to Biden are Schlumberger, Halliburton, Baker Hughes and Weatherford Internationa…
(2022-04-24). Miguel Cabrera alcanza los 3.000 hits en su carrera en Grandes Ligas. telesurtv.net Cabrera conectó el batazo a un lanzamiento del pichter de los Rockies de Colorado, el también venezolano Antonio Senzatela.
(2022-04-24). Comienza en Ecuador sondeo sobre desnutrición infantil. telesurtv.net El objetivo principal de la Encuesta es "prevenir y reducir la DCI en seis puntos hasta el 2025".
(2022-04-24). Ecuador activa plan de contingencia en las islas Galápagos. telesurtv.net El barco denominado Albatros contenía un estimado de "2.000 galones de diésel al momento del suceso" en la isla Santa Cruz.
(2022-04-24). Díaz-Canel: Cuando uno analiza las razones para la política imperial contra Cuba, no hay ninguna, solo hay sinrazones. cubadebate.cu "Nosotros no nos vamos a doblegar, nosotros vamos a seguir resistiendo, pero con un concepto de resistencia creativa, que es precisamente la manera en que enfrentamos la (pandemia de) COVID-19; o sea, resistimos, pero en esa resistencia, con talento, esfuerzo e inteligencia, crecemos también, y en medio de esa resistencia somos capaces de avanzar". Fue esta una de las ideas que desarrolló el Primer Secretario del Partido Comunista y presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, en entrevista concedida al destacado intelectual latinoamericano Atilio Borón, para las radios argentinas Madres de la Plaza de…
(2022-04-24). VIDEO: Argentina province under water months after blazes. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) — Argentina's northeastern province of Corrientes has been hit by widespread floods, leaving cattle fields underwater and inundating roadways, just months after widespread wildfires ripped through the region.
(2022-04-24). Amid Global Uncertainty, ALBA Movements Forges Unity and Hope. orinocotribune.com 
Zoe Alexandra — Apr 22, 2022 | The continental platform of social movements will hold its third continental assembly in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to analyze the current situation and define strategies for the next period. | The continental platform, ALBA Movements, will hold its third continental assembly in Buenos Aires, Argentina from April 27 to May 1. The platform, composed of people's movements from across the Americas, will welcome more than 200 delegates to discuss the current political moment in the region and the world, evaluate the work of the last period, and analyze the urgent tasks of the platfo…
(2022-04-24). Justicia argentina revisará caso de mujer condenada tras defender a hija. telesurtv.net En 2017, Saganías denunció penalmente a su expareja Gabriel Fernández, a quien acusó de abusar sexualmente de su hija de ocho años. Sin embargo, la queja fue archivada y no prosperó.
(2022-04-24). Carnival parade resumes in Rio de Janeiro after pandemic hiatus. america.cgtn.com 
In Rio de Janeiro, the samba school parade is back for Brazil's Carnival. The Sambadrome dance off was on hiatus for two years because of the pandemic. But for now, the parade is still a platform for themes about social issues.
(2022-04-24). ICJ rules in favor of Nicaragua in maritime case against Colombia. peoplesdispatch.org The International Court of Justice (ICJ), on April 21, ruled in favor of Nicaragua and against Colombia in a maritime case called "Alleged Violations of Sovereign Rights and Maritime Spaces in the Caribbean Sea." With ten votes in favor and 5 against, the majority of judges at the ICJ sided with Nicaragua, ruling that Colombia violated Nicaragua's sovereign rights by trying to control fishing activities and interfering with maritime research in parts of the Caribbean sea that are within Nicaragua's exclusive economic zone. The United Nations' court, by 9 to 6 votes, also ordered Colombia to immediately cease patr…
(2022-04-24). Army chief takes sides in Colombia's election race. colombiareports.com Colombia's opposition demanded the resignation of the country's army chief after the general got involved in the presidential election campaign. Colombia's constitution explicitly prohibits members of the military from participating…
(2022-04-24). Informe revela 83 homicidios durante el paro nacional de 2021 en Colombia. telesurtv.net Respecto a los homicidios, 44 presuntamente fueron perpetrados por miembros de la fuerza pública.
(2022-04-24). Japan plans largest-ever drill with U.S. Marines, aimed at Russia, China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nikkei NewsApril 24, 2022 Japan weighs hosting largest-ever joint drills with U.S. MarinesBilateral military exercise in fall planned with eye on Russia and China Japan and the U.S. will hold joint military drills in Hokkaido this fall, with the two-week exercises expected to involve more than 4,000 personnel, Nikkei has learned. The Resolute Dragon exercises …
(2022-04-24). Germany ready to make "substantial contribution" to NATO troop buildup on Russia's northwest border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleApril 22, 2022 Germany's Baerbock calls for stronger NATO strategy in Baltics The German foreign minister has wrapped up a Baltic tour in Lithuania saying Germany is ready to send more troops to the region…. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday said Germany was open to sending more troops to NATO's eastern flank, …
(2022-04-24). After barring ships, Turkey bans Russian flights to Syria. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahApril 23, 2022 Turkey closes airspace to Russian military aircraft to Syria: FM àáavu≈üoƒülu Turkey has closed its airspace to Russian military and civilian flights to Syria after notifying Moscow, Foreign Minister Mevlàºt àáavu≈üoƒülu said Saturday. "We were giving permissions in three-month intervals. The latest one was until April," the minister said in an …
(2022-04-24). Former foreign minister: Finnish media fueling war psychosis. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Yle NewsApril 24, 2022 Veteran MP: "Finnish media in war psychosis" Many people have taken to Finnish Twitter this weekend in reaction to MP Erkki Tuomioja's (SDP) Nato comments in a National Public Radio interview. The veteran Finnish politician told the US broadcaster that there was a "huge degree of emotions involved" in the public's …
(2022-04-24). Turkey uses murderous assault in Iraq to inaugurate new combat drone. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahApril 24, 2022 Anti-PKK op in Iraq marks first engagement for Turkish combat Akƒ±ncƒ± drone The landmark combat drone Akƒ±ncƒ± has joined its first major operation ever as Turkey launched a military offensive against [Kurdish] targets in northern Iraq, the company said. Named "Operation Claw-Lock," the counterterrorism operation was launched last week from ground …