Daily Archives: June 22, 2022

2022-06-22: News Headlines

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-06-22). Ministerio de Defensa de Ecuador amenaza al movimiento indígena. telesurtv.net El ministro de Defensa ecuatoriano aseveró que las protestas indígenas buscan "crear el pánico agrediendo y extorsionando a las empresas".

Staff (2022-06-22). Ecuador: Movimientos sociales denuncian la violencia policial (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Movimientos sociales y organizaciones defensoras de derechos humanos denunciaron este martes que la policía de Ecuador ha reprimido a los manifestantes que se sumaron al paro nacional, que cumple su noveno día, contra las políticas del gobierno de Guillermo Lasso. Entre las denuncias en redes sociales están las asfixias por gases lacrimógenos.

TeleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-06-22). Destacan labor de organizaciones sociales en Argentina. telesurtv.net El presidente argentino aseguró que los movimientos sociales estuvieron "llevando solidaridad y compromiso donde no existía".

Staff (2022-06-22). Iran FM congratulates election of new Colombian president. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian congratulated the election of Gustavo Petro as the new president of Colombia.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-06-22). Colombia levantará emergencia sanitaria por la Covid-19. telesurtv.net El mandatario colombiano indicó que continuarán con la campaña de vacunación para evitar un nuevo repunte de los casos de coronavirus.

TeleSUR, MER (2022-06-22). Asciende a 90 cifra de líderes colombianos asesinados en 2022. telesurtv.net La víctima era era miembro de la Junta de Acción Comunal de la vereda La Meseta y realizaba labores de coordinación deportiva.

TeleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-06-22). Procuraduría colombiana levanta suspensión a alcalde de Medellín. telesurtv.net La suspensión también se había aplicado a los alcaldes de Ibagué, San Juan Nepomuceno y Timaná.

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-06-22). Ministro de Defensa de Perú denuncia dictadura parlamentaria. telesurtv.net José Luis Gavidia señaló que "se está tratando de poner en debate en el Pleno el cambio de más de 54 artículos".

TeleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-06-22). Trabajadores uruguayos protestan contra política privatizadora. telesurtv.net Los trabajadores consideran esta política de privatización como una medida contra los intereses y derechos del pueblo uruguayo.

TeleSUR, lv, SH (2022-06-22). Chile reporta más de 4.000 nuevos positivos de la Covid-19. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Salud de Chile indicó que las regiones con mayor índice contagios en la última semana son Valparaíso, O´Higgins, Coquimbo y Metropolitana.

Editor (2022-06-21). VIDEO: Ecuador's Indigenous Revolt Against Their Neoliberal President. scheerpost.com By The Grayzone The Grayzone spoke with leaders of Ecuador's indigenous movements, now engaged in ferocious street protests against the privatization policies of President Guillermo Lasso, a billionaire banker. The activists defended their demands and detailed the brutal repression they have witnessed as their rebellion spreads across one of the last right-wing controlled countries on …

Editor (2022-06-21). Colombia's first ever left-wing president: Gustavo Petro wins historic election. What does it mean? mronline.org Gustavo Petro won Colombia's June 19 election, becoming its first ever left-wing president. We analyze what this means for Latin America, the US, Venezuela, the military, paramilitary groups, the powerful oligarchy, and social movements.

Contributing Writers (2022-06-21). "The First Casualty of War is the Truth". What is Really Happening in Donbass/By Christelle Néant and Dr. Leon Tressell. marktaliano.net A Conversation with Christelle Neant of Donbass Insider on the War in Ukraine By Christelle Néant and Dr. Leon Tressell Global Research, June 21, 2022 To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected …

Al Mayadeen (2022-06-21). The United Nations Slams Ukrainian Attack on Donetsk Maternity Hospital. globalresearch.ca The allegations of shelling of a maternity facility in Dujarric stated that "we have seen the media …

Benjamin Norton (2022-06-21). Venezuelan's view on Gustavo Petro victory in Colombia, US sanctions, Iran pact. multipolarista.com A leftist Venezuelan journalist discusses the victory of left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro in Colombia's presidential election, the easing of a few US sanctions, and Venezuela's 20-year cooperation agreement with Iran.

Staff (2022-06-21). Condenan a 22 años y 6 meses de prisión al coautor intelectual del asesinato de Berta Cáceres. cubadebate.cu La sala I del Tribunal de Sentencia Nacional de Honduras ha impuesto una pena de 22 años y 6 meses de reclusión para el exmilitar Roberto David Castillo Mejía tras ser declarado culpable del delito de asesinato de la activista Berta Isabel Cáceres.

TeleSUR -ysm, JL (2022-06-21). Condenan en Honduras a coautor del asesinato de Berta Cáceres. telesurtv.net La justicia determinó 22 años y seis meses de cárcel para Castillo Mejía, por coautoría demostrada en el asesinato de la líder hondureña.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-21). Asesinan al exdirector del mayor penal de Asunción, Paraguay. telesurtv.net El ex director del penal de Tacumbú fue asesinado por un sicario cuando se encontraba en la casa de su padre, en barrio Obrero de Asunción.

TeleSUR- lvm, JL (2022-06-21). Denuncia asesinato de líder social en Cauca, Colombia. telesurtv.net Con Hersaín de Jesús Ramírez Ospina suman 89 líderes sociales asesinados en Colombia en 2022.

Staff (2022-06-21). Chapeando: El asesinato de reputación como estrategia del odio (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Trascendencia obliga. Hoy, Día del Sol, es justo y necesario hablar del triunfo histórico de Gustavo Petro y Francia Márquez en Colombia. Lo celebra toda la América, menos esa parte del continente que está contra Nuestra América.

KWORINOCO (2022-06-21). Honduras Executive Sentenced to 22 Years for Berta Cáceres Murder. orinocotribune.com David Castillo Mejía, a second lieutenant in the military intelligence service of the Honduran army from 2006-11, who went on to the position of executive president of the Desarrollos Energéticos SA (DESA) company, was sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison for his role in the murder of activist Berta Isabel Cáceres in 2016. | The court also ordered "additional penalties of absolute disqualification and suspension of citizenship" of Castillo. In its sentence, the court declared that the evidence presented during the trial was "enough to break the presumption of innocence" by which they concluded that Cast…

_____ (2022-06-21). Indigenous Protesters Continue To Arrive In Ecuador's Capital City. popularresistance.org Hundreds of demonstrators continued to enter Ecuador's capital on Monday during the eighth day of a mobilization against the government called by the indigenous movement, while the blockade of roads connecting the city of Quito (north) with the north and south of the country is maintained, | Images published on social networks show people walking on the road or in buckets of pick-up trucks in their eagerness to mobilize. | In the afternoon, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) reported the arrival of indigenous people from the south of the country, who are currently near the Machachi…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-21). Ecuadorians Continue to Resist as National Strike Enters Second Week. libya360.wordpress.com Tanya Wadhwa Since June 13, hundreds of thousands of Ecuadorians have been mobilizing across the country as a part of an indefinite national strike against the right-wing government of President Guillermo Lasso and his regressive economic policies. Photo: Alexander Crespo Defying the state of emergency, enduring brutal police and military repression, hundreds of thousands of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-21). "…Chile…Colombia…Brazil???": Bolsonaro Despair at Left Resurgence. libya360.wordpress.com BRASILWIRE Folha's Monica Bergamo reports that, following the victory of Gustavo Petro, President Jair Bolsonaro sent a message on a private WhatsApp group in which he despaired at the result. Left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro was elected president on Sunday with 40.32% of the vote. It is the first time the left has won an election in…

Tanupriya Singh (2022-06-21). 0,000 people at risk of eviction in Brazil as Supreme Court moratorium nears end. peoplesdispatch.org The Zero Evictions Campaign has warned that 142,000 families might lose their homes if the STF-issued injunction against evictions is allowed to expire on June 30.

Fight Back (2022-06-21). Colombians elect leftist Gustavo Petro in historic election, despite violence and threats. fightbacknews.org Tucson, AZ – Despite massive amounts of corporate media propaganda, police crackdowns and right-wing violence, Colombians elected leftist Gustavo Petro as president in a runoff election on June 19. The new vice president is Francia Marquez Mina, an Afro-Colombian woman. This is the first time Colombia elected a president who is not from either the mainstream liberal or conservative parties. | This election victory is a rejection of the reactionary agenda of Rodolfo Hernandez, who is now making allegations of electoral tampering and fraud. Not only did the people of Colombia defeat this right-wing agenda, they ele…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-21). Despite the Left's Victories, Warning Signs of a Fascist Backlash Appear in Colombia & Beyond. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea The decaying colonial regime in Colombia has reached a crisis. Its people, devastated by corporate destruction of their living standards and a corrupt narco regime which has exacted tremendous brutality upon them, has elected a leftist presidential candidate. Not one who represents a radical change, but one who at least represents a break…

Misión Verdad (2022-06-21). The Significance of Petro's Victory for Colombia & the Region. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad June 20, 2022 | What polls predicted in recent weeks has been fulfilled: Gustavo Petro is the president-elect of Colombia. The Historical Pact (PH) coalition achieved an unprecedented victory for a progressive political formation in a country undermined by the violence of a social and armed conflict spanning several decades. | Alongside Petro, the first Afro-Colombian woman from the working class to reach the vice presidency, Francia Márquez, brought in support from various grassroots sectors, including those that have been historically excluded from the political process. | This political…

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-06-21). ELN de Colombia espera reanudar diálogos con Gobierno de Petro. telesurtv.net El grupo insurgente se posicionó ante la victoria del electoral del nuevo presidente colombiano el domingo último.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-21). Gobierno colombiano confirma próximo encuentro entre Petro y Duque. telesurtv.net El próximo encuentro entre el mandatario electo y el saliente definirá la agencia para iniciar los trabajos de transición del poder en Colombia.

TeleSUR, lv, SH (2022-06-21). Justicia boliviana promueve nuevos juicios contra Jeanine Añez. telesurtv.net Una de las propuesta acusatoria contra Jeanine Áñez se fundamenta en las muertes de la masacre de Senkata y Sacaba.

TeleSUR- SH (2022-06-21). Trabajadores del cobre anuncia paro nacional en Chile. telesurtv.net El presidente de la FTC aseguró que cerca de mil trabajadores del sector se unirán a la huelga nacional.

Camilo Rengifo Marín (2022-06-21). Petro, el camino de la esperanza para cambiar un país desigual y violento. globalizacion.ca En Colombia renació la esperanza, tras siete décadas de conflicto armado y 30 de neoliberalismo y dependencia de Estados Unidos, con la elección del centroizquierdista Gustavo Petro como próximo presidente. Se abre la posibilidad de un gobierno que proponga cambiar…

Viviana Erazo (2022-06-21). Ecuador Guillermo Lasso Mendoza, el presidente del 0,1%. globalizacion.ca Luego de cuatro años en el poder, Lenin Moreno dejó el Palacio de Carondelet el lunes 24 de mayo de 2021 y se posesionó el presidente electo Lasso, quien es uno de los hombres más ricos del Ecuador, es parte…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-06-21). Petro's quest for a majority in Colombia's Congress. colombiareports.com The party of Colombia's President-elect Gustavo Petro is seeking a majority coalition in Congress. Petro's "Historic Pact," became the biggest political party in the congressional elections in March, but needs…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-06-21). Colombia begins transition of power after elections. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Ivan Duque appointed his finance minister to coordinate the transition of power with a delegate of President-elect Gustavo Petro. The winner of Sunday's elections has yet to announce…

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-06-21). México considera triunfo de Petro un paso a la integración hemisférica. telesurtv.net AMLO reveló que conversó con el mandatario electo colombiano y coincidieron en trabajar por la integración regional y la unión americana.

WSWS (2022-06-21). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Some 3, 0 ArcelorMittal steelworkers in Mexico demanded full profit sharing while copper workers protested the closure of Valencia smelter in Chile.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-21). Organizaciones indígenas en Ecuador denuncian represión policial. telesurtv.net Por su parte, el ministro de Defensa de Ecuador acusó a las organizaciones indígenas de poner en "riesgo la democracia".

Adriaan Alsema (2022-06-21). Colombia hears former guerrilla chiefs over mass kidnappings. colombiareports.com Colombia's war crimes tribunal JEP on Tuesday began hearing former commanders of now-defunct guerrilla group FARC over the kidnapping of more than 20,000 people. The JEP will be interrogating seven…

TeleSUR, JL (2022-06-21). Amplían estado de excepción en varias provincias de Ecuador. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a la nueva medida proferida por el jefe de Estado, las provincias donde regirá el estado de excepción son Pichincha, Imbabura, Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, Tungurahua y Pastaza.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-06-21). Colombia's ELN guerrillas reiterate call to resume peace talks. colombiareports.com Colombia's longest-living guerrilla group ELN reiterated that the rebels want to resume peace talks after Sunday's election victory of President-elect Gustavo Petro. In a press statement, the ELN reiterated that…

Staff (2022-06-21). Guillermo Lasso extiende Estado de Excepción a más provincias ecuatorianas. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, decretó un nuevo Estado de Excepción, que deroga al anterior y extiende la ordenanza a más provincias, en medio del paro nacional.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-21). Do Colombians and Venezuelans Need to Become Political "Allies"? libya360.wordpress.com Franco Vielma The election of Gustavo Petro as president of Colombia and his running mate as vice-president, Francia Márquez, is undoubtedly a political milestone in this country, especially considering the long cycle of right-wing conservative governments that took the form of a political caste since the assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán in 1948. This event…

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2022-06-21). Petro and Márquez win unprecedented victory in Colombia elections. peoplesworld.org A comment on the Historical Pact coalition's million-vote plurality overflowed with enthusiasm: "June 19 will be remembered [in Colombia] as a day of the people and will be a moment of celebration for democracy…. Today was a day for changing history." In second-round voting, the team of Gustavo Petro for president and Francia Márquez for …

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-06-21). Bolivia pide por la unidad del país al recibir Año Nuevo Andino. telesurtv.net Coincidiendo con el solsticio de invierno en el hemisferio sur comienza el Año Nuevo Andino, Amazónico y Chaqueño 5530.

____ (2022-06-21). Venezuela to set up sci.-tech. park in cooperation with Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has instructed Economic Cabinet of his country to "immediately" design and launch an industrial technology park in cooperation with Iran in the fields of health, food and education.

____ (2022-06-21). China increases oil imports from Iran, Russia: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) — According to foreign institutions, China has increased oil import from Russia, Iran and Venezuela in May while its oil import from Africa, Brazil and the United States has declined.

TeleSUR -ysm, JL (2022-06-21). Argentina ratificará en ONU derecho soberano sobre las Malvinas. telesurtv.net Argentina presentará en el Comité Especial de Descolonización, el reclamo de las Malvinas "como una política de Estado que trasciende las banderas políticas".

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-21). Daily Round-up | Gustavo Petro wins in Colombia, Mélenchon surges in France. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode, we bring you stories from the election results in Colombia and France, protests in Tunisia and the escalating economic and political crisis in Sri Lanka…

Ana Perdigón (2022-06-21). Bolton Predicts Rupture Within Venezuelan Opposition. orinocotribune.com The national security advisor to the White House during the Trump administration, John Bolton, has suggested that we could be seeing the beginning of an ultimate rupture within the Venezuelan opposition. | During an interview with Similarly, he added that towards the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019, t…

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-06-21). Camioneros paraguayos protestan por alza de combustibles. telesurtv.net Es la Central Obrera y Transporte la que se moviliza contra el nuevo reajuste de los precios del combustible.

Anand Naidoo (2022-06-21). The Heat: Colombia Presidential Election. america.cgtn.com Colombians made history on Sunday when they elected their country's first ever leftist president. Gustavo Petro, a one-time member of the M-19 rebel group and former mayor, vows to fight inequality when he takes office as Colombia's next leader. CGTN's Michelle Begue in Bogota begins …

TeleSUR, SH (2022-06-21). Parlamento ecuatoriano exige al Gobierno dialogar con indígenas. telesurtv.net El pleno de Asamblea Nacional de Ecuador rechazó el decreto del Estado de Excepción y el manejo de la situación social por parte de Guillermo Lasso.

TeleSUR, ldp, sh (2022-06-21). Huelga en Uruguay por los derechos de empresas públicas. telesurtv.net La marcha critica el apoyo del gobierno a empresas privadas del sector de los combustibles en detrimento de las públicas.

TeleSUR, lvm, JL (2022-06-21). Presidente venezolano destaca fortalecimiento de alianzas estratégicas durante gira internacional. telesurtv.net El mandatario reconoció a Türkiye como una de las potencias emergentes más importantes, al tiempo que fundamentó el desarrollo tecnológico de Irán.

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