(2021-06-02). Peru's Pedro Castillo Represents a Challenge to the Canadian Mining Industry. libya360.wordpress.com Owen Schalk Peru's socialist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo, the favourite to win the runoff vote on June 6, will serve as a challenge to the Canadian mineral industry in Latin America. Photo from Twitter. Presidential front-runner is taking aim at the extractive sector, wants a bigger share of company profits to benefit Peruvians The June…
(2021-06-02). Colombia's Partnership with NATO Allows It to Breach Human Rights Without Condemnation. globalresearch.ca Since Joe Biden's …
(2021-06-02). Masses battle rightist regimes in Colombia, Brazil, Chile. workers.org 
Ongoing struggles in three South American countries show the general uprising that began in 2019 is still challenging right-wing ruling groups that had resumed control of governments. "Bolsonaro out!" Ten thousand demonstrated in Rio de Janeiro, May 29. A look at events in Colombia, Brazil and Chile demonstrate that the . . . |
(2021-06-02). U.S. Sold 2M Barrels Of Seized Iranian Crude Oil Immediately After Taking It In February. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | In February 2021, the US seized the MT Achilleas, a Liberia-flagged ship, operated by a Greek company, loaded to the brim with Iranian crude oil. | By March it had already sold the oil. | The Achilleas' Greek owner, Capital Ship Management Corp., alerted U.S. authorities to the possibility it had unknowingly taken on Iranian crude, after initially believing it came from Iraq. The vessel was fully loaded and can carry more than 2 million barrels, according to shipping documents. | The U.S.
(2021-06-02). On eve of crisis election, Peru more than doubles its COVID-19 death count. wsws.org The announcement, made on the eve of a crisis election, confirmed the sense within the population that the pandemic's impact was far greater than the government had admitted.
(2021-06-02). The Beginning of the End: #29M Anti-Bolsonaro Protests. orinocotribune.com On Saturday May 29, 2021, Brazil saw its biggest public mobilisations since the Coronavirus pandemic began. Hundreds of thousands of protesters, organised in 213 cities nationwide, took to the streets against the Bolsonaro-Guedes regime. Amongst the visible messages, anger was directed specifically at its mishandling of the pandemic, with demonstrators demanding vaccines, emergency payments, and indignant at the spiralling cost of living. | But the #29M protests were built around a unifying and unambiguous demand: an end to the Bolsonaro presidency. | "Being on the streets to fight is an extreme act, to say enoug…
(2021-06-02). After Decades of Oppression, Colombian Women Lead Front Lines of National Strike. zcomm.org Women's presence in Colombia's national strike—both as activists and as victims—has caught the world's attention…
(2021-06-01). Polls have Pedro Castillo Winning Sunday's Election in Peru. orinocotribune.com 
Although it seems to be reflect issues common to most any democratic process, this Sunday's election in Peru has all the characteristics of a historic event. | This is because of what is at stake: two starkly contrasting visions of the country's destiny. Either Peru will continue along the neoliberal path, or choose the option of a progressive government tendentiously called "communist" by the local right. | Last Sunday, May 30, Professor Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori held the final televised debate prior to the elections. It was held in the city of Arequipa, and as in all events of this kind there was no sho…
(2021-06-01). What Peru's Final Pre-Election Polls Say. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Pedro Castillo addresses supporters at a rally in Sicuani-Qanchis, Cusco on June 1, 2021. Pollsters have published their final surveys as Peruvians prepare to vote in the Presidential election runoff on Sunday, June 6th. The choice will be between leftist candidate Pedro Castillo, and far-right candidate Keiko Fujimori, the first lady during the…
(2021-06-01). Over 200 Brazilian Cities Rise Up Against "Genocidal" Bolsonaro. orinocotribune.com Massive rallies call for impeachment of Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro | On Saturday, Brazilians took to the streets to protest against the chaos created by President Jair Bolsonaro's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Demonstrations were a response to the tragedy of over 459,000 Brazilian lives taken by COVID-19, and the recklessness of their president faced with the crisis. | Currently, Bolsonaro is under investigation by a Senatorial Commission which is evaluating his COVID-19 policies and actions, including recommending the use of unproven drugs, and pressuring local officials to prevent sanitary…
(2021-06-01). Tire workers die of COVID in Argentina after pseudo-left-led union enforces return to work. wsws.org The SUTNA union and its pseudo-left leaders have suppressed workers' opposition to unsafe conditions and have kept them on the job throughout almost the entire pandemic.
(2021-06-01). All (MacCarthyite) hell breaks loose in Peru as the country prepares to choose new President. dissidentvoice.org Huge billboards across Lima's main avenues read like cheap Cold War propaganda: "Peru says no to communism", "Socialism leads to communism", and "Think about your children's future", are just three of the many panic-inducing slogans. Nobody knows who's paying for the expensive advertisement and nobody cares, including the government agencies created to stop this kind …
(2021-06-01). Balance and Perspective of the National Strike in Colombia. orinocotribune.com By WFTU Colombia Secretariat — May 27, 2021 | Today, in the streets, the people speak, the people are in charge. | The National Strike that broke out last April 28 in Colombia — with its epicenter in the cities and led by youth collectives- produced in less than a month a political turn in favor of the democratic-popular forces; by contrast, it already provoked hard political and diplomatic setbacks to the dominant narco-business dictatorship in our country. | The unprecedented social hurricane filled the streets and neighborhoods with indignation and popular resistance against state abandonment and ar…
(2021-06-01). Torture sites and mass graves reported in Colombia. popularresistance.org A May 23 report prepared by the human rights organization Justicia y Paz stated that fascistic paramilitary groups, which operate in concert with the far-right and US-backed regime of Colombian President Ivan Duque, have created torture sites and mass graves in an attempt to suppress protests in the city of Cali, which has been the epicenter of continuing countrywide demonstrations.
(2021-06-01). Urgent Situation Developing At Oil Field In Putamayo, Colombia. popularresistance.org Corporación Viso Mutop has just tweeted this video noting: "This is the situation inside the oil well of the Canadian multinational Gran Tierra. Peasants, tired of waiting for the attention of the final government, entered that Well in Villagarzón #Putumayo." | Pueblerina en Paro has also tweeted: "In PUTUMAYO SOS, the Anti-narcotics police and the National Army shoot firearms at protesters. One seriously injured. Costayaco well of Gran Tierra. Villagarzon PUTUMAYO."
(2021-06-01). Bolsonaro le tendió una mano a la Conmebol. globalizacion.ca Jair Bolsonaro vio luz y entró. Le tendió una mano amiga a una Conmebol conmovida por el retiro de la Argentina (y antes de Colombia) como sede de la inminente Copa América. Y Conmebol aceptó el convite. | Brasil será sede…
(2021-06-01). Perú — Un voto de confianza al pueblo. globalizacion.ca El próximo domingo habrá de ocurrir la segunda ronda del proceso electoral iniciado el 11 de abril pasado. En tal circunstancia, la ciudadanía, habrá de optar por una de las dos opciones en pugna. En manos de ella está la…
(2021-06-01). " °Gracias, juventud colombiana" globalizacion.ca Colombia es un país con más de 50 millones de habitantes. Su doble característica, entre otras, es de ser el quinto país más industrializado después de Brasil, México, Argentina y Chile, y el segundo exportador mundial de café después de…
(2021-06-01). UBER Blood On It's Hands! UBER Murders & The Criminal Record Of UBER In Brazil. indybay.org The role of UBER in Brazil is the focus of this interview. Wagner Oliveria who was a driver with UBER in Sao Paulo Brazil talks about the murders of UBER drivers and the criminal syndicate it operates.
(2021-06-01). Colombia's anti-capitalist rebellion. greenleft.org.au Amid rising levels of police and paramilitary violence, Yanis Iqbal looks at Colombia's history of state repression and people's resistance.
(2021-06-01). Video: Huge protests against Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil. greenleft.org.au More than 420,000 people across 213 Brazilian cities participated in the protests against President Jair Bolsonaro on May 29, reports People's Dispatch.
(2021-06-01). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Contract miners at the huge Chilean copper mine are demanding they be paid prevailing wages, while oil workers at the "green division" of the Brazilian state oil from Petrobras are continuing a strike that began May 20.
(2021-06-01). Heading toward summit: new NATO narrative depicts Russia as threat to world peace. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Heading toward summit: new NATO narrative depicts Russia as threat to world peaceRick Rozoff In recent months all U.S. geographical and several other military commands have branded Russia an adversary in all parts of the world, from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from South America to North Africa, from West Asia to Eastern Europe, from …
(2021-06-01). The Crisis Continues in Brazil. latinorebels.com May was a complicated month for Brazil and Brazilians. It was one more month in an endless series of catastrophes and governmental irresponsibility.