The Onion Staff (2024-11-22). SATIRE: Smuggler Arrested With 300 Tarantulas Strapped To Body. theonion.com Police in Peru arrested a man caught trying to leave the country with 320 tarantulas, 110 centipedes, and nine bullet ants strapped to his body, with the officials called to action after noticing that his stomach area looked "bulky." What do you think?

presstv.ir (2024-11-22). 'New chapter in cooperation': Iran, Venezuela sign new MoUs. presstv.ir Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Nasirzadeh meets with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a visit to the Latin American country.

tn.ai (2024-11-22). Iran, Venezuela Ink New Cooperation Agreements Amid High-Level Delegation Visit. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran and Venezuela have signed fresh cooperation agreements during a visit by an Iranian delegation to Caracas, underscoring the deepening ties between the two nations despite US sanctions.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-11-22). The Objectives Behind the BOLIVAR Act against Venezuela. libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad United States House of Representatives On November 18, the U.S. House of Representatives accelerated the approval of the bipartisan bill entitled "Bipartisan Opposition to Leased Institutions or Ventures and Authoritarian Regime", which forces an acronym to call it the "BOLÂVAR Act", a maneuver of rhetorical manipulation of the figure of the Liberator to…

infobrics (2024-11-22). Milei risks existence of Mercosur by pursuing FTA with US. infobrics.org Tensions between Argentina and Brazil are expected to deepen.

Staff (2024-11-22). Javier Mascherano entrenará al Inter Miami. cubadebate.cu Tras sus experiencias al frente de los equipos sub-20 y sub-23 de Argentina, Javier Mascherano dirigirá el Inter Miami, donde se reencontrará con sus excompañeros blaugranas Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets y Luis Suárez. El Jefecito se retiró del fútbol profesional en 2020 y asumió la dirección técnica de combinados juveniles de la AFA. Como entrenador de la Argentina sub-20 y sub-23 dirigió 41 partidos, ganó 24, empató 9 y perdió 8.

Staff (2024-11-22). Headlines for November 22, 2024. democracynow.org COP29 Latest Draft Calls for $1.3T in Climate Funding, But Civil Society Orgs Say It Falls Far Short, Israel's Genocide in Gaza Continues After ICC Arrest Warrants, with Attacks on Hospital, Shelters, Israeli Airstrikes in Lebanon Level Beirut Building, Kill 2 More Paramedics, Trump Taps Ex-Impeachment Lawyer, Ex-Florida AG Pam Bondi to Lead DOJ After Matt Gaetz Withdraws, U.S. House Passes Bill Allowing Trump to Silence Critics, Label Nonprofits as Terror Groups, Brazil's Ex-President Jair Bolsonaro Indicted over 2022 Coup Plot Against Rival Pres. Lula, Kremlin Says It Fired New Hypersonic Missile, N…

Mauro Ramos (2024-11-22). Brazil and China sign a historic round of agreements. peoplesdispatch.org During Xi Jinping's latest visit to Brazil for the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, China and Brazil signed 37 documents, including memoranda, agreements, plans, protocols and letters of intent. This is more than twice as many agreements that were signed last year during President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's state visit to Beijing in April 2023 wherein 15 agreements were signed. | The first on the list of agreements was to expand the partnership between the two countries. Strategic partnerships are an important feature of Chinese foreign policy. Brazil was the first country in the world to have such a partnership wi…

Staff (2024-11-22). "A Great Swindle": Activists Slam Draft Climate Plan Reducing How Much Rich Polluting Countries Owe. democracynow.org Broadcasting from Baku, Azerbaijan, on the final official day of this year's finance-themed United Nations climate summit, we look at how climate justice activists are outraged at how little money is being offered by the most polluting nations to countries most severely affected by climate change. We speak with Mohamed Adow, founding director of Power Shift Africa, and Claudio Angelo, head of international policy at the Brazilian Observatório do Clima (Climate Observatory), who describe the latest text as "a great swindle" and "totally unacceptable."…

ecns.cn (2024-11-22). China, Brazil create innovative microgrid demonstration project. ecns.cn The operation ceremony of campus microgrid technology project, conducted by China's State Grid Corporation's Brazilian unit CPFL, was held in Campinas, Sà£o Paulo State, in Brazil on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2024-11-22). Insights | Brazilian professor who writes to President Xi: Experience in China is life-changing. ecns.cn As a professor in the Department of Film, Mello has been dedicated to cultural cooperation in the audiovisual industry.

ecns.cn (2024-11-22). (W.E. Talk) China a template to contribute its G20 wisdom. ecns.cn The G20 Summit has concluded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. How should China and Brazil, as two key members of the G20, enhance collaboration within the G20 framework to make greater contributions to global governance reform?

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-11-22). Brazil and China Sign a Historic Round of Agreements. libya360.wordpress.com Mauro Ramos 37 documents were signed during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Brazil, including memoranda, agreements, plans, protocols and letters of intent. (Photo: Ricardo Stuckert) Analysts agree on the importance of raising the level of the relationship between Brazil and China, but consider that there is room for more cooperation During Xi Jinping's latest…

infobrics (2024-11-22). Consequences of coup and presidential assassination plot revealed in Brazil. infobrics.org The incumbent Brazilian administration might be left with no choice other than to turn "anti-American" and to seek to further enhance its partnerships with actors such as China.

Paulo Cabral (2024-11-22). Bolsonaro faces potential charges for role in coup attempt. america.cgtn.com Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro is facing new legal troubles, after federal police say they've concluded that the right-wing politician and his allies attempted to stay in power after his failed re-election bid in 2022, via a coup attempt. Bolsonaro is already barred from running for office until 2030, the result of a previous case finding him guilty of election interference. Now this case could result in jail time. Paulo Cabral has the story from Brasilia.

Shiran Illanperuma (2024-11-21). Sri Lanka's National People's Power sweeps general election. peoplesdispatch.org On October 15, With 61.56% of the popular vote, the NPP won 159 seats in Parliament. This gave President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) a supermajority in parliament and the power to make constitutional amendments. | The NPP won a majority of the popular vote in 21 out of 22 electoral districts in the country. In the southern district of Hambantota, a traditiona…

Eduardo Garcia (2024-11-21). NicaNotes: Gustavo Gutierrez, Messenger of Liberation. afgj.org By James Phillips (James Phillips is a cultural and political anthropologist and a former Jesuit with forty years as a student of Central America.) Gustavo Gutierrez died on October 22, 2024, in Lima, Peru, at the age of 96. His death will not occasion headlines in the world's major news media, but it should. Gutierrez…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-11-21). BRICS Corridor: China Eyes Pacific-Atlantic Rail Project via Bolivia and Brazil. orinocotribune.com China will assess the possibility of building a railway between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, which will pass through Bolivia and Brazil, Bolivian President Luis Arce said. | On Tuesday, Arce met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit. | "He also expressed interest in studying the construction of an interoceanic train that

Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. (2024-11-21). US-backed Venezuelan Opposition Never Tried To Win The Presidency. popularresistance.org "On the campaign trail, she [María Corina Machado] was received almost as a religious figure, often wearing white, promising to restore democracy and reunite families torn apart by an economic crisis and mass migration. 'María!' her followers shouted, before falling into her arms," the New York Times reverently reported. | Indeed, Machado's personally chosen surrogate to contend in last July's Venezuelan presidential election, Edmundo González, did fall into her arms. But that was because her infirm disciple had trouble, both literally and figuratively, standing on his own two feet.

Brant Roberts (2024-11-21). Venezuela Establishes Committee for Justice for the Victims of the July 2024 Post-electoral Violence. orinocotribune.com

Brant Roberts (2024-11-21). President Maduro Praises Film About Alí Primera. orinocotribune.com On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro dedicated a segment of the Con Maduro+ program to speaking with the directors and protagonists of the film Alí Primera: La Película, which is currently in theaters. | The Minister of Culture, Ernesto Villegas, said during the program that "Alí Primera left his entire life in the hands of the Venezuelan people. You hear anecdotes about Alí Primera everywhere, even outside our borders." | Villegas also highlighted the importance of the film directed by Yegres, which takes the viewer on a visual tour of the state of Falcón and allows one to see the beauty of Venezuela,…

Brant Roberts (2024-11-21). Venezuela's National Assembly Proposes Simón Bolívar Special Law. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan National Assembly will begin discussions of the Simón Bolívar Special Law against the Blockade and for the Defense of Venezuela, which is expected to sanction those who promote actions against the country. | During an ordinary session this Tuesday, a special commission was appointed that will be chaired by deputy Carlos Mogollón. José Gregorio Correa will serve as its vice president. | The commission will be in responsible for drafting a Simón Bolívar Special Law which will be presented this Thursday for its first discussion. It is expected that in seven days, the second discussion of this project…

Roger D. Harris (2024-11-21). US-backed Venezuelan Opposition Never Tried to Win the Presidency. dissidentvoice.org "On the campaign trail, she [María Corina Machado] was received almost as a religious figure, often wearing white, promising to restore democracy and reunite families torn apart by an economic crisis and mass migration. 'María!' her followers shouted, before falling into her arms," the New York Times reverently reported. Indeed, Machado's personally chosen surrogate to …

Elsy Fors Garzon (2024-11-21). Economic ties between Iran and Venezuela discussed. plenglish.com Tehran, Nov 21 (Prensa Latina) Representatives from Iran and Venezuela are working together to promote economic and commercial cooperation, technology transfers and joint investments, it was reported today in this capital.

Pressenza New York (2024-11-21). US-backed Venezuelan Opposition Never Tried to Win the Presidency — Now, a New York Times Hagiography of its Leader. pressenza.com

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-11-21). Parlamento de Venezuela presenta Ley Libertador Simón Bolívar. radiohc.cu La Habana, 21 nov (RHC) La comisión creada por la Asamblea Nacional (Parlamento) presentará hoy en sesión ordinaria el texto de la Ley Especial Libertador Simón Bolívar contra el bloqueo y por la defensa de la República Bolivariana.

Pablo Meriguet (2024-11-21). Milei and Trump: allies in the battle for "freedom" and to combat "wokeism" peoplesdispatch.org Last week, Argentina's far-right president Javier Milei traveled to the United States to show his total support for US president-elect Donald Trump. His visit marked Trump's first encounter with a foreign leader since winning the elections on November 5. The Argentine head of state was an honored guest and speaker at two major conservative events held at Donald Trump's own resort Mar-a-Lago where he denounced the evils of socialism and social justice. | Milei had previously promised fellow right-wing president Daniel Noboa of Ecuador that he would attend the Ibero-American Summit held in Cuenca from November 14-1…

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-11-21). Nueva jornada de movilizaciones contra Noboa en Ecuador. radiohc.cu La Habana, 21 nov (RHC) Ecuador vivirá hoy otra jornada de movilizaciones contra el Gobierno del presidente Daniel Noboa a pocos días de cumplir un año en el poder.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2024-11-21). 1,400 police officers deployed due to protests in Ecuador. plenglish.com Ahora te mando lo que hiceQuito, Nov 21 (Prensa Latina) General Henry Tapia, police commander of the Metropolitan District of Quito, said that 1,400 police officers will be deployed today along with members of the Armed Forces, in the areas where a protest against the Government is planned.

meorinoco (2024-11-21). Aleida Guevara on the US Elections: 'The Same Dog with a Different Collar'. orinocotribune.com Cuban Doctor, Aleida Guevara's, interview with Brazil de Fato in the context of the G20. | Following in the footsteps of her father, the Cuban Revolution guerrilla Ernesto Che Guevara, Aleida studied medicine in Cuba, specializing in pediatrics. But above all, she is a communist revolutionary, as she likes to describe herself. Present at the G20 Social Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Aleida Guevara, 63, gave an exclusive interview to Brasil de Fato, in which she talked about the economic blockade against Cuba, its effects, the change of government in the United States, and Brazil's position on the elections in Venezuel…

infobrics (2024-11-21). France, Germany failed to pressure Brazil to change joint statement on Ukraine at G20. infobrics.org EU countries unhappy with early end to G20 talks on Ukraine war.

tvbrics (2024-11-21). China, Brazil, South Africa, and African Union launch global open science initiative. tvbrics.com The initiative seeks to drive global innovation in science and technology, particularly to benefit nations in the Global South…

tvbrics (2024-11-21). China and Brazil sign new agreements on the sidelines of Xi Jinping's state visit to Brasilia. tvbrics.com The two nations designated 2026 as the China-Brazil Year of Culture to strengthen people-to-people ties…

ecns.cn (2024-11-21). Xi calls for ushering in next 'Golden 50 Years' of China-Brazil relations. ecns.cn China is ready to join hands with Brazil in a spirit of perseverance and dedication to build a China-Brazil community with a shared future and usher in the next "Golden 50 Years" of China-Brazil relations, said Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday.

Joaquim Salles (2024-11-21). Can Lula still save the Amazon? grist.org When Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in January 2023, he inherited environmental protection agencies in shambles and deforestation at a 15-year high. His predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, had Environmental protection agencies have…

Juan M. Garcia (2024-11-21). Central Bank of Chile warns about geopolitical tension. plenglish.com Santiago, Chile, Nov 21 (Prensa Latina) The Central Bank of Chile on Wednesday published its Financial Stability Report for the second half of 2024, in which it warns that the main source of risks for the country is geopolitical tensions abroad.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-11-21). Central Sindical colombiana marchará por aniversario de Paro Nacional. radiohc.cu La Habana, 21 nov (RHC) La Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Colombia (CUT) protagoniza hoy una jornada de movilización en las principales plazas y calles con el objetivo de conmemorar el quinto aniversario del Paro Nacional, que comenzó el 21 de noviembre de 2019.

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-11-21). Bahamas expresses in Guyana concern over chaos in Haiti. plenglish.com "The situation in Haiti is deteriorating to the point where we have to worry about what I call mass migration," Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis said. | We have the dilemma of dealing with hundreds of people who enter by sea to the Bahamas or stopping this migratory phenomenon, which is now less intense because we strengthen the surveillance of our borders and partner with Cuba, the United States and Turks and Caicos Islands, to ensure the flow of Haitians. | If the security situation in Haiti continues to deteriorate, it would be impossible for us to deal with the millions of people trying to escape that rea…