2021-10-26: News Headlines

_____ (2021-10-26). The US Will Break Any Laws To Protect The Elites: The Saab And Assange Cases. popularresistance.org The United States government demonstrates repeatedly that it will do whatever it takes to protect the economic and political interests of the elites, even if it means total disregard for human rights and international law. Two cases that highlight this are the recent kidnapping and prosecution of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab and the attempts to extradite the Australian Wikileaks publisher and journalist Julian Assange. Clearing the FOG speaks with Roger Harris of Task Force on the Americas who travelled to Cabo Verde where Saab was detained and tortured for over a year before his rendition to Miami and with Joe…

teleSUR, SH (2021-10-26). Gobierno boliviano se reunirá con víctimas de masacres. telesurtv.net Tras una semana de caminata víctimas sobrevivientes y familiares de las masacres de Sacaba y Senkata llegaron a la ciudad de La Paz.

teleSUR, JDO -HIM -JCM (2021-10-26). Víctimas de Sacaba y Senkata realizan vigilia en La Paz, Bolivia. telesurtv.net Demandan acelerar los procesos para identificar a responsables de ambas masacres, ocurridas en noviembre de 2019.

Staff (2021-10-26). In-Person Classes and Youth Vaccination Successfully Begin in Venezuela (Video & Photos). orinocotribune.com As planned by Venezuelan authorities, this Monday, October 25, in-person classes and youth vaccination began for the 2021-2022 academic schedule at all academic levels. | The Executive Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, and the Minister for Education, Yelitze Santaella, visited the Alberto Màºller Rojas educational institution in Caracas to monitor compliance by children and teachers with the COVID-19 health protocols on the first day of classes. | The resumption of face-to-face classes will be supervised with strict epidemiological monitoring in order to avoid contagion. The option of suspending…

teleSUR, SH (2021-10-26). Arranca en Ecuador nueva jornada de movilizaciones contra el Gobierno. telesurtv.net Las protestas de este 26 de octubre apuntan a ser las más nutridas desde que Guillermo Lasso asumió el poder en mayo.

teleSUR, JL (2021-10-26). Organizaciones sociales denuncian prácticas violentas policiales en Colombia. telesurtv.net Entre las prácticas perpetradas por la fuerza pública figuran agresiones sexuales, detenciones arbitrarias y disparos contra manifestantes.

Staff (2021-10-25). International Social Movements Denounce Illegal US Move Against Alex Saab (Photos and Videos). orinocotribune.com On Sunday, October 24, social movements from different countries, including the United States, peacefully demonstrated in favor of the release of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab. He was illegally extracted from Cape Verde to the US, as part of the interventionist and violent policies of the US authorities against the peoples of the world, and especially the criminal strategy of starving millions of Venezuelans with the sole objective of ousting democratically elected President Nicolás Maduro. | Groups of activists in defense of human rights expressed condemnation for the arbitrary and irregular measures by the gove…

Global Research (2021-10-25). Alex Saab: Grave atropello de Estados Unidos. globalizacion.ca La arbitraria extradición a Estados Unidos por el gobierno de Cabo Verde del empresario y diplomático venezolano Alex Saab, el 16 de octubre, es en realidad un secuestro, como acusó el presidente de Venezuela Nicolás Maduro. Saab fue detenido y…

Staff (2021-10-25). Evo Morales: Plurinational America Not Compatible With Imperialism. orinocotribune.com On Saturday, October 23, the former president of Bolivia and current president of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) party, Evo Morales, in an exclusive interview for the international TV station teleSUR, discussed the role of indigenous movements to recover territories and fight against colonialism. | "The invasion of 1492 was under an alliance between the monarchy and the Catholic Church," said Morales. "Pope Francis apologized to the indigenous movement, but not the Europeans… From Bolivia, from South America, we are proclaiming plurinational states." | The former president reiterated that to refer to the…

teleSUR, JCM (2021-10-25). Perú ampliará distribución de gas natural en varias regiones. telesurtv.net La masificación del gas natural será en las regiones de Cusco, Puno, Apurímac, Arequipa, Moquegua, Tacna, Ayacucho y Ucayali.

Staff (2021-10-25). 21N Regional Elections: More than 75% of CNE Electoral Schedule Complete. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) has completed over 75% of the activities in its electoral schedule for the Regional Elections to be held on November 21, and currently a number of activities that are being carried out in parallel. This was reported by the principal rector of the electoral body, Tania D ¥Amelio. | During the TV show Aquí con Ernesto Villegas, hosted by the Minister for Culture, Ernesto Villegas, broadcast by Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), D'Amelio specified that the CNE is arranging a pilot plan, so that people with disabilities would be able to vote at voting desk number 1 of all…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-10-25). Venezuela Reports 1,056 New COVID-19 Cases and 10 Deaths on Saturday — In Person Classes to Start on Monday. orinocotribune.com Saturday, October 23, was the 587th day of the pandemic in Venezuela, and 1,056 new COVID-19 infections were reported in the country in the last 24 hours; all were cases of community transmission. In addition, 10 deaths were reported. The Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, informed this through Twitter. | With this update, Venezuela has a total of 399,667 reported infections and 4,800 deaths. Of this total, 14,146 are active cases with 9,230 being treated in hospitals: 4,363 in comprehensive diagnotic centers (CDIs) and 553 in private clinics. The number of people who have recovered is 380,721, which r…

Paul Dobson (2021-10-25). 'El Pollo' Carvajal Extradition to US Suspended, Expected to Proceed Shortly. venezuelanalysis.com The Venezuelan former intelligence chief and fierce Maduro critic was arrested in Spain on drug trafficking charges.

teleSUR, yart, JCM (2021-10-25). Movimientos sociales ecuatorianos rechazan medidas económicas. telesurtv.net El Gobierno ecuatoriano aumentó el precio de los combustibles el pasado viernes y varios sectores desaprueban la medida.

Benjamin Chambers (2021-10-25). An Immigrant Family from Ecuador Searches for Peace and a Home. latinorebels.com As undocumented immigrants from Ecuador, Madeline and Jorge had long lived with the risk that they could one day be arrested. On the day Jorge was taken by ICE outside their home in Queens, Madeline, fearing she and her daughters could be next, fled to New Jersey.

teleSUR, JL (2021-10-25). Asesinan a líder social en Colombia, el número 143 en el 2021. telesurtv.net Desde la firma del Acuerdo de Paz en 2016, en el país se han asesinado 1.258 líderes sociales.

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2021-10-25: News Headlines

Staff (2021-10-25). Evo Morales: Plurinational America Not Compatible With Imperialism. orinocotribune.com On Saturday, October 23, the former president of Bolivia and current president of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) party, Evo Morales, in an exclusive interview for the international TV station teleSUR, discussed the role of indigenous movements to recover territories and fight against colonialism. | "The invasion of 1492 was under an alliance between the monarchy and the Catholic Church," said Morales. "Pope Francis apologized to the indigenous movement, but not the Europeans… From Bolivia, from South America, we are proclaiming plurinational states." | The former president reiterated that to refer to the…

teleSUR, JCM (2021-10-25). Perú ampliará distribución de gas natural en varias regiones. telesurtv.net La masificación del gas natural será en las regiones de Cusco, Puno, Apurímac, Arequipa, Moquegua, Tacna, Ayacucho y Ucayali.

Staff (2021-10-25). 21N Regional Elections: More than 75% of CNE Electoral Schedule Complete. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) has completed over 75% of the activities in its electoral schedule for the Regional Elections to be held on November 21, and currently a number of activities that are being carried out in parallel. This was reported by the principal rector of the electoral body, Tania D ¥Amelio. | During the TV show Aquí con Ernesto Villegas, hosted by the Minister for Culture, Ernesto Villegas, broadcast by Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), D'Amelio specified that the CNE is arranging a pilot plan, so that people with disabilities would be able to vote at voting desk number 1 of all…

teleSUR, yart, JCM (2021-10-25). Movimientos sociales ecuatorianos rechazan medidas económicas. telesurtv.net El Gobierno ecuatoriano aumentó el precio de los combustibles el pasado viernes y varios sectores desaprueban la medida.

teleSUR, JL (2021-10-25). Asesinan a líder social en Colombia, el número 143 en el 2021. telesurtv.net Desde la firma del Acuerdo de Paz en 2016, en el país se han asesinado 1.258 líderes sociales.

_____ (2021-10-24). Biden Administration Is Undermining The Venezuela Dialogue. popularresistance.org The talks between the Venezuelan government and the extreme-right wing opposition had been going well. There are still outstanding issues to be resolved, like ending the economic war, but the discussions held in Mexico led to concrete electoral developments. The European Union agreed to send an electoral observation mission. The United Nations decided to send a panel of electoral experts. (Both institutions refused to observe the 2018 presidential and 2020 legislative elections, despite invitations from the government.) Thousands of opposition candidates registered to run in the mega-elections, which include voti…

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2021-10-24). Price of Subsidized Fuel Adjusted in Venezuela — Long Lines to Remain. orinocotribune.com Caracas, October 23, 2021 ( Since June 1, 2020, Venezuela has a dual scheme of gasoline sales where most gas stations inthe country, approximately 1,500 nationwide, sell gasoline at a subsidized rate of Bs. 0.005 per liter and approximately 200 stations were handed to private entities to sell gasolin…

Staff (2021-10-24). President Maduro Visits Central University of Venezuela, Inspects Renovation Works (Photos). orinocotribune.com On Thursday, October 21, President Nicolás Maduro visited the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) campus in Caracas, to inspect the ongoing renovation works at Venezuela's oldest institute of higher education. After his visit, President Maduro stressed that the renovation of this World Heritage Site will be a cause for reconciliation and educational and cultural benefit for Venezuela. In videos posted on his Twitter account this Friday, the president expressed his congratulations to "the entire Presidential Commission, the workers and the students involved for the coordinated work they are doing towards a recov…

teleSUR- lvm, JL (2021-10-24). Encuentran reclusos ahorcados en penitenciaría de Ecuador. telesurtv.net Los decesos ocurrieron en la Penitenciaría del Litoral, en la ciudad costera de Guayaquil.

Alejandra Marks (2021-10-24). Underground Activists in Brazil Fight for Women's Reproductive Rights. zcomm.org Abortion activism networks support and guide women through at-home procedures in Brazil's legally restrictive and socially conservative landscape…

_____ (2021-10-24). Chile, Two Years After The Popular Uprising. popularresistance.org That October 18, 2019 was a blow that, in one fell swoop, brought down the deceptive faàßade of the conservative regime and inaugurated a new stage in the history of Chile. The enormous injustices maintained and deepened during the very slow (and failed) "democratic transition" initiated in 1990 were exposed. The explosive combination of free market without anesthesia and a democracy lacking in substance and completely delegitimized—thus becoming a rapacious plutocracy—was able to stay afloat thanks to the resignation, demoralization and apathy of the citizenry, skillfully induced by establishme…

Victoria Torres (2021-10-24). Chile: Carabineros Repress Peaceful Demonstration Two Years After Popular Uprising. orinocotribune.com On Friday, October 22, Chile's special forces, known as Carabineros, were deployed to suppress a peaceful demonstration held at Plaza Dignidad in capital Santiago. The demonstration celebrated the second anniversary of the start of the social uprising that shook Chile back in 2019. | On Friday, protesters gathered in the main square of Santiago to demand freedom for the political prisoners detained during the social unrest in late 2019. | The Carabineros arrived at around 8: 00 p.m. in the downtown area of Santiago to disperse the protest. According to police, two were arrested, including a minor, for public disor…

teleSUR, JCM (2021-10-24). Identifican restos de joven desaparecido en Popayán, Colombia. telesurtv.net El joven estudiante Brayan Alexander Arias Muñoz desapareció la época del Paro Nacional.

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