Private security firm spied on Julian Assange for CIA, reports claim
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-27
A Spanish private security company hired to protect the Ecuadorian embassy in London when Julian Assange lived there spied on the WikiLeaks founder for the US intelligence service, it has been claimed.A report in Spanish newspaper El Pais said the company, UC Global SL, allegedly handed over audio and video to the CIA of meetings Assange held with his lawyers.The company is being investigated over the claims by Spain's High Court, the Audiencia Nacional, said the report.Assange filed a criminal complaint himself, in which he accused the company of violating his privacy and the secrecy of his client-attorney privi…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/09/27/private-security-firm-spied-on-julian-assange-for-cia-reports-claim/

Following Grayzone exposé, top Venezuelan coup official Ricardo Hausmann is forced to resign
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-27
After The Grayzone's Anya Parampil published an exposé of Guaidó appointee Ricardo Hausmann's opaque and hypocritical financial practices, he was…
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/27/following-grayzone-expose-top-venezuelan-coup-official-ricardo-hausmann-is-forced-to-resign/

Human Rights Briefing: Updates on Egypt, Zimbabwe, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-27
Here's a roundup of human rights news this Friday: UN's Bachelet urges restraint over arrests of Egypt protestors; expert calls for 'democratic shift' in Zimbabwe; Human Rights Council agrees fact-finding mission to Venezuela; independent experts urge freedom for Saudi women's rights defender, after 500 days in prison.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1047872

Brazilian Students Take Protest to Next Level, Launch Strike Against Bolsonaro Education Cuts
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-27
Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has proposed privatization and immediate slashing of the public education budget. Students worried about the future of education in Brazil are beginning to mobilize with a strike at one of the county's main universities. Mike Fox reports from Brazil…
therealnews.com/stories/brazil-students-protest-bolsonaro-education-cuts

Russia Detains 3 North Korean Vessels Accused of Poaching
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-27
Russia announced on Friday that their naval forces detained three North Korean vessels and more than 200 of their crewmen in the second such incident in two weeks as part of a clampdown on poaching by the secretive nation's fishermen. | RELATED: | Putin Backs Venezuela Talks in Meeting With Maduro in Moscow | The detentions mark rare confrontation between North Korea and Russia, which sees itself as an important player in international talks on defusing nuclear tensions around the reclusive state's missile program.
telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Detains-3-North-Korean-Vessels-Accused-of-Poaching-20190927-0004.html

Maduro Thinks Russia and Venezuela Can "Overcome Any Difficulties", but Is He Right?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
During a meeting with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro held on last Wednesday Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia supports Venezuela's legitimate government against the continued U.S.-backed coup led by opposition leader Juan Guaidó. However, the Russian president also …
globalresearch.ca/maduro-thinks-russia-venezuela-overcome-any-difficulties/5690342

US Gives Guaido $52 Million in Funding, Slaps Venezuela With New Sanctions
Venezuela Analysis | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-27
Self-proclaimed "Interim President" Juan Guaido and the Venezuelan opposition have been given $52 million by the Trump administration.

US Gives Guaido $52 Million in Funding, Slaps Venezuela With New Sanctions

Decimation of the Rainforests and the Money Men
Graham Peebles | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-27
During August thousands of fires ravaged the Amazon rainforest in Brazil and Bolivia. Some are still burning. In the wet ecosystem of the rainforest fires are not a natural phenomenon, they are started by people, mostly well-organized criminal gangs that profit from illegal logging and land clearance. Brazil's right-wing President, Jain Bolsanaro, took office in …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/decimation-of-the-rainforests-and-the-money-men/

Demonstrators in Lima Protest Against Water Privatization
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-26
Residents of Lima, Peru, marched against the privatization of the pubic Lima Drinking Water and Sewerage Service (Sedapal) Thursday as they headed towards the Ministry of Housing Construction and Sanitation. | RELATED: | Peru: Mining Convention Opens With Protests Against 'Tia Maria' | The protesters demanded the Supreme Decree number 214-2019-EF, a resolution that establishes that the state-controlled water institution be moved to the private sector. | The demonstration was or…
telesurenglish.net/news/Demonstrators-in-Lima-Protest-Against-Water-Privatization-20190926-0028.html

Maduro, Putin Create 'Road Map' for Bilateral Accord
teleSUR -EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-26
During a live speech from Caracas on Thursday, the first since his trip to Russia, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that he and President Vladimir Putin, "have agreed on a new road map of cooperation focused on new investments and Russian support for our country." | RELATED: | Duque Uses Venezuela as 'Smoke Screen' for Colombian Problems: Arreaza | President Maduro said that that the first part of the bilateral plans that the two heads of state agreed upon will be…
telesurenglish.net/news/Maduro-Putin-Create-Road-Map-for-Bilateral-Accord-20190926-0017.html

Colombia Presents Fake Evidence of ELN Members in Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-26
Colombian President Ivan Duque gave the United Nations what he called, "conclusive proof" of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's support of so-called terrorist groups during his speech to the organization's General Assembly on Wednesday, including a photo of National Liberation Army (ELN) members the Colombian president claims was taken in Tachira, Venezuela last year. | RELATED: | Colombian Govt: No Dialogue If ELN, FARC Dissent Make Alliance | "The ELN were in rural schools o…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Presents-Fake-Evidence-of-ELN-Members-in-Venezuela-20190926-0027.html

Venezuela: Trump Imposes Travel Ban, Putin Backs Dialogue
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-26
US officials and the Venezuelan opposition have also lobbied the EU to impose harsher sanctions against Caracas.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14671

Washington uses UN session to unveil new sanctions against Iran and Venezuela
wsws.org | 2019-09-26
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo made it clear that the target of the latest sanctions was not just Iran, but China, which accounts for half of Iran's sharply reduced oil exports.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/26/irve-s26.html

Geneva Passes Resolution in Favor of Venezuela's Human Rights
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-26
During an ordinary session celebrated in Geneva, this Tuesday, UN Human Rights Council passed a project of the resolution called "strengthening cooperation and technical assistance in the field of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela", informed its permanent representative Jorge Valero. | RELATED: | NAM Defends Multilateralism in Ministers Meeting at UN | The diplomat expressed that the main purpose is to promote a peac…
telesurenglish.net/news/geneve-passed-a-resolution-in-favor-of-human-rights-in-venezuela-20190926-0015.html

Indonesian fires threaten millions
G. Dunkel | workers.org | 2019-09-26
Over the past few months, fires have destroyed millions of acres of rainforest in Brazil's Amazon region, normally one of the wettest areas in the world, as well as in Indonesia, which has been immersed in the world capitalist economy since the U.S. covertly engineered a military coup there in . . . | Continue reading Indonesian fires threaten millions at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/26/indonesian-fires-threaten-millions/

The far right: a global phenomenon
Michael Là∂wy | mronline.org | 2019-09-26
In recent years, the reactionary, authoritarian and/or fascist extreme right wing has been in the ascendant all over the world: it already governs half of the world's countries. Among the best-known examples are: Trump (United States), Modi (India), Orbán (Hungary), Erdoƒüan (Turkey), Daesh (Islamic State), Salvini (Italy), Duterte (Philippines), and now Bolsonaro (Brazil). | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/25/the-far-right-a-global-phenomenon/

Brazil Investigates Oil Spills on 39 Beaches in 8 States
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-26
Brazilian authorities started investigating the origin of dark spots of hydrocarbonate — an oil derivative — on Tuesday that have appeared in recent days on 39 beaches in eight of the country's nine northeastern states and have affected several species of marine fauna. | RELATED: | Brazilian Amazon Chief Raoni: 'Bolsonaro Should Go' | The spots, which first appeared on the beaches of Alcantara where a sea turtle died as a result of the environmental damage, spread all along the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Investigates-Oil-Spills-on-39-Beaches-in-8-States-20190926-0025.html

Peru: Congress Shelves President's Proposal for Snap Election
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-26
After more than two hours of intense debate, Peruvian opposition lawmakers shelved a snap election proposal from centrist President Martin Vizcarra with 13 votes in favor and 1 against Thrusday. | RELATED: | New Hearing to be Held for Peruvian Opposition Leader | Vizcarra had proposed holding general elections a year earlier than scheduled to end an impasse with the opposition-run Congress over his proposed anti-graft reforms. He cannot run again due to term limits and has said he wants…
telesurenglish.net/news/Peru-congress-shelved-reform-holding-early-elections-20190926-0030.html

Dark Times Won't Return to Our Region: Estela De Carlotto
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-26
In the most recent edition of RT's 'Talking with Correa', the former Ecuadorean Rafael Correa president spoke with Estela de Carlotto, president of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo Movement, about their legacy that for over 40 years has reunited thousands of families separated by Argentina's military dictatorship (1976-1983). | RELATED: | Maduro: Trump Has Obsessive Hatred Against Latin Americans | "I can ¥t understand how could some people be so mean, so perverse and how could…
telesurenglish.net/news/estela-de-carlotto-no-more-dark-times-in-our-america–20190926-0022.html

'Argentina Is Top Priority', Incoming IMF Director Acknowledges
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-26
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday appointed Kristalina Georgieva as its new managing director, a Bulgarian economist who met with Argentina's Finance Minister Hernan Lacunza in New York even before formally taking office. | RELATED: | Argentina: Macri Accused of 'Treason' Over Handling of Malvinas | "I look forward to working with the authorities as I take on my duties on October 1. Argentina is an important member of the IMF and we want to see it succeed," Georg…
telesurenglish.net/news/Argentina-Is-Top-Priority-Incoming-IMF-Director-Acknowledges-20190926-0013.html

DIVIDE AND CONQUER: THE CASE OF IBERO-AMERICA
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-09-26
PART 1: ANTECEDENTS, POTENTIALITIES AND WEALTH A brief history of the balkanization of Ibero-America. First of all, I want to clarify why I will be using the term "Ibero-America" ‚Äã‚Äãinstead of "Latin America." The region in question stretches from northern Mexico to Ushuaia in southern Argentina, and is made up of a majority of Spanish …
uwidata.com/5460-divide-and-conquer-the-case-of-ibero-america/

Left-Wing Broad Front Leads Voting Intention in Uruguay
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-26
The ruling left-wing Broad Front (FA) and itspresidential candidate Daniel Martinez lead by 30 percent in Uruguay's voting intention, according to a poll released Thursday by Option Consultants (Opción Consultores). | RELATED: | Uruguay: Left-Wing Broad Front Ratifies Its Presidential Ticket | According to the survey, the opposition right-wing National Party (PN) with Luis Lacalle Pou as a candidate, rose to 23 percent and is placed second, while the Cabildo Abierto party along with the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Broad-Front-in-Uruguay-Leads-in-Voting-Intentions–20190926-0031.html

Powerful Forces Cause Fires in Brazil, Beyond the Amazon
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-25
The policies of Brazil's right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro are provoking more forest fires and deforestation, not only in the Amazon rainforest. Environmental activists are now trying to counter the trend by engaging in reforestation.
therealnews.com/stories/powerful-forces-cause-fires-in-brazil-beyond-the-amazon

Washington Gives Guaido $52M in Funding, Slaps Venezuela with New Sanctions
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-25
The new aid package dovetailed with fresh sanctions targeting Venezuela-Cuba oil shipping.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14668

Trump Lashes Out at Iran, China & Venezuela in Nationalist Address to U.N. General Assembly
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-25
On Tuesday, President Trump made his third address to the United Nations General Assembly amid simmering tensions in the Middle East over recent attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, which the United States blames on Iran. Tehran denies the allegations. Trump also lashed out at China and Venezuela. We speak with Vijay Prashad, director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and chief editor of LeftWord Books. His latest article for Salon is headlined "World leaders gather at the UN in the face of war, climate catastrophe & global worker exploitation."
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/25/trump_un_general_assembly_speech_vijay

Media Continue to Push Misinformation About Venezuela and Drug Trafficking
Lucas Koerner | fair.org | 2019-09-24
The Wall Street Journal ( 9/15/19) claims that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez "ordered his top lieutenants to work with Colombian Marxist guerrillas to flood the US with cocaine in his government's efforts to combat the Bush administration." | In recent years, Western corporate journalists have turned to systematically citing unnamed sources and secret documents from the US national security state. Indeed, one would be forgiven for thinking it was standard operating procedure. | Th…
fair.org/home/media-continue-to-push-misinformation-about-venezuela-and-drug-trafficking/

Reuters can't find U.S. critics to question Amazon's anti-Venezuela propaganda
Joe Emersberger | mronline.org | 2019-09-24
A line from the trailer for Jack Ryan, an Amazon TV drama whose second season streams on November 1, is: A nuclear Venezuela…. You will not hear about it on the news, 'cause we'll already be dead. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/24/reuters-cant-find-u-s-critics-to-question-amazons-anti-venezuela-propaganda/

Meet Brazil's Indigenous Leader Attacked by Bolsonaro at U.N. over Efforts to Preserve the Amazon
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-24
A number of indigenous leaders from Brazil traveled to New York to protest Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's push to open the Amazon rainforest for agribusiness, logging and mining. Democracy Now!'s Nermeen Shaikh spoke to Chief Raoni Metuktire of the Kayapó tribe on Monday outside the U.N. Climate Action Summit about the situation in the Amazon, including the recent outbreak of devastating fires. After the interview, Chief Raoni attempted to enter the U.N. summit, but despite support from dozens of activists, he was barred from entering. He is a nominee for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/24/un_climate_summit_indigenous_leader_barred

In Landmark UN Complaint, 16 Children Accuse Nations of Failing to Protect Them from Climate Change
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-24
Youth climate activists from around the world also attended the U.N. Climate Action Summit Monday, where they spoke at UNICEF about a landmark new climate complaint they filed with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. Hailing from countries including Argentina, Brazil, Germany, the Marshall Islands and Tunisia, the young representatives spoke about why they feel compelled to act on the climate crisis. Among the youth climate activists were Alexandria Villaseñor of New York and Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/24/children_vs_climatecrisis

Venezuela: Dueling Delegations Sent to New York as TIAR Treaty Invoked
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-23
Colombian President Ivan Duque raised tensions on the eve of the UN General Assembly when he compared Maduro to Slobodan Milosevic and Al Qaeda.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14664

Millions march against climate change, capitalism and war
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-23
Four million people participated in the global climate strike across every continent on Friday, many of them students who skipped school on that day. Demonstrations at more than 5,800 locations in 161 countries began in Australia and the Pacific, moved to Asia, Antarctica, Africa and Europe, and then to North and South America. This is […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/23/millions-march-against-climate-change-capitalism-and-war/

19-Year-Old Indigenous Climate Activist Artemisa Xakriabá: "We Fight for Mother Earth"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-23
Friday's climate strike in New York City concluded with remarks from indigenous leaders, activists and organizers. Artemisa Xakriabá, a 19-year-old indigenous climate activist of the Xakriabá people, spoke about the increasing intensity of environmental destruction across Brazil and the interconnectedness of the fight for climate justice. "We fight for our Mother Earth because the fight for Mother Earth is the mother of all other fights," Xakriabá said. "We are fighting for your lives. We are fighting for our lives. We are fighting for our sacred territory. But we are being persecuted, threatened, murdered, only…
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/23/brazil_indigenous_climate_activist_artemisa_xakriaba

US imposes New Sanctions Targeting Venezuela's Food Program
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-18
The Treasury Department has targeted people and companies involved in imports for Venezuela's CLAP program.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14659

Venezuela: Gov't Releases Opposition Leader, Guaido Ratified as Parliament Head
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-18
Edgar Zambrano was a high-profile participant in the opposition's April 30 military putsch.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14660

Government Signs Agreement with Opposition Factions as Guaido Declares Dialogue Over
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-16
Guaido called for a "new stage of struggle" including the recent activation of the TIAR mutual defence treaty.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14657

Venezuela Probes Guaido over Photos with Colombian Drug Traffickers
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-15
Los Rastrojos have been accused of drug smuggling, extortion, and targeted killings.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14656

Venezuela Oil Production Continues Decline as China Cancels More Shipments
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-12
Russian oil giant Rosneft blasted threats of US sanctions as "unfair competition."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14654

Venezuela's Maduro Warns of Colombia 'Threat' as Trump Fires Bolton
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-11
Venezuelan military exercises along the border started on Tuesday.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14653

Venezuela: Guaido Under Investigation over Essequibo Bargaining Revelations
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-09
Guaido envoy Vanessa Neumann was caught on tape offering to relinquish Venezuela's historic claim in exchange for backing from London.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14651

New Season of Amazon's Jack Ryan Focused on Venezuela Denounced as 'Over-the-Top and Ridiculous' US Propaganda
Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-08
The upcoming season of Amazon's Jack Ryan could have been scripted by John Bolton.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14650

Evo Morales, providing leadership in times of adversity
Enrique Moreno Gimeranez | liberationnews.org | 2019-09-08
While other South American leaders delayed, Bolivian Pres. Evo Morales personally led efforts to confront the tragedy in the Amazon.
liberationnews.org/evo-morales-providing-leadership-in-times-of-adversity/

Mastercard Blocks Two Venezuelan Banks as Inflation Rises
Ricardo Vaz and Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-06
A Chinese contractor has also suspended work on an oil expansion project.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14649

Venezuela: Gold Reserves Fall to 75-year Low as Guaido Seeks to Restructure Debt
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-04
Venezuelan gold reserves fell by $1 billion in the first semester of 2019.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14647

Former Colombian guerrillas rearm as government undermines Peace Accords
James Jordan | liberationnews.org | 2019-09-03
A new phase of armed conflict in Colombia has emerged with the declaration by some former leaders of the FARC-EP (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia — People's Army) that they are reorganizing and rearming as an insurgent force.
liberationnews.org/former-colombian-guerrillas-rearm-as-government-undermines-peace-accords/

Venezuela Points Finger at Duque for Breakdown of Colombian Peace Process
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-02
The Maduro government also refuted accusations that it offers "refuge" to FARC-EP rebels.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14646

Venezuela Exposes Failed Plan to Attack Justice Palace, Police Headquarters
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-02
Vicepresident Jorge Rodriguez presented evidence of a failed attack on Venezuela's highest courts located in Caracas allegedly to be carried out by criminals trained in Colombia.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14644

Report: One Venezuelan Migrant Killed Every Day in Colombia
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-08-28
Criminal activity and xenophobic attacks have been cited among the main causes.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14641

US Opens Venezuela Interest Section in Colombia as Guaido Rebuffs Further Talks
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-08-28
It remains unclear whether the new Venezuela Affairs Unit will facilitate talks with Caracas.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14640