(2021-11-18). President Maduro as 21N Elections Approach: 'This is Venezuelan Democracy'. orinocotribune.com 
As the protagonist of an intense and permanent battle in defense of the rights of oppressed peoples, President Nicolás Maduro defines the progressive forces of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Now, President Maduro is in the midst of the electoral process to choose regional and local offices. | The president addressed the issue this Wednesday, November 17, during his participation, via video-conference, in the World Day in Defense of Democracy and the Truth of Venezuela. The event was attended by more than 300 international guests of Maduro's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) who arrived in Venezuel…
(2021-11-18). 21N Elections: Public Ministry to Deploy 940 Prosecutors this Sunday. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, November 16, within the framework of the Plan of the Republic to guarantee security for the regional elections scheduled for Sunday, November 21, the Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, reported that 1,090 officials of the Public Ministry (MP) will be deployed during the electoral contest. | As Saab detailed, 940 of the MP's 1090 officials are electoral prosecutors. The MP will also activate situation rooms in each state to process any crime related to electoral activity. In addition, Saab indicated that the hotline 0800-FISCA-00 is available if any incidents related to the election o…
(2021-11-18). 10 migrants found dead off Libya coast after European coast guards ignore rescue calls. peoplesdispatch.org As many as 99 people on the boat were rescued alive. The wooden boat was found by Doctors without Borders (MSF) around 30 nautical miles from the Libyan coast…
(2021-11-18). Kamala Harris is no border czar, Texas Democrat says. rt.com 
A long-time Texas congressman representing a district along the US-Mexico border said he has "moved on" from Vice President Kamala Harris when it comes to illegal immigration and now wishes the US had a proper border czar. | "I've moved on from the vice president to say, 'OK, let's work with the ambassadors and let's work with the State Department. Let's work with the homeland secretary'," Representative Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) told reporters on Wednesday. | "I wish we had a border czar. We've had border czars under different administrations," he added. | Though the media has "put a lot of focus on the vice pr…
(2021-11-18). Bolivia and Cuba: Protagonists and Events in the Heat of the Imperial Offensive. libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad Cuban police cars were rammed by violent demonstrators in Havana on July 11, 2021 (Photo: Yamil Lage / AFP) The onslaught of the Global North, led by the United States and its battery of unconventional warfare methods, continues to impact the stability of countries that are not aligned with the interests of domestic…
(2021-11-18). 100,000 people have become literate through MST education programs in Brazil. peoplesdispatch.org 
In 37 years of struggle, the MST has already enabled more than 100,000 people throughout Brazil to become literate. The work has been based on the Cuban literacy method "Yes, I can" and Paulo Freire's Brazilian Cultural Circle…
(2021-11-18). El maestro es el gran innovador del sistema educativo cubano. cubadebate.cu En un encuentro con directivos, científicos y expertos del Ministerio de Educación, el Presidente de la República insistió en la necesidad de seguir perfeccionando en el sector el sistema de gestión basado en la ciencia y la innovación a partir de las propias ideas que desde allí se desarrollan y conocen.
(2021-11-18). Minister Pushing Venezuela Regime Change Discussed its oil With Petrol Company. orinocotribune.com 
By Matt Kennard — Nov 18, 2021 | Sir Alan Duncan spoke off-the-record to the head of Vitol, the world's largest petroleum trader, to "gather information on" Venezuelan oil as he was devising British policy to remove the country's government. | ‚Ä¢ Duncan's conversation with Vitol's CEO was not logged in public government records and Foreign Office refuses to answer questions about it | ‚Ä¢ Meanwhile, Vitol tells Declassified it "has no record of conversation" | ‚Ä¢ As foreign minister from 2016-19, Duncan was "full tilt on Venezuela" and spoke of "need to gear…
(2021-11-18). So Said, Not So Easily Done. libya360.wordpress.com Steve D. Whittaker, PhD, MSc Since the 2020 storm season started, the Caribbean region has seen (perhaps) unprecedented downpours disrupt the daily lives of many communities and citizens. Even the most unorganized of cyclonic systems resulted in substantial damages* to infrastructure in Dominica, St. Lucia, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Kitts & Nevis, and Trinidad…
(2021-11-18). Los precios de los alimentos afectan a los países en desarrollo. cubadebate.cu El aumento en la importación de alimentos en 2021 afectará a los países en desarrollo, que gastarán en promedio 20 por ciento más por esas compras, según indica el último informe de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura. El aumento se debe a la subida de los precios de los alimentos comercializados internacionalmente, y a que los costos de transporte se multiplicaron por tres…
(2021-11-18). Hoy comienza, Baila en Cuba online 2021. cubadebate.cu Con una programación musical de lujo, del 17 al 19 de noviembre se desarrollará online la edición XV de Baila en Cuba, 2021, Encuentro Mundial de Academia de Bailes y Bailadores de Casino y Salsa. Este año, debido al escenario pandémico a nivel internacional, el evento modificó su programa, para mantener las expectativas de sus más 3000 activos seguidores.
(2021-11-18). Cuba, el país del que se informa de unas protestas que nunca existieron. cubadebate.cu Desde más de un mes antes, desde Estados Unidos anunciaban para el lunes 15 de noviembre protestas en Cuba para promover "el cambio político" en la isla. Los medios extranjeros informaron con fruición de la jornada de movilizaciones para acabar reconociendo que, sin necesidad de violencia policial alguna, no se produjo ni una sola manifestación.
(2021-11-18). A Dirty Occupation: The UN's Criminal Enterprise and Ecological Catastrophe in Haiti. libya360.wordpress.com Jemima Pierre UN tanker truck offloading the raw sewage of MINUSTAH Peacekeepers at Morne Cabrit sewage treatment plant in January 2013. Photo: Isabeau Doucet What are the environmental and ecological impacts of large-scale military occupations by the United Nations "peacekeeping" missions? The deadly cholera epidemic unleashed on the Haitian people by UN soldiers is an…
(2021-11-17). Polish defense chief: armed standoff at Belarusian border could last for months, years. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Poland's defence minister on Wednesday said that the migrant crisis on his country's border with Belarus could drag on for months…. Mariusz B≈Çaszczak's words came after Polish officials said a day earlier that 12 security force members suffered injuries as large groups of migrants bombarded them with stones at the Poland-Belarus border crossing in Ku≈∫nica. …
(2021-11-17). Venezuelan Envoy Alex Saab Pleads Not Guilty in US Court. venezuelanalysis.com Demonstrators in various cities throughout the globe held rallies to demand the release of the Colombo-Venezuelan businessman from US custody.
(2021-11-17). School Bus Drivers In Nationwide Strikes Over Poor Pay And Covid Risk. popularresistance.org Yellow school buses are part of the American streetscape, familiar to families across the US and an easily recognizable symbol the world over. | But the drivers of the vehicles that shuttle America's children to and from school are now caught up in the wave of labor unrest sweeping across the US in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. | Strikes, walkouts, protests or sick-outs among school bus drivers have taken place this fall in many states including North Carolina, New Mexico, Maryland, Florida, Indiana, Georgia Pennsylvania and New York among others. | Some school districts have periodically closed schools due…
(2021-11-17). Cubans More Excited About School Reopening Than Regime Change. zcomm.org "The US government misread Cuba when it decided to invest so heavily in trying to instigate insurrection. We Cubans want to improve our country & move forward, not back to the times when we were the friendly playground of US capital, corruption & ambition."
(2021-11-17). Bolivian President Luis Arce on Country Recovering from US-Backed Coup & Latin American Unity. orinocotribune.com "It is clear to us that South America, Latin America has to stop being the backyard of the United States." — Bolivian President Luis Arce talks to MintPress. | LA PAZ, BOLIVIA — Bolivian President Luis "Lucho" Arce did not pull his punches when asked by MintPress News last week what he thought about U.S. interventions in his region: "The message that we give to Mr. Biden is that he should continue being president of the United States and let all the presidents of Latin America be presidents of our countries." Arce made those comments during a sit-down interview conducted with MintPress at the Bolivian…
(2021-11-17). What Are the Prospects For Peace? zcomm.org Interview on the role of the U.S. in the escalating tensions and its capacity to reduce them…
(2021-11-17). B3W Project or a US Attempt to Revive the Cornwall Consensus. journal-neo.org 
On November 9, Reuters reported that the Office of the US President's National Security Advisor organized in October — early November exploratory trips of expert delegations to several countries in Africa and Latin America. A similar tour to Asia is planned for December. The purpose of these visits was to agree with the leadership of the …
(2021-11-17). Oppose Israel's banning of popular Palestinian groups. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Palestine Solidarity of Grand Rapids, MI. | The Palestine Solidarity Committee of Grand Rapids condemns the designation of six Palestinian human rights groups as "terrorist organizations" by the Israeli state. Israel, a puppet regime of the United States, has claimed these groups as linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), forcing them into clandestine underground operations. We are calling on the United States to denounce the unsubstantiated claims of terrorism, which are used as a weapon against reporting the daily a…
(2021-11-17). Committee to Stop FBI Repression opposes Israeli moves to criminalize six Palestinian groups. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression. | The Committee to Stop FBI Repression denounces the State of Israel criminalizing six Palestinian human rights and mass organizations, falsely labeling them terrorist. This desperate move by Israeli officials is provocative and dangerous. It criminalizes political speech and the right to organize people who already live under occupation. An occupation funded by the U.S. government, and backed politically by the Biden administration. President Biden should speak out against mislabeling and criminalizing Pale…
(2021-11-17). Latin America: Modest Advice for a Confused Left. orinocotribune.com By Atilio Boron — Nov 13, 2021 | The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) is a US law passed in 1938 that requires individuals representing the interests of foreign governments, in "political or quasi-political capacity," to disclose their relationship to said foreign government and provide detailed information on its finances and activities to the US authorities. | Hence, Latin American leftists, bear with me and think for a minute please; I am only asking this from you. How do you think the United States government would react if Vladimir Putin's Russia, violating the current legislation of the US, bl…
(2021-11-17). Latin America Must Unite To Face Coup Threats: President Arce. telesurenglish.net During a meeting held on Tuesday at Brazil's Single Central Workers Union (CUT) headquarters in Sao Pablo, Bolivian President Luis Arce suggested that regional progressive governments and politicians unite to confront the destabilizing attempts of right-wing sectors. | RELATED: | "The challenge for the revolutionary parties is to make regional integration and cooperation a reality amidst the harassment of extremist ant…
(2021-11-17). Russia responds to escalating British military activity nears its border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Britain is stepping up military activity near Russia's borders — Foreign Ministry The framework agreement between Ukraine and Britain on naval partnership proves once again that London is stepping up military activity near Russia's borders, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on Wednesday. "We regard this as another evidence of Britain's growing …
(2021-11-17). Black And Brown? 5 Things To Know About Hispanic Voters Increasingly Voting MAGA. moguldom.com The last few election cycles in 2020 and 2021 revealed the increased power of Hispanic voters in America. Hispanic voters helped former President Donald Trump win the states of Florida and Texas — and many of them remain big MAGA (Make America Great Again) supporters. It is a growing trend that is only gaining steam. …
(2021-11-17). US School Bus Drivers In Nationwide Strikes Over Poor Pay And Covid Risk. popularresistance.org Strikes, walkouts, protests or sick-outs among school bus drivers have taken place this fall in many states including North Carolina, New Mexico, Maryland, Florida, Indiana, Georgia Pennsylvania and New York among others. Some school districts have periodically closed schools due to bus driver shortages or changed school schedules to accommodate the shortage. Other districts have raised pay and offered sign-on bonuses to try to lure workers into vacant school bus driver positions.
(2021-11-17). México — Las arengas, mitos extravagantes. globalizacion.ca Los mitos extravagantes, el repertorio falaz de arengas, han sido utilizados como verdaderas armas de destrucción masiva contra la razón colectiva, han rebajado la moral pública hasta el grado de convertirla en simple comparsa de vaciedades, consignas insulsas contra el…
(2021-11-17). Belizian Observers To Engage In Venezuelan Elections. telesurenglish.net Invited by the National Electoral Council (CNE), five Belizean electoral experts arrived in Venezuela on Tuesday to participate in the Nov. 21 subnational elections as international observers. | RELATED: | The delegation is made up of Belize's Election Office Secretary Conrad Lewis, the Public Administration Ministry Secretary Michelle Rodriguez, Election Office Technician Orlando Espat, Elections Office Director…
(2021-11-17). President Maduro Rejects US Interference In Upcoming Elections. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro rejected the statements of the U.S. State Department seeking to discredit the subnational elections that will be held on November 21, a day in which over 20 million citizens will go to the polls to elect 23 governors, 335 mayors, 253 state legislators, and 2,471 councilors. | RELATED: | Besides evidencing Washington's insolent and interventionist attitude, the Bolivarian leader recalled…
(2021-11-17). Honduras: Specialists Warn Pandemic to Worsen After Elections. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the College of Microbiologists President Marco Moncada warned that Honduras will face a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic after the Nov. 28 elections. | Related | Even though the incidence of COVID-19 maintains a downward trend in this Central American country, authorities fear that a "fourth wave" might be imminent. A high concentration of people during the election will likely cause an increase in…
(2021-11-17). COVID-19 Cases Rise In the US Amid Sustained Vaccination Push. telesurenglish.net White House advisor Anthony Fauci warned that COVID-19 cases are starting to climb again in select regions across the U.S. after stabilizing at a high level following this summer's surge of the Delta variant. | RELATED: | "The only thing that's a little bit disconcerting is that we're beginning to plateau," Fauci said addint that "the deceleration of cases is now plateaued, and in some areas of the country, we're starting t…
(2021-11-17). It Turns Out Cubans Are More Excited About School Reopening Than Regime Change. fpif.org "If you build it, they will come," said Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams. In Cuba, they didn't come. | Dissidents on the island, with their U.S. backers, had been working feverishly for months to turn the unprecedented July 11 protests into a crescendo of government opposition on November 15. They built a formidable structure, with sophisticated social media (including an abundance of fake news), piles of cash from Cuban Americans and the U.S. government, and declarations of support from a bipartisan Congress and all the way up to the White House. | Even after the Cuban government denied the protesters a permit o…
(2021-11-17). Cubans Are More Excited About School Reopening Than Regime Change. popularresistance.org Havana – "If you build it, they will come," said Kevin Costner in the Field of Dreams. In Cuba, they didn't come. Dissidents on the island, with their U.S. backers, had been working feverishly for months to turn the unprecedented July 11 protests into a crescendo of government opposition on November 15. They built a formidable structure, with sophisticated social media (including an abundance of fake news), piles of cash from Cuban Americans and the U.S. government, and declarations of support from a bipartisan Congress and all the way up to the White House. | Even after the Cuban government denied the protesters…
(2021-11-17). Cubans Say They Are More Excited About School Reopening Than Regime Change. popularresistance.org Dissidents on the island, with their U.S. backers, had been working feverishly for months to turn the unprecedented July 11 protests into a crescendo of government opposition on November 15. They built a formidable structure, with sophisticated social media (including an abundance of fake news), piles of cash from Cuban Americans and the U.S. government, and declarations of support from a bipartisan Congress and all the way up to the White House.
(2021-11-17). Anti-socialist protests flop in Havana; pro-Cuba solidarity on display in NYC. peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK—For months, opponents of Cuba's socialist government have been calling for protests on Nov. 15th. Archipelago, the largely internet-confined Cuban activist-led "initiative" organizing what they called a "Civic March for Change" or "N15" protests, promised to flood the streets of Cuba demanding political liberty—and regime change. These calls quickly found amplifiers in the United …
(2021-11-17). The World Stands with Cuba. libya360.wordpress.com Tanya Wadhwa Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel with college students at a peaceful sit-in organized in Havana on Nvember 14. Photo: Miguel Díaz-Canel/Twitter Social movements and organizations around the world organized demonstrations in solidarity with Cuba and in rejection of the US-backed opposition protests planned in the country for November 15 The US-backed counter-revolutionary protests planned…
(2021-11-17). Cuba defeats US destabilization attempts. peoplesdispatch.org The people of Cuba outrightly rejected US-backed counter-revolutionary protests planned for November 15 called the "Civic March for Change." Solidarity actions were organized in more than 80 cities across the globe in defense of the Cuban Revolution on the same day.
(2021-11-17). The People vs. COP26: Time for Politicians, Billionaires to Listen. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud — Nov 14, 2021 | Of all the speeches and political grandstanding at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), the words of Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, were the most profound and least hypocritical. | Lopez Obrador
(2021-11-17). US Department of State Lashes Out at Venezuela's 21N Elections: President Maduro Responds. orinocotribune.com In an act of forceful repudiation, Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro expressed regret at the statements issued by spokespeople for the US Department of State, who tried to disparage the upcoming regional and municipal elections overseen by Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE). | Through the recent statement, the Biden administration once again assaulted Venezuelan sovereignty, meddling in the internal affairs of the South American nation by speaking aggressively and disrespectfully about the democratic process to be held next Sunday, November 21. | "It is shameful how the Department of State intends to…
(2021-11-17). Minneapolis bannering to demand asylum for Haitian immigrants. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On November 14, about 30 people gathered at Mayday Plaza on a cold day with signs and banners to demand asylum for Haitian immigrants. The action was planned by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) to demand legalization for all, this time with a focus on the recent blatant abuses of Haitian immigrants at the hands of Border Patrol agents on horseback at the Texas border as well as the recent upsurge in deportations of Haitian immigrants under Biden. It was endorsed by the Anti-War Committee (AWC), the Haiti Justice Committee of Minnesota, and Filipinx for Immigrant Rights & R…
(2021-11-17). If There Was 'Fraud' In Nicaragua's Election, Where's The Proof? popularresistance.org Masaya, Nicaragua – Official results from Nicaragua's elections on November 7 showed Daniel Ortega re-elected as president with 75% of the vote. On the same day, President Joe Biden dismissed the ballot as a "pantomime election" and within 48 hours the Organization of American States (OAS) had produced a 16-page report setting out its criticisms. It demanded the annulment of the elections and the holding of new ones, disregarding international and OAS rules that require respect for the sovereignty of nations. Yet it contained no evidence of problems on election day itself that would substantiate its objections. N…
(2021-11-17). Que pasó en las elecciones en Nicaragua? Un informe desde adentro. thegrayzone.com EEUU, la UE y la OEA están lanzando un nuevo intento de golpe de estado contra el gobierno sandinista de Nicaragua, rechazando sus elecciones de 2021. Benjamín Norton de The Grayzone observó la votación y habló con votantes. (You can watch or read this report in English here.) Transcripción BENJAMÂN NORTON: Millones de nicaragàºenses fueron a las urnas el 7 de noviembre de 2021, re-eligiendo por un amplio margen al Frente Sandinista y a su Presidente Daniel Ortega. Sin embargo, …
(2021-11-17). Bolivian government rejects far-right destabilization attempts and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at Law 1386 repealed by the Bolivian Senate amid protests led by far-right civic committees; a leaked judicial panel report on the violence by police and armed forces during the #EndSARS protests in Nigeria; the tentative agreement reached between student workers and the Harvard University administration in the US; and the political alliance announced by Sara Duterte and Ferdinand Marcos Junior ahead of the 2022 general elections in the Philippines.
(2021-11-17). Bolivia: La geopolítica del nuevo intento golpista. globalizacion.ca Lo que en Bolivia se viene activando es una variante de la doctrina Rumsfeld-Cebrowsky. Una vez que USA pierde el control de Medio Oriente, donde la Federación Rusa recupera su inmediato ámbito disuasivo, frente a la geopolítica energética occidental, los…
(2021-11-17). Enrique Márquez: CNE Could Not Process Changes in MUD Candidacy. orinocotribune.com Enrique Márquez, rector of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela, informed that the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) candidate Carlos Ocariz resigned from the governorship race of Miranda state in the afternoon of November 11; however, it was registered with the CNE a day later, on November 12. "Consequently, they could not be processed in time, this is the honest truth," said the rector. | In an interview with Eduardo Rodríguez on the Unión Radio program
(2021-11-17). Venezuelan Vice President Rodríguez Meets Association of Caribbean States Secretary. orinocotribune.com On Monday, November 15, the Executive Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, held a meeting with the Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), Rodolfo Sabonge with the aim of strengthening ties of cooperation between Venezuela and other member countries of the association. |
(2021-11-17). Behind the UK's Push for "Regime Change" in Venezuela. libya360.wordpress.com MATT KENNARD Alan Duncan speaks at the UN in New York in 2010 (Photo: UK government) Sir Alan Duncan spoke off-the-record to the head of Vitol, the world's largest petroleum trader, to "gather information on" Venezuelan oil as he was devising British policy to remove the country's government. Duncan's conversation with Vitol's CEO was not…
(2021-11-17). 21N Elections: Who Are the Carter Center's Electoral Mission Delegates? orinocotribune.com 
By Misión Verdad — Nov 16, 2021 | In October, the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela and the Carter Center signed a memorandum of understanding to guarantee the impartiality and objectivity of the electoral observer mission that the latter body will deploy during the Venezuelan regional and municipal elections to be held on November 21. | The CNE promised to guarantee the observation mission freedom of access to its facilities, to facilities of the subordinate electoral bodies and to all relevant information regarding the elections. After the elections, the Carter Center mission is obliged to pres…
(2021-11-17). Cuba solidarity movement hits the streets nationwide to counter CIA plots. liberationnews.org 
On Nov. 15, supporters of Cuba's independence mobilized in approximately 20 cities in the United States to oppose plots by the US government to destabilize the country and demand an end to the cruel US blockade…