(2021-11-20). Belarus' Investigative Committee identifies 109 victims of Polish border forces' actions. tass.com According to the Investigative Committee's department, criminal proceedings into five episodes of violence used by the Polish and Lithuanian forces against migrants are underway in the Grodno region…
(2021-11-20). Briefing: Venezuelan Elections November 2021. popularresistance.org Venezuela goes to the polls again on N21ovember in 'mega elections.' The dialogue that began in late summer between the Venezuelan government and sections of the hard right-wing opposition had been going well, with some definite outcomes. These include the decision by some right-wing opposition parties that have boycotted elections for years to take part in the elections. But the US's illegal extradition from Cape Verde of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, who was en-route to Iran to broker a trade deal to bring fuel, food and medicines to Venezuela, has threatened to sabotage both the talks, as the US did before in…
(2021-11-20). Haiti's Migrant Crisis & the Blind Eye to Imperialism's Sins. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Nov 17, 2021 | Earlier this year, when photos came out of Texas border patrols riding on horseback to use whip-like reins for intimidating Black Haitian migrants, the United States was confronted with an uncomfortable reality about how our society is set up. | Images like these were supposed to be confined to America's era of slavery, yet here they were today. What factors had led to the situation revealed in these photos? Why had these migrants fled their homes? How much was the United States to blame? Beyond the unnerving optics, how many parallels were there between the context behind the…
(2021-11-20). Climate Justice Committee-MN: Statement on the COP 26 Summit. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Climate Justice Committee-MN. | The climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland ended with an agreement that leaves the earth on a disastrous track toward catastrophic warming and crisis. Once again, the interests of the fossil fuel companies, and wealthy countries were protected at the expense of most of the countries of the world. All the world, but particularly the Global South and island nations are already experiencing the most horrendous effects of climate change including floods, hurricanes, life threatening heat waves, food shortages and fire…
(2021-11-20). Why Seed Companies Fear México. popularresistance.org Last month México's Supreme Court provided hope for biodiversity, especially in the Global South, while flaming fear for seed companies. In a historic step, it ruled for corn advocates and against genetically modified (GMO) corn. The decision was a momentous act in country where maíz (corn) carries daily and sacred significance. This promises a way out of stale GMO debates that plague us. One side argues that genetic changes to seeds increase harvests. Seed companies and industrial agriculture make up this side. Another side says GMOs damage plant DNA.
(2021-11-20). Nicaragua califica a la OEA como un instrumento de EE.UU. telesurtv.net El diplomático afirmó que al denunciar la Carta de la OEA buscan "ponerle fin a una relación inamistosa, ofensiva e indignante para Nicaragua".
(2021-11-20). Venezuela espera decisión sobre récord Guinness. telesurtv.net Este sábado se sabrá si Venezuela alcanzó el récord Guinness como la orquesta más grande del mundo.
(2021-11-20). Lula anunciará hasta el año próximo si participa en elecciones. telesurtv.net Desde Madrid, Lula dijo que en febrero o marzo de 2022 tomará una decisión sobre su postulación a la Presidencia.
(2021-11-20). Denuncian campaña de desestabilización contra Gobierno peruano. telesurtv.net Mendoza afirmó que todas las fuerzas democráticas deben rechazar los ánimos golpistas de cierto sector opositor.
(2021-11-20). CNE de Venezuela anuncia instalación del 99% de las mesas de votación. telesurtv.net "Los venezolanos y venezolanas deciden, y será en paz y de reencuentro del país", dijo la funcionaria electoral.
(2021-11-20). ALBA-TCP respalda decisión de Nicaragua sobre retiro de la OEA. telesurtv.net "La OEA es cada vez más irrelevante", expresó el secretario ejecutivo de ALBA-TCP, Sacha Llorenti.
(2021-11-20). Colombian Police Repudiated for Using Nazi Symbols at Academy Event. orinocotribune.com 
On Thursday, November 18, some members of the Colombian police used Nazi symbols at an event paying "tribute" to the German police, which generated strong controversy in Colombia. The incident occurred at the Simón Bolívar Police Academy in Tuluá, in the Valle del Cauca Department. In the photos, which went viral on social media, police officers are seen wearing the Nazi swastikas, and one officer even disguised as Adolf Hitler. | The Valle University Student and Youth Organization condemned the incident, expressing outrage at the Colombian police paying tribute to the Nazi police and army. Similarly, environment…
(2021-11-20). Nicaragua Officially Announces Its Irrevocable Withdrawal from OAS. orinocotribune.com 
On Friday, November 19, Nicaraguan Foreign Affairs Minister, Denis Moncada, announced the irrevocable withdrawal of his country from the Organization of American States (OAS). | The government of Nicaragua sent a letter to the organization denouncing interventionist declarations from the OAS that refused to recognize the Nicaraguan elections of November 7, and thus resigns and leaves the organization that stipulates a two year term to make the resignation effective, as happened with Venezuela in 2019. | The OAS charter mandates a two-year exit process, during which time the departing country retains all of the ri…
(2021-11-20). 'We became visible' — a Sandinista's view on autonomy. workers.org 
By Johnny Hodgson The following is part two of a presentation given by Johnny Hodgson, Sandinista National Liberation Front's Political Secretary for the Autonomous Region of the South Caribbean (RACCS), on Oct. 6 in Managua, Nicaragua, to a U.S. delegation comprised of Coleen Littlejohn, Sara Flounders, Monica Moorehead, Joav Elinevsky . . . |
(2021-11-20). Brazil, Amazon, World: West Papua's Green State Vision, an Appeal to Lula. zcomm.org This is a big, very bold question because it would, in fact, challenge the Eurocentric, imperially-based Westphalian system and embrace the broader idea of Indigenous systems that recognise "interdependencies between political actors and relations to the land"
(2021-11-20). [World Report] Brazilian scientists reject national award. thelancet.com 21 scientists have rejected one of Brazil's highest scientific honours, after President Bolsonaro vetoed two recipients. Lise Alves reports from Sà£o Paulo.
(2021-11-20). Will Voters Choose to Make Chile Terrible Again? zcomm.org Confronted by a stark choice between the dreadful past and a still-to-be-charted future — and grappling with the discontents and challenges facing so many countries, including the United States — what will Chile decide?>
(2021-11-20). Picking Up Where Bush, Obama, and Trump Left Off, Biden Extends U.S. Campaign to Crush Venezuela. covertactionmagazine.com On October 13th, Venezuela's representative to the UN Samuel Moncada denounced plotting by the United States and Colombia against Venezuela's …
(2021-11-20). 21N: 99% of Voting Stations Already Installed in Preparation for Elections. orinocotribune.com On Friday, November 19, the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela, Pedro Calzadilla, informed that by Friday noon, 90% of the voting stations had been installed for the regional and municipal elections to be held this Sunday, November 21. | "The electoral material is already deployed, it is ready," said Calzadilla in a television interview. "So far we have 90% of the tables installed." | He assured that for this election, the international monitoring, accompaniment and observation program is very broad, given the importance of the elections in the political stability of Venezuela. | "We h…
(2021-11-20). Venezuela Provides Spain Information on Terrorists who Attacked CNE Headquarters. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Félix Plasencia provided the Spanish Chargé d'Affaires in Venezuela, Ramón Santos, with information on the terrorist gang from Spain that attacked the headquarters of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE). Minister Plasencia informed this through a post on his Twitter account. | "At the headquarters of the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry," wrote Plascencia, "we delivered a formal note to the Chargé d'Affaires of Spain, Ramón Santos, with documentation confirming the existence of terrorist gangs in that country that are trying to attack Venezuelan public institutions…
(2021-11-20). UN Rejects One US Coercive Measure Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, announced that the UN has rejected one of the coercive measures imposed by the United States on Venezuela, which denies the Bolivarian Republic its right to health. | Moncada made this comment after the UN General Assembly approved the Resolution on Equitable, Affordable, Timely and Universal Access of all Countries to Vaccines in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, on Thursday, November 18. | Moncada informed that "in the resolution, there is an important paragraph for Venezuela, for it rejects one of the criminal measures of the US…
(2021-11-19). Poland-Belarus: One-year old Syrian boy latest to die on Europe's border. middleeasteye.net 
Poland-Belarus: One-year old Syrian boy latest to die on Europe's border | Death of Syrian child comes as hundreds of Iraqis are repatriated from Belarus-Poland border | Fri, 11/19/2021 – 12: 46 | Two graves of refugees who died trying to get to Poland are seen at the Muslim cemetery in Bohoniki on 18 November 2021 (AFP) | A one-year-old Syrian boy has become the latest death among migrants trap…
(2021-11-19). Headlines for November 19, 2021. democracynow.org House to Vote on Build Back Better Act After Filibuster-Style Delay by Republican Leader, Julius Jones Granted Clemency Hours Before Scheduled Execution, Henry Montgomery, Sentenced to Life Term at 17, Leaves Angola Prison on Parole, Belarus Shelters Some Asylum Seekers on Polish Border, Deports Iraqi Refugees, As COVID Surges in Europe, Austria Orders New Lockdown and National Vaccine Mandate, 18,000 Cut Off by Flooding in British Columbia; Millions of Kenyans at Risk of Hunger Amid Drought, Amazon Deforestation in Brazil Hits 15-Year Peak; Indigenous Groups in Ecuador Oppose Mining Plans, Delhi School Shutdown…
(2021-11-19). Cuba is under attack on social media. liberationnews.org 
Rodríguez stressed that most of the toxic content that accompanies the tag promoting destabilization in Cuba originates in the United States and that there is no doubt about the viciousness and interference of imperialism against Cuba.
(2021-11-19). Maduro Calls on Venezuelans to Vote Against "US Imperialism" telesurenglish.net Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday called on the citizens of his country to vote this Sunday against North American imperialism, after demanding respect from the U.S. government for the electoral system of that South American nation. | Supporters of candidates who are supporters of the government of Nicolás Maduro on November 17, 2021, in Caracas…
(2021-11-19). Cubans More Excited About School Reopening Than Regime Change. orinocotribune.com By Medea Benjamin — Nov 16, 2021 | Even if they blame their government for mismanagement, corruption, and a system that stifles private enterprise, few fail to recognize the enormous impact of U.S. sanctions. | "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), pi…
(2021-11-19). Lula & Sanchez Agree On Strengthening Spain-Brazil Cooperation. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Brazil's former President Lula da Silva (2003-2011) met the Spanish government's President Pedro Sanchez in the Moncloa Palace in Madrid to discuss bilateral issues such as European and Latin American integration, climate change, and social policies to fight inequalities. | RELATED: | Lula stressed the need to strengthen Spain-Brazil cultural and economic cooperation and share experiences in building strategies to counteract far-right policies. | "I…
(2021-11-19). Latin America: modest advice for a confused Left. mronline.org 
The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) is a U.S. 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 U.S. authorities.
(2021-11-19). Argentina — El doble mensaje de las urnas. globalizacion.ca "La gente nos hizo precio" sintetiza y celebra un amigo, militante y académico cordobés. "La gente" designa al conjunto del padrón electoral que se pronunció de maneras variadas en distintas provincias pero que emitió un veredicto conjunto. Como si se…
(2021-11-19). Big Oil Pays $192 Million To Extract Fossil Fuels From The Gulf. popularresistance.org The Biden administration went through with the largest offshore oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history Wednesday. In the controversial sale, major fossil-fuel companies including ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron and BP bid a total of $192 million for the rights to drill a stretch of the Gulf of Mexico that is about double the size of Florida, The AP reported. The amount offered is the second-highest total since bidding resumed in the Gulf of Mexico in 2017. The Biden administration has been widely criticized for allowing the sale to proceed even after President Joe Biden promised U.S. climate action during the COP26 ta…
(2021-11-19). Fossil Fuel Companies Pay $192 Million To Extract Fossil Fuels From The Gulf Of Mexico. popularresistance.org The Biden administration went through with the largest offshore oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history Wednesday. In the controversial sale, major fossil-fuel companies including ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron and BP bid a total of $192 million for the rights to drill a stretch of the Gulf of Mexico that is about double the size of Florida, The AP reported. The amount offered is the second-highest total since bidding resumed in the Gulf of Mexico in 2017. The Biden administration has been widely criticized for allowing the sale to proceed even after President Joe Biden promised U.S. climate action during the COP26 ta…
(2021-11-19). On The Structure Of Kellogg's Corporate Control. popularresistance.org Workers at Kellogg's went on strike early October for the first time since 1972. It's now mid-November, snow is falling, and it's starting to get really cold outside. At the request of the company, workers briefly returned to the negotiating table in what turned out to be a corporate PR stunt for the annual shareholders' meeting. The Kellogg Company has shut them out, hired scabs, and still refuses to budge from their desire to make every community look more like the maquiladoras or sweatshops in Mexico, where they have been shifting North American production for decades.
(2021-11-19). México-Estados Unidos: Relación de Estado. globalizacion.ca Se confirma: los agàºeros de un desencuentro catastrófico entre Andrés Manuel López Obrador y Joe Biden se han disipado. Esas fantasías apocalípticas, con todo y su ignorancia, cortedad de miras y mala fe, corrieron la misma suerte de las que…
(2021-11-19). U.S. Military Training in Mexico Increased as Human Rights Waned. zcomm.org In the years after the U.S. pledged to invest in human rights and rule of law, the Pentagon spent millions training elite Mexican units how to fight…
(2021-11-19). México — Primer sicario y nacimiento de leyendas del narcotráfico. globalizacion.ca Primer sicario de Sinaloa. ´No había existido otro pistolero como él. Poseía una brutal sangre fría que se convirtió en leyenda en Sinaloa a partir del 21 de febrero de 1944, durante la madrugada del carnaval de Mazatlán. En el…
(2021-11-19). Fujimori Dictatorship Advisor Montesinos Sentenced To 17 years. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Peruvian justice condemned Vladimiro Montesinos to 17 years in prison for having ordered the kidnapping of El Pais journalist Gustavo Gorriti on April 5, 1992. At that time, he was intelligence adviser to the Alberto Fujimori dictatorship (1990-2000). | RELATED: | The court, however, ruled that the punishment has been served given that Montesinos was imposed a 25-year sentence for human rights violations…
(2021-11-19). Nicaragua Leaves the Organization of American States. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Nicaragua's Foreign Affairs Minister Denis Moncada announced his country's decision to leave the Organization of American States (OAS). The following is the letter sent by the Nicaraguan government to the OAS Secretary Luis Almagro: | RELATED: | l. Taking into account the "Declaration of the National Assembly in the face of the repeated actions of interference of the Organization of American States in the Intern…
(2021-11-19). India: PM Modi To Repeal Controversial Agriculture Laws. telesurenglish.net "Today I have come to tell you, the whole country, that we have decided to withdraw all three agricultural laws," Modi said on Friday in an address to the nation coinciding with a major Sikh festival — the religion of many protesting farmers. | "In the Parliament session starting later this month, we will complete the constitutional process to repeal these three agricultural laws." | RELATED: | The legislation…
(2021-11-19). Over 80% of Cuba's Population Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19. telesurenglish.net At the end of November 17, 27,741,924 doses of the Cuban vaccines Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala had been administered in the country. | RELATED: | To date, 10,110,794 people have received at least one dose of one of the Cuban vaccines Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala. Of these, 9,146,468 people have already received a second dose and 8,484,662 people have received a third dose. | El 80% de la población cubana ha re…
(2021-11-19). Venezuelan Gov't Denounces Terrorist Actions Planned from Spain. telesurenglish.net The Venezuelan Government denounced to Spain's authorities there are terrorists groups in Spanish territory planning violent actions against this South American nation, Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia made public on Friday. | The Venezuelan Government revealed that fugitive from justice William Ricardo Sanchez, who is in Spain and is connected to far-right leader Leopoldo Lopez was the administrator and financier of the recent attack on the CNE warehouse.
(2021-11-19). Colombia: Court Debate On Abortion Legalization Is Postponed. telesurenglish.net The Colombian Constitutional Court's debate on the total decriminalization of abortion scheduled to conclude on Friday will run for at least one more week because the vote on whether this court should include judge Alejandro Linares in the process resulted in tied. | RELATED: | Before focusing on the legal issue, the constitutional court was to decide on the participation of Linares, who expressed his position in…
(2021-11-19). Cuba Condemns US Blockade Before Eurasian Council. telesurenglish.net Before the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council on Friday, Cuba's Chief of the Council of Ministers Manuel Marrero denounced the U.S. strengthening of the economic blockade against his country. | RELATED: | "During almost six decades, this unilateral coercive policy has caused US$144 billion economy losses," Marrero stressed and thanked the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) for their continued sup…
(2021-11-19). President Lasso Renews 'State of Exception' in Ecuador. telesurenglish.net On Friday, President Guillermo Lasso increased one month to the state of emergency decreed on October 18 to stop the security crisis in Ecuador. | RELATED: | The measure will be applicable in El Oro, Guayas, Santa Elena, Manabi, Esmeraldas, Sucumbios, and Pichincha, which are the provinces most affected by the increase in criminal violence. | The renewal of the state of exception seeks to "safeguard the rights of the pe…
(2021-11-19). President Maduro Urges Venezuelans To Attend Sunday Elections. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro urged citizens to vote in the Nov. 21 subnational elections peacefully and back the process of political understanding with the opposition. | RELATED: | "Now, more than ever, our people must stand united to fight the U.S. economic blockade and financial persecution," he stated and welcomed that the opposition organizations abandoned electoral abstention and registered over 6…
(2021-11-19). Venezuelan Parties Close Campaigns in Peace and Tolerance. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, political organizations closed their campaigns before the subnational elections to be held on November 21. Both supporters of the Bolivarian Revolution and opposition parties called on citizens to participate in the elections. This call was made in dozens of political events that took place in peace and tolerance as both sides shared public spaces in Caracas and other large cities. | RELATED: | Currently, aroun…
(2021-11-19). Argentina To Claim The Malvinas Islands 40 Years After The War. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez announced that his administration is designing an agenda of actions to reinforce Argentina's claim to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, which have remained under United Kingdom occupation since the 1982 war. | RELATED: | "The Malvinas were, are, and will be Argentine … There is no doubt about the right that we have over those lands", he said and explained that the…
(2021-11-19). US Sanctions Make The Iranian Currency Lose Value. telesurenglish.net The Iranian currency's value has continued to fall as the U.S. dollar is trading at over 280,000 rials on the free market. Before the reinstatement of U.S. sanctions, however, the figure was about 32,000 rials. | RELATED: | Ever since May 2018, when the United States, under former president Donald Trump, pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal, and reimposed its unilateral sanctions on Iran, the rial has constantly been…
(2021-11-19). Nicaraguan Supreme Court Backs Possible Exit From The OAS. popularresistance.org The magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) of Nicaragua released this Wednesday the agreement which aligns with the Sovereign Declaration of the National Assembly of Nicaragua, which urged the Executive to leave the Organization of American States (OAS). The so-called agreement 126, issued in support of the Parliament, condemns the OAS's unjust actions in Nicaragua's internal affairs. The text was read by the acting secretary of the CSJ, Geraldo àÅreas Lacayo, who highlighted the independence of the Legislative, Executive, Judicial and Electoral powers, which coordinate harmoniously and subordina…
(2021-11-19). Nicaragua Denounces the OAS Charter. libya360.wordpress.com Read the Full Statement: Nicaragua Denounces the OAS Charter Source…
(2021-11-19). Chile: Silencio electoral, nerviosismo, cierre de campañas y propuestas. globalizacion.ca La medianoche del jueves finalizó el periodo legal para hacer campañas de cara a las elecciones presidenciales del domingo 21, donde si bien se asegura que el cenroizquierdista Gabriel Boric pasará a la segunda vuelta, no se sabe quién será…