(2021-11-22). Jesus 'Chuy' Negrete, Chicago folklorist, writer, singer of Chicano movement, dead at 72. zcomm.org 'He told our stories,' actor Edward James Olmos says of the Chicago writer of corridos some called the 'Chicano Woody Guthrie.'
(2021-11-22). 21N Regional Elections in Venezuela Held in Peace and with High Turnout. orinocotribune.com Caracas, November 21, 2021 ( Orinoco Tribune team toured Caracas in the afternoon and noted a higher turnout, higher than the ones registered since 2017, besides the fact that traditionally most…
(2021-11-22). Anti-Chavismo Comes Out to Vote and Calls for Participation in 21N Regional Elections. orinocotribune.com 
From very early on this Sunday, November 21, candidates and politicians of the Venezuelan opposition exercised their right to vote to elect future state governors, mayors, state legislators and city councilors of the country. | Opposition politicians detailed their experience at the polls with images and messages to motivate the participation of citizens in the elections. One such politician was David Uzcátegui, Fuerza Vecinal candidate for the governorship of the state of Miranda, who, through his Twitter account, reported that he had already exercised his right to vote in the company of his family. | "People of…
(2021-11-21). Chicago activists demand release of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab. liberationnews.org 
Saab is fighting extradition to the U.S. for the "crime" of trying to procure humanitarian supplies of food, fuel, and medicine from Iran in violation of illegal U.S. sanctions.
(2021-11-21). The UN's Criminal Enterprise and Ecological Catastrophe in Haiti. popularresistance.org When we consider the current ecological threat to the earth and its inhabitants, we cannot forget the outsized place of war and empire in exacerbating climate change and enabling environmental catastrophe. The ongoing United Nations occupation of Haiti provides an example. As does the introduction of a cholera epidemic by UN soldiers. Cholera is an extension of the totality of violence – material, political, and ecological — enacted by a presumably humanitarian peacekeeping mission.
(2021-11-21). The Situation in this Sunday's Elections in Chile. orinocotribune.com By Resumen Latinoamericano — Nov 17, 2021 | Chileans will go to the polls today to elect a new president against the backdrop of allegations of human rights violations by the government and the challenge of keeping the Covid-19 pandemic under control. | The elections, in which the entire Chamber of Deputies, part of the Senate and the regional councilors will also be renewed, will take place within the framework of the Constitutional Convention that arose from the social outburst of October 2019, which seeks for the country to abandon the remnants of Pinochet's military dictatorship. | The exercise of the ri…
(2021-11-21). National SDS condemns Israel's attacks on Palestinian human rights organizations. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Students for a Democratic Society (National). | National SDS unequivocally condemns Israel's designation of 6 Palestinian human rights organizations as "terrorist". The targeted organizations include the Bisan Center for Research and Development, Al-Haq, Addameer, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees and the Defense for Children International-Palestine. All of these organizations have longstanding roots among the Palestinian people. We see this as the US-backed Israeli apartheid regime paving the…
(2021-11-21). Mexico: 600 Migrants Are Found Crammed In Truck Trailers. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Mexican authorities rescued 600 Latin American, Asian, and African migrants who were traveling crammed into two truck trailers through Acayucan City with the hope to reach the U.S. | RELATED: | "I have never seen so many migrants in a similar event: 145 women and 455 men hid in the trailer," Veracruz State Human Rights Commission Director Tonatiuh Hernandez stated, adding that these people came from Guat…
(2021-11-21). Lagoon of Seven Colors in Mexico Threatened by Development. america.cgtn.com 
Mexico ¥s Lake Bacalar, on the border with Belize, attracts tourists from across the world. The lake is famous for its stunning colors. This geographical wonder is also a scientific gem concealing a unique organism. But as tourists come to see its crystal-clear waters, Alasdair Baverstock …
(2021-11-21). From Glasgow to Gulf of Mexico, Fossil Fuel Industry Shows Us Who's in Charge. zcomm.org The infrastructure bill contains billions in fossil fuel subsidies, even as it was stripped of all meaningful climate policy…
(2021-11-21). Chileans Living Abroad Elect Their Country's New President. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, about 7,760 Chileans living in Australia and New Zealand began to cast their votes in election boards established in their embassies to elect the president for the 2022-2026 term. | RELATED: | Chileans based in Auckland City, New Zealand, were the first to cast their votes because this region has a 16-hour time difference from their origin country. Ambassador Maria Farias expects that 886 compatriots will participat…
(2021-11-21). Live Updates: Chile Votes 2021. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, 15 million Chileans are called upon to elect their new president, 155 lawmakers, 27 senators, and 302 regional councilors for the 2022-2026 term. The presidential candidates who are more likely to win are not part of either the Independent Democratic Union or the Socialist Party, which have formed the coalitions that have taken turns in the exercise of power since 1990. The main events of this electoral event are presented below according to their occurrence at local time. | Citizens work today as poll workers at the Colegio Seminario Pontificio Menor electoral college in the Las Condes commune, in Santi…
(2021-11-21). US Sustains Vaccination Efforts In Lethal Shadow Of COVID-19. telesurenglish.net About 60 percent of the U.S. population is heading into the winter months with reduced protection against the coronavirus, according to data released this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), while health experts warned that those who were vaccinated early in the year are likely to have waning immunity. | RELATED: | Currently, around 6 in 10 Americans are fully vaccinated with over half having received their last shot more than…
(2021-11-21). Uganda To Deploy Region-Backed Anti-Terrorist Actions. telesurenglish.net Deadly twin bomb blasts in Kampala earlier this week have drawn worldwide condemnation, with different countries pledging to stand with Uganda in the fight against the resurgence of terror attacks. | RELATED: | The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an affiliate of the Islamic State in central Africa, claimed the suicide attacks that left seven people dead, including three suicide bombers, and 37 other people injured. Similar…
(2021-11-21). Cuba Ships 1,5 Million Abdala Vaccines To Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, Cuba's Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) announced the delivery of 1,5 million Abdala COVID-19 vaccines to Venezuela. | RELATED: | "We want to cooperate with the coronavirus immunization of this brother country's people, who currently suffer the consequences of the U.S. blockade amidst the pandemic," the CIGB tweeted and recalled that other 5,4 million Abdala vaccines had previously been shipped to Venez…
(2021-11-21). Gunman Shot Dead After Killing 1, Injuring 4 In Jerusalem. telesurenglish.net One person died and four others were wounded in a shooting in East Jerusalem on Sunday morning, with the gunman also shot dead, local police said. The incident took place outside the al-Aqsa mosque compound in East Jerusalem's Old City. | RELATED: | The injured, two civilians and two police officers, were hospitalized. Israel's Magen David Adom emergency health service said that one civilian was in a critical cond…
(2021-11-21). Dominican Republic Deport Over 1,500 Haitians. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, Haiti's Support Group for Refugees and Returnees (GARR) denounced that the Dominican Republic has deported 1,541 Haitians since November 17. Among them are 153 pregnant women, 128 children, and 9 nursing mothers. | RELATED: | "On November 17 and 18, 2021, at the end of Daniel Supplice's mission, Dominican immigration agents repatriated a total of more than 400 people to Ouanaminthe and Belladère Centr…
(2021-11-21). Venezuela Election Update: Socialist Party Notes People's Vote. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, 21.1 million Venezuelans are entitled to elect 23 governors, 335 mayors, 253 state legislators, and 2,471 councilors. For the first time since 2007, opposition parties participate in the democratic process and call on the population to go to the polling stations. The main events of this electoral event are presented below according to their occurrence at local time. | RELATED: | 16.30. United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV)…
(2021-11-21). Venezuelans Begin Voting In Subnational Elections. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, 21.1 million Venezuelans are entitled to elect 23 governors, 335 mayors, 253 legislators, and 2,471 councilors. For the first time since 2007, the opposition participated in the democratic process and called on the population to go to the polling stations. | RELATED: | "November 21 arrived! The victory target sounds, the heart beats strong. Venezuelans, let's go to vote in peace and harmony and united for th…
(2021-11-21). The Bahamas To Resume Flights To Cuba & Haiti. telesurenglish.net After 10-month COVID-19 travel restrictions, the Bahaman government's spokesperson Clint Watson announced the resumption of flights from his country to Haiti and Cuba on Saturday. | RELATED: | "Bahamasair Airline will make four trips per week to Cuba, one trip every Friday to Cap Haitien and another to Port-au-Prince every Saturday," Watson explained, stressing that over 40 percent of Bahamans are already fully vaccinated against COVI…
(2021-11-21). Nicaragua explains why it's leaving OAS, responds to US attacks on its elections. thegrayzone.com Nicaraguan diplomat Michael Campbell Hooker tells The Grayzone's Ben Norton why they are leaving the Organization of American States (OAS), which he says is a "failed," "coup-plotting" organization dominated by Washington. Campbell also responds to US attempts to discredit Nicaragua's November elections, and explains the importance of autonomy for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities on the Caribbean Coast. Transcript BEN NORTON: This is Ben Norton with The Grayzone. I just sat down for an interview with Michael Campbell, a foreign policy …
(2021-11-21). Climate Change and Nicaragua: Who Will Pay for the Damage? orinocotribune.com By Rick Kohn — Nov 18, 2021 | To people in developing countries, it seems clear, the wealthy countries that caused most of the problem of climate change should pay the most to adapt to it and to solve the problem. But instead, countries like the United States lecture low low-emitting countries to do more while they extract their resources and destroy their forests. | For example, Nicaragua was an outspoken critic of the 2015 Paris climate talks because they did not go far enough. It is one of the countries most impacted by climate change, yet its own greenhouse gas footprint is one of the smallest. Nicaragua…
(2021-11-21). Bolivian government repeals law being used as a pretext for destabilization by right-wing. peoplesdispatch.org The Bolivian government abrogated Law 1386 of the National Strategy to Combat the Legitimization of Illicit Profits and the Financing of Terrorism, which the members of far-right civic committees and the opposition had used as a pretext to strike, mobilize and block roads…
(2021-11-21). Sunday's landmark election will decide the future of Chile. peoplesdispatch.org 
Sunday's general elections offer Chileans another opportunity to consolidate the process of change, initiated during the October 2019 social uprising against decades of neoliberal policies and glaring social inequalities…
(2021-11-21). A Close Look at the Oldest Solar Observatory in The Americas. america.cgtn.com 
It was called a "Masterpiece of human creative genius" by Unesco. It was given a "World Heritage" status in July, along with 12 other global sites. The Chankillo Astronomical Complex -a 2,300-year-old archeological site in Peru- is believed to be the oldest solar observatory in …
(2021-11-21). European Union Election Observation Mission Meets with Right-Wing Politicians: Guaidó, Capriles, Machado, Evans and Figuera. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, November 18, representatives of the European Union (EU) Elections Observation Mission (EOM) that is in Venezuela reported via Twitter on several meetings they held with spokespersons of Venezuela's extreme right, such as former deputy Juan Guaidó and the coordinator of the Vente Venezuela movement, María Corina Machado, in the hours before of the regional and municipal mega-elections. | In this regard, the international observers is maintaining their work schedule while the National Electoral Council's (CNE) schedule for the November 21 mega-elections advances with the objective to materialize the de…
(2021-11-21). Guinness Confirms Venezuela's El Sistema Record as Largest Orchestra in the World. orinocotribune.com With a gala held this Saturday, November 20, at the headquarters of El Sistema, the official announcement of the results of the record attempt was made, as Venezuela's National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras and Choirs of Venezuela (El Sistema) obtained the Guinness World Record for "The Largest Orchestra in the World." | This record was held until Saturday by Russia, where in 2019, 8,097 musicians performed the Russian national anthem. Now the record belongs to Venezuela, where 12,096 musicians from El Sistema, in a new feat, performed various pieces at the Military University of Venezuela. The piece…
(2021-11-21). President Maduro Asks EU Commission to Respect Venezuela's Electoral Process. orinocotribune.com On Saturday, November 20, President Nicolás Maduro urged the European Union Observation Mission, which is currently in Venezuela as an international observer for the November 21 elections, to respect the country's electoral process and legal framework. | During a meeting held with members of the International Accompaniment Program for the November 21 Elections, Maduro rejected the EU Mission's intention to issue a final verdict on the validity of the Venezuelan elections. | President Maduro asked "can any international observer visiting any country in the world be the one to give a verdict on the validity of a di…
(2021-11-21). Back to the Ballot! Rolling Coverage of Venezuela's 'Mega-elections'. venezuelanalysis.com Live updates from VA's on-the-ground team as Venezuelans head to the polls to elect a massive 3,082 officials.
(2021-11-21). Venezuelans Entrepreneurship is on the Rise Despite All Odds. america.cgtn.com 
Venezuela has been in a deep recession since 2013. And like many other countries, it has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. But it's not all gloom and doom. Perhaps because of the crisis, Venezuelans are showing more resilience. Despite all odds, some entrepreneurs …
(2021-11-21). Venezuela: The Dictatorship of Democracy. orinocotribune.com By Marcos Maranges — Nov 18, 2021 | On this coming Sunday, November 21, Venezuela will go to regional and local elections to vote for over 3000 public officials. However, some governments and people still think that the country is a dictatorship ruled by President Nicolás Maduro. We all know where these words come from, but despite it, is there any solid evidence or argument to believe it? The upcoming electoral process gives us the perfect context to put a light on this issue. | In this opportunity, the right-wing parties have proposed candidates for the first time since 2018. The Venezuelan opposition inte…