(2022-02-28). Conflict between US-NATO and Russia over Ukraine threatens nuclear war. wsws.org Sixty years after the Cuban Missile crisis, the war in Ukraine has brought the world to the point where the exchange of nuclear weapons is a real possibility.
(2022-02-28). Hedges: The Greatest Evil Is War. scheerpost.com 
Natali Sevriukova reacts next to her house following a rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) |
| By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | Preemptive war, whether in Iraq or Ukraine, is a war crime. It does not matter if the war is launched on the basis of lies and fabrications, as was the case in Iraq, or because of the breaking of a series of agreements with Russia, including the promise by Washington not to extend NATO beyond the borders of a unified Germany, not to deploy thousands of NATO troops in Eastern Europe, not to meddle in the internal affairs of…
(2022-02-28). As Workers Win Victories in Mexico, It's Important to Remember Past Machinations Against Them. covertactionmagazine.com Mexico's reenergized labor movement should be leery of AFL-CIO cooptation and CIA infiltration following long historical pattern In early February, …
(2022-02-28). Mexico's Supreme Court votes to protect Veracruz Reef from port expansion. peoplesworld.org 
The highest court in Mexico ruled unanimously in February to protect sea turtles and other marine life in the Veracruz Reef System from a port expansion project. This decision protects the largest reef system in the Gulf of Mexico from the destructive construction of new navigation channels, land access points, and other port facilities. The …
(2022-02-28). UPDATE: Russia-Ukraine Negotiations to Proceed 'Quietly'. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Russia and Ukrainia began negotiations in Pripyat on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border. The Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei conveyed President Alexandr Lukashenko's wish that the negotiations allow finding ways to resolve "the problems". | RELATED: | For the Ukrainians, the talks will revolve around achieving an immediate ceasefire in the special operation that Russia launched five days ago and the withdrawal o…
(2022-02-28). Russia-Ukraine War Threatens Import-Depending African Economies. telesurenglish.net Last week, the Renaissance Capital Investment Bank Economist Director Charlie Robertson warned that the Ukraine-Russian war will severely impact African countries that depend on food imports from Europe. | RELATED: | "Africa keeps centuries-old ties with Western countries," Robertson said, stressing that this continent imported US$6.9 billion in agricultural products from Russia and Ukraine in 2020. | He considered that the g…
(2022-02-28). US Freezes Dollar Assets of Russian Central Bank. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department prohibited American companies and financial institutions from carrying out any operations with the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBRF) and froze all dollar assets of this institution. | RELATED: | Announced before the opening of the U.S. markets, this prohibition takes effect immediately and prevents the Russian Central Bank from accessing its dollar reserves aro…
(2022-02-28). Removing Russia from SWIFT to Be Double-Edged Sword For Europe. telesurenglish.net Several European countries, the United States and Canada issued a joint statement on Saturday saying they will remove some Russian banks from SWIFT, the payment system used for most international financial transactions. | RELATED: | The expulsion, which some people believe will deal a heavy blow to the Russian economy by crippling Russian banks' ability to settle international transactions, could be bad for Europe, as it will…
(2022-02-28). 33 Years After the People's Uprising: Venezuelan Renowned 'Frasso' Remembers the 'Caracazo' (+Maduro & Padrino). orinocotribune.com 
33 years after the popular rebellion of the Caracazo, journalist and photographer Francisco "Frasso" Solórzano evoked moments that he lived as a Venezuelan, in the front lines of battle as a reporter covering the events of February 26-28, 1989. | Frasso spoke with journalist Ernesto Villegas in an interview that had the Caracazo as the central topic. There he recounted how during those hours he had to portray dozens of trucks full of the corpses of victims of the insurrection, that in those days rose up against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) package promoted by then president Carlos Andrés Pérez from the D…
(2022-02-27). Minneapolis protest calls for U.S. de-escalation in Ukraine. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On February 24, around 30 people demonstrated outside U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar's office in downtown Minneapolis with signs and banners calling for no war with Russia and an end to U.S. intervention in Ukraine. Held less than 24 hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops into Ukraine, the protest came amidst a jingoistic frenzy of calls by Western governments and media for actions against Russia. | Protesters emphasized the role that the U.S. and NATO played for years in escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia. In 2014, the elected Ukrainian government was overth…
(2022-02-27). The Left has Culture, but the World Still Belongs to the Banks. orinocotribune.com 
By Vijay Prashad — Feb 10, 2022 | 'There is great intellectual poverty on the part of the right wing', Héctor Béjar says in our latest Béjar speaks with a great deal of authority on these matters because, for the past sixty years, he has been intimately involved in the intellectual and political debates which have taken place in his native Peru and across Latin America. 'In the cul…
(2022-02-27). US sanctions on Russia over Ukraine also target Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba. multipolarista.com 
President Joe Biden's top Latin America advisor, Juan S. Gonzalez, admitted that US sanctions against Russia aim to hurt Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba as well. The three socialist governments condemned NATO aggression for creating the crisis in Ukraine.
(2022-02-27). Celac anuncia red de asistencia a latinoamericanos en Ucrania. telesurtv.net Se estima que en las próximas horas, la Celac brinde detalles sobre la asistencia que brindará la Red de Cooperación Consular Latinoamericana.
(2022-02-27). Las sanciones de EEUU a Rusia por Ucrania apuntan a Venezuela, Nicaragua y Cuba. multipolarista.com El principal asesor para América Latina del presidente Joe Biden, Juan S. González, admitió que las sanciones de Estados Unidos contra Rusia también tienen como objetivo dañar a Venezuela, Nicaragua y Cuba. Los tres gobiernos socialistas condenaron la agresión de la OTAN por crear la crisis en Ucrania.
(2022-02-27). Serious Astrology Alert for Feb. 27, 2022 Sunday. indybay.org We have an astrological problem I have never seen before. | There are 8 empty "houses" in today's chart. | That means there is plenty of space in our astrological home to invite millions of Ukranians in. Think about it, we have millions of undocumented people from El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, Columbia, etc. Now, we must be aware that today astrology shows us we have room for more. And the people who are most in need right now are the Ukranians fleeing war.
(2022-02-27). Rusia rechaza ataque de Ucrania con drones de EE.UU. contra sus buques en el Mar Negro. telesurtv.net El Ministerio ruso ratificó que su posición es atacar el régimen nazista ucraniano y no a su población.
(2022-02-27). Cuba insta a una solución en Ucrania por la seguridad y la paz. telesurtv.net En su declaración oficial, el Gobierno cubano lamentó la pérdida de vidas de civiles en Ucrania.
(2022-02-27). Rusia retoma operación militar en Ucrania tras rechazo de Kiev a negociar. telesurtv.net "Debido a que Ucrania se negó a negociar, se reanudó el avance de las principales fuerzas rusas de acuerdo con el plan de la operación", dijo el vocero del Kremlin.
(2022-02-27). Pdte. de Perú pide activar Carta de la OEA ante denuncias. telesurtv.net El presidente peruano aseveró que las notas publicadas por los medios hegemónicos no cuentan con pruebas y se basan en especulaciones.
(2022-02-27). Delegaciones de Rusia y Ucrania se reunirán en el este de Belarús. telesurtv.net El líder de la delegación rusa, Vladímir Medinski, ha declarado que la parte ucraniana acordó llegar este domingo a Belarús.
(2022-02-27). Rusia pone en alerta especial a sus fuerzas de disuasión. telesurtv.net La medida de prevención responde a las declaraciones agresivas de los miembros de la OTAN.
(2022-02-27). European Countries Close Their Airspace to Russian Airplanes. telesurenglish.net The measure is part of the commitment of these countries to the initiative to block the airspace of the entire European Union to Russian airlines, in response to the military operation deployed by Moscow in Ukraine since Friday. | Russian airlines cut off from nearly all of Europe's airspace. EU officials expect a bloc-wide ban on all carriers to be announced shortly. Feb. 27, 2022.
(2022-02-27). Gobierno sirio anuncia medidas preventivas por crisis ucraniana. telesurtv.net La alineación de Siria a la política exterior rusa buscar afianzar las relaciones en un escenario internacional hostil.
(2022-02-27). Rafael Nadal gana el Abierto de México, su título 91. telesurtv.net Nadal es uno de los tres jugadores con más títulos en el Abierto Mexicano junto a Thomas Muster y David Ferrer.
(2022-02-27). Abren colegios electorales en Belarús para referendo constitucional. telesurtv.net En la consulta no se abrieron colegios en el exterior debido a la pequeña cantidad de ciudadanos registrados.
(2022-02-27). Explosión en mina colombiana deja al menos 15 desaparecidos. telesurtv.net La mina se encuentra en la vereda Hormezaque de Tasco, en el departamento de Bocayá, ubicado en el centro-este del país suramericano.
(2022-02-27). China afirma que EE.UU. es la verdadera amenaza para el mundo. telesurtv.net China denunció que más del 80 por ciento de los conflictos armados internacionales recientes fueron comenzados por EE.UU.
(2022-02-27). Argentina espera lograr próximamente un acuerdo con el FMI. telesurtv.net A pesar del escenario político internacional matizado por la crisis ucraniana, el gobierno aspira a lograr un acuerdo.
(2022-02-27). Chile supera los 3 millones de contagios por Covid desde 2020. telesurtv.net El país suramericano reporta un total de 42.070 fallecidos a causa del virus.
(2022-02-27). Belarús ofrece a Rusia y Ucrania la ciudad de Minsk para negociar. telesurtv.net El presidente de Belarús, Alexandr Lukashenko, afirmó este sábado que es necesario detener el conflicto.
(2022-02-27). øPor qué Venezuela recuerda el Día por el Respeto a los DD.HH?>. telesurtv.net A 33 años del "Caracazo", la sublevación popular ante las políticas neoliberales de Carlos Andrés Pérez, te contamos por qué Venezuela recuerda hoy el Día Nacional por el Respeto a los Derechos Humanos.
(2022-02-27). Desconectan algunos bancos rusos de sistema interbancario SWIFT. telesurtv.net El SWIFT además de permitir transacciones entre bancos también hace que instituciones financieras del mundo puedan enviar y recibir información sobre operaciones.
(2022-02-27). China insta al diálogo en el marco del conflicto ucraniano. telesurtv.net El gigante asiático considera cardinal asumir un concepto de seguridad común, integral, cooperativa y sostenible.
(2022-02-27). Confirman vuelo humanitario para ecuatorianos desde Polonia. telesurtv.net Ecuador no cuenta con las aeronaves que necesita para la evacuación y por eso tendrá la ayuda de Polonia y España.
(2022-02-27). Peruvian President Calls to Activate OAS Democratic Charter. telesurenglish.net This Saturday, the President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, demanded through his Twitter account that the Inter-American Democratic Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS) be activated in view of the risk of a coup d'état against the "Government of the People". | RELATED: | Castillo's statements come after businesswoman Karelim Lopez, who is currently under investigation for participating in alleged acts of corruption, pointe…
(2022-02-27). LIVE: Russia – Ukraine Negotiations Have Started in Belarus. telesurenglish.net Russian Central Bank announces easing on loans to borrowers due to sanctions – Biden to discuss common response to Russian military operation in Ukraine with allies – European Union formalizes closure of its airspace to Russian airlines – Ukraine-Russia Talks To Begin on Monday Morning | Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia have begun in Belarus…
(2022-02-27). Minuto a minuto: Conozca la situación existente en Ucrania. telesurtv.net El presidente Vladímir Putin reiteró su disposición de iniciar una negociación con su homólogo ucraniano.
(2022-02-27). Europa busca mayores represalias contra Rusia. telesurtv.net Entre las medicas coercitivas unilaterales, la Comisión Europea busca suspender la transmisión de los canales de noticias RT News y Sputnik.
(2022-02-27). Miles de refugiados ucranianos cruzan frontera hacia Polonia. telesurtv.net Los vecinos polacos han organizado una red de apoyo que ofrece bebidas, comidas y ropas a los desplazados.
(2022-02-27). Corea del Norte lanza misil balístico hacia el mar del Este. telesurtv.net El Estado Mayor Conjunto surcoreano anunció que detectó el lanzamiento desde el área de Sunan, en Pyongyang, en torno a las 07H52.
(2022-02-27). China Claims That the US Is the Real Threat to the World. telesurenglish.net In the context of the special military operation that Russia deploys in Ukraine, the Chinese embassy in Moscow reminded on Saturday that the United States (U.S.) is "the real threat to the world". | RELATED: | The Chinese representation denounced on its Twitter social network account that more than 80 percent of the armed conflicts registered since the middle of the last century to the beginning of the present century were started by t…
(2022-02-27). No moral high ground while Europe pursues a policy of death at its borders. peoplesdispatch.org 
Europe's treatment of migrants and refugees at its border is in clear contradiction to its alleged defense of human rights and against international law…
(2022-02-27). Francis: A Pope of the Poor? A Pope for the Environment? Or a Pope for the Global Elite? globalresearch.ca Pope Francis. A pope of rupture. A pope for ecology. Inimical to capitalism, but compassionate to the poor and the migrant. | The gay friendly pope. Lenient with divorcees, but hostile to traditionalists and conservatives. | The reformer of the corrupt Roman …
(2022-02-27). Why Colombia's moderates are infighting again. colombiareports.com Colombia's coalition of moderate election candidates has all but fallen apart. Social democratic candidate Jorge Robledo said he lost faith in his liberal counterpart Alejandro Gaviria on Thursday. The latest…
(2022-02-27). Colombia's security forces struggle to contain ELN terror campaign. colombiareports.com Colombia's ELN guerrillas subjected rebel-controlled regions to a three-day terror campaign. According to conflict monitors, guerrillas carried out dozens of operations between Wednesday and Saturday. "The armed strike succeeded in…
(2022-02-27). White House: Venezuela Will Feel the Pressure of Sanctions Against Russia (+Missile Crisis). orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 26, 2022 ( "The sanctions on Russia are so robust that they will have an impact on those governments with economic links with Russia," stated González. "And that is by design, so Venez…
(2022-02-27). Assange Affirms The Existence Of Another Kind Of Human Nature. popularresistance.org We know what Julian did. We know the great public service he provided. We know that he and WikiLeaks, aided by courageous figures such as Chelsea Manning, gave us the most important journalist coup of our generation, ripping back the veil erected by the ruling political, military, and financial elites to expose their mendacity, their corruption, and their crimes. We know that populations around the world, from Haiti to Tunisia, were empowered by this information to hold these elites accountable. | But today I want us to reflect on Julian himself. For Julian, endowed with precocious skills, could easily have been…