February 2022 Archives

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2022-02-08: News Headlines

_____ (2022-02-08). Refugees in the Cluster of Humanitarian Disasters. journal-neo.org Recent years have been increasingly marked by numerous migration crises. Fleeing from wars, armed conflicts and various militant activities, migrants from Africa and Asia continue to make dangerous attempts to enter Europe by various, often risky and dangerous, means. As a result, many of them die at sea, and the coastguards of various countries have …

_____ (2022-02-08). Antiwar Groups Rally To Stop Us From Being Lied Into War With Russia. popularresistance.org Clearing the FOG provides excerpts from the speakers at the National Online Rally to stop war with Russia over Ukraine that was held on Feb. 5 as part of the national actions that took place in about 70 cities in Hawaii and coast to coast. The rally and actions were organized based on a unified call to action issued by 12 national and international antiwar organizations, which was endorsed by more than 200 more organizations. The demands include stopping the war with Russia, stopping the supply of weapons to Nazis in Ukraine, ending NATO, de-escalating the threat of nuclear war and resolving the current conflict…

WSWS (2022-02-08). New Zealand government to re-open borders amid escalating Omicron outbreak. wsws.org The dangerous border re-openings are the next stage in the New Zealand Labour-led government's pro-business strategy to end public health restrictions and let COVID run.

teleSUR (2022-02-08). Guatemalans Ask For The Release Of A Migrant Detained In Mexico. telesurenglish.net On Monday, relatives of the Maya Chuj woman Juana Alonzo went to the Mexican Consulate in Guatemala City to demand the release of the Indigenous migrant, who is being held in Tamaulipas for alleged abduction charges. | RELATED: | In August 2014, this Guatemalan woman attempted to migrate to the United States. However, she was abducted nearby the northern Mexican border by a human trafficker, who forced her to wor…

teleSUR (2022-02-08). Mexico To Strengthen Trade & Diplomatic Relations With Honduras. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced his willness to strengthen economic and diplomatic cooperation with Honduras' President Xiomara Castro. | RELATED: | "Castro is a woman of ideals and principles, a social fighter who knows how to face adversities and whose government has her people's support," AMLO stated and regretted not being able to attend her swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 27. | Cas…

Juan Cole (2022-02-08). Even Red-State Louisiana Eyes 5 Gigawatts of Offshore Wind Generation, replacing declining Oil Industry. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Windpower Monthly reports that the state of Louisiana's Climate Commission Task Force assembled by Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards is eyeing 5 gigawatts of electric power generation through massive new wind farms in the Gulf of Mexico, by 2035. The project would be part of the state's goal of getting …

WSWS (2022-02-08). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Thousands of Puerto Rican teachers held protests to support demand for increases in pay, while Tijuana, Mexico parents are demanding the state government redress nonpayment of teachers' wage…

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2022-02-08). China respalda a Argentina en su reclamo sobre las Malvinas. telesurtv.net El conflicto de las Malvinas solamente puede encontrar un cauce favorable mediante el diálogo y las negociaciones.

teleSUR (2022-02-08). Venezuela Asks Trinidad & Tobago to Clarify Migrant Child Death. telesurenglish.net President Nicolas Maduro's administration rejected the incident in which a Venezuelan baby died while traveling on a boat that was intercepted by the Trinidad and Tobago coast guard on the night of February 5. | RELATED: | "The Venezuelan government extends its most sincere condolences to the infant's relatives and urges the Trinidad & Tobago authorities to carry out an exhaustive investigation to clarify the fact…

teleSUR, DRL (2022-02-08). Nicaragua llama a El Salvador a parar escalada marítima. telesurtv.net El llamado de Managua llega cuando El Salvador niega haberse adentrado en aguas jurisdiccionales de Nicaragua.

teleSUR (2022-02-08). Nicaragua Asks El Salvador to Abide by International Law. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Nicaragua recommended that El Salvador resolve any eventual territorial dispute through peaceful methods and using international norms and institutions. | RELATED: | Previously, the Salvadoran Naval Forces made statements claiming sovereignty in the Nicaraguan exclusive economic zone in the Golf of Fonseca. Since Feb. 5, Salvadoran military vessels remain less than 30 miles from the Nicaraguan coasts in a maritime terr…

teleSUR (2022-02-08). UNSC Urged to Mitigate Unintended Effects of Sanctions. telesurenglish.net Efforts must be made by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to better mitigate the unintended negative impact of sanctions and curtail unilateral coercive measures that continue to negatively affect the very populations they are meant to protect. | RELATED: | UN sanctions are "no longer the blunt instrument" they once were, but concerns remain, Rosemary DiCarlo, under-secretary-general for political and peacebuil…

teleSUR -HIM (2022-02-08). Inicia escrutinio definitivo de elecciones en Costa Rica. telesurtv.net A tenor de la Legislación electoral costarricense el escrutinio de los votos presidenciales deberá culminar 30 días después de efectuado el sufragio.

teleSUR, JL (2022-02-08). Pdte. de Perú denuncia intentos golpistas contra su Gobierno. telesurtv.net "Me apena que grupos de poder promuevan de manera sistemática una innecesaria vacancia presidencial", denunció el mandatario.

teleSUR, HIM (2022-02-08). Irán y Occidente reanudan diálogo para rescatar pacto nuclear. telesurtv.net El Gobierno iraní califica de insuficiente el paso dado por Washington de permitir a países y compañías extranjeras trabajar en proyectos civiles en reactores nucleares.

Nan McCurdy (2022-02-08). 2021: A Year of Big Advances in Nicaragua. orinocotribune.com By Nan McCurdy — Feb 3, 2022 | [This article is an updated version of a webinar presentation given December 18, hosted by Task Force on the Americas, Ecumenical Peace Institute, and Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center.] | In 2021 Nicaragua made great leaps in improving lives and recuperating essential rights. | Defending Sovereignty | In my opinion the most important advance in 2021 for Nicaragua is defense of their right to sovereignty. As their historic leader, Augusto Sandino said: "Sovereignty is not discussed, but rather defended." This is essential for Nicaragua but also an excellent example for othe…

Matt Sedlar (2022-02-08). A salvo del precipicio: Argentina y el FMI negocian un mejor acuerdo. cepr.net Si más estadounidenses supieran cuántos civiles inocentes mueren realmente como resultado de estas sanciones, øse permitiría lo peor de ellos?

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-08). Argentina joins China's Belt and Road Initiative. peoplesdispatch.org On February 6, the governments of Argentine President Alberto Fernández and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a memorandum of understanding on collaboration under the Belt and Road Initiative, a global trade infrastructure project promoted by the People's Republic of China. | The memorandum, which promotes the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, was signed during President Fernández's official three-day visit to China. President Fernández visited China, at President Jinping's invitation, to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Winter Games on Februa…

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-08). Inflation in Venezuela Continues to Cool Down (+Tax on Transactions in US Dollars). orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 7, 2022 ( The graphic below, prepared by Orinoco Tribune's editorial team, demonstrates how the inflation rate has behaved in Venezuela since 2020, based on official figures repo…

Staff (2022-02-08). Valora Díaz-Canel necesidad de revitalizar programas sociales impulsados por Fidel (+ Video). cubadebate.cu En consonancia con una labor humanista que entraña continuidad, tuvo lugar en la tarde de este lunes, desde el Palacio de la Revolución y encabezada por el Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista y Presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, una reunión que versó sobre los programas sociales que el Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz impulsara con particular empeño a inicios del siglo XXI.

Binoy Kampmark (2022-02-08). Hemispheric gangsterism: The US embargo against Cuba turns 60. greenleft.org.au It all seems very outdated, but when it comes to Cuba, Binoy Kampmark argues United States President Joe Biden is keen to ensure that old, and lingering mistakes, retain their flavour…

_____ (2022-02-07). Casual Racism And The New Cold War. popularresistance.org A quick Google search of "Russia" or "China" is all that is needed to identify the casual racism of the corporate media and its central role in the U.S.'s New Cold War. Add the word "fear" to the search and the agenda becomes even clearer. In a search for mainstream media articles on Russia conducted on January 26th, nine of the first ten articles that appeared contained the word "fear" in the headline. China fared a bit better than Russia, but not by much. Better than half of the headlines referenced the word "fear" or "worried" to describe affairs relating to the world's second largest economy. | What is the co…

Editorial La Jornada (2022-02-07). La presencia china en América Latina. globalizacion.ca El presidente argentino, Alberto Fernández, firmó ayer en Pekín la incorporación de su país a la iniciativa Nueva ruta de la seda, un ambicioso proyecto de comercio, transporte, comunicaciones e infraestructura que China ha venido desarrollando en colaboración con otros…

teleSUR (2022-02-07). UN Announces Strategy Against Drugs and Crime for Latin America. telesurenglish.net The UNODC representative also announced that the organization's regional headquarters would be in Colombia, from where it will supervise and coordinate operations against drug trafficking and crimes in this country, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Uruguay. | The UN Office on Drugs and Crime is presenting the new Strategic Vision for Latin America and the Caribbean 2022-2025.

teleSUR (2022-02-07). Argentine President Fernandez to Visit Barbados. telesurenglish.net Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez will arrive in Barbados on Monday afternoon after an international tour that previously included official visits to Russia and China. | RELATED: | During his meeting with Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Tuesday, he is expected to discuss issues related to the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), climate change, gender equality, and bilateral cooperation. | During the meeting, Fernand…

WSWS (2022-02-07). China-Russia summit forges quasi-alliance against Washington. wsws.org By escalating its aggressive threats against Moscow and Beijing, the US has driven together what it regards as the two main rivals, ensuring any war will rapidly become global.

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-07). Colisión de un autobús en México deja al menos ocho muertos. telesurtv.net Las autoridades advirtieron que el número de fallecidos podría aumentar ya que hay varios cuerpos atrapados en el autobús.

Marco I. Dávila C. (2022-02-07). México — La Reforma Eléctrica no será solo de los grandes empresarios. globalizacion.ca En la historia reciente de México, øcuándo se había visto que un gobierno iniciara una discusión nacional a fondo, en la que pueden participar todos, especialistas, técnicos, políticos, académicos, empresarios, ciudadanía en general? | Hoy, con el gobierno de Andrés Manuel…

Mouris Salloum George (2022-02-07). México — El miedo y el odio van de la mano. globalizacion.ca El miedo, patrimonio casi exclusivo del pensamiento de la derecha. Sus aliados, la mentira y la sospecha, ubican al margen de la ley a cualquier ser pensante o diferente y va acompañado de la supresión de protecciones y garantías sociales,…

Staff (2022-02-07). Headlines for February 7, 2022. democracynow.org Macron Meets with Putin, Scholz with Biden, Amid Ongoing Tensions over Ukraine, U.S. Tops 900,000 COVID Deaths; New Jersey Lifts School Mask Mandate, Turkish President Erdogan and Honduran President Castro Test Positive for COVID-19, Ottawa Declares Emergency as Trucker-Led Anti-Government Protests Spread, Family Demands Justice for Amir Locke, Killed in Minneapolis Police No-Knock Raid, Mexico Raids Tijuana Camp Home to Hundreds of Asylum Seekers Denied U.S. Entry, Iran Talks Show Some Signs of Progress After U.S. Agrees to Waive Certain Sanctions, Tens of Thousands Displaced as Cyclone Batsirai Batters Madagasc…

Iván Restrepo (2022-02-07). México — Tren Maya: absurdo trazo. globalizacion.ca Poco después de que en 1993 el ingeniero agrónomo Mario Villanueva Madrid tomó posesión como gobernador de Quintana Roo, le hice llegar la propuesta para construir una moderna vía férrea de 120 kilómetros para comunicar a la ciudad de Cancún…

teleSUR (2022-02-07). Genting Snow Park Is the Stage for Snowboard Slopestyle Shows. telesurenglish.net Just as the snowboarders leaped over the "Russian dolls" at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, here at Beijing 2022 they will encounter "the Great Wall", one of the most renowned Chinese symbols at Genting Snow Park. | RELATED: | Genting consists of six courses for halfpipe, slopestyle, cross, parallel giant slalom, aerials and moguls. A 640-meter long and 30-to-40-meter wide slopestyle track extends from its highest point of 2,042 met…

teleSUR, DRL (2022-02-07). Francia y Alemania buscan acercar posiciones entre Rusia y EE.UU. telesurtv.net El presidente francés E. Macron va a Rusia y el canciller federal alemán, O. Scholz va a EE.UU. a propósito de Ucrania.

teleSUR (2022-02-07). Deported Brazilians Denounce Poor Treatment By US Authorities. telesurenglish.net Dozens of Brazilian migrants deported by the United States pointed to the appalling treatment they suffered both during their detention and on their return journey. | RELATED: | The deportees had been handcuffed on the plane back to Brazil, and their luggage confiscated by the U.S. authorities, according to the statements collected by the news site of several of the 187 deportees who arrived Saturday at the Belo…

teleSUR (2022-02-07). AU Calls for Political Solution to Conflict in Ethiopia. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the African Union (AU) called on all actors to the conflict in Northern Ethiopia to find a lasting political solution as it reiterated its call for an "immediate and unconditional ceasefire." | RELATED: | AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security (AU-PAPS), Bankole Adeoye, told reporters on Sunday that immediate and unconditional ceasefire, guaranteeing humanitarian access and finding political…

teleSUR (2022-02-07). US: "Miserable" Over COVID Pandemic, Economy: Business Insider. telesurenglish.net The percentage of Americans feeling "very happy" plunged from 32 percent in 2018 to 19 percent in 2021, as Americans feeling "not too happy" soared from 13 to 24 percent in the same time frame, a new survey has found. | RELATED: | "Americans are miserable. They're more miserable than they have been in half a century," the Business Insider reported on Sunday, citing the General Social Survey, an ongoing study at the…

teleSUR, JL (2022-02-07). TSE de Costa Rica presenta resultados preliminares de los comicios generales. telesurtv.net Los candidatos del Partido Liberación Nacional y Progreso Social Democrático se perfilan para avanzar a la segunda vuelta electoral.

teleSUR (2022-02-07). Salvadoran Armed Ships Enter Nicaraguan Maritime Space. telesurenglish.net President Daniel Ortega's administration denounced to the international community that El Salvador sent armed military ships to Nicaraguan territory in the Pacific Ocean. | RELATED: | "Salvadoran military ships have entered less than 30 miles away from our coasts and remain in that place claiming sovereignty over those maritime spaces. Nicaragua wishes to emphasize that these spaces have always been under the unquestion…

teleSUR (2022-02-07). Haitian Senate Called for The Resignation of PM Ariel Henry. telesurenglish.net The term the Haitian Senate gave to Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign expires on February 7, the day when the administration of the late President Jovenel Moise should have ended. | RELATED: | Alluding to what the 1987 Constitution states, Senate President Joseph Lambert demanded the resignation of the Interim authority through a letter made public on Friday. | The Senate "indisputably and uncontestedly recognizes the e…

teleSUR, vp, JGN (2022-02-07). øQué consecuencias dejó el bombardeo con napalm de EE.UU. en Vietnam?>. telesurtv.net El país asiático recibió un bombardeo con napalm en 1965 de parte de EE.UU., el cual destruyó la vegetación y provocó quemaduras a la población civil.

teleSUR, ajb, JGN, SH (2022-02-07). øPor qué Estados Unidos impuso en 1962 el bloqueo a Cuba?>. telesurtv.net A más 60 años de su implementación, el bloqueo económico, comercial y financiero de EE.UU. contra Cuba constituye el mayor obstáculo al desarrollo de la nación.

teleSUR, yart, JL (2022-02-07). Presidenta de Honduras da positiva a la Covid-19. telesurtv.net "Con la bendición del Creador del universo, sigo atendiendo no presencial, mi Plan de Gobierno para retornar al orden democrático y Constitucional", informó la presidenta.

teleSUR (2022-02-07). Agreement Ends Legislative Crisis in Honduras. telesurenglish.net At 1: 00 in the afternoon, an agreement was signed which includes, among several points, the giving up of the political aspirations of Jorge Cálix for the presidency of the Chamber. The consensus was to cede it to Luis Redondo. | RELATED: | Calix had been expelled on the night of January 21 for disobeying the official line of Libre and for resorting to negotiate with the National Party, which they had criticized for twelve yea…

teleSUR (2022-02-07). Human Rights Group Alerts About Crisis in Colombian Department. telesurenglish.net The coordinator of the Indepaz Observatory of Human Rights and Conflicts pointed out that the ELN, paramilitary groups and at least nine other armed groups, remnants of the extinct FARC that abandoned the Peace Agreement, are vying for territorial control over the local economy based on the cocaine industry. | Colombia's horrific human rights crisis has carried on into 2022. January saw 14 social activists and 3 former FARC combatants killed, plus 13 massacres. It is a desperate situation.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-02-07). Consejo de Seguridad debate efectos de las sanciones unilaterales. telesurtv.net La reunión contará con la participación de la Secretaria General Adjunta de Asuntos Políticos y de Consolidación de la Paz, Rosemary DiCarlo.

teleSUR (2022-02-07). Costa Rica: Second Round To Define the New President. telesurenglish.net According to preliminary results of general elections, released on Sunday, the former President Jose Maria Figueres of the National Liberation Party and its counterpart from the Social Democratic Party, Rodrigo Chaves, went to a runoff in Costa Rica Presidential elections. | RELATED: | The Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) reported that from the 6,847 voting centers throughout the country, 79.96 percent were counted, which place…

teleSUR, yart, JL (2022-02-07). Ciudadanos de Minneapolis se movilizan por agresión policial. telesurtv.net Los manifestantes exigieron justicia por Amir Locke, así como una reforma de la Policía.

teleSUR (2022-02-07). UN Security Council Debates Effects of Unilateral Sanctions. telesurenglish.net Russia convened the debate on "General Issues Related to Sanctions: Preventing their Humanitarian and Unintended Consequences." | Unilateral coercive measures that are not based on international law and are imposed without UNSC mandate or in addition to the mandated measures cause particular concern. Even amidst a global pandemic 20% of Member States suffer from UCMs.

teleSUR (2022-02-07). Uruguay To Cover Remaining Localities With Booster Vaccines. telesurenglish.net Aimed to avoid the spreading of the COVID-19 virus, the Uruguayan Ministry of Public Health started a new stage on the program of booster vaccines in uncovered interior localities. | RELATED: | According to the Daily data from the National Emergency System, there is an average of 10,000 confirmed cases; Santiago Mirazo, a virologist, considers the numbers are at least twice higher, which is not confirmed because of the la…

teleSUR (2022-02-07). Iran Waits for US Practical Steps In Removal Of Sanctions. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that his country is waiting for the United States to take "practical" steps in line with the removal of anti-Iran sanctions and the restoration of 2015 nuclear deal. | RELATED: | Khatibzadeh announced at his weekly press briefing the return of Iranian nuclear negotiating delegates to Vienna on Tuesday, who were in Tehran for necessary consultations. | "

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2022-02-07: News Headlines

_____ (2022-02-07). Argentina Turns To Russia And Joins China's Belt And Road. popularresistance.org Argentina is trapped in $44 billion of IMF odious debt taken on by corrupt right-wing regimes. Seeking alternatives to US hegemony, President Alberto Fernández traveled to Russia and China, forming an alliance with the Eurasian powers, joining the Belt and Road Initiative.

rqorinoco (2022-02-07). Argentina to Russia: We Want To End Dependency On US. orinocotribune.com On February 3, the president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, visited the Kremlin and told President Vladimir Putin that his country wants to end "dependency" on the US and strengthen economic ties with Russia instead. | Fernández

teleSUR, yart, JL (2022-02-07). Ciudadanos de Minneapolis se movilizan por agresión policial. telesurtv.net Los manifestantes exigieron justicia por Amir Locke, así como una reforma de la Policía.

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-07). Figueres y el exministro Chaves se disputarán la Presidencia de Costa Rica. telesurtv.net El economista Rodrigo Chaves, aspirante por Progreso Social Democrático, cuenta con el 16.66 de los votos.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-07). Rights group urge Qatar and FIFA to ensure fair trial for former World Cup employee. peoplesdispatch.org Abdullah Ibhais, was convicted on bribery and other related charges soon after he spoke up against the Qatari authorities' repression of a migrant workers strike…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-07). Daily Round-up| Student leader released on bail in Swaziland, persecution of Egyptian lawyer & more. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we look at the release of a student leader in Swaziland following mass protests, the persecution of human rights lawyer Osama Bayoumi in Egypt, and the controversy over an oil exploration project in the Sao Francisco region of Brazil…

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-02-07). Venezuelans commemorate 30th anniversary of 1992 civic-military rebellion. peoplesdispatch.org The civic-military rebellion led by Commander Hugo Chávez against the government of president Carlos Andrés Pérez, despite its failure, marked the end of neoliberalism and the beginning of a new era of profound socio-political changes in the country…

Saheli Chowdhury (2022-02-06). Alex Saab is Being Tortured in the US, Denounces Diplomat's Wife Camila (+Oscar López Rivera). orinocotribune.com February 5, 2022 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)—Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab "is suffering torture and inhumane treatment everyday in the United States," decried his wife Camila Fabri Saab during a "Today, as we are speaking here, another day passes in which my husband Alex Saab, a Venezuelan diplomat, remains kidnapped," she continued. Saab, a special envoy of the Venezuelan government to Iran and Russia, and…

_____ (2022-02-06). Mexican GM Workers Vote In An Independent Union. popularresistance.org Auto workers at a General Motors plant in central Mexico delivered a landslide victory to an independent union in a vote held February 1-2. It's a major breakthrough for workers and labor activists seeking to break the vice grip of the employer-friendly unions that have long dominated Mexico's labor movement.

teleSUR- jaa, JL (2022-02-06). Autoridades mexicanas encuentran 16 cadáveres en Zacatecas. telesurtv.net Fueron hallados seis cadáveres en el municipio Pánfilo Natera y diez en Fresnillo, ambos en el Estado de Zacatecas.

Christian Pena (2022-02-06). Creative solutions to cultivating crops during severe drought. america.cgtn.com According to some scientists, the severe‚ÄØdrought‚ÄØconditions observed across most of the U.S. and northern Mexico in 2021 are forecasted to get worse in the years ahead.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-02-06). Docentes de Puerto Rico exigen justicia social y retiro digno. telesurtv.net Los líderes magisteriales lograron reunirse con el secretario del Departamento de Educación, y fijaron el compromiso de otra reunión para el miércoles.

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-06). Presidente argentino aprueba ingreso a la Nueva Ruta de la Seda. telesurtv.net El Gobierno argentino alcanzó un financiamiento por más de 23.700 millones de dólares generando un nuevo hito en la relación bilateral con China.

teleSUR, MER, JGN (2022-02-06). 10 curiosidades para celebrar a Bob Marley, la leyenda del Reggae. telesurtv.net A través de sus canciones Bob Marley transmitió mensajes de amor, conciencia social y justicia.

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-06). Avanzan con normalidad elecciones presidenciales en Costa Rica. telesurtv.net Los electores deberán escoger entre los 25 candidatos que aspiran a la presidencia de Costa Rica y a conformar la Asamblea Legislativa.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-02-06). Indepaz reporta masacre número 16 en Colombia en lo que va de 2022. telesurtv.net Según las investigaciones, un hombre le disparó a un Guardia Indígena en varias oportunidades cerca de la vivienda donde se encontraba reunida la comunidad.

teleSUR- jaa, JL (2022-02-06). Pdte. de Bolivia confirma descubrimiento de gran reserva de gas. telesurtv.net El pozo Margarita-10 será el mayor productor de gas natural del país, informaron autoridades bolivianas.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-02-06). Investigan en EE.UU. asesinato de joven afrodescendiente. telesurtv.net Fiscales de Minesota anunciaron la apertura de una investigación sobre la actuación de la policía en Mineápolis.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-02-06). Exlíder sindical asume dirección del Frente Amplio en Uruguay. telesurtv.net Fernando Pereira asumió este sábado oficialmente su cargo en un acto realizado en el teatro El Galpón de Montevideo.

teleSUR, JL (2022-02-06). Denuncian nueva masacre en Colombia, la número 17 en lo corrido del 2022. telesurtv.net En lo corrido del presente año, el país contabiliza 20 líderes sociales asesinados.

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-06). Brasil registra la mayor cifra de muertes por Covid desde 2021. telesurtv.net Brasil acumula 26.4 millones de casos positivos y 631.802 fallecidos desde el inicio de la pandemia.

teleSUR, JL (2022-02-06). Cuba llega al 88% de población con esquema completo contraCovid. telesurtv.net De acuerdo al Ministerio, el 88 por ciento equivale a 9.839.682 connacionales que ya cuentan con sus dosis requeridas.

Staff (2022-02-06). Duque Wants to Speak with Russian Ambassador about Violence in Colombia's Arauca. orinocotribune.com Colombian President Iván Duque said this Friday, February 4, that he will speak to the Russian ambassador to Colombia, Nikolay K. Tavdumadze, to clarify the objectives of Russia's military presence in Venezuela. | Thus, Duque has chosen to ignore the statement from the Russian embassy in Colombia, which had denounced unfounded allegations made by the Colombian Defense Minister, Diego Molano. Molano accused Russia of supporting and implementing technical assistance at the Venezuelan border, to carry out a foreign "intervention." The Russian embassy called these accusations irresponsible, as Molano did not provide…

Staff (2022-02-06). Cuba ha estado bajo embargo estadounidense durante 60 años. Es hora de que eso acabe. cubadebate.cu "Aquí no hay embargo a Cuba". Esta afirmación audaz, hecha por el senador de Florida Marco Rubio en el Senado de los EE. UU. en julio pasado, se ha convertido rápidamente en sabiduría convencional en los pasillos del Congreso de los EE. UU. y entre la base de apoyo de Rubio en la diáspora cubana. El bloqueo norteamericano es un mito, un coco para el Partido Comunista de Cuba. "Cuba no está aislada", dijo Rubio . Los que dicen lo contrario o "no saben de lo que hablan… o son mentirosos. Esas son las únicas dos opciones".

Editor2 (2022-02-06). The Siege of El Estor: Resistance to the Continuation of an Extractive and Repressive Neoliberal Status Quo in Guatemala. orinocotribune.com By Ben Gutman — Feb 1, 2022 First-hand reporting and analysis of the Maya Q'eqchi' resistance movement against multinational corporate…

Carlos Aznarez (2022-02-06). Argentina: An Agreement of More Submission. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Aznárez and Roberto Perdía — Jan 30, 2022 | On Friday last week, President Alberto Fernández announced the new agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by which he set the will of his government to extend the payment of the debts contracted by former right wing President Macri, and agreed to a series of commitments with the international financial organization where the US has the leading voice. | Since our incorporation into the IMF in 1956, this is the 22nd agreement, and in all of them there are mutual commitments to "lay the foundations for a sustained development". | In none of the…

ecns.cn (2022-02-06). China ready to usher in another brilliant 50 years of ties with Argentina: Xi. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Argentine President Alberto Fernandez Sunday, saying that China is willing to advance exchanges and cooperation in various fields and usher in another 50 brilliant years under the comprehensive strategic partnership with Argentina.

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-06). Trapped in IMF debt, Argentina turns to Russia and joins China's Belt & Road. multipolarista.com Argentina is trapped in $44 billion of IMF odious debt taken on by corrupt right-wing regimes. Seeking alternatives to US hegemony, President Alberto Fernández traveled to Russia and China, forming an alliance with the Eurasian powers, joining the Belt and Road Initiative.

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-06). Atrapada en la deuda del FMI, Argentina se alia con Rusia y China y se une a la Franja y la Ruta. multipolarista.com Argentina está atrapada con $44 mil millones de deuda odiosa del FMI, controlado por EEUU. Buscando alternativas a la hegemonía estadounidense, el presidente Alberto Fernández viajó a Rusia y China, formando una alianza con las potencias euroasiáticas, incorporándose a la Iniciativa de la Franja y la Ruta.

Paulo Cabral (2022-02-06). Residents in Sà£o Paulo celebrate the start of 2022 Beijing Olympics. america.cgtn.com The opening of the Winter Olympics in Beijing was broadcast to a worldwide audience on Friday, including Sà£o Paulo. The Brazil-China Friendship Association in Sao Paulo and the city's government organized a viewing event, an opportunity for the Chinese community to get together and …

Misión Verdad (2022-02-06). Pro-US Opposition Calls for Dialogue with Venezuelan Government: Another Turn of the Screw or Just a Guise? orinocotribune.com A recently published According to former deputy Juan Guaid…

Staff (2022-02-06). Caracas Court of Appeals Upholds Conviction of CITGO Six. orinocotribune.com The ninth circuit of the Caracas Court of Appeals upheld this Friday, February 4, the ruling of the Court of First Instance of Caracas that sentenced six former executives of Venezuela's CITGO Corporation, a subsidiary of state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), to prison terms between nine and 13 years, for acts of corruption. | Friday's ruling ratified the sentence against former president of CITGO, José àÅngel Pereira Ruimwyk, to serve 13 years and seven months in prison for committing crimes of fraudulent embezzlement and illicit agreement of a public official with a contractor, according to a press…

Staff (2022-02-06). Estados Unidos supera las 900 000 muertes por COVID-19. cubadebate.cu Estados Unidos superó el viernes último la cifra de 900 000 fallecidos por COVID-19 desde que comenzó la pandemia, según informó recientemente la Universidad Johns Hopkins de ese país. La nación norteña también encabeza los contagios a nivel global, con cifra superior a los 76 220 000 de infecciones, y secundada por la India y Brasil.

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2022-02-06: News Headlines

Ana Perdigón (2022-02-05). Venezuelan Authorities Announce New Phase of Vuelta a la Patria Program (+Xenophobia). orinocotribune.com The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced this Wednesday, February 2, that a new phase of the Vuelta a la Patria program will start in March, to guarantee the safe return of Venezuelan nationals residing in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. | During a meeting at the Miraflores Palace, the president stated that starting from March the number of flights of the Plan Vuelta a la Patria will be tripled, and called on Venezuelans who are outside the country to return. | President Maduro explained that initially the program will serve Venezuelans who are already registered to return to the countr…

Editor2 (2022-02-05). Honduran Garifuna Doctor who Graduated from ELAM Joins President Xiomara Castro's Cabinet. orinocotribune.com Dr. Luther Castillo Harry, who on March 17, 1999, received a scholarship to study at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in Havana, has been appointed Secretary of Science, Technology and Scientific Innovation of Honduras by President Xiomara Castro. | For Dr. Castillo, who comes from the Garífuna community, ELAM turned out to be "a paradise in the heart of the Caribbean, where the dreams of the children of the poor come true, and from where men and women of science and conscience graduate." | Coming from Moskitia, one of the most remote regions of Honduras and home to four of the nine indigenous and…

Steve Lalla (2022-02-05). Barely One Week Into Her Presidency, Xiomara Castro Brings Hope and Joy to Hondurans. orinocotribune.com February 4, 2022 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)—Piloting a series of substantial policy changes a little more than one week into her mandate, Honduras' President Xiomara Castro has already established herself as a firm Latin American leader. In the process, she has brought hope and happiness to the Honduran people, living under the pall of an oppressive regime since the 2009 military coup that removed Manuel Zelaya from the presidency. | The festive atmosphere of Xiomara Castro's inauguration lit up Honduras' capital city Tegucigalpa, as thousands of supporters of Castro and her Libre party, waving red pa…

Leonardo Mattos (2022-02-05). Health systems, pandemic response and social participation: lessons from Latin America. peoplesdispatch.org Latin America has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, following years of privatization and fragmentation of health systems, and low public investment in health…

Franc Contreras (2022-02-05). Water shortages in Mexico City. america.cgtn.com In some parts of the world, the effects of climate change are plain to see, for example, more powerful hurricanes and more frequent wildfires. In other places, it's less visible but still a major concern. That's the case in Mexico City, which is facing …

WSWS (2022-02-05). US-backed SINTTIA union wins representation as workers at Silao, Mexico GM plant vote out CTM. wsws.org The claim that the victory of SINTTIA in the vote by Silao workers represents at step forward is belied by the support it received from the corrupt, pro-management US union bureaucracy and the Biden administration.

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-05). Reportan el asesinato de dos lideres sociales en Arauca y Putumayo, Colombia. telesurtv.net Con los dos nuevos asesinatos, Colombia llega a 19 homicidios de lideres y lideresas sociales en lo corrido del 2022.

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-05). Costarricenses en el exterior darán inicio a comicios presidenciales. telesurtv.net Un total de 147 costarricenses que residen en Australia serán los primeros que podrán participar en las elecciones presidenciales.

teleSUR, DRL (2022-02-05). Gobierno boliviano rechaza propuesta federalista opositora. telesurtv.net La propuesta del departamento de Santa Cruz se opone a la concepción plurinacional del Estado boliviano dice el Gobierno.

teleSUR, MER (2022-02-05). Diputado nicaragàºense: CNU garantiza continuidad educativa de jóvenes. telesurtv.net El CNU informó que la suspensión de personerías jurídicas fue para cinco centros de estudios superiores.

teleSUR, PGV, JGN (2022-02-05). Las cinco canciones más conocidas de Violeta Parra. telesurtv.net Si bien su obra de más popular fue "Gracias a la vida", Violeta Parra realizó otras grandes composiciones que se convirtieron en verdaderos manifiestos populares.

Alasdair Baverstock (2022-02-05). Costa Rica to hold presidential election on Sunday. america.cgtn.com Costa Rica heads to the polls Sunday to choose a president for the next four years, but with economic issues resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic dominating the campaign, the country's next president will have a big task in bringing the country back from the financial …

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-02-05). Outrage in Bolivia following femicide of two teenagers. peoplesdispatch.org The recent femicide of two teenage girls by a serial offender, released irregularly in 2019, sparked outrage in Bolivia. Hundreds took to streets demanding an end to violence and impunity for crimes against women due to judicial corruption…

WSWS (2022-02-05). Chilean and international capital praise Boric's cabinet picks. wsws.org Like SYRIZA in Greece and Podemos in Spain, the Chilean pseudo-left and Stalinist front has the task of dissipating seething opposition among workers and young people to capitalism.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-02-05). Seven dead as tourist plane crashes in Peru: report. en.mehrnews.com Five tourists and two crew died on Friday when their plane crashed on a trip to view Peru's famous Nazca lines, the transport ministry said.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-05). Extreme-Right Opposition Democratic Action Wants to Participate in 2024 Presidential Elections, Announces Candidacy. orinocotribune.com With two years to go before the 2024 presidential elections in Venezuela, Carlos Prósperi, the spokesperson for the Democratic Action (AD) faction led by Henry Ramos Allup, has called for all opposition sectors to organize as a single unitary platform. | Ramos Allup is thus making it clear that even those groups which have traditionally represented right-wing extremism in Venezuela that has recurred to violence, election abstention, and coups, now understand that the only option is to constitutionally adhere to the democratic electoral route. | "The healthiest thing would be for all opposition political organizat…

Staff (2022-02-05). EE.UU. levanta algunas medidas contra Irán por acuerdo nuclear. cubadebate.cu El secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Antony Blinken, levantó varias sanciones aplicadas contra Irán y vinculadas a actividades del programa nuclear de este país. La acción significa un paso esencial "para lograr el rápido cumplimiento de Irán" de sus compromisos, ya que el Gobierno de esa nación aseguró en varias ocasiones que "si EE.UU. levanta las crueles sanciones, es posible revivir el acuerdo de 2015".

Jyotsna Singh (2022-02-05). Cuba is helping vaccinate the world. peoplesdispatch.org Only 9.5% of people in low-income countries have received a single dose of the vaccine. Cuba has a comprehensive plan to support vaccine distribution in the global south to make sure none are left behind…

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2022-02-05: News Headlines

_____ (2022-02-04). Pipeline Politics Hits Multipolar Realities: Nord Stream 2 and the Ukraine Crisis. strategic-culture.org By John FOSTER | Amid escalating tensions between US/NATO and Russia, all eyes are on Ukraine, but Nord Stream 2, a pipeline built to bring Russian gas under the Baltic Sea directly to Germany, is an integral part of the story. | US Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland,

teleSUR (2022-02-04). Russia Calls on UK To Stop Spreading Fake News. telesurenglish.net Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has called on the UK Prime Minister demanding he stop fabricating and spreading fake news about an alleged Russian threat to Ukraine. | RELATED: | "UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson posted a video on the government's official account in social networks, where he tells viewers about Russian troops near the border with Ukraine and threatens with 'very real' perspec…

teleSUR (2022-02-04). China and Russia to Face Regional Threats Jointly. telesurenglish.net On Friday, President Xi Jinping confirmed that China stands ready to work with Russia and President Vladimir Putin to chart the future and provide guidance for bilateral relations under new historical circumstances. | RELATED: | Xi is willing to promote the continuous transformation of high-level mutual trust between China and Russia into results of cooperation in all fields and bring real benefits to the people of the two countries. | "Despite the…

_____ (2022-02-04). Make Noise About The Silent Crisis Of Global Illiteracy. popularresistance.org In October 2021, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) held a seminar on the pandemic and education systems. Strikingly, 99% of the students in the region spent an entire academic year with total or partial interruption of face-to-face classes, while more than 600,000 children struggled with the loss of their caregivers due to the pandemic. It is further estimated that the crisis could force 3.1 million children and youth to drop out of school and force over 300,000 to go to work. At the seminar, Alicia Bárcena, the executive secretary of ECLAC, said that the combinati…

Marilyn Bechtel (2022-02-04). Fast Food Sector Council advances in California, but CalCare health bill on hold. peoplesworld.org SACRAMENTO—Legislation to create a first-in-the-nation Fast Food Sector Council charged with regulating wages, working hours, and conditions affecting over half-a-million California fast food workers passed the state Assembly Jan. 31 and is on its way to the state Senate. The measure, Assembly Bill 257, the Fast Food Accountability and Standards (FAST) Recovery Act, by Assemblymember …

Nauman Sadiq (2022-02-04). How Erdogan Scapegoated ISIS Caliph to Appease Biden? dissidentvoice.org Whilst Turkish President Erdogan was in Kiev on Thursday, ostensibly brokering a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine to defuse escalating tensions following the Russian troop build-up along Ukraine's borders and the deployment of 3,000 US forces in Poland and Romania, Biden announced that the Islamic State leader had been killed in a special-ops raid …

Vijay Prashad (2022-02-04). Make noise about the silent crisis of global illiteracy: The Fifth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org In October 2021, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) held a seminar on the pandemic and education systems.

MK Bhadrakumar (2022-02-04). US outruns regional states in race for Kabul. asiatimes.com In a hugely consequential advisory, the US Treasury Department quietly signaled on Wednesday (February 2) that it was "tweaking" sanctions against Afghanistan's Haqqani Network. International banks can now transfer money to the Taliban, including its affiliated Haqqani Network, without fear of breaching sanctions. Washington simply issued clarifications dilating on the relaxation of sanctions announced in …

_____ (2022-02-04). Western States, Media are Sore Losers, Taking Gold Medal for Cynical Olympic Gaming. strategic-culture.org Congratulations to China for hosting the XXIV Winter Olympics whose motto aptly is "Together for a Shared Future". Congratulations, too, to the many nations that can celebrate common humanity and rise above the duplicity and hostility of geopolitical gaming. | After weeks of alarmist claims that Russia is going to invade Ukraine, now the U.S. and Western media are speculating that Russian President Vladimir Putin will "hold off on a military invasion" in order to not spoil the Winter Olympic Games underway in China. | One could hardly make up such a farce, yet the U.S. and Western news media are peddling it with…

_____ (2022-02-04). Túmin: The Alternative Currency Rebuilding Community In Mexico. popularresistance.org In southern Mexico, Itzel Castro sits behind the counter at a small artisanal store tucked along a colorful side street. She welcomes customers as they browse shelves stacked full of food, books and accessories. When the customers check out, Castro offers them change — not in pesos, but in Túmin. | Túmin is an alternative currency that emerged in Veracruz, Mexico in 2010. About the size of a credit card, Túmin notes are printed with vibrant illustrations that vary from state to state. Each Túmin note is equivalent to one peso, one minute of work or even one US dollar. It is both a unit of exchange and a cur…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-02-04). Landmark landslide win for independent union at big GM Mexico plant. peoplesworld.org SILAO, Mexico—The landmark landslide win for an independent union at the big General Motors plant in Silao, Mexico, may well be a precursor of the future of Mexican organized labor—a precursor that augurs well for their U.S. colleagues, too. That's because the 4,192-932 February 3 victory by SINTTIA, The National Independent Union for Workers in …

SAM (2022-02-04). A Labor Stunner in Mexico Augurs Greater Equality — on Both Sides of the Border. inequality.org

_____ (2022-02-04). New Puerto Rico Debt Plan Is A False 'Solution'. popularresistance.org Activists and Puerto Rican community members protest against Steven Tananbaum, a board member of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), for his involvement in a hedge fund that owns over $2 billion of Puerto Rico's debt, outside of the newly renovated and reopened MOMA in Midtown Manhattan on October 21, 2019, in New York City. Drew Angerer / Getty Images | On January 18, Judge Taylor Swain of New York's Southern District confirmed Puerto Rico's eighth amended Plan of Adjustment (POA), setting into motion the closure of the largest municipal debt restructuring deal in the history of the United States. The POA modifies…

teleSUR (2022-02-04). The Anti-Imperialist Rebellion Square Honors Chavez Legacy. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro inaugurated the Anti-Imperialist Rebellion Square in Caracas City on Thursday, on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the revolt led by Colonel Hugo Chavez. | RELATED: | "In the early hours of February 4, 1992, Venezuela experienced the greatest political and spiritual upheaval that has been known since the time of Independence," Maduro said, recalling that that revolt marked the begin…

teleSUR (2022-02-04). Armed Group Kills 3 Colombians In Putumayo Department. telesurenglish.net The Colombian Institute for Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ) denounced that armed men tortured, murdered, and burned the bodies of three people in the El Basal neighborhood in the Putumayo department on Wednesday. | RELATED: | The first victim was identified as Efren Ramos, prosecutor of the El Basal's Communal Action Board (JAC). The identity of the other two victims remains unknown because the fire comple…

teleSUR (2022-02-04). UN Security Council Calls for Functional Lebanese Government. telesurenglish.net Regarding the Council of Ministers of Lebanon meeting, which took place on Jan. 24, members of the United Nations Security Council noted that it is needed to get back to its regular meetings. | RELATED: | It is urgent that the council members urgently allocate an appropriate budget for 2022 to make possible the quick conclusion of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund. | The needed implementation of tangible…

teleSUR (2022-02-04). Peru and Brazil Sign Agreements to Expand Amazon Cooperation. telesurenglish.net During an official visit to Porto Velho City on Thursday, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo signed several cooperation agreements with Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro. | RELATED: | Given the importance of the Amazonian region for both nations, they agreed on policies for the promotion of regional integration through land infrastructures. Among the policy proposals is, for example, the road interconnection between th…

teleSUR (2022-02-04). Europe: New Super-Mutant HIV Variant Discovered. telesurenglish.net A new super-mutant, highly dangerous, and transmissible strain of HIV has been discovered in the Netherlands. | RELATED: | Researchers from the University of Oxford's Big Data Institute developed an international collaborative study, where 109 cases of the new 'virulent subtype B' (VB) variant were detected after analyzing 6 700 positive samples. The study revealed significant genome differences between the VB strain and other HIV va…

teleSUR (2022-02-04). Costa Rica Welcomes OAS Observers To Partake In Elections. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Costa Rican Vice President Epsy Campbell and Foreign Affairs Minister Rodolfo Solano welcomed the Organization of American State (OAS) electoral experts who will participate as observers at the general elections to be held on Feb. 6. | RELATED: | Led by Panamanian former Vice President Isabel de Saint-Malo, the OAS group will assess the organization, technological equipment, women's political partic…

teleSUR (2022-02-04). African Union Summit to Discuss Development and Governance. telesurenglish.net The XXXV Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union will occur this Saturday and Sunday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. It will be held in person for the first time since 2020. | RELATED: | In addition to food policies, critical issues on the agenda include the coups d'état that have occurred in recent months in nations such as Sudan, Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso. | During the AU Foreign Ministers' meeting…

teleSUR (2022-02-04). Germany: Scientist to Modify Pigs for Heart Transplants. telesurenglish.net In Germany, scientists intended to genetically modify pigs to transplants their harts into human beings. According to the statements, the first generation of these pigs would be ready for this year. | RELATED: | The tests will be initially performed in baboons, before eventually seeking human clinical trials. Eckhard Wolf, a scientist at Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) in Munich, announced, that his team hopes to have…

teleSUR, yart, JDO (2022-02-04). Pdte. Alberto Fernández realiza visita oficial a China. telesurtv.net China es el segundo destino de las exportaciones argentinas y el principal origen de las importaciones del país.

teleSUR (2022-02-04). Beijing Kicks off Winter Games. telesurenglish.net The Beijing Olympic Winter Games were inaugurated on Friday night, with the city hosting the Olympic flame for the second time in the Bird's Nest Stadium. | RELATED: | The Chinese President Xi Jinping decreed the opening of the Beijing Winter 2022 at 21: 51 local time, in the presence of 40 000 home audience and the state leaders and international diplomatics, such as Russian President Vladimir Putin and United Natio…

teleSUR (2022-02-04). China, Russia Issue Joint Statement on NATO European Expansion. telesurenglish.net The two countries emphasize the need for cooperation between governments across the world, given the challenges of fast-moving economic globalization, political upheavals, and a pandemic that continues to threaten millions and weigh on international security. | Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for a photograph during their meeting & the recent anti-NATO joint statement in Beijing, on February 4, 2022…

teleSUR (2022-02-04). Greece Begins Parade of Athletes at the Olympic Winter Games. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the 2022 Winter Games opening ceremony started. As an Olympic tradition, Greece, which hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, is the first team to start the parade of athletes into the Bird's Nest Stadium. | RELATED: | China, as hosts, will march in last; future Olympic Winter Games hosts Italy (Milano-Cortina 2026) will enter the second-from-last under a change approved by the IOC Executive Board…

teleSUR (2022-02-04). Chavez Ignited the Bolivarian Revolution with the 4F Rebellion. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Venezuelans remember the 30th anniversary of the anti-imperialist rebellion that Colonel Hugo Chavez led against President Carlos Perez (1989-1993), a corrupt politician who implemented neoliberal policies that worsened the people's living conditions. | RELATED: | On Feb. 4, 1992, five army units under Chavez's command moved into Caracas to seize key military and communications installations throughout…

teleSUR (2022-02-04). Colombian Court Postpones Debate on Abortion Decriminalization. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Colombian Constitutional Court postponed the debate on the total decriminalization of abortion, as new disqualification petitions were filed against the tie-breaker judge of last January ¥s vote. | RELATED: | The legal debates commenced with two lawsuits presented in 2020: the first one was filed by Andres Sanchez in July, and the second one by the "Just Cause," a coalition of women's rights groups. Both of them…

teleSUR, yart, DRL (2022-02-04). Encuesta revela alta indecisión ante comicios en Costa Rica. telesurtv.net Costa Rica tendrá elecciones el domingo próximo y los temas principales son la corrupción y la reactivación económica.

teleSUR (2022-02-04). 5 Months to Get 3rd COVID Vaccine Dose in Costa Rica. telesurenglish.net The minimum wait time between the administration of the 2nd vaccine dose and the 3rd booster injection was at least six months. | RELATED: | The Costa Rica Ministry of Health disclosed that it was allowed the 3rd dose to be given to people over 58 years of age, first responders, public and private education officials, besides all people over 18 years of age with a 5-month mark. | The vaccine to be used Pfizer and…

teleSUR (2022-02-04). Argentine President Fernandez Starts Official Visit to China. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez arrived in Beijing to fulfill a busy agenda before meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping. | RELATED: | After being welcomed by Ambassador Wu Jie, Fernandez was virtually awarded an Honoris Causa at Tsinghua University. He visited then the headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party, where he signed the visitors' honorary book. Later, he attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic…

teleSUR (2022-02-04). Colombian Police Shots A 10-Year-Old Embera Indigenous Child. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Colombian anti-narcotics police injured 10-year-old Indigenous child Elio Niasa amid a confrontation with the Emberas leaders in the La Italia settlement, located between the municipalities of Puerto Asis and Valle del Guamuez. | RELATED: | Although Police brigades lacked orders from the Ethnicity Ministry, they landed on La Italia in helicopters to develop a narcotics search operation. | The communit…

teleSUR (2022-02-04). US To Reestablish Consular Work in Cuba. telesurenglish.net The Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Brian A. Nichols, announced on Thursday that the U.S. would send officials from consular service for Cuba, aiming to make the process of visas for Cuban applicants faster. | RELATED: | According to some sources, the date for the reestablishments of the consular work in the Havana embassy has yet to be defined. | In October 2017, the White House decided to withdraw all diplomatic staff f…

Liberation Staff (2022-02-04). VIDEO: Messages of solidarity and Cuba's statement marking 60 years of the U.S. blockade. liberationnews.org An event organized by Radio Havana Cuba and Cubavisión Internacional marked the 60th anniversary of the imposition of the cruel U.S. economic blockade that aims to suffocate the Cuban economy and cause suffering among the people…

_____ (2022-02-04). Argentina To Russia: We Want To End Dependency On US. popularresistance.org The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, today visited the Kremlin and told President Vladimir Putin that his country wants to end "dependency" on the US and strengthen economic ties with Russia instead. | Fernández told Putin "Argentina, in particular, is experiencing a very special situation as a result of its indebtedness and the economic situation that I had to inherit. From the 1990s onwards, Argentina has always looked towards the United States. Now, the Argentinian economy depends a lot on the debt it has with the United States, with the IMF, and the role that the US has within the IMF." | The Presid…

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-04). Recent Polls Show Venezuelans Expect Economic and Political Improvements. orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 4, 2022 (OrinocoTribune.com)—According to the last Hinterlaces national survey, carried out this January, 29% of voters sympathize with the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and 1% with other organizations that are grouped around the Great Simón Bolívar Patriotic Pole (GPP), which places partisan support for the government of President Nicolás Maduro at 30%. | Last May, 2021, Orinoco Tribune

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2022-02-04: News Headlines

Staff (2022-02-04). President Maduro: Chávez's 4F Rebellion was a Cry Against Colonization. orinocotribune.com The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, asserted earlier today that the rebellion of February 4, 1992, known in Venezuela as 4F/1992, led by Commander Hugo Chávez, represented an outcry against the colonization that the neoliberal government of Carlos Andrés Pérez intended to impose on the country. | The comments were made as part of President Maduro's address during commemorative events for the 30th anniversary of 4F. The head of state hosted the inauguration of the Plaza de la Rebelión Anti-imperialista [Anti-Imperialist Rebellion Square], located in the environs of the San Carlos barracks, in Caracas, wher…

Staff (2022-02-04). Segunda Declaración de La Habana: El día en que todo el mundo puso los ojos sobre Cuba. cubadebate.cu La Habana, Cuba, Territorio Libre de América. Febrero 4 de 1962. La Plaza está abarrotada. Es la mayor concentración popular desde que triunfó la Revolución tres años atrás. Un niño, sobre los hombros de su padre, mira a la tribuna con unos binoculares. Frente a la multitud, Fidel Castro señala que todos los pueblos esperan la respuesta de Cuba.

Staff (2022-02-03). FAO Removes Venezuela from List of Hunger Hotspots, Incorporates Colombia. orinocotribune.com The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has excluded Venezuela from its list of countries facing severe food shortages. | In a FAO, in its report, stated that this year in Latin America, Colombia, Haiti and Honduras are in the Agency's list of highest levels of concern; but there is not such a forecast for Venezuela…

Editor2 (2022-02-03). Cuba's Resumen Latinoamericano Website Silenced Due to Blockade. orinocotribune.com By Graciela Ramírez — Jan 29, 2022 | This January 27, while we were preparing different notes on national and international affairs, our website cubaenresumen.org was silenced. We could not upload any information, we thought at first it was due to a technical problem with the website. | After an hour we began to receive messages via WhatsApp from friends and readers of Cuba en Resumen in Argentina, Brazil, Honduras, Venezuela, Spain, the United States and Italy who were asking what was happening, since they could not access not only what was published in the morning, nor anything on our website. | We immedia…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-02-03). 'Police used Bogota bus terminals to torture protesters'. colombiareports.com Bogota police used bus terminals in Colombia's capital as illegal detention centers during protests last year, according to opposition politicians. The accusation made by two Bogota city council members was…

Ben Norton (2022-02-03). US-Backed Coup Regimes Trapped Honduras in Unpayable Odious Debt, Warns new President Xiomara Castro. orinocotribune.com By Bejamin Norton — Feb 1, 2022 | At the time of the 2009 US-backed coup, Honduras had $2.48 billion in external debt. Now it has $9.25 billion. New leftist President Xiomara Castro says this odious debt is unpayable. It already eats up 50% of the government budget. | The new leftist administration in Honduras managed to win November 2021 elections in a landslide and defeat an authoritarian coup regime, but now it faces a huge problem that will make it difficult to govern: odious debt. | When a US-sponsored military coup overthrew Honduras' democratically elected left-wing President Manuel Zelaya in 2009, th…

Vijay Prashad (2022-02-03). Make Noise about the Silent Crisis of Global Illiteracy. dissidentvoice.org Amadou Sanogo (Mali), Je pense de ma tête, 2016. In October 2021, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) held a seminar on the pandemic and education systems. Strikingly, 99% of the students in the region spent an entire academic year with total or partial interruption of face-to-face classes, while …

Staff (2022-02-03). Headlines for February 3, 2022. democracynow.org U.S. to Deploy 3,000 Additional Troops to Eastern Europe Amid Tensions over Ukraine, Witnesses Say U.S. Raid That Killed ISIS Leader in Syria Left Civilians Dead, Pentagon Sends Warship and Planes to UAE; Saudi Arabia and Israel Hold Joint Naval Exercises, Militia Attacks DRC Camp for Displaced People, Killing 60, Pfizer Asks FDA to Approve COVID Vaccine for Young Kids Despite Mixed Clinical Trial Results, Ecuadorian Court Rejects Oil Drilling on Indigenous Lands in Amazon Rainforest, Biden Renominates Former Chevron Lawyer First Tapped by Trump to Become Federal Judge, Senate Forges Ahead with Judicial Confirmat…

Moderator (2022-02-03). Ilhan Omar Warns Democrats' Ukraine Proposal Only 'Escalates the Conflict'. scheerpost.com By Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Congresswoman Ilhan Omar on Wednesday delivered a detailed rebuke of congressional Democrats' proposed legislative response to the escalating crisis involving Ukraine and Russia, declaring that "when the United States says it champions human rights, democracy, and peace, we should mean it." "Instead of spending $500 million on weapons, we should …

G. Dunkel (2022-02-03). Hunger, violence and earthquakes — Haiti's problems intensify. workers.org Former Haitian senator MoàØse Jean Charles, was deported to Haiti from Miami, Jan. 25 The last week of January, two moderately severe earthquakes shook southwest Haiti in the department of Nippes. An official said 191 homes were destroyed, and 591 were damaged. At least two people were killed. Dozens of . . . |

_____ (2022-02-03). Russia And China Hatch Sanctions-Busting Plan To Limit Use Of Dollar. popularresistance.org Amid a worsening stand-off between East and West, Russia and China are increasingly contemplating using their own currencies in mutual settlements and finding ways to work together to counter sanctions, Moscow's envoy in Beijing has disclosed. | Speaking as part of an appearance on YouTube channel Soloviev Live on Wednesday, Andrey Denisov weighed in on the impact of embargoes imposed by Western nations on ties between the two nations. | "The fact that these sanctions have a negative impact on some aspects of our relations is indeed true," he said, pointing at the impact on financial settlements. "If penalties ar…

sputniknews (2022-02-03). Argentina President: It's Necessary to End Dependence on US, Develop Cooperation With Russia. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Argentina's large external debt rose largely because of the United States, so Buenos Aires needs to get rid of dependence on Washington and open up new opportunities in cooperation with Russia, President Alberto Fernandez said.

Editor2 (2022-02-03). Pressing for Cancellation of Brazilian President's Visit to Russia, Reports Say. orinocotribune.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — The United States is putting pressure on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to call off his visit to Moscow in February saying it may be interpreted as taking sides amid tensions on the Russian-Ukrainian border, the Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported, citing diplomatic sources. | "During a Sunday phone call with Brazilian Foreign Minister Carlos Franca, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed concerns again that the president's visit might be interpreted as a sign that Brazil takes a side in the conflict", sources in the Brazilian Foreign Ministry told the newspape…

Yves Engler (2022-02-03). Anti-China Canadian MPs claim Sovereignty over Argentine Mine. dissidentvoice.org The anti-China panic sweeping Canadian politics has descended from tragedy into farce. A month ago I mocked Globe and Mail Report on Business columnist Eric Reguly for complaining about China-based Zijin Mining purchasing Neo Lithium. The nominally Canadian firm extracts lithium in Argentina. Reguly succeeded in stirring a national security scare about minerals extracted 10,000 …

_____ (2022-02-03). Rail Unions Are Bargaining Over A Good Job Made Miserable. popularresistance.org Contract negotiations covering 115,000 rail workers in the U.S. are expected to heat up in 2022. | Workers are seething over the impact of extreme cost-cutting measures. Rail unions are escalating through the slow steps of negotiations under the Railway Labor Act—toward a resolution, a strike, or a lockout. | Rail remains one of the most heavily unionized industries in the country, and rail workers maintain the arteries of the economic system. | In 2018, U.S. railroads moved 1.73 trillion ton-miles of freight, while trucks moved 2.03 trillion. (One ton-mile is one ton of freight moved one mile.) A slim majo…

Rosalío Muñoz (2022-02-03). Huelga de Trabajadores de Panadería entra al 3er mes con una creciente solidaridad. peoplesworld.org La huelga de casi tres meses de trabajadoras predominantemente latinas en la planta de producción de pasteles helados Jon Donaire en Santa Fe Springs, un área industrial del condado de Los àÅngeles, ha generado una cantidad impresionante de solidaridad laboral, comunitaria y política. Los huelguistas exigen mejores salarios, respeto y mejora de las condiciones laborales …

Liz Kimbrough (2022-02-03). Plants face tough climate challenges as seed-dispersing animals decline. nationofchange.org Animals that eat fruit and spread the seeds in their droppings offer an all-inclusive transportation service for half the world's flora. But as more seed-dispersing birds and mammals die off globally, some of these plant species will lose their ability to shift their locations to keep pace with escalating climate change, says new research. "When you …

Pablo Manríquez (2022-02-03). AOC, Ilhan Omar Support 'Day Without Immigrants' on Feb. 14. latinorebels.com Carlos Eduardo Espina has over 2.4 million followers on TikTok and over 88,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel. Now the 23-year-old is asking immigrants, in Spanish and English, to disrupt Valentine's Day this year by not showing up to work, school, or the stores.

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_____ (2022-02-03). Mexico Has Become A 'Roofless Prison' For Haitian Refugees. popularresistance.org Monterrey, Mexico —Wilson sits, constantly refreshing his phone, waiting for COMAR, the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance, to reschedule his appointment, originally set for Oct. 13, 2021. A day prior he received a cancellation through email. "I'm still waiting for the new date," says Wilson, who asked not to use his full name for protection, with his gaze fixed on the phone. | The Casa Indi migrant shelter in Monterrey, in northeastern Mexico, received 1,600 Haitian migrants in September 2021, a month after a tropical storm damaged large swaths of the island and contributed to the destabilization th…

Staff (2022-02-03). Díaz-Canel se reúne con expertos cubanos: Por una respuesta más integral y culta hacia los jóvenes. cubadebate.cu Díaz-Canel sostuvo un encuentro con expertos de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, donde se abordó el tema del desafío generacional para el desarrollo del proyecto de la Revolución. Elaborar una política de atención integral hacia las juventudes y crear un grupo de trabajo gubernamental para ello, fueron dos de las propuestas de los investigadores.

Staff (2022-02-03). Presidente cubano recibe a delegación de europarlamentarios. cubadebate.cu El primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido y presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, recibió este miércoles en el Palacio de la Revolución a los miembros de una delegación integrada por representantes del Grupo de la Izquierda Confederal Unitaria Europea/Izquierda Verde Nórdica, que visitan nuestro país.

Staff (2022-02-03). 60 años de bloqueo: El sistema de sanciones económicas más duradero de la historia. cubadebate.cu De acuerdo al último informe publicado por el Minrex en junio de 2021, a precios corrientes, los daños acumulados en casi seis décadas de aplicación de esta política ascienden a 147 mil 853,3 millones de dólares. Según datos de la Oxfam, el 78% de las niñas y mujeres en Cuba nacieron bajo estas sanciones. En general, más del 70% de la población cubana ha nacido bajo estos efectos. Entre ellos, el hermano de Frank.

Arjae Red (2022-02-03). First-hand report: The truth about Nicaragua's revolution. workers.org Delegates from Labor Against Racism and War and Workers World Party with members of the ATC (Asociación de Trabajadores del Campo), Managua. Based on a talk by the author at a Jan. 30 webinar, hosted by the Alliance for Global Justice, entitled "Nicaragua: What We Saw; What's Next." Red traveled . . . |

Patricia Ferrer (2022-02-03). Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Demonstrate Against Argentina's Agreement with IMF. orinocotribune.com The President of the Association of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, Hebe de Bonafini, through a letter published this Monday, January 31, expressed the organization's disagreement to the payment of Argentina's external debt with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). An exorbitant loan was issued by the Washington, DC-based IMF to the Argentine government during the mandate of former neoliberal President Mauricio Macri. The $56.7 billion loan was the largest ever issued to a single country. | The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo organization was formed to struggle against the Argentine dictatorship of 1976 to 1983. Par…

Staff (2022-02-03). Argentina: Máximo Kirchner Resigns as President of Frente de Todos Parliamentary Block (+IMF). orinocotribune.com Máximo Kirchner resigned on Monday, January 31, from his responsibility as the head of the Frente De Todos (ruling party) in the Congress of the Argentine Republic. The deputy, who until Monday presided over the block of deputies of the ruling party, made his decision public through a statement in which he expressed his disagreement with President Alberto Fernández's economic policy, embodied in the recent agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). | With this position, the son of former President Néstor Kirchner and current Vice President of Argentina, Cristina Fernández, distanced himself from the pr…

Red de Luchas Socioambientales Salta (2022-02-03). Argentina: Megaminería mata. indybay.org Murió un trabajador minero triturado por una máquina en Mina de oro Lindero – Mansfield en la Puna de Salta.

Staff (2022-02-03). Survey describes chances of ex-president becoming leader again. rt.com Brazil's former president is poised to beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, a poll shows | Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was polling at 41%, ahead of President Jair Bolsonaro with 30%, according to a survey conducted by PoderData between January 31 and February 1. Lula da Silva's lead over Bolsonaro has slightly narrowed compared to a 42-28 difference two weeks ago. | In a runoff vote, Lula da Silva would beat Bolsonaro with 54% against 37%, the same poll found. Both men have not yet formally declared their candidacies. A different poll last month showed that Lula da Silva could win in the first round. | Famous for his…

Andreína Chávez Alava (2022-02-03). Los Tramojos: Venezuelan Campesinos Rescue Land After Years-Long Struggle. venezuelanalysis.com The symbolic estate headlined 320 land titles handed by the Venezuelan government to campesinos "to strengthen food production".

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-03). President Maduro Announces Expansion of Credit & Other Economic Decisions. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, February 2, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced measures aimed at expanding access to financing through Venezuela's banks, including the implementation of mechanisms to democratize credit, allowing entrepreneurs and businessmen to expand productive capacity. | The announcements were made during a meeting held at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, in the framework of the National Council of Economy, with the participation of all the representatives of the country's public and private financial institutions, and the Central Bank of Venezuela, among other state agencies. | "We have been amalgama…

Staff (2022-02-03). Jorge Rodríguez: Deputies Failing to Fulfill their Oath Will be Jailed. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, February 2, the president of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN) Jorge Rodríguez, warned that deputies who fail to comply with their oath will go to prison. This was said after referring to the case of PSUV parliamentarian, Taina González Rubio, who was arrested in Falcón for her alleged involvement in a drug trafficking network. | "Jail will be the destination for any deputy failing to fulfill their oath, thus becoming a despicable traitor. Everyone who deviates from the right path will be sent to jail," he asserted during his speech at the session this Tuesday, in which the parliamentary immunity o…

Granma (2022-02-03). Cuba's answer to 60 years of the U.S. economic blockade. peoplesworld.org Editor's note: Feb. 3, 2022 marks 60 years since the United States initiated its economic blockade against the people of Cuba. On this date in 1962, President John F. Kennedy placed what was called an "embargo" on all trade between Cuba and the U.S. That act began a policy of economic warfare that continues to …

Staff (2022-02-03). Declaración del Gobierno Revolucionario: Hasta tanto el bloqueo no cese, nuestra denuncia se mantendrá firme e invariable. cubadebate.cu El Gobierno Revolucionario, en nombre del pueblo de Cuba, reclama enfática y enérgicamente, una vez más, el fin del bloqueo económico, comercial y financiero impuesto por los EE.UU. Nuestra denuncia se mantendrá firme e invariable hasta tanto no cese en su totalidad esta política inhumana e ilegal.

Luis Chirino (2022-02-03). Cuba: 60 years under U.S. embargo. america.cgtn.com February 3 marks 60 years since Cuba has been under a U.S.-imposed trade embargo, a set of punitive economic sanctions maintained and reinforced by successive administrations, from John F. Kennedy to Joe Biden. CGTN's Luis Chirino reports.

Brittani Banks (2022-02-03). The Blockade Against Cuba Turns 60. independentmediainstitute.org Click here to download the Spanish translation of this article. (Haga clic aquí para descargar la traducción al español de este artículo.) It's easy to say, but it's been six very hard decades that began with disconcerting lightness and the belief that the United States government's blockade of Cuba would not last long—a couple of …

Editor (2022-02-03). Why wouldn't Biden grant clemency to Leonard Peltier? mronline.org Last Friday, it became known that the 77-year-old Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier was sick with COVID-19. Peltier has been in prison for over 46 years, which makes him the oldest political prisoner in the United States.

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-03). Illegal US blockade against Cuba continues harming millions on 60th anniversary. multipolarista.com February 3, 2022 is the 60th anniversary of the illegal blockade against Cuba, which the US admitted aims "to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government." Cuba estimates the embargo has cost its economy $144.41 billion.

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-03). Bloqueo ilegal de EEUU contra Cuba sigue matando en su 60 aniversario. multipolarista.com El 3 de febrero de 2022 es el 60 aniversario del bloqueo ilegal contra Cuba, que Estados Unidos admitió pretende "provocar hambre, desesperación y el derrocamiento del gobierno". Cuba estima que el embargo le ha costado $144.410 millones.

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2022-02-03: News Headlines

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Staff (2022-02-02). Headlines for February 2, 2022. democracynow.org Putin Accuses U.S. of Using Ukraine as "Tool" to Contain Russia, Pacific Nations, Incl. Tonga, Report First COVID Cases; South Africa, EU Nations Ease Restrictions, Guinea-Bissau's President Says He Survived Coup Attempt, Security Forces Killed in Attack, Two Babies Die in Freezing Syrian Camps for Displaced People, Major Coalition of States, Cities and Advocacy Groups Backs Mexican Effort to Sue U.S. Gunmakers, Native American Tribes Reach Tentative Settlement with J&J, Drug Distributors over Opioid Epidemic, ABC Suspends Whoopi Goldberg from "The View" After Saying Holocaust Was "Not About Race", Ex-NFL Coach F…

Joseph Essertier (2022-02-02). Annihilating the Virus Enemy in Japan. dissidentvoice.org According to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, 18,515 people had lost their lives to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by 24 January 2022. Of those deaths, four were minors, i.e., 19 years of age or younger. At this point, nobody can say exactly why the Archipelago of Japan has emerged …

Rosalío Muñoz (2022-02-02). Bakery Workers Local 37 strike in L.A. enters third month with growing solidarity. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES—The three-month strike of predominantly female Latina workers at the Jon Donaire ice cream cake production plant in Santa Fe Springs, an industrial area of greater Los Angeles County, has generated an impressive amount of labor, community, and political solidarity. The strikers demand better pay, respect, and improvement of injurious job conditions that have …

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-02-02). Desempleo impacta más en las mujeres en Latinoamérica, según la OIT. telesurtv.net América Latina ha tenido históricamente una situación laboral desfavorable, la cual es aún más difícil para las mujeres.

The Associated Press (2022-02-02). US Expels Venezuelan Migrants to Colombia Under Title 42 Powers. latinorebels.com The Biden administration said Monday that it has begun expelling Venezuelan migrants to Colombia without a chance to seek asylum after entering the United States from Mexico, its latest use of pandemic-related authority.

Mike Ludwig (2022-02-02). COVID Cases in Youth Prisons Are Cutting Vulnerable Kids Off From Their Parents. truthout.org The Omicron variant brought a predictable spike in COVID cases in prisons for children and teens. In response to to these spikes, juvenile facilities have limited educational and recreational activities, and suspended in-person visitation, further isolating incarcerated youth and increasing costs for anxious parents who are desperately trying to look out for their children. | Public outcry over pandemic-exacerbated conditions like these is, in some states, fueling efforts already underway…

Ana Perdigón (2022-02-02). US Government Starts Expelling Venezuelan Migrants. orinocotribune.com The United States government has started to apply its new immigration policy, with which it will deport Venezuelan migrants to Colombia without allowing them to apply for asylum. | The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that Venezuelans will be deported to Colombia. | The US authorities also added that the deportation of migrants will be carried out on a regular basis, although they did not specify how often. | The first two Venezuelans were expelled within this policy last Thursday, January 27. They had entered the United States through the US-Mexico border, but were sent to Colombia on a commerc…

A Guest Author (2022-02-02). Puerto Rican organizations rally against crypto colonizers. workers.org This article was based on a leaflet issued by the New York City organizing coalition of Puerto Rican and anti-imperialist groups sponsoring the Jan. 28 rally. New York City, Jan. 28 A coalition of Puerto Rican and global anti-imperialist groups rallied Jan. 28 at the New York City Housing Authority. . . . |

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-02-02). Corea del Norte exhorta a EE.UU. cesar política hostil. telesurtv.net Pyongyang condenó a EE.UU. por realizar ejercicios militares conjuntos con sus pares surcoreanos, que amenazan la seguridad del Norte.

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-02). Xiomara Castro felicita a científica hondureña nominada a Nobel de la Paz. telesurtv.net La presidenta Xiomara Castro resaltó que la científica María Elena Bottazzi ha dedicado su vida al servicio de la humanidad a través de la ciencia…

_____ (2022-02-02). Cubans Begin Collective Discussion Of New Family Code. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, almost 7 million Cubans will start attending around 78,000 meeting points to discuss the Family Code approved by the Cuban Parliament (ANPP) in December. | They will carry out the discussions in 12,513 constituency electoral commissions, where the citizens will debate the contents of code's articles. These debates will be recorded in physical and electronic records that will be sent to the electoral authorities so that they can aggregate and count citizen opinions according to specific issues. | Then the compilation made by the electoral authorities will be sent to Congress so that the lawmakers can s…

Brasil de Fato (2022-02-02). Cuba starts public consultation on new family code. peoplesdispatch.org On Tuesday February 1, Cuba started the process of popular consultation on its new Family Code, which changes the concept of the family nucleus and expands rights to the LGBTQIA community. Around 7 million Cubans will be able to give their opinion on the text in more than 78,000 consultation posts located throughout the island. | For the task, 1,428 electoral inspectors and 27,891 employees were appointed to ensure the transparency of the process. | 23 versions of the new code have been presented during three months of debate in 2021. It must now be reviewed by the Cuban population by April 30. | The document bri…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2022-02-02). US Begins Expelling Venezuelan Migrants to Colombia. venezuelanalysis.com US efforts to turn away Venezuelans stands in contrast to US regime-change policy toward Caracas, considered one of the major forces driving migration.

Brasil de Fato (2022-02-02). Congolese refugee MoàØse Kabamgabe beaten to death in Rio de Janeiro after asking for wages. peoplesdispatch.org 24-year-old MoàØse Kabamgabe, a Congolese migrant living in Rio de Janeiro, was found dead on January 24 after being beaten to death. Kabamgabe had gone to the Tropicália kiosk, in the Barra da Tijuca beach, to collect payment for working two days as a kitchen helper, according to family members. In response, men from the kiosk beat him for 15 minutes until his death. | In an interview with Folha de S. Paulo, Mamanu Idumba Edou, MoàØse's uncle, said that MoàØse went to collect his overdue salary, when the manager of the establishment took a piece of wood and began to attack him. | "He called…

Nick Cunningham (2022-02-02). Protests erupt in Argentina over plan for offshore oil drilling. nationofchange.org Thousands of people took to the streets of Mar del Plata to protest the plans by Norwegian oil company Equinor to begin offshore oil exploration later this year.

WSWS (2022-02-02). An open letter to all Brazilian workers: The pandemic must be ended and lives saved in 2022! wsws.org The year 2022 is already marked by a new COVID-19 surge. Workers in Brazil and around the world must decide to act collectively and finally put an end to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Staff (2022-02-02). Al menos 24 muertos tras aluvión de escombros y lodo en Ecuador (+ Video). cubadebate.cu La casa empezó a moverse como en un terremoto mientras afuera caía un fuerte aguacero acompañado de un inusual y ensordecedor estruendo. De repente agua y piedras obtuvieron a ingresar por las puertas y ventanas del primer piso y sólo atinó a correr hacia la terraza, relató el martes Imelda Pacheco al frente de la que fuera su vivienda.

Steve Lalla (2022-02-02). Peru Orders Repsol to Suspend Offshore Operations After Massive Oil Spill. orinocotribune.com February 1, 2022 ( In addition, a judge barred four Repsol executives from leaving the country as the administration moves to investigate the details of the oil spill. The executives include Repsol's Director in Peru, Jaime Fernandez-Cuesta. | Ramirez ordered a "halt to all of Repsol's operations loading a…

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-02-02). Peruvian President reshuffles ministerial cabinet for the second time. peoplesdispatch.org On February 1, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo reshuffled his ministerial cabinet for the second time since his inauguration six months ago. The head of state swore in his third cabinet with a new prime minister and nine other new ministers out of a total of nineteen. In a short message to the nation, he ratified "the commitment to work for Peru, prioritizing the needs of all Peruvians and the great reforms that will consolidate national well-being." | The new cabinet is headed by congressman Héctor Valer, who entered parliament with far-right party Popular Renewal and later joined a new parliamentary caucus, D…

_____ (2022-02-02). Feb. 3 Webinar: Camila Saab, Wife Of Diplomat/US Political Prisoner. popularresistance.org Alex Saab is a Venezuelan diplomat the US government has illegally seized and imprisoned for what the US considers "violation" of the illegal US economic warfare on Venezuela. He was in fact assisting Venezuela in legally working around the US blockade on his country by finding the means to import food, medicine, and materials for the Venezuelan oil industry. The US is seeking to coerce Alex Saab into disclosing the methods Venezuela uses to circumvent the US-Canadian-European sanctions with the goal of further tightening the economic blockade and suffering on the Venezuelan people. These sanctions are illegal ac…

IGD Worldwide (2022-02-02). German Autonomists Win Asylum After Decades as Fugitives. itsgoingdown.org | Submitted anonymously. |
| On December 2, 2021, the Venezuelan refugee commission finally approved the refugee claim of the two surviving implicated participants in the "K.O.M.I.T.E.E." case, Peter Krauth and Thomas Walter. With this status, they can stay in Venezuela indefinitely with official identification documents and, after years of insecurity and the perennial threat of arrest, can finally live an almost normal life. For the third defendant, Bernd Heidbreder, this decision came too…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-02). PSUV is Against Corrupt Officials, There will be No Impunity, Says Diosdado Cabello. orinocotribune.com Diosdado Cabello, first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), declared the resounding condemnation of the party against any act of corruption committed by officials in public posts, and stated that the full weight of justice should fall on those who get involved in criminal activities. | Cabello emphasized that there should be no impunity in cases such as the ones that recently led to the detention of a mayor and a deputy in the state of Zulia, who had been linked to drug trafficking; and a mayor in Anzoátegui state linked to fuel mafias. | At the press conference, the PSUV leader stat…

Staff (2022-02-02). Tomorrow February 3 Webinar: In Conversation with Camila Saab, Wife of Alex Saab & Special Guest, Oscar López Rivera. orinocotribune.com Alex Saab is a Venezuelan diplomat the US government has illegally seized and imprisoned for what the US considers "violation" of the illegal US economic warfare on Venezuela. He was in fact assisting Venezuela in legally working around the US blockade on his country by finding the means to import food, medicine, and materials for the Venezuelan oil industry. The US is seeking to coerce Alex Saab into disclosing the methods Venezuela uses to circumvent the US-Canadian-European sanctions with the goal of further tightening the economic blockade and suffering on the Venezuelan people. These sanctions are illegal ac…

Staff (2022-02-02). 3 February, Webinar: Free Alex Saab! with Camila Saab and special guest, Oscar López Rivera. samidoun.net Thursday, February 3rd, 2022 3: 30pm PT / 6: 30pm ET Online Event: Register on Zoom In conversation with Camila Saab, wife of Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab, kidnapped by the United States. We ask for the immediate release of the Venezuelan diplomat. The webinar will be in have Spanish-English interpretation. En conversación con Camila Saab, esposa del …

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-02). CIA backed failed 2020 invasion of Venezuela, top coup-plotter says. multipolarista.com A Venezuelan army defector who helped plan a botched May 2020 invasion, Clíver Alcalá, said the coup-plotters were in touch with the CIA and other US government agencies, and had their approval to try to violently overthrow President Nicolás Maduro.

Fight Back (2022-02-02). Free Alex Saab! Join webinar conversation with Camila Saab Feb. 3. fightbacknews.org Tucson, AZ – Camila Saab, the wife of Alex Saab, a Venezuelan diplomat illegally detained by the U.S., will speak on a webinar organized by the Alliance for Global Justice on February 3 at 6: 30 p.m. Eastern Time. There will be an update on his case and opportunities to participate in actions to demand his freedom. | Saab has played an important…

Staff (2022-02-02). Descubren órdenes ejecutivas que demuestran la intentona golpista de Donald Trump. cubadebate.cu Al avanzar las investigaciones sobre las acciones de Donald Trump y sus aliados en una intentona golpista, se revelaron un par de órdenes ejecutivas redactadas por los asesores del entonces presidente saliente para ordenar a fuerzas federales -incluso militares- incautar máquinas electorales de conteo de voto como parte del plan de anular la elección presidencial de 2020.

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2022-02-02: News Headlines

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-01). Asesinan a un reportero en el estado mexicano de Michoacán. telesurtv.net La Fiscalía General del Estado de Michoacán indicó que realizan las investigaciones para determinar las causas del asesinato del periodista.

Staff (2022-02-01). Campeonato Nacional de Polo Acuático comenzará el jueves en Cienfuegos. cubadebate.cu El Campeonato Nacional de Polo Acuático dará inicio el jueves venidero con el congresillo técnico en que serán certificados los elencos que participarán en uno y otro sexo hasta el 11 de febrero en la piscina olímpica Eduardo García. Competirán cuatro equipos, Occidentales, Cienfuegos, Orientales y Selección por los varones, e igual número por las mujeres.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-01). Haiti's National Transition Commission elects new interim president and prime minister. peoplesdispatch.org On January 30, Haiti's National Transition Council (CNT) elected economist and former governor of the Bank of the Republic of Haiti, Fritz Alphonse Jean, as the Caribbean country's new interim president. The CNT, made up of 42 members from various political parties and civil society organizations, also elected former senator Steven Irvenson Benoit as the new interim prime minister. The duo will administer the country for a transitional period of 24 months, beginning this February 7. | Jean was elected with 25 votes against 15 for his only opponent, former senator Edgard Leblanc Fils, in the first round of electio…

teleSUR- jaa, JL (2022-02-01). Unión Africana suspende a Burkina Faso tras golpe de Estado. telesurtv.net La suspensión de Burkina Faso de la Unión Africana llega una semana después de que se consumara el golpe de Estado.

Jake Johnson (2022-02-01). More Than 100 Antiwar Groups Call on Biden to End Brinksmanship With Russia. truthout.org More than 100 advocacy organizations representing millions of people across the U.S. demanded Tuesday that the Biden administration take immediate steps to defuse tensions with Russia as the two nuclear-armed powers remain perilously close to war over Ukraine. | "We call upon President Biden to end the U.S. role in escalating the extremely dangerous tensions with Russia," the progressive groups said in a joint statement spearheaded by CodePink and RootsAction.org. "It is gravely irresponsible…

Marco Teruggi (2022-02-01). Honduras: Back After 12 Years. orinocotribune.com Xiomara Castro was sworn in as the new president of Honduras, in the capital city, Tegucigalpa, on January 27. Not only is she is the first female president to take office in the Central American nation, but she is also the head of state to receive the most votes in Honduran history. With her mandate unquestioned, she was accompanied by her husband, former president Manuel Zelaya, overthrown in the 2009 coup d'état. | Several leaders and former leaders attended the swearing-in ceremony, such as the vice president of Argentina, Cristina Kirchner (who gave a speech the night before); the King of Spain, Felipe VI; t…

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-01). Presidenta Xiomara Castro pedirá a la ONU apoyo para la Cicih. telesurtv.net El canciller hondureño expresó que el pedido a la ONU es una prioridad para los primeros 100 días del Gobierno de Xiomara Castro.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-01). UN Security Council holds session on Ukraine, Poland pledges arms and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the UN Security Council special session on Ukraine, a major oil spill spreading to Ecuador's Amazon region, and more…

teleSUR- jaa, JL (2022-02-01). Conozca a Bing Dwen Dwen, la mascota de los JJ.OO de Invierno. telesurtv.net Bing Dwen Dwen fue elegido entre más de 5800 diseños chinos e internacionales.

_____ (2022-02-01). Caravan For George Floyd As Federal Trial Begins For Officers Lane, Kueng, And Thao. popularresistance.org With a caravan of dozens of cars, protesters in St. Paul continue to demand justice for George Floyd as the federal trial begins for the three former Minneapolis Police officers who assisted Derek Chauvin while he murdered Floyd. Thomas Lane, Alexander Kueng, and Tou Thao, all fired from the Minneapolis Police Department, face federal charges of violating George Floyd's civil rights. Opening statements began Monday, January 24.

Pablo Manríquez (2022-02-01). Senate Responds to New Yorker Profile of Latina Staffer. latinorebels.com The Senate returned to Capitol Hill on Monday following a bombshell report in the New Yorker that identified three top Biden White House officials as bulwarks of former President Donald Trump's harsh enforcement policies against immigrants.

Ann Brown (2022-02-01). New Top Covid Variant BA.2 Is Spreading 1.5X Faster Than Omicron In America. moguldom.com New covid variant BA.2 is 1.5 times more contagious than omicron and is already circulating in almost half of U.S. states, according to health experts. BA.2, an omicron subvariant, is more transmissible than the original omicron strain, according to Danish scientists. Nearly half of U.S. states have confirmed the presence of BA.2. It represents 8 …

teleSUR-mcs -HIM (2022-02-01). México reporta crecimiento económico de 5.0 % en 2021. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con los expertos, la economía mexicana descendió en 2020 por el cierre de actividades debido a la Covid-19.

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-01). Lo que debes saber de las comicios presidenciales en Costa Rica. telesurtv.net Más de 3.5 millones de ciudadanos puedan votar por alguno de los 25 candidatos a presidente de Costa Rica.

teleSUR, hvv (2022-02-01). Contagios por Covid-19 marcan récord en Paraguay. telesurtv.net A partir de enero el número de casos positivos ha crecido en varios países de la región debido a la variante Ómicron.

teleSUR, yart, JCM (2022-02-01). Policía haitiana abrirá investigación por ataque a comisaría. telesurtv.net El director de la policía, Frantz Elbé, aseguró que haría lo posible por esclarecer los hechos en la comisaría.

teleSUR- jaa -HIM (2022-02-01). Rusia acusa a Estados Unidos de mentir sobre situación en Ucrania. telesurtv.net El funcionario ruso destacó que el hecho de que Estados Unidos hable de amenaza de su nación contra Ucrania ya es una provocación per se.

teleSUR, DRL, JCM (2022-02-01). Rusia niega haber respondido propuesta de EE.UU. sobre Ucrania. telesurtv.net La declaración rusa se produce antes de la conversación telefónica entre los cancilleres de Rusia y EE.UU..

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2022-02-01). Aliados del Gobierno de Uruguay se suman al Sí en el referendo. telesurtv.net El pueblo uruguayo decidirá el 27 de marzo de este año su posición con respecto a la derogación de los 135 artículos de la LUC.

teleSUR, JL (2022-02-01). Renuncia presidente del bloque de diputados del Frente de Todos. telesurtv.net "Esta decisión nace de no compartir la estrategia utilizada y mucho menos los resultados obtenidos en la negociación con el FMI", indicó Máximo Kirchner.

teleSUR, mcs, SH (2022-02-01). Irán insta a EE.UU. a tomar decisión para reanudar pacto nuclear. telesurtv.net Tras presentar sus garantías, la nación persa espera que el Gobierno de Estados Unidos derogue las sanciones impuestas unilateralmente.

teleSUR, MER (2022-02-01). Venezuela recuerda el legado del general Ezequiel Zamora. telesurtv.net Ezequiel Zamora es recordado por los venezolanos como el "General del Pueblo Soberano" y líder del ejército de tierra y hombres libres.

teleSUR, yart, DRL (2022-02-01). Organizaciones argentinas reclaman reforma al poder judicial. telesurtv.net Los líderes gremiales acusan al poder judicial de tener delincuentes infiltrados que utilizan la persecución judicial.

teleSUR, DRL (2022-02-01). Fiscalía denuncia a ministro de brasileño por homofobia. telesurtv.net Corresponde ahora al Tribunal Supremo decidir si acepta la denuncia y convierte a Milton Ribeiro en imputado en el mismo.

teleSUR- lvm -HIM (2022-02-01). Condenan discursos de odio hacia migrantes en Iquique, Chile. telesurtv.net En septiembre del 2021, también se produjo una oleada de violencia a grupos de migrantes que se encontraban en espacios públicos en Chile.

teleSUR, lvm, SH (2022-02-01). øCómo se ve el año lunar chino en el mundo?>. telesurtv.net El Año Nuevo chino, también conocido como Año Nuevo lunar comienza con la salida de la segunda luna nueva después del solsticio de invierno.

teleSUR- lvm, JL (2022-02-01). UE aprueba legislación sobre control de armas de fuego. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a la Unión Europea, esta medida ayuda a mejorar el control legal de las armas de fuego como una prioridad del plan de acción para el período 2020-2025.

teleSUR- jaa, JL (2022-02-01). Continúa alta actividad en el volcán Santiaguito de Guatemala. telesurtv.net El Santiaguito, el Pacaya y el Fuego, son tres volcanes a los que Insivumeh está siguiendo de cerca debido a la actividad que han experimentado recientemente.

teleSUR- lvm, JL (2022-02-01). Gobierno boliviano destina presupuesto a seguridad alimentaria. telesurtv.net El plan de tubérculos y raíces la producción de papas comerciales debe crecer de 7.5 hasta las 17.8 toneladas por hectárea en el año 2025, dijo el ministro.

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-01). Inicia en Cuba consulta popular del nuevo Código de Familias. telesurtv.net La consulta popular sobre el Código de Familias se extenderá hasta el 30 de abril.

_____ (2022-02-01). Cuba And The World Demand Lifting Of US Blockade. popularresistance.org This Sunday, January 30, on the streets of Cuba and other parts of the world, the demand for lifting the illegal US blockade against Cuba prevailed. This came just days after the 60th anniversary of the officialization of this hostile policy against the Caribbean island. | According to the Twitter profile of the Cuban Foreign Affairs Ministry, from the cities of Santa Clara in the center of the country, and Bayamo in the east, the family of the Antillean nation joined a caravan that demanded the end of the economic, commercial and financial siege. "Compatriots residing in Italy and friends of #Cuba build #Puentes…

Staff (2022-02-01). Archivo CD: Agnés Becerra, "una mujer feliz con la profesión que escogí" cubadebate.cu Este lunes en la noche la reconocida locutora cubana Agnes Becerra se despidió del Noticiero de la Televisión Cubana, un espacio que ocupaba desde 2006. A propósito de su despedida, Cubadebate comparte una entrevista publicada en mayo de 2021. En ella, Agnes Becerra confesó: "Eso es lo que puedo decir, que me he entregado y lo he hecho con amor".

Fight Back (2022-02-01). Miami caravan against Cuba blockade a huge success. fightbacknews.org Miami, FL- Over 60 members of the South Florida community joined in the monthly caravan in Miami on Sunday, January 30, to demand President Joe Biden end the criminal U.S. blockade on Cuba. The group called on the U.S president to end all sanctions on Cuba, restore the family reunification program and recommence freedom of travel between the United States and Cuba for both Americans and Cubans. The event was organized by the U.S. Hands Off Cuba and Venezuela South Florida and Puentes de Amor. | Dozens of cars draped with banners and signs reading "End the criminal blockade of Cuba," and "No mas bloqueo," most do…

Staff (2022-02-01). Considerable bajón de la temperatura en el occidente cubano. cubadebate.cu Si bien este 31 de enero no se quebró el récord de frío para Cuba en lo que va de siglo XXI —el de 1.0 grado Celsius que se alcanzó en la provincia de Matanzas en 2015—, los de la región occidental del país "se congelaron" por un bajón de la temperatura del aire poco frecuente en un mes de enero, aunque esperado.

Gerardo Villagrán del Corral (2022-02-01). øLos migrantes en EE.UU. mantienen la economía mexicana con sus remesas? globalizacion.ca En 2021 el monto de las remesas enviadas por los migrantes mexicanos, en especial desde estados Unidos, superó cuatro veces la cantidad que sacaron del país inversionistas extranjeros. Por cada dólar que personajes y empresas extranjeros se llevaron a otra…

WSWS (2022-02-01). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Longshore workers are battling attacks on jobs, working conditions and pay, with inflation rampaging across South America.

Huitzilopotchtli Marron, Anaiz Alegria (2022-02-01). Migrants trapped at Otay Mesa Detention Center face deadly pandemic conditions. liberationnews.org People at the Otay Mesa Detention Center and facilities across the country are being placed in dangerous environments for weeks and months during a global pandemic.

Fidencio Aldama Support Group (2022-02-01). Justice Demands Freedom for Fidencio Aldama. indybay.org In a case filled with irregularities and counter to all evidence, Fidencio was found guilty in March 2018. A final appeal of this sentence was filed on August 12, 2021. The last legal recourse available, this appeal now sits before Magistrate Luz Elba de la Torre Orozco of the Third Collegial Tribunal of Penal and Administrative Matters for the Fifth Circuit of the State of Sonora. The tribunal's ruling is expected to be made at any moment.

Editor2 (2022-02-01). Nicaraguan Farmers Seek Compensation from Chemical Corporations. orinocotribune.com The lawsuit is filed before the French Justice because the United States courts refused to execute the sentences issued by Nicaraguan courts in 2002 and 2007. | On behalf of the families of 1,234 Nicaraguan farmers, lawyers Pierre-Olivier Sur and Clara Gerard-Rodriguez began on Monday a legal process in the Paris Court to claim compensation of US$1 billion from Shell Oil, Dow Chemical, and Occidental Chemical. | This unprecedented process accuses the world's largest chemical groups for the damage caused by their pesticides to Nicaraguan workers during the last decades of the 20th century. | The lawsuit is file…

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2022-02-01: News Headlines

_____ (2022-02-01). China and the US Continue to Compete for Influence in Africa. journal-neo.org Africa is a vast continent, rich in resources of every kind — in addition to its famous diamond mines and hydrocarbon deposits, it has 50% of the world's gold reserves, and 90% of its reserves of platinum, cobalt, chrome and other minerals required by modern manufacturing industries. And the continent's vast and largely very poor …

WSWS (2022-02-01). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Longshore workers are battling attacks on jobs, working conditions and pay, with inflation rampaging across South America.

Melvin A. Goodman (2022-02-01). The United States of Hypocrisy: Revisiting the Monroe Doctrine. canadiandimension.com In Victor Gillam's 1896 political cartoon, Uncle Sam stands with rifle between the outrageously dressed European figures and the native-dress-wearing representatives of Nicaragua and Venezuela. Image courtesy the Library of Congress/ There is no doctrinal statement in American diplomatic history that is more fundamental than the

Julio C. Gambina (2022-02-01). Argentina — El gobierno acordó con el FMI. globalizacion.ca Al final se develó la incógnita y entre hoy y el comienzo de la próxima semana se cancelan 1.100 millones de dólares al FMI, en concepto de vencimientos de capital e intereses. Eso ocurre porque se acordó con los negociadores…

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-01). Haiti now has an Interim President and a Prime Minister, with No Say from Haitian People. orinocotribune.com Caracas, January 31, 2022 (Special for The Core Group is made up of the ambassadors from the United States, France, Spain, Brazil, Germany, Canada, and the EU, as well as representatives from the UN and the Washington, DC-based Organizatio…

Ben Gilvar-Parke (2022-02-01). Can Colombia's left survive the persistent logic of armed conflict? greenleft.org.au In Colombia, former guerilla Gustavo Petro leads in the presidential polls. Petro is the lead candidate for a coalition of left political parties called Pacto Historico (Historic Pact), reports Ben Gilvar-Parke.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-01). Venezuela's Opposition Already has Substitute for Guaidó. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's Justice First Party already has someone in mind to replace former deputy Juan Guaidó in case he ceases to be the "interim president" of the parallel government, which the Venezuelan far-right insists on keeping alive. | According to comments made to Miami-based EVTV by political analyst Antonio de la Cruz, based on his work as executive director of the Inter-American Trends think tank, Juan Pablo Guanipa should assume the leadership of the opposition, which continues to abide by the directives of the National Assembly which was in power from 2015 to 2020, during which Guaidó led the coup against Presi…

Staff (2022-02-01). Role of Workers' Productive Councils in Venezuela's Economic Recovery—Interview with Manuel Páez. orinocotribune.com On February 19, 2020, President Nicolás Maduro decreed an energy emergency and a state of exception in the country's hydrocarbon industry, which led to the creation of the General Staff of the Workers' Productive Councils (CPTT). Manuel Páez, who belongs to the presidential commission of the CPTT for the hydrocarbon sector, in an interview with àöltimas Noticias, explained that there are "71 colleagues who were assigned (by the president and the working class itself) the task of directing the transformation of the industry… presenting a new management model, which is basically collective management." | Páe…

Ben Norton (2022-01-31). Fewer Than 15 Countries Recognize US-Appointed Venezuelan Coup Leader Juan Guaidó. orinocotribune.com By Benjamin Norton — Jan 28, 2022 | A right-wing Venezuelan opposition leader and former top Juan Guaidó functionary admitted a maximum of 15 countries recognize the unelected coup leader as "interim president." The Joe Biden administration is one of them. | January 23, 2022 marks the third anniversary of the US government's ongoing coup attempt against Venezuela's only constitutional government, that of democratically elected President Nicolás Maduro. | On that day in 2019, the Donald Trump administration appointed little-known Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Guaidó, who had never received a single vo…

Staff (2022-01-31). Headlines for January 31, 2022. democracynow.org U.N. Security Council Meets over Russia-Ukraine Tensions as Ukraine Calls Out Western "Panic", U.N.: 2,000 Children Died Since 2020 After Being Forced into Combat in Yemen, Taliban Killed Dozens of Former Gov't and Allied Forces Workers Since Takeover, Sudanese Security Forces Kill Another Demonstrator as Protests Continue 3 Months After Coup, North Korea Tests Most Powerful Ballistic Missile Since 2017, Pipeline Bursts on Indigenous Land in Ecuadorian Amazon; Thailand Rushes to Contain Coastal Oil Spill, Spotify Adds Advisory to Podcasts About COVID; Joni Mitchell Removes Music from App, Ahmaud Arbery's Family,…

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2022-01-31). Historical Pact coalition heads for elections in violence-ridden Colombia. peoplesworld.org Campaigning in Colombia began Jan. 15 for congressional elections on March 13, and for first-round voting for a new president on May 29. Gustavo Petro, leader of the progressive Humane Colombia movement, will likely be the Historical Pact coalition's presidential candidate. A former urban guerrilla, congressional representative, mayor of Bogotá, and now senator, Petro ran …

Benjamin Norton (2022-01-31). El golpe de estado respaldado por EEUU atrapó a Honduras en una deuda odiosa e impagable, advierte la nueva presidenta Xiomara Castro. multipolarista.com En el momento del golpe de estado respaldado por EEUU en 2009, Honduras tenía una deuda externa de $2481 millones de dólares. Ahora son $9250 millones. La nueva presidenta izquierdista Xiomara Castro dice que esta deuda odiosa es impagable. Ya consume el 50% del presupuesto del gobierno.

Benjamin Norton (2022-01-31). US-backed coup regimes trapped Honduras in unpayable odious debt, warns new President Xiomara Castro. multipolarista.com At the time of the 2009 US-backed coup, Honduras had $2.48 billion in external debt. Now it has $9.25 billion. New leftist President Xiomara Castro says this odious debt is unpayable. It already eats up 50% of the government budget.

A Guest Author (2022-01-31). Cuba: La próxima no será colonizada. workers.org Por Pedro Jorge Velázquez. Resumen Latinoamericano, 18 de enero Hay fracasos a los que se le coge el gusto, digo yo; øo cómo puede ser posible que los derrotados se regeneren en formas nuevas de fracaso? øSerá como esa sensación de que algún día resultará, después de tanto intentarlo? Santiago . . . |

Alasdair Baverstock (2022-01-31). Meet Mexican skater Donovan Carrillo. america.cgtn.com Mexico isn't normally a country associated with winter sports, yet it's a regular presence at winter Olympic Games, and despite never having placed an athlete on the medal podium, there are high hopes for one young figure skater at Beijing 2022.

Roselena Ramirez (2022-01-31). Mexico's COVID-19 Collateral Damage: Orphanhood. america.cgtn.com Mexico's COVID death toll was one of the world's highest. And according to official data, roughly 1.5 million children lost at least one parent since March of 2020. Alasdair Baverstock reports on Mexico's pandemic orphans.

Mouris Salloum George (2022-01-31). México — El Estado, obra superior de la cultura. globalizacion.ca Desde que el viejo Hegel comparó a la ley con el mitológico Búho de Minerva, que extiende las alas sobre la sociedad al crepúsculo del día, cuando las costumbres estaban establecidas, el carácter conservador del derecho se entendió por encima…

WSWS (2022-01-31). At Texas rally, Trump promises to pardon January 6 militia foot soldiers if reelected. wsws.org Flanked by top Texas Republicans, including Governor Greg Abbott, the former president incited fascistic violence against immigrants and his political and legal enemies while reiterating his "stolen election" lies.

Paulo Cabral (2022-01-31). Brazilian athlete trains for cross-country ski competition. america.cgtn.com The Paralympic Winter Games will take place in early March in Beijing. While snow and freezing temperatures are rare in Brazil, it's not stopping the country from sending a team of cross-country athletes. CGTN reporter Paulo Cabral, went to the city of Sà£o Carlos, …

WSWS (2022-01-31). Brazil's Workers Party lays out 2022 election program: austerity and corporatism. wsws.org Behind bombastic announcements that the party intends to "undo" the austerity imposed over the last five years, the PT is criticizing Bolsonaro's inability to control spending and attract foreign capital.

Staff (2022-01-31). CIA Knew of Plans for Coup Attempt Against President Maduro: Operation Gideon. orinocotribune.com A retired Venezuelan general reveals that top CIA officials were aware of coup plans to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro. | The stunning revelation of the Venezuelan general, identified as Cliver Alcalá, came in a court document filed by his lawyers seeking to nullify narco-terrorism charges. The charges were filed against him nearly two years ago by US federal prosecutors in New York, as reported on Saturday, January 29, by the US news agency Associated Press (AP). | Indeed, Alcalá had lived in Colombia since he fled Venezuela in 2018 after it was discovered that he was secretly leading a plan that sought to o…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-01-31). Colombia's moderate election candidates in crisis. colombiareports.com Infighting among Colombia's moderate presidential candidates caused the implosion of their "centrist" coalition. Presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt said Saturday that her Green Oxygen party would leave the "Center Hope Coalition"…

Roselena Ramirez (2022-01-31). Former Guerilla Fighters Bring Tourism to the Jungle. america.cgtn.com The rainforest and mountains in southern Colombia are home to stunning scenery and unique species. But for decades tourists weren't able to go there because of the armed conflict. Now former FARC guerrillas have become tour guides and are teaching others about the land that …

Adriaan Alsema (2022-01-31). UN flags Colombia as 'hunger hotspot'. colombiareports.com The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that the food security of Colombia's poor could deteriorate in the coming months. The FAO added Colombia to a list of…

Staff (2022-01-31). Venezuela will Debate Law to Protect Fighting Bulls. orinocotribune.com The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, reported that a law will soon be presented to the Venezuelan National Assembly to protect the lives of fighting bulls and stop the practice of bullfighting in the country. | He explained that he has offered his opinion on the subject. Because Venezuela is "a democratic country," said Attorney General Saab, "there is a debate, and we are having that battle of ideas that is important and that does not have any personal overtones, it is neither for nor against this or that." | "It has to do with the defense of life," Attorney General Saab said, reiterating "this…

Staff (2022-01-31). PSUV Training System to be Relaunched Within '3 Rs Dot Net' Strategy. orinocotribune.com The National Training System of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) will be reactivated throughout Venezuela within the framework of the "three Rs dot net" initiative carried out by the president of the party, Nicolás Maduro, to build the new era of transition to socialism. | Reading circles, courses, and diplomas, as well as the Institute of Higher Studies, will return to their activities "with more force," following the exceptional situation created by COVID-19. The pandemic will force them to adapt to a new work methodology, said PSUV Vice President for Training, Héctor Rodríguez, in this regard. Th…

Ricardo Vaz (2022-01-31). Venezuelan Mayors, Deputies Arrested in Drug and Fuel Smuggling Crackdown. venezuelanalysis.com Operation "Iron Fist" has reportedly led to more than two dozen arrests across six states.

Cira Pascual Marquina (2022-01-31). Radical Land Reform in Venezuela: A Conversation with Juan Carlos Loyo (Part I). mronline.org Chávez's agriculture minister talks about the revolutionary changes in land tenure that took place under the former president.

Mumia Abu-Jamal (2022-01-31). Mumia Abu-Jamal: 'A new Freedom Now Movement'. workers.org Mumia Abu-Jamal's commentaries are recorded by prisonradio.org/. The great Caribbean revolutionary Franz Fanon wrote in his now-classic work, "The Wretched of the Earth," the following call to action: "Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity. That mission is now . . . |

Editor (2022-01-31). Replacing imports to guarantee greater biotechnological sovereignty in the production of medicine. mronline.org Interview with president of Cuba's leading pharmaceutical enterprise group, BioCubaFarma, working to strengthen the country's technological sovereignty and contribute to the population's quality of life.

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