Daily Archives: March 3, 2022

2022-03-03: News Headlines

Staff (2022-03-03). Kazakhstan supports neither Russia nor Ukraine. rt.com Ally of Russia in Central Asia refuses to take sides in Ukraine conflict | Kazakhstan is not taking sides in the armed conflict between its close ally Russia and Ukraine, a senior military official said on Thursday. "We support neither side. This is not up for discussion," Deputy Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Sultan Kamaletdinov told journalists. | Foreign Minister Shakhrat Nuryshev made remarks to the same effect earlier this week. | Kazakhstan went through a period of extreme turmoil in January, with mass street protests, triggered at first by a sharp spike in fuel prices, quickly escalating into rioting. The go…

WSWS (2022-03-03). The threat of world war looms: Take up the fight against imperialism and for international socialism! wsws.org The IYSSE (Australia) meeting at 4 p.m. (AEDT) Saturday, March 12 will discuss the urgent need to build an international anti-war movement of youth, students and workers as the danger of nuclear war heightens amid the escalating crisis in Ukraine.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-03-03). Imperial launches Latin America scholarships for women in STEM. imperial.ac.uk Imperial has launched Master's scholarships for women from Latin America.

teleSUR (2022-03-02). Russia and Ukraine Await New Round of Negotiations. telesurenglish.net As the first round of negotiations produced no tangible results, delegations from Russia and Ukraine are expecting the second round of peace talks, which reportedly could take place on Wednesday. | RELATED: | While the two sides agreed to continue their negotiation process, the world is overwhelmed with handling the spillover from the military conflict, amid the sharp rising prices of gold, oil and agricultural futures, among others. | In the f…

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-03-02). Assassinations of Colombian social leaders shake communities. peoplesdispatch.org According to the Institute of Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ), during the past week, five social activists and two former combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerilla group were assassinated in the country…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-02). Over 200 academics from across Latin American call for boycott of Israel. peoplesdispatch.org Calling Israel an apartheid state, academics from over 15 countries in the Latin American region demanded that their governments and institutions end all collaboration with the government and institutions of Israel…

_____ (2022-03-02). Some Economic Consequences Of The War In Ukraine. popularresistance.org The global capitalist economy today is highly integrated: In the flow of real goods and services; in money capital flows between financial markets; in currency relative exchange rates; and in banking systems and interest rates—to name but the most obvious. The Ukraine war's economic consequences will impact all the three economies—Russia's, Europe's and America's. The impacts may be relatively different qualitatively and quantitatively. But actions taken against one have their inevitable economic reverberations on all. | Inflation due to escalating oil and commodity price inflation will negatively imp…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2022-03-02). La hipocresía de un "No a la guerra" que llega muy tarde. indybay.org mi querido pueblo del Donbass. La hipocresía de un "No a la guerra" que llega muy tarde…

scorinoco (2022-03-02). Francisco Maltés: 'For the First Time We Have the Possibility of an Alternative Government in Colombia'. orinocotribune.com Communicators from Forum on Communication for the Integration of Our America (FCINA) spoke with Francisco Maltés Tello, president of the CUT trade union confederation of Colombia. Vanessa Martina Silva (Diálogos do Sul), Mariano Vázquez (Colectivo Sangrre), Lautaro Rivara (Agencia Latinoamericana de Información-ALAI) and Javier Tolcachier (Pressenza press agency) participated in the conversation. | The president of the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores of Colombia emphasizes that the social unrest has laid bare social problems, along with the incapacity of the right-wing governments to solve them, and he therefore…

MK Bhadrakumar (2022-03-02). Why Middle East won't join US in isolating Russia. asiatimes.com The world community is aghast over the acute tensions between the United States and its NATO allies on one side and Russia on the other, which is poised critically on the brink of a military confrontation, the like of which the world did not see in the entire Cold War era. The shocking part is …

ANA (2022-03-02). My Family Came to Seek Asylum, But Found Danger Instead. aclu.org One year ago, as part of a lawsuit, I was permitted to cross a bridge into the United States with my husband and three daughters — after more than 16 months living in danger and poverty, just beyond the Southern border. Our family is still trying to overcome the trauma of this ordeal. But now, the U.S. government has restarted the policy that caused us so much suffering, expelling asylum-seekers back into the cartel-controlled city of Matamoros, Mexico, and putting more families in danger. | The so-called "Migrant Protection Protocols" (MPP), first introduced by President Trump, required families like ou…

Anonymous Contributor (2022-03-02). Kurdish Women's Movement Shows Solidarity with Water Defenders in So-called Mexico. itsgoingdown.org Statement from the Kurdish Women's Movement showing solidarity with water and life defenders in the Cholulteca region of so-called Mexico. On February 15, 2022, police and national guard raided the Bonafont water bottling plant in Juan C. Bonilla, Puebla, Mexico, following nearly six months of occupation by surrounding communities in defense of their water. The…

Angelina Crowley (2022-03-02). New Mexico governor, oil and gas move to force unsafe hydrogen energy production. liberationnews.org New Mexico has become a proving ground for a controversial form of energy development — hydrogen production.

Uchenna Okeke (2022-03-02). Calls for an End to Impunity. indybay.org End the Drug War that has claimed thousands of | innocent lives in Mexico.

teleSUR (2022-03-02). Lula Da Silva in Mexico to Meet With President López Obrador. telesurenglish.net Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the President of Mexico, will meet with Brazil former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who visits the country for a reunion of friends. | RELATED: | López Obrador remarked he was pleased to receive the Brazilian leader in Mexico. According to Mexican Foreign Ministry, Lula da Silva arrived on Monday and has had numerous activities in the country. He will meet with the Mexican President on W…

teleSUR (2022-03-02). UPDATE: Russian Army Continues Advance Before Talks Start. telesurenglish.net On Feb. 25, President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of a special military operation to protect the Russian-speaking population of the self-proclaimed republics of Luhansk and Donetsk. Below are the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict as they unfold. | RELATED: | March 2: | Moldova receives the first international aid package for refugees. Moldavia's Interior Minister Ana Revenco announced that her country…

teleSUR, MER, SH (2022-03-02). Pdte. Joe Biden pronuncia discurso del Estado de la Unión. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado estadounidense anunció nuevas medidas contra Rusia por la operación militar especial en el Donbás.

teleSUR, JDO (2022-03-02). OPEP y Rusia acuerdan otro incremento de producción de crudo. telesurtv.net Este martes, los precios del crudo y el gas continuaron con tendencia al alza.

teleSUR, JDO (2022-03-02). Rusia reitera que impedirá a Ucrania tener armas nucleares. telesurtv.net El canciller ruso, Serguéi Lavrov, instó al Gobierno de EE.UU. a retirar sus armas nucleares desplegadas en Europa.

teleSUR, jaa, JL (2022-03-02). Primera planta de cannabis medicinal inicia producción en Ecuador. telesurtv.net La inauguración contó con la presencia de los ministerios de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca, así como del Instituto Nacional de Economía Popular y Solidaria.

teleSUR, SH (2022-03-02). Fuerzas rusas toman el control de la ciudad ucraniana de Jersón. telesurtv.net El Ejército ruso anunció que también tomó el control de las localidades ucranianas de Tokmak y Vasílyevka.

teleSUR, mcs, JL (2022-03-02). Venezuela rechaza ante la ONU sanciones impuestas contra Rusia. telesurtv.net "Hacemos un llamado al cese de la propaganda de guerra y discursos de la intolerancia guiados por ideologías de odio", aseveró Moncada.

teleSUR- jaa -HIM (2022-03-02). Precio del petróleo Brent supera máximo de hace ocho años. telesurtv.net El crudo West Texas Intermediate estadounidense (WTI) subió hasta los 106.78 dólares…

teleSUR, JDO (2022-03-02). Jefe de Ejército de Chile renuncia en medio de investigación. telesurtv.net General Ricardo Martínez es investigado por presunta participación en una millonaria defraudación dentro del cuerpo armado.

teleSUR, yart, HIM, MER, SH, JGN (2022-03-02). Minuto a minuto: Conozca la situación existente en Ucrania. telesurtv.net Este 28 de febrero se celebró la primera ronda de negociaciones entre las delegaciones de Rusia y Ucrania.

teleSUR -HIM (2022-03-02). Pdte. Castillo reafirma voluntad de gobernar ante amenazas. telesurtv.net El mandatario peruano denunció las constantes maniobras de la oposición para impulsar su vacancia ante el Congreso de la República.

teleSUR, mcs, JL (2022-03-02). Caricom inicia su encuentro número 33 en San Pedro, Belice. telesurtv.net Los jefes de Gobiernos analizarán la evolución económica de la región, así como la crisis política de Haití.

teleSUR (2022-03-02). Middle East: Ukraine Conflict Sparks Concerns Over Food Supply. telesurenglish.net As the conflict continues between Russia and Ukraine, both the world's key wheat exporters, Middle East countries relying heavily on wheat imports are likely to face further food shortages and price hikes. | RELATED: | FOOD PRICES COULD GET HIGHER: | World food prices have remained high for years. Influenced by the pandemic, extreme weather and export restrictions by some countries, food prices surged 28 percent in 2021, marking the highest level i…

teleSUR, JCM (2022-03-02). Rusia alerta sobre suministro de armas de la OTAN a Ucrania. telesurtv.net El verdadero objetivo de la OTAN es buscar un enemigo con el objetivo de seguir con sus planes extensionista en el Este de Europa, denunció Rusia.

teleSUR -HIM (2022-03-02). OMS reporta un descenso del 16% en contagios por Covid-19. telesurtv.net Dentro del actual contexto epidemiológico decreciente, el Pacífico occidental reportó un alza infeccioso del 32%.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-03-02). Rusia preparada para segunda ronda de negociaciones con Ucrania. telesurtv.net Las reuniones son dirigidas por los asesores de Rusia y Ucrania, Vladímir Medinski y Majaíl Podolyak, respectivamente.

teleSUR-mcs -HIM (2022-03-02). Fallece piloto tras accidente aéreo en Brasil. telesurtv.net Las autoridades locales reportaron que se trata del segundo accidente aéreo ocurrido en el estado de Sao Paulo en el intervalo de tres días.

teleSUR (2022-03-02). OPEC+ and Russia to Produce 400,000 Barrels Per Day From April. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Russia, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its independent allies confirmed that they will add 400,000 barrels a day of crude to their supplies from April. | RELATED: | After a virtual meeting of the 23 countries of the alliance known as OPEC+, this organization announced that the oil market "is well balanced" and price volatility "is not not caused by changes in the market fundam…

teleSUR- lvm -HIM (2022-03-02). Uruguay suspende emisión de canal ruso RT. telesurtv.net De igual manera otras entidades y representantes de organizaciones europeas se pronunciaron en contra de los medios informativos de Rusia.

teleSUR, SH (2022-03-02). Honduras deroga ley de secretos para combatir la corrupción. telesurtv.net Los legisladores esperan que con la derogación se desmonte el blindaje que impedía la lucha contra la corrupción en Honduras.

teleSUR-mcs -HIM (2022-03-02). Bolivia y Perú acuerdan lucha conjunta contra el narcotráfico. telesurtv.net Las autoridades de ambas naciones suramericanas precisaron que el tráfico ilegal de drogas es un problema mundial.

teleSUR (2022-03-02). Gas Pipeline to be Built From Norway to Poland. telesurenglish.net The "Baltic Pipe" project has been authorized by Denmark's government, allowing the construction of a gas pipeline between Norway and Poland. The main objective is to reduce the dependence on the gas provided by Russia. | RELATED: | This innovative project would ensure that Poland receives supplies of Norwegian gas through the Baltic Sea. The new pipeline is expected to transport about 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually. Energ…

teleSUR- lvm -HIM (2022-03-02). Corte de Colombia ordena incluir género no binario en documentos. telesurtv.net La Corte avala la apuesta por los derechos a la dignidad humana, a la personalidad jurídica, al libre desarrollo de la personalidad y a la libertad de conciencia.

teleSUR, SH (2022-03-02). Exigen al gobierno colombiano garantizar seguridad de excombatientes. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a la Sección de Ausencia de Reconocimiento de la JEP, al menos 306 firmantes del Acuerdo han sido asesinados desde 2016.

Staff (2022-03-02). UN Report: More than 7 Million Colombians Under Influence or Control of Armed Groups. orinocotribune.com A report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) indicates that more than seven million Colombians live under the influence or control of illegal armed groups. | The report, entitled "

Staff (2022-03-02). Academia de Ciencias de Cuba celebra aniversario 60 de su fundación. cubadebate.cu La Academia de Ciencias de Cuba celebra este miércoles el aniversario 60 de su fundación, por idea del Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz. La institución surgió el 20 de febrero de 1962 por la Ley 1011 de la Revolución Cubana, que creó la comisión organizadora bajo la presidencia de Antonio Núñez Jiménez e integrada por renombrados científicos.

rebekah (2022-03-02). Guatemalan Water Defenders Celebrate 10 Years of Resistance. inequality.org

ANA (2022-03-02). Llegamos en Busca de Asilo, Pero Lo Que Encontramos Fue Peligro. aclu.org Hace un año, gracias a un proceso jurídico, me permitieron cruzar un puente para entrar a los Estados Unidos con mi esposo y mis tres hijas — después de haber pasado más de 16 meses viviendo el peligro y la pobreza, a unos pasos de la frontera del sur. Mi familia sigue intentando sobreponerse al trauma de esta terrible experiencia. Pero ahora, el gobierno de los EE. UU. ha reactivado la política que nos causó tanto sufrimiento, con la que expulsa a los que buscan asilo, enviándolos a la ciudad de Matamoros, México, que está bajo el control de un cartel, lo cual pone en peligro las familias. | Los dichos…

John Knefel (2022-03-02). Biden's Immigration "Fix" Involves Jailing Migrants in Their Homes. truthout.org The Biden administration is launching a new program of digital incarceration — otherwise known as electronic monitoring or

Staff (2022-03-02). Honduras: Jailed Environmental Activists Released (Guapinol Water Protectors). orinocotribune.com Six of the eight Honduran environmentalists, who were in prison, were released by a ruling from the court of Trujillo. | On February 24, the Court of Trujillo in Colón Department of Honduras ruled in favor of six of the eight Honduran environmentalists prosecuted for the Guapinol case. They have now been released from prison. | The court resolution came two weeks after the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) ordered the release of the Guapinol defenders by granting two injunction appeals in their favor. | Guapinol water protectors José Daniel Márquez, José Abelino Cedillo, Ewer Cedillo…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-02). Xiomara Castro's government declares Honduras free of open-pit mining. peoplesdispatch.org On Monday, February 28, the newly inaugurated government of progressive President Xiomara Castro declared Honduras a country free of open-pit mining as a measure to protect its environment. In this regard, the government announced the cancellation of the approval of extractivist exploitation permits. | According to a statement from the Ministry of Energy, Natural Resources, Environment and Mines (MIAMBIENTE), the decision was taken as a part of the 2022-2026 government program and in accordance with the principles of climate justice, respect and protection of natural resources. | "The approval of extractivist exp…

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-03-02). Morning Commute 3-2-2022: It's my birthday! #DefundthePentagon #DefundNATO #NoToImperialistWar. anchor.fm In this episode I discuss the hypocrisy of the United States, the European Union, and NATO who condemn the "Russian invasion" while also holding UN security council meetings to label Yemeni resistance movements as terrorists. The hypocrisy between funding and arming, training and supporting the Saudi Arabian and UAE Coalition committing war crimes in Yemen, Israel who continues to terrorize and occupy the Palestinian people's land, and much more! We talk about Bolivia, Nicaragua, revolution, struggle and how to organize. Check it out and let me know what you think!!!

Staff (2022-03-02). Flaming luxury car transporter finally sinks. rt.com Some 4,000 vehicles have been destroyed in a fiery wreck as the Felicity Ace sinks en route from Germany to the US | The cargo ship Felicity Ace, carrying almost 4,000 luxury vehicles, has sunk off the Azores archipelago, likely taking with it any hope of finding out what caused the fire that has been raging aboard the vessel since last month. The ship sank at approximately 9am local time on Tuesday, according to MOL Ship Management, the managers of the Panama-flagged vessel. | Read more | |

Staff (2022-03-02). Bolivia: UN Rapporteur Report Debunks Political Persecution Claims. orinocotribune.com UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Diego García-Sayán, has just concluded a week-long visit in Bolivia to evaluate the country's justice system, as many, including the government, regard there to be fatal flaws. García-Sayán published preliminary observations on Tuesday which can be We discussed the findings with Reymi Ferreira, a political analyst from Santa Cruz, and former Defense Minister in Evo Morales' government. | How would you e…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-02). Venezuelan Opposition Governors Met James Story in Colombia? orinocotribune.com A photograph of a meeting between Venezuelan opposition governors and Colombia-based "US ambassador to Venezuela" James Story is at the center of public debate in Venezuela. | The photograph shows Story in conversation with former deputy of the National Assembly, Stalin González; Manuel Rosales, governor of Zulia state; Sergio Garrido, governor of Barinas state; and Alberto Galíndez, governor of Cojedes. These last three are among the four opposition governors who were elected in the November 21, 2021 regional elections and the January 9, 2022 rerun election in Barinas. | Although the date of the meeting has not…

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