(2024-08-11). US-Based Activists Mobilize To Say Hands Off Venezuela! popularresistance.org On August 9, as a part of an international call to action issued by ALBA Movimientos, the Simon Bolivar Institute, the Assembly of Caribbean Peoples, and the International Peoples' Assembly to support Venezuela against US and mainstream media support for the attempted coup against President Nicolas Maduro, dozens of activists gathered in front of the New York Times building in New York City. The newspaper is notorious for backing undemocratic coups in Venezuela. | Since the election of Maduro, the New York Times has joined the US government and right-wing governments across Latin America in openly questioning Ven…
(2024-08-11). Consortium News Condemns FBI Raid On CN Columnist's Home. popularresistance.org Consortium News condemns in the strongest terms the F.B.I. raid on the home of CN columnist Scott Ritter. | Federal agents removed Ritter's electronic equipment and numerous boxes of paper files from his Albany, N.Y. area home Thursday on suspicion that the former U.N. weapons inspector is violating the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act. | In a video posted to his Substack page, Ritter said that normally in alleged FARA violation cases the authorities send a letter to the subject of the inquiry informing them of the investigation. They do not send numerous F.B.I. agents to the door with a warrant to search and…
(2024-08-11). USA lets athletes cheat with steroids, as it accuses Russia & China of violating anti-doping rules. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
The World Anti-Doping Agency says the US has for a decade allowed athletes in international competitions, including the Olympics, to cheat by using prohibited drugs, while it hypocritically criticizes Russia and China.
(2024-08-11). UK government is supercharging its assault on free speech, both within the UK and globally. expose-news.com By criminalising open discussion and sharing of content online relating to the unrest in the UK, the new socialist UK government under TwoTierKeir, assisted by an ideologically two-tier police force, is suppressing …
(2024-08-11). Venezuela: Reports of electoral fraud and escalating police violence. fidh.org
(2024-08-11). Mexico: A regional exhibition honours the family members of missing people who died searching for their loved ones. icrc.org
(2024-08-11). New Zealand Coach Reflects After Historic Defeat to Argentina. devdiscourse.com New Zealand coach Scott Robertson vowed to reflect deeply on what could have been done differently after the All Blacks were upset 38-30 by Argentina in the Rugby Championship opener at Wellington Regional Stadium.
(2024-08-11). Colombia: Anatomy of a lockdown. icrc.org
(2024-08-11). Media Coverage of Venezuela's Election Normalizes US Interference. popularresistance.org Corporate media's coverage of Venezuela's July 28 presidential election is akin to an investigation of a homicide that is focused not with identifying the murderer but with an unpaid parking ticket of the victim. Likewise, the media has shifted the narrative into the minutia of electoral procedures, ignoring the much larger issue of US interference in the internal affairs of another sovereign county. | Nowhere in the corporate media is there even an inkling that US-imposed regime-change activities in Venezuela or elsewhere might violate some basic principles. | Ours is a homeland where the likes of George Clooney…
(2024-08-11). Once a bariatric surgery patient, nurse now inspires others. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Eastern Caribbean or Western Caribbean, lounging on the ship or island hopping, Julie Pulmano's love language is "any vacation on a boat." The 60-year-old nurse has been on more than two dozen cruises in her life — including the one where she met her husband, Sherman. Of all the cruises she's taken, though, one stands out in Julie's mind. "I was going up the stairs on a ship, and I was having chest pain and…
(2024-08-11). Cuba en París 2024: Décimo sexta jornada de los Juegos Olímpicos. cubadebate.cu °Llegó el día del adiós! Este 11 de agosto se apaga la llama olímpica y en breve París 2024 será historia. La víspera, Cuba obtuvo dos medallas de bronce mediante la canoísta Yarisleidis Cirilo y el taekwondoca Rafael Alba.