2021-10-24: News Headlines

teleSUR, JL (2021-10-24). Evo Morales: La América Plurinacional no es compatible con el imperialismo. telesurtv.net "El pueblo quiere líderes y no héroes, por lo tanto nos tenemos que proteger para estar siempre del lado del pueblo", acotó Morales.

teleSUR- lvm, JCM (2021-10-24). Cuba rechaza amenaza de EE.UU. contra seguridad nacional. telesurtv.net Estas declaraciones del jefe de Estado están sustentadas a partir de las proyecciones de EE.UU., encabezadas por Juan González, principal asesor para Latinoamérica del presidente estadounidense.

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2021-10-24). Enlaces de Red Latina sin fronteras 23.10.2021. indybay.org

_____ (2021-10-24). Biden Administration Is Undermining The Venezuela Dialogue. popularresistance.org The talks between the Venezuelan government and the extreme-right wing opposition had been going well. There are still outstanding issues to be resolved, like ending the economic war, but the discussions held in Mexico led to concrete electoral developments. The European Union agreed to send an electoral observation mission. The United Nations decided to send a panel of electoral experts. (Both institutions refused to observe the 2018 presidential and 2020 legislative elections, despite invitations from the government.) Thousands of opposition candidates registered to run in the mega-elections, which include voti…

teleSUR, JCM (2021-10-24). Descubren en México fosas clandestinas con restos óseos. telesurtv.net Se confirmó el hallazgo de fosas con restos humanos durante los primeros tres días de búsqueda en una antigua mina de arena.

teleSUR, JCM (2021-10-24). Caravana de migrantes parte de Chiapas a la Ciudad de México. telesurtv.net El grupo cuenta con el acompañamiento de Irineo Mújica, director de Pueblos sin Fronteras y Luis García Villagrán, del Centro de Dignificación Humana.

teleSUR- lvm, JL (2021-10-24). Encuentran reclusos ahorcados en penitenciaría de Ecuador. telesurtv.net Los decesos ocurrieron en la Penitenciaría del Litoral, en la ciudad costera de Guayaquil.

teleSUR, JL (2021-10-24). Asesinan a líder social en Colombia, el número 143 en el 2021. telesurtv.net Desde la firma del Acuerdo de Paz en 2016, en el país se han asesinado 1.258 líderes sociales.

teleSUR, JCM (2021-10-24). Identifican restos de joven desaparecido en Popayán, Colombia. telesurtv.net El joven estudiante Brayan Alexander Arias Muñoz desapareció la época del Paro Nacional.

teleSUR, lvm, JL (2021-10-24). Felicitan al músico argentino Charly García en sus 70 años. telesurtv.net El Centro Cultural Néstor Kirchner celebró el cumpleaños de Charly García con una jornada dedicada a su obra.

teleSUR, JGN (2021-10-24). Tormenta Rick amenaza a las costas del Pacífico mexicano. telesurtv.net México aún se recupera de los efectos del huracán Pamela, que ingresó a tierra el pasado 13 de octubre y causó unos 10.000 damnificados.

Alejandra Marks (2021-10-24). Underground Activists in Brazil Fight for Women's Reproductive Rights. zcomm.org Abortion activism networks support and guide women through at-home procedures in Brazil's legally restrictive and socially conservative landscape…

Victoria Torres (2021-10-24). Chile: Carabineros Repress Peaceful Demonstration Two Years After Popular Uprising. orinocotribune.com On Friday, October 22, Chile's special forces, known as Carabineros, were deployed to suppress a peaceful demonstration held at Plaza Dignidad in capital Santiago. The demonstration celebrated the second anniversary of the start of the social uprising that shook Chile back in 2019. | On Friday, protesters gathered in the main square of Santiago to demand freedom for the political prisoners detained during the social unrest in late 2019. | The Carabineros arrived at around 8: 00 p.m. in the downtown area of Santiago to disperse the protest. According to police, two were arrested, including a minor, for public disor…

_____ (2021-10-24). Chile, Two Years After The Popular Uprising. popularresistance.org That October 18, 2019 was a blow that, in one fell swoop, brought down the deceptive faàßade of the conservative regime and inaugurated a new stage in the history of Chile. The enormous injustices maintained and deepened during the very slow (and failed) "democratic transition" initiated in 1990 were exposed. The explosive combination of free market without anesthesia and a democracy lacking in substance and completely delegitimized—thus becoming a rapacious plutocracy—was able to stay afloat thanks to the resignation, demoralization and apathy of the citizenry, skillfully induced by establishme…

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2021-10-24). Price of Subsidized Fuel Adjusted in Venezuela — Long Lines to Remain. orinocotribune.com Caracas, October 23, 2021 ( Since June 1, 2020, Venezuela has a dual scheme of gasoline sales where most gas stations inthe country, approximately 1,500 nationwide, sell gasoline at a subsidized rate of Bs. 0.005 per liter and approximately 200 stations were handed to private entities to sell gasolin…

Staff (2021-10-24). President Maduro Visits Central University of Venezuela, Inspects Renovation Works (Photos). orinocotribune.com On Thursday, October 21, President Nicolás Maduro visited the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) campus in Caracas, to inspect the ongoing renovation works at Venezuela's oldest institute of higher education. After his visit, President Maduro stressed that the renovation of this World Heritage Site will be a cause for reconciliation and educational and cultural benefit for Venezuela. In videos posted on his Twitter account this Friday, the president expressed his congratulations to "the entire Presidential Commission, the workers and the students involved for the coordinated work they are doing towards a recov…

Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca (2021-10-24). US: Religious Leaders Urge Biden to End Blockade Against Cuba. globalresearch.ca

ANSWER Coalition Bay Area (2021-10-24). Sunday 10/31: SF Speakout/Rally: Let Cuba Live, Stop the U.S. Blockade, No CIA Coups! indybay.org Powell + Market Street, San Francisco…

teleSUR, drl, JDO (2021-10-23). Pdte. Ecuador se rehúsa otra vez a fiscalización legislativa. telesurtv.net La Fiscalía de Ecuador decidió abrir una investigación por presunta defraudación tributaria, todo por los Pandora Papers.

Editor2 (2021-10-23). Alex Saab's Extradition Proves the Hard Truth of 'Soft' US Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Cruz Mosquera — Oct 21, 2021 | Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab has been extradited to the US on thinly-veiled political grounds — but the media and 'humanitarian' NGOs are all too happy to toe the State Department's line. | For over six years, the US government has enforced unilateral sanctions against Venezuela in what UN experts have called a breach of the country's human rights and a violation of international law. A UN-commissioned

Staff (2021-10-23). US 'Justice' Now After Former Minister of Foreign Trade José Vielma Mora — the Goal is to Starve Venezuelans. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, October 21, the Department of Justice of the United States government reported about a formal accusation issued at a US court against five persons allegedly linked to a corruption plot through the Local Supply and Production Committees (CLAP) program of Venezuela. One of those five is Venezuela's National Assembly deputy, José Vielma Mora. | A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida issued a formal indictment, which was filed on October 7, nine days before the kidnapping of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab from Cape Verde, against three Colombian citizens and two Venezuelans, for their alleged…

teleSUR (2021-10-23). Solidarity Committees With Venezuela Support Alex Saab's Cause. telesurenglish.net Friends of Venezuela Solidarity Committees called on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to condemn the extradition of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab to the U.S. | RELATED: | The Committees recalled that Saab's extradition represents a dangerous precedent as it violates the international treaties on diplomatic relations. | The activists also warned that The United Nations Human Rights Committee, the West African (…

Staff (2021-10-23). Russia and Bolivia Call for the End of Illegal Sanctions Against Venezuela and Cuba. orinocotribune.com Senior diplomatic officials of Russia and Bolivia denounced US interference in Latin America and advocated for the end of the US blockade against Venezuela and Cuba. | On Friday, October 22, at a joint press conference held in Moscow, the Russian capital, Bolivian Foreign Affairs Minister Rogelio Mayta and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, denounced the interventionist actions of the US and its allies in the sovereign countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and demanded the lifting of the blockades imposed on Venezuela and Cuba. | Both diplomats stressed that the US is resorting to unilateral coercive…

teleSUR, JDO (2021-10-23). Bolivia y Rusia rechazan injerencia a países latinoamericanos. telesurtv.net Cancilleres de ambas naciones se reúnen en Moscú. Exigen además el cese de la guerra económica de EE.UU. contra Cuba.

Wingel Xue, Alexandre White (2021-10-23). [Perspectives] COVID-19 and the rebiologisation of racial difference. thelancet.com In the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, early dashboards set up by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering tracked overall numbers of cases and deaths but provided no demographic breakdown of these statistics. Current data show wide racial disparities in the burden of COVID-19 in the USA, with Latino, Indigenous, and Black people disproportionately affected. Similar disparities are also evident in other nations with histories of structural racism.

teleSUR (2021-10-23). Jamaica to Hand Over a Suspect in Moise's Assassination. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Jamaican authorities informed Mario Antonio Palacios' extradition to Port-au-Prince. He is accused of involvement in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise in July. | RELATED: | Palacios became the subject of an International Police (Interpol) red alert following a petition by Haitian authorities. He was arrested for violating Jamaican migration laws. | Colombia's National Police Director…

teleSUR (2021-10-23). Mexico Reports 10 Clandestine Graves in Morelos. telesurenglish.net In Mexico, the National Links Network and the National Brigade for the Search for Persons reported the discovery of at least ten clandestine graves in Morelos. | RELATED: | The Search Brigade worked in 13 municipalities for two weeks. The first positive finding was located in the Cuautla municipality, where prior searches were carried out in the area. | The second finding was located in a mine in the Yecapixtla m…

teleSUR, lvm, MER (2021-10-23). Denuncian represión contra pueblo maya q'eqchi' en Guatemala. telesurtv.net Funcionarios policiales usaron gases lacrimógenos contra los manifestantes, dejando a varios afectados.

teleSUR, JGN (2021-10-23). Asesinan a velocista olímpico Alex Quiñónez en Ecuador. telesurtv.net El homicidio ocurrió bajo el estado de excepción por 60 días decretado por el presidente ecuatoriano para combatir la delincuencia.

teleSUR, yart, JDO (2021-10-23). Indígenas colombianos rechazan desalojo y exigen ser escuchados. telesurtv.net Los integrantes de la comunidad embera aseguran que no se van a ir del Parque Nacional, en Bogotá, pues no se dieron garantías para un diálogo.

teleSUR, HIM (2021-10-23). Advierten sobre aumento de homicidios en Guatemala durante 2021. telesurtv.net El índice de homicidios en Guatemala muestra tendencia al crecimiento, con 245 perpetrados en septiembre, ante los 237 de agosto y 215 de julio.

teleSUR, lvm, HIM, MER (2021-10-23). Estudio revela asesinato de 34.918 niños y jóvenes en Brasil entre 2016 y 2020. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con el estudio, en Brasil un promedio de 7.000 niños y jóvenes son asesinados cada año.

teleSUR (2021-10-23). Italy: Ex-Interior Minister's Trial Begins for Abuse of Power. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, a trial against far-right politician Matteo Salvini started in Italy, where he is accused of illegally blockading 147 migrants at sea in 2019 when was the Interior Ministry. | RELATED: | Charges against Salvini are connected to kidnapping and abuse of power for having prohibited the disembarkation of migrants who were rescued in the Mediterranean Sea by the Spanish NGO Open Arms in August 2019. | Last year, th…

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2021-10-23). ONU: contaminación plástica en mares se triplicará para 2040. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con el estudio presentado, el plástico representa el 85 por ciento de los desechos que se encuentran en los mares.

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2021-10-23). Vacuna Sputnik V contribuye a inmunización en la India. telesurtv.net Según autoridades sanitarias, en la India el 30 por ciento de los adultos ha sido vacunado en su totalidad.

teleSUR (2021-10-23). Olympic Athlete Alex Quiñonez Shot to Death in Ecuador. telesurenglish.net In Ecuador, the Guayas' Sports Federation confirmed the assassination of Olympic athlete Alex Quiñonez on Friday. | RELATED: | Quiñonez and a friend Jojairo Arcalla were shot to death by unknown people in the Colinas de la Florida sector in Guayaquil. | Guayas Governor's office, soccer teams, and the general population regretted the incident that ended the life of the 32-year-old medal champion. | "My heart is total…

teleSUR, HIM (2021-10-23). Cuba rechaza nueva amenaza del Gobierno estadounidense. telesurtv.net El diplomático remarcó que el pueblo cubano no se amedrentará ante las amenazas promovidas por la Casa Blanca.

teleSUR- jaa -HIM (2021-10-23). Bolivia reitera que no hubo fraude en elecciones de 2019. telesurtv.net El procurador general de Bolivia reiteró que la OEA incumplió el acuerdo establecido para realizar la auditoría en los comicios de 2019.

teleSUR, yart, JDO (2021-10-23). Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo cumplen 44 años de lucha. telesurtv.net En homenaje a la Asociación, el Congreso Argentino Instituyó este día como Día Nacional por el Derecho a la Identidad.

teleSUR, yart, JDO (2021-10-23). Tribunal de Belmarsh enjuicia a EE.UU. por crímenes de guerra. telesurtv.net Más de 20 políticos, intelectuales y congresistas participan en sus sesiones y exigen la liberación del fundador de Wikileaks, Julian Assange.

Bryant Diaz (2021-10-23). La Cumbiamba NY Workshop and Performance. peoplesforum.org Join us this Saturday in-person for a free workshop and performance, celebrating the 20 year anniversary of La Cumbiamba NY. With traditional instruments such as the indigenous Gaita flutes and the Afro-Colombian drums, the group, led by multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator Martin Vejarano, has established itself as one of the finest Cumbia ensembles in the US.

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-23). With 7,000 (and growing) troops, security personnel on Belarus border, Poland mulls EU assistance. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Frontex to assist Poland in return operations of migrants? "For today, we do not see the need to involve Frontex in activities on our border. Currently, the section of the border with Belarus is protected by more than 7,000 Border Guard officers, police and soldiers of the Polish Army, and there will be more," Polish …

WSWS (2021-10-23). British government prepares fascistic "push back" of migrants and asylum seekers in English Channel. wsws.org A provision in the Nationality and Borders Bill states that officials would "not be liable to any criminal or civil proceedings for anything done" when they forcibly "push back" dinghies carrying refugees seeking asylum into a busy commercial waterway.

Tanya Wadhwa (2021-10-23). Far-right strike in Bolivia once again a flop. peoplesdispatch.org Days before the strike, trade unions across the country announced that they wouldn't abide by the call, citing that the strike was politically motivated and sought destabilization of the ruling socialist government of President Luis Arce…

Miya Tada (2021-10-23). SOVEREIGNTY AND SOIL: BRAZILIAN LANDLESS MOVEMENT & AGROECOLOGY. peoplesforum.org Join us on at 3: 00pm EDT on Saturday, October 23rd for a screening of Brazilian Landless Movement & Agroecology and a discussion with Carol Sproule of Via Campesina!

WSWS (2021-10-23). Parent denounces full reopening of schools across Brazil. wsws.org "Brazil is a leader in deaths of young people from the coronavirus. How can I not defend my child from this?"

Vijay Prashad (2021-10-23). Chile is at the dawn of a new political era. zcomm.org The search for the new era in Chile has two important avenues: the writing of the new constitution, which is what the 155 members of the Constitutional Convention are doing, and the presidential election to be held on November 21, 2021…

James Patrick Jordan (2021-10-23). Solidarity Center Funding Skyrockets for Venezuela and Colombia. orinocotribune.com By James Patrick Jordan — Oct 21, 2021 | The Solidarity Center's activities in Venezuela and Colombia skyrocketed last year. Funding from the mis-named

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-10-23). Spain Delays Extradition of 'El Pollo' Carvajal to the US. orinocotribune.com On Friday, October 22, the National Court of Spain again suspended Hugo "El Pollo" Carvajal's extradition to the US, after it had already determined to proceed with the extradition of the Venezuelan military deserter two days earlier. | According to the official declaration from the Court, communicated by the Third Section of the Criminal Matters Chamber, everything is following the sequential stages of the legal process. These stages constitute the fulfillment of an order and a mandate or judicial resolution that had to be executed previously. | The court document states that "for the sake of an effective judici…

Ricardo Vaz (2021-10-23). Venezuela: ConocoPhillips Closer to Enforcing $9.7B Award After Guaidó Opposition Misses Payments. venezuelanalysis.com The opposition leader has drawn fierce criticism for his handling of foreign assets and international arbitration cases.

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