(2022-02-11). Video: The left's resurgence in Latin America. greenleft.org.au After a series of setbacks in 2015-19 suggested to many observers that the era of leftist governance in Latin America was over, the picture today is very different. A recent Alborada forum looked at what lies behind the Latin American left's resurgence.
(2022-02-11). Saturday 3/5: FabLab PlayShop : Walter Marcado. indybay.org Playground PlaySpace | 3286 Adeline St | Berkeley, CA 94703…
(2022-02-11). Biden administration tests "robotic dogs" at US-Mexico border. wsws.org Since taking office, President Biden has not diverged in any significant way from the Trump administration's savage immigration policies.
(2022-02-11). United States: Using COVID-19 powers, Biden begins expelling Venezuelan migrants to Colombia. greenleft.org.au Despite promises by the Biden administration to respect the right to seek asylum, Washington has been denying migrants that right by invoking a provision that allows it to limit travel under the pretext of mitigating COVID-19, writes José Luis Granados Ceja.
(2022-02-11). How Nicaragua Fights Poverty & Empowers Women Through the Ministry of Family Economy (Interview). orinocotribune.com In Managua, Nicaragua, we interviewed Minister Justa Pérez of the Ministry of Family, Community, Cooperative and Associative Economy, known as MEFCCA. | Could you start us off with a summary of what MEFCCA does to stimulate, develop and promote the popular economy? | With pleasure, greetings. I would like to tell you that the Ministry of Family Economy arose as part of the strategy of the Sandinista government in the fight against poverty. When Comandante Daniel took office in 2007, he decided to launch a National Plan for Human Development in which a number of public policies and a number of programs and projec…
(2022-02-11). Imperial and Brazilian universities launch project to inspire women scientists. imperial.ac.uk Imperial is working with universities in Brazil to inspire the next generation of women scientists.
(2022-02-11). Public Ministry Opens Probe After Partiers Damage Famous Tepui in Canaima National Park. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, February 10, Venezuela's Attorney General Tarek William Saab instructed the 87th National Environmental Defense Office to investigate damages caused in the Canaima National Park, after a private party was held at Kusari Tepui. | The location is home to natural wonders including tepuis, the famous flat-topped or "table-top" mountains, and Angel Falls, the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the world. The tepuis are considered as sacred grounds of the Pemon Indigenous people. | The information regarding the probe was released by the Attorney General of the republic, Tarek William Saab, on his Twitter…
(2022-02-10). The Left Has Culture, but the World Still Belongs to the Banks. dissidentvoice.org 
Greta Acosta Reyes (Cuba), Women Who Fight, 2020. '[T]here is great intellectual poverty on the part of the right wing', Héctor Béjar says in our latest dossier, A Map of Latin America's Present: An Interview with Héctor Béjar (February 2022). 'There is a lack of right-wing intellectuals everywhere'. Béjar speaks with a great deal of authority on …
(2022-02-10). Headlines for February 10, 2022. democracynow.org CDC Continues to Recommend Indoor Masking as More States Roll Back COVID Restrictions, GOP Rep. Hal Rogers Apologizes for Telling Black Caucus Chair Rep. Joyce Beatty, "Kiss My Ass", Russia Opens Joint War Games with Belarus as U.S. Troops Mobilize to Romania and Poland, Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Peter Navarro, Who Boasted of Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election, Biden Administration Unveils $5 Billion Plan to Fund Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Climate Experts Detail Misinformation by Fossil Fuel Cos. as Oil CEOs Refuse to Testify to Congress, Youth Climate Activists Sue Virginia for Violating The…
(2022-02-10). Dossier no. 49: A map of Latin America's present: An interview with Héctor Béjar. mronline.org 
Four emblematic coups have now been substantially reversed: Chile (1973), Peru (1992), Honduras (2009), and Bolivia (2019). Each of these coups was driven by political forces of the far right backed by the military and by the United States government.
(2022-02-10). US Senate Mulls Sanctions Against Russia for Alleged Cyberattacks on Ukraine, Reports Say. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee is contemplating introducing sanctions against Russia for alleged cyberattacks against Ukraine amid a protracted debate on the Defending Ukraine Sovereignty Act of 2022 in the US Congress, Politico reported on Thursday.
(2022-02-10). How Can the U.S. Accuse Any Nation of Violating 'Rules-Based International Order'? strategic-culture.org by Dave LINDORFF | Sometimes the hypocrisy of the US government, especially when it comes to foreign affairs, is just too much to let pass. | The latest example of this is the Ukraine crisis, where the US pretty much stands all alone (unless you count Britain's embattled and embarrassed Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who parrots US policy like a trained bird), accusing Russia not just of preparing for an "imminent invasion' of Ukraine, but of violating international law and "rules-based international order," as Secretary of State Antony Blinken likes to put it. | The Biden administration's top diplomat has made re…
(2022-02-10). The Ukraine-Russia Conflict. indybay.org "The West must negotiate with Russia" | NATO should also agree to talk about a new European security architecture if Russia is also willing to agree to de-escalating and confidence-building measures in the relationship with Ukraine."
(2022-02-10). Mexico sues U.S. gun companies for increasing violence. america.cgtn.com 
As Mexico's legal case against American gun manufacturers advances, the two countries' governments have reiterated their shared commitment to limiting illegal cross border arms traffic. See the latest.
(2022-02-10). Big union win for Mexico's GM workers. iacenter.org By Martha Grevatt February 9, 2022 General Motors workers in Silao, Mexico, have made history. Brazilian unionists outside GM plant in Silao, Mexico, where workers were voting for the first independent union, Feb. 3. They have voted in the first independent union in any Mexican GM plant, defeating the bogus company union by a wide margin. For decades, company unions allied with the former ruling party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), have colluded with auto companies to keep wages low and maximize exploitation. The highest-paid Mexican GM workers make in a 12-hour day little more than a U.S. autowork…
(2022-02-10). Puerto Rico Hasn't Had The Opportunity To Develop Its Own Economic Future. popularresistance.org "Puerto Rico received approval from a federal judge on Tuesday to leave bankruptcy under the largest public sector debt-restructuring deal in the history of the United States." The executive director of the unelected Fiscal Oversight and Management Board declared it "truly a momentous day," and a "new day for Puerto Rico." How new, exactly, is the question of many who don't see this debt deal as fundamentally changing the story for most Puerto Ricans, because that story has everything to do with the more than 100-year colonial relationship to the United States, and their enforced inability to determine their own…
(2022-02-10). Teachers In Puerto Rico Strike For Wages, Benefits. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, February 9, teachers across Puerto Rico called for a national strike to protest the government and the Fiscal Control Board's (FCB) cutting of wages and pensions. Other public sector workers, namely firefighters and police, have also joined them. Teachers are demanding a decent salary, an end to pension cuts, and the resignation of Puerto Rican governor Pedro Pierluisi. Teachers have been protesting since February 4. That same day, the FCB imposed by the US Congress that has been in charge of Puerto Rico since 2016, was boasting because it supposedly already put the end of the bankruptcy process on…
(2022-02-10). The Most Racist Supreme Court Cases You've Probably Never Heard Of. aclu.org Over 100 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a series of rulings known as the Insular Cases that still prevent millions of people — overwhelmingly, people of color — from accessing certain constitutional rights and protections. These rulings continue to uphold systemic racism today. | In the Insular Cases, the Supreme Court spoke to whether, and to what extent, the rights and protections guaranteed by the Constitution applied to residents in the then-new territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. In this string of cases decided from 1901 to 1922, the court described the territories…
(2022-02-10). Docentes marchan en Puerto Rico exigiendo justicia salarial. telesurtv.net Durante la jornada, los manifestantes denunciaron que el sector de los bomberos no ha recibido un incremento de su salario en los últimos 12 años.
(2022-02-10). Declaran culpables a activistas hondureños por lucha antiminera. telesurtv.net El Tribunal programó para el 21 de febrero la determinación de la pena a los defensores del territorio hondureño…
(2022-02-10). Amplían denuncia por entrega de multinacional en Uruguay. telesurtv.net La bancada del Frente Amplio alega que el Gobierno incurrió en delitos contra el patrimonio público por la concesión del Puerto de Montevideo.
(2022-02-10). Arranca en Bolivia el primer juicio oral contra Jeanine àÅñez. telesurtv.net La Fiscalía boliviana ha solicitado la pena máxima de 10 años contra Jeanine Áñez por tomar irregularmente el poder en Bolivia.
(2022-02-10). México señala complicidad de OEA en golpe de Estado en Bolivia. telesurtv.net En noviembre de 2019, México ofreció asilo al derrocado presidente Evo Morales y lo rescató tras el golpe militar.
(2022-02-10). Movilizaciones en Buenos Aires exigen soberanía de Lago Escondido. telesurtv.net Denuncian ocupación mal habida de tierras por magnate británico Joe Lewis. Consideran que creó un enclave colonialista en la Patagonia.
(2022-02-10). Condenan a expresidente peruano por participar en Plan Cóndor. telesurtv.net En esta causa estuvo también implicado el coronel Martín Felipe Martínez Garay quien fue condenado a cadena perpetua por crímenes de lesa humanidad.
(2022-02-10). Nuevo primer ministro descarta ánimo de confrontación en Perú. telesurtv.net Pedro Castillo negó las acusaciones de ls oposición de que el gobierno se propone provocar el cierre constitucional del Parlamento.
(2022-02-10). ONU insta a Estado colombiano a proteger a civiles e indígenas de la violencia. telesurtv.net Horas atrás fue atacada con explosivos una comunidad originaria Nasa en el departamento de Huila.
(2022-02-10). Convocan en Colombia a paro nacional contra gobierno de Duque. telesurtv.net Asimismo para el 28 de abril, en el primer aniversario del estallido, el Comité Nacional del Paro (CNP) invitó al pueblo colombiano a movilizarse pacíficamente.
(2022-02-10). Atentado contra base militar en Colombia deja al menos dos muertos. telesurtv.net El ataque bomba fue repudiado por el presidente Iván Duque, quien expresó que los responsables del atentado pagarán por su actos.
(2022-02-10). Liberan a líder mapuche Jaime Huenchullán en Chile. telesurtv.net Fue detenido este martes luego de brindar solidaridad a mapuches presos en el Centro Penitenciario de Angol.
(2022-02-10). Dictan prisión a militares chilenos por asesinato en protestas. telesurtv.net Los militares fueron formalizados por delitos de homicidio, homicidio frustrado, violencia innecesaria y lesiones por la muerte de Romario Veloz en octubre de 2019.
(2022-02-10). What The Cuban Missile Crisis Can Teach Us About Today's Ukraine Crisis. popularresistance.org During the 1962 Cuban crisis, the situation was remarkably similar to that in today's Eastern Europe, although the great power roles were reversed. | In 1962, the Soviet Union had encroached on the U.S. government's self-defined sphere of influence by installing medium-range nuclear missiles in Cuba, a nation only 90 miles from U.S. shores. The Cuban government had requested the missiles as a deterrent to a U.S. invasion, an invasion that seemed quite possible given the long history of U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs, as well as the 1961 U.S.-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion. | The Soviet government was amenable…
(2022-02-10). "We want to be able to share a better world with Cuba": Carolina Vega on creating revolutionary art. peoplesdispatch.org 
Peoples Dispatch spoke to Carolina Vega, a Cuban-American artist based in Los Angeles on her participation in the Vital Lines/Líneas Vitales exhibit…
(2022-02-10). Yemen: January Saw Highest Civilian Casualties in Saudi Air War Since 2016. news.antiwar.com A monthly summary from According to the data, 139 civilians were killed by Saudi air raids, and another 287 were wounded. It was the highest number of civilian casualties recorded in a single month since October 2016. | The deadliest air raid of the month hit a migrant detention facility in Sadaa on January 21st, which killed at least 91 civilians and wounded at le…
(2022-02-10). Twelve years after US-backed military coup, Honduras's left is back in power. greenleft.org.au Leftist Xiomara Castro has been sworn in, marking the first time since 2006 that Honduras has a legitimately-elected president. Ben Radford reports.
(2022-02-10). China agrees to help Nicaragua develop infrastructure, hospitals, renewable energy. multipolarista.com 
Nicaragua's Sandinista government and China signed a comprehensive agreement to develop hospitals, renewable energy, medical equipment, roads, railways, and ports, as well as the water and public health systems, all overseen by state-owned companies.
(2022-02-10). Russia's Soyuz Rocket With 34 OneWeb Satellites Launched From Kourou Spaceport. sputniknews.com PARIS (Sputnik) – Russian carrier rocket Soyuz-STB with 34 satellites of UK company OneWeb was launched from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.
(2022-02-10). Venezuelan Authorities Present Evaluation of Operation Guaicaipuro 2 (+El Koki). orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, February 9, Venezuelan Minister of Internal Relations, Justice and Peace, General Remigio Ceballos, offered an evaluation on the Guaicaipuro 2 operation. The operation was activated in Las Tejerías, Aragua state, and managed to capture 13 criminals and neutralize 5 during the clashes. Among them is Carlos "El Koki" Revette, a criminal leader long sought by Venezuelan authorities after the dismantling of his gang in Cota 905 of Caracas. | During a press conference, Ceballos indicated that Operation Guaicaipuro 2 included the deployment of law enforcement agencies and the National Armed Force (FANB)…
(2022-02-10). Venezuela: Gang Leader 'Koki' Killed in Police Operation. venezuelanalysis.com The heavy deployment in Aragua state came months after a similar one in the Cota 905 barrio in Caracas.
(2022-02-10). Curaàßao Changes Course, Attempts to Strengthen Relations with Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Although there is no precise information on the reopening of the maritime border between Venezuela and Curaàßao, representatives of the Curaàßao tourism office are on a visit to Venezuela's Falcón state to establish commercial relations with chambers of commerce and businessmen. | The delegation, which includes the director of the Curaàßao tourist office, Marcos Leal, and its marketing director Marcos Salazar, has a busy agenda given that they are visiting only until Thursday, February 10. | Curaàßao's delegation said that they will meet with some mayors, members of FEDECAMARAS (Venezuela'
(2022-02-10). President Maduro Appoints Four New Female Ministers. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, February 9, the President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro announced changes in his ministerial cabinet. The president announced that four women will lead four of the government's ministerial portfolios. | Through his Twitter account he announced that Clara Vidal will assume the leadership of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, a position previously held by Roside González, spokeswoman for the United Indigenous Movement of Venezuela. | La Lcda. Clara Vidal asumirá la jefatura del Ministerio del Poder Popular para los Pueblos Indígenas, con el fin de llevar a nuestras hermanas y hermanos originarios ate…