(2022-02-12). The Left has culture, but the World still belongs to the banks: The Sixth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org 
Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. '[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 …
(2022-02-12). New Zealand joins diplomatic offensive against Russia amid escalating war build-up. wsws.org The Labour-led government, the foreign policy establishment and a layer of pseudo-lefts have lined up with the escalating imperialist operation against Russia.
(2022-02-12). [World Report] Escalating threats to health workers in Myanmar. thelancet.com Health workers are still under threat in Myanmar, 1 year on from a military seizure of power. Megan Tatum reports.
(2022-02-12). WATCH Canadian truckers defy court injunction, maintain border blockade. rt.com 
Anti-vaccine mandate truckers refused to back down despite the threat of impending arrests and fines | Canadian protesters opposing Covid-19 curbs and vaccine mandates have defied a court injunction and government warnings to maintain their days-long blockade of the Ambassador Bridge, which has paralyzed trade and traffic at the busiest land border crossing into the US. | According to videos circulating on social media, demonstrators overwhelmingly voted to continue occupying access roads to the bridge minutes before Friday's order by the Ontario Superior Court took effect at 7pm local time. The protesters can…
(2022-02-12). Saturday 3/5: FabLab PlayShop : Walter Marcado. indybay.org Playground PlaySpace | 3286 Adeline St | Berkeley, CA 94703…
(2022-02-12). Indigenous Binnizá Defend Their Communal Lands Against Industrial Park in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca. itsgoingdown.org 
Below we publish two translated communiques from the Indigenous Binnizá community of Puente Madera, in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, who are engaged in a struggle in defense of their communal lands against the construction of an industrial park, part of the Interoceanic Corridor megaproject being pushed by the AMLO administration Puente Madera, Isthmus of…
(2022-02-12). Partido de los Trabajadores reafirma voluntad de cambiar Brasil. telesurtv.net El expresidente Lula Da Silva recalcó los logros históricos obtenidos por la organización.
(2022-02-12). Convocan a un paro en Rep. Dominicana en rechazo a la carestía. telesurtv.net La huelga de 48 horas es en protesta por la situación económica ante el aumento de la canasta familiar y de los combustibles.
(2022-02-12). ONU promueve mayor equidad de género en la ciencia. telesurtv.net El 11 de febrero se celebra el el Día Internacional de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia.
(2022-02-12). Putin y Biden conversarán vía telefónica sobre caso de Ucrania. telesurtv.net Esta llamada se produce cuando Washington ordenó la evacuación de su personal no esencial en la embajada estadounidense en Kiev.
(2022-02-12). Venezolanos marcharán para conmemorar la Batalla de la Victoria. telesurtv.net "Todos (…) a recordar el sacrificio, la valentía y la entrega de nuestros jóvenes en la Batalla de la Victoria", dijo Cabello.
(2022-02-12). Corte hondureña ordena liberar a activistas medioambientales. telesurtv.net La ONU ya había solicitado la liberación del grupo, detenido desde 2019 por oponerse al proyecto minero Guapinol.
(2022-02-12). OMS expone condición para que fase aguda de pandemia acabe este año. telesurtv.net La OMS subrayó que es una tarea global que se logre el objetivo de vacunar a cerca de tres cuartos de la población.
(2022-02-12). Aprueban en Chile iniciativa para restituir tierras a pueblos indígenas. telesurtv.net Esta iniciativa fue aprobada en general, por lo que aún falta la votación en particular y posteriormente en el Pleno para ser confirmada.
(2022-02-12). Perú multa a Repsol por 122 mil dólares tras derrame de crudo. telesurtv.net Gobierno peruano considera que la compañía Repsol está buscando desentenderse de su responsabilidad en este desastre ecológico.
(2022-02-12). Docentes de Ecuador demandan la aplicación de ley educativa. telesurtv.net Al gremio docente se sumaron organizaciones como la Federación de Estudiantes Secundarios de Ecuador (FESE).
(2022-02-12). Gobierno argentino aumenta en un 12,28 % jubilaciones y pensiones. telesurtv.net El mandatario afirmó que su Gobierno trabajará para seguir recuperando los ingresos de los argentinos.
(2022-02-12). Culmina Congreso Internacional Universidad 2022 en La Habana. telesurtv.net El evento concluye con la conferencia magistral sobre desafíos a la Universidad en tiempos de la transición de la pandemia al mundo pos pandemia.
(2022-02-12). Denuncian asesinato de otro líder social en Valle del Cauca. telesurtv.net Desde la firma del acuerdo de paz en 2016 han sido ultimados 1308 líderes, lideresas sociales y defensores de Derechos Humanos en Colombia.
(2022-02-12). Siete obras de Julio Cortázar que debes leer. telesurtv.net Hijo de padres argentinos, Julio Cortázar describió su nacimiento como un hecho "producto del turismo y la diplomacia".
(2022-02-12). Venezuela afirma que mantendrá guerra sin cuartel contra narcotraficantes. telesurtv.net General Vladimir Padrino reiteró que las FANB continuarán desplegadas para proteger la paz y tranquilidad del pueblo.
(2022-02-12). Suman 120 los fallecidos por ciclón Batsirai en Madagascar. telesurtv.net Cuando aún no se había recuperado la isla por las afectaciones de la tormenta Ana, Batsirai agravó las afectaciones.
(2022-02-12). Rusia lamenta fracaso en ronda de diálogos de Normandía. telesurtv.net Las hostilidades en Ucrania han ocasionado hasta la fecha cerca de 13.000 muertos según datos aportados por la ONU.
(2022-02-12). Represión israelí deja 22 palestinos heridos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Solo en la ciudad de Kafr Qaddum se registraron 10 lesionados, entre ellos un niño de 13 años.
(2022-02-12). Ontario declara estado de emergencia ante protesta de choferes. telesurtv.net Cinco días después de haber hecho lo propio la capital, Ottawa, los camioneros antivacuna fuerzan el estado de emergencia.
(2022-02-12). Instan a defensa de acusados en caso golpe de Estado a actuar con apego a la verdad en Bolivia. telesurtv.net El jueves se decidió aplazar el inicio del jucio oral contra la expresidenta de facto boliviana Jeanine Áñez.
(2022-02-12). Renuncia cuarto juez designado para investigar magnicidio en Haití. telesurtv.net El juez Chavannes Étienne había sido designado para la investigación del magnicidio hace una semana.
(2022-02-12). Francia anuncia nueva flexibilización de medidas contra Covid-19. telesurtv.net Los contactos de casos positivos a la Covid-19 solo deberán realizar un test de diagnóstico luego de dos días de ser confirmado el vínculo.
(2022-02-12). FANB Neutralizes Explosives Planted by Colombian Terrorists in Apure School. orinocotribune.com The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) of Venezuela neutralized explosives that were planted by Colombian terrorists at different locations in the Venezuelan state of Apure, including in a school. This was informed by the head of the Operational Strategic Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB), Domingo Hernández Lárez, who reported that a total of six explosive cylinders were deactivated, one of them found at the entrance of the Los Arenales Elementary School in the Arauca sector of Apure state, close to the border with Colombia. | This was part of the 2022 Bolivarian Shield Operation that t…
(2022-02-12). President Maduro Accuses Colombian Government of Financing Criminal Brought Down in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has accused the Colombian government of financing organized crime in Venezuela. | On Thursday, February 10, Maduro decried that his Colombian counterpart, Iván Duque, had been financing and training Carlos Luis Revette, a.k.a El Koki, leader of Caracas' La Cota 905 criminal gang. Revette was killed last week in a Venezuelan police operation in Aragua state. |
(2022-02-12). Venezuelan Authorities: Colombian Paramilitaries Fled Apure due to FANB Operation. orinocotribune.com On Friday, February 11, Venezuela's Sectorial Vice President of Political Sovereignty, Security and Peace, Major General Vladimir Padrino López reported that "the Bolivarian National Armed Force [FANB] has dealt heavy blows to the mafias and gangs that deal in drug and human trafficking, and which belong to the Colombian Armed Terrorist and Drug Trafficking Groups [TANCOL]." | He explained that it is due to the terrorist acts of TANCOL in Apure state that most of the FANB operations have focused there. TANCOL "is trying to secure that route [as their territory]," he stated. He praised the Strategic Operational Co…
(2022-02-12). Llega Heberprot-P al primer mundo: Registran fármaco cubano en Corea del Sur. cubadebate.cu Hace pocas horas el Centro de Ingeniería Genética y Biotecnología (CIGB) informó en su cuenta de Twitter que el medicamento cubano Heberprot-P fue registrado en Corea del Sur. Este medicamento demuestra la posibilidad de cura para la cicatrización de las heridas complejas, las úlceras isquémicas y las resultantes del pie diabético, lo cual reduce los riesgos de amputación.
(2022-02-12). Autoridades cubanas evalúan proyectos que promueven la ciencia, innovación y soberanía alimentaria. cubadebate.cu Han ocurrido intensas jornadas de evaluación de proyectos y organización de otros que pueden tener impacto en el desarrollo de Cuba. El presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, de conjunto con varios ministros han revisado áreas claves como el sector de la banca, el alimentario y el de conservación patrimonial.
(2022-02-12). Decades-long environmental catastrophe in Imperial Beach, California. liberationnews.org 
Millions of gallons of raw sewage water, up to 35 million gallons daily, are being discharged into the ocean spanning from the Tijuana River to Coronado's coastline.
(2022-02-12). From U.S. to Honduras: Socialism is Vital to Black Liberation. libya360.wordpress.com John Parker On Jan. 27, I was fortunate to be one of a handful of delegates from the U.S. to attend the historic inauguration of President Xiomara Castro in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Representing the Socialist Unity Party, I was part of an international delegation invited by President Castro and her Libre Party, founded by the National…
(2022-02-12). Falkland Islands of Contention between China and Britain. journal-neo.org 
Despite the active efforts of the White House, by various dirty machinations and the failed attempt at a "diplomatic boycott," to belittle the significance of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, these Games themselves, as well as the contacts held against their background by the Chinese authorities with the leaders of a number of foreign states, …
(2022-02-12). President Maduro Questions 'Cowardly Regional Left' that Favors US Aggression Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 11, 2022 ( "I demand respect for the Bolivarian project, for the people of Venezuela, under attack by imperialism," said President Maduro. "Now there is an intent to validate the imperialist aggression against Venezuela…
(2022-02-12). Coup Plotter Cliver Alcala's Confession 'Compromises US National Security'. orinocotribune.com The United States does not want disclosure of classified materials that allegedly "involve Venezuela with drug trafficking," claiming that such information may cause "serious damage to national security" of the US. Such a decision came from the prosecutors in New York trying former Venezuelan general Clíver Alcalá Cordones of Operation Gideon fame, who has been accused on drug trafficking. This makes one wonder what information could Alcalá be supplying makes US intelligence conclude that it should be kept secret. | Alcalá, who was involved in the Operation Gideon and other plots to assassinate or abduct Venezuel…
(2022-02-12). US Attacks Against Cuba: Offensive or 'Counteroffensive'? orinocotribune.com By José Ramón Cabañas — Feb 8, 2022 | In conversations with neighbors, experts, young people, and following the thread of our national press, it is common to hear the assessment (true by the way) that there has been a brutal onslaught of the United States against Cuba in recent years. A number of arguments have been put forward that make this assertion undeniable, the evidence is everywhere. | However, it would be useful to dwell on a small question when assessing recent events: is it an offensive against our country, or a "counter-offensive?" Many readers will say, "who cares, it causes the same harm!" That…
(2022-02-12). øCómo le va al país en desarrollo mejor vacunado del mundo? cubadebate.cu La experiencia de Cuba ha sido verdaderamente notable. El país se destacó en términos de desarrollo y producción de sus propias vacunas. Gracias a eso, pudo aumentar la cobertura de vacunas muy rápidamente, una ventaja local de la que se han aprovechado otras naciones que fabrican vacunas. El éxito en el lado de la vacunación parece haber resultado en muy buenos resultados pandémicos, especialmente en el lado de la mortalidad. Por supuesto, hay otros factores en juego, pero los resultados son impresionantes.
(2022-02-12). [Perspectives] Deirdre Cooper Owens: bringing context to systemic medical racism. thelancet.com In the 1790s, Franàßois Marie Prevost, a young French surgeon fresh from his medical training in Paris moved to Port-de-Paix, Haiti. "Of course at that time Haiti was France's most economically valuable colony", says historian Deirdre Cooper Owens. "So there he began some experimental work on enslaved Haitian women, trying to perfect the caesarean section." Prevost's sojourn coincided with the leadership of Toussaint Louverture, who had been born a slave, the fight for Haitian independence, and the abolition of slavery.
(2022-02-11). The Left Has Culture, But The World Still Belongs To The Banks. popularresistance.org '[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 these matters because, for the past sixty years, he has been intimately involved in the intellectual and political debates which have taken place in his native Peru and across Latin America. 'In the cultural world', Béjar notes, 'the left has everything, the right has nothing'. When it comes to the great cultural deba…
(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). Headlines for February 11, 2022. democracynow.org WaPo: Trump Took "Top Secret" Documents to Mar-a-Lago Resort, Anti-Vaccine Truckers Block Three Ports of Entry Along U.S.-Canada Border, Biden Urges U.S. Citizens to Leave Ukraine as Russia and NATO Continue Troop Buildup, Biden to Split $7B in Frozen Afghan Assets Between 9/11 Families and Humanitarian Relief, Pace of Civilian Killings in Yemen Has Doubled Since U.N. Disbanded Monitoring Group, Biden Admin Approves Billions in New Arms Deals to Middle East and Indonesia, At Least Six Killed in Mogadishu Blast, Heber López Becomes 5th Journalist to Be Killed in Mexico in 2022 , Historic Rights Trial B…
(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). Minister for Interior: Colombia Continues Attempting to Destabilize Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Minister for Internal Relations, Justice and Peace, General Remigio Ceballos, has reiterated his complaints regarding the involvement of the Colombian government in plans which seek to destabilize Venezuela. | His statement was made via Twitter in the wake of a number of operations which have been carried out in recent days by law enforcement agencies and the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) to neutralize criminal gangs, eradicate laboratories and drug crops in Venezuelan border territories, and expel what are known as the Armed Drug Trafficking Colombian Terrorist Groups (TANCOL) from Venezuela…
(2022-02-11). Venezuela has Arrested 62 Colombian Terrorists in 5 Months. orinocotribune.com Venezuela has announced the arrest of 62 members of terrorist groups of Colombian origin since September 2021. | "We are pleased to reveal that since September 2021, 62 members of TANCOL [an acronym used by the Venezuelan government to refer to armed drug-trafficking Colombian terrorists] have been arrested in 16 operations," the Venezuelan Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, announced this Thursday, February 10. | Accordi…
(2022-02-11). Cuban Music Duo Buena Fe Postpones Concert in Canada in Defense of Cuban Vaccines. libya360.wordpress.com With the government of Canada üá®üᶠrefusing to recognize Cuba's vaccines, Cuban music duo Buena Fe was asked to be vaccinated with shots recognized by Canada in order to play their concerts. Here was their response. Revolutionary Medicine: Cuba's Vaccine Journey Why are Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela Managing So Well in the Fight Against Covid-19?…
(2022-02-11). Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua: The US-Russia Conflict Enters a New Phase. dissidentvoice.org 
As soon as Moscow received an American response to its security demands in Ukraine, it answered indirectly by announcing greater military integration between it and three South American countries, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba. Washington's response, on January 26, to Russia's demands of withdrawing NATO forces from Eastern Europe and ending talks about a possible Kyiv …
(2022-02-11). Progressives oppose opening of more migrant detention centers in Greek islands. peoplesdispatch.org The right-wing New Democracy-led Greek government is gearing up to set up new refugee camps in its Aegean islands under the directives of the European Union…