(2021-11-11). Venezuela: Upcoming mega elections dispel "dictatorship" myth. liberationnews.org 
On Nov. 21 "Mega Elections" will be held in Venezuela for the country's 23 governorships, 335 mayorships, 253 regional legislative and 2,471 municipal legislative seats — including 69 Indigenous communities.
(2021-11-11). United Nations Electoral Delegation Arrives in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Rectors of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) held a meeting this Tuesday, November 9, with members of the United Nations (UN) panel of electoral experts sent by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to accompany the regional elections scheduled for November 21. The panel will carry out an independent and technical evaluation of the Venezuelan electoral system, and its attendance was It is important to note that this panel of experts is not a UN…
(2021-11-11). Progressive Organizations Lead Day of Action to Demand Senate Reject Corporate Greed, Pass Strong Build Back Better Act. peoplesaction.org Grassroots and Immigrant Justice Organizations Across the Country Targeted Corporate-Backed Sens. Manchin and Sinema Who Continue to Block Build Back Better WASHINGTON, D.C.—A coalition of grassroots and immigrant justice organizations led by People's Action, We Are Home, and Living United for Change (LUCHA) today hosted a Day of Action to demand that the Senate, specifically …
(2021-11-11). Nicaragua elections a defeat for U.S. empire. fightbacknews.org Tucson, AZ – For a small, largely agricultural country, Nicaragua has delivered several losses to the much larger, more militarily advanced U.S. empire. From Augusto Sandino's peasant army expelling the U.S. Marines in the 1930s, to the Sandinista Revolution of 1979 that toppled the U.S.-backed Somoza dictatorship, to the electoral return of the Sandinistas in 2006, to the defeat of the U.S.-coordinated soft coup attempt in 2018, the 2021 elections are another win for people of Nicaragua. | With over 65% of eligible voters participating, the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) won the presidency and v…
(2021-11-11). Cuba, Brazil, Argentina Scientists Win Chemistry Award For Women. telesurenglish.net At a virtual event to be held on Nov. 16, the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Latin American Federation of Chemical Associations (FLAQ) will honor scientists Clarissa Piccinin (Brasil), Hilda Garay (Cuba), and Marta Litter (Argentina) with the inaugural Latin American Women in Chemistry Award. | RELATED: | With this recognition, the ACS and FLAW seek to promote diversity and gender equity in Latin America's chemi…
(2021-11-11). Cuba Sent Over a Million Anti-COVID-19 Doses to Venezuela. orinocotribune.com "More than 1,640,000 doses of the Abdala vaccine were sent from Cuba to our brothers in Venezuela, on a CONVIASA flight, which took off from Havana early today", says a message from the CIGB on the social network Twitter. | The first batch of Abdala, which became the first anti-Covid-19 immunogen developed and produced in Latin America and the Caribbean, arrived in Venezuela last June. | On that occasion, the executive vice pr…
(2021-11-11). The US Seeks To Defeat The Nicaraguan Revolution At All Costs. telesurenglish.net With the signing of the Reinforcing Nicaragua's Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform Act, President Joe Biden continues with his predecessors' line of disrespect for the Latin American peoples. This lascivious reality contrary to the validity of international law was recalled by Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Felix Plasencia on Wednesday. | RELATED: | "This aggression seeks to defeat the Sandinista Revolutio…
(2021-11-11). Mexico, US, Canada To Hold Summit for the First Time in 5 Years. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Manuel Andres Lopez Obrador (AMLO), Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and U.S. President Joe Biden will take part en the North American Leaders' Summit (NALS) in Washington, D.C, on Nov. 18. | Related | The trilateral discussion will include topics such as the global pandemic and health safety in the region, competitiveness and equitable growth, climate change, and development projects to addres…
(2021-11-11). President Bukele Seeks to Monitor Internationally Funded NGOs. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, El Salvador's Interior Minister Juan Bidegain delivered to Congress the "Foreign Agents" bill, which establishes a 40 percent tax on the funds that local Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO), social groups, and independent outlets receive from foreign sponsors. | Related | Using the defense of the country's Sovereign as an argument, the bill allows President Nayib Bukele's administration to cancel the legal status o…
(2021-11-11). Hate Crimes In Los Angeles County Up 20% In 2020. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations (LACHR) published a report showing a 20 percent increase in hate crimes last year in Los Angeles County, mostly due to a 53 percent jump in racial hate crime. | RELATED: | In 2020, reported hate crimes in the county, home to over 10 million residents, grew from 530 to 635, the largest number since 2008. The report also noted that hate crimes have been trending upward…
(2021-11-11). Venezuela, Russia Condemn New US Aggressions Against Nicaragua. telesurenglish.net Venezuela and Russia condemned the new wave of unilateral sanctions that the United States and its allies will apply against the Nicaraguan people and the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) government led by President Daniel Ortega. | RELATED: | On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed the Reinforcing Nicaragua's Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform Act (Renacer), which establishes new arbitrary sanctions…
(2021-11-11). The Struggle for Socialism in Nicaragua and Honduras: Interview with Ramiro Sebastián Fúnez. orinocotribune.com Sunday November 7th
(2021-11-11). Sandinistas win by a landslide! U.S. dirty tricks fail in derailing Nicaraguan democracy. mronline.org 
On Monday, the results of the election were announced: the FSLN won by a landslide with 75.92% of the vote. Voter turnout was 65.23% of all eligible voters, higher than in the last U.S. election where voter turnout is measured by registered, not eligible voters.
(2021-11-11). Ecuador: President's neoliberal reforms face broad opposition. greenleft.org.au Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso's neoliberal capitalist economic policies and proposals are facing determined opposition from diverse social sectors, Harvey Goldberg reports.
(2021-11-11). Venezuela's 21N Elections: CNE Enables Electoral Simulator on its Website. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), Enrique Márquez, reported this Tuesday, November 9, that the website of the electoral body has activated an electoral simulator to educate voters about the voting procedure for the November 21 regional and municipal elections. | In a message posted on his Twitter account, Márquez urged the population to use the simulator if they desire additional information about the voting process for the mega-elections. | "If you want to know how to vote on the #21N elections, we invite you to use the #Electoral Simulator, the online tool that we have enabled…
(2021-11-10). Emulating Poland, Ukraine reinforces border with Belarus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukraine Decides To Strengthen Border With Belarus Due To Possible Influx Of Illegal Migrants — Monastyrskyi "I cannot tell you specific details, but I can say unequivocally that we are preparing for scenarios similar to the ones that are currently playing out on the Polish-Belarusian border. We decided today to strengthen the presence of the …
(2021-11-10). The Facebook Team that Tried to Swing Nicaragua's Election is Full of US Spies. orinocotribune.com By Alan Macleod — Nov 8, 2021 | A tacit agreement between the government and Facebook appears to have been made: you can keep the profits, but we control the message. As such, a cynic might wonder what functional difference there is between Facebook and the national security state. | MANAGUA, NICARAGUA — Less than a week before Nicaragua's presidential election, social media giant Facebook deleted the accounts of hundreds of the country's top news outlets, journalists and activists, all of whom supported the ruling left-wing Sandinista government, a top Washington target for regime change. | Facebook <...
(2021-11-10). The Facebook team that tried to swing Nicaragua's election is full of U.S. spies. mronline.org 
A tacit agreement between the government and Facebook appears to have been made: you can keep the profits, but we control the message. As such, a cynic might wonder what functional difference there is between Facebook and the national security state.
(2021-11-10). Inside Cuban Dissidents' November 15 Plot: Unpacking the Archipiélago Facebook Group. orinocotribune.com 
(2021-11-10). We Won't Reestablish Haiti's Security: US Secretary Robinson. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Todd Robinson, U.S. assistant secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, stressed that it is up to Haitian authorities to ensure their country's internal security. | RELATED: | "We have a long tradition of close collaboration with the Haitian police. Although we will continue such cooperation, we cannot rescue this Caribbean country from chaos. Haitian authorities m…
(2021-11-10). Warren Calls for Stricter Enforcement After Trump Team Found Violating Hatch Act. truthout.org 
After a report from The…
(2021-11-10). Científicas de Argentina, Brasil y Cuba ganan primera edición del premio que reconoce a mujeres químicas. cubadebate.cu Tres mujeres científicas de América Latina han sido reconocidas con la inauguración del Premio Mujeres Latinoamericanas en Química 2021, otorgado por la American Chemical Society (ACS) y la Federación Latinoamericana de Asociaciones Químicas (FLAQ).Las ganadoras son Clarissa Piccinin Frizzo (Brasil), Hilda Elisa Garay Pérez (Cuba) e Marta Irene Litter (Argentina).
(2021-11-10). Former Pemex Director Who Fled to Texas Wanted by Interpol. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Attorney General's Office (FGR) confirmed on Wednesday that it has asked Interpol to issue a red warrant for the location and arrest of the former director of Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Carlos Treviño Medina. | The Mexican Attorney General's Office asked Interpol to search for and apprehend Carlos Treviño Medina, former director of Pemex, who is accused of criminal association and money laundering.
(2021-11-10). United States tries to sabotage Nicaragua's elections — yet again. workers.org 
By Nan McCurdy The following edited article first appeared in Covert Action Magazine on Nov. 3. (Read the entire article at tinyurl.com/5482rum7.) Nan McCurdy is the editor of NicaNotes. Now working in Mexico, she lived over 30 years in Nicaragua and is currently there for the Nov. 7 elections, along . . . |
(2021-11-10). Negotiation On 'Carbon Markets' Unleashes Discord At COP26. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) was dedicated to addressing issues related to the use of technologies, gender and climate. Despite the official rhetoric, environmental and social activists worry that the discussions still lie far from a framework of gender justice, while ignoring how certain technologies have an impact on nature and territories. | RELATED: | These tensions were identified…
(2021-11-10). New Evidence Shows False Autonomy of Alleged March in Cuba. telesurenglish.net According to the material, the request for the activity responds to foreign interests in generating regime change in the country. That strategy obeys the script of a soft coup d'état, which is being tried in Cuba following the parameters of an alleged non-violent struggle. | The president of the Casa de las Americas, Abel Prieto, affirmed that after recent evidence it is not possible to believe today in the autonomy of the promoters of the alleged "peaceful march" in Cuba.
(2021-11-10). Uruguay: Women Demand President Lacalle to Protect Their Rights. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, gender activists will gather at the Uruguayan presidential palace to demand that President Luis Lacalle protect the 2012 Voluntary Interruption Law (IVE). | Related | Although there has not been a formal attempt to repeal this law, several officials made worrisome statements against the right to safe abortion. One of them is Public Health Service Administration (ASSE) President Leonardo Cipriani…
(2021-11-10). Bolivia: Indigenous Farmer Is Killed Amid Right-Wing Strike. telesurenglish.net Over 25 Bolivian farmers were attacked by a mob of people mobilized by the Potosi Civic Committee (COMCIPO), a far-right organization that called a "civic strike" on Tuesday. Farmer Basilio Titi was killed amid an ambush in which attackers focused their blows and screams on Indigenous citizens. | RELATED: | "We are concerned that this organization continues to call for mobilizations despite the fact that one pe…
(2021-11-10). Lasso Does Not Allow Press In Dialogue With Indigenous Peoples. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, militants from the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) and the United Workers Front (FUT) will be mobilized in the streets of Quito while their leaders meet with President Guillermo Lasso to discuss solutions to the country's economic crisis. | Related | As a condition of attending the government's headquarters, CONAIE requested that the meeting be public so that citizens can see what really…
(2021-11-10). Nicaragua Asks OAS to Abandon Interventionist Positions. telesurenglish.net The permanent representative to the OAS explained that last Sunday, 65 percent of the population went to the polls and 75 percent gave their support to the great Alliance of Unity Nicaragua Triunfa, which is why he called on the regional body not to interfere in matters of sovereignty. | While the Biden administration and major news networks have labeled Nicaragua's election a "sham", North American delegations say their observations totally contradict such claims.
(2021-11-10). Cuban FM Denounces US Campaign to Impose Regime Change in Cuba. telesurenglish.net The Cuban Foreign Minister Rodriguez Parrilla ratified that the response to provocations will be made in strict compliance with Cuban legality. He also denounced the role of the U.S. government in inciting internal subversion. | Cuba FM: "The US intends to orchestrate a provocation to spoil the just celebration of the beginning of the transition to the new normality after long months of pandemic. It is a hostile interference in Cuban affairs that our government will not allow."
(2021-11-10). Panama: Ex-President Gets Second Acquittal in Phone-Tapping Case. telesurenglish.net After he was acquitted of similar charges in 2019, Martinelli, president from 2009 to 2014, went on trial again in July. | Martinelli was also accused of embezzling public funds to spy on opponents when in office, and the prosecution accused him of wiretapping more than 150 people, mostly politicians and journalists. | RELATED: | The court ruled on Tuesday, however, that the prosecution's evidence against Martinelli was in…
(2021-11-10). XI Urges Asia-pacific To Stride Toward Shared Future. telesurenglish.net Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday urged the Asia-Pacific region to face up to the responsibility of the times, be in the driver's seat, and strive hard to meet the goal of building an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future. | Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit via video, in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 11, 2021.
(2021-11-10). Honduras: Social Forum Denounces Irregularities In Upcoming Elections. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Honduran Social Forum on External Debt and Development (FOSDEH) and other social organizations denounced the existence of irregularities in the Nov. 28 elections. | Related | So far, the National Election Council (CNE) has not approved several important reforms for the proper conduct of transparent elections. Among them is the implementation of a second round in case no candidate reaches an absolute m…
(2021-11-10). US Blockade Hampers Our Country's Development: Cuban Citizens. telesurenglish.net In an open letter published by the Cubadebate outlet on Wednesday, Cuban academics and entrepreneurs asked U.S. President Joe Biden to end the blockade against their country and normalize bilateral relations. | RELATED: | "Mr. Biden, we ask you to listen to our demands. The coercive policies prompted by extremist Cubans-Americans politicians do not favor the well-being of our people," the signatories stated, reca…
(2021-11-10). UN Experts To Assess Venezuelan Electoral System. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Venezuela's Electoral Council (CNE) received the United Nations' electoral experts Domenico Tuccinardi, Fernanda Abreu, and Roly Davila, who will evaluate the electoral system ahead of the Nov. 21 subnational elections. | RELATED: | Unlike what electoral observation missions do, this UN group will not carry out a public evaluation of the electoral results but will present a report with electoral rec…
(2021-11-10). World Leaders Sign up to End Subversion and Blockade on Cuba. telesurenglish.net teleSUR English reproduces in full a letter signed by hundreds of world leaders and personalities in solidarity with the Cuban people and government up against the full-fledged destabilization attempts planned for November 15. | The US government has been investing millions of dollars in the creation of "dissidents," irrelevant inside Cuba but extolled by the international press with the purpose of damaging the image of the Revolution and justifying the application of the criminal blockade.
(2021-11-10). Padrino Accuses Colombia of Inventing Enemies to 'Sponge off Dollars'. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's Vice President for Political Sovereignty and Peace, Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Padrino López, dismissed accusations made by the Colombian defense minister, Diego Molano, who claimed that there are Hezbollah cells operating on the Colombian border, with Venezuelan support. | "Now they have invented a so-called common enemy to sponge off a few extra dollars," declared Padrino in a message published on his Twitter account, where he mocked the new accusations by Colombia. | Padrino wrote: "they have not found out that in Israel there are Jews and not fools that would buy this lie of a 11,580-kilometer-aw…
(2021-11-10). Luis Almagro Dusts Off Coup Script and Targets Nicaragua. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, November 9, the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, posted a message on his Twitter account revealing his intention of promoting a new coup d'état in the region—this time in Nicaragua—following the incontestable results that confirmed the victory of Daniel Ortega in the Central American country's elections this week. | Almagro, once again following Washington's directives, made his interventionist aims clear by calling for the rejection of the results of the general elections in Nicaragua which gave President Daniel Ortega the presidency with alm…
(2021-11-10). North Americans Debunk US And OAS Claims On Nicaragua Election. popularresistance.org While major news networks and the Biden administration have labeled Nicaragua's election a "sham", North American delegations say their observations contradict the accusations. | Members of delegations from the United States and Canada who were first-hand witnesses of the election held a press conference in Managua, in which they characterized the process as efficient, transparent, with widespread turnout and participation of opposition parties. | 165 international representatives from 27 countries were represented in delegations which traveled to 10 departments and two autonomous regions of Nicaragua on the day…
(2021-11-10). Venezuela Salutes FSLN Victory as New US Sanctions Loom Over Nicaragua. venezuelanalysis.com In echoes of Washington's strategy for regime change in Venezuela, US officials said new unilateral sanctions were forthcoming.
(2021-11-10). A Sandinista's view of Nicaragua's colonial history. workers.org 
Left to right: Jose Leon Aviles, Executive Secretariat for Development of the Caribbean Coast and Johnny Hodgson, Managua, Oct. 6.WW PHOTO: Monica Moorehead The following is part of a presentation given by Johnny Hodgson, Sandinista National Liberation Front's Political Secretary for the Autonomous Region of the South Caribbean (RACCS), on . . . |
(2021-11-10). Cabello Warns of Attempts to Destabilize 21N Elections. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, November 9, United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) vice president and campaign manager Diosdado Cabello warned about possible attempts by some electoral observers to destabilize the November 21 elections in which Venezuelans will elect new governors and mayors. | While on visit to the state of Anzoátegui, Cabello recalled the events that took place in Bolivia in 2019, when an Observation Commission of the Organization of American States (OAS) promoted a coup against Evo Morales, president at that time. | "I want to publicly denounce the people who came as observers to Venezuela, from the highly ci…
(2021-11-10). COP26: More "blah, blah, blah!" workers.org 
Indigenous contingents led the massive climate crisis protest march in Glasgow, Nov. 5, including youth from Bolivia and Ecuador. Midway through the COP26 U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, over 100,000 youth marched Nov. 5 to express consensus that the conference was set up to fail. Chants included "Cop-out" and . . . |
(2021-11-10). State-Backed Violence Against Indigenous Communities in Brazil Contradicts Plans for Protection. strategic-culture.org It is only the indigenous communities who are clarifying the importance of their inclusion in political decision-making with regards to the environment. | The Indigenous Missionary Council's (CIMI) annual
(2021-11-10). 21N Elections: 1,895 Voting Machines Deployed in 19 States — EU Companions Work Without Restrictions. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, November 9, a total of 1,875 voting machines were deployed across 19 of Venezuela's 24 states, for use in the upcoming regional and municipal elections to be held on November 21. | Through a press release, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) reported that for the deployment of the machines, the fifteenth day of audit of the production of voting machines was carried out, and is ongoing in the industrial warehouse of the National Electoral Council in Filas de Mariche. | CNE indicated that on Tuesday, 35 teams corresponding to four municipalities in Anzoátegui state (Bolívar, Aragua, Diego Bau…
