(2021-06-09). After decades of oppression, Colombian women lead front lines of National Strike. mronline.org 
"Far too many women are fighting—not only for their rights, but for the rights of all," says Yomali Torres, an Afro-Colombian activist. The 26-year-old joined throngs of women in the streets of Colombia over the past month to demand an end to patriarchal oppression at the hands of a U.S.-backed neoliberal state. | June 9, 2021…
(2021-06-09). Rights Group: Colombian Police Cause Deaths of 20 Protesters. latinorebels.com BUCARAMANGA, Colombia (AP) — An international monitoring group on Wednesday accused police officers in Colombia of responsibility for the deaths of 20 people and other violent actions against protesters during recent civil unrest, including sexual abuse, beatings and arbitrary detentions.
(2021-06-09). Canada Still Supports Colombia's Repressive Right-Wing Government. orinocotribune.com By Yves Engler — Jun 7, 2021 | Last week right-wing Colombian President Ivan Duque deployed the military to Cali. The city of 2.3 million has been the epicenter of a month-long nationwide protest that forced the government to withdraw a regressive tax proposal that unleashed a general strike. | During the past month security forces have killed at least
(2021-06-09). El régimen paramilitar colombiano ordena el genocidio juvenil para desmovilizar el Paro Nacional. globalizacion.ca La pandemia del coronavirus y el riguroso confinamiento ha provocado en Colombia un estallido social sin precedentes. La quiebra económica y la recesión se ha ensañado con la población más vulnerable. No es necesario ser videntes para predecir al pie…
(2021-06-09). Sunday 6/13: From Colombia to Palestine- The Bay Rises Up. indybay.org 456 Montgomery St. | San Francisco…
(2021-06-09). President Maduro: Certain Groups 'Injecting Lots of Money to Buy Criminal Gangs'. orinocotribune.com Certain political sectors of Venezuela "are injecting a lot of money to buy criminal gangs and generate violence in working-class neighborhoods," said the president of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, on Tuesday afternoon. | He warned that his government will not stand idly by. "Then don't cry, don't scream, when justice is done with the Constitution," commented Maduro in a speech broadcast on the public television outlet Venezolana de Television (VTV). "Do not go out to say you are politically persecuted, to get a statement from Almagro." | He also said that those responsible for these "dirty plans against the peac…
(2021-06-09). Venezuela: 'My Concerns About the Special Economic Zones Law'. orinocotribune.com By Pasqualina Curcio — Jun 2, 2021 | It is impossible not to think of maquilas when one hears talk of Special Economic Zones (SEZ). The first thing that comes to mind is cheap labor, violation of labor rights, increased worker exploitation, low or no taxes and exports. This is what characterizes an SEZ according to the World Bank manuals. | Let us ask ourselves the following question: What is it that would make large foreign capitals move so that, instead of investing in their countries, they come to Venezuela or any other nation? Obviously the maximization of their profit. In a capitalist system, given the…
(2021-06-09). 'Commune or nothing'. zcomm.org New laws reignite old debates over communal power in Venezuela…
(2021-06-08). 91 Colombians Are Still Missing, Ombudsman's Office Warns. telesurenglish.net The Colombian Ombudsman's Office delivered a report to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) showing that 91 people are still missing as a result of the repression unleashed against citizens by the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) since the protests began on April 28. | RELATED: | Ombudsman Carlos Camargo reported 58 murders of citizens. In 20 of these cases, there is sufficient evidence that the killings occu…
(2021-06-08). Dan Cohen on the Israeli Operatives Behind some of Colombia's Most Violent Death Squads. mintpressnews.com Although on opposite sides of the world from each other, Colombia and Israel have much in common. Among other similarities, they are both key outposts of U.S. power in their regions, helping make their neighborhood safe for American businesses and American profits.
(2021-06-08). IACHR Calls for Resumption of Dialogue in Visit to Colombia. telesurenglish.net An international human rights organization called on the Colombian government and the National Strike Committee to insist on the path of dialogue to overcome the social crisis that the South American country is going through. | The representation of the international organization indicated that the organization has always insisted that any human rights crisis is solved through dialogue. | RELATED: | They also revea…
(2021-06-08). Still 91 Missing in Colombia's Uprising (Desaparecidos). orinocotribune.com Colombians are still looking for 91 people reported missing during the national strike and demonstrations which began on April 28 and have left at least 20 dead, according to a report delivered this Monday by the Ombudsman's Office to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), an organization dependent on the infamous Organization of American States (OAS). Other independent organizations have reported at least 65 deaths in the protests, most of them at the hands of the police. | "The organization has received 783 reports of people who could not been located, of which 317 were discarded… for having r…
(2021-06-08). Canada Still Supports Colombia's Repressive Right-wing Government. globalresearch.ca Last week right-wing …
(2021-06-08). Colombia's Movements to Deepen Struggle with National Popular Assembly. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Social movements participate in the National Popular Assembly in Bogotá. Colombia's social movements are determined to further and refine the character of the current uprising and are taking initial steps at a National Popular Assembly being held in Bogotá. The Assembly, now on its third day, has the participation of indigenous, Afro-descendant and…
(2021-06-08). On Monday, Venezuela Reports 1,483 New COVID-19 Cases & 15 Deaths. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuelan Minister for Communication and Information Freddy àëáñez reported this Monday, June 7 that in the past 24 hours 1,483 new COVID-19 cases had been recorded in Venezuela, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 243,621. | In the course of the daily reprt offered by President Maduro's administration, the senior official, through his Twitter account @luchaalmada, revealed that 222,788 (92%) patients have recovered, while 8,675 patients are asymptomatic, 7,131 demonstrate mild acute respiratory failure, one thousand have moderate acute respiratory failure, and 293 patients are in Intensive Care…
(2021-06-08). UN Committee Rules on Detention of Venezuelan Diplomat Saab. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the United Nations Human Rights Committee ruled on the illegal detention of the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab and requested the government of Cabo Verde to suspend his extradition process to the United States. | RELATED: | "Pursuant to rule 94 of the Committee's rules of procedure, the State party has been requested to refrain from extraditing Mr. Alex Nain Saab Moran to the United States of America wh…
(2021-06-08). Venezuela's Left Voices Concerns over Government's Special Economic Zone Project. venezuelanalysis.com Weakened labor rights and increased private sector involvement in the economy have fuelled rejection of the bill by many grassroots activists.
(2021-06-08). US Compels Small African Country to Imprison Venezuelan Diplomat — International Human Rights Delegation Files Habeas Corpus to #FreeAlexSaab. orinocotribune.com June 7, 2021. Praia, Cabo Verde (Special by Roger Harris)— The Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, imprisoned for trying to buy humanitarian supplies from Iran in legal international trade but in violation of illegal US sanctions, is facing extradition to the US. That is like getting stabbed in the back and then being arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. | US extraterritorial judicial overreach | On June 12, 2020, Saab was on his way from Caracas to Tehran, when his plane had to make a routine fueling stop. While in the air, the pilot was informed that Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia would not allow the plane…
(2021-06-08). UN Committee Ruled on Detention of Venezuelan Diplomat Saab. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the United Nations Human Rights Committee ruled on the illegal detention of the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab and requested the government of Cabo Verde to suspend his extradition process to the United States. | RELATED: | "Pursuant to rule 94 of the Committee's rules of procedure, the State party has been requested to refrain from extraditing Mr. Alex Nain Saab Moran to the United States of America wh…
(2021-06-08). Fund The Canary's Investigations Unit. thecanary.co 
As one of the only independent investigations units in the country, we work for you — but we need your help to keep going. We need to raise £10,000 to continue our groundbreaking investigations. Click below to find our more and Why should you support us?: | The investigations unit is continuing the outstanding body of work established by The Canary over the past 5 years. | In that time, we've exposed a secretive 'Venezuela reconstruction unit' within the British government, worked with whistleblow…
(2021-06-08). Honoring Ramsey Clark on June 13. workers.org 
Representatives from Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Palestine, the Philippines, Malaysia, Serbia, Syria and more will be paying tribute June 13 to Ramsey Clark, a beloved and respected antiwar humanitarian. Clark, a former U.S. Attorney General under the Lyndon Johnson administration from 1967 to 1969, died April 9 after a long illness . . . |
(2021-06-08). Even The New York Times Now Admits That It's US Sanctions, Not Socialism, That's Destroying Venezuela. counterpunch.org The facile right-wing talking point that the economic crisis facing Venezuela "proves" that "socialism always ends in failure" has become so hackneyed by overuse that it has attained its own tongue-in-cheek name. The ad Venezuelum, as it has come to be known, has slowly developed into such a tedious and predictable right-wing tactic that it seems to now serve as an all-purpose retort to try to discredit even the most modest of left-of-center proposals. In October 2018, for instance, then-President Trump responded to a plan by progressive Democrats in congress to introduce a bill to establish a system of universal…
(2021-06-08). Why are Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela Managing So Well in the Fight Against Covid-19? libya360.wordpress.com Marc Vandepitte It is curious that the three American countries that are suffering harsh economic sanctions from the United States are doing much better than the others in their fight against covid-19. One thing is certain: the pandemic has highlighted the crisis of the neoliberal and capitalist model. Actual number of deaths from covid As…
(2021-06-08). Cómo USAID creó el aparato mediático antisandinista de Nicaragua, ahora bajo investigación de lavado de dinero. globalizacion.ca 
Con decenas de millones de dólares a lo largo de años de trabajo, el frente de la CIA, USAID, ayudó a crear y capacitar a la oposición antisandinista de Nicaragua. En el centro de sus operaciones se encuentra la élite…