Monthly Archives: August 2021

2021-08-05: News Headlines

Luis A. Montero Cabrera (2021-08-05). Estados Unidos y sus Lacayos, contra Haití, Cuba, Nicaragua y Venezuela. globalizacion.ca Según documentación pública, la administración republicana Eisenhower — Nixon asimiló tan temprano como el 17 de marzo de 1960 un plan presentado al Consejo de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos, para el derrocamiento de la Revolución Cubana. El presupuesto aprobado…

Staff (2021-08-05). Today Marks 3 Years Since Drone Assassination Attempt Against President Maduro. orinocotribune.com On the afternoon of August 4, 2018, on Avenida Bolívar in Caracas, a military parade was taking place to celebrate the 81st anniversary of the Bolivarian National Guard. Presiding over the event was President Nicolás Maduro, accompanied by top officials of the Executive and the Military High Command. | At around 5: 30 p.m., a DJI Matrice 600 drone, carrying a load of C4 explosives and pellets, exploded while flying overhead. As the security forces got into action to protect the lives of President Maduro and others present at the scene, a second explosion occurred 400 meters away, in the Don Eduardo building, confi…

ecns.cn (2021-08-05). U.S. closure of Fort Detrick lab not coincidental: expert. ecns.cn The sudden shutdown of the Fort Detrick lab in the United States and the pneumonia outbreak that followed are far from coincidental and should be studied in the scope of the ongoing investigation into the pandemic's origins, a Russian political observer has said.

ecns.cn (2021-08-05). Meng extradition case concluding. ecns.cn Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was back in British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver on Wednesday for the final stretch of extradition proceedings that could send her to the U.S.

ecns.cn (2021-08-05). Why investigating U.S. EVALI outbreak important in COVID-19 origin-tracing?>. ecns.cn Amid global efforts in tracing the COVID-19 origins, the connection between the coronavirus and an outbreak of e-cigarette or vaping use-associated lung injury (EVALI) cases in the U.S. in August, 2019 has raised many concerns.

ecns.cn (2021-08-05). Comicomment: In origin tracing, U.S. leads a 'blaming chorus'. ecns.cn The COVID-19 origin tracing is a serious scientific issue that must be studied by scientists and medical experts around the world through cooperation. However, some U.S. politicians placed their hope on the intelligence community, trying to answer a science question with political means.

ecns.cn (2021-08-05). French biosecurity expert dismisses Wuhan "lab leak" theory. ecns.cn "The theory that the virus escaped from the Wuhan lab is not credible," a French biosecurity expert who had monitored the construction of the Biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) laboratory of the Wuhan Institute of Virology has said recently in reference to COVID-19.

ecns.cn (2021-08-05). Xinjiang residents refute accusations of human rights violations. ecns.cn Residents of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have hit back at accusations of human rights violations, saying some Western countries' claims of "genocide" or "forced labor" are fabricated.

ecns.cn (2021-08-05). Shifting blame reflects selfishness of U.S. ecns.cn Recently, the U.S. has led several countries and media outlets in hyping up the claim that the novel coronavirus was the result of a "lab leak".

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-08-05). Iran lodges protest to IMO over rising rhetoric. en.mehrnews.com Iranian Ambassador to the UK Mohsen Baharvand has penned a letter to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to protest the rhetoric recently raised against Tehran after suspicious incidents with tankers in Persian Gulf.

Mohammad Ali Haqshenas (2021-08-05). Embassy urges caution against false flag operations in region. en.mehrnews.com Iran's Embassy in London reviewed the recent days' propaganda against Iran, urging vigilance against false flag operations in the Persian Gulf region.

ecns.cn (2021-08-05). Secret deal between U.S. Fort Detrick, Japanese germ warfare unit revealed. ecns.cn The United States pardoned members of a notorious Japanese germ warfare unit after World War II in exchange for their data on biological weapons, research by a Chinese historian has revealed.

David Escobar (2021-08-05). Colombia: When the fascists get offended. zcomm.org Tales of death threats, assaults, harassment, and physical and psychological torture that happened to a group of activists in the city of Cali, Colombia…

Staff (2021-08-04). Israeli warplanes pound southern Lebanon, as IDF vows to 'continue & intensify' retaliation to rocket fire (VIDEO). rt.com The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) launched a series of airstrikes on Lebanese territory, calling them retaliation for cross-border rocket attacks after earlier firing scores of artillery rounds in response. | The IDF Video footage has circulated online purporting to show the IDF strikes in progress. | BREAKING…

_____ (2021-08-04). Cuba's U.S.-Backed Pop-Culture Dissidents. strategic-culture.org Over the past decade, Washington has spent millions to cultivate anti-government rappers, rock musicians, artists, and journalists in Cuba, Max Blumenthal reports. | By Max BLUMENTHAL | "My people need Europe, my people need Europe to point out the abuser," Yotuel, a Spain-based Cuban rapper, proclaimed in an EU parliament event convened by right-wing legislators before handing the mic over to Venezuelan coup leader Juan Guaidó. Days later, Yotuel held a Zoom call with State Department officials to discuss "Patria y Vida," the anti-communist rap anthem he helped author. | As the dust clears from a day of protest…

Fight Back (2021-08-04). Venezuela: Government leads fight against pandemic, cancels rent. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela -The bustling streets of Caracas are full of masked people, during "open week." You hear Latin music flowing from the stores, children playing soccer and laughing, merchants selling empanadas. 95% of the people you see are wearing masks outside, since it's the government mandate. | Every other week is a "closed week," where everything is closed in the afternoons besides grocery stores, healthcare, gas and other essentials. Many people work from home during the "closed week." You will still see people in the streets, but far fewer. | Government Human Resources Department worker Oliver Rujano sta…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-08-04). 'We are not Going to Capitulate': Diosdado Cabello on Upcoming Elections and Dialogue with the Opposition. orinocotribune.com Diosdado Cabello, deputy of the National Assembly and first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), stated that a dialogue is a form of battle for truth, and ratified the goodwill with which the government of President Nicolás Maduro has maintained an open proposal to hold a dialogue with the opposition sectors in Venezuela. Cabello also spoke about the impact of the election cycle until now. | However, Cabello insisted on the legitimacy of the conditions that President Maduro wants fulfilled in order for the dialogue with the spokespersons of the oppositions to advance. These basic cond…

Staff (2021-08-04). Peru Will no Longer Support Blockade on Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The so-called Lima Group and its attempts to force regime change in Venezuela seems to have now come to an end with the arrival of Pedro Castillo to the presidency of Peru. Upon assuming office, Castillo's new minister for foreign affairs, Héctor Béjar, has highlighted that Peru's new foreign policy will be based on non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, and particularly respect for Venezuelan sovereignty and rejection of the United States-imposed blockade. | "Venezuela is a country that has been subject to a blockade," affirmed Béjar. "We will collaborate with European countries… as well…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2021-08-04). Venezuela Dismisses OAS 'Expert' Panel Push for ICC Investigation. venezuelanalysis.com OAS head Luis Almagro could find himself before the ICC with the Bolivian government considering a probe at The Hague over his role in the 2019 coup.

Rachell Tucker (2021-08-04). Eyewitness Venezuela: Digital literacy free to all students. liberationnews.org As a teacher who has had to struggle alongside thousands of coworkers, students and parents during the pandemic with hybrid education, I was astounded by my visit to the Canaima computer factory that was created to fulfil the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez's dream of "one computer per child."

Staff (2021-08-04). Almagro Has Filled the OAS with Coup Experts, Says Arreaza. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza responded to Luis Almagro, secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), after the OAS Twitter account posted that "The OAS Panel of Experts urges the ICC to act on Venezuela." | In response, Arreaza published a message in his Twitter account, stating that "The OAS, under the leadership of its current Hitman General, has plenty of experts in coups d'état, invasions, interference, promotion of the conflict, submission to Washington and multilateral corruption." Arreaza emphasized that this "panel of experts" is made up of "an excellent combination…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-08-04). The Construction of a Food Crisis in Venezuela Part II. libya360.wordpress.com Clara Sánchez There are powerful states that use UN multilateral agencies as instruments to validate humanitarian crises (Photo: @FAO_Venezuela / Twitter). Humanitarian intervention The first part of "The Construction of a Food Crisis in Venezuela" delineated how military options began to be used by the UN to get food to Somalia and Ethiopia in the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-08-04). Sanctions and Weaponized Food: The Construction of a Food Crisis in Venezuela Part I. libya360.wordpress.com Clara Sánchez The United States seeks a "humanitarian intervention" at all costs in Venezuela (Photo: Fernando Vergara / AP Photo) In 1985, the legendary band Queen participated in the Live Aid concert, an event held simultaneously in London, at Wembley Stadium, and Philadelphia, at John F. Kennedy Stadium, to raise funds for humanitarian aid to…

César Torres (2021-08-04). Foreign Vice-minister for Latin America holds meeting with Mexico's Chargé d'Affaires. mppre.gob.ve Foreign Vice-minister for Latin America, Rander Peña, held a meeting on Tuesday in Caracas with Mexico's Chargé d'Affaires, Mauricio Vizcaíno, and Consul Marcos Octavio. The meeting took place at the headquarters of the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry and was also attended by the Director of the Consular and Foreign Service of the Office for Consular Relations, […] | La entrada

Simon Garcia (2021-08-04). Vice-president Menéndez: Venezuela and Iran are united by strong ties of fraternity and brotherhood. mppre.gob.ve The Sector Vice-president, People's Power Minister for Planning and co-president of the Venezuela-Iran High Level Mixed Commission, Ricardo Menéndez, reported that the relationship between Venezuela and the Islamic Republic of Iran has undergone a fortification process due to the ties of brotherhood that unite them. "The president of the Bolivarian Republic, Nicolás Maduro Moros, has […] | La entrada

Staff (2021-08-04). Cota 905 Terrorists El Coqui, El Vampi & Garbis Hiding in Cúcuta, Colombia. orinocotribune.com Cúcuta Police Commander Oscar Moreno announced on Tuesday, August 3, that his office received information that members of the criminal and terrorist gang that operated in Cota 905, Caracas, are hiding in the Colombian city, including the criminals known as "El Vampi," "El Garbis," and "El Coqui"—recently also called "El Koki" (for purposes of scrubbing social media and search engine results, according to Orinoco Tribune analysts). | During an interview, Moreno indicated that they received the information that the criminals are in Cúcuta, and that Colombian authorities "are working on that." The official cla…

teleSUR, JL (2021-08-04). Denuncian masacre en Colombia, la número 62 en el país durante el 2021. telesurtv.net Además de las masacres, el país registra 103 líderes sociales y 31 excombatientes asesinados en lo corrido del año.

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2021-08-04: News Headlines

_____ (2021-08-04). Cuba's U.S.-Backed Pop-Culture Dissidents. strategic-culture.org Over the past decade, Washington has spent millions to cultivate anti-government rappers, rock musicians, artists, and journalists in Cuba, Max Blumenthal reports. | By Max BLUMENTHAL | "My people need Europe, my people need Europe to point out the abuser," Yotuel, a Spain-based Cuban rapper, proclaimed in an EU parliament event convened by right-wing legislators before handing the mic over to Venezuelan coup leader Juan Guaidó. Days later, Yotuel held a Zoom call with State Department officials to discuss "Patria y Vida," the anti-communist rap anthem he helped author. | As the dust clears from a day of protest…

Fight Back (2021-08-04). Venezuela: Government leads fight against pandemic, cancels rent. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela -The bustling streets of Caracas are full of masked people, during "open week." You hear Latin music flowing from the stores, children playing soccer and laughing, merchants selling empanadas. 95% of the people you see are wearing masks outside, since it's the government mandate. | Every other week is a "closed week," where everything is closed in the afternoons besides grocery stores, healthcare, gas and other essentials. Many people work from home during the "closed week." You will still see people in the streets, but far fewer. | Government Human Resources Department worker Oliver Rujano sta…

César Torres (2021-08-04). Foreign Vice-minister for Latin America holds meeting with Mexico's Chargé d'Affaires. mppre.gob.ve Foreign Vice-minister for Latin America, Rander Peña, held a meeting on Tuesday in Caracas with Mexico's Chargé d'Affaires, Mauricio Vizcaíno, and Consul Marcos Octavio. The meeting took place at the headquarters of the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry and was also attended by the Director of the Consular and Foreign Service of the Office for Consular Relations, […] | La entrada

Staff (2021-08-04). Cota 905 Terrorists El Coqui, El Vampi & Garbis Hiding in Cúcuta, Colombia. orinocotribune.com Cúcuta Police Commander Oscar Moreno announced on Tuesday, August 3, that his office received information that members of the criminal and terrorist gang that operated in Cota 905, Caracas, are hiding in the Colombian city, including the criminals known as "El Vampi," "El Garbis," and "El Coqui"—recently also called "El Koki" (for purposes of scrubbing social media and search engine results, according to Orinoco Tribune analysts). | During an interview, Moreno indicated that they received the information that the criminals are in Cúcuta, and that Colombian authorities "are working on that." The official cla…

teleSUR, JL (2021-08-04). Denuncian masacre en Colombia, la número 62 en el país durante el 2021. telesurtv.net Además de las masacres, el país registra 103 líderes sociales y 31 excombatientes asesinados en lo corrido del año.

Max Blumenthal (2021-08-03). Cuba's cultural counter-revolution: U.S. gov't-backed rappers, artists gain fame as 'catalyst for current unrest'. mronline.org Painting itself as a grassroots collective of artists fighting for freedom of expression, the San Isidro Movement has become a key weapon in the U.S. government's assault on the Cuban revolution.

Carla Stea (2021-08-03). El presidente López Obrador reivindica la independencia de México. Se opone a la injerencia de Estados Unidos, en solidaridad con Cuba. globalizacion.ca SIMON BOLIVAR: "Estados Unidos parece destinado por la providencia a plagar de miseria a América Latina en nombre de la libertad". | En un valiente y desesperadamente necesario reconocimiento de la verdad, el canciller de México , Marcelo Ebrard , en…

Staff (2021-08-03). President Maduro: COVAX Vaccines for 6 Million Venezuelans to Arrive in Next Few Days. orinocotribune.com United Nation's COVAX system will finally send vaccines to Venezuela to immunize at least six million citizens in the coming days, President Nicolás Maduro reported this Sunday, August 1. In a broadcast on Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), the head of state indicated that the COVAX system confirmed that the planes carrying the vaccines would soon arrive in the country. | Maduro also pointed out that planes from Cuba with Abdala doses would also arrive in the coming days. He assured that the months of August and September will be key for the advancement mass immunization process. He pointed out that the objective is…

slorinoco (2021-08-03). PSUV Wraps Up Internal Campaign to Elect Precandidates for 21N Mega-Elections. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, August 5, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) concludes its internal campaign process among 60,000 pre-candidates, selecting who will stand for the primary elections to be held on August 8, in preparation for the elections of governors and mayors scheduled for November 21. | The President of the PSUV, Nicolás Maduro, explained this Sunday the steps followed for participation in the August 8 Open Primary Elections (EPA) of the revolutionary organization. | For this purpose, 5,108 electoral centers have been set up throughout Venezuela so that PSUV members can choose their candidates for t…

slorinoco (2021-08-03). This Wednesday the 4th Biennial Of The South Opens its Virtual Doors With Participation of 52 Venezuelan Artists & 25 Countries. orinocotribune.com Starting this Wednesday, August 4, at 11: 00 a.m., the Fourth Biennial Of The South: Peoples in Resistance will open its digital and virtual doors with the participation of 52 Venezuelan artists and visiting artists from 25 countries and four continents. | The announcement was made by the Executive Director of the Institute of Visual and Spatial Arts (IARTES) and President of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Oscar Sotillo Meneses, during an interview on the program Punto de Encuentro [meeting point] broadcast by Venezolana de Televisión (VTV). | The Bienal del Sur (Biennial Of The South) cultural festival is org…

Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza (2021-08-03). Electricity Blackout Reported in Several Caracas Neighborhoods on Monday. orinocotribune.com Caracas, August 2, 2021 (special for OrinocoTribune.com)—This Monday around 5: 30 p.m. an electricity blackout was reported in several neighborhoods of Caracas. The failure lasted approximately 45 minutes, with service being restored around 6: 15 p.m. | On social media platforms Venezuelans reported the incident using the hashtag #SinLuz. Users indicated that the service was interrupted in Santa Paula, El Cafetal, Colinas de Bello Monte, La Castellana, Santa Fe, Montalban, Santa Rosa de Lima, Cumbres de Curumo, Las Mercedes, El Paraiso, La Tahona, La Florida, La Candelaria, San Román, and Caricuao, among othe…

Steve Lalla (2021-08-03). Canada in Venezuela: Orinoco Tribune to Host Live Interview with Yves Engler on Thursday, August 12. orinocotribune.com August 3, 2021 (special for Orinoco Tribune)—Orinoco Tribune will host Canadian writer Yves Engler for a discussion of Canada's foreign policy regarding Venezuela and the economic interests of Canadian corporations in the region on Thursday, August 12. While the US has taken the lead in "regime"-change operations against Presidents Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro, Canada has played a disproportionately significant role that has been less widely publicized—at times Canada is even presented as a benevolent actor in the region. We will learn that Canada's complicity extends far beyond its general support…

Staff (2021-08-03). Venezuela's Robeilys Peinado Qualifies for Pole Vault Final at Tokyo 2020. orinocotribune.com There was an incredible intersection of events for Robeilys Peinado in her debut at Tokyo 2020: the heavy rain on the Olympic Stadium, the injuries and misfortunes of medal favorites, and two clean jumps of over 4.4 and 4.55 meters, allowing the three-time world pole vault medalist to advance to the final, scheduled for this Thursday, August 5 in the Japanese capital. | Peinado started the Group A knockout round with a jump clearing the 4.4-meter mark, and then the rain began to fall on the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, forcing the competition to stop. | After resumption of the contest, with the rod at 4.55 meters the V…

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