2022-03-21: News Headlines

Ramzy Baroud (2022-03-21). New Great Game: Can Venezuela Negotiate an End to Deadly US Sanctions? mintpressnews.com Now that Russia's moves in Eastern Europe have re-ignited the 'Great Game' of a previous era, Venezuela, Cuba and others, though thousands of miles away, are finding themselves at the heart of the budding new Great Game…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-21). A Commune Called 'Che': A Socialist Holdout in the Venezuelan Andes. transcend.org 1 Mar 2022 – Just as the independence struggle had different resonances in the Andes, so too does Venezuela's project of communal socialism. The region is home to one of the most successful communes in the country and has a solid productive basis (a chocolate factory and coffee cooperative). However, the Che Guevara Commune is markedly different from others.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-21). Colombia's election chief orders recount of congressional election results. colombiareports.com Colombia's top election official ordered a recount of disputed congressional election results. National Registrar Alexander Vega ordered the recount of the Senate election results at the request of President Ivan…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-21). Public confidence in Colombia's elections collapsed: observers. colombiareports.com Public confidence in Colombia's electoral process collapsed due to "an accumulation of errors," according to election observers. The crisis followed congressional elections of which the results are still being disputed…

teleSUR, JL (2022-03-21). Asesinan a líder social en Colombia, el número 43 en el 2022. telesurtv.net Además de los 43 líderes sociales asesinados, el país contabiliza 23 masacres perpetradas durante el 2022.

teleSUR, JL (2022-03-21). Boca Juniors derrota a River Plate como visitante. telesurtv.net El tanto del Xeneize llegó por intermedio del colombiano Sebastián Villa en la segunda parte.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-21). Waltzing Toward Armageddon with the Merchants of Death. transcend.org 14 Mar 2022 – The Cold War, 1945-1989, was a Bacchanalia for arms manufacturers, the Pentagon, the CIA, the diplomats who played one country off another, and the global corporations able to equate predatory capitalism with freedom. The doctrine of permanent war dominated our lives then–and now.

Juan Cole (2022-03-20). Happiness Apartheid: UN Ranks Israel 9th for Happiness, Occupied Palestinian Territories 122nd. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The UN World Happiness Report for 2021 ranks Israel as the 9th happiest country in the world, but lists the Palestinian territories as the 122nd. Yet, both societies are ruled by the same government, the government of Israel. The annual report is brought out by the United Nations Sustainable Development …

_____ (2022-03-20). Venezuela Defines Conditions For Sale Of Oil To US. popularresistance.org The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela maintained its willingness to resume its oil trade with countries such as the United States, and even those that belong to the European Union, but it has clearly outlined the diplomatic and political conditions necessary for any exchange to take place. | Venezuela's position was reiterated by its Minister for Foreign Affairs, Félix Plasencia, within the framework of the Antalya Diplomatic Forum, in the Republic of Turkey. This international meeting of diplomats coincides with the energy crisis facing North America and Europe, due to the economic blockade they…

Mary Triny Mena (2022-03-20). NFTs help Venezuelan artists overcome soaring inflation. america.cgtn.com See how NFTs benefit Venezuelan artists.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-20). Duque seeks to ease tensions in Colombia after bungled elections. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Ivan Duque called an emergency meeting over the contested results of the congressional elections. In a statement, Duque said he would invite electoral authorities, independent observers and political…

teleSUR -HIM (2022-03-20). Gustavo Petro insta a repudiar invitación golpista en Colombia. telesurtv.net Como parte de irregularidades detectadas en el proceso comicial, la coalición Pacto Histórico dejó de recibir votos en 28.000 mesas electorales.

Middle East Monitor (2022-03-20). Palestine tops Chilean president's Agenda in first Statements after taking Office. juancole.com By Eman Abusidu | — ( Middle East Monitor ) — Last Friday, thirty-six-year-old Gabriel Boric, the youngest Chilean president ever to have been elected, officially became the president of Chile after winning Chile's presidential elections last December. His victory represents a major revival for Chile's progressive left and a new era for Chile and …

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