2021-06-03: News Headlines

Staff (2021-06-03). Mobilizations in Colombia Persevere After Government Continues Militarization. orinocotribune.com The National Strike Committee of Colombia announced that peaceful mobilizations will continue throughout country, as the government of Iván Duque refuses to endorse the preliminary agreement agreed to in May. | "The peaceful strike continues due to the government's attitude of refusing to negotiate the emergency document," said Committee delegate Francisco Maltés. | El Comité Nacional de Paro convoca en el marco del Paro Nacional: | Gran toma de capitales Miércoles 2 de junio En todo el país. | Por negociación del Pliego Nacional de Emergencia ya.

_____ (2021-06-03). Peace in Colombia should mean land reform and an end to hunger. popularresistance.org Colombia's ongoing national strike is part of a decades-long struggle against the political and economic elites to demand peace and dignity for all.

teleSUR (2021-06-03). Colombia: Police Brutality Left 30 People Injured In Pereira. telesurenglish.net Colombia's Mobile Anti-Riot Squadron (ESMAD) on Wednesday night used stun guns and tear gas canisters to halt a peaceful protest in Pereira city, where they left at least 30 people injured. | RELATED: | Videos posted on social networks show hundreds of people fleeing from the agents amid tear gas smoke and gunfires. The ESMAD attacked protesters to clear the Ciudad Victoria civic square, the main point of resistance in Pereira. | "Our city li…

Staff (2021-06-03). Venezuela Rejects Colombia's Unilateral Decision to Open Border Crossings. orinocotribune.com On Wednesday, June 2, Venezuela rejected the decision of the Colombian government to unilaterally open the border crossings between the two countries, informed Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza. | The information was made public through a communiqué of the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry, indicating that "this sort of border ambush shows that the Colombian government continues to engage in political tricks in order to distract public opinion from the notorious acts of human rights violations that for 36 days have shaken Colombian society and the whole world." | In the statement, Venezuela expresses that…

teleSUR (2021-06-03). Human Rights Mission Condemns State Terrorism In Colombia. telesurenglish.net Colombia's International Human Rights Verification Mission on Thursday ordered an investigation into President Ivan Duque's administration for "torturing, disappearing, raping, and murdering Colombian citizens during the social outbreak." | RELATED: | "The government is encouraging police brutality, which has limited the right of the people to protest peacefully and to take part in the country's political decisions," the Mission c…

Michael T. Hertz (2021-06-03). Love brings peace. nationofchange.org Peace and love are the only answer.

Sarah Lahm (2021-06-03). Midwest Dispatch: Combating Gun Violence, One Grocery Store at a Time. progressive.org Cities across the United States are experiencing a spike in gun violence. Here's how Minneapolis is addressing this issue through a grocery store's new peace-driven model.

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-03). Heading toward summit: new NATO narrative depicts Russia as threat to world peace. mronline.org In recent months all U.S. geographical and several other military commands have branded Russia an adversary in all parts of the world, from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from South America to North Africa, from West Asia to Eastern Europe, from cyberspace to outer space. | June 3, 2021…

The Tricontinental (2021-06-03). Red Alert: Only one Earth. mronline.org A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Making Peace with Nature (2021), highlights the 'gravity of the Earth's triple environmental emergencies: climate, biodiversity loss, and pollution'. | June 3, 2021…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-06-03). The Fumbling King of Palestine: Palestinians are Defeating the Oslo Culture. dissidentvoice.org The political discourse of Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, is similar to that of an ineffectual king who has been isolated in his palace for far too long. The king speaks of prosperity and peace, and tirelessly counts his innumerable achievements, while his people are dying of starvation …

Juan Cole (2021-06-03). Top Ways Israel's Netanyahu Torpedoed Mideast Peace and Harmed Israel and America. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — A step was taken by his rivals toward unseating long-serving Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday when opposition parties all along the political spectrum from left to right formed a coalition of national unity. Ironically, that coalition only reached a majority in parliament by accepting for the first time …

Women's League for Peace, Freedom (2021-06-03). Friday 6/4: Wear Orange: End Gun Violence Protest Vigil in Palo Alto. indybay.org Sidewalk intersection of Embarcadero Rd. and El Camino Real | (Town and Country Village Shopping Center, 855 El Camino Real, Palo Alto CA 94301) | Masks and Safety Distancing…

Alex Bainbridge (2021-06-03). Weapons expo disrupted by rainbow coalition. greenleft.org.au Standing up against the war profiteers at the Land Forces exhibition in Brisbane was a rainbow coalition of First Nations peoples, peace, climate and human rights defenders. Alex Bainbridge, Jim McIlroy and Steffi Leedham report.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-03). Rights groups sign letter denouncing human rights abuses in Egypt. peoplesdispatch.org 63 international human rights and civil society organizations signed a letter calling on the Egyptian government to "immediately end a crackdown on freedom of association, independent groups, and peaceful dissent," Middle East Eye reported on Tuesday, June 1. Among the prominent organizations that signed the letter are Access Now, Freedom House, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), EuroMed Rights, Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), Odhikar Bangladesh, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Egyptian Human Rights Forum. | The letter urges the…

Workers World Party (2021-06-03). PDF of June 3 issue. workers.org Download the PDF. U.S. behind detention of Venezuelan diplomat Release Alex Saab! Ama-zen? Alabama mine strike. Editorial: Reparations NOW for Black Tulsans! A year after George Floyd, fight police terror! Cleveland, Seattle, Oakland. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free: March on Washington Global class impact Being . . . |

Staff (2021-06-03). Rapidity of Phase II of Mass Vaccination in Venezuela Stands Out. orinocotribune.com Venezuelans who have been contacted by the Patria System, an online state platform in which more than 20 million Venezuelans are registered, to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine have remarked on the speed of the immunization process, according to àöltimas Noticias. | "They took good care of us since we arrived, the process was fast," said Milagros Ríos, 62, after receiving a dose of the vaccine this Wednesday at the point set up in the Hotel Alba Caracas, one of the several designated vaccination points for the second phase of the mass vaccination process. This phase includes senior citizens, an…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-06-03). Venezuela's PSUV to Hold August 8 Primaries for 21N Regional Elections: Procedures & Principles. orinocotribune.com The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) will hold primary elections on August 8, selecting candidates to contest the for the offices of governors, mayors, regional councils, and councils throughout the country. | The announcement was made this Tuesday, June 1, by the head of state and president of the party, Nicolás Maduro Moros, during a meeting with the national leadership and the youth of the revolutionary political party. The meeting took place at the emblematic Hotel Humboldt in the city of Caracas. | Maduro explained that the origin of the entire process is rooted in the method approved by the PSUV,…

Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza (2021-06-03). Update on Mumia's Case and MOVE — Chavista Chronicles from Caracas interview with Suzanne Ross. orinocotribune.com Caracas, June 03, 2021 (OrinocoTribune.com)—In the most recent episode of Chavista Chronicles from Caracas we had the pleasure of interviewing Suzanne Ross. Ross has been active in the international solidarity movement since the US war in Vietnam, and has visited Venezuela four times in the past ten years to support the Bolivarian Republic's struggle for self determination faced with US intervention and aggression. | Ross began supporting the cause of Mumia Abu-Jamal when he was on death row and scheduled for execution in 1995. She has played a key role in building the impressive Free Mumia movement which c…

Staff (2021-06-02). Bolivarian National Guard Detains Colombian Spy in Táchira. orinocotribune.com The Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) detained a member of the Armed Forces of Colombia in the border state of Táchira. According to sources, the detained individual was carrying out espionage operations within Venezuela. | According to a report from the GNB, the apprehended person, identified by the name of Jhorman Benjamín Ortega Tarazona, was incercepted by GNB personnel as he displayed "suspicious behavior" in the vicinity of a Citizen's Attention Post in Vega de Aza, a Venezuelan town located 68 kilometers away from the Colombian city of Cúcuta. | Identification documents of Jhorman Benjamín Ortega Tarazona, w…

Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza (2021-06-02). Venezuelan Authorities Rescue 8 Kidnapped Soldiers From Colombian Paramilitary Gangs Without Violence. orinocotribune.com Caracas, June 1 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)—Eight soldiers kidnapped by Colombian narco-terrorist groups at the beginning of this month in the border area of Apure state were rescued this Monday, May 31, in an operation called Centennial Eagle. | The news was confirmed by the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) through a statement shared on social media networks by Minister for Defense Vladimir Padrino. In the document, the military organization detailed that two additional soldiers are the subject of an ongoing search. | #FANBEnDefensaDeLaDignidad t.co/…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2021-06-02). Venezuelan Soldiers Freed After Capture in Border Region. venezuelanalysis.com The eight soldiers had been detained by Colombian "irregular armed groups" following an ambush.

Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza (2021-06-02). Venezuelan Authorities Rescue 8 Kidnapped Soldiers From Colombian Paramilitary Gangs Without Violence. orinocotribune.com Caracas, June 1 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)—Eight soldiers kidnapped by Colombian narco-terrorist groups at the beginning of this month in the border area of Apure state were rescued this Monday, May 31, in an operation called Centennial Eagle. | The news was confirmed by the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) through a statement shared on social media networks by Minister for Defense Vladimir Padrino. In the document, the military organization detailed that two additional soldiers are the subject of an ongoing search. | En este momento, acompañados de un excelente grupo de médicos militares, brind…

Staff (2021-06-02). Colombia Backs Down, Will Extend the Closure of Border with Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Colombian authorities have backed down and announced an extension of the closure of the international border of Colombia with Venezuela at least until September 1, 2021. | Just days earlier, the government of Colombia had announced the opening of the border with Venezuela and had scheduled it for June 1, but now the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a decree to ratify the continuity of the closure of cross-border land and river routes. | In

Editor2 (2021-06-02). Syria's Truly Been a Site of World War, Their Vote for Peace & Against Foreign Interference Must be Respected. orinocotribune.com Daniel Kovalik teaches International Human Rights at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and is author of the Electing Assad for another term, Syrians have made an imperfect but rational choice, preferring their own leader over foreign fighters and governments who ruined the…

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2021-06-02). Ahead of Global Actions, Farmers Release 'Anti-Imperialist Manifesto in Defense of the Environment'. commondreams.org "We need to put an end to the domination of capital over life in order to create a world that is just, egalitarian, and vibrant, so that we all can live well and in peace," says La Via Campesina's Anti-Imperialist Manifesto in Defense of the Environment. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/capitalism-kills-the-planet-sign-2600×1361.jpg

Julia Conley, staff writer (2021-06-02). Dallas High School Valedictorian Scraps Approved Speech to Speak Out Against State's Extreme Anti-Choice Law. commondreams.org "I refuse to give up this platform to promote complacency and peace, when there is a war on my body and a war on my rights," said Paxton Smith at her high school graduation in Dallas. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2021-06-02_at_1.50.44_pm.png

Sara Flounders (2021-06-02). U.S. behind detention of Venezuelan diplomat: Release Alex Saab! workers.org Editor notes: Sara Flounders is part of a humanitarian delegation to Cabo Verde, led by Cabo Verdean religious leader Bishop Filipe Teixeira of the Diocese Of Saint Francis of Assisi, Catholic Church of the Americas. The delegation has tasked itself with exposing the U.S. role in the kidnapping, torture and . . . |

Staff (2021-06-02). Venezuela Carried Out 23 Anti-Narcotics Operations in Last Five Months. orinocotribune.com Journalist Eligio Rojas published in According to the report, the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) carried out 23 military operations against drug trafficking groups so far this year. The report is directly quoted here: | In anti-drug operations during January-May,…

teleSUR (2021-06-02). ALBA-TCP to Support UN Resolution Against US Blockade of Cuba. telesurenglish.net Communicators and journalists from the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples' Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) agreed to support a resolution at the UN against the U.S. blockade of Cuba. | RELATED: | Freddy àëáñez, Venezuelan vice president of Communication, Culture, and Tourism, announced that during the meeting of presidents of Televisoras and Public Media, they agreed to support Cuba on Ju…

Daniela Jimenez (2021-06-02). United States Extends Authorization for Transactions with PDVSA—Made in USA Only. orinocotribune.com Washington extended the "licenses" of US companies Chevron Corp, Halliburton, Schlumberger Limited, Baker Hughes and Weatherford International to make transactions with Venezuela's state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). The licenses were extended until the end of the year, confirmed the United States Department of the Treasury, within the framework of illegal US sanctions. | In the midst of unilateral "sanctions" and an economic blockade against Venezuela, the "8H General License" extends until December 1, 2021 the deadline for some companies to reduce their activities with the state-owned Petról…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-06-02). Venezuela's Migration: Why They Left. libya360.wordpress.com Tatuy TV Part I Between 2000 and 2020, a large part of Venezuela's young working population migrated to different locations across the globe in search of better opportunities. This migration has been largely caused by political differences, economic impoverishment, and the deterioration of social conditions in the Latin American country. Venezuela is a country with…

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