2021-08-24: News Headlines

Editor (2021-08-24). 'The Blockade Against Venezuela: Measures and Consequences'. mronline.org n recent years, the United States and its allies have unleashed a devastating blockade against Venezuela in hopes of triggering regime change.

Editor2 (2021-08-24). Afghan Holocaust — The Awful Truth Versus US Alliance Lies. orinocotribune.com By Dr Gideon Polya — Aug 22, 2021 | The 20 year Afghan War has ended and the war criminal US, UK, NATO and Australian invaders have all but left a devastated land. The Indigenous Afghan Taliban rapidly and peacefully took over all of formerly Occupied Afghanistan as the collaborator government collapsed and the US-trained Afghan forces offered no resistance. A peaceful, liberated Afghanistan hopefully faces a brighter future with the help of its Muslim neighbours, China, Russia and the rest of the civilized world. | The utterly mendacious and racist US and US-dominated Western Mainstream media trumpet a dish…

United Afghan Association (2021-08-24). Saturday 8/28: Stop Killing of Afghans! SF Rally in Support of Afghanistan People & Refugees. indybay.org United Nations Plaza @ 50 United Nations Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94102 | Please wear a mask & follow COVID guidelines; This is a peaceful, respectful demonstration…

Francisco Dominguez (2021-08-24). Nicaragua: the right to live in peace. peoplesdispatch.org "Sovereignty is not argued about, It is defended" — Cesar Augusto Sandino | It is an irrefutable fact that the United States orchestrated, financed and unleashed the violent coup attempt in 2018 against the democratically elected FSLN government. Spokespeople of the US establishment, from former president Trump, extreme right-wing senators and deputies, all the way down the food chain of its formidable 'regime change' machinery, including National Security Advisor John Bolton, the CIA, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and, of course, USAID, repeatedly stated their aim was to bring about 'regime ch…

Staff (2021-08-24). Defense Team of Diplomat Alex Saab Denounces Constitutional Violations by Cape Verde. orinocotribune.com This Monday, August 23, the defense of the Venezuelan Special Envoy to Iran Alex Saab issued a statement denouncing the constitutional violations in his case. | They also urged the Constitutional Court of Cape Verde to enforce justice and release the Venezuelan diplomat. | Below is the full translation of the statement by the defense: | In a few moments the Constitutional Court of Cape Verde will rule on the appeal presented by the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab in which he invokes no less than 12 constitutional irregularities in his case. | This is a serious and solemn moment, with multiple and complex diplomatic…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-08-24). Sanctions and Electoral Scenario in Venezuela: Polls Speak. orinocotribune.com In preparation for the November 21 mega-elections to select regional governors, mayors, councilors, and legislators, the impact of the sanctions imposed by the United States government on Venezuela entered the polls as one of the variables that most influences the opinions of voters. | For example, the polling company Datanalisis—with deep connections to the extreme-right opposition—presented the results of a recent study in which 29.2% of those interviewed affirmed that they would not vote for a candidate who has supported the sanctions. 11% pointed out that "it would be a negative factor, but it wou…

Staff (2021-08-24). Inter-Parliamentary Union Delegation Arrives in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The international delegation will be in the country until August 27 and will meet with various Venezuelan authorities. | A delegation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) arrived in Venezuela this Monday, August 23, and held a meeting with deputies of the National Assembly (AN), led by its First Vice President Iris Varela, who emphasized the AN's willingness to achieve a "fruitful exchange" during the visit. | "We want you to know that our country has a very welcoming attitude towards solving all the problems that affect our people as a result of the national dialogue, these problems that have been generated as…

_____ (2021-08-23). The Peace Movement Must Press For Diplomacy, Not More War, In Afghanistan. popularresistance.org Col. Ann Wright was in Afghanistan to open the US Embassy in 2001. She recounts how the recommendation then was to get the US military out as quickly as possible. Instead, the Pentagon spent 20 years lying to the public and causing great suffering to the Afghan people. Wright exposes the truth about why the US stayed in for so long and explains the politics of the country. She has started a campaign to push for maintaining diplomatic relations with the new Taliban government and is calling for the CIA to cease involvement with local militias that could evolve into a civil war. Despite withdrawing the military, th…

teleSUR (2021-08-23). Pakistan-Resettled Afghan Refugees Hope for Peace in Motherland. telesurenglish.net Naimat Khan, 24, a university student in Pakistan's east Rawalpindi district, is resettled in Pakistan as a registered Afghan refugee with his family. | RELATED: | Over the years he has seen his motherland going through ups and downs, he hopes that the new authority will work to end the miseries of the Afghan people. | "Afghanistan suffered a lot during the last 20 years, but I hope that the Taliban will take good steps to e…

teleSUR (2021-08-23). Haitian Gangs Agree to a Truce To Allow Aid Distribution. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Haiti's main armed gangs agreed to a truce to allow the distribution of humanitarian aid to the thousands of people affected by the earthquake, which has left at least 2,207 dead and over 12,000 injured so far. | RELATED: | "Congratulations to us because at this moment we have decided to make peace," said former police officer Jimmy Cherizier (aka Barbecue), the leader of "G9 an Fanmi e Alye", the country's most important federati…

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-23). Turkish airstrike kills U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in Syria. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish airstrike kills members of US-backed Kurdish force in SyriaA Turkish airstrike has killed four members of a US-backed Syrian Kurdish force. Top SDF [Syrian Democratic Forces] commander Mazlum Kobane has repeatedly said he wants peaceful relations with Turkey. However Turkey calls Kobane a "terrorist" and has placed a bounty on his head. **** Just …

Orinoco Tribune (2021-08-23). U.S. Interventionism in Venezuela. Elliott Abrams: If Opposition Decides to Reform or Eliminate the '[ Juan Guaidó ] Interim Government,' We Must Support It. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2021-08-23). Venezuela Advances in COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Plan. orinocotribune.com The Executive Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, reported that the Venezuelan government is carrying out the Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Plan to achieve the goal of 70% immunization, during a supervision of the Mission System and large missions in the 23 de Enero parish in Caracas. She explained, "We all have to take care of ourselves. This is a call to conscience to avoid an unbridled wave of COVID-19 infections by taking care of ourselves and wearing our masks." | She reminded people that in the Capital District, specifically in the Caricuao parish, a case of the Delta variant was detected, which is wh…

Paul Dobson (2021-08-23). Chainanalysis: Venezuela Leads Latin America in Cryptocurrency Trading. venezuelanalysis.com Locals are increasingly switching to P2P methods to bypass inflation, cash shortages and low wages, as well as Washington's blockade.

teleSUR (2021-08-23). The Inter-Parliamentary Union Visits Venezuela. telesurenglish.net In response to an official invitation made in April, a mission from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), headed by its President Duarte Pacheco, arrived in Caracas to meet with Venezuelan lawmakers and other political actors. | RELATED: | This mission is expected to make recommendations to its governing bodies on "how the IPU can contribute to the overall efforts to resolve the political crisis in Venezuela in a s…

A Guest Author (2021-08-23). Alex Saab's Letter: No retreat, No surrender! workers.org The Venezuelan Special Envoy to Iran, Alex Saab, reiterated his call for justice, through a letter received through his lawyers, one day before the case was to be heard again in the Constitutional Court of Cape Verde on August 13. A call for liberty for illegally arrested Venezuelan diplomat Alex . . . |

Editor2 (2021-08-23). Venezuela: Satellites, Space Activities and the Anti-Imperialist Struggle. orinocotribune.com By Estevan Hernandez — Aug 17, 2021 | The following article was written following a Party for Socialism and Liberation delegation to the recently held Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples of the World held in Caracas, Venezuela. The delegation participated in a tour of the Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities center in Caracas (ABAE). | After much investment, determination, and assistance from other countries, particularly China, Venezuela now manages the Simon Bolivar, Miranda and Sucre satellites. The technological advancements and the space program are a massive achievement necessary for formerly-coloni…

Simon Garcia (2021-08-23). Foreign Minister Plasencia receives Copies of Credentials from the designated Ambassador of the Kingdom of Tonga. mppre.gob.ve The People's Power Minister for Foreign Relations, Félix Plasencia, received this Monday the Copies of Credentials from the designated ambassador of the Kingdom of Tonga, Viliami Va'inga Tone, concurrent to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela from New York City, United States, where since 2018 he has been the permanent representative of his country before the […] | La entrada

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