(2021-09-18). Hush, Hush (Venezuela Is Winning!). popularresistance.org By now it is obvious that the mainstream media does not cover any good news whatsoever about Venezuela. Even non-political issues are always accompanied by a poisoned cliché sentence or two about "dictator", "authoritarian regime", "collapsed economy" "humanitarian crisis", etc. etc. | So, the game-changing news that there are peace talks being held in México City between the Venezuelan government and opposition parties is ignored. México is acting as host and facilitator with the kingdoms of Norway and Netherlands, and the Russian Federation as mediators. This seminal event has been scarcely reported by the Nort…
(2021-09-18). US Capitol Police Brace for Rally in Support of Protesters Charged in 6 January Riot. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A rally scheduled at the Capitol on Saturday in support of individuals arrested in connection with the 6 January riot is expected to be peaceful, but local law enforcement is prepared for potential unrest after observing threats of violence on social media.
(2021-09-18). Sunday 9/19: International Day of Peace: Ending the Afghan War & Beginning the Rescue. indybay.org Virtual event…
(2021-09-18). CELAC to Choose Between Dignity or OAS' Monroe Doctrine. libya360.wordpress.com y Kawsachun News< After five years without meeting, Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) will convene on Saturday for the VI Summit in Mexico City. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose late Friday arrival upstaged all other participants of the Summit, has submitted a proposal to his Mexican counterpart,...
(2021-09-18). European Union to Support World Food Program Operations in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
The European Union has confirmed that it will financially support the operations of the World Food Program (WFP) in Venezuela, reported the EU delegation office in Caracas. This was established during a donors' meeting. | Rafael Dochao Moreno, representative of the EU in Venezuela, stated that the donor meeting adopted "a very clear objective: to ensure that tens of thousands of children in Venezuela can benefit from our help and that their daily diet can be improved." | For his part, President Nicolás Maduro announced on Thursday, September 16, that his administration had signed a new agreement with the WFP, aft…
(2021-09-18). UN Expert Releases Full Report on Impact of US-led Sanctions Against Venezuela. venezuelanalysis.com Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan reiterated her call for sanctions relief, stating they undermine Venezuelans' human rights.
(2021-09-18). Venezuela Denounces Serious Violation of Agreements Signed in Mexico. orinocotribune.com The Head of Venezuela's government delegation to the Mexico Talks, Jorge Rodríguez, reported that the Venezuelan government categorically rejects the serious violation of the agreements signed by opposition elements and their foreign sponsors, who have already dedicated themselves to sabotaging and evading their commitments established in the Memorandum of Understanding signed on August 13. Rodríguez specifically addressed the agreement concerning the restoration of the assets and resources belonging to Venezuela, held abroad or in foreign bank accounts. | Through his official account on Twitter @jorgerpsuv, Rodr…
(2021-09-18). Objectivity and Commitment. zcomm.org Interview on the origins of Venezuelanalysis and reflects on the relationship between commitment and objectivity in news reporting…
(2021-09-18). Venezuela — El bolívar se ha depreciado en 3,1 billones por ciento desde 2012. globalizacion.ca Una nueva reconversión monetaria se anuncia en Venezuela dentro de dos semanas, y a partir del primero de octubre, a la escala monetaria actual se le sustraerán seis ceros a la derecha y la denominación de la moneda pasará a…
(2021-09-17). China Accuses Australia, US, and UK of Undermining Peace (Nuclear Proliferation). orinocotribune.com On Thursday, September 16, China accused the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia of "undermining regional stability and peace" after signing the AUKUS pact. According to international media reports, the pact seeks to strengthen trilateral cooperation in advanced defense technologies, such as artificial intelligence, underwater systems, and long-distance surveillance. | Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian explained at a press conference, "This type of cooperation seriously undermines regional peace and stability as well as international efforts for nuclear non-proliferation." Lijian refe…
(2021-09-17). A Dash of Disorder: How Controlled Uncertainty Can Help Russia's Defence. strategic-culture.org The Russian insistence on predictability is a signal, a banner of peace and friendship. At the same time, predictability is easy to handle by the bureaucratic apparatus since it doesn't require tight coordination of various components and levels. | What is the aim of warfare? Ostensibly, it has always been the same — inflict defeat on an enemy. Defeat in turn means the lack of ability to assert one's will either through death, injury, incarceration or expulsion. A tacit addition to this rule is to minimise one's own losses through subterfuge, power differential and/or skilful application of the military art…
(2021-09-17). 100% Renewable Energy Is Possible: A Plan for Africa. commondreams.org "This breaks the Biden administration's promise to end U.S. support for the tragic war in Yemen," said one prominent peace campaigner.
(2021-09-17). Europe's U.S. Lackey Parliament in Unhinged Attack on Russia. strategic-culture.org No wonder when so many MEPs serve a foreign power against the interests of its own citizens, including putting their security and peace in jeopardy. | Just as the Russian Federation goes to the polls in legislative elections this weekend, the European parliament launched an unprecedented attack on Russia's sovereignty. | Some 74 percent of Europe's 669 members of parliament (MEPs) voted on Thursday to approve a
(2021-09-17). Afghan women, war and the media. greenleft.org.au On September 17, Green Left's Peter Boyle spoke to Dr Ayesha Jehangir who is a writer and academic currently based in Australia. Dr Jehangir specialises in peace journalism, digital war, online extremism, and justice. She has also worked as a journalist in Afghanistan and Pakistan and is currently writing a book about Afghan refugees and media discourses of war and conflict, which was also the topic of her PhD thesis.
(2021-09-17). U.S. and U.K.'s nuclear submarine pact with Australia targets China. peoplesworld.org 
A new military alliance that will see the United States and Britain provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines to patrol the Pacific and Indian Oceans is being denounced as a threat to "regional peace and stability" by China. The country sees itself as the obvious target of a U.S.- and British-supplied Australian atomic fleet. Zhao Lijian, …
(2021-09-17). Supporting American Bases In Central Asia Will Be Serious Mistake For Turkey. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageTurkish government funds anti-Moscow political groups, which tend to threaten peace in Central Asia. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | Many experts don't clearly understand the plans for the resumption of a "new Ottoman geopolitics" by the current government in Ankara because they try to look at the country from a purely dualistic perspective, assuming a "Eurasia vs. West" opposition. But, in fact, Ankara is precisely planning to assert itself as a sovereign power with its own zone of influence, which encompasses region…
(2021-09-17). Venezuela Has Doubled Exports in Third Quarter. orinocotribune.com The president of Bolipuertos, General Irwin Ascanio, reported that between the first and third quarter of this year, Venezuela doubled the export of raw materials and homemade products. In his Twitter account, @IrwinAscanio, Ascanio highlighted the dedication of Venezuelan workers who have handled 2,232,751 metric tons of cargo, both imports and exports, during said period. | En
(2021-09-17). Venezuela Condemns False Accusations of US World Police (Communiqué). orinocotribune.com On Wednesday, September 16, the Venezuelan government, through the Minister for Foreign Affairs Félix Plasencia, strongly condemned the invalid and illegal practice of the United States government pretending to appoint itself as the supranational police of sovereign and independent States. This was stated in a statement about the main drug-producing or drug-trafficking countries in the fiscal year 2022, published by the US State Department on September 15 of this year. | According to a
(2021-09-17). 'Leftists' Holler as PSUV's Pedro Carreño Trends on Social Media. orinocotribune.com The name of Venezuelan PSUV deputy Pedro Carreño became a trending topic on Venezuela's social media platform recently following comments issued in the National Assembly session this Wednesday, September 15, regarding the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV), Oscar Figuera. | The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) parliamentarian Carreño had strong words for the position taken by Figuera against the discourse and the political guidelines of the PSUV, even while Figuera insists that he supports the revolutionary interests. | "Then there is this puppet from the Central Intelligence Ag…
(2021-09-17). Alex Saab defense team confident of winning his release. workers.org 
By: Alex Saab Legal Team statement The legal team for kidnapped Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab released the following statement Sept. 14. The struggle to prevent the illegal extradition of Saab from the island nation of Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) — where he is incarcerated as a result of U.S. pressure . . . |