2023-02-04: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-03). Pentagon Claims It's Tracking a Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Over the US. news.antiwar.com The Pentagon on Thursday claimed that it is tracking a spy balloon that has been spotted over the US for several days. A senior Pentagon official told reporters that the US has "high confidence" the surveillance balloon belongs to China, but the claim hasn't been confirmed, and Beijing has yet to respond to the accusation. …

Jason Ditz (2023-02-03). Aiming to Harm Iran and Syria, US Federal Reserve Strangles Iraq's Economy. news.antiwar.com Iraq's foreign exchange rate has steadily declined over recent years, falling to lows which are Starting with the 2003 US invasion and occupation, th…

Kyle Anzalone, Connor Freeman (2023-02-03). Growing Number of Americans Say US Is Giving Ukraine Too Much Aid. news.antiwar.com As the war in Ukraine nears the end of its first year, Americans are starting to believe Washington is sending too much support to Kiev. Pew Research conducted a poll in January and found the number of Republicans that are opposed to the current level of support for Ukraine is now 40%. The U.S. has …

Kyle Anzalone (2023-02-03). Amid Concerns Over a Balloon, US Cancels High-Level Meeting with China. news.antiwar.com After the Pentagon claimed there was a Beijing-operated surveillance balloon hovering over American skies, Secretary of State Antony Blinken canceled his plans to visit China next week. While a Department of Defense official told the media it has "high confidence" the unknown balloon is a Chinese-operated surveillance craft, it has released no details on how …

Kyle Anzalone (2023-02-03). Report: Biden Pushed Peace Plan that Recognized Russia's Control Over 20% of Ukraine. news.antiwar.com President Joe Biden dispatched his CIA Director to Kiev with a proposal to end the war in Ukraine last month, according to the Swiss outlet Neue Zürcher Zeitung. The peace plan was offered at the same time the White House was preparing significant escalations in military support for Kiev, including announcing that it will send …

H. Patricia Hynes (2023-02-04). How local Peace Work changes Culture, Town by Town, Generation by Generation. juancole.com Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) Signs abound in Greenfield, Massachusetts' downtown shop windows, among them PEACE, ART NOT WAR, FOOD FOR ALL NOT WAR, SOLAR NOT WAR, MAKE TEA NOT WAR… Why have so many shop owners and institutions, including the Greenfield Library and Greenfield Community Television, agreed to offer their store windows …

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-03). Pentagon Claims It's Tracking a Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Over the US. news.antiwar.com The Pentagon on Thursday claimed that it is tracking a spy balloon that has been spotted over the US for several days. A senior Pentagon official told reporters that the US has "high confidence" the surveillance balloon belongs to China, but the claim hasn't been confirmed, and Beijing has yet to respond to the accusation. …

Jason Ditz (2023-02-03). Aiming to Harm Iran and Syria, US Federal Reserve Strangles Iraq's Economy. news.antiwar.com Iraq's foreign exchange rate has steadily declined over recent years, falling to lows which are Starting with the 2003 US invasion and occupation, th…

Kyle Anzalone, Connor Freeman (2023-02-03). Growing Number of Americans Say US Is Giving Ukraine Too Much Aid. news.antiwar.com As the war in Ukraine nears the end of its first year, Americans are starting to believe Washington is sending too much support to Kiev. Pew Research conducted a poll in January and found the number of Republicans that are opposed to the current level of support for Ukraine is now 40%. The U.S. has …

Kyle Anzalone (2023-02-03). Amid Concerns Over a Balloon, US Cancels High-Level Meeting with China. news.antiwar.com After the Pentagon claimed there was a Beijing-operated surveillance balloon hovering over American skies, Secretary of State Antony Blinken canceled his plans to visit China next week. While a Department of Defense official told the media it has "high confidence" the unknown balloon is a Chinese-operated surveillance craft, it has released no details on how …

Kyle Anzalone (2023-02-03). Report: Biden Pushed Peace Plan that Recognized Russia's Control Over 20% of Ukraine. news.antiwar.com President Joe Biden dispatched his CIA Director to Kiev with a proposal to end the war in Ukraine last month, according to the Swiss outlet Neue Zürcher Zeitung. The peace plan was offered at the same time the White House was preparing significant escalations in military support for Kiev, including announcing that it will send …

H. Patricia Hynes (2023-02-04). How local Peace Work changes Culture, Town by Town, Generation by Generation. juancole.com Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) Signs abound in Greenfield, Massachusetts' downtown shop windows, among them PEACE, ART NOT WAR, FOOD FOR ALL NOT WAR, SOLAR NOT WAR, MAKE TEA NOT WAR… Why have so many shop owners and institutions, including the Greenfield Library and Greenfield Community Television, agreed to offer their store windows …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-04). Daily Round-up | Sudan, Israel to sign formal peace treaty & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of developments in the normalization of ties between Sudan and Israel, the condemnation of war-mongering by the US, a summit between Spain and Morocco, and the resettlement of a Guantanamo Bay detainee…

John Rachel (2023-02-03). Ukraine: The Latest Neocon Con. dissidentvoice.org Think about this … The neocons lied to us about Bosnia, Serbia, and Kosovo. They lied to us about Afghanistan. They lied to us about Iraq. They lied to us about Libya. They lied to us about Syria. They're currently lying to us about Yemen, Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, North Korea, Colombia, and China. So … …

Lee Camp (2023-02-03). We're Trying To Crush The Happiest Country On Earth — Lee Camp on Nicaragua. mintpressnews.com Nicaragua ranks first among countries whose citizens feel at peace. Despite this, US media demonizes its Sandinista government, has sponsored violent coup attempts and has hit the country with crippling sanctions.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-03). Standing Against NATO and AUKUS a Key Issue for the Peace Movement. libya360.wordpress.com Dr Jenny Clegg On Saturday January 21, Britain's Stop the War Coalition organised its first-ever trade union conference. Speakers included former Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn MP; President of the RMT rail workers union Alex Gordon; Deputy President of the PCS civil service union Martin Cavanagh; Alex Kenny from the National Education Union;…

Peace Action (2023-02-03). 89 Organizations Condemn Vote to Remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from HFAC. peaceaction.org Peace Action joined 88 other organizations to condemn yesterday's vote in the House removing Congresswoman Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee. You can read the statement below. Joint Statement in Support of Representative Omar The vote to remove Representative Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC), following the partisan decision to keep …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-03). Sudan and Israel announce plans for a peace deal. peoplesdispatch.org Despite criticism from the ongoing pro-democracy movement in the country, Sudan is one of the four Arab countries that have "normalized" relations with Israel by signing the Abraham Accords…

fvorinoco (2023-02-04). Maduro Welcomes De-dollarization of the Latin American Economy with Unit Currency 'Sur'. orinocotribune.com During his speech at the inauguration of the Science Technological Park of Venezuela, modeled after Iranian frameworks, in Miranda this past Tuesday, President Maduro vocalized his support of a Latin American and Caribbean common currency, stressing that "Latin America and the Caribbean have to have an economic integration bloc and monetary system." | For Maduro, a unitary currency and an integrated economic system would prove that Latin American countries can "show themselves united to the world" in the same way that the member states of the European Union remain united after the consolidation of their economy a…

teleSUR, MER (2023-02-04). Venezuela y Colombia suscriben acuerdo para la promoción y protección de inversiones. telesurtv.net El mandatario venezolano destacó que el acuerdo suscrito apunta en la dirección correcta para promover la integración productiva.

teleSUR, MER (2023-02-04). Presidente venezolano sostiene reunión con el canciller iraní. telesurtv.net Venezuela e Irán han suscrito acuerdos en diversos sectores como el energético, científico, petrolero, de defensa, cultural, económico, entre otros.

teleSUR- jaa, SH (2023-02-04). Perdedores de primera fecha de Serie del Caribe toman revancha. telesurtv.net En el último partido de la noche, el más holgado según el marcador, Leones del Caracas de Venezuela, cayó ante su similar de Puerto Rico seis carreras por una.

Victoria Torres (2023-02-04). Dominican Republic Congresspeople Advocate for Normalizing Relations With Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Wednesday, February 1, the Senate of the Dominican Republic expressed the wish that bilateral relations with Venezuela be restored as soon as possible. Several deputies reiterated the deep ties of friendship and solidarity that have united the peoples of Simón Bolívar and Juan Pablo Duarte since their respective countries' struggle for independence. | According to a press release from the Dominican parliament, Deputies Ramón Ceballo of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), secretary of the Permanent Commission on Foreign Relations of the Chamber of Deputies in the Dominican Republic; Juan Dionisio Rodríguez, p…

Staff (2023-02-03). Cuba por segunda victoria hoy en la Serie del Caribe de béisbol. cubadebate.cu El director de Agricultores, Carlos Martí, ha anunciado este viernes contra Tigres del Licey (República Dominicana) la misma alineación del primer juego frente Curazao, en esta edición 65 de la Serie del Caribe, con sede en Venezuela. A las 2: 30 p.m.( hora local) enfrentará Tigres del Licey, equipo que cayó en su debut 5-4 ante los Cañeros de los Mochis (México).

Staff (2023-02-03). El presidente del Gobierno de Canarias visitará Cuba y Venezuela. cubadebate.cu àÅngel Víctor Torres Pérez, presidente del Gobierno de las Islas Canarias, realizará una visita de trabajo a Cuba a partir de este 4 de febrero, según informó el sitio del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba. Durante su estancia el visitante sostendrá conversaciones con autoridades cubanas y realizará otras actividades de interés.

Staff (2023-02-03). Goicoechea Confesses Total Money Kidnapped by Washington Via Local Puppets. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, February 2, during an interview conducted by Carla Angola in Miami, far-right politician Yon Goicoechea revealed that there is $40 billion being consciously withheld by the opposition, in a new edition of the corruption confessions by the far-right sector of the Venezuelan opposition. | This money was referred to in relation with what the United States keeps blocked with the unilateral coercive measures that continue to affect all the Venezuelan people. Unlike most opposition parties and their representatives, Goicoechea noted that eliminating the so-called interim government was a mistake because…

Staff (2023-02-03). President Maduro Inaugurates Simón Bolívar Monumental Stadium for Gran Caracas 2023 Caribbean Baseball Series (+Photos). orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, February 1, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro formally inaugurated the Simón Bolívar Monumental Stadium for the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (CBPC), one day before giving the "play ball" announcement for the Gran Caracas 2023 Caribbean Baseball Series. This new stadium hosted the initial matches between Cuba and Curaàßao, and between México and Dominican Republic. | "I officially deliver the Simón Bolívar Monumental Stadium to the CBPC, the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, and to all teams," said the head of state on his arrival at the state-of-the-art sports facil…

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-02-03). Cuba, México, Colombia y Venezuela triunfan en Serie del Caribe. telesurtv.net En el primer desafío de la fecha de apertura, los Agricultores derrotaron a su similar, los WildCats KJ74 de Curazao tres carreras por una.

teleSUR, jaa- JGN (2023-02-03). Inauguran la Serie del Caribe 2023 en Venezuela. telesurtv.net La música del evento estuvo a cargo de uno de los mejores soneros del mundo, Óscar D´ León, y la Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-02-03). Venezuela conmemora aniversario 24 de la Revolución Bolivariana. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado calificó al pueblo como intelectual orgánico de la revolución, y convocó "a defender la unión del movimiento popular".

Ben Norton (2023-02-03). UN human rights chief: End Venezuela sanctions, which 'exacerbated economic crisis and hindered human rights'. geopoliticaleconomy.com UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tàºrk said sanctions on Venezuela "have exacerbated the economic crisis and hindered human rights", calling for the unilateral coercive measures to be lifted.

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