Kyle Anzalone(2023-05-19). Biden To Green-Light Allies Transferring F-16s to Ukraine.news.antiwar.comThe US will allow its European partners to transfer F-16s to Kiev, according to the Washington Post. Earlier this week, the UK and Netherlands began forming a coalition to send the American-made fighter jets to Ukraine. A person "familiar with the decision" told…
Dave DeCamp(2023-05-19). Pentagon Admits It Doesn't Know Who It Killed in Syria Drone Strike.news.antiwar.comUS military officials are walking back claims that a drone strike Central Command (CENTCOM) launched on May 3 in northwest Syria killed a senior al-Qaeda leader after evidence emerged that a civilian was killed. When the strike was first launched in Syria's northwest Idlib province, reports immediately emerged that the strike killed a sheep herder …
Editor(2023-05-20). China's peace in West Asia.mronline.org The Chinese-brokered agreement emerged in retaliation to the U.S. as the latter continues to wage a series of provocations aimed at destabilizing China's domestic stability with regard to Taiwan.
John Perry(2023-05-20). NicaNotes: How 'Peaceful Protests' in Nicaragua Became an Attempted Coup.orinocotribune.com By John Perry and Dan Kovalik — May 18, 2023 | Five years ago, Nicaragua was subject to a violent insurrection that lasted from April through July 2018. In the second of four articles, we look at how initial support for the coup relied on widespread use of social media. | The
Editor(2023-05-19). US National Security Experts Call for Peace in Ukraine.scheerpost.com Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies amplify upon a full-page ad in The New York Times on Tuesday calling the war an "unmitigated disaster" and urging Biden and U.S. Congress to help bring it speedily to an end.
Roger McKenzie(2023-05-19). South Africa and China push for negotiations to end Ukraine war.peoplesworld.org Separately, China and a group of nations led by South Africa are pushing Russia and Ukraine to begin peace negotiations. The U.S. and many Western European nations, meanwhile, continue pouring more arms into the conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have agreed to separate meetings with a delegation of leaders from …
A Guest Author(2023-05-19). Howard students protest Biden: 'When there is no justice, there should be no peace'.workers.org By Howard University Students Howard University students protested when President Joe Biden gave the commencement address May 13, 2023. Below is their written statement. Howard University students protest Biden during May 13, 2023, commencement. Credit: Zachary Petrizzo The Howard University Commencement Ceremony is a joyous occasion, a celebration of achievement . . . |
Misión Verdad(2023-05-20). Argentina Court Finds 'No Evidence' Against Venezuela's Emtrasur Crew But Plane Will Not Be Returned.orinocotribune.comA few days before the one-year anniversary of the seizure of the Venezuelan Emtrasur cargo plane by the Argentinian judiciary under orders from the US Department of Justice, an Argentinian court confirmed that there is no evidence of terrorist financing of the Venezuelan plane or the Iranian and Venezuelan crew members. The court also announced that there is no reason to keep the plane seized on Argentinian soil. However, the aircraft will remain in Buenos Aires and will not be returned to Venezuela because of US orders. | On Thursday, May 18, the Federal Chamber of La Plata confirmed that there is no evidence ag…
Ana Perdigón(2023-05-20). President Maduro: Government and Workers Have to Recover Productivity Together.orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, explained that the ministers of the government have to work together with the Workers' Productive Councils (CPTT) to recover total productivity of all companies in the country. | On Thursday, May 19, during a meeting with the CPTT of the industrial sector in Carabobo state, President Maduro instructed his cabinet to work to bring investments to recover the productive activity of the strategic companies of the Workers' Productive Councils. | The president tasked Labor Minister Francisco Torrealba, Minister of Industries Hipólito Abreu, and Vice President Delcy Rodríguez…
Elsy Fors Garzon(2023-05-20). Venezuela: new Law in defense of assets and alliance with China.plenglish.comCaracas, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The approval of a law that fortifies the State in the protection of its assets abroad and the consolidation of ties with China, stood out in the week that ends today in Venezuela.
scorinoco(2023-05-19). President Maduro Meets With Communist Party of China Delegation.orinocotribune.comVenezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has held a meeting with a visiting delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) with the aim of strengthening relations of cooperation and friendship. | The meeting was held at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas on Wednesday, May 17. | The CPC delegation was led by the vice minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, Lin Mingxiang. | The Venezuelan president stated that Venezuel…
Dave DeCamp(2023-05-19). Pentagon Admits It Doesn't Know Who It Killed in Syria Drone Strike.news.antiwar.comUS military officials are walking back claims that a drone strike Central Command (CENTCOM) launched on May 3 in northwest Syria killed a senior al-Qaeda leader after evidence emerged that a civilian was killed. When the strike was first launched in Syria's northwest Idlib province, reports immediately emerged that the strike killed a sheep herder …
Dave DeCamp(2023-05-18). Syria's Assad to Attend Arab League Summit for First Time in Over a Decade.news.antiwar.comSyria's Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said Wednesday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will attend an Arab League summit this Friday in Saudi Arabia for the first time in over a decade. Earlier this week, Mekdad attended a preparatory meeting for the summit, making him the first Syrian official to attend an Arab League event since …
Dave DeCamp(2023-05-18). Britain Confirms Ukraine Has Used Storm Shadow Missiles.news.antiwar.comBritish Defense Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed on Thursday that Ukraine's armed forces have used the Storm Shadow missiles provided by London, which have a range of more than 155 miles. "All I can confirm is it has been used successfully, that is the information I received from the Ukrainians, and I'm pleased it is helping …
Dave DeCamp(2023-05-18). Dozens of House Democrats Tell Biden to Support Ending Yemen War.news.antiwar.comReps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) led 37 other House Democrats in a letter that calls on President Biden to support the diplomatic progress in Yemen by declaring the US will not provide military support to the Saudi-led coalition in the conflict. In a major diplomatic breakthrough, the Saudis and the Houthis recently …
Dave DeCamp(2023-05-18). NATO to Draw Up Russia War Plans for First Time Since Cold War.news.antiwar.comNATO is drawing up plans on how to fight a war with Russia for the first time since the Cold War. According to Reuters, at the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius this July, alliance leaders will approve thousands of pages of secret military plans that will detail how to respond to a Russian attack. The …
Dave DeCamp(2023-05-18). Pentagon Error Overvalued Weapons Sent to Ukraine by $3 Billion.news.antiwar.comAccording to a report from Reuters, the Pentagon overestimated the value of military equipment it sent to Ukraine by $3 billion, meaning the US could ship even more weapons to the country. Two unnamed Pentagon officials said the error was assigning a higher value to weapons the US has shipped to Ukraine from US military …
Dave DeCamp(2023-05-18). Report: US Preparing for Ukraine War to Become a Frozen Conflict.news.antiwar.comThe Biden administration is preparing for the war in Ukraine to turn into a frozen conflict for years or possibly even decades, similar to the situation on the Korean peninsula, POLITICO reported on Thursday. US officials have been discussing the possibility, including potential options for where to draw the lines for a frozen conflict that …
Dave DeCamp(2023-05-18). Ukraine Tells China It Won't Cede Territory for Peace Deal.news.antiwar.comChina's special representative for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, was in Ukraine on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the prospect of peace talks and met with senior Ukrainian officials, including Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to the Ukrainian side, Kuleba told Li that Ukraine won't agree to any deal that cedes territory …
A Guest Author(2023-05-19). Howard students protest Biden: 'When there is no justice, there should be no peace'.workers.org By Howard University Students Howard University students protested when President Joe Biden gave the commencement address May 13, 2023. Below is their written statement. Howard University students protest Biden during May 13, 2023, commencement. Credit: Zachary Petrizzo The Howard University Commencement Ceremony is a joyous occasion, a celebration of achievement . . . |
Editor(2023-05-19). US National Security Experts Call for Peace in Ukraine.scheerpost.com Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies amplify upon a full-page ad in The New York Times on Tuesday calling the war an "unmitigated disaster" and urging Biden and U.S. Congress to help bring it speedily to an end.
Luis Linares Petrov(2023-05-19). Colombian ambassador to Costa Rica thanks Cuba ¥s support for peace.plenglish.comSan José, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The Colombian ambassador to Costa Rica, Carlos Rodríguez Mejía, thanked Cuba for supporting peace in Colombia during the discussion regarding The Patriotic Union case and the Total Peace policy.
_____(2023-05-18). Israel and the 'New' Middle East.journal-neo.org In 2020, when Israel, backed by the US, signed the Abraham Accords with the UAE and some other Middle Eastern states, the Israeli government looked well in charge of the trajectory of the peace process in the Middle East. Three years later, peace-making is no longer made in the US or Israel, as China's success […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies(2023-05-18). A timely call for peace in Ukraine by US national security experts.nationofchange.orgThis intervention by an important group of U.S. national security experts comes at a time when Ukraine is delaying its long-promised spring offensive to avoid "unacceptable" losses, and a return to the negotiating table can therefore save countless lives.
_____(2023-05-18). Israel and the 'New' Middle East.journal-neo.org In 2020, when Israel, backed by the US, signed the Abraham Accords with the UAE and some other Middle Eastern states, the Israeli government looked well in charge of the trajectory of the peace process in the Middle East. Three years later, peace-making is no longer made in the US or Israel, as China's success […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies(2023-05-18). A timely call for peace in Ukraine by US national security experts.nationofchange.orgThis intervention by an important group of U.S. national security experts comes at a time when Ukraine is delaying its long-promised spring offensive to avoid "unacceptable" losses, and a return to the negotiating table can therefore save countless lives.
Orinoco Tribune 2(2023-05-19). Ben Dupuy, the Revolutionary Whose Vision and Organizations Radicalized and Formed a Generation in Haiti.orinocotribune.com By Kim Ives — May 3, 2023 | The second of two parts | Haiti's Sep. 30, 1991 coup d'état was a challenge which tested and strengthened the organizations in Ben Dupuy's revolutionary network. | Ambassador-at-Large Dupuy was returning from an outreach trip to Scandinavia when the coup struck. After a brief stopover in New York, he quickly flew to Caracas, Venezuela (then ruled by President Carlos Andrès Perez), where he met with the now exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. | The bloody, brazen coup by the Armed Forces of Haiti (FAdH) against Haiti's nascent democracy and overwhelmingly popular young preside…
Teri Mattson, WtF is Going on in Latin America, the Caribbean.(2023-05-19). Whatever Happened To That Plane?popularresistance.orgOn May 3, 2023, the Argentinian press reported a US prosecutor requested the US Justice Department to order the definitive execution of the seizure order of Emtrasur's Boeing 747-300. The plane arrived in Argentina in June 2022 in what was supposedly a routine cargo flight. Nonetheless, the airplane, its cargo and its crew raised the alarms across Argentina, and it was seized by local authorities. Shortly after, US authorities got involved claiming the sale of the aircraft by the Iranian state carrier Mahan Air to Venezuela's Conviasa was a clear violation of the US Export Control Laws. Almost a year has passed;…
Staff(2023-05-18). President Maduro: Venezuela Must Participate in Worldwide De-dollarization Trend.orinocotribune.comDuring the fourth broadcast of his television program Con Maduro+, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said that Venezuela will join the de-dollarization initiative that is advancing globally: "Venezuela must join the initiative of de-dollarization of the world." | President Maduro noted that Venezuela has been a pioneer in the search for alternatives to the US dollar to circumvent the "sanctions" imposed by the United States and its allies, while he denounced the political use of the US currency due to its position as the dominant international reserve currency in the world financial system. The president highli…
Staff(2023-05-18). Venezuela's Anti-Blockade Deputy Minister: Capriles is the 'Shadow Interim President'.orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Vice Minister for Anti-Blockade Policies William Castillo referred to the opposition pre-candidate for the Justice First party (Primero Justicia, PJ), Henrique Capriles, as the new "shadow interim president" who the economic powers of Washington and London utilize to justify the robbery of Venezuela's resources. | On his social media accounts, Castillo pointed out that the United States and the United Kingdom need someone that they can consider as the head of a parallel government so that they can recognize an alternative to the democratically elected president, Nicolás Maduro of the United Socialist P…
teleSUR(2023-05-18). Venezuelan President Maduro Meets Brazilian Cooperation.telesurenglish.netOn Wednesday, the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro discussed issues of bilateral cooperation with the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) Director Ruy Carlos Pereira and the business manager of the Brazilian embassy Flavio Helmold Macieira. | RELATED: | In the meeting held in Caracas, the Bolivarian leader also spoke with the coordinator of Humanitarian Cooperation Jose Solla Vasquez Junior and Technical Cooperation for…
thecommunists(2023-05-18). Venezuela: Blockade and plunder.thecommunists.orgThis report by human rights organisation Sures, detailing the brutal sanctions regime being imposed against the Venezuelan people by the USA and its allies, is reproduced in sightly edited form with thanks. Download the original booklet as a pdf here. ***** What are unilateral coercive measures? The term 'unilateral coercive measures' (UCM) generally refers to …
The Chinese-brokered agreement emerged in retaliation to the U.S. as the latter continues to wage a series of provocations aimed at destabilizing China's domestic stability with regard to Taiwan.
By John Perry and Dan Kovalik — May 18, 2023 | Five years ago, Nicaragua was subject to a violent insurrection that lasted from April through July 2018. In the second of four articles, we look at how initial support for the coup relied on widespread use of social media. | The 
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies amplify upon a full-page ad in The New York Times on Tuesday calling the war an "unmitigated disaster" and urging Biden and U.S. Congress to help bring it speedily to an end.
Separately, China and a group of nations led by South Africa are pushing Russia and Ukraine to begin peace negotiations. The U.S. and many Western European nations, meanwhile, continue pouring more arms into the conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have agreed to separate meetings with a delegation of leaders from …
By Howard University Students Howard University students protested when President Joe Biden gave the commencement address May 13, 2023. Below is their written statement. Howard University students protest Biden during May 13, 2023, commencement. Credit: Zachary Petrizzo The Howard University Commencement Ceremony is a joyous occasion, a celebration of achievement . . . | 
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, explained that the ministers of the government have to work together with the Workers' Productive Councils (CPTT) to recover total productivity of all companies in the country. | On Thursday, May 19, during a meeting with the CPTT of the industrial sector in Carabobo state, President Maduro instructed his cabinet to work to bring investments to recover the productive activity of the strategic companies of the Workers' Productive Councils. | The president tasked Labor Minister Francisco Torrealba, Minister of Industries Hipólito Abreu, and Vice President Delcy Rodríguez…
