(2021-10-17). Ambassador Alex Saab Kidnapping Consummated, Iván Duque Lectured by Delcy Rodríguez and Mexico Talks Suspended. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, October 16, 2021 ( Alex Saab was taken away on board a US plane from Cape Verde's Sal Island to Florida, an action that was not notified to the diplomat's defense. According AP "journalist" Joshua Goodman, the Venezuelan diplomat was forced to board a small Gulfstream jet belongin…
(2021-10-17). Minister Plasencia and Michelle Bachelet Meet in Geneva. orinocotribune.com By instructions of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and in strict adherence to Venezuela's policy of peace diplomacy, Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia held a meeting with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. | Minister Plasencia reported this on his Twitter account, adding a photograph of himself with the UN top official. | The minister explained that their conversation in Geneva, Switzerland, served as a space for Venezuela to raise the question of human rights regarding the constant acts of aggression and violence against Venezuelan migrants in othe…
(2021-10-16). US Writes Belarus Into Its Familiar Regime-Change Script. popularresistance.org Minsk, Belarus — Quietly, the U.S. national security state is turning up the heat on Belarus, hoping that the ex-Soviet country of 9 million will be the next casualty of its regime-change agenda. This sentiment was made clear in President Joe Biden's recent speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Biden announced that the U.S. would pursue "relentless diplomacy" finding "new ways of lifting people up around the world, of renewing and defending democracy." The 46th president was explicit in whom he meant by this: "The democratic world is everywhere. It lives in the anti-corruption activists, the human…
(2021-10-16). The Real Reason Behind Opposition Infighting. orinocotribune.com The following is a translation of the report of the Samuel Robinson Institute for October 14, 2021. | As a fallout of the recent scandals surrounding the Venezuelan company Monómeros, which was hijacked by Juan Guaidó in 2019 and is currently in a highly vulnerable position, the divisions intrinsic to anti-Chavismo have returned to the fore; this time, however, with a different content. | The Context | The intervention in Monómeros by the Superintendency of Corporations (a regulating body attached to the Colombian Ministry of Commerce) was followed by allegations of corruption from Humberto Calderón Berti and a s…
(2021-10-16). Stop Cambo: Youth Activists Confront Shell CEO At TED Talk. popularresistance.org Environmental campaigners took over the stage at the TED Countdown conference in Edinburgh which was hosting a panel discussion with Royal Dutch Shell CEO, Ben van Beurden. The activists say they raised concerns with TED Countdown organisers that a fossil fuel company, like Shell, has no place speaking at an event that positions itself as a "global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis". Despite calls from activists to remove van Beurden from the panel, he was allowed to retain his speaking slot on the main stage.
(2021-10-16). Youth Activists Confront Shell CEO At TED Talk. popularresistance.org Environmental campaigners took over the stage at the TED Countdown conference in Edinburgh which was hosting a panel discussion with Royal Dutch Shell CEO, Ben van Beurden. | The activists say they raised concerns with TED Countdown organisers that a fossil fuel company, like Shell, has no place speaking at an event that positions itself as a "global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis". | Despite calls from activists to remove van Beurden from the panel, he was allowed to retain his speaking slot on the main stage. | One young activist, only named as Lauren, was invited onto the…
(2021-10-16). Armed activist shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during Kenosha riot sues city, county & police for 'conspiring with vigilantes'. rt.com 
Gage Grosskreutz, one of the armed activists shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during last year's riots in Kenosha, is blaming the authorities and police in the Wisconsin city for his injuries and is seeking monetary compensation. | In the Grosskreutz alleged that l…
(2021-10-16). Protest works! Turkish political prisoner is freed on bail but still faces trial with over 100 other leaders and activists of the left-wing HDP. mronline.org 
PETER TATCHELL and ERIC LEE shine a light on the case of Cihan Erdal, a trade union, peace and LGBTI+ campaigner, who faces trumped-up charges in one of Turkey's biggest mass trials.
(2021-10-16). Why They Marched in Danville. indybay.org Women's rights activists in Danville and San Ramon, two East Bay cities a few miles apart, joined forces for a march for reproductive justice on October 2nd.
(2021-10-16). Why the climate movement needs the working class. mronline.org 
The scale of the climate crisis has driven a new generation of radical young activists to demand "system change, not climate change".
(2021-10-16). Growing BIPOC Youth-Led Climate Movement Is the Force Occupy Could Have Been. truthout.org 
Hundreds of activists gathered this week at Washington, D.C.'s Freedom Plaza for the I started as an Occupy D.C. organizer and have since become executive director of
(2021-10-16). President Maduro Sends Letter to King of Spain Demanding Respect for Victims of Colonial Occupation. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, October 14, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, sent a letter to the King of Spain, Felipe de Borbón, demanding respect for the memory of the ancestors of the American peoples, who, 529 years ago, were subjugated under the occupation of the Spanish empire, and suffered centuries of violence, genocide and destruction. Through his Twitter account, the Venezuelan president shared the letter in which he expressed his condemnation of the fact that Spain "intends to minimize and falsify the events that occurred during the so-called Conquest of America in the 15th century." | In this regard, the Ven…
(2021-10-16). [Perspectives] How imperialism, slavery, and war shaped epidemiology. thelancet.com In recent decades, historians have become increasingly attuned to the ways in which empire and imperialism transformed modern conceptions of disease, medicine, and the body. Such scholarship argues that European medical theories were not simply disseminated in imperial territories and that science and medicine should not only be seen as scientific and cultural projects that consolidated imperialism. Instead, the thrust has been to understand how the development of modern ideas of hygiene, sanitation, public health, and disease were themselves produced out of an encounter with empire and subjugated populations.
(2021-10-16). How Feminists Can Support Afghan Women Living Under the Taliban. zcomm.org When the United States pulled out of Afghanistan, it froze billions of dollars in Afghan assets, grinding many of the country's most essential operations to a halt and spreading misery. The US government must release those funds…
(2021-10-16). Hillary Clinton Installed as New Chancellor of Queens University Belfast. orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes — Oct 12, 2021 | The promotion of a warmonger like Clinton to a seat of learning must surely be, at the very least, controversial, and at the very most a shameful act of denial of power abuse that she, her husband, and the corporate imperialist American political system represent. | A protest of 50 people organized by Lasair Dhearg, an Irish republican socialist and anti-imperialist party gathered on University road at 11 am as Hilary Clinton posed for journalists and television crews covering her inauguration as the first female Chancellor of Queens University Belfast. | People chanting 'shame…
(2021-10-16). Military Situation In Yemen On October 16, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On October 15, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 10 airstrikes on the Abdiyah district | On October 15, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 4 airstrikes on the Sarwah district | On October 15, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on the Hazm district | On October 16, clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces continued in the Jubah district | On October 16, clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces continued in the west of Marib city…
(2021-10-16). [Correspondence] Telehealth use in antenatal care? Not without women's voices — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Anna Galle and colleagues for progressing the conversation about quality and equity in antenatal care. Although our analysis of telehealth integrated care addressed the initial 4 months following widespread telehealth integration and analysed data following birth only,1 this means that women included in the analysis were predominately in the third trimester of pregnancy, a time when most pregnancy complications arise. The fact that women in their final stages of pregnancy received, on average, 40% of consultations via telehealth without an impact on the quality of their pregnancy outcomes remains hearten…
(2021-10-16). Vaccine Solidarity vs. Vaccine Diplomacy. orinocotribune.com By Becca Mohally Renk — Oct 14, 2021 | This week the Nicaraguan government announced that starting on October 20th it will be vaccinating children aged two to 17 with COVID-19 vaccines developed in Cuba. As soon as the announcement was made, my phone started buzzing as everyone I know sent each other the news. The excitement is palpable — two to 17 year olds represent nearly a third of Nicaragua's population, and with this announcement it feels like we are really on the home stretch of the pandemic. | After a slow COVID-19 vaccine roll out in due to unequal distribution of the vaccines around the world…
(2021-10-16). Justice Democrats: øEl Tea Party de la izquierda? globalizacion.ca Bernie Sanders y Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez no son nombres extraños para los lectores habituales de Cubadebate. Pero si les digo Justice Democrats quizás sea menos conocido. En pocas palabras, se trata de una plataforma que está detrás de la elección al…
(2021-10-16). Guaidó vs. the Opposition: The Fight is Public Now. orinocotribune.com 
The Venezuelan opposition is now in a publicly acknowledged feud with Juan Guaidó and its internal struggles are now in the open. The last few days have seen a "give and take" of remarks regarding the disaster surrounding Pequiven subsidiary Monómeros, Venezuelan state company based in Colombia that was taken over by former deputy Juan Guaidó and fugitive from Venezuelan justice Leopoldo López after Colombian President Iván Duque recognized Guaidó's "interim" government. | A few weeks ago, Monómeros filed for bankruptcy and this has been the trigger for a partisan war between Voluntad Popular (VP) and Primero Jus…
(2021-10-16). Borrell 'Interventionism' Puts EU November Electoral Mission to Venezuela at Risk. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-16). CNE Meets European Union Chargé d'Affairs in Caracas (Borrell's Interventionist Comments). orinocotribune.com On Friday, October 15, the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela, Pedro Calzadilla, met with the charge d'affaires of the European Union mission in Caracas, Rafael Dochao. Dochao was summoned by the Venezuelan national electoral body as part of the efforts to breach the impasse caused by the interventionist statements made by the EU High Representative for External Relations, Josep Borrell, on October 8. | As the CNE informed through a press release, during the meeting, Calzadilla ratified the CNE's efforts to maintain the EU electoral observation mission, which had been formally agreed o…
(2021-10-16). Announcement — Webinar on November 21 Elections in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
Webinar with Jesús Rodriguez-Espinoza, Editor of the TITLE: November 21st Elections in Venezuela — One more sign of Bolivarian Democracy | Online event: October 20, 5PM PST — 8PM EST and Caracas time. | The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has had more than two dozen democratic elections since 1999. Chavismo has been ratified in the polls consistently by Venezuelans. El…
(2021-10-16). [BREAKING] Venezuelan Government Envoy Alex Saab Extradited to the United States. venezuelanalysis.com The Maduro administration blasted the contractor's "kidnapping" and suspended dialogue with the US-backed opposition.
(2021-10-16). Andrés Bello y su paso humanista por América Latina. telesurtv.net Andrés Bello es recordado como un insigne hombre de la academia, que dedicó gran parte de su vida al desarrollo de diversos campos del conocimiento humano.
(2021-10-16). The imprint of an insurrectional past: a conversation with Iraida Vargas and Mario Sanoja. mronline.org 
Two eminent anthropologists talk about Venezuela's history and its relation to the present.
(2021-10-16). Asamblea Nacional repudia asesinato de adolescentes venezolanos en Colombia. telesurtv.net Los diputados se adhirieron a la demanda que el Gobierno de Venezuela presentará contra Colombia ante la Corte Penal Internacional…