Daily Archives: August 8, 2019

2019-08-08: News Headlines

Lucas Koerner (2019-08-08). NPR shreds ethics handbook to normalize regime change in Venezuela. mronline.org The Reagan administration in 1982 coerced National Public Radio (NPR) to cover more favorably the U.S. terrorist war then being waged against Nicaragua. | Source

teleSUR (2019-08-08). Nicaragua To Open Embassy in Palestine. telesurenglish.net The Sandinista government of Nicaragua have sent their first ambassador to Palestine, handing over diplomatic credentials to Riyad Malki, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Wednesday. | RELATED: | 8 Curious Facts About Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution | The new ambassador will be Mazen Khuffash, a Nicaraguan official of Palestinian heritage,…

WSWS (2019-08-07). Protests in Australia continue to break official silence on Julian Assange. wsws.org The sentiments of ordinary people stand in stark contrast to the refusal of all of the official parties to take any action in defence of the WikiLeaks founder.

teleSUR (2019-08-06). Venezuelan Military Under Cyber Spies Attack: Report. telesurenglish.net A cyber-espionage group dubbed as Machete has been stealing files from the Venezuelan army, according to a report published Monday by IT security company, ESET. | RELATED: | Iran Says It Dismantled a US Cyber Espionage Network | ESET said it observed no less than 50 hacked computers between March and May within Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Colombia, but 75 percent of the computers infected by Machete servers were based in Venezuela. | The group has been active for nine years now a…

Lucas Koerner (2019-08-05). NPR Shreds Ethics Handbook to Normalize Regime Change in Venezuela. fair.org The Reagan administration in 1982 coerced National Public Radio (NPR) to cover more favorably the US terrorist war then being waged against Nicaragua. | As Greg Grandin writes, Otto Reich, head of the administration's Orwellian propaganda outfit known as the Office of Public Diplomacy, informed the public network that his office had contracted "a special consultant service [to listen] to all NPR programs" on Central America. Dependent on state funding, NPR promptly buckled under pressure, reassigning reporters viewed as "too easy on the Sandinistas," and…

The Grayzone (2019-07-30). Nicaraguan 'human rights' director accused by staff of massive theft of US taxpayer money, death toll inflation. thegrayzone.com ANPDH's board members are accusing their director of stealing huge sums from US soft power organizations and inflating death tolls…

2019-08-08: Social Media Postees

NPR shreds ethics handbook to normalize regime change in Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | mronline.org | 2019-08-08
The Reagan administration in 1982 coerced National Public Radio (NPR) to cover more favorably the U.S. terrorist war then being waged against Nicaragua. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/08/npr-shreds-ethics-handbook-to-normalize-regime-change-in-venezuela/

Nicaragua To Open Embassy in Palestine
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-08
The Sandinista government of Nicaragua have sent their first ambassador to Palestine, handing over diplomatic credentials to Riyad Malki, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Wednesday. | RELATED: | 8 Curious Facts About Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution | The new ambassador will be Mazen Khuffash, a Nicaraguan official of Palestinian heritage,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Nicaragua-To-Open-Embassy-in-Palestine-20190808-0006.html

Protests in Australia continue to break official silence on Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2019-08-07
The sentiments of ordinary people stand in stark contrast to the refusal of all of the official parties to take any action in defence of the WikiLeaks founder.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/07/assa-a07.html

Venezuelan Military Under Cyber Spies Attack: Report
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-06
A cyber-espionage group dubbed as Machete has been stealing files from the Venezuelan army, according to a report published Monday by IT security company, ESET. | RELATED: | Iran Says It Dismantled a US Cyber Espionage Network | ESET said it observed no less than 50 hacked computers between March and May within Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Colombia, but 75 percent of the computers infected by Machete servers were based in Venezuela. | The group has been active for nine years now a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuelan-military-Under-Cyber-Spies-Attack-Report-20190806-0024.html

NPR Shreds Ethics Handbook to Normalize Regime Change in Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | fair.org | 2019-08-05
The Reagan administration in 1982 coerced National Public Radio (NPR) to cover more favorably the US terrorist war then being waged against Nicaragua. | As Greg Grandin writes, Otto Reich, head of the administration's Orwellian propaganda outfit known as the Office of Public Diplomacy, informed the public network that his office had contracted "a special consultant service [to listen] to all NPR programs" on Central America. Dependent on state funding, NPR promptly buckled under pressure, reassigning reporters viewed as "too easy on the Sandinistas," and…
fair.org/home/npr-shreds-ethics-handbook-to-normalize-regime-change-in-venezuela/

Nicaraguan 'human rights' director accused by staff of massive theft of US taxpayer money, death toll inflation
The Grayzone | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-30
ANPDH's board members are accusing their director of stealing huge sums from US soft power organizations and inflating death tolls…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/30/nicaraguan-human-rights-director-accused-by-staff-of-massive-theft-of-us-taxpayer-money-death-toll-inflation/