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2021-06-10: News Headlines

Marc Vandepitte (2021-06-10). Why are Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela Managing so Well in the Fight Against COVID-19? orinocotribune.com By Marc Vandepitte — Jun 8, 2021 | It is curious that the three American countries that are suffering harsh economic sanctions from the United States are doing much better than the others in their fight against covid-19. One thing is certain: the pandemic has highlighted the crisis of the neoliberal and capitalist model. | Actual number of deaths from covid | As in Europe, the coronavirus crisis has hit the American continent hard. Its ratio of deaths due to covid per number of inhabitants is six times higher than in the rest of the world. However, there are three countries that stand out above the rest for…

Eds. (2021-06-10). How billion-dollar foundations fund NGOs to manipulate U.S. foreign policy: A case study from Nicaragua. mronline.org U.S. foreign policy is increasingly promoted by billionaire-funded foundations. The neoliberal era has created individuals with incredible wealth who, through "philanthropy," flex their influence and feel good at the same time. | June 10, 2021…

Editor2 (2021-06-10). Elections in Nicaragua and International Media Manipulation. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Midence — June 6, 2021 | In order to understand their history better, Indian "subaltern studies" historians, since the 1970s, have set out to read backwards the history told via the eurocentric method of British imperialism, since this history told only a part of the story, based on erasures and concealments, among other fallacious techniques. This method of reading backwards, is the one that should be used today to dismantle the narratives Western media corporations offer us about countries like Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cuba or Bolivia, among many other countries that promote a democratic and revolut…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2021-06-10). How Organized Crime Infiltrated American Business After WW II and Corrupted National Politics from Truman to Trump. covertactionmagazine.com Provocative new book documents the unsavory alliance between the Mafia, the CIA, and the corporate establishment that transformed America into "the world's most dangerous nation" During the years of the Trump presidency, popular and scholarly discussions of the erosion of U.S. political and legal norms frequently contrasted the Trump era with a supposed golden age …

_____ (2021-06-09). The US stake in Nicaragua and Honduras's 2021 elections. popularresistance.org Both Honduras and Nicaragua hold presidential elections in November 2021 and the US government has a strong interest in both, although for rather different reasons. Both have incumbent presidents who will either stand again or, in the case of Honduras, more likely be replaced as candidate by a successor seen as reliably committed to the same style of government. Given that both countries are economically and militarily tiny, it might be thought that Washington would be unconcerned by their internal affairs, but in reality it sees much at stake.

_____ (2021-06-09). The US Stake In Nicaragua And Honduras's 2021 Elections. popularresistance.org The issues that concern the US in Central America are rooted in more than a century of intervention in its politics. The forms of intervention have changed, of course, but always based on the fundamental aim of pursuing US corporate interests. For decades this meant supporting dictators like Nicaragua's Anastasio Somoza or Guatemala's Efraín Ríos Montt, but later it was more convenient to "promote democracy" until, two decades ago, democratic elections in Latin America produced the "wrong" results. This brought a further shift in US intervention, towards what William Robinson (who worked in Nicaragua in the 1980s…

Rick Sterling (2021-06-09). How Billion-Dollar Foundations Fund NGOs to Manipulate U.S. Foreign Policy: A Case Study from Nicaragua. globalresearch.ca U.S. foreign policy …

Editor2 (2021-06-09). Nicaragua's Green Revolution. orinocotribune.com By Rohan Rice — Jun 6, 2021 | While large polluting countries have refused to take necessary measures to slow the climate crisis, Nicaragua, one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, has taken impressive steps to shift to more sustainable energy. | In a

Rick Sterling (2021-06-09). Cómo las fundaciones multimillonarias financian a las ONG para manipular la política exterior de Estados Unidos: El caso de Nicaragua. globalizacion.ca La política exterior de Estados Unidos es cada vez más promovida por fundaciones financiadas por multimillonarios. La era neoliberal ha creado individuos con una riqueza increíble que, a través de la "filantropía", ejercen su influencia y se sienten bien al…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-06-09). The US Stake in Nicaragua and Honduras's 2021 Elections. libya360.wordpress.com John Perry Both Honduras and Nicaragua hold presidential elections in November 2021 and the US government has a strong interest in both, although for rather different reasons. Both have incumbent presidents who will either stand again or, in the case of Honduras, more likely be replaced as candidate by a successor seen as reliably committed…

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