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2021-10-14: News Headlines

Becca Mohally Renk (2021-10-13). What Does Health Care For All Look Like in Nicaragua? dissidentvoice.org Since the Sandinistas returned to power in January 2007, child malnutrition has dropped by 45% for children under five and by 66% for children ages 6-12. I'd like you to imagine for a moment that you are the parent of a child with asthma, living in Ciudad Sandino, just outside the capital of Nicaragua, in …

teleSUR (2021-10-13). Nicaragua Approves Voting Manual for November Elections. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) Director Adriana Molina approved the Nov. 7 General Elections' Voting Manual to guide citizens in this process and support the work of the personnel of the 3,016 polling stations. | RELATED: | "The 64-page manual details the authorities' functions throughout the election process, which include the initial transfer of materials, the Voting Reception Boards (JRV…

teleSUR (2021-10-13). Argentine Solidarity Stops Attack Cuban Embassy in Buenos Aires. telesurenglish.net The attempt was made by a gusano-Cuban group financed by CADAL, Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America, an Argentine anti-communist NGO linked to the US State Department, the CIA and USAID. | RELATED: | The tiny anti-revolutionary group had the support of the right-wing faction of the Libertarian Party, which openly adheres to the policies of Bolsonaro in Brazil and VOX in Spain, and tries, with violent act…

Miriam Miranda (2021-10-13). Indigenous Peoples, Like Mine, Are Fighting for Their Homelands. counterpunch.org On this Indigenous Peoples' Day, I want to tell you about my people, the Garifuna. We're an Afro-Indigenous people, descended from Arawaks and Africans. Our ancestral territory spans the Caribbean border of Central America. Latin American and Caribbean communities like ours are rarely noticed in U.S. media — except when we migrate. In summer 2021,

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