Daily Archives: November 20, 2021

2021-11-20: News Headlines

Martina E McMenamin, Benjamin J Cowling (2021-11-20). [Correspondence] CoronaVac efficacy data from Turkey. thelancet.com Mine Tanriover and colleagues1 report that the efficacy of CoronaVac against laboratory-confirmed symptomatic COVID-19 in a trial in Turkey is 83 ∑5% (95% CI 65 ∑4—92 ∑1). By contrast, the efficacy of CoronaVac against symptomatic COVID-19 has been estimated at 50 ∑7% (36 ∑0—62 ∑0) in a Brazilian trial and at 65 ∑3% (20 ∑0—85 ∑1) in an Indonesian trial.2,3 Noting that post-vaccination neutralising antibody titres are quite strongly associated with vaccine efficacy against symptomatic infection,4,5 the efficacy estimated from the Turkish dataset is much higher…

Staff (2021-11-20). Nicaragua Officially Announces Its Irrevocable Withdrawal from OAS. orinocotribune.com On Friday, November 19, Nicaraguan Foreign Affairs Minister, Denis Moncada, announced the irrevocable withdrawal of his country from the Organization of American States (OAS). | The government of Nicaragua sent a letter to the organization denouncing interventionist declarations from the OAS that refused to recognize the Nicaraguan elections of November 7, and thus resigns and leaves the organization that stipulates a two year term to make the resignation effective, as happened with Venezuela in 2019. | The OAS charter mandates a two-year exit process, during which time the departing country retains all of the ri…

A Guest Author (2021-11-20). Historia colonial de Nicaragua: Perpectiva de un sandinista. workers.org Por: Johnny Hodgson Lo que sigue es parte de una presentación realizada por Johnny Hodgson, Secretario Político del Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional para la Región Autónoma del Caribe Sur (RACCS), el 6 de octubre en Managua, Nicaragua, a una delegación estadounidense compuesta por Coleen Littlejohn, Sara Flounders, Monica Moorehead, . . . |

teleSUR, HIM, MER (2021-11-20). ALBA-TCP respalda decisión de Nicaragua sobre retiro de la OEA. telesurtv.net "La OEA es cada vez más irrelevante", expresó el secretario ejecutivo de ALBA-TCP, Sacha Llorenti.

a guest author (2021-11-20). 'We became visible' — a Sandinista's view on autonomy. workers.org By Johnny Hodgson The following is part two of a presentation given by Johnny Hodgson, Sandinista National Liberation Front's Political Secretary for the Autonomous Region of the South Caribbean (RACCS), on Oct. 6 in Managua, Nicaragua, to a U.S. delegation comprised of Coleen Littlejohn, Sara Flounders, Monica Moorehead, Joav Elinevsky . . . |

teleSUR, MER (2021-11-20). Nicaragua califica a la OEA como un instrumento de EE.UU. telesurtv.net El diplomático afirmó que al denunciar la Carta de la OEA buscan "ponerle fin a una relación inamistosa, ofensiva e indignante para Nicaragua".

WSWS (2021-11-20). Biden revives North American Leaders' summit, presses Trudeau on China, Obrador on refugees. wsws.org Thursday's "Three Amigos" summit was meant to draw a stark contrast with the state of North American relations under Trump. In reality, the difference is one more of style than substance.

_____ (2021-11-19). Nicaraguan Supreme Court Backs Possible Exit From The OAS. popularresistance.org The magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) of Nicaragua released this Wednesday the agreement which aligns with the Sovereign Declaration of the National Assembly of Nicaragua, which urged the Executive to leave the Organization of American States (OAS). The so-called agreement 126, issued in support of the Parliament, condemns the OAS's unjust actions in Nicaragua's internal affairs. The text was read by the acting secretary of the CSJ, Geraldo àÅreas Lacayo, who highlighted the independence of the Legislative, Executive, Judicial and Electoral powers, which coordinate harmoniously and subordina…

teleSUR (2021-11-19). Nicaragua Leaves the Organization of American States. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Nicaragua's Foreign Affairs Minister Denis Moncada announced his country's decision to leave the Organization of American States (OAS). The following is the letter sent by the Nicaraguan government to the OAS Secretary Luis Almagro: | RELATED: | l. Taking into account the "Declaration of the National Assembly in the face of the repeated actions of interference of the Organization of American States in the Intern…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-11-19). Nicaragua Denounces the OAS Charter. libya360.wordpress.com Read the Full Statement: Nicaragua Denounces the OAS Charter Source…

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