Monthly Archives: March 2023

2023-03-31: News Headlines

Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition (2023-03-31). Human Rights Experts Call for Withdrawal of Biased UN Report on Nicaragua. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-03-31). Canciller nicaragàºense reafirma apoyo a la seguridad de Rusia. telesurtv.net Denis Moncada realiza visita de trabajo a la capital rusa, la cual se extenderá hasta este viernes.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-30). Nicaragua Supports Russia's Global Security Efforts. libya360.wordpress.com Nicaragua supports Russia's efforts to ensure security and stability at the international level, Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada Colindres said during talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Thursday. Moncada is in Moscow accompanied by a high-profile government delegation, which includes representatives from several Nicaraguan agencies and departments. Nicaragua supports Russia's people and government…

Stephen Sefton (2023-03-30). Bad Faith UN Report on Nicaragua Whitewashes Violent US-Backed Coup. orinocotribune.com By Stephen Sefton — Mar 27, 2023 | A new, anonymously-produced UN report denouncing Nicaragua's government whitewashes the brutal US-backed 2018 coup against it while refusing to interview victims of sadistic opposition violence. | Abuse and weaponization of the United Nations system by the United States and its vassal governments to both mislead and intimidate the rest of the world have been a feature of international relations since the very founding of the United Nations during the time of the Korean War. In recent years, that situation has deteriorated to the point where demonization campaigns promoted b…




Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-30). American Plan 2.0: The Global Fragility Act Unfolds. libya360.wordpress.com Kim Ives People walk past an abandoned police station in the Drouillard neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Nov. 7, 2022. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times) The Global Fragility Act may wear the humanitarian garb of USAID, but it is fundamentally a military deployment. In the late 1980s, after the fall of Jean—Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-03-30). Global South Solidarity Is the Key To Lifting up Central America — Not Washington's Monroe Doctrine. orinocotribune.com

ecns.cn (2023-03-30). Polls show negative views towards Taiwan region leader's trip to US. ecns.cn A recent poll found that about 98 percent of respondents have a negative view of the "transit" to the United States by Tsai Ing-wen, the leader of the Taiwan region during a visit to Central American nations.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-30). American Plan 2.0: The Global Fragility Act Unfolds. libya360.wordpress.com Kim Ives People walk past an abandoned police station in the Drouillard neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Nov. 7, 2022. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times) The Global Fragility Act may wear the humanitarian garb of USAID, but it is fundamentally a military deployment. In the late 1980s, after the fall of Jean—Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-03-30). Global South Solidarity Is the Key To Lifting up Central America — Not Washington's Monroe Doctrine. orinocotribune.com

ecns.cn (2023-03-30). Polls show negative views towards Taiwan region leader's trip to US. ecns.cn A recent poll found that about 98 percent of respondents have a negative view of the "transit" to the United States by Tsai Ing-wen, the leader of the Taiwan region during a visit to Central American nations.

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2023-03-30: News Headlines

Stephen Sefton, The Grayzone. (2023-03-29). Bad Faith UN Report On Nicaragua Whitewashes Violent US-Backed Coup. popularresistance.org Abuse and weaponization of the United Nations system by the United States and its vassal governments to both mislead and intimidate the rest of the world have been a feature of international relations since the very founding of the United Nations during the time of the Korean War. In recent years, that situation has deteriorated to the point where demonization campaigns promoted by the US and its allies have made the UN system complicit in atrocities. Various UN institutions have been abused in this way. | As The Grayzone has methodically detailed, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has prod…

Editor (2023-03-29). 'We're Not Gonna Fix It,' Says GOP Congressman After Nashville Mass Shooting. scheerpost.com Rep. Tim Burchett's response to the leading killer of U.S. children stands in stark contrast to his zeal for banning drag shows: "Dadgummit, we don't put up with that crap in Tennessee."

Molly Rosenzweig (2023-03-29). Biden Wants More Border Patrol Than MAGA Republicans. truthout.org President Biden recently tweeted in support of "even more resources to secure the border," contrasting himself with "MAGA House Republicans" who are proposing to "slash funding for border security." He's positioning himself to the right of the more explicitly xenophobic and far-right "MAGA" branch of the Republican Party and their fear-mongering about fentanyl. The Biden administration's record… |

Stephen Sefton, The Grayzone. (2023-03-29). Bad Faith UN Report On Nicaragua Whitewashes Violent US-Backed Coup. popularresistance.org Abuse and weaponization of the United Nations system by the United States and its vassal governments to both mislead and intimidate the rest of the world have been a feature of international relations since the very founding of the United Nations during the time of the Korean War. In recent years, that situation has deteriorated to the point where demonization campaigns promoted by the US and its allies have made the UN system complicit in atrocities. Various UN institutions have been abused in this way. | As The Grayzone has methodically detailed, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has prod…

Editor (2023-03-29). 'We're Not Gonna Fix It,' Says GOP Congressman After Nashville Mass Shooting. scheerpost.com Rep. Tim Burchett's response to the leading killer of U.S. children stands in stark contrast to his zeal for banning drag shows: "Dadgummit, we don't put up with that crap in Tennessee."

Molly Rosenzweig (2023-03-29). Biden Wants More Border Patrol Than MAGA Republicans. truthout.org President Biden recently tweeted in support of "even more resources to secure the border," contrasting himself with "MAGA House Republicans" who are proposing to "slash funding for border security." He's positioning himself to the right of the more explicitly xenophobic and far-right "MAGA" branch of the Republican Party and their fear-mongering about fentanyl. The Biden administration's record… |

Alessandra Moctezuma (2023-03-29). Renowned Chicana muralist Judy Baca receives National Medal of Arts. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joseph R. Biden presented the 2021 National Medals of Arts in conjunction with the National Humanities Medals on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in a late afternoon live-streamed ceremony in the East Room of the White House. Among the recipients was radical Los Angeles-based artist and muralist Judy Baca. National Endowment for …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-30). American Plan 2.0: The Global Fragility Act Unfolds. libya360.wordpress.com Kim Ives People walk past an abandoned police station in the Drouillard neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Nov. 7, 2022. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times) The Global Fragility Act may wear the humanitarian garb of USAID, but it is fundamentally a military deployment. In the late 1980s, after the fall of Jean—Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier…

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-29). China Tells Taiwan President Not to Meet With US House Speaker as She Heads to US. news.antiwar.com China on Wednesday warned that it would respond if Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) while she visits the US as part of a trip to Central America. Tsai departed for her trip to Guatemala and Belize, two countries that maintain formal diplomatic relations with Taipei. On the way there, …

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-03-29). China Media Group establishes Honduras bureau. america.cgtn.com Following the formal establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Honduras, China Media Group has established its first ever bureau in the Central American country, with more in-depth coverage of an often-misunderstood region soon to follow.

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-03-29). Honduras looks forward to greater economic ties with China. america.cgtn.com Honduras has established diplomatic relations with China, in a move that cut more than eighty years of ties with Taiwan. Alasdair Baverstock is in the country's capital, and sat down with a member of President Xiomara Castros' cabinet, to ask what the Central American …

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-03-29). The future of El Salvador's security. america.cgtn.com El Salvador is cracking down on gangs. The full-fledged government effort started a year ago, and the successes are echoing around Central America. But along with progress come concerns about protecting civil rights.

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2023-03-29: News Headlines

Stephen Sefton (2023-03-28). UN Complicity in Terrorism — The Case of Nicaragua. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). Visits greeted with contrasting reactions. ecns.cn In the past week, a U.S. CEO spoke at a conference sponsored by China's government and was warmly received. Meanwhile, an Asian CEO representing a Chinese company in the U.S. testified before the U.S. Congress and was treated dismissively.

J. Michael Springmann (2023-03-28). Women's Rights in Modern Iran. A Study in Contrasts. globalresearch.ca

Molly Rosenzweig, Left Voice. (2023-03-28). 'Lesser Evil' Biden Wants More Border Patrol Than MAGA Republicans. popularresistance.org President Biden recently tweeted in support of "even more resources to secure the border," contrasting himself with "MAGA House Republicans" who are proposing to "slash funding for border security." He's positioning himself to the right of the more explicitly xenophobic and far-right "MAGA" branch of the Republican Party and their fear-mongering about fentanyl. | The Biden administration's record shows that this statement doesn't come out of nowhere — it's implemented anti-immigration and violent border policies the whole time after cynically campaigning for humane immigration policies in the 2020 election.

Stephen Sefton (2023-03-28). UN Complicity in Terrorism — The Case of Nicaragua. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). Visits greeted with contrasting reactions. ecns.cn In the past week, a U.S. CEO spoke at a conference sponsored by China's government and was warmly received. Meanwhile, an Asian CEO representing a Chinese company in the U.S. testified before the U.S. Congress and was treated dismissively.

J. Michael Springmann (2023-03-28). Women's Rights in Modern Iran. A Study in Contrasts. globalresearch.ca

Molly Rosenzweig, Left Voice. (2023-03-28). 'Lesser Evil' Biden Wants More Border Patrol Than MAGA Republicans. popularresistance.org President Biden recently tweeted in support of "even more resources to secure the border," contrasting himself with "MAGA House Republicans" who are proposing to "slash funding for border security." He's positioning himself to the right of the more explicitly xenophobic and far-right "MAGA" branch of the Republican Party and their fear-mongering about fentanyl. | The Biden administration's record shows that this statement doesn't come out of nowhere — it's implemented anti-immigration and violent border policies the whole time after cynically campaigning for humane immigration policies in the 2020 election.

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2023-03-28: News Headlines

Stephen Sefton (2023-03-27). Bad faith UN report on Nicaragua whitewashes violent US-backed coup. thegrayzone.com A new, anonymously-produced UN report denouncing Nicaragua's government whitewashes the brutal US-backed 2018 coup against it while refusing to interview victims of sadistic opposition violence. Abuse and weaponization of the United Nations system by the United States and its vassal governments to both mislead and intimidate the rest of the world have been a feature of international relations since the very founding of the United Nations during the time of the Korean War. In recent years, that situation has deteriorated …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-27). UN Complicity in Terrorism: The Case of Nicaragua. libya360.wordpress.com Stephen Sefton A new, anonymously-produced UN report denouncing Nicaragua's government whitewashes the brutal US-backed 2018 coup against it while refusing to interview victims of sadistic opposition violence. Abuse and weaponization of the United Nations system by the United States and its vassal governments to both mislead and intimidate the rest of the world have been…

Staff (2023-03-27). Venezuela Denounces Neocolonial Practices at Ibero-American Summit. orinocotribune.com The Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Yván Gil participated in the 28th Ibero-American Summit on behalf of the Venezuelan government. In his speech, he questioned the application of coercive measures, also know as sanctions, as a method of political subjugation. | "We must abandon the neocolonial practices that the United States and the European Union are currently applying against three members present at this summit: Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela," said the Venezuelan top diplomat this past Saturday, March 2. | Accordingly, he highlighted that in a short period of time Venezuela has recei…

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). Visits greeted with contrasting reactions. ecns.cn In the past week, a U.S. CEO spoke at a conference sponsored by China's government and was warmly received. Meanwhile, an Asian CEO representing a Chinese company in the U.S. testified before the U.S. Congress and was treated dismissively.

Stephen Sefton (2023-03-27). Bad faith UN report on Nicaragua whitewashes violent US-backed coup. thegrayzone.com A new, anonymously-produced UN report denouncing Nicaragua's government whitewashes the brutal US-backed 2018 coup against it while refusing to interview victims of sadistic opposition violence. Abuse and weaponization of the United Nations system by the United States and its vassal governments to both mislead and intimidate the rest of the world have been a feature of international relations since the very founding of the United Nations during the time of the Korean War. In recent years, that situation has deteriorated …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-27). UN Complicity in Terrorism: The Case of Nicaragua. libya360.wordpress.com Stephen Sefton A new, anonymously-produced UN report denouncing Nicaragua's government whitewashes the brutal US-backed 2018 coup against it while refusing to interview victims of sadistic opposition violence. Abuse and weaponization of the United Nations system by the United States and its vassal governments to both mislead and intimidate the rest of the world have been…

Staff (2023-03-27). Venezuela Denounces Neocolonial Practices at Ibero-American Summit. orinocotribune.com The Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Yván Gil participated in the 28th Ibero-American Summit on behalf of the Venezuelan government. In his speech, he questioned the application of coercive measures, also know as sanctions, as a method of political subjugation. | "We must abandon the neocolonial practices that the United States and the European Union are currently applying against three members present at this summit: Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela," said the Venezuelan top diplomat this past Saturday, March 2. | Accordingly, he highlighted that in a short period of time Venezuela has recei…

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). Visits greeted with contrasting reactions. ecns.cn In the past week, a U.S. CEO spoke at a conference sponsored by China's government and was warmly received. Meanwhile, an Asian CEO representing a Chinese company in the U.S. testified before the U.S. Congress and was treated dismissively.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-27). Global South Solidarity is the Key to Lifting up Central America. libya360.wordpress.com Bradley Blankenship The US is angry at Latin American nations getting close to China, but the only alternative on offer is imperialist exploitation Honduran President Xiomara Castro caused a stir in the media when, on March 14, she remarked that she had instructed her foreign minister to re-establish diplomatic ties with China. This was met with…

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2023-03-27: News Headlines

Staff (2023-03-27). Venezuela Denounces Neocolonial Practices at Ibero-American Summit. orinocotribune.com The Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Yván Gil participated in the 28th Ibero-American Summit on behalf of the Venezuelan government. In his speech, he questioned the application of coercive measures, also know as sanctions, as a method of political subjugation. | "We must abandon the neocolonial practices that the United States and the European Union are currently applying against three members present at this summit: Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela," said the Venezuelan top diplomat this past Saturday, March 2. | Accordingly, he highlighted that in a short period of time Venezuela has recei…

Stephen Sefton (2023-03-27). Bad faith UN report on Nicaragua whitewashes violent US-backed coup. thegrayzone.com A new, anonymously-produced UN report denouncing Nicaragua's government whitewashes the brutal US-backed 2018 coup against it while refusing to interview victims of sadistic opposition violence. Abuse and weaponization of the United Nations system by the United States and its vassal governments to both mislead and intimidate the rest of the world have been a feature of international relations since the very founding of the United Nations during the time of the Korean War. In recent years, that situation has deteriorated …

teleSUR, JDO (2023-03-26). Canciller venezolano insta a rechazar sanciones de EE.UU. y UE. telesurtv.net Durante la Cumbre Iberoamericana, Yvan Gil recordó que EE.UU. y la Unión Europea han impuesto sanciones a Cuba, Nicaragua y Venezuela.

Staff (2023-03-27). Venezuela Denounces Neocolonial Practices at Ibero-American Summit. orinocotribune.com The Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Yván Gil participated in the 28th Ibero-American Summit on behalf of the Venezuelan government. In his speech, he questioned the application of coercive measures, also know as sanctions, as a method of political subjugation. | "We must abandon the neocolonial practices that the United States and the European Union are currently applying against three members present at this summit: Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela," said the Venezuelan top diplomat this past Saturday, March 2. | Accordingly, he highlighted that in a short period of time Venezuela has recei…

Stephen Sefton (2023-03-27). Bad faith UN report on Nicaragua whitewashes violent US-backed coup. thegrayzone.com A new, anonymously-produced UN report denouncing Nicaragua's government whitewashes the brutal US-backed 2018 coup against it while refusing to interview victims of sadistic opposition violence. Abuse and weaponization of the United Nations system by the United States and its vassal governments to both mislead and intimidate the rest of the world have been a feature of international relations since the very founding of the United Nations during the time of the Korean War. In recent years, that situation has deteriorated …

teleSUR, JDO (2023-03-26). Canciller venezolano insta a rechazar sanciones de EE.UU. y UE. telesurtv.net Durante la Cumbre Iberoamericana, Yvan Gil recordó que EE.UU. y la Unión Europea han impuesto sanciones a Cuba, Nicaragua y Venezuela.

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2023-03-26: News Headlines

teleSUR, JDO (2023-03-26). Canciller venezolano insta a rechazar sanciones de EE.UU. y UE. telesurtv.net Durante la Cumbre Iberoamericana, Yvan Gil recordó que EE.UU. y la Unión Europea han impuesto sanciones a Cuba, Nicaragua y Venezuela.

JANET (2023-03-25). Cyclone Freddy underscores inequalities: Reparations for Africa! iacenter.org March 20, 2023 The United States has 5% of the world's population but is responsible for 28% of annual carbon emissions in the world — about 15 tons per capita per year. For the wealthiest 10%, it is closer to 55 tons per capita! In contrast, the second-largest and second-most populous continent — Africa — produces just 4% of the world's greenhouse gasses. But Africa suffers disproportionately from climate-driven disasters. With a death toll over 500 and rising, Cyclone Freddy has devastated Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique. Lasting over a month, it is believed by the World Meteorological Assoc…

teleSUR, JDO (2023-03-26). Canciller venezolano insta a rechazar sanciones de EE.UU. y UE. telesurtv.net Durante la Cumbre Iberoamericana, Yvan Gil recordó que EE.UU. y la Unión Europea han impuesto sanciones a Cuba, Nicaragua y Venezuela.

JANET (2023-03-25). Cyclone Freddy underscores inequalities: Reparations for Africa! iacenter.org March 20, 2023 The United States has 5% of the world's population but is responsible for 28% of annual carbon emissions in the world — about 15 tons per capita per year. For the wealthiest 10%, it is closer to 55 tons per capita! In contrast, the second-largest and second-most populous continent — Africa — produces just 4% of the world's greenhouse gasses. But Africa suffers disproportionately from climate-driven disasters. With a death toll over 500 and rising, Cyclone Freddy has devastated Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique. Lasting over a month, it is believed by the World Meteorological Assoc…

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