Alexander Rubinstein (2023-05-31). The Grayzone Debates National Endowment for Democracy VP on Group's CIA Ties. orinocotribune.com

Alexander Rubinstein, Max Blumenthal, The Grayzone. (2023-05-31). The Grayzone Debates NED Vice President On Group's CIA Ties. popularresistance.org On April 4, 2023, National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Vice President of Communications and Public Engagement Leslie Aun contacted me, Alex Rubinstein, to request a phone conversation about an article I published at The Grayzone a day before. | My report detailed the open justification of the terrorist bombing of a cafe in St. Petersburg, Russia by a top staffer of Bellingcat, which receives significant sponsorship from the NED, which functions as the regime change arm of the US government. In the article, I described the NED as a "CIA cutout," which clearly displeased Aun and prompted her appeal for a call.

Editor (2023-05-30). The Grayzone Debates National Endowment for Democracy on Group's CIA Ties. scheerpost.com The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) contacted The Grayzone to dispute our characterization of their organization as a CIA cutout. Listen to our highly revealing conversation with the NED's communications director.

John Perry (2023-05-29). How "peaceful protests" in Nicaragua became an attempted coup. mronline.org Five years ago, Nicaragua was subject to a violent insurrection that lasted from April through July, 2018. In the second of four articles, we look at how initial support for the coup relied on widespread use of social media.

Editor (2023-05-30). The Grayzone Debates National Endowment for Democracy on Group's CIA Ties. scheerpost.com The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) contacted The Grayzone to dispute our characterization of their organization as a CIA cutout. Listen to our highly revealing conversation with the NED's communications director.

Alexander Rubinstein (2023-05-29). The Grayzone debates National Endowment for Democracy VP on group's CIA ties. thealtworld.com The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) contacted The Grayzone to dispute our characterization of their organization as a CIA cutout. Listen to our highly revealing conversation with the NED's communications director. | Max Blumenthal- On April 4, 2023, National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Vice President of Communications and Public Engagement Leslie Aun contacted me, Alex Rubinstein, to request a phone conversation about an article I published at The Grayzone a day before. |

Editor (2023-05-27). NicaNotes: The experience of Nicaragua in managing the Covid pandemic. mronline.org Nicaragua, the third poorest country in Latin America, has a population of approximately 6.7 million people but has the most extensive and well-equipped public health system in Central America.

mforinoco (2023-05-27). The Experience of Nicaragua in Managing the Covid Pandemic. orinocotribune.com By Coleen Littlejohn — May 27, 2023 | Nicaragua, the third poorest country in Latin America, has a population of approximately 6.7 million people but has the most extensive and well-equipped public health system in Central America. Since 2018, Nicaragua has had a pharmaceutical plant with the capacity to produce 12 million influenza vaccines per year and plans to produce antiviral drugs, such as Interferon Alfa/2B, and Covid vaccines. The National Reference Diagnostic Center is one of the pioneer laboratories of molecular biology in Latin America, second in the region. Recently, the government inaugurated th…

Yves Engler (2023-05-28). President Dissolves Congress in Ecuador Good, in Peru Bad. orinocotribune.com By Yves Engler — May 25, 2023 | Last week right-wing Ecuadorian president Guillermo Lasso dissolved the national assembly. In stark contrast to their response to a similar move by the leftist president of Peru five months ago, Ottawa effectively supported the measure. | As he was on the cusp of being impeached over corruption allegations Lasso dissolved the national assembly. He called on military leaders to endorse his initiative, sent police to take over Congress and cut internet connections to the legislature. The constitutional provision Lasso cited to dissolve the national assembly has never been employ…

Staff (2023-05-27). Washington Authorizes 4 Oil Corporations to Pay Taxes in Venezuela (+OFAC). orinocotribune.com The US Department of Treasury authorized four US oil corporations operating in Venezuela to pay taxes to the Venezuelan government, an order which is in contrast to the repeated declaration of the US government of not paying the government of President Nicolás Maduro or giving resources to it. | The

The Lancet (2023-05-27). Editorial] Childhood as a commodity: ending child labour. thelancet.com Children continue to be exposed to physical harm and denied education while toiling for long hours in the world's wealthiest nations. Children as young as 12 and 13 years have been engaged in labour involving midnight shifts, dangerous machinery, and punishing physical demands across industries supplying some of the USA's largest corporations according to a harrowing New York Times investigation. Most had migrated, unaccompanied, from central America. Uncertain of their immigration status and some indebted to traffickers, many considered dangerous labour safer than deportation.

John Perry, Popular Resistance. (2023-05-26). Masaya In Flames — Five Years Afterwards. popularresistance.org During the attempted coup in Nicaragua in 2018, Masaya was one of the cities most affected by the violence and by the widespread use of roadblocks to control the streets, many manned by armed youths. The violence began on April 18 and lasted until July 17, when police and Sandinista volunteers moved in to clear the roadblocks. Overall, in Masaya some 36 people died during the coup attempt, including three police officers (and two more were trapped and murdered after the coup attempt ended). Randall, the subject of this article, lives in Monimbó, the neighborhood or "barrio" where the violence in the city began.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-05-26). Policía de Nicaragua informa sobre detención de sacerdote. telesurtv.net La institución dio a conocer que investiga al fraile Jaime Iván Montesinos Sauceda por cometer actos que menoscaban la independencia, la soberanía y la autodeterminación de la nación.

Staff (2023-05-26). Internet, cuerpos desnudos y los límites de la intimidad. cubadebate.cu Jennifer vivía en una relación tóxica y no lo sabía. Las "pruebas de amor" que le pedía eran cada vez más complejas: contraseñas compartidas o acceder a peticiones en la intimidad que ella nunca había considerado. Una vez, para cumplir una de las fantasías de él, se grabaron teniendo sexo, miraron el vídeo y lo borraron. A él le gustaba esa práctica y comenzaron a hacerlo con periodicidad.

The Lancet (2023-05-27). Editorial] Childhood as a commodity: ending child labour. thelancet.com Children continue to be exposed to physical harm and denied education while toiling for long hours in the world's wealthiest nations. Children as young as 12 and 13 years have been engaged in labour involving midnight shifts, dangerous machinery, and punishing physical demands across industries supplying some of the USA's largest corporations according to a harrowing New York Times investigation. Most had migrated, unaccompanied, from central America. Uncertain of their immigration status and some indebted to traffickers, many considered dangerous labour safer than deportation.

John Perry, Popular Resistance. (2023-05-26). Masaya In Flames — Five Years Afterwards. popularresistance.org During the attempted coup in Nicaragua in 2018, Masaya was one of the cities most affected by the violence and by the widespread use of roadblocks to control the streets, many manned by armed youths. The violence began on April 18 and lasted until July 17, when police and Sandinista volunteers moved in to clear the roadblocks. Overall, in Masaya some 36 people died during the coup attempt, including three police officers (and two more were trapped and murdered after the coup attempt ended). Randall, the subject of this article, lives in Monimbó, the neighborhood or "barrio" where the violence in the city began.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-05-26). Policía de Nicaragua informa sobre detención de sacerdote. telesurtv.net La institución dio a conocer que investiga al fraile Jaime Iván Montesinos Sauceda por cometer actos que menoscaban la independencia, la soberanía y la autodeterminación de la nación.

teleSUR, MER (2023-05-25). Presidente Ortega: se está configurando una nueva realidad en el mundo. telesurtv.net El mandatario aseveró que Rusia y China son los grandes conductores para fortalecer los otros frentes que se han venido desarrollando.

The Lancet (2023-05-27). Editorial] Childhood as a commodity: ending child labour. thelancet.com Children continue to be exposed to physical harm and denied education while toiling for long hours in the world's wealthiest nations. Children as young as 12 and 13 years have been engaged in labour involving midnight shifts, dangerous machinery, and punishing physical demands across industries supplying some of the USA's largest corporations according to a harrowing New York Times investigation. Most had migrated, unaccompanied, from central America. Uncertain of their immigration status and some indebted to traffickers, many considered dangerous labour safer than deportation.

teleSUR, MER (2023-05-25). Presidente Ortega: se está configurando una nueva realidad en el mundo. telesurtv.net El mandatario aseveró que Rusia y China son los grandes conductores para fortalecer los otros frentes que se han venido desarrollando.