(2022-02-13). Along the Belt and Road: Breaking the Cycle of Underdevelopment in Latin America. orinocotribune.com 
By Carlos Martinez — Feb 10, 2022 | The last few months have seen a significant expansion of the Belt and Road Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean. Although this region of the world is not the most obvious fit for an undertaking that was originally modelled on the Silk Road — a network of trade routes linking East Asia with the Middle East, Africa and Europe — the reality is that the countries of South America, Central America and the Caribbean share many of the same needs as their counterparts in Central Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa. | Most Latin American countries…
(2022-02-12). Tamir Rice denied justice once again. workers.org 
Cleveland The family of Tamir Rice recently received another piece of infuriating news. The U.S. Department of Justice refused to reopen the case against two Cleveland police officers who murdered the 12-year-old African American youth Nov. 22, 2014. Demonstration to demand the Department of Justice reopen the Tamir Rice case, . . . |
(2022-02-12). Solidarity is the road to liberation. peoplesdispatch.org This is a lightly edited version of a speech given to an international meeting held on 1 February under the banner: Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and All Anti-Imperialist Freedom Fighters! Speakers included Abu-Jamal (via a recorded statement), Angela Davis and a number of trade unionists. | Around the world, imperialism — with its dehumanization and brute violence — has allowed for a small minority to permanently accumulate wealth at the expense of the masses of our people. In recent years, women and men have been killed — from Afghanistan and Iraq to South Africa and the prison archipelago of the US.
(2022-02-12). Africa Is Bringing Vaccine Manufacturing Home. popularresistance.org African countries continually find themselves at the back of the vaccine queue, but two developments could begin to change this narrative. Last week, researchers at a company in South Africa said that they have nearly completed the process of reproducing Moderna's mRNA vaccine against COVID-19. Working with the WHO's technology-transfer hub, the researchers at Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines in Cape Town made very small quantities of vaccine, based on Moderna's data, but without the company's involvement. The WHO advised them to copy Moderna's vaccine in part because the company, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts,…
(2022-02-12). [World Report] Burkina Faso crisis hits health care. thelancet.com A coup on Jan 24, 2022, further risks health and health-care provision. Munyaradzi Makoni reports.
(2022-02-12). øCómo le va al país en desarrollo mejor vacunado del mundo? cubadebate.cu La experiencia de Cuba ha sido verdaderamente notable. El país se destacó en términos de desarrollo y producción de sus propias vacunas. Gracias a eso, pudo aumentar la cobertura de vacunas muy rápidamente, una ventaja local de la que se han aprovechado otras naciones que fabrican vacunas. El éxito en el lado de la vacunación parece haber resultado en muy buenos resultados pandémicos, especialmente en el lado de la mortalidad. Por supuesto, hay otros factores en juego, pero los resultados son impresionantes.
(2022-02-12). From U.S. to Honduras: Socialism is Vital to Black Liberation. libya360.wordpress.com John Parker On Jan. 27, I was fortunate to be one of a handful of delegates from the U.S. to attend the historic inauguration of President Xiomara Castro in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Representing the Socialist Unity Party, I was part of an international delegation invited by President Castro and her Libre Party, founded by the National…
(2022-02-12). Covid-19 and Democracy — Nicaragua v Canada. libya360.wordpress.com Stephen Sefton Nicaragua 2018 — police officer Gabriel de Jesús Vado Ruiz, tortured, murdered and set on fire by opposition thugs in Masaya in 2018 (Photo from opposition social media video) From 2018 onwards, Canada's government has denounced Nicaragua in international forums as a repressive dictatorship and followed the US authorities in imposing illegal unilateral…
(2022-02-12). Suman 120 los fallecidos por ciclón Batsirai en Madagascar. telesurtv.net Cuando aún no se había recuperado la isla por las afectaciones de la tormenta Ana, Batsirai agravó las afectaciones.
(2022-02-12). Apple admits unwanted tracking. rt.com 
The Big Tech company has announced a new policy on the malicious usage of its AirTags | Apple has come to admit that at least one of its products, the AirTag tracking device, is being misused for "malicious or criminal purposes." The company said it will change its policies in an effort to curb criminality and violations of privacy. |