2022-07-19: News Headlines

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-07-19). For the CIA, It's Better to Assassinate 'Insurgent' Leaders Than Jail Them: Report. orinocotribune.com Today, on Nelson Mandela day, WikiLeaks Capturing a HVTs is not necessarily a desirable option, from the CIA's perspective. Based on the CIA-assisted capture of Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC) leader's 27-year sentence, which he served in an apartheid prison, the report concludes that "Leader capture can have limited psychological impact on a g…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-19). Rights groups and trade unions protest UK government's Rwanda deportation policy. peoplesdispatch.org Despite…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-19). Daily Round-up | Tribal clashes in Sudan result in 65 deaths & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of tribal clashes in Sudan, protests in Panama, agitations in UK against deportations in Rwanda, and the heat wave in Europe…

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-07-19). Somaliland suspends BBC for lacking neutrality. plusnews.ug Somaliland announced on Tuesday that it had suspended BBC news broadcasts in the country after the media corporation's alleged failure to recognize the break-away region's 30-year long independence and to stay neutral between Somali speaking communities in the Horn of Africa. In a press conference held in the Capital Hargeisa, Somaliland Minister of Information, Saleban …

Jason Ditz (2022-07-19). Iraq's Sadr: No Right for Maliki to Lead After Plot Claims. news.antiwar.com Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr accused Nouri al-Maliki of The plot accuses Britain of wanting to use Sadr to sideline Iraq's Shi'ites, and then These are broad claims, but within Iraq ant conspiracy that ends with the Sunni minority retaking power is treated at least as plausible. | The plot came in audio recordings,…

Staff (2022-07-19). Egyptian alliance calls for Arab unity and action to confront imperialism and liberate Palestine. samidoun.net Egyptian organizations gathered together in a conference for Palestine on Saturday, 16 July, held at the headquarters of the Karama Party in Cairo, Egypt's capital. Jaldia Abubakra of Samidoun España spoke on behalf of the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement (Masar Badil), where she called for an "Arab and international alliance to support the Palestinian …

TeleSUR, mcs, JL (2022-07-19). Declaran brote de la enfermedad de Marburgo en Ghana. telesurtv.net El Marburgo es una fiebre hemorrágica vírica altamente infecciosa y es la segunda vez que se detecta en África Occidental.

_____ (2022-07-18). Resistance Grows As NATO Goes Global To Protect Profits Over People. popularresistance.org The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) recently met in Madrid, Spain where they launched their new strategy to go global, extending what Chris Hedges calls "the most dangerous military alliance on the planet" into Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Clearing the FOG speaks with Joe Lombardo and Pippa Bartolotti of the United National Antiwar Coalition, who were in Madrid for the anti-NATO protests and counter summit, about NATO's plans and the growing global resistance to it. Pippa explains that NATO is openly siding with the fossil fuel corporations to defend their interests even as the clima…

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-18). Biden Promises Not to 'Walk Away' From the Middle East at GCC Summit. news.antiwar.com President Biden on Saturday vowed that the US would not "walk away" from the Middle East during a summit attended by regional leaders in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The summit was attended by members of the Gulf Cooperation Council plus Iraq, Egypt, and Jordan, known as the GCC+3. Biden's message to the Gulf monarchs and other …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-18). Biden advances Israel's agenda, one meeting at a time. mronline.org After facing criticism during his three-day visit to Israel, Biden will visit Saudi Arabia where he try to convince Arab nations to "normalize" tries with the Zionist regime…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2022-07-18). Don't Normalize Trump's Enablers. commondreams.org If the January 6 committee, media, and public observers normalize Pence, Barr, and even the seemingly innocent Hutchinson, they are paving the way for future authoritarian fascists.

____ (2022-07-18). Nelson Mandela (18 Jul 1918 — 5 Dec 2013). transcend.org Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa in 1994, serving until 1999. A symbol of global peacemaking, he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Staff (2022-07-18). Nelson Mandela: "Uno de los más extraordinarios símbolos de esta era" (+ Video). cubadebate.cu El líder sudafricano Nelson Mandela, quien este 18 de julio cumpliría 104 años de edad, nos recordaba que "mientras la pobreza, la injusticia y las grandes desigualdades persistan en nuestro mundo, ninguno de nosotros puede descansar realmente". Mandela fue desde muy joven un luchador incansable contra toda manifestación de injusticia social.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-18). Atentado en el centro de Somalia deja dos muertos y 15 heridos. telesurtv.net Varios ministros y parlamentarios regionales resultaron heridos tras el ataque suicida con coche bomba contra un hotel de la ciudad de Jowhar.

WSWS (2022-07-18). Detroit City Council endorses the creation of a racialist Reparations Task Force. wsws.org The demand for racial reparations has long been percolating within the Democratic Party, heavily promoted by well-off upper middle class African American politicians.

Staff (2022-07-18). Ghana declara un brote de la enfermedad de Marburgo, un virus zoonótico de la misma familia que el Ébola. cubadebate.cu Marburgo es una fiebre hemorrágica vírica altamente infecciosa de la misma familia que el virus del Ébola. Es sólo la segunda vez que se detecta esta enfermedad zoonótica en àÅfrica Occidental. La OMS se ha puesto en contacto con los países vecinos de alto riesgo y están en alerta.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-18). Ejército de Liberación Saharaui lanza ataques contra tropas marroquíes. telesurtv.net En la última fecha las hostilidades se han concentrado en Mahbes, localidad ocupada por Marruecos y cercana a la frontera con Mauritania y Argelia.

Rqorinoco (2022-07-18). One Year After July 11, 2021. orinocotribune.com By Ike Nahem — Jul 11, 2022 | "The heroism of normality in Cuba does not generate headlines." | -Cuban revolutionary journalist Rosa Miriam Elizalde | July 11, 2021 in Cuba quickly went from legitimate, valid, peaceful street protests to violent provocations and destructive acts directed by US clients in Cuba. Thousands of people in many cities, towns, and working-class neighborhoods took to the streets in response to harsh, deteriorating conditions — the worst of the Covid Delta infections, hospitalizations, and deaths on the island before the application of the Cuban-vaccines; the electricity blacko…

WSWS (2022-07-18). Anger erupts in chaotic, drawn-out Papua New Guinea elections. wsws.org Within days of the polls opening for the three-week election period, frustrations erupted over the incomplete electoral roll, which has left many voters unable to cast their ballots.

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-07-18). ONU celebra el Día Internacional de Nelson Mandela. telesurtv.net Guterres señaló que Mandela nos demostró que "tenemos la capacidad y responsabilidad de construir un futuro mejor".

_____ (2022-07-17). Argentina And Mexico Increase Commercial Ties With Cuba. popularresistance.org Cuba has ramped up commercial ties with Argentina and Mexico this week as it looks toward Latin America to break out of the blockade imposed by the United States. Havana is currently hosting a trade conference with Mexican businesses to attract investment and on Tuesday Argentina formalized a wide-ranging cooperation agreement to boost the agricultural sector. | The Mexico-Cuba trade conference, hosted at the Hotel Nacional, concluded today with the signing of 12 investment agreements in renewable energy, textiles, food, information technology, and other areas. The conference was inaugurated by Cuba's President M…

_____ (2022-07-17). Biden The Warmonger Gets Played By The Saudis. popularresistance.org Jeddah, Saudi Arabia — On the second day of his trip to Saudi Arabia, President Joe Biden met with the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates—along with Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq to discuss security issues, but particularly to push for a united front against Iran. Biden has spent much of his trip to the Middle East reinforcing the regional policies of his predecessor, Donald Trump, rather than implementing the policies on which he campaigned for president. And he is rightly taking heat for his meetings yesterday with S…

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