South America

Fake News Fail: Venezuelan Government Finally Orders Shutdown of CNN for Bogus and Misleading Reports


Deep State TV network and master of fake news, CNN, now being kicked out of countries for spreading twisted propaganda and trying to destabilize societies and governments.
Among the fake news stories being broadcast on CNN in Venezuela have been bogus reports of President Maduro’s Venezuelan government selling illegal passports to Middle East terrorists and other drug traffickers

There is no room for ideology in the ‘special relationship’

It is always amusing to see ideology blind people to reality.
A recent example of this has been the reaction of the British Parliamentary establishment and the UK mainstream media to Prime Minister Theresa May’s visit to Washington D.C. to meet with President Trump.
It seems that the old hands in Whitehall and Fleet Street think they can do something that thus far the Democratic Party, much of the Republican Party, the CIA, the NSA, the Pentagon, and China, have been unable to do, which is pressure Donald Trump to change his mind.

Obama’s Legacy In Latin America: Militarization, Right-Wing Coups, & The Rule Of Wall St.

Magnets for sale decorate a tourist shop, one showing an image of U.S. President Barack Obama smelling a cigar, at a market in Havana, Cuba, Monday, March 16, 2015. (AP/Ramon Espinosa)
“Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world”
– William Shakespeare, from “Hamlet”

Mosul’s Citizens, Under Bombardment, Face "a level of savagery that no human should have to endure,"

This is the only place you will read that headline. And, yes, it is a play on the msm reporting regarding Aleppo, Syria. Beside the headline, I’m pretty certain you won’t read this news article anywhere else either?US-led coalition launches heaviest air strikes pounding ISIS strongholds in Mosul’s outskirtsWhere is Ban Ki Moon when he's really needed? Of course he's nowhere to be found.

Keeping pace: the Rio residents fighting to keep their communities

For Rio’s favela dwellers the story of the 2016 Olympics has been one of disbanded communities, demolished homes and broken promises of urban renewal. But, as Ben Whitford finds, the determination of one community offers hope for other ongoing strugglesThe post Keeping pace: the Rio residents fighting to keep their communities appeared first on Positive News.

Is the Zika threat Overhyped?

You just know it is! Haven't had time for this one. But from the little I've heard and read. This is over hyped. No real connections  have been made between the virus and the birth defects. There are many curious aspects about Brazil that need to be factored in. One being the attempts to oust the leader. Another being the heavy, heavy use of pesticides.