US and European Union Blockade on Venezuela Is Collapsing: Here is Some Evidence
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-06-27
The recent change in discourse by Juan Guaidó, affirming that he now aspires to negotiations with the Venezuelan government, seems to have its root in the United States that may be thinking about reversing some sanctions, just as President Nicolás Maduro had asserted a few days ago. And once again the administration of Joe Biden is urging for broad negotiations with specific deadlines to be carried out so that "in Venezuela there are free and fair elections." This was stated on Thursday, June 24, by Wendy Sherman, undersecretary of the US State Department. | Sherman's post on her social media, carrying this messa…
orinocotribune.com/us-and-european-union-blockade-on-venezuela-is-collapsing-here-is-some-evidence/

US and European Union Blockade on Venezuela Is Collapsing: Here is Some Evidence
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-06-27
The recent change in discourse by Juan Guaidó, affirming that he now aspires to negotiations with the Venezuelan government, seems to have its root in the United States that may be thinking about reversing some sanctions, just as President Nicolás Maduro had asserted a few days ago. And once again the administration of Joe Biden is urging for broad negotiations with specific deadlines to be carried out so that "in Venezuela there are free and fair elections." This was stated on Thursday, June 24, by Wendy Sherman, undersecretary of the US State Department. | Sherman's post on her social media, carrying this messa…
orinocotribune.com/us-and-european-union-blockade-on-venezuela-is-collapsing-here-is-some-evidence/

How A US Congressman Took On The US Blockade Against Venezuela
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-06-27
On a cold winter day in February 2019, activists gathered in downtown Northampton, Massachusetts, to denounce the attempted US-backed coup in Venezuela. More than two years later, in the wake of ongoing rallies and discussions with Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, activists gained some ground as the congressman tweeted an open letter to President Joe Biden on June 14 in which he called on the president to end "all secondary and sectoral sanctions" against Venezuela. The letter stated: | "While US officials debate the sanctions policy in Washington, for people in Venezuela the ongoing crisis is a lif…
popularresistance.org/how-a-us-congressman-took-on-the-us-blockade-against-venezuela/

Attack or False Flag Operation? Iván Duque Denounces 'Attack' on his Helicopter Near Paramilitary Stronghold of Cúcuta
José Manuel Blanco Diaz | orinocotribune.com | 2021-06-27
In the midst of disbelief and comments that cast doubt on the veracity of the event, Colombian President Iván Duque decried that he was the victim of an alleged attack in which the helicopter in which he was traveling was shot at multiple times from the ground. | Colombian media spread the version that the presidential aircraft, a US-made Blackhawk combat helicopter, had received 6 bullet holes. | Helicopter carrying Colombia's President Duque struck by bullets in attack t.co/wMYDRTpDlG pic.twitter.com/c0GTH3KaXx | — Press T…
orinocotribune.com/attack-or-false-flag-operation-ivan-duque-denounces-attack-on-his-helicopter-near-paramilitary-stronghold-of-cucuta/

Join the Twitterstorm now! #IsraelApartheidNation stop sports-washing colonialism at #TDF2021
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-06-26
Read the original French call to action at Collectif Palestine Vaincra. From June 26 to July 18, the 2021 edition of the Tour de France welcomes an Israeli team called "Israel Start-Up Nation" . Supported by the pro-Israeli far right, the participation of this team in one of the biggest sports competitions in the world serves a clear objective: to promote and normalize Israeli apartheid. Faced with this blatant attempt to sports-wash Israeli crimes, many organizations are mobilizing and calling for a twitterstorm on Saturday June 26 at 12 p.m. using the hashtags #IsraelApartheidNation and #TDF2021! twitte…
samidoun.net/2021/06/join-the-twitterstorm-now-israelapartheidnation-stop-sports-washing-colonialism-at-tdf2021/

"Saginaw unions no holds bar" Facebook group bans SEP National Secretary Joseph Kishore, suppresses articles on Volvo strike
wsws.org | 2021-06-26
Kishore had posted an article in the group calling for the widespread support for striking Volvo Trucks workers to be mobilised, as well as an article on Nexteer employees' voicing their solidarity with the stoppage in Virginia.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/26/next-j26.html

CNE: European Union Technical Mission to Arrive in Venezuela on July 6
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-06-26
A technical mission to evaluate the participation of electoral observers from the European Union for the November 21 mega-elections will arrive in Venezuela on July 6, reported the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) through a post on its Twitter account. | "The European Union informed the #CNE of the arrival of an exploratory mission on July 6, 2021," stated…
orinocotribune.com/cne-european-union-technical-mission-to-arrive-in-venezuela-on-july-6/

Israel's night raids on Palestinian families aren't over, whatever the courts say
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-06-26
The videos are all over YouTube. Masked Israeli soldiers storm a Palestinian family's home in the middle of the night. Parents, dressed in nightwear, are suddenly surrounded by heavily armed men in balaclavas. Young children are forced awake. With a mix of bleary-eyed confusion and fear, they are made to answer questions posed to them …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/06/israels-night-raids-on-palestinian-families-arent-over-whatever-the-courts-say/

Understanding Modern America
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2021-06-26
Interview on how the media landscape has changed in the age of social media, inspiring activist movements, the Republican's sharp movement toward an insane style of politics, and the dangers of the new Cold War with China…
zcomm.org/zvideo/understanding-modern-america/

[Research Paper] Effect of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate and Emtricitabine on nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 viral load burden amongst outpatients with COVID-19: A pilot, randomized, open-label phase 2 trial
Jean-Jacques Parienti, Thierry Prazuck, Laure Peyro-Saint-Paul, Anna Fournier, Cécile Valentin, Sylvie Brucato, Renaud Verdon, Aymeric Sève, Mathilda Colin, Fabien Lesne, Jérome Guinard, Meriadeg Ar Gouilh, Julia Dina, Astrid Vabret, Laurent Hocqueloux | thelancet.com | 2021-06-26
In this pilot study of outpatients adult with recent non-severe COVID-19, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate plus emtricitabine appeared to accelerate the natural clearance of nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 viral burden. These findings support the conduct of larger trials of tenofovir-based therapies for the prevention and early treatment of COVID-19.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00273-X/fulltext?rss=yes