Podcast appearances and mentions of Jorge Arreaza

Jorge Arreaza, former Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs, describes the historic fight against U.S. imperialism in Venezuela, Latin America & all over the world. Brian Becker is joined by Jorge Arreaza, Executive Secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) and former Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs. Please make an urgently-needed contribution to The Socialist Program by joining our Patreon community at https://www.patreon.com/TheSocialistProgram. We rely on the generous support of our listeners to keep bringing you consistent, high-quality shows. All Patreon donors of $5 a month or more are invited to join the monthly Q&A seminar with Brian.

Como aseguró Jorge Arreaza en un tuit.

L'objectif d'Anne Hidalgo n'est pas d'être élue présidente de la République. L'objectif de la maire de Paris n'est pas de se qualifier pour le second tour de l'élection présidentielle. Son objectif est juste d'arriver au-dessus de la barre des 5%. Jean-Michel Apathie nous explique pourquoi. L'ensemble de la filière du blé s'est indignée mercredi du lancement par le groupe Leclerc d'une baguette à 0,29 €. Agriculteurs et boulangers dénoncent d'une même voix une campagne "démagogique et destructrice de valeurs". Pascal Perri dit : "arrêtons avec le pouvoir d'achat !" C'est une obsession qui nous coûte cher. À force de vouloir absolument servir le pouvoir d'achat des consommateurs, on a fracassé les contribuables, on a aussi désinvesti les salariés. Inconnu ou presque il y a quelques semaines, le candidat de l'opposition vénézuélienne Sergio Garrido, a remporté dimanche dernier l'élection du nouveau gouverneur de l'Etat du Barinas. Il a remporté une victoire confortable, en recueillant 55,36 % des suffrages, contre 41,27 % pour Jorge Arreaza, le candidat du pouvoir. L'opposition a remporté une victoire historique dans cet Etat stratégique. Ce poste était tenu depuis 1998 par la famille de l'ancien président Hugo Chavez. Abnousse Shalmani parle d'un revers pour Maduro. Du lundi au vendredi, à partir de 18h, David Pujadas apporte toute son expertise pour analyser l'actualité du jour avec pédagogie.

Sergio Garrido venció a Jorge Arreaza en las urnas y fue elegido como gobernador del estado de Barinas, un bastión tradicionalmente chavista. “Nació la esperanza de un pueblo”, dijo Garrido. Escucha lo que compartió en Conclusiones sobre este triunfo que fortalece a la oposición en Venezuela.Para conocer sobre cómo CNN protege la privacidad de su audiencia, visite CNN.com/privacidad

 Sergio Garrido venció a Jorge Arreaza en las urnas y fue elegido como gobernador del estado de Barinas, un bastión tradicionalmente chavista. “Nació la esperanza de un pueblo”, dijo Garrido. Escucha lo que compartió en Conclusiones sobre este triunfo que fortalece a la oposición en Venezuela. Para conocer sobre cómo CNN protege la privacidad de su audiencia, visite CNN.com/privacidad

Jorge Arreaza is the Minister of Industries and National Production in Venezuela. Red Nation Podcast co-host Nick Estes spoke to him in Caracas in late November 2021. Watch the entire conversation on the Red Nation Podcast Youtube Channel. Don't forget to like and subscribe the channel! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLLQEDu3NmE&ab_channel=TheRedNation Support  www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Boletín informativo 07 de octubre de 2021.

Régimen de Nicolás Maduro expulsa a la embajadora de la UE en Venezuela y exige a la Unión Europea recular sobre sanciones asegurando que si no lo hace «no hay más nunca ningún trato». El canciller chavista Jorge Arreaza le otorgó 72 horas a Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa para que abandone Venezuela. Invitados: Leandro Gasco, periodista y Daryls Arcia, Analista Político.

Chanceler da Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, anunciou na noite desta quinta-feira que o país colocou à disposição do governo do Amazonas cilindros de oxigênio para garantir o abastecimento de Manaus que enfrenta o colapso no sistema de saúde provocado pela falta de oxigênio em suas unidades de saúde. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cultura-fm-braslia/message

As Venezuela elects and swears in a new National Assembly Red Lines host Anya Parampil sits down with the country's Foreign Minister, Jorge Arreaza, in their latest conversation since the US launched its coup attempt against his government in January of 2019. They discuss the impact of US regime change policy on Venezuela's domestic political situation, why Juan Guaidó has not been arrested, hope for diplomacy with the incoming Biden Administration, the left's resurgence in Latin America, and more.

Trainiere dein Hörverstehen mit den Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Donnerstag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.Giftanschlag auf Nawalny empört den Westen Nach der Vergiftung des russischen Regierungskritikers Alexej Nawalny will die Bundesregierung mit den Verbündeten über Konsequenzen gegenüber Russland beraten. Der Vorsitzende des Auswärtigen Ausschusses des Bundestages, Norbert Röttgen, forderte eine klare, harte und einheitliche europäische Linie. Die deutsche Regierung sieht es als "zweifelsfrei" erwiesen an, dass Nawalny mit dem chemischen Nervenkampfstoff Nowitschok vergiftet wurde. Kanzlerin Angela Merkel sprach von einem "versuchten Giftmord". Der russische Oppositionelle wird seit dem 22. August in der Berliner Charité behandelt. Viele Verletzte bei Protesten gegen Regierung in Bulgarien In der bulgarischen Hauptstadt Sofia ist es vor dem Parlament zu schweren Zusammenstößen zwischen regierungskritischen Demonstranten und der Polizei gekommen. Mindestens 55 Menschen wurden verletzt, wie die Behörden mitteilten. 95 Personen seien festgenommen worden. Die Proteste richteten sich gegen die bürgerlich-nationalistische Regierung von Ministerpräsident Boiko Borissow, der die Demonstranten Korruption und Nähe zu Oligarchen vorwerfen. Tausende Menschen skandierten im Zentrum von Sofia "Rücktritt" und "Mafia". Corona gefährdet Zukunft von Millionen Flüchtlingskindern Die Coronavirus-Pandemie bedroht nach einem Bericht des UN-Flüchtlingshilfswerks UNHCR die Zukunftschancen von Millionen minderjährigen Flüchtlingen. Bereits vor der Krise habe nur rund die Hälfte aller Flüchtlingskinder weltweit - etwa 1,8 Millionen Kinder - Zugang zu einer Schule gehabt, heißt es weiter. Diese Situation verschärfe sich. Auch in Deutschland hätten die Corona-Einschränkungen Kinder aus Flüchtlingsfamilien besonders stark getroffen, da ihnen der Zugang zu wichtiger Technologie oftmals fehle. Frankreich fängt Flüchtlinge am Ärmelkanal ab Die französischen Behörden haben mehr als einhundert Flüchtlinge aufgegriffen, die vergeblich versucht hatten, den Ärmelkanal in Richtung Großbritannien zu überqueren. Darunter waren 53 Menschen, die aus dem Meer gerettet wurden. Die Zahl der Flüchtlinge, die von Frankreich aus in oft unsicheren Booten über den Ärmelkanal reist, hat zuletzt stark zugenommen. Im August gelangten knapp 1500 Flüchtlinge an die englische Küste. Nach Trump besucht auch Biden die Stadt Kenosha Nach dem Besuch von US-Präsident Donald Trump in Kenosha reist auch sein Herausforderer Joe Biden in die Stadt, die nach der Polizeigewalt gegen einen Schwarzen von teils gewalttätigen Protesten gegen Rassismus erschüttert wird. Der Präsidentschaftskandidat der Demokraten wird heute in der Stadt in Wisconsin erwartet. Ein weißer Polizist hatte dort einem Afroamerikaner am 23. August siebenmal in den Rücken geschossen und ihn schwer verletzt. Trump sprach mit Sicherheitskräften in Kenosha, nicht aber mit der Familie des Opfers. In den USA wird im November ein neuer Präsident gewählt. Maduro lädt Wahlbeobachter ein Venezuelas Präsident Nicolás Maduro hat Beobachter der UN und der EU zu den für Dezember geplanten Parlamentswahlen eingeladen. Außenminister Jorge Arreaza teilte mit, Einladungsbriefe seien an UN-Generalsekretär António Guterres und den EU-Außenbeauftragten Josep Borrell verschickt worden. Zuletzt hatte Maduro mehr als hundert Oppositionsabgeordnete und Vertraute seines Widersachers Juan Guaidó begnadigt. Guaidó bezeichnet die Amnestie als Trick, um die Parlamentswahlen zu legitimieren. USA halten Geld an WHO zurück Die USA wollen ihre Schulden von rund 80 Millionen Dollar bei der in Genf ansässigen Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) derzeit nicht begleichen. Das Geld solle stattdessen zur Bezahlung von Rechnungen der Vereinten Nationen verwendet werden, hieß es aus Washington. Die USA wollen die WHO im Juli 2021 verlassen. Präsident Donald Trump wirft der Organisation vor, während der Coronavirus-Pandemie eine "Marionette Chinas" geworden zu sein.

Hoy en #DiaADia, comenzamos conversando con el analista político Hernán Molina, quien nos informó sobre el manejo del Covid-19 en Estados Unidos: “La curva de contagios en vez de haber ido para abajo como en el resto de los países, ha ido hacia arriba”, comentó, agregando que la suma de muertes podría alcanzar los 250.000 para noviembre. Además, con respecto a las próximas elecciones, Molina afirmó que “Trump tiene solo un 38% de apoyo”, y recalcó la importancia que tienen los seguidores del movimiento Black Lives Matter, puesto que representan al 69% de los estadounidenses y “Ellos son votantes también”.Desde Washington nos atendió Carlos Vecchio, quien nos informó que “Existe una orden de protección de los Estados Unidos a la empresa Citgo”, pero que a pesar de esta protección, “El riesgo sigue siendo alto” debido a las deudas acumuladas por la misma. Además, Vecchio agregó que “La empresa Citgo se está manejando de manera independiente a la república”.La periodista Mónica Vargas nos habló acerca del presidente peruano, Martín Vizcarra, el cual a pesar de haber dejado claro que no va a postular una reelección, “Al inicio de la pandemia tenía 80% de la aprobación, y en estos momentos cuenta con un 65%”. Vargas también comentó que Vizcarra es un “Político pragmático y no asociado a ninguna tendencia extrema ni de derecha, ni de izquierda” y que su única fuerza y poder es la aprobación ciudadana.Acerca del tema de la incertidumbre que viene por el regreso a clases, la psicóloga familiar María Valcourt nos participó que “La educación va a continuar, ya sea virtual o presencial. El tema es el nivel de aprendizaje que se obtenga de esa educación”. Valcourt recalcó que ese nivel de aprendizaje dependerá de la capacidad y nivel de creatividad de cada maestro.También conversamos con Iván Simonovis, quien nos describió que “Hay 5 estructuras criminales que definitivamente son las que están en Venezuela con un gran poder”, las cuales son las mega bandas, los colectivos, los carteles de droga, los terroristas y la guerrilla. Sobre esto, Simonovis también afirmó que “Aun cuando Padrino López y Jorge Arreaza lo niegan, es evidente que los vínculos entre el régimen y la guerrilla existen”.Y para cerrar, el periodista Alessandro Di Stasio nos habló acerca de los 705 venezolanos en España que no han podido regresar a su país: “Mañana, 250 personas saldrán en un vuelo hacia Venezuela”, comentó, agregando que quienes no salgan mañana, “Seguirán en el limbo, como lo han estado desde marzo”. Di Stasio también expresó que “Hay entre 20 y 30 personas en el aeropuerto prácticamente en situación de calle, ya que no tienen los recursos para quedarse en alojamientos”, y que los mismos comen gracias a donaciones de organizaciones y distintas personas que les prestan ayuda.

«La mitomania dei media della destra mondiale contro il Venezuela è da antologia anti-giornalistica. Sono fabbriche di menzogne, infamie, falsità e calunnie. Riciclano vecchie fake news con sensazionalismo spudorato. Intraprenderemo azioni legali in questo e altri casi. Basta!» Il ministro degli Esteri venezuelano Jorge Arreaza ha commentato così su Twitter lo scoop, che però sarebbe completamente falso, pubblicato dal quotidiano spagnolo Abc sui presunti finanziamenti in nero al Movimento 5 Stelle da parte del governo di Caracas, nel 2010. L’Ambasciata del Venezuela a Roma, contattata dall’Ansa, ha smentito la notizia: «Si tratta di un’informazione falsa e assurda, adiremo le vie legali». Nel documento «ci sono tanti punti incongruenti in una nota che è falsa e contraffatta», hanno fatto sapere dall'Ambasciata.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Jorge Arreaza, Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, to talk about the oil tankers currently offloading fuel from Iran, the significance of the gasoline and the international cooperation that allowed for its arrival, and why claims by the US or Honduras that Venezuela's government has ties to drug traffickers should be treated with serious skepticism.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Mecca Bullock, an organizer with the Liberation Center in Philadelphia, to talk about yesterday's brutal crackdown by police on protesters there and what the future holds for organizers there fighting against racism, police brutality, and capitalism.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by are joined by Rahul Dubey, a homeowner in Logan Circle, to talk about his decision to shelter nearly 100 young activists from an attempt by armed forces to 'kettle' them as they marched peacefully, why those taking shelter viewed the offer to leave the house under police supervision as a ruse and refused to leave until curfew ended at 6 AM, and what the experience reveals about the power of soldarity and the importance of community in times of crisis. In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Jorge Arreaza, Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, to talk about the oil tankers bringing fuel from Iran, the significance of the gasoline and the international cooperation behind its arrival, and why claims by the US or Honduras that Venezuela's government has ties to narco-traffickers should be taken with serious skepticism.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Marshall Eddie Conway, former Black Panther, political prisoner, and Executive Producer of The Real News Network, to talk about the national wave of protests, what to make of various allegations that agent provocateurs have infiltrated the demonstrations, and how Trump's crackdown on the protest movement is steadily eradicating what remains of free speech rights and freedom of the press.

DAÑOS COLATERALES. La Casa Blanca reafirmó este martes la necesidad de que la población respete las medidas de aislamiento social ya impuestas y extendidas el pasado domingo hasta finales de abril. Para ilustrar su argumento, publicó un gráfico que indica que, en un escenario optimista, la cantidad de muertes como consecuencia de la pandemia oscilará entre las 100.000 y las 240.000. El pesimista, en tanto, prevé más de 2 millones de decesos. NYT | CNN CANCHAS DE TENIS CON CAMAS DE EMERGENCIA. Las autoridades estatales y locales de Nueva York intentan incrementar su capacidad hospitalaria en 87.000 camas que les permita hacer frente a la pandemia del coronavirus, que afecta de forma más agresiva a todo el estado de Nueva York. El portavoz de la USTA, Chris Widmaier, dijo que un área en la que se sitúan las canchas cubiertas del Centro Nacional de Tenis Billie Jean King, sede del último Grand Slam, comenzará a convertirse en una instalación médica. EUROPA PRESS LATINOAMÉRICA. En Latinoamérica, Brasil sigue siendo el que mayor número de casos confirmados registra con 4.661, seguido por Chile (2.449), Ecuador (1.966), México (1.094), Panamá (1.075) y Argentina (966). Ecuador entra este martes en su tercera semana de régimen de excepción con el trágico balance de 62 fallecidos y 1.966 contagiados, la inmensa mayoría de ellos en la provincia de Guayas (suroeste), donde se concentran más del 70 por ciento de los casos. En las últimas horas empezaron a aparecer cadáveres en las calles de Guayaquil. El gobierno anunció que trabaja para dar una solución a las demoras para recoger los cuerpos sin vida en esa ciudad, la más afectada por el coronavirus. EL COMERCIO VENEZUELA. El opositor Juan Guaidó agradeció hoy a Estados Unidos la propuesta de transición en Venezuela, que se basa en conformar un consejo de cinco personas y lo deja a él mismo por fuera y al presidente Nicolás Maduro.A su vez, Jorge Arreaza, canciller del gobierno de Maduro rechazó la propuesta y aseveró que el líder socialista "no aceptará ningún gobierno de transición porque las decisiones de Venezuela se toman en Miraflores". JGUAIDO | JAARREAZA HOUSEPARTY. Houseparty estaba viviendo su mejor momento hasta hace dos días, cuando se habló de que habían sido hackeados. Rumores que Epic Games, la dueña de Houseparty, ha negado tajantemente a pesar de las capturas que fueron apareciendo en redes sociales de gente que decía haber perdido el acceso a Spotify o Netflix por usar la misma contraseña que en Houseparty. Este martes, Houseparty ha dicho tener indicios de que los rumores de hackeo forman parte de una campaña de desprestigio pagada por un tercero, y ha ofrecido una jugosa recompensa de un millón de dólares a la primera persona que presente pruebas de que dicha campaña existe. HOUSEPARTY NUEVA SERIE EN NETFLIX, Y NO ES DE VIRUS. Lo necesitábamos. Documentales, series y películas apocalípticas, de terror y virus nos invadieron en estos días. Necesitábamos una de esas series de luchar, de saber que se puede salir de una situación difícil. 'Unorthodox' se estrenó el pasado 26 de marzo y ya se ha convertido en la última sensación de Netflix.  GOOGLE THE LAST DANCE. Netflix anunció que el estreno de The last dance (El último baile) fue adelantado al 19 de abril. El documental repasa a profundidad la labor de Michael Jordan y de los Chicago Bulls en la temporada 1997-98. El material consta de diez capítulos y su estreno responde a la solicitud de los consumidores a más contenido, ante el aislamiento que hay que guardar a causa del coronavirus. Son casi 500 horas de testimonios inéditos e imágenes exclusivas, acerca de una de los campeonatos más importantes en la historia de la NBA. NETFLIX KISS ANUNCIA GIRA LATINOAMERICANA. “Reprogramamos las fechas de la gira latinoamericana End of the Road”, anunció la banda estadounidense Kiss a través de sus redes sociales, indicando su web oficial (https://www.kissonline.com) para más datos. Con la reprogramación, son doce fechas confirmadas, entre el 10 de noviembre y el 8 de diciembre. La apertura será en Brasil, donde Kiss ofrecerá seis conciertos, hasta el 19 de noviembre. El 21 de noviembre tocarán en Buenos Aires, Argentina; el 24 de noviembre en Santiago, Chile. Siguen: Lima, Perú, el 28 de noviembre; Bogotá, Colombia, el 1 de diciembre; San José, Costa Rica, el 4 de diciembre; y San Salvador, El Salvador, el 8 de diciembre.Aún no hay fecha confirmada para Paraguay.  

Como se presta colombia para agredir a Venezuela pensando que así logra seguir avanzando sobre territorio de Venezuela, como ha ocurrido desde la independencia. "La Historia es la Memoria de los Pueblos, por lo tanto es vital estar informado de los diferentes puntos de vista de un mismo acontecimiento, siendo esto indispensable para la formación de una visión más clara de los hechos allí narrados. De allí que un pueblo sin memoria histórica, es un pueblo sin futuro cierto. Si queremos comprender el presente, escudriñemos en el pasado." Felipe Torrealba

Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Arreaza (@jaarreaza) talks about the Indigenous socialist vision of the Bolivarian Revolution and how US sanctions have affected the country. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

HAPPY NATIONAL TOILET PAPER DAY! Join us as we celebrate the amazing rolls of paper we rub our nether regions with! Today we're celebrating with friend, sister and toilet paper user Amy Cowan (aacowan.com / Twitter: @aacowan / Instagram: aacowan)!! LET'S PARTY!! Find Holiday Party online – Patreon: patreon,com/HOLIDAYPARTY Twitter: @HOLIDAYPARTYPOD / Instagram: HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST / Facebook: @HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST / HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST.COM Find Alyssa – Twitter: @alyssapants / Instagram: lettertalkpodcast / alyssapants.com Find Disa – Twitter: @cinnamonenemy / Spotify: open.spotify.com/user/1243777842 SHOW NOTES “Toilet paper is a tissue paper product people primarily use to clean the anus and surrounding area of fecal material after defecation and to clean the perineal area of urine and other bodily fluid releases. It also acts as a layer of protection for the hands during these processes.” --Wikipedia According to WordHippo, other names for toilet paper include: toilet tissue, TP, bum wad, loo paper, loo roll, bog paper, or bog roll According to Urban Thesaurus, additional synonyms include: shit ticket, ass polish, geneva convention, US constitution, bill of rights, certificate of deposit, bung fodder, bum fodder, poop eraser, manpon, rectum ribbon, moon squares, moon tape, bowel towels, poop mittens, clint eastwood paper, poo or poop tickets, dookie tickets, parachute, mountain money, shistapape, dunny roll, shatner, hole roll, yugio cards, moon floss, daily mail, alpha whiskey, ghetto kleenex, and butt scroll Among many, many, many other terms with definitions adjacent to toilet paper but not direct slang terms for it Most modern toilet paper in the developed world is designed to decompose in septic tanks Toilet paper comes in various numbers of plies, or layers of thickness, from 1- to 6-ply, with more back-to-back plies providing greater strength and absorbency Toilet paper products can vary greatly in the distinguishing technical factors, such as size, weight, roughness, softness, chemical residues, “finger-breakthrough” resistance, and water-absorption Quality is usually determined by the number of plies, coarseness, and durability. Low grade institutional toilet paper is typically of the lowest grade of paper, has only one or two plies, is very coarse and sometimes contains small amounts of embedded unbleached/unpulped paper. Mid-grade two ply is somewhat textured to provide some softness and is somewhat stronger. Premium toilet paper may have lotion and wax and has 2-4 plies of very finely pulped paper. If it’s marketed as “luxury”, it may be quilted or rippled, perfumed, colored or patterned, medicated, or treated with aloe In order to advance decomposition of the paper in septic tanks or drainage, the paper used has shorter fibers than facial tissue or writing paper. Manufacturers try to reach an optimal balance between rapid decomposition (which requires shorter fibers) and sturdiness (which requires longer fibers) Another use for toilet paper is toilegami, which refers to a common practice by hotels to fold the first sheet of a toilet paper roll to indicate to guests that the room has been cleaned The practice has been considered an emblematic example of a meme copied across the world from one hotel to another to the point that most of them now do it There are recreational uses for toilet paper such as “TP-ing”, which is the act of throwing rolls of toilet paper over cars, trees, houses, and gardens, causing the toilet paper to unfurl and cover the property, creating an inconvenient mess Children and cats may take to unrolling an entire roll of toilet paper by spinning it until it completely unravels on the floor, or as a game by children wadding up one end, putting it in the toilet bowl without tearing it and then using the flushing of the toilet to pull new paper into the toilet with the objective of flushing the entire roll down the toilet section at a time without the toilet paper breaking Toilet paper pranks include musical toilet paper holders and inserts that are activated by the unrolling of the toilet paper and will loudly play an embarrassing song, calling attention to the person defecating Other gags include custom toilet paper printed with jokes, stories, or politicians’ images From toiletpaperhistory.net, wrapping and padding material known as paper was invented in China in the 2nd century BC, and there are “many evidences” that confirm that they used that paper like toilet paper as well. The first modern toilet paper was created in 1391 for the Chinese Emperor family, and each sheet of toilet paper was perfumed. It wasn’t until the late 15th century that paper became widely available, though mass manufacturing of modern toilet paper didn’t begin until the late 19th century Prior to toilet paper, wealthy people would use wool, lace, or hemp to wipe, while poorer people would often use their hand when defecating into rivers, or cleaned themselves with materials such as rags, wood shavings, leaves, grass, hay, stones, sand, moss, water, snow, ferns, plant husks, fruit skins, seashells, or corncobs In Ancient Rome, a sponge on a stick was a popular option. The tool would be placed into a pail of vinegar or heavily salted seawater after use Other sources indicate that ancient Jewish practice included the use of small pebbles that would be carried in a special bag, as well as the use of dry grass or the smooth edges of broken pottery jugs In 1857, Joseph C. Gayetty created the first commercially available toilet paper, which were comprised of loose, flat sheets of paper medicated with aloe. It was dubbed “Gayetty’s Medicated Paper,” with Joseph Gayetty’s name printed on every sheet. Sadly, this invention ultimately failed. In 1879, the Scott brothers founded the Scott Paper Company, which offered the first toilet paper sold in rolls. However, they struggled to get the public to openly buy the product because Americans were so embarrassed by bodily functions. In fact, the Scott brothers were so ashamed of the nature of their work that they didn’t take proper credit for it until 1902 In 1871, Zeth Wheeler patented rolled and perforated toilet paper, and began selling the paper in 1897 By the end of the 19th century, more homes were being built with sit-down flush toilets attached to indoor plumbing systems. Because people required a product that could be flushed away with minimal damage to the pipes, widespread acceptance of toilet paper finally took hold In 1935, Northern Tissue invented splinter free toilet paper It was popular in the 1960s to buy colored toilet paper to match or complement the colors of one’s bathroom. Colors included pink, lavender, light blue, light green, darker green, purple, and light yellow. US manufacturers fully discontinued color paper lines in 2004, though colored paper remains commonly available in some European countries In 1973, Johnny Carson allegedly created a toilet paper shortage in the US after a joke he told on The Tonight Show.  From Snopes, which lists the rumor as a “mixture” of fact and fiction: “In December 1973, Carson made a joke during his opening monologue of The Tonight Show about an upcoming toilet paper shortage. While Carson was not the first to comment on the situation, [he] was blamed for causing a nationwide toilet paper shopping spree.” 1973 was a rough year economically for Americans. In the beginning of the year, the stock market crashed and lost over 45% of its value. In October, an Arab oil embargo saw gas prices rise from $3/barrel to nearly $12/barrel  After inflation, that equates to a rise from about $17/barrel to about $69/barrel (for reference, our prices today appear to range from $55-65/barrel) The US experienced a period of economic stagnation that it hadn’t seen since the Great Depression As a result, gas, electricity, and onions were heavily reported to be in limited supply, and Americans cultivated a “shortage psychology.” The toilet paper shortage started with an unsubstantiated rumor in November 1973 with several news agencies reporting a tissue shortage in Japan. A republican congressman in Wisconsin, Harold V. Froelich, then released a series of press releases stating that “the US may face a serious shortage of toilet paper within a few months...we hope we don’t have to ration toilet tissue...a toilet paper shortage is no laughing matter. It is a problem that will potentially touch every American.” The media took this and ran with it, setting the ground for a consumer panic. Johnny Carson’s reference to the shortage on his shown is oft-cited as the spark that ignited the legitimate shortage that followed. He said, “You know, we’ve got all sorts of shortages these days. But have you heard the latest? I’m not kidding. I saw it in the papers. There’s a shortage of toilet paper!” Millions of Americans went on toilet paper shopping sprees, leading to some store owners setting limits on two rolls per customer. Some creative thinkers requested toilet paper as gifts to their baby showers. The shortage last for four months. Toilet paper was bartered and traded, and a black market even emerged before the panic subsided in February of 1974 Carson issued a serious apology on his talk show, saying, “I don’t want to be remembered as the man who created a false toilet paper scare. I just picked up the item from the paper and enlarged it somewhat...there is no shortage.” In 2015, Venezuela faced a similar crisis. Reports surfaced that the country’s government’s price controls may lead to a lack of toilet paper, the citizens panicked and induced their own shortage. The situation got so out of hand that President Jorge Arreaza occupied a toilet paper factory, and issued this statement: “[We] will not allow hoarding or failures in the production and distribution of essential commodities. There is no deficiency in production.” Wet wipes were first introduced in the UK in the 1990s. It was promoted as a flushable product but it has since been implicated in the creation of fatbergs (a congealed mass in a sewer system formed by the combination of non-biodegradable solid matter, such as wet wipes, and congealed grease or cooking fat Since 2013, there have been a number of notable fatbergs that have been discovered and extricated from sewers in Great Britain, Australia, and the US In September 2017, a fatberg of congealed fat, wet wipes, and waste was discovered under the streets in Baltimore, Maryland that caused the spillage of 1.2 million US gallons of sewage into Jones Falls In February 2019, the largest fatberg in UK history, so far, was discovered in a sewer at Birchall Street in Liverpool. It weighed 400 tons and was 250 meters long. As of recording, it is still in the process of being removed, as it is proving to be difficult to break down using conventional tools and equipment In many parts of the world, especially where toilet paper or the necessary plumbing for disposal are unavailable or unaffordable, toilet paper is not used. Many people also consider using water as much cleaner and more sanitary practice than using paper. Cleansing may then be done with other methods or materials, such as a bidet, a lota (a small water vessel made from brass, copper, or plastic used in parts of South Asia), rags, sand, leaves, corn cobs, animal furs, sticks, or hands History of the holiday It was tough to pin down the inaugural Toilet Paper Day, but I did manage to find a mention of it in an article from 2010 on theyearoflivingunofficially.com The date was chosen to commemorate the first time toilet paper was ever sold on a roll, August 26, 1871 Fun facts and anecdotes! More than 7 billion rolls of toilet paper are sold yearly in the US. Americans use an average of 23.6 rolls per capita per year The average American uses 50 lbs of tissue paper per year, which is 50% more than the average person of other Western countries or Japan. This may be explained by the fact that people in other countries use bidets or hoses to clean themselves Americans use an average of 8.6 sheets of toilet paper each time they go to the restroom One tree produces about 200 rolls of toilet paper and about 83 million rolls are produced per day Global toilet paper production consumes 27k trees daily Millions of trees are harvested in North and South America leaving ecological footprint concerns It takes 37 gallons of water to make a single roll of toilet paper Friction from toilet paper contributes to and exacerbates the 23 million annual cases of hemorrhoids, UTIs, and anal fissures During Desert Storm, the US Army used toilet paper to camouflage its tanks--this is a fact I found listed in several places, but I wasn’t able to find anything to corroborate it or to explicate what that looked like About 4 billion people in the world do not use toilet paper An average of 666 rolls are used every day in the Pentagon 7% of Americans admit to stealing toilet paper rolls from hotels When asked what they’d bring if they were stuck on a deserted island, 49% of people said they’d bring TP before food Renova is the most expensive brand of toilet paper in the world. From Portugal, the paper is three-ply, perfumed, available in red, black, blue, and green, and is apparently a favorite among celebrities like Beyonce and Kris Jenner. It’s about $15 for a 6-roll pack On the International Space Station, they still use regular toilet paper but it has to be sealed in special containers and compressed Women tend to wad paper, while men tend to fold. Women wipe from front to back, and men just wipe however they want to From a 2016 AskReddit thread, titled “What is your ‘there’s no toilet paper’ horror story?”, here are some of the better answers “I’m Venezuelan… Do I have to say more?” “Every time I have a ‘there’s no toilet paper’ situation I turn it into “I need a replacement pair of socks’ situation.” “Got food poisoning while staying on a friend’s couch. In the middle of the night I went to the bathroom about to burst from both ends. There was no toilet paper, so I searched for about 15 minutes everywhere in the house for any paper product. There wasn’t anything. I was really sweating at this point because I just couldn’t hold it anymore. I ended up grabbing some old wrestling magazines printed on newspaper that my friend had lying around (she’s a hipster) and using that. It wouldn’t flush, so after I was done, I had to fish it out of the toilet and throw it out.” “One day, when I was a kid, I had to take a huge shit at little league practice. Of course, we were at a baseball field with not a single restroom around. So I went behind the dugout and took the biggest shit a 6 year old has ever taken. Obviously, there wasn’t any TP. So I tried using grass, to no avail. At the end of practice, everyone was checking their shoes to make sure they hadn’t stepped in any dog shit. And as you would guess, it was me they were smelling.” In July 2019, a man was caught on camera stealing toilet paper from a Fresh Value Marketplace in Trussville, Alabama. The toilet paper was on pallets on the sidewalk by the store, and a man in a hat, white wifebeater, and jeans, smoothly steals four packs of toilet paper and yeets out of there In 2006, a town employee in the Bavarian village of Fuchstal accidentally ordered two truckloads of toilet paper. When the first vehicle rolled up to the small town of 4k people, the authorities realized the mistake and managed to cancel the second truck, but the village was left with the logistical problem of storing the paper Officials set up a four-person team to distribute the toilet paper in several public buildings, filling the attic of the local storage building as well as all available closets and cabinets in local schools, the town hall, and the firehouse.  Ordinary citizens showed little interest in the paper, as it turned out to be a gray, single-ply brand that tended to yellow and grow brittle under prolonged exposure to sunlight It took the village 12 years to get through all of the toilet paper, with the last roll used in March 2019 There was an upside--the town saved over $1,130 because the price of wood went up the following year, which lead to higher prices for toilet paper The village has already placed its next large order of toilet paper, however the paper this time would be white, two-ply, and not delivered all at once In 2017, German non-profit Goldeimer took to pulping Nazi federal election pamphlets and turning it into toilet paper, as well as any other material the group deemed hateful, as part of a “hate is for assholes” campaign They’re quoted as saying, “In Germany, hatred has once again taken hold of the political climate. This is somewhat unfortunate. That is why Goldeimer is calling for a hate-free campaign. Up until the federal election, all campaign material that incites hatred and causes hurt will be taken out of circulation. Afterwards, from the crude slogans, we will make a velvety-soft special edition toilet paper.” All money raised was donated to the CURA organization, which aids victims of right-wing violence The paper, dubbed “Shitty Paper-Made from hate”, sold out in less than 24 hours SOURCES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper http://www.toiletpaperhistory.net/toilet-paper-history/history-of-toilet-paper/ https://www.checkiday.com/e84b3688c059d0c7918a4b78549aba22/national-toilet-paper-day https://home.howstuffworks.com/toilet-paper.htm https://www.trussvilletribune.com/2019/07/26/video-man-caught-on-camera-stealing-toilet-paper-from-fresh-value-marketplace-in-trussville/ http://mentalfloss.com/article/23210/toilet-paper-history-how-america-convinced-world-wipe https://www.cleanitsupply.com/blog/happy-national-toilet-paper-day/ https://www.bostonstandardplumbing.com/15-facts-to-help-you-celebrate-national-toilet-paper-day/ https://hellotushy.com/blogs/the-posterior/why-is-national-toilet-paper-day-a-thing https://www.lifehack.org/343424/fun-facts-about-toilet-paper-that-will-blow-your-mind https://blog.restockit.com/2016/08/03/21-fun-facts-about-toilet-paper/ https://priceonomics.com/the-great-toilet-paper-scare-of-1973/ https://www.dw.com/en/wiped-out-town-flushes-final-roll-of-12-year-toilet-paper-supply/a-47884449 https://www.dw.com/en/german-non-profit-flushes-away-right-wing-hate/a-40534628

El presidente de la Asamblea Nacional, Juan Guaidó, reconocido como presidente encargado de Venezuela por al menos 55 países, aseguró que la oposición participará en cualquier espacio que plantee una solución a la crisis política del país. Y es que la semana pasada, la delegación del cuestionado presidente Nicolás Maduro decidió no asistir a las sesiones de trabajo en Barbados, auspiciadas por el reino de Noruega, en protesta por la profundización de las sanciones económicas impuestas por Estados Unidos. Aunque el retiro de los representantes de Maduro no es definitivo. Lo ha dicho su canciller Jorge Arreaza. Se trata solo de una pausa. En Conclusiones, discutimos este tema con Rafael Guzmán, diputado de La Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela por el estado Miranda.Para conocer sobre cómo CNN protege la privacidad de su audiencia, visite CNN.com/privacidad

El presidente de la Asamblea Nacional, Juan Guaidó, reconocido como presidente encargado de Venezuela por al menos 55 países, aseguró que la oposición participará en cualquier espacio que plantee una solución a la crisis política del país. Y es que la semana pasada, la delegación del cuestionado presidente Nicolás Maduro decidió no asistir a las sesiones de trabajo en Barbados, auspiciadas por el reino de Noruega, en protesta por la profundización de las sanciones económicas impuestas por Estados Unidos. Aunque el retiro de los representantes de Maduro no es definitivo. Lo ha dicho su canciller Jorge Arreaza. Se trata solo de una pausa. En Conclusiones, discutimos este tema con Rafael Guzmán, diputado de La Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela por el estado Miranda.Para conocer sobre cómo CNN protege la privacidad de su audiencia, visite CNN.com/privacidad

El presidente de Colombia, Iván Duque, habló en una entrevista con Marcelo Longobardi sobre el gobierno del cuestionado presidente Nicolás Maduro en Venezuela. "Ese régimen dictatorial está protegiendo a los peores criminales de Colombia", expresó el mandatario. Jorge Arreaza, canciller de Venezuela, dijo sobre Duque que "miente de manera escandalosamente compulsiva". Duque también habló sobre la relación entre Argentina y Colombia, los acuerdos de paz con la guerrilla y la situación de Seuxis Paucias Hernández Solarte, alias "Jesús Santrich".

El número de venezolanos que abandonaron el país superó los cuatro millones, según anunciaron la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados y la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones, siendo uno de los grupos de poblaciones desplazadas más grandes del mundo, con un ritmo de salida impresionante: en solo 7 meses, desde noviembre de 2018, el número de refugiados y migrantes aumentó en un millón. Muy grave que el canciller de Nicolás, Jorge Arreaza, minimice este drama como una “instrumentalización de la migración”, en un claro ejercicio de proyección de su reciente campaña sobre los niños fallecidos por no recibir trasplantes de médula ósea. El caso es que mientras diversas agencias de la ONU buscan apoyo financiero para los países de acogida, algunas naciones intentan frenar el flujo migratorio complicando el ingreso. Tal es el caso de Perú, cuyo presidente, Martín Vizcarra, además de convertir en noticia la expulsión de venezolanos (alimentando torpemente la xenofobia), impuso una visa a partir del 15 de junio. Diversas organizaciones de DDHH criticaron esta medida y el régimen, en aplicación del principio de reciprocidad, exigirá visa a los peruanos a partir de la misma fecha. La venezolana Marianne Díaz fue reconocida con el premio “Héroes de los Derechos Humanos” por investigar y liderar campañas de acción a favor de los derechos digitales. El premio creado por Access Now lo entregará la Alta Comisionada de la ONU para los Derechos Humanos, Michelle Bachelet.

Descarga este episodio CUMBRE ENTRE TRUMP Y KIM. Los líderes de Estados Unidos y Corea del Norte están en conversaciones para conseguir la desnuclearización norcoreana mientras Pyong Yang demanda el cese de las sanciones. Todo dependerá de las concesiones que Corea del Norte esté dispuesta a hacer, incluyendo la inspección internacional de las instalaciones nucleares. Trump promete prosperidad, Kim Jong-un cree que Trump es un líder valiente así, con halagos, iniciaron en Hanói su segunda cumbre en un ambiente distendido. Para hoy jueves se espera que haya reuniones tanto solos como acompañados de sus colaboradores. LA VANGUARDIA CRISIS EN VENEZUELA Más de 20 representaciones diplomáticas demostraron su rechazo al canciller venezolano Jorge Arreaza en el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU en Ginebra. Alrededor de sesenta personas permanecieron fuera de la sala durante los trece minutos que duró la intervención del canciller alegando que desconocen al mismo como representante legítimo de Venezuela. El jefe del Parlamento de Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, reconocido como presidente interino de ese país por unos 50 Gobiernos, es esperado este jueves en Brasilia, donde está previsto que se reúna con el mandatario de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro. El mandatario brasileño ha mantenido un decisivo y firme apoyo a la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela, de mayoría opositora, desde que en enero pasado declaró al presidente Nicolás Maduro "usurpador" del poder. CONFLICTO PAKISTAN-INDIA. El conflicto entre Pakistán y la India a lo largo de la frontera se ha intensificado en días recientes, lo que culminó en ataques transfronterizos. Pakistán dice que su fuerza aérea derribó dos aviones de combate indios sobre la disputada región fronteriza de Cachemira, en una escalada significativa de la crisis entre las dos potencias con armas nucleares. India confirmó los ataques a Pakistán pero dijo que había perdido solo un avión y que faltaba un piloto. PELL VA PRESO Y ESPERA CONDENA. El cardenal George Pell será mantenido bajo custodia luego de que su equipo de defensa retirara inesperadamente una solicitud de fianza por múltiples cargos de abuso sexual infantil. El extesorero del Vaticano no será sentenciado hasta el 13 de marzo, lo que significa que podría pasar hasta dos semanas en la cárcel antes de la audiencia. El juez principal, Peter Kidd, ya ha indicado que Pell, de 77 años, cumplirá condena en la cárcel por abusar de dos niños del coro en la catedral de San Patricio en Melbourne a fines de los años noventa. CASO EMILIANO SALA. La FIFA confirmó hoy que ha recibido el reclamo del Nantes francés por el traspaso al Cardiff City del jugador argentino Emiliano Sala, fallecido el mes pasado en un accidente aéreo. Después de la desaparición del jugador, el Cardiff decidió no cumplir con un primer pago de 6 millones de euros de los 17 del total del traspaso, que fue validado por las autoridades futbolísticas antes del accidente. En Nantes envió a comienzos de febrero un correo dando 10 días al Cardiff para cumplir con el primer pago antes de iniciar un procedimiento ante la FIFA. Por su parte, el club de la Premier League manifestó su voluntad de esperar a las conclusiones de la investigación sobre el accidente para ver si una parte de la responsabilidad podía imputarse al club francés. El Nantes dice que un Certificado Internacional de traspaso (CIT) registrando el fichaje de Sala por el Cardiff fue emitido antes del accidente por lo que el delantero ya no estaba bajo su responsabilidad. Según un primer informe de la investigación el avión que transportaba a Sala no dispondría de los permisos para realizar un vuelo comercial. Tampoco es seguro que el piloto tuviese autorización para volar por la noche, según dicho informe provisional. MILENIO GOLEADA CULÉ EN EL BERNABEU. Barcelona vuelve a golear en el Bernabéu. Dos goles de Luis Suárez y un gol en propia puerta de Raphael Varane pusieron al equipo culé en la final de la Copa del Rey el próximo 25 de Mayo. El rival saldrá del duelo Valencia vs Betis, que en la ida empataron 2 a 2. COHEN CON ARTILLERÍA PESADA CONTRA TRUMP. Michael Cohen, ex abogado de Donald Trump, dijo al Congreso de Estados Unidos que el mandatario es un "racista", un "estafador" y un "embustero" que conocía con antelación una filtración de WikiLeaks que dañaría a su rival en la carrera Presidencial del 2016.  Cohen, otrora persona de confianza de Trump, afirmó que el presidente dirigió las negociaciones de un proyecto inmobiliario en Moscú durante la carrera por la Casa Blanca, a pesar de que éste aseguraba en público que no tenía intereses empresariales en Rusia, según el testimonio preparado por el abogado. La audiencia frente a una comisión de la Cámara de Representantes, bajo control demócrata, tuvo un comienzo tenso, cuando el republicano de más alto rango en el panel intentó aplazar la sesión. BBC | AP NOVEDADES WORLD MOBILE CONGRESS. El World Mobile Congress avanza hacia su final convertido en un escaparate de dispositivos inteligentes  'wearables', que ha experimentado un gran auge en el sector de la salud. PRIMERA INTERVENCIÓN QUIRÚRGICA TELEASISTIDA CON 5G. Vodafone realizó la primera intervención quirúrgica con 5G. El proyecto, bautizado como cirujano remoto, se llevó a cabo junto con los médicos del Hospital Clinic de Barcelona. Con esto se demostró que se puede conectar a dos médicos en diferentes partes del mundo para hacer una intervención quirúrgica sin sufrir problemas de latencia. XATAKA MOVIL EL FORMATO DEL BREXIT SIGUE EN SUSPENSO. El Parlamento británico ha aprobado la enmienda que contempla el compromiso de Theresa May de votar el 14 de marzo el retraso del Brexit, si el Parlamento rechaza su plan y no hay acuerdo para la salida. La medida contó con el apoyo de una mayoría aplastante de la cámara: 502 votos a favor, por tan solo 20 en contra. EL HERALDO NINTENDO SE AGARRA DEL DETECTIVE PIKACHU. Pokemon: Detective Pikachu continúa generando curiosidad. Luego del tráiler lanzado ayer por Warner Brothers, Nintendo anuncia dos nuevos títulos para la consola para finales de 2019, “Pokemon Sword” y “Pokemon Shield”.  Todo parece indicar que esperarán los resultados de la película. LOS COVERS DE MORRISSEY. Cada vez está más cerca el nuevo álbum de Morrissey. Se trata de un disco de covers titulado California Son que incluirá canciones de Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Roy Orbinson, Dionne Warwick, entre otros artistas. California Son  tiene fecha de estreno para el próximo 24 de mayo, según lo anunció el artista. El esfuerzo se verá complementado con la participación de voces de varios artistas entre ellos Billie Joe Armstrong de Green Day. El tema adelanto de este nuevo disco “It’s Over“  de Roy Orbinson, el ex Smiths comparte voces con la cantante LP. YOUTUBE Share on facebook Facebook Share on google Google+ Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on whatsapp WhatsApp Te pedimos que te tomes un pequeño tiempo para responder a esta breve encuesta. Nos sirve para mejorar.

En Al Cierre, el podcast de la Casa Editorial EL TIEMPO, analizamos con Eduard Soto, editor de Internacionales, cómo le fue al canciller venezolano Jorge Arreaza en Naciones Unidas y, también, el temblor político que hay en Estados Unidos por las declaraciones al Congreso de Michael Cohen, el exabogado del presidente Donald Trump.Jhon Torres, editor de Mesa Central, habló con Sair Buitrago, subeditor de Justicia, sobre los descubrimientos de la Fiscalía en la historia del megaproyecto de Hidroituango por los que imputará cargos contra dos exfuncionarios. Y con Ronny Suárez, periodista de la sección Vida, hablamos del nuevo casco que tendrán que comprar los motociclistas en Colombia, no solo porque se expedirá una norma que así lo obliga sino porque la mayoría de los cascos que hoy se usan en el país son poco menos que 'cáscaras de huevo' en un accidente.Y con Orlando Asencio, subeditor de Deportes, analizamos el partido en el que el Barcelona goleó al Real Madrid en el Santiago Bernabeu.

Show Notes: I’m back! Relaunching the show as a proper podcast with actual commentary from me, this time. Comments are open! Stream this episode on Audiomack: https://audiomack.com/song/wchanley/the-greencast-february-26-2019 Subscribe in your favorite podcast app: https://anchor.fm/greencast/ Show Links: Theme Music: Passage, by Lee Rosevere http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/ Jill Stein at Hands Off Venezuela https://www.facebook.com/drjillstein/videos/424065811667237/ Jorge Arreaza on Democracy Now https://www.democracynow.org/2019/2/25/the_coup_has_failed_now_the Trump: We’re Too Far Along https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/02/03/trump_military_intervention_is_on_the_table_in_venezuela_an_option.html Petition for Marco Rubio’s Resignation https://www.change.org/p/us-congress-marco-rubio-demand-for-resignation-due-to-promotion-of-violence

On today's episode Loud & Clear has a special and extensive interview with Venezuela’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza. In addition to his current role of the country’s top diplomat, which he has held since 2017, Minister Arreaza previously served in the cabinet as the Minister in charge of education, science and technology and was Venezuela’s Vice President from 2013 to 2016. Loud & Clear Producer Walter Smolarek traveled to New York on Sunday to conduct the interview at Venezuela’s diplomatic residence in the city. Then, following the dramatic events of last Saturday, where supporters of coup leader Juan Guaidó attempted to storm the Venezuela-Colombia border, the so-called Lima Group of countries supporting Guaidó held a high-profile meeting in Colombia where Mike Pence gave an address. Loud & Clear Producer Walter Smolarek fills John and Nicole in on the latest. Co-host Brian Becker is in Hanoi this week to cover the second summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The President said yesterday that he has high hopes for the meetings this week, that he and Kim are “on the same page,” and that he is confident the two countries can settle their differences. Administration officials are suggesting that Vietnam could be a model for a future North Korea. Brian Becker joins the show from Hanoi, Vietnam. Monday’s segment “Education for Liberation with Bill Ayers” is where Bill helps us look at the state of education across the country. What’s happening in our schools, colleges, and universities, and what impact does it have on the world around us? The hosts focus on the Oakland teacher strike, in its third day. Today, Rick Ayers, a professor of education at the University of San Francisco and co-author of the book “You Can’t Fire the Bad Ones: And 18 Other Myths about Teachers, Teachers Unions, and Public Education,” joins Walter and John. Monday’s regular segment Technology Rules with Chris Garaffa is a weekly guide on how monopoly corporations and the national surveillance state are threatening cherished freedoms, civil rights and civil liberties. Web developer and technologist Chris Garaffa joins the show.

“Cuando no hay diplomacia, viene la guerra y nosotros no la queremos”, aseguró el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Venezuela.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Wednesday during his presentation to the UN National Assembly that his country is a permanent victim of diplomatic, economic and media aggression by the United States. “I bring the voice of a country that has refused to surrender throughout history, to injustice, to empires, yesterday slave and colonial; today also neocolonial slavers. I bring the voice of a historic people, who rose up from the aborigines, from the native peoples who for centuries resisted the domination of the colonial empires, “he said at the beginning of his speech. Criticizes Trump He questioned the president of the United States Donald Trump for having spoken with disdain of his Government. He accused him of playing a role of judge of the party and police of the world. “Our country is harassed, Trump attacked the noble people of Venezuela, raising the doctrine that 200 years ago founded the empire of the states and determined since then what was going to constitute its interventionist role,” he said. Just a day before Trump told reporters at the UN headquarters that the Chavista president could be quickly overthrown by the military if that will existed. Venezuela quickly responded through its foreign minister, Jorge Arreaza, who said that his country is ready to defend the regime and that “the example of Vietnam, a military failure of the United States, may be short.” He asks for dialogue At another point in his speech, he said that despite the ideological, historical, social, abysmal differences with the president of the United States, Donald Trump is willing to shake his hand and sit down to discuss their bilateral differences. “Donald Trump is worried about Venezuela, I am willing to talk with an open agenda about all the topics he wants to talk about, with humility, with sincerity. Venezuela holds the flags of the dialogue of civilizations as president, promotes the practice of international political dialogue, through the understanding of politics, and not of force. “ Requests investigation of the attack He demanded the implementation of an “independent investigation” on the attack with drones that he suffered on August 4. Maduro asked the United Nations to appoint a “special delegate” to take charge of this “international” investigation and linked the United States and several Latin American countries with what happened. “Venezuela is open.  The doors of our country, of our justice system, are open to establishing the direct responsibilities of this aggression, ” said the Venezuelan leader. He reiterated his accusation that the attack “was planned from the territory of the United States” and said that he has transmitted to Washington the “name” of the “intellectual authors, financiers and planners” of the same. This is not the first time that Maduro attends the UN General Assembly, in which he already participated in 2014 and 2015. On those occasions, he had said that Venezuela permanently supports a conspiracy of the imperial forces and allies of the United States, which claim Undermine democracy. This article appeared first on DAPULSE The post Maduro at the UN: Venezuela is a permanent victim of diplomatic and economic aggression appeared first on DAPULSE.

Pandora TVwww.pandoratv.it La dura minaccia di Israele all’Iran "Se l'Iran attaccherà Tel Aviv, Israele colpirà Teheran e distruggerà ogni postazione militare iraniana in Siria". A dirlo è il ministro della Difesa israeliano, Avigdor Lieberman, in un'intervista ad Elaph, un portale saudita basato a Londra. Anche Riad, come Israele, teme le manovre iraniane nella regione medio orientale. L'intervista arriva alla vigilia di un incontro di Lieberman a Washington con alti funzionari americani. Il ministro sottolinea che Israele non può tollerare la presenza dell'Iran in Siria. A suo parere, il regime iraniano è prossimo "ai suoi ultimi giorni" e il probabile ritiro americano dall'accordo nucleare lo porterà al crollo economico. Anche perchè, secondo Lieberman, Teheran avrebbe speso oltre 13 miliardi di dollari in Siria e ne spende altri due ogni anno per sostenere Hezbollah, Hamas e la Jihad Islamica. Israele, afferma Lieberman senza fornire altri dettagli, è impegnato in un dialogo con alcuni paesi arabi. "Le cose si stanno muovendo nella giusta direzione - afferma - siamo d'accordo al 75%”. I capi della diplomazia della Russia Sergey Lavrov, della Turchia Mevlut Cavusoglu e dell'IranMohammad Javad Zarif si incontreranno a Mosca il 28 aprile prossimo.USA, Francia e NATO contro l’accordo sul nucleare iraniano Emmanuel Macron non e' riuscito a convincere Trump sulla necessita' di preservare l'accordo sul nucleare iraniano. Infatti, e' vero il contrario. “La Francia non lascera' l'accordo, perche' lo abbiamo firmato. Ma il presidente Donald Trump ed io abbiamo deciso di lavorare a un nuovo accordo globale”, ha annunciato il leader francese dopo la sua visita negli Stati Uniti. Tra le condizioni del nuovo accordo, lo stop al programma missilistico di Tehran e la “promozione della stabilita' politica” nella regione. Due punti che rendono impossibile qualsiasi compromesso con il governo iraniano. “Il programma missilistico dell'Iran ci preoccupa in modo particolare, così come i suoi sforzi per destabilizzare la regione, il sostegno a vari gruppi terroristici e la minaccia alla libera navigazione”, ha dichiarato in queste ore a Bruxelles il Segretario generale della NATO, Jens Stoltenberg. Dall'International Film Festival di Teheran, il regista americano, Oliver Stone, si e' detto scioccato dal discorso di Macron: “Ricordo molto bene quanto fui fiero quando il presidente Chirac disse di no a George Bush quando voleva invadere l'Iraq. E adesso vediamo questo giovane uomo che non ha per nulla il senso della storia, della grande tradizione della Francia. La Francia deve imparare che non puo' piu' essere imperialista. Macron deve imparare a non essere un imperialista”, spiega Oliver Stone. Nel frattempo, Mosca sottolinea che qualsiasi accordo preso senza la partecipazione di Russia e Cina, ma soprattutto dell'Iran, non avra' alcuna efficacia giuridica. D'altronde, come afferma il presidente iraniano, Hassan Rouhani, “l'uomo d'affari Donald Trump non ha alcuna competenza in materia di politica, di diritto e di trattati”.Israele risponderà L'uso della forza militare senza il consenso del Consiglio di sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite favorisce i terroristi. Lo ha dichiarato Vladimir Putin, che mercoledì 25 aprile, in occasione del nono incontro internazionale sulla sicurezza, ha accolto a Sochi i rappresentanti di alto livello di 118 Paesi. Questa prassi, adottata “da alcuni membri della comunità internazionale”, contribuisce all'inasprimento dei conflitti, genera instabilità politica, spiega il leader russo, con particolare riferimento ai recenti attacchi perpetrati dalla coalizione occidentale e da Israele sul territorio siriano, che presto potrebbero farsi più pericolosi. La fornitura di armi antiaeree a Damasco iniziera' a breve, annuncia lo Stato Maggiore russo, il quale, tuttavia, non specifica il tipo di sistema. Secondo alcune fonti, tra cui l'ambasciatore siriano a Mosca, potrebbe trattarsi di S-300. Che il ministro della Difesa israeliano, Avigdor Lieberman, ha già minacciato di distruggere. “E' importante che le armi difensive che i russi stanno fornendo alla Siria non vengano usate contro di noi”, ha detto, “altrimenti Israele rispondera'”. “Se qualcuno mirera' ai nostri aerei, lo annienteremo”. Israele si riserva cosi' il diritto di bombardare, impunito, uno Stato sovrano. Opac: "Nessuna arma chimica a Damasco"'L'OPAC conferma di non aver trovato nessun'arma chimica nel centro di ricerca Barzeh di Damasco’. Ad annunciarlo ieri, 25 aprile, è il generale Sergey Rudskoy, Capo della Direzione Operativa russa, che aggiunge: ‘In qualsiasi paese dove ci siano armi chimiche, queste vengono conservate e protette scrupolosamente. I tre edifici bombardati il 7 di aprile avrebbero dovuto provocare la morte immediata di migliaia di persone. Invece le persone sono sta immediatamente assistite e senza alcuna protezione'. L'annuncio arriva subito dopo il secondo sopralluogo degli ispettori a Douma e a poche ore dalla sessione straordinaria presso il quartier generale olandese dell'OPAC, all'Aja: proprio ora, mentre scriviamo, la Fact-Finding Mission - la commissione indipendente incaricata di verificare i dati - sta interrogando testimoni siriani. Pechino accusa Washington: “Non siete i paladini dei diritti umani” Il Consiglio di Stato della Repubblica Popolare Cinese ha pubblicato, martedi', un rapporto sulle violazioni dei diritti umani negli Stati Uniti. Nulla a che fare col documento pubblicato venerdi’ scorso dal Dipartimento di Stato americano che, nel suo consueto ruolo di difensore dei diritti umani in tutto il mondo, si esprimeva sugli affari interni di Cina, Russia, Iran, Corea del Nord, Turchia e Birmania. “La sensazione - afferma Pechino - e' che in questo mondo soltanto negli Stati Uniti esista la situazione ideale per il rispetto dei diritti umani”. Ma la realta’ americana e' ben diversa dalle sensazioni. Gravi violazioni dei diritti civili, discriminazione razziale sistemica, anche contro donne, bambini e disabili, vertiginoso aumento del divario tra ricchi e poveri. Nel 2017, più di 40 milioni di americani hanno vissuto in povertà. Di questi, quasi la metà, 18,5 milioni, in condizioni di povertà estrema. Un punto a parte, le operazioni militari statunitensi all'estero, per esempio in Siria, che hanno provocato migliaia di vittime. Mentre nel campo di prigionia di Guantanamo continuano le torture. Il Venezuela verso nuove elezioni tra le proteste Operazione Ragnatela. Cosi' l'opposizione venezuelana ha definito la nuova ondata di proteste pianificata per domani, venerdi 27 aprile. Obiettivo: obbligare il presidente Nicolas Maduro ad abbandonare il paese. Un'iniziativa elogiata dal Segretario generale dell'Organizzazione degli Stati Americani (OSA), Luis Almagro. Dopo il fallimento del negoziato con il governo, l'opposizione è determinata a non partecipare alle elezioni presidenziali e comunali del 20 maggio, nonostante la presenza di osservatori internazionali. Una chiara volonta' di boicottaggio del processo democratico. Nel frattempo, l'opposizione venezuelana radunata nel MUD, Tavolo di Unita' Democratica, ha dichiarato il suo sostegno alle violenti proteste in Nicaragua contro il governo sandinista di Ortega, che hanno visto sinora la morte di 30 persone e durante le quali, lunedi' 22 aprile, e' stata distrutta un'enorme statua riproducente l'ex leader venezuelano, Hugo Chavez. Nicolas Maduro condanna le violenze in Nicaragua, comparandole a quelle provocate dal MUD in Venezuela, con 125 morti in 4 mesi. Intanto, domenica inizia la campagna elettorale, sei i candidati in lizza, ma lo sfidante principale di Maduro rimane Henri Falcón, ex militare che non ha aderito al boicottaggio evocato dal MUD. Il cancelliere venezuelano Jorge Arreaza, interpellato in una conferenza stampa presso la sede dell'ONU a New York, prevede piu' del 60% di partecipazione alle urne.

Pandora TVwww.pandoratv.it La dura minaccia di Israele all’Iran "Se l'Iran attaccherà Tel Aviv, Israele colpirà Teheran e distruggerà ogni postazione militare iraniana in Siria". A dirlo è il ministro della Difesa israeliano, Avigdor Lieberman, in un'intervista ad Elaph, un portale saudita basato a Londra. Anche Riad, come Israele, teme le manovre iraniane nella regione medio orientale. L'intervista arriva alla vigilia di un incontro di Lieberman a Washington con alti funzionari americani. Il ministro sottolinea che Israele non può tollerare la presenza dell'Iran in Siria. A suo parere, il regime iraniano è prossimo "ai suoi ultimi giorni" e il probabile ritiro americano dall'accordo nucleare lo porterà al crollo economico. Anche perchè, secondo Lieberman, Teheran avrebbe speso oltre 13 miliardi di dollari in Siria e ne spende altri due ogni anno per sostenere Hezbollah, Hamas e la Jihad Islamica. Israele, afferma Lieberman senza fornire altri dettagli, è impegnato in un dialogo con alcuni paesi arabi. "Le cose si stanno muovendo nella giusta direzione - afferma - siamo d'accordo al 75%”. I capi della diplomazia della Russia Sergey Lavrov, della Turchia Mevlut Cavusoglu e dell'IranMohammad Javad Zarif si incontreranno a Mosca il 28 aprile prossimo.USA, Francia e NATO contro l’accordo sul nucleare iraniano Emmanuel Macron non e' riuscito a convincere Trump sulla necessita' di preservare l'accordo sul nucleare iraniano. Infatti, e' vero il contrario. “La Francia non lascera' l'accordo, perche' lo abbiamo firmato. Ma il presidente Donald Trump ed io abbiamo deciso di lavorare a un nuovo accordo globale”, ha annunciato il leader francese dopo la sua visita negli Stati Uniti. Tra le condizioni del nuovo accordo, lo stop al programma missilistico di Tehran e la “promozione della stabilita' politica” nella regione. Due punti che rendono impossibile qualsiasi compromesso con il governo iraniano. “Il programma missilistico dell'Iran ci preoccupa in modo particolare, così come i suoi sforzi per destabilizzare la regione, il sostegno a vari gruppi terroristici e la minaccia alla libera navigazione”, ha dichiarato in queste ore a Bruxelles il Segretario generale della NATO, Jens Stoltenberg. Dall'International Film Festival di Teheran, il regista americano, Oliver Stone, si e' detto scioccato dal discorso di Macron: “Ricordo molto bene quanto fui fiero quando il presidente Chirac disse di no a George Bush quando voleva invadere l'Iraq. E adesso vediamo questo giovane uomo che non ha per nulla il senso della storia, della grande tradizione della Francia. La Francia deve imparare che non puo' piu' essere imperialista. Macron deve imparare a non essere un imperialista”, spiega Oliver Stone. Nel frattempo, Mosca sottolinea che qualsiasi accordo preso senza la partecipazione di Russia e Cina, ma soprattutto dell'Iran, non avra' alcuna efficacia giuridica. D'altronde, come afferma il presidente iraniano, Hassan Rouhani, “l'uomo d'affari Donald Trump non ha alcuna competenza in materia di politica, di diritto e di trattati”.Israele risponderà L'uso della forza militare senza il consenso del Consiglio di sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite favorisce i terroristi. Lo ha dichiarato Vladimir Putin, che mercoledì 25 aprile, in occasione del nono incontro internazionale sulla sicurezza, ha accolto a Sochi i rappresentanti di alto livello di 118 Paesi. Questa prassi, adottata “da alcuni membri della comunità internazionale”, contribuisce all'inasprimento dei conflitti, genera instabilità politica, spiega il leader russo, con particolare riferimento ai recenti attacchi perpetrati dalla coalizione occidentale e da Israele sul territorio siriano, che presto potrebbero farsi più pericolosi. La fornitura di armi antiaeree a Damasco iniziera' a breve, annuncia lo Stato Maggiore russo, il quale, tuttavia, non specifica il tipo di sistema. Secondo alcune fonti, tra cui l'ambasciatore siriano a Mosca, potrebbe trattarsi di S-300. Che il ministro della Difesa israeliano, Avigdor Lieberman, ha già minacciato di distruggere. “E' importante che le armi difensive che i russi stanno fornendo alla Siria non vengano usate contro di noi”, ha detto, “altrimenti Israele rispondera'”. “Se qualcuno mirera' ai nostri aerei, lo annienteremo”. Israele si riserva cosi' il diritto di bombardare, impunito, uno Stato sovrano. Opac: "Nessuna arma chimica a Damasco"'L'OPAC conferma di non aver trovato nessun'arma chimica nel centro di ricerca Barzeh di Damasco’. Ad annunciarlo ieri, 25 aprile, è il generale Sergey Rudskoy, Capo della Direzione Operativa russa, che aggiunge: ‘In qualsiasi paese dove ci siano armi chimiche, queste vengono conservate e protette scrupolosamente. I tre edifici bombardati il 7 di aprile avrebbero dovuto provocare la morte immediata di migliaia di persone. Invece le persone sono sta immediatamente assistite e senza alcuna protezione'. L'annuncio arriva subito dopo il secondo sopralluogo degli ispettori a Douma e a poche ore dalla sessione straordinaria presso il quartier generale olandese dell'OPAC, all'Aja: proprio ora, mentre scriviamo, la Fact-Finding Mission - la commissione indipendente incaricata di verificare i dati - sta interrogando testimoni siriani. Pechino accusa Washington: “Non siete i paladini dei diritti umani” Il Consiglio di Stato della Repubblica Popolare Cinese ha pubblicato, martedi', un rapporto sulle violazioni dei diritti umani negli Stati Uniti. Nulla a che fare col documento pubblicato venerdi’ scorso dal Dipartimento di Stato americano che, nel suo consueto ruolo di difensore dei diritti umani in tutto il mondo, si esprimeva sugli affari interni di Cina, Russia, Iran, Corea del Nord, Turchia e Birmania. “La sensazione - afferma Pechino - e' che in questo mondo soltanto negli Stati Uniti esista la situazione ideale per il rispetto dei diritti umani”. Ma la realta’ americana e' ben diversa dalle sensazioni. Gravi violazioni dei diritti civili, discriminazione razziale sistemica, anche contro donne, bambini e disabili, vertiginoso aumento del divario tra ricchi e poveri. Nel 2017, più di 40 milioni di americani hanno vissuto in povertà. Di questi, quasi la metà, 18,5 milioni, in condizioni di povertà estrema. Un punto a parte, le operazioni militari statunitensi all'estero, per esempio in Siria, che hanno provocato migliaia di vittime. Mentre nel campo di prigionia di Guantanamo continuano le torture. Il Venezuela verso nuove elezioni tra le proteste Operazione Ragnatela. Cosi' l'opposizione venezuelana ha definito la nuova ondata di proteste pianificata per domani, venerdi 27 aprile. Obiettivo: obbligare il presidente Nicolas Maduro ad abbandonare il paese. Un'iniziativa elogiata dal Segretario generale dell'Organizzazione degli Stati Americani (OSA), Luis Almagro. Dopo il fallimento del negoziato con il governo, l'opposizione è determinata a non partecipare alle elezioni presidenziali e comunali del 20 maggio, nonostante la presenza di osservatori internazionali. Una chiara volonta' di boicottaggio del processo democratico. Nel frattempo, l'opposizione venezuelana radunata nel MUD, Tavolo di Unita' Democratica, ha dichiarato il suo sostegno alle violenti proteste in Nicaragua contro il governo sandinista di Ortega, che hanno visto sinora la morte di 30 persone e durante le quali, lunedi' 22 aprile, e' stata distrutta un'enorme statua riproducente l'ex leader venezuelano, Hugo Chavez. Nicolas Maduro condanna le violenze in Nicaragua, comparandole a quelle provocate dal MUD in Venezuela, con 125 morti in 4 mesi. Intanto, domenica inizia la campagna elettorale, sei i candidati in lizza, ma lo sfidante principale di Maduro rimane Henri Falcón, ex militare che non ha aderito al boicottaggio evocato dal MUD. Il cancelliere venezuelano Jorge Arreaza, interpellato in una conferenza stampa presso la sede dell'ONU a New York, prevede piu' del 60% di partecipazione alle urne.

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