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EPA says three widely used pesticides driving hundreds of endangered species toward extinction

from thefreeonline on 29th July 2023 by JOHNATHAN HETTINGER at The Extinction Chronicles

EPA says three widely used pesticides driving hundreds of endangered species toward extinction

Hands hold coated corn in a corn field near Mansfield, Illinois, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 (Darrell Hoemann/Investigate Midwest).

Clay Bolt went looking for a rusty patched bumblebee, he would head to a city. The wildlife photographer said his best bet would be Minneapolis or Madison, Wisconsin, in a botanical garden or even someone’s backyard — as long as it was far away from crop fields and neonicotinoid pesticides.

“We are presently experiencing the worst spate of species die-offs since the loss of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago,”

“It’s kind of ironic. Cities have become a refuge for some of these most endangered pollinators,” said Bolt, manager of pollinator conservation for the World Wildlife Fund. “Thousands of acres of monocultural row crops leave little to no room for most pollinators.”

The rusty patched bumblebee has seen populations plummet with the rise of industrial agriculture and was given…

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Guatemala: Criminal Oligarchy in Panic at possibility of Change

fr0m thefreeonline on 29th July 2023 by La Jornada via INTERNATIONALIST 360°

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Guatemala: Oligarchy in Panic

Guatemalans demand a fair election

A growing number of people have come out in protest in Guatemala to demand that the government and the justice system cease their attempts to derail the current presidential elections, the second round of which is to be held on August 20.

Prior to the elections there was a state operation to deny registration to the Movement for the Liberation of the Peoples (MLP) and its candidate, Thelma Cabrera, a peasant activist for land rights, access to electricity and against privatization of basic services.

Despite the fact that 22 people ran for the Guatemalan presidency and that more than 40 percent of the country’s inhabitants are indigenous, Cabrera was the only candidate belonging to one of the original peoples, a proof of the racism and lack of representation in the country’s political system.

After the first round on June 25, there was a generalized surprise, when the results contradicted all the polls and expressed unequivocally the social weariness with an authoritarian and criminal kleptocracy that is about to complete seven decades in power.

Jimmy Zúñiga Wallace and Ben Norton Thelma Cabrera and Jordán Rodas of Guatemala’s Movement for the Liberation

From the moment it was known that Bernardo Arévalo, of the Semilla Movement (progressive), had passed to the second round, all kinds of irregular maneuvers have been perpetrated in order to avoid the participation of such civic-electoral platform.

Among the main blows to legality and the democratic process are the following: the Constitutional Court authorized a recount of votes not contemplated in the norms; the Special Prosecutor’s Office against Impunity, in charge of Rafael Curruchiche, instructed a judge to withdraw the legal personality of Semilla, something expressly prohibited once the elections begin;

Judge Fredy Orellana ordered to raid twice the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) and issued an arrest warrant against the head of this body, despite the fact that she has immunity.

MLP demonstration in front of the TSE. Guatemala

Also, hooded men have stolen documents from both the TSE and Semilla’s offices.

Citizens identify as the main architect of these crimes the Attorney General Consuelo Porras, who since her arrival in office unleashed a judicial hunt against any member of the judiciary and the Public Prosecutor’s Office who had tried to perform her duties with probity. So far, only the resistance of a handful of officials and popular pressure have prevented the realization of what would clearly constitute a coup d’état and a breakdown of democratic institutionality.

Guatemala: Why Doesn’t Semilla Support Plurinationality in a Multicultural Country

The closing of ranks of the political and economic oligarchy against Arevalo represents the design to stop at any cost the possibility of establishing a democratic, honest and socially sensitive government in Guatemala.

And in the immediate future, the ruling class is driven by the urgency of boycotting the mere possibility of resuming the investigations into the corruption of politicians and businessmen, stopped by former President Jimmy Morales and cut short by the current president, Alejandro Giammattei.

Translation by Resumen Latinoamericano – English

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Moscow ‘forgives’ $23 billion of Great African ‘Cash-Cow’ Debt Scam

from thefreeonline on 29 July, 2023 Sergey Bobilev at banned Business News

note: finally found a revision copy of this banned post

The Free–If you own shares or a pension you may be partly living off African Debt. When the West pulled out of its artificial African states, colonialism continued by asset ownership and the Great Debt Scam.

1.4 billion Africans to remain as ‘Dollar Debt Cash Cow’ for West …

The US controlled financial system lent money to fragile temporary military leaders which finally led to nearly all state income going to pay the Interest on the impossible ‘National Debt’. Around the planet countries are still today nearly starving to pay the Colonial ‘CashCow’ rent.

Russia will also allocate another $90 million for development on the continent, the president says

The Russian government has written off over $20 billion of debt historically owed by African nations, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, speaking at a plenary session of the Russia-Africa forum in St. Petersburg.

He also pledged to send grain free of charge to many African countries with acute food insecurity.Putin pledges grain aid to Africa

He said Moscow would also allocate more funds to help with the development of the continent.

“The total amount of debt of the African countries written off by Russia amounts to $23 billion dollars with another $90 million to be allocated for the same purposes,” Putin stated, with reference to historical trade and finance links between Moscow and Africa.

On Thursday, the president said Russia would provide hard-pressed countries on the continent with free grain. Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somali, the Central African Republic, and Eritrea will each receive between 25,000 and 50,000 tons of grain, while Moscow will cover the delivery costs of the shipments.

In March, the Russian leader highlighted the growth of mutual trade between Russia and African countries, saying it could open up additional opportunities for the process of establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)..

Launched in 2021, the AfCFTA is expected to become a continental market with a total GDP of more than $3 trillion, making Africa one of the leaders of the multipolar world. According to Putin, Russia is in favor of establishing ties with AfCFTA both through the Eurasian Economic Union and on a bilateral level.

EU Cash Cows – Spain , for example, could only get a new loan from Europe in the 2008 crisis by agreeing to write into The Constitution that any tax income would go first to paying off the interest and debt. Making it a permanent Cash Cow. Invest today.. Buy Spanish Debt…. etc.