Euromaidan Press also ran stories pushing the allegations of rape by Russian soldiers, “confirmed” by former Ukrainian Ombudsman Lyudmyla Denisova who said that 25 teenage girls were kept in a basement in Bucha and gang-raped; nine of them are now pregnant. After evidence showed those claims were false, the–
They are all funded by or staffed by Western and U.S. intelligence members pushing the U.S. narrative about the war in Ukraine. This is why Struggle-La-Lucha.org organized a fact-finding mission to Ukraine and Russia to report on the suppressed information that challenges the narrative of NATO and its member states, led by the U.S.
Posted by Editora Bogotá | Aug 10, 2022 | Environmental, Featured | translation thefreeonline
The euphoria continues in Colombia after the victory of the left for the first time ever (although without a majority), pushed and inspired by the extensive and diverse popular movement of last year’s uprising and national strike.
There will be a fierce struggle to develop a social revolution, between the people and the oligarchy. One front that is already underway is the ban on fracking and against the entry of extractive ‘vulture’-type corporations. ….
Environmental organizations and 70 congressmen filed a bill to ban fracking in Colombia.
The initiative has the support of the national government and several social and environmental organizations such as the Alianza Colombia Libre de Fracking.
The 70 congressmen from different parties, environmental organizations and social organizations filed a bill in the Colombian congress that seeks to definitively prohibit the exploitation of unconventional deposits and the fracking technique in the country.
Gas fracking in the US continues to expand and the country is already the largest producer of LNG in the world (2022), selling to the European market at exorbitant prices due to the war in Ukraine.
It also orders the formulation of a “Fair Energy Transition Policy”, as indicated in the statement of the Alianza Colombia Libre de Fracking.
Although it is the fourth time that this bill against Fracking has been filed in Congress, they hope to succeed, since they have a renewed Congress, in which a significant number of congressmen oppose this practice of oil exploitation. In addition, they have the support of the national government of Gustavo Petro.
As explained by the Alianza Colombia Libre de Fracking, the project “is a proposal consistent with the demands of citizens to remove the dangers of the exploitation of unconventional deposits and fracking.”
Sigue la euforia en Colombia por la victoria de la izquierda por primera vez (aunque sin mayoría), empujado e inspirado por el extensivo y diverso movimiento popular de la sublevación u huelga nacional del año pasado..
Habrá una lucha feroz para desarrollar una revolución social, entre el pueblo y la oligarquía . Un frente que ya está en marcha es por la prohibición del fracking y la entrada de las corporaciones del tipo ‘buitre’ extractivas. ….
– Organizaciones ambientalistas y 70 congresistas radicaron proyecto de ley para prohibir el fracking en Colombia. La iniciativa cuenta con el respaldo del gobierno nacional y de varias organizaciones sociales y ambientales como la Alianza Colombia Libre de Fracking. Durante la radicación del proyecto de ley estuvo presente la ministra de medio ambiente Susana Muhamad. La iniciativa busca también que sea formulada una política de transición energética.
Las y los 70 congresistas de distintos partidos, organizaciones ambientales y organizaciones sociales radicaron en el congreso colombiano un proyecto de ley que busca prohibir de manera definitiva la explotación de yacimientos no convencionales y la técnica del fracking en el país.
Fracking por gas en EEUU sigue su expansión y el país es ya el productor más grande de LNG del mundo (2022), vendiendo al mercado Europeo, a precios exorbitantes debido a la guerra de Ucrania.
Ordena, además, la formulación de una “Política de transición energética justa”, como lo señaló el comunicado de la Alianza Colombia Libre de Fracking.
Washington has harmed the bloc to serve its own interests, a top Putin ally has warned
“Gas in the US costs $333 per 1,000 cubic meters.. Washington sells it to Europe for a price which is 7.3 [times] higher”. (jumping today Aug 19 by another 7% to above $2,600)
/Beppe Gasparro
The United States has doomed the EU to hunger, cold and isolation by pressuring the bloc to cut its ties with Moscow, Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Friday.
He wrote on Telegram that Washington would “stop at nothing to cling to its power over the world as it throws under the bus the citizens’ welfare and the economies of European countries to achieve this end.”
He noted that natural gas in the US costs $333 per 1,000 cubic meters. “At the same time, Washington sells it to Europe for a price which is 7.3 [times] higher, rendering the EU economy uncompetitive,” he wrote, adding that the eurozone’s annual inflation rate had hit a record 8.9%.
Volodin said Europe had been hit by a heatwave that triggered huge problems in the agriculture sector, as well as an energy crisis which had seen prices soar six times in one year.
The EU’s decision to phase out Russian energy supplies and cut economic ties with Moscow “have been made under Washington’s pressure,” the State Duma speaker claimed.
“US policies in Europe are enforced by England that has left the EU high and dry, as well as by a number of countries that are sovereign in name only – Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine – with Poland, the Czech Republic and Finland joining this Russophobic coalition in the hopes of getting an American handout,” Volodin wrote.
His comments come as the EU is plagued by an energy crisis due to rising global prices. Earlier this month, the bloc approved a plan that would see its member states reduce gas consumption by 15% in a bid to tackle the crisis.
Another factor that has exacerbated the energy crunch was the EU’s decision to wean itself off natural gas from Russia, as the bloc considers these supplies to be unreliable.
However, President Vladimir Putin has rejected accusations that Moscow could cut off gas supplies to the EU, stating that Russian energy giant Gazprom is “ready to pump as much as necessary” but that the bloc has “closed everything themselves.”
Berlin should certify the gas pipeline from Russia to ensure there’s enough winter fuel, the Bundestag vice speaker said
Germany should certify the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and use it to get enough fuel from Russia to get through the upcoming cold season, Wolfgang Kubicki, the deputy speaker of the German parliament, said.
The move must be taken “as soon as possible to fill our gas storage for the winter,” the politician from the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) told the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) in an interview published on Friday. The party is part of the German ruling coalition.
Berlin suspended certification of the fully complete route for Russian natural gas to put pressure on Moscow amid the crisis in Ukraine. The German government said under no circumstances should it be used, even though the country faces gas shortages…..
Tras una extensa jornada de negociaciones, la huelga de hambre de los PPM de la cárcel de Angol llega a su término luego de alcanzar acuerdo entre los PPM, pu werkén y gendarmería.
Dos prisioneros politicos mapuche en estos momentos van con sus familias rumbo al CET angol.
This chart shows which Biden Cabinet members have had Covid. Lloyd Austin, the Secretary of Defense, and Xavier Becerra, the Secretary of Health and Human Service, have each had it twice.
Joe Biden, Jill Biden and Kamala Harris have each had Covid. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have had it.
There is a non-trivial chance that a Covid infection will result in organ damage, including brain damage, even if you’re vaccinated. Read Lambert Strether’s article for details.
I don’t rule out the possibility that brain damage is already occurring at high levels of government. This is not sarcasm (well, not completely).
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