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Indigenous Protesters at U.S. Interior Department Reject Drilling on Public Lands

The protesters demand that Biden take immediate action on the climate. They reject mandated oil & gas lease sales on public lands and waters.

Wayne Snyder from the United States took our photo of the day “Resting in the Sun”, in Cienfuegos, Cuba.

Today’s featured artist is Chichito Cabral from Uruguay with the song “Chicalanga” from the album “Candombe Pal’ ½ E’ La Calle” (1985).

Police raided his home & the office of his newspaper, elPeriodico. Zamora is accused – without evidence – of money laundering & blackmail.

The social sectors & the Government reached agreements on point four of the dialogue table agenda, which calls for 6% of the GDP for education,

Lazaro Yuri Valle Roca was sentenced to five years in prison for the crimes of “ongoing enemy propaganda and resistance.”

The past month’s rains caused serious flooding that washed away the crops that would normally be harvested at the end of July & early August.

Diplomat Hugo Rodriguez advocated in the US Senate for an end to human right violations and a return to democracy in Nicaragua.

The bill would ban nearly all abortions while making abortion care a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

At the dialogue table, 2 of the 8 points, that were presented in a list of demands have been addressed, the prices of basic foods and fuel.