US govt, celebrities, bots fuel astroturfed Cuba protests to push regime change

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton briefly discuss how the US government and corporate media are heavily amplifying small protests in Cuba to destabilize the country. While Washington suffocates the Cuban people with an illegal, 60-year blockade that the entire world just voted against at the UN, C-list celebrities are promoting #SOSCuba propaganda, and thousands of bots are spreading fake news on social media.

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Διπλό στρατηγικό χτύπημα Τσίπρα κατά του καταρρέοντος Μητσοτακικού καθεστώτος

globinfo freexchange Η είδηση έπεσε σαν βόμβα και παρόλο που η μιντιακή χούντα προσπάθησε (όπως πάντα) να υποβαθμίσει το γεγονός, η σούπα χάλασε από μια νέα ομάδα ποντικών που θέλησαν να πηδήξουν από το βυθιζόμενο Μητσοτακικό καράβι, πριν προλάβει να τους συμπαρασύρει η τρικυμία των εξελίξεων. Αναφερόμαστε στην κατάρρευση της θεωρίας της σκευωρίας που έστησε το καθεστώς όσον αφορά το σκάνδαλο Novartis. Όπως ανέφερε το left.gr : H απόφαση «κόλαφος» του Δικαστικού Συμβουλίου για τα κακοστημένα κατηγορητήρια της κυβέρνησης Μητσοτάκη σε βάρος δημοσιογράφων που αποκάλυψαν το σκάνδαλο Novartis, εκθέτει πρώτον από όλους τον πρωθυπουργό ο οποίος είχε προεξοφλήσει από το βήμα της Βουλής την ενοχή τους με βαρείς χαρακτηρισμούς σε μια προσπάθεια να επηρεάσει τη Δικαιοσύνη. Πράγματι, η απόφαση αφήνει απόλυτα εκτεθειμένο τον Μητσοτάκη, που με θράσος από το βήμα της βουλής επιχείρησε με άθλιους χαρακτηρισμούς να στοχοποιήσει τους δημοσιογράφους (κυρίως Παπαδάκου και Βαξε

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globinfo freexchange Inside the storm of inflation, the European Central Bank suddenly thought that it would be a good idea to raise key interest rates for the first time in 11 years. According to Deutsche Welle (DW) [emphasis added]: The ECB raised its negative benchmark deposit rate by 50 basis points from minus 0.5% to 0%, lifting the bank's deposit facility out of negative territory for the first time in eight years. The announcement came as a surprise as the bank had initially hinted that it would hike the rate by 25 basis points only . It's remarkable that DW's analyst, Kristie Pladson, stated that " ... this is a historic decision they've taken now - first hike in eleven years, so, on that level, it's a little bit unclear exactly what effect it's going to have ... " However, one thing ECB's move will surely affect, is money access for most of the Europeans. As Pladson says: ... what we do

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Mexico’s President gives Joe Biden a big history lesson

Latin American nations are putting themselves on the front line for the sovereignty of certain countries, and are backing progressive processes in others by Rodrigo Guillot Part 1 Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) visited the United States on July 12 and offered five proposals to US President Joe Biden. These proposals are based on AMLO’s in-depth knowledge of Mexican history and his reading of the economic crisis in the United States, which seems to be losing its edge as a global leader. The first of the proposals that AMLO made was about Mexico allowing US consumers to fill gasoline tanks on the Mexican side of the border. By doing so, it is permitting the United States to ease its inflation crisis. AMLO offered to double the supply of gasoline in Mexico in his show of support to further ease the crisis. Second, AMLO said that Mexico would provide for more than 600 miles of gas pipelines along the US–Mexico border to help transport natural gas from Texas to Ar

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