Caribbean Travel – This Caribbean Island Is Shutting Down Again As Regional Coronavirus Cases Continue Uptick

The U.S. Virgin Islands, which reopened its borders to tourists in June, now has 741 cases but its death tally remains at 9. Governor Albert Bryan Jr. announced the U.S. Virgin Islands will close its doors once again to leisure visitors, effective August 19, 2020, for a period of at least one month.

The Caribbean region added another 1,500 new cases in total Sunday.

 

Source: Caribbean Travel – This Caribbean Island Is Shutting Down Again As Regional Coronavirus Cases Continue Uptick

Harris ‘electrifies’ West Indian voters — and gives Biden a new edge in Florida — Repeating Islands

Marc Caputo (Politico) writes about Kamala Harris’s effect on Caribbean voters, stating that “the Black West Indian diaspora community is a little-discussed but increasingly influential slice of the electorate of the nation’s biggest swing state.” Almost as soon as Kamala Harris became the first woman of Jamaican-Indian descent to be nominated for vice president, a […]

Harris ‘electrifies’ West Indian voters — and gives Biden a new edge in Florida — Repeating Islands

What Makes Trump an Autocrat? — The Weekly Sift

The most dangerous thing about Trump is that he doesn’t see his power as belonging to the Office of the Presidency. It belongs to Donald J. Trump. When used sloppily, the word autocrat is little more than an insult. An “autocrat” may simply be an executive who makes decisions you don’t like, one who acts […]

What Makes Trump an Autocrat? — The Weekly Sift

Territoire Yanomami, rio Putaco, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela – NON à la destruction des terres indigènes par l’Arc minier de l’Orénoque de Maduro au Venezuela !!!

Barbara Crane Navarro

Territoire Yanomami, rio Putaco, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela.

Forêt du Jaguar – dessin sur papier – Meromi Yanomami 

NON à la destruction des terres indigènes par l’Arc minier de l’Orénoque de Maduro au Venezuela !!!

NON à la suppression par Bolsonaro des protections pour les territoires autochtones du Brésil !!!

NON à l’OR DU SANG !!!

EXPOSITION “Pas de Cartier !” – Les YANOMAMI et les ARBRES – Mines d’or et articles de luxe en or – COVID-19 propagé par des mineurs d’or… 3 septembre – 4 octobre 2020

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Wyden: FBI didn’t share information related to GOP Obama-era probe with Dems | TheHill

“Based on this letter, it is evident that not only has most of the requested Crossfire Hurricane information that has been provided to the committees not been provided to the ranking members and their staffs, but Democrats were not informed of its existence,” Wyden wrote in the letter, which was obtained by The Hill.

Source: Wyden: FBI didn’t share information related to GOP Obama-era probe with Dems | TheHill

Report: Facebook turned a blind eye to violence-inciting posts to appease India’s government

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India is one of the biggest markets for Silicon Valley giants such as Facebook and Google. It’s also a slippery slope in terms of politics as the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) yields a lot of power over how these companies can operate. In the past, the parliamentary committee had summoned Twitter’s Jack Dorsey to question him about the platforms’s alleged left-leaning bias. Because of this power, platforms often think about taking actions on incriminating posts by leaders of the party — even if they violate their content policy. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Ankhi Das, Facebook India’s…

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Belarus opposition leader says she’s ready to lead if security forces switch sides

Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is calling for new laws to allow another election to take place in Belarus, telling security forces and police officers past behaviour will be forgiven if they stop supporting President Alexander Lukashenko.

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Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is calling for new laws to allow another election to take place in Belarus, telling security forces and police officers past behaviour will be forgiven if they stop supporting President Alexander Lukashenko.