The Latin American and Caribbean Continental Organization of Students (OCLAE) reaches its 55th anniversary this August 11th with founding demands of struggle for unity, education and anti-imperialism, which are still fully valid.The Latin American and Caribbean Continental Organization of Students (OCLAE) reaches its 55th anniversary this August 11th, with founding demands of the struggle for unity, education, and anti-imperialism, which are still fully valid.

Hospitalizations and deaths are also increasing rapidly, though all are still below peaks seen early this year before vaccines became widely available across the US.  Photo: Octavio Jones / ReutersThe United States is now averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 infections per day, returning to a milestone last seen during the winter surge as health officials urge people to get vaccinated to stem a surging spread of the Delta variant.

PSUV leaders invite more than eight million supporters to participate in the primary process. Photo: AVNThe United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) on Sunday is holding primary elections to elect its candidates for the regional and municipal elections scheduled for next November 21st.

Colombia suffers 64th massacre so far this yearColombia's Institute for Development and Peace Studies (Indepaz) reported on Friday the 64th massacre registered in the South American country so far in 2021, which occurred in the municipality of Soacha in the department of Cundinamarca.

Zahra Ershadi, Iran's deputy permanent representative to the UN

An Iranian envoy to the United Nations says the Israeli regime is “playing the victim” to divert attention from its continuing crimes in Palestine, warning the occupying regime against any acts of "adventurism and miscalculations."