Brazil on edge as three military chiefs resign after Bolsonaro fires defense minister The commanders of the Brazilian army, navy and air force“ Gen Edson Leal Pujol, Adm Ilques Barbosa and Lt-Brig Antonio Carlos Bermudez “ met with the president's new minister on Tuesday morning and reportedly tendered their resignations during a dramatic and heated encounter. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/30/brazil-military-chiefs-resign-bolsonaro-fires-defense-minister https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/30/brazil-military-chiefs-resign-bolsonaro-fires-defense-minister Venezuela to Maintain Operations in Border Zones With Colombia In recent days, Venezuelan authorities have denounced several aggressions committed by these groups against the civilian population in border zones such in the State of Apure. In Colombia, however, President Ivan Duque's administration does not combat these irregular armed groups. On the contrary, they are being used as a "beachhead" to escalate conflicts against the Bolivarian nation. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-to-Maintain-Operations-in-Border-Zones-With-Colombia-20210331-0006.html Myanmar coup: Kevin Rudd joins calls for UN security council intervention Rudd raised the alarm as he called for an urgent meeting of the UN security council, arguing the international community had a "responsibility to protect the people of Myanmar from mass atrocities by the country's military. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/31/myanmar-coup-kevin-rudd-joins-calls-for-un-security-council-intervention 'Oli sabotaging communist movement' Eleven influential leaders of the CPN- UML faction led by Madhav Kumar Nepal and Jhalanath Khanal today issued a joint statement accusing party Chair and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli of attempting to split the party and conspiring to sabotage the communist movement in the country. https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/oli-sabotaging-communist-movement Communist Party of Mexico blasts police repression over the murder of Salvadoran migrant in Quintana Roo The death of 36 year-old Victoria Esperanza Salazar a Salvadoran migrant who died in Tulum, Mexico, after a policewoman put her knee on her back for several minutes “ continues to evoke outrage on after additional details of her life and how she died surfaced. http://www.idcommunism.com/2021/03/communist-party-of-mexico-blasts-police-repression-over-murder-of-salvadoran-migrant-in-quintana-roo.html https://archive.is/rvvFp Japan opposition submits no-confidence motion against minister over scandal Along with the CDPJ, the motion of no confidence was submitted by the Japanese Communist Party, the Democratic Party for the People, and the Social Democratic Party. The move ratcheted up tensions between the ruling and opposition parties ahead of a lower house by-election in Hokkaido as well as another by-election in Nagano Prefecture and a re-run election in Hiroshima Prefecture for seats in the House of Councillors. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210331/p2g/00m/0na/120000c Cosatu, SACP welcome ANC affirmation of ˜step aside" rules Following the conclusion of its heated NEC meeting at the weekend, ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa said the resolution taken at the partys 54th national conference was non-negotiable. The so-called step aside rules could see ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule and several other party leaders step down from their posts pending the finalisation of their criminal cases. https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/politics/2465705/cosatu-sacp-welcome-anc-affirmation-of-step-aside-rules/ https://archive.is/h9j2g 5 CPI Maoist Cadres Killed By Police During Firefight In Gadchiroli District The operation was launched on Friday in Khobramendha area of Kurkheda tehsil, in north Gadchiroli, and ended in a two-and-a-half-hour gun battle on a hillock “ the police team took on around 60 CPI (Maoist) cadres positioned on top of the hillock. It was one of the longest encounters the district has seen since the beginning of the Maoist movement. https://www.redspark.nu/en/peoples-war/5-cpi-maoist-cadres-killed-by-police-during-firefight-in-gadchiroli-district/ Israeli forces rearrest Palestinian man celebrating release after 20 years in prison The 45-year-old was first arrested in 2001 at the peak of the Second Intifada, and was charged with belonging to the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Marxist-Leninist group, and plotting military acts against Israeli targets. When he was arrested, Barbar was forced to leave behind a 15-day-old daughter and two-year-old son. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-rearrest-magd-barbar-celebrating-release As Germans flirt with idea of first Green chancellor, a key opposition figure warns of the party’s ‘cultural Marxist’ agenda Speaking exclusively with RT.com, the Alternative fur Deutschland Euro MP warned, The Green Party is not about ecologism. It is now a cultural Marxist, internationalist party so they would press for a much more centralised EU state, fiscal union, ever-more money printing by the European Central Bank, solidarity in more policy areas, the green transition... in short everything that is subsumed beneath the term The Great Reset. https://on.rt.com/b4yk
