Daily Archives: October 2, 2020

2020-10-02: News Headlines

Tanya Wadhwa (2020-10-02). Thousands take the streets in national strike in Colombia. zcomm.org The nationwide protest was carried out in rejection police brutality, economic crisis, massacres and the indifference of the national government towards them…

Anya Parampil (2020-10-01). Using human rights to promote war: debunking UN's new Venezuela report. thegrayzone.com Red Lines host Anya Parampil debunks a new report issued by the UN Human Right's Council which accuses Venezuela's government of "crimes against humanity". Transcript below. By Anya Parampil A new report by a special mission of the United Nations Human Rights Council was released in September and is making headlines after it accused Venezuela's government of crimes against humanity. Because it is getting so much attention, several people have reached out to me asking for clarification regarding the information …

news.un (2020-10-01). Top humanitarian award winner 'nothing short of heroic': UN refugee chief. news.un.org An educator and rights defender who has spent more than 20 years rescuing exploited and trafficked children in Colombia, represents "the best of us", the UN refugee chief said on Thursday, as she was named the winner of this year's Nansen Refugee Award.

Manuela Solé (2020-10-01). Venezuela Announces New Fuel Scheme as Iranian Gasoline Arrives. venezuelanalysis.com The Maduro government also presented a new "anti-blockade" law.

sputniknews (2020-10-01). Two Iranian-Flagged Tankers Reportedly Arrive in Venezuela as Maduro Vows to Improve Gasoline Output. sputniknews.com In May, five Iranian tankers delivered more than a million barrels of oil to Venezuela, hit by a serious fuel shortage caused by US sanctions.

teleSUR (2020-10-01). Venezuela Rejects EU Conditions To Monitor Upcoming Elections. telesurenglish.net The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, described as inadmissible the conditions that the European Union (EU) requested from his country to send a mission to monitor the parliamentary elections on December 6. | RELATED: | On Sept. 30, the EU asked to postpone the elections 6 months, arguing that conditions for a free, fair, and democratic electoral process do not exist. | "Venezuela regrets the unfortunate…

teleSUR (2020-10-01). Colombia: Ex-Senator Cordoba's Security Vehicle Is Attacked. telesurenglish.net Unidentified attackers Wednesday fired against the armored vehicle assigned to the security team of former presidential candidate and ex-Senator Piedad Cordoba in Bogota. | RELATED: | The member of the Liberal Party was not in that vehicle at the time of the attack, and therefore she is safe. | Although the event is still under investigation, Vice-Minister of Interior Daniel Palacios went ahead to say that it was just an attempted robbe…

sputniknews (2020-10-01). Venezuela Calls EU Terms for Sending Election Observers 'Unacceptable'. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Venezuela considers unacceptable the conditions put forward by the European External Action Service for sending a mission to monitor the country's general election, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

teleSUR (2020-09-30). Pompeo Campaigns Against China and Venezuela From Italy. telesurenglish.net During a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Foreign Affairs Minister Luigi Di Maio, the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reactivated his smear campaign against the Chinese 5G technology and the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela. | RELATED: | "China's Communist Party is trying to exploit its presence in Italy for its own strategic purposes… It is not here to establish a mutually benefici…

Kathryn Shihadah (2020-09-30). Amid Torrent of Anti-BDS Legislation, Columbia University Students Win Referendum Against Apartheid. mintpressnews.com Colombia's President has already hinted at efforts to undermine the referendum's success, claiming that the BDS is tied to anti-Semitism and ignores "similar issues in other countries."

teleSUR (2020-09-30). Colombians Denounce Assassination of Social Leader in Risaralda. telesurenglish.net There have been 222 leaders and human rights defenders murdered in Colombia in 2020 alone. | Social and peace organizations in Colombia denounced the murder Monday of the president of the Community Action Board of the Sabanitas neighborhood of the Dosquebradas municipality of Risaralda department, Jorge Quintero Villada. | RELATED: | Quintero was intercepted in the rural area of the municipality of Dosquebradas i…

_____ (2020-09-29). Unfounded UN Report On Venezuela Used As Regime Change Tool. popularresistance.org The United Nations Human Rights Council issued a report* by the Independent Mission to Determine the Facts in Venezuela (Independent Mission), which accuses Venezuela of "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment committed since 2014." The veracity, timing, and political intent of this report is best understood in the context of a campaign led by the U.S. to overthrow Venezuela's democratically elected government of President Nicolás Maduro and before him of Hugo Chávez. | Venezuela is a historically petroleum exporting nation and has consequently suffered from the crash in the international oil prices starting in 20…

_____ (2020-09-29). Venezuela: Democracy Versus Blockade. popularresistance.org On December 6 there will be elections in Venezuela to elect all the deputies to the National Assembly (NA), an event of extraordinary political transcendence. But before going into that subject I will mention the elections that will be held in several Latin American countries in the coming months, all of them are very important in the dispute for our America between the right-wing and the popular forces. | On October 18, general elections in Bolivia, where Evo Morales' MAS is the favorite to win in the first round, but the big question remains whether the same oligarchic and racist group that, supported by Washin…