Amnesty International Urges US to Suspend Arms Sales to Colombia: Used to 'Repress Protestors'
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-21
The non-governmental organization heavily funded by Western countries and corporations documented that the Colombian security forces used the Venom multiple projectile launcher against demonstrators. | The organization Amnesty International (AI) urged the US government to immediately suspend the direct and indirect sale of arms, equipment, and technology to Colombia, because they have been used by police forces to repress citizens during the national strike that began three weeks ago in the Latin American country. | "The role of the United States in fueling the incessant cycles of violence committed against the p…
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Duque, Bolsonaro and Piñera: Between Guardianship and Crimes Against Humanity
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-21
Misión Verdad From the right, the presidents of Chile, Sebastián Piñera; Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro; and Colombia, Iván Duque together with the former presidents of Argentina, Mauricio Macri; Ecuador, Lenín Moreno; and Peru, Martín Vizcarra (Photo: Esteban Félix / AP). A few days ago some news portals reported that Colombian President Iván Duque was denounced before… Read…
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Jesús Santrich: The Laughter of a Bolivarian Cannot Be Easily Extinguished
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-21
By Néstor Kohanon — May 19, 2021 | The shots and grenades that took his breath away were from the Colombian army, as was the knife or razor with which they mutilated his lifeless hand. The orders came from Iván Duque, the little pigeon sponsored by "il capo mafia" àÅlvaro Uribe. Two equally genocidal Colombian lumpens, cornered by one of the most important popular rebellions that Colombia has experienced in the last decades. | But let no one be deceived. Let's speak without euphemisms. The strategy that guided this operation clearly comes from "higher up": the United States and Israel, two partner stat…
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Amnesty International Urges US to Suspend Arms Sales to Colombia: Used to 'Repress Protestors'
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-21
The non-governmental organization heavily funded by Western countries and corporations documented that the Colombian security forces used the Venom multiple projectile launcher against demonstrators. | The organization Amnesty International (AI) urged the US government to immediately suspend the direct and indirect sale of arms, equipment, and technology to Colombia, because they have been used by police forces to repress citizens during the national strike that began three weeks ago in the Latin American country. | "The role of the United States in fueling the incessant cycles of violence committed against the p…
orinocotribune.com/amnesty-international-urges-us-to-suspend-arms-sales-to-colombia-used-to-repress-protestors/

National Strike in Colombia is Massive, Meets Violent Repression
W. T. Whitney | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-21
Colombia is afire with a National Strike mounted by working people young people, and the excluded. They are protesting neoliberal reforms that diminish lives and hopes. Tax-reform proposals from President Iván Duque's rightwing government triggered large demonstrations that began on April 28 and are continuing. Brutal repression has inflamed the rebellion. The government quickly withdrew…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/21/national-strike-in-colombia-is-massive-meets-violent-repression/

US Extradition of Alex Saab is Illegal & Unfounded: Lawyers & Legal Experts
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-21
Saheli Chowdhury & Steve Lalla Alex Saab: "I'm the object of an unprecedented legal persecution to oust President Nicolás Maduro." Venezuelan businessman and diplomatic envoy Alex Saab, held in Cape Verde and facing extradition to the US, is a victim of political persecution and his case is comparable to that of Julian Assange or Chelsea… Read…
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US Extradition of Alex Saab is Illegal & Unfounded: Lawyers & Legal Experts (International Delegation Proposed)
Saheli Chowdhury | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-21
May 20 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)–Venezuelan businessman and diplomatic envoy Alex Saab, held in Cape Verde and facing extradition to the US, is a victim of political persecution and his case is comparable to that of Julian Assange or Chelsea Manning. Saab, who had engaged in brokering deals that would evade the US economic blockade against Venezuela and bring fuel, food, and other needed materials to the South American country, was detained in the African island nation of Cape Verde last June. | Over the course of the past year, Saab's case has made waves on the African continent and in Venezuela, wh…
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US Extradition of Alex Saab is Illegal & Unfounded: Lawyers & Legal Experts (International Delegation Proposed)
Saheli Chowdhury | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-21
May 20 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)–Venezuelan businessman and diplomatic envoy Alex Saab, held in Cape Verde and facing extradition to the US, is a victim of political persecution and his case is comparable to that of Julian Assange or Chelsea Manning. Saab, who had engaged in brokering deals that would evade the US economic blockade against Venezuela and bring fuel, food, and other needed materials to the South American country, was detained in the African island nation of Cape Verde last June. | Over the course of the past year, Saab's case has made waves on the African continent and in Venezuela, wh…
orinocotribune.com/us-extradition-of-alex-saab-is-illegal-unfounded-lawyers-legal-experts-international-delegation-proposed/

Mision Arbol: Ecosocialism In An Oil-Rich Nation
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-21
President Chavez was ahead of his time for a head of state, but was merely reiterating what thousands of activists and thinkers had been saying for decades. "But wait!" many readers and commentators alike may say; "Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution exported oil, so any claims of environmentalism must just be talk!". Nothing could be farther from the truth, as I will show in the following article how Chavez, his successor Nicolas Maduro, and the Bolivarian process as a whole has an outstanding record in terms of combating climate change and defending the environment. | The environment is the beginning and end o…
popularresistance.org/mision-arbol-ecosocialism-in-an-oil-rich-nation/

Venezuela's Attorney General 'Works Blindfolded' Due to Silence from International Criminal Court
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-21
The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, regretted the absence of communication from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to reports sent by the Public Prosecutor's Office, in which the office detailed progress made in legislative matters, and institutional adjustments that Venezuela has implemented following ICC recommendations. | "We emphasize once again that the Venezuelan state works completely blindfolded in its submission of information to the ICC Prosecutor's Office, since it has not received official notification from this body regarding the facts that are under investigation,"
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CNE Confirms Opening Date of Electoral Registry Ahead of 21N Regional Elections in Venezuela
José Manuel Blanco Diaz | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-21
With the approval of one thousand registry locations for the special day, the National Electoral Council (CNE) confirmed the approval of the opening of the Electoral Registry, between June 1 and July 15 of this year. | In this way, the electoral power will consolidate the data, by updating and registering new voters, in preparation for the regional and local elections scheduled for November 21 in Venezuela. | This was reported by the president of the CNE, Pedro Calzadilla, at the end of the board of directors' meeting. They defined the new steps to follow as part of the electoral schedule drawn up by the CNE auth…
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West Africa: ECOWAS Court Orders Cape Verde to Release Venezuelan Diplomat Saab
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-21
Abuja — Eight days after the African Bar Association's (AfBA) warning to Cape Verde Island over the detention of a Venezuelan diplomat, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court has ruled that the arrest and detention was illegal. | On Monday, the ECOWAS court in Abuja said diplomat Alex Saab should be released and paid $200,000 for unlawful detention. | The AfBA on March 8 had also ordered Cape Verde Island to immediately release Mr. Saab, an accredited Venezuelan special envoy and alternate permanent representative to the African Union. | Mr. Saab was arrested by the Cape Verdean author…
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PDF of May 20 issue
Workers World Party | workers.org | 2021-05-20
Download the PDF. Free, Free Palestine! U.S. backs Israeli terror in Gaza 'By any means necessary' Defend resistance! Global Solidarity; Susan Abulhawa on Zionism; Not one dollar for occupation! ALSO: 'Crown: Freedom' mural; MOVE remembrance; Justice for Tamir Rice; Maskless mandate danger. GLOBAL: Syringes for Cuba; Colombia. Tear down the . . . | Continue reading PDF of May 20 issue at Workers.org…
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Colombian National Strike Makes Duque To Engage In Dialogue
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
After 23 consecutive days of protests against Colombia's President Ivan Duque, the National Strike Committee (NSC) on Thursday announced that it will hold new talks with the government in Bogota. | RELATED: | Colombians Rekindle Their National Strike Amid State Terrorism | The Federation of Educators (FECODE), the Colombian Workers' Union (CUT), and the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) are some of the movements that will attend the meeting on behalf of the demonstrators.
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Colombian Police Crack Down On Protests With Long-Range Weapons
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
Colombians on Wednesday denounced that the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) cracked down on peaceful protests with long and short-range weapons. | RELATED: | Colombians Rekindle Their National Strike Amid State Terrorism | Videos posted on social networks show agents shooting at farmers in Bucaramanga. According to witnesses, at least 25 protesters were wounded. | In Caucasia, dozens of children, pregnant women, and elderly people had to take refuge from police brutality in La No…
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United States Gives Former Deputy Guaidó Ultimatum to 'Remove' President Maduro
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-20
According to the ultra-conservative website PanamPost, Juan Guaidó is working on notice. The news outlet disclosed this Tuesday, May 18, that the US gave the "interim president" an ultimatum until December 1 of this year to "remove" President Maduro. If he is not able to do so within that deadline, his recognition by the US government and his access to the seized Venezuelan assets will be terminated. | This revelation has come out of a meeting between the US Ambassador to Venezuela who resides in Colombia, James Story, and the representatives of the so-called opposition G-4 in the Colombian capital, Bogotá. | The…
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Panama Closes Its Borders to Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
Panama's Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday it is closing its border with Colombia starting today as hundred of Colombians are trying to migrate escaping the social unrest and police brutality in their country, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Colombian National Strike Makes Duque To Engage In Dialogue | "The National Government has determined to temporarily suspend the entry into the national territory by land, sea, and river routes of all persons coming from the bo…
telesurenglish.net/news/Panama-Closes-Its-Borders-to-Colombia-20210520-0019.html

United States Gives Former Deputy Guaidó Ultimatum to 'Remove' President Maduro
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-20
According to the ultra-conservative website PanamPost, Juan Guaidó is working on notice. The news outlet disclosed this Tuesday, May 18, that the US gave the "interim president" an ultimatum until December 1 of this year to "remove" President Maduro. If he is not able to do so within that deadline, his recognition by the US government and his access to the seized Venezuelan assets will be terminated. | This revelation has come out of a meeting between the US Ambassador to Venezuela who resides in Colombia, James Story, and the representatives of the so-called opposition G-4 in the Colombian capital, Bogotá. | The…
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And Now the Health Reform Bill has been Struck Down in Colombia: 'Mobilization Does Work'!
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-20
On Wednesday, May 19, following 22 days of marches against the government of Iván Duque, the Colombian Congress shelved the recently proposed health reform bill. | With 27 votes in favor and 5 against, the seventh committees of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Congress of Colombia rejected reviewing the health reform bill proposed by the government of the country's president, Iván Duque. | "Attention, with 11 votes in favor and 2 against in the Senate, and with 16 votes in favor and 3 votes against in the House, Congress has just overthrown the health care reform," announced the Central Unitaria de…
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Police Brutality Leaves 43 Citizens Killed in Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
The Institute for Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ) reported that 43 Colombians have died as a result of the actions that the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) and the Armed Forces have deployed to stop protests against President Ivan Duque. | RELATED: | Colombian Police Crack Down On Protests With Long-Range Weapons | Four of these murders were clearly recorded on video. This is the case of Nicolas Garcia, Marcelo Agredo, Santiago Murillo, and Brayan Niño, whose deaths inv…
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Port Resistance: The Autonomous Zone at the Heart of Colombian Protests
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-20
By Joshua Collins — May 17, 2021 | Meet the kids of Cali, who make up the soul of a national revolution |