(2021-06-06). High Participation in Mass Vaccination in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19 continues in Venezuela with high participation of Venezuelans in the second phase of the national vaccination process to contain the effects of the pandemic, AVN reported this Saturday, June 5. | Hotel Alba Caracas in the capital is one of the 77 vaccination centers enabled in the national territory to guarantee the health of the people. | Maria Antonieta González, who got her dose at this center, told Venezolana de Televisión (VTV) that "everything was complete in less than 30 minutes. They gave us our Carvativir. I urge all older adults who get contacted by the Patria…
(2021-06-06). Save Alex Saab. popularresistance.org U.S. authorities ordered his arrest, and Alex Saab was pulled off a plane on June 12, 2020, during a refuelling stop in the Republic of Cabo Verde, an island nation off Africa's West Coast. | Saab, a Venezuelan diplomat to the African Union, was on a humanitarian mission to Iran at the time of his seizure to arrange emergency shipments of food, medicine, and essential supplies for Venezuela. Detained and imprisoned in total isolation and darkness in Cabo Verde for the past year, Saab has also been tortured. | Saab is battling cancer and urgently needs to be cared for by his doctors in Venezuela. | The U.S. sancti…
(2021-06-05). The Assassination of Colombian Revolutionary Jesús Santrich. orinocotribune.com By Greg Butterfield — May 26, 2021 | When a respected revolutionary dies, the impact reverberates around the world. Or, as Chinese communist leader Commander Jesús Santrich, a communist and member of the National Directorate of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP), Second Marquetalia, died for the peo…
(2021-06-05). Tallahassee students speak out against attacks on Palestine. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On June 3, students at Florida State University gathered to demand an end to the Israeli government's attacks on Gaza. Students connected the struggles against political repression in Palestine to similar struggles facing political activists in Colombia. | The event was hosted by Students for a Democratic Society as well as the Tallahassee Community Action Committee. Attendees held signs saying, "End the Occupation" and "Stop Political Repression". | Event organizer Katherine Draken said, "We need to continue bringing attention to the struggles of the Palestinian people against Zionism and…
(2021-06-05). Arreaza Denies Alleged US Donation and Denounces Excesses Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Foreign Affairs Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, rejected the statements made by US Ambassador to Venezuela who resides in Colombia, James "Jimmy" Story, regarding the latter's claim that a donation of more than $1.2 billion was made by the US to Venezuela. Arreaza affirmed that what the US administration has actually done is impose illegal unilateral coercive measures against Venezuela, block Venezuelan resources, prevent financing, and seize Venezuelan assets and companies. All these measures gravely harm the Venezuelan people. | In a post on his Twitter account @jaarreaza, the V…
(2021-06-05). New investigation reveals role of Israeli operatives in Colombia's "political genocide" mronline.org 
Known as the "Red Dance," the systematic murder of the Patriotic Union remains one of the most extreme cases of political violence in Latin America and new evidence suggests that it was concocted by one of the most decorated spies in Israeli history. | June 5, 2021…
(2021-06-05). #FreeAlexSaab Delegation First Day in Cabo Verde: Access Denied to Alex Saab. orinocotribune.com 
June 4, 2021, Sal Island, Cabo Verde. In their first full day in Cabo Verde, the emergency human rights delegation met with Saab's lawyer and the Venezuelan ambassador, tried to meet with the local police commander, and saw first hand the prison-house where Mr. Saab is jailed, though the heavily armed guards prevented a visit. | A year ago, immediately after Alex Saab's plane was diverted to Cabo Verde for a technical fueling stop and he was forcibly taken off the plane, the Venezuelan government notified the Cabo Verdean authorities that Saab was a diplomat and thus protected from detention, according to Jose Ma…
(2021-06-05). Foreign Policy Magazine: Trump's Economic Blockade Made President Maduro Stronger. orinocotribune.com The policy of illegal economic blockade and coercive measures implemented by the previous US regime—presided over by Donald Trump—against Venezuela, based on the protests and terrorist acts promoted by the national extreme right in 2017 aimed at overthrowing the government of the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, may have strengthened the standing and political stability of the current leader of the Bolivarian Revolution. | According to US conservative news outlet
(2021-06-05). Venezuela: PSUV to Hold Primaries for Regional Elections, Grassroots Will Choose Candidates. orinocotribune.com PSUV members Elías Jaua and Rigel Sergent praised the decision to allow the party bases to choose candidates for upcoming "mega-elections." | Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced that the ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV) will hold open primary elections to choose its candidates for the November 21 regional contests. | Maduro explained on Tuesday that all Venezuelans in the country's electoral roll are called to participate in the PSUV primaries on August 8 alongside over seven million registered party members "so that grassroots are the ones who choose the Revolution's candidates." | "The PSUV milita…
(2021-06-05). Venezuela to Import Russian COVID-19 Vaccine EpiVacCorona. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuela signed an agreement with Russian pharmaceutical company Geropharm to acquire a shipment of 10 million doses of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine EpiVacCorona for the Bolivarian nation. | The agreement was signed within the framework of the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) by the Venezuelan Health Minister, Carlos Humberto Alvarado González; the Venezuelan Minister for Science and Technology, Gabriela Jiménez; and the Russian Minister of Trade and Industry, Denis Manturov. | "On June 4, within the framework of the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum, the Geropharm company and the Government o…