2021-10-04: News Headlines

teleSUR, JCM (2021-10-04). Amplían periodo de la Comisión de la Verdad en Colombia. telesurtv.net El periodo fue ampliado hasta el 27 de junio de 2022 para su actividad.

teleSUR, drl, NG (2021-10-04). Otro dirigente popular colombiano fue asesinado en Bogotá. telesurtv.net Se trata de un dirigente de la Unión Patriótica asesinado en plena capital colombiana la noche del pasado jueves.

teleSUR, drl, JCM (2021-10-04). Asesinan a dirigente indígena de la comunidad Awá en Colombia. telesurtv.net Se trata del coordinador de la guardia indígena de la comunidad Awá, víctima de una mina antipersonal.

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2021-10-04). President Maduro Insists that Spain Should Apologize for Colonial Era Massacres: 'Aznar is Racist' (+ AMLO). orinocotribune.com Caracas, October 3, 2021 (

Ricardo Vaz (2021-10-04). Venezuela: Monetary Reconversion Hit Hard by Currency Speculation. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2021-10-04). Tibisay Lucena: 'I Hope European Union Respects 21N Elections, Venezuela is a Sovereign Country'. orinocotribune.com Tibisay Lucena, dean of Venezuela's National Experimental University of the Arts (UNEARTES), observes with good spirit the democratic situation in Venezuela in regard to the regional and munjcipal elections scheduled for November 21. | This Sunday, October 3, Venezuelan Minister for Culture (MPPC), Ernesto Villegas, interviewed the dean of UNEARTES, Tibisay Lucena Ramírez, in his Sunday TV show Aquí con Ernesto Villegas. | Lucena congratulated the current president of the CNE, Pedro Calzadilla, for reaching an agreement with Josep Borrell, high representative of the European Union (EU), due to which the European…

Venezuelanalysis (2021-10-04). Economy Under Siege: Venezuela's Crisis in Facts and Figures. zcomm.org With plots and explanations, we delve into Venezuela's economic struggles…

Editor2 (2021-10-04). "Allow Humanitarian Aid to Reach Venezuela" (Statements). orinocotribune.com Parliamentarians call on Novo Banco to deblock funds destined for vaccines and medicines for infants in Venezuela. | Dear Mr. Ramalho, | We are writing to you to urge Novo Banco to execute the transfer of a modest portion of the now technically unfrozen assets belonging to Bandes, the Venezuelan economic and social development bank, so they may be transferred directly to the Brazil-based Pan-American Health Organisation to pay for vaccines and medicines for infants in Venezuela. | Bandes informed us that they submitted this request to Novo Banco on 22nd July and have yet to receive a response. At this point in ti…

teleSUR, NG (2021-10-04). Llegan a Venezuela 900 mil dosis de la vacuna cubana Abdala. telesurtv.net Abdala se suma al esquema de vacunación del país que hasta los momentos contemplaba la aplicación de la Sputnik V y Sinopharm.

scorinoco (2021-10-03). US Sanctions Blamed as Venezuela Denounces Frozen Order for Medicines. orinocotribune.com One of Portugal's largest banks is holding up a $12.7 million order to fund shipment of medical supplies and vaccines to Venezuela due to US sanctions on the South American country. | A $12.7 million order of critical medicines and medical supplies, placed by Venezuela's development bank with the Pan American Health Organization, has been held up for more than two months as a result of unilateral coercive measures imposed on Venezuela by the US government. The request, frozen by the Portuguese bank Novo Banco, covers more than 30 million syringes, 6 million vaccines against measles, mumps, and rubella, 5.5 millio…

Staff (2021-10-03). Revolutionary Chavista Leader William Izarra Passes Away. orinocotribune.com On Friday, October 1, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, reported of the death of well-known revolutionary leader William Izarra. In his Twitter account, the president wrote: "My deepest regret for the parting of William Izarra, a great and loyal comrade in the revolutionary struggle, friend of our Commander Hugo Chávez. I send my heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and dear ones. Hasta la Victoria Siempre William!" | The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Félix Plasencia, also expressed his condolences. "We regret the sad passing of Commander William Izarra, Ambassador of Venezuela to the Democratic People…

Staff (2021-10-03). Foreign Affairs Minister Plasencia Highlights International Support for Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Foreign Affairs Minister of Venezuela, Félix Plasencia, highlighted that Venezuela has international support, as evidenced from the meetings that he held with representatives of various countries during the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. | According to a press release published on the website of the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Plasencia asserted that the world has shown that "Venezuela is not alone," evident from the dialogues with the representatives of many countries and with "various bodies of legal and internationally accepted multilateral mechanisms." | Minister Plasenci…

Roger D. Harris (2021-10-03). Forbes Reveals Why the US Government Is Trying to Extradite Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab. dissidentvoice.org Alex Saab is "the key that unlocks the Venezuelan monetary mystery—that is, how a country facing sanctions from the US, the UK and the European Union—is still able to export things like gold and oil…and really the only man who can actually explain how the country [Venezuela] survives today," according to Forbes. The US would …

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