Monthly Archives: January 2021

2021-01-25: News Headlines

teleSUR (2021-01-25). Colombia: FARC Party Changes Its Name To Avoid Stigmatization. telesurenglish.net Colombia's Revolutionary Alternative Force of the Common (FARC) on Sunday decided to change its name to "Common Party" (Partido Comunes) to fight the political stigma caused by years of armed conflict. | RELATED: | FARC Party President Rodrigo Londoño made the announcement, noting that the party's logo symbolized by a rose would remain the same. Likewise, a new legal representative will be appointed by the National Board. | The new name w…

Fight Back (2021-01-25). Interview with Mark Burton, attorney for Colombian revolutionary Simon Trinidad. fightbacknews.org Fight Back! interviews Mark Burton, attorney for Colombian revolutionary Simon Trinidad who is a political prisoner held by the U.S. government. Simon Trinidad, also known as Ricardo Palmera, is a good man who has done nothing wrong. His only crime is to fight for the freedom and independence of his own country, taking the side of Colombian workers and peasants. Due to U.S. government repression, we are unable to interview Simon Trinidad directly. Check out the campaign to Free Simon Trinidad at Fight Back!: Who Is Simon Trinidad? | Mark B…

teleSUR (2021-01-25). Dominion Sues Giuliani Over "Big Lie" Involving Venezuela. telesurenglish.net The U.S. technology company Dominion Voting System issued a lawsuit for defamation on Monday against Donald Trump's former lawyer. | RELATED: | The company demands over $1.3 billion in damages after Guiliani spread the so-called Big Lie that Dominion was owned by Venezuelan authorities and claimed that the company had "stolen the votes" from Trump. The conspiracy theory went viral on social media. | Today legal representativ…

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2021-01-25). Biden and the Democrats will Sow Chaos in Latin America. globalresearch.ca US President Joseph Biden, a relic from Washington's old political establishment will continue the same imperialist policies in Latin America as did his predecessors including that of Donald Trump. There is a clear indication that Washington's hostilities towards Venezuela's …

teleSUR (2021-01-24). Massacres Climb To 6 in Colombia So Far This Year. telesurenglish.net Colombia's National Police Director Jorge Vargas Sunday confirmed another massacre in the Cauca department where four young people were killed and three others were injured. | RELATED: | Unidentified armed men opened fire against a group of people aged between 17 and 18 years old in the Buga municipality. The victims were identified as Juan Marin, Nicolas Suarez, Valentina Arias, and Sara Rodriguez. | Likewise, 60-year-o…

teleSUR (2021-01-24). Venezuela Decries Another Terrorist Attack to Its Oil Industry. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro Saturday denounced a terrorist attack aimed at disrupting gas supplies in the northern department of Anzoategui. | RELATED: | Maduro informed that the sabotage was carried out by unknown individuals in a gas pipeline section of the Anaco-Jose Industrial Complex. | The terrorist attack caused a massive fire controlled by the pipeline's workers, who managed to close the valves…

teleSUR (2021-01-23). Venezuela Denounces Large-Scale Corruption Scheme Led by Guaido. telesurenglish.net The President of Venezuela's National Assembly Jorge Rodriguez revealed on Saturday a large-scale corruption scheme led by opposition politician Juan Guaidó in compliance with Paraguayan authorities to steal Venezuela's assets. | RELATED: | "The Government of Paraguay owes $360,000,000 to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The commission that was to be shared between Guaidó and the Paraguayans was $26,000,000 do you kn…

sputniknews (2021-01-23). Maduro Says 'Terrorist Attack' Targets PDVSA Gas Pipeline in Anzoategui – Video. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has condemned the attack on a gas pipeline of the state-run oil and gas company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) which has led to a major fire at the facilities in the northeastern state of Anzoategui.

teleSUR (2021-01-23). Venezuela Will Send Oxygen To Manaus Every Seven Days. telesurenglish.net The Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza announced on Friday that his country will send oxygen tanks to Brazilian city Manaus every week. | RELATED: | "We are establishing an agreement so that 80,000 more kilos, five gondolas, can arrive every seven days in Manaus (Brazil)," Arreaza said during a televised interview. | @NicolasMaduro estamos entregando 3 camiones contentivos cada uno con 20 mil kg de oxígeno

teleSUR (2021-01-22). Violence Threatens Peace in Colombia, United Nations Warns. telesurenglish.net United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNMC) head Carlos Ruiz on Thursday pointed out that violence against former combatants, social leaders, and human rights defenders is "the most serious threat to peace" in this South American country. | RELATED: | Speaking before the UN Security Council (UNSC), he reported that 252 ex-combatants and 378 social leaders and human rights activists have been killed since the signing of the Peace Agr…

2021-01-24: News Headlines

sputniknews (2021-01-23). Maduro Says 'Terrorist Attack' Targets PDVSA Gas Pipeline in Anzoategui – Video. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has condemned the attack on a gas pipeline of the state-run oil and gas company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) which has led to a major fire at the facilities in the northeastern state of Anzoategui.

teleSUR (2021-01-23). Venezuela Will Send Oxygen To Manaus Every Seven Days. telesurenglish.net The Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza announced on Friday that his country will send oxygen tanks to Brazilian city Manaus every week. | RELATED: | "We are establishing an agreement so that 80,000 more kilos, five gondolas, can arrive every seven days in Manaus (Brazil)," Arreaza said during a televised interview. | @NicolasMaduro estamos entregando 3 camiones contentivos cada uno con 20 mil kg de oxígeno

teleSUR (2021-01-23). Venezuela Denounces Large-Scale Corruption Scheme Led by Guaido. telesurenglish.net The President of Venezuela's National Assembly Jorge Rodriguez revealed on Saturday a large-scale corruption scheme led by opposition politician Juan Guaidó in compliance with Paraguayan authorities to steal Venezuela's assets. | RELATED: | "The Government of Paraguay owes $360,000,000 to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The commission that was to be shared between Guaidó and the Paraguayans was $26,000,000 do you kn…

teleSUR (2021-01-22). Brazil's Lula Thanks Venezuela for Sending Oxygen to Manaus. telesurenglish.net Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday thanked the Venezuelan government for sending medical oxygen to Manaus, an Amazonian city that is severely hit by the COVID-19 second wave. | RELATED: | "I want to thank President Nicolas Maduro for his political greatness in the face of Manaus' health emergency," Lula wrote in a letter addressed to the Venezuelan government. | "The Brazilian people will not forget this gesture of s…

Max Blumenthal (2021-01-22). Venezuelan VP Delcy Rodriguez details new measures to break the US blockade. thegrayzone.com In a wide-ranging interview with The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez details her government's new Anti-Blockade Law and explains how it counteracts the impact of the US economic war imposed on her country VP Rodriguez also answered left-wing criticism of the Anti-Blockade Law and discussed her family's history of leftist activism dating back to Venezuela's dirty war, when her father was disappeared by the old neoliberal regime. She placed the ongoing attacks by the US-backed right-wing opposition …

teleSUR (2021-01-22). Paraguay's Govt. Admits Guaido Offered to Reduce PDVSA Debt. telesurenglish.net Paraguay's government on Thursday confirmed Venezuela's opposition politician Juan Guaido approved to cancel the Paraguayan debt to the state-owned Venezuelan oil company (PDVSA). | RELATED: | Cabinet Chief Juan Villamayor assured Guaido intended to halve the US$273 million Paraguayan debt accumulated since 2009 and also remove 100 percent of the interests. | The official confessed after The Washington Post revealed informatio…

teleSUR (2021-01-22). Violence Threatens Peace in Colombia, United Nations Warns. telesurenglish.net United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNMC) head Carlos Ruiz on Thursday pointed out that violence against former combatants, social leaders, and human rights defenders is "the most serious threat to peace" in this South American country. | RELATED: | Speaking before the UN Security Council (UNSC), he reported that 252 ex-combatants and 378 social leaders and human rights activists have been killed since the signing of the Peace Agr…

Matt Kennard (2021-01-21). UK Mega Meddling — UK Sets Up Media Influencing Project in Venezuela Amid Secretive £750,000 'Democracy Promotion' Programme. globalresearch.ca The UK government has established a journalism project to 'influence' Venezuela's 'media agenda' while a Foreign Office-funded foundation is spending £750,000 on a secretive 'democracy-promotion' programme in the country, as Britain appears to deepen efforts to remove the Maduro government….

news.un (2021-01-21). Colombia: Criminal elements use violence and intimidation to 'stamp out' leaders' voices. news.un.org Illegally-armed groups and criminal organizations in Colombia are determined to "drive out State institutions and stamp out the voice of social leaders" through violence and intimidation, the head of the UN mission in the country told the Security Council on Thursday.

tfaadmin (2021-01-21). WEBINAR: The struggle for Food Sovereignty In Venezuela. taskforceamericas.org WEBINAR: Venezuela's Struggle for Food Sovereignty under the US Blockade Register here: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gFJfwt6CQkK36VlGEgF_Fw Thursday Jan 21, 2021 7: 00 PM ET, 4: 00 PM Pacific Time William Camacaro will interview Hugo Alberto Nieves on the progress and challenges to establish food sovereignty in Venezuela. (Simultaneous English translation) William Camacaro maintains the website (in English), revolucionalimentaria.org, a resource for background information on…