(2021-07-02). New York Times Reveals its "Lethal Naivety," Alleges Venezuela's Arreaza. orinocotribune.com "The fate and life of the population near the border [between Venezuela and Colombia] is not exactly a concern, neither for The New York Times nor the governments of Colombia and the United States, and much less for human rights NGOs that some consider to be 'primary sources' for organizations with a global reach," said Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza in a statement addressed to the US media outlet The New York Times (NYT). | Arreaza's comments came in response to a piece published on April 26 that, according to the top diplomat, sought to maintain a slanderous narrative against Venezuela and its effor…
(2021-07-01). Biden Administration with 'Solid Case' Expects Cape Verde to Decide Soon on Alex Saab's Illegal Detention. orinocotribune.com A new plot around the continuing illegal detention of the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab seems to be underway, judging from statements by Juan González, the Colombian adviser to US President Joe Biden, who serves as senior director of the White House National Security Council for the western hemisphere. | In an interview he gave to the Colombian radio station La W Radio, González remarked that he was certain that the US administration is on solid legal ground in its actions against Saab, despite the countless elements of illegalities in his arrest and detention in Cape Verde that have made numerous legal experts i…
(2021-07-01). Biden Urged to Embrace Top Democrat's Call to End Deadly US Sanctions Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By Kenny Stancil — Jun 16, 2021 | "The terrible suffering and death that Venezuela has experienced in recent years is overwhelmingly a result of economic collapse and deprivation caused by U.S. sanctions." | Advocates for more a more humane U.S. foreign policy are urging President Joe Biden to embrace Rep. Jim McGovern's call for an end to "all secondary and sectoral sanctions imposed on Venezuela by the Trump administration." | "If something is a war crime when people are shooting and dropping bombs, it is an equally serious crime when there is technically no war taking place." | —Mark Weisbrot, CEPR…
(2021-07-01). Protesters In Colombia Are Finding Ways To Break The Stigma Of Dissent. popularresistance.org Both Orjuela and Silvia reported that protesters — many of them friends and fellow activists — are being arrested en masse. While most are released without charges being filed, some are being subjected to what they describe as "judicial setups," a tactic the state has employed against social movements for years.
(2021-07-01). One of the Things Chávez & Maduro did Right (The Orinoco Tribune Interviews Coauthors of "Extraordinary Threat") — (Video). orinocotribune.com 
Monthly Review's next up and coming book, Extraordinary Threat: The U.S. Empire, the Media, and Twenty Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela, coauthored by Joe Emersberger and Justin Podur, is a primer on the mechanics of regime change. Their book draws our attention to Venezuela as a case study from which we must learn a core lesson: Never underestimate the power of U.S. propaganda. | Perhaps as a result of the power of the American propaganda machine, many North Americans may be inclined to focus solely on the following question: What might Chávez, Maduro, or for that matter, Morales, have done differently? Emers…
(2021-07-01). United Nations votes to condemn the blockade of Cuba for the 29th time. liberationnews.org 
This article was originally published by the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee The Democratic platform in 2020 pledged to "move swiftly to reverse Trump Administration policies that have undermined U.S. national interests and harmed the Cuban people and their families in the United States, including its efforts to curtail travel and remittances." Not only hasn't …
(2021-07-01). Venezuela's CNE Enables Opposition MUD Ticket, Guaidó Calls Election 'False Dilemma'. venezuelanalysis.com A number of opposition leaders welcomed the MUD card validation and the removal of regional "protectorates."
(2021-07-01). Unity? Opposition Leaders React to CNE Decision to Reinstate MUD as Valid Political Party for 21N Regional Elections (Adelante). orinocotribune.com Following the Venezuelan National Electoral Council's (CNE) decision to reinstate 20 political organizations, thus authorizing their participation in the regional and municipal elections on November 21, there have been several reactions from political actors of the so-called Democratic Unity Table (MUD). The CNE decision was reached on Tuesday, June 29, and applies to eight national and 12 regional organizations. | Jesús "Chúo" Torrealba, former executive secretary of the MUD, responsible for the legislative 2015 opposition victory, considered the decision as presenting a new opportunity for the opposition. He ur…
(2021-07-01). How is U.S. pop culture used against Venezuela? mronline.org How does U.S. hostility against Venezuela reflect itself in pop culture? We investigate in our latest video with Tatuy Tv. | July 1, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-07-01). Vaccines and the Blockade 'Virus'. orinocotribune.com By Ociel Alí López — Jun 27, 2021 | VA columnist Ociel López looks at some of the consequences of the recent payment block of Venezuela's COVAX vaccine purchase. | Héctor Constant Rosales, Venezuela's ambassador to the United Nations, received a
(2021-07-01). In Defense of the Bolivarian Revolution. orinocotribune.com By Yanis Iqbal — Jun 29, 2021 | The Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples of the World was held in Venezuela's capital Caracas during June 21-24, 2021. More than 600 political leaders, intellectuals, activists and representatives of various progressive organizations, social movements and trade unions from across the globe assembled with the common aim of discussing and coordinating anti-imperialist and anti-neoliberal struggles. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, beginning in February, 2021, held virtual meetings with hundreds of delegates from over 80 countries and invited them to join the meeting. | The f…
(2021-07-01). Spectacular Gala Celebrating 200 Years of Simón Bolívar's Triumphal Entry into Caracas (Photos & Video). orinocotribune.com 
The events in tribute to 200 years of the triumphal entry of the Liberator Simón Bolívar into Caracas, after his victory in the Battle of Carabobo, culminated this Tuesday with a spectacular Bicentennial Gala held at the Military Academy in Caracas. More than 423 musicians from the groups of the National System of Children's and Youth Orchestras and Choirs participated in the ceremony, as well as 73 traditional dance artists. The event culminated with a 3D mapping projected on the walls of the Academy, recounting the events before, during and after the Battle of Carabobo, with live orchestral music. | Cultural pe…
(2021-07-01). Spectacular Gala Celebrating 200 Years of Simón Bolívar's Triumphal Entry into Caracas (Photos & Video). orinocotribune.com The events in tribute to the 200-year anniversary of the triumphal entry of the Liberator Simón Bolívar into Caracas, after his victory in the Battle of Carabobo, culminated this Tuesday with a spectacular Bicentennial Gala held at the Military Academy in Caracas. More than 400 musicians from the groups of the National System of Children's and Youth Orchestras and Choirs participated in the ceremony, as well as 73 traditional dance artists. The event culminated with a 3D mapping projected on the walls of the Academy, recounting the events before, during and after the Battle of Carabobo, with live orchestral music…
(2021-06-30). Lifting Sanctions on Venezuela Could Signal Regime Change by Different Means. orinocotribune.com By Peter Bolton — Jun 27, 2021 | Western governments have recently
(2021-06-30). CIA Director Arrives in Colombia to Lead 'Sensitive Security Mission'—Venezuela on Alert. orinocotribune.com 
The highest official of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns, arrived in Colombia to participate in a "delicate" mission in terms of security, as part of the "cooperation" between the two countries. | The Colombian ambassador in Washington, Francisco Santos, reported on the arrival of the CIA director, however Santos did not want to provide additional details about Burns' visit to Bogotá. | "I prefer not to tell you it is a delicate mission, an important mission in terms of intelligence, that we managed to coordinate," Santos replied obliquely when asked about the mission. | This vis…
(2021-06-30). CIA Director Arrives in Colombia to Lead 'Sensitive Security Mission'—Venezuela on Alert. orinocotribune.com 
The highest official of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns, arrived in Colombia to participate in a "delicate" mission in terms of security, as part of the "cooperation" between the two countries. | The Colombian ambassador in Washington, Francisco Santos, reported on the arrival of the CIA director, however Santos did not want to provide additional details about Burns' visit to Bogotá. | "I prefer not to tell you it is a delicate mission, an important mission in terms of intelligence, that we managed to coordinate," Santos replied obliquely when asked about the mission. | This vis…
(2021-06-30). United Nations: Over 8,000 Displaced in Colombia in May due to Violence. orinocotribune.com The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Colombia reported that at least 8,642 people have been displaced as a result of the violence in the country in the month of May. Most of the victims of forced violence were from the departments of El Chocó, Nariño, Antioquia and Córdoba. | According to OCHA, those who fled from their homes did so without any plan of returning, since they would rather move to the cities and lose everything, than return to their homes where they fear for their lives. | Emergencias humanitarias reportadas por los Equipos Locales de Coordinación (ELC) en…
(2021-06-30). Colombian Police Assault Four Journalists in Bogota. telesurenglish.net Colombia's Mobile Anti-Disturbances Squadron (ESMAD) injured four journalists who were reporting on the citizen protests that took place in Bogota's Fontanar Park on Tuesday. | RELATED: | In this part of the capital city, hundreds of citizens gathered to reject the presence of President Ivan Duque and Mayor Claudia Lopez who were attending the inauguration of an Innovation Hub. | Kathe Sanchez and Alexandra Molina, two w…
(2021-06-30). Unconditional Love? US-Colombia Alliance Remains Unscathed by Recent Wave of Repression. cepr.net The protests that erupted across Colombia in April 2021 were detonated by a tax reform bill presented by President Iván Duque. Duque claimed his proposal would raise 23.4 trillion pesos (6.4 billion dollars), which would help reduce Colombia's fiscal deficit (set to reach 8.6 percent of GDP in 2021, from 7.6 percent in 2020), and …
(2021-06-30). Colombia's Nazistic Horrors Show How the US Government Will React to Future Domestic Revolts. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Jun 26, 2021 | With the world-shocking acts of state violence that have been carried out by Israel and Colombia during the last two months, we've gotten a clearer picture of what it will look like when the "imperial boomerang" effect—where an empire's evils abroad manifest within the empire's own borders—fully comes to define events within the core of global imperialism the United States. In Israel, the US empire has cultivated a laboratory in necro-politics, where methods of brutal repression have been innovated to preserve the settler state in the face of unending Palestinian r…
(2021-06-30). National strike in Colombia completes two months. peoplesdispatch.org 
The national strike, which began in rejection of a tax reform bill, has transformed into a national struggle against the far-right government of President Ivan Duque and his neoliberal and oppressive policies…
(2021-06-30). President Maduro: 'I Wish All Parties Allow Their Bases to Choose Their Candidates as PSUV Has Done'. orinocotribune.com 
President Nicolás Maduro stated that the internal nomination process for the selection of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) candidates, which took place last Sunday, has been "exemplary" and a prelude for great triumphs to come. According to the president, this should be the path taken by all political parties, because there is "a great need for a profound democratization of the entire political and social life in the country." | "Such a beautiful day," said President Maduro during his speech at the 2021 Simón Bolívar National Journalism Prize ceremony. "I was just speaking with Diosdado (Cabello), w…
(2021-06-30). China: We Won't Stop Supporting the Venezuelan People & Rejecting Foreign Interference. orinocotribune.com This June 28, Venezuela and the People's Republic of China celebrated 47 years of their comprehensive bilateral strategic partnership and the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. In a ceremony at the Miraflores Palace, Caracas, the ambassador of the Asian nation in Venezuelan territory, Li Baorong, assured that both countries will continue to support each other on fundamental issues. "China will not change its policy of solidarity and cooperation with Venezuela," he said. | "It will not change the principle of supporting the Venezuelan people in the search for the path of development with th…
(2021-06-30). What Will It Take To Transform Canada's Foreign Policy For The Better? popularresistance.org This Thursday will mark one year since Canada was defeated in its bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council. The Trudeau government's loss marked a rejection of its pro-Washington, militaristic and anti-Palestinian policies. | In the months before the vote, a half-dozen activists launched #NoUNSC4Canada. The social media campaign criticized Canada's climate, nuclear and mining policies as well as its destructive role across the Global South in countries like Bolivia, Haiti and Venezuela. The campaign also included a widely circulated public letter focused on Canada's anti-Palestinian policies as well…