(2021-08-23). Venezuela: Satellites, Space Activities and the Anti-Imperialist Struggle. orinocotribune.com By Estevan Hernandez — Aug 17, 2021 | The following article was written following a Party for Socialism and Liberation delegation to the recently held Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples of the World held in Caracas, Venezuela. The delegation participated in a tour of the Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities center in Caracas (ABAE). | After much investment, determination, and assistance from other countries, particularly China, Venezuela now manages the Simon Bolivar, Miranda and Sucre satellites. The technological advancements and the space program are a massive achievement necessary for formerly-coloni…
(2021-08-23). U.S. Interventionism in Venezuela. Elliott Abrams: If Opposition Decides to Reform or Eliminate the '[ Juan Guaidó ] Interim Government,' We Must Support It. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-23). Venezuela Advances in COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Plan. orinocotribune.com 
The Executive Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, reported that the Venezuelan government is carrying out the Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Plan to achieve the goal of 70% immunization, during a supervision of the Mission System and large missions in the 23 de Enero parish in Caracas. She explained, "We all have to take care of ourselves. This is a call to conscience to avoid an unbridled wave of COVID-19 infections by taking care of ourselves and wearing our masks." | She reminded people that in the Capital District, specifically in the Caricuao parish, a case of the Delta variant was detected, which is wh…
(2021-08-23). Chainanalysis: Venezuela Leads Latin America in Cryptocurrency Trading. venezuelanalysis.com Locals are increasingly switching to P2P methods to bypass inflation, cash shortages and low wages, as well as Washington's blockade.
(2021-08-22). Colombia's Duque to Grant Refuge to Afghans Heading to the United States: But the Problem is Venezuela With Imaginary Al-Qaeda Terrorists. orinocotribune.com Caracas, August 21, 2021 (OrinocoTribune.com)—The President of Colombia, Iván Duque, confirmed this Friday, August 20, that his country will provide temporary refuge to Afghans who flee their country while they make "a registration" for their "migratory transfer" to the United States, where they would finally settle. | "Colombia joins the allied countries that are going to offer support to the United States for those nationals of Afghanistan who have helped them for years and who are in the process of making a registration, a migratory transfer to that country; so they will be in Colombia temporarily," Duqu…
(2021-08-22). Latin American Socialism And The Fight Against COVID-19. popularresistance.org Latin America has been one of the regions worst-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, in every sense. Not only are countries like Brazil, Colombia, and Peru suffering epidemiological catastrophes, the result of right-wing neoliberal policies, but the World Bank and other financial institutions have reported that the region has suffered the most serious economic crisis as a result of the pandemic. The 2020s in Latin America are set to be a "lost decade," with little social, economic, or political advancement in a number of nations. The failures of capitalism have become glaringly obvious during COVID-19, even though they…
(2021-08-22). Asesinan a líder social en Cúcuta, el número 109 durante el 2021 en Colombia. telesurtv.net Indepaz detalla que desde la asunción de Iván Duque a la Presidencia, en Colombia se han asesinado 819 líderes sociales.
(2021-08-22). Francia Márquez, Presidential Pre-Candidate: "We Need a Government Willing to Stop the War in Colombia" libya360.wordpress.com Marco Teruggi The social and environmental leader will be running in the primaries in March against Gustavo Petro, who heads the center-left conglomerate Pacto Histórico. Her movement Soy porque Somos (I am because we are) vindicates the struggles of the Afro-descendant people. "We need to overcome fear and fill this country with hope," says Francia…
(2021-08-22). President Maduro Comments on the End of Guaidó's Usurpation Intent (Mexico Talks). orinocotribune.com On Friday, August 20, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro commented that Juan Guaidó's much talked about usurpation has ended with the signing of memorandum between the government and the opposition during the dialogue in Mexico last week. | During the swearing in ceremony of six new ministers of his executive cabinet this Friday, President Maduro declared, "We have done what Guaidó wanted—the end of the usurpation. The usurpation of the so called interim government ended with the signing of the document in Mexico where the legitimacy of the government over which I preside has been recognized. Transitional…
(2021-08-22). President Maduro Swears in New Members of his Ministerial Cabinet (+Video). orinocotribune.com 
On Friday August 20, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, swore in the new members of his executive cabinet: Roside Virginia González as the new minister for Indigenous Peoples, Yelitze de Jesús Santaella Hernández as the minister of Education, Félix Plasencia as the minister for Foreign Affairs, Margaud Godoy is the minister for Women, and Jorge Arreaza is the minister of Industries and National Production. | Also, Remigio Ceballos Ichaso was sworn in as the new minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace as well as the sectorial vice president for Citizen Security and Peace, and William Serantes Pinto ha…
(2021-08-22). Elliott Abrams: If Opposition Decides to Reform or Eliminate 'Interim Government,' We Must Support It. orinocotribune.com The alleged "interim government" of Juan Guaidó is becoming more and more lonely in its abstentionist stand. The "special envoy" of the United States for Venezuela during Donald Trump's administration, Elliott Abrams, stressed that the US government should support the Venezuelan opposition if it decides to participate in the regional elections on November 21. | "If the democratic forces in Venezuela decide to participate in the elections, we [the United States] must support them and vigorously organize international pressure to force Maduro to fulfill the promises he has made on electoral conditions," Abrams said…
(2021-08-22). Venezuela mantiene en 96% la tasa de recuperados de la Covid-19. telesurtv.net La vicepresidenta venezolana señaló que en las últimas 24 horas se detectaron 1.116 nuevos casos de la Covid-19.
