Monthly Archives: September 2021

2021-09-08: News Headlines

Editor2 (2021-09-08). South-North Solidarity: Venezuelan Kraft Food Workers Hail US Strike Against TNC. orinocotribune.com In one of the biggest recent private sector strikes in the US, unionized workers who make Oreos, Chips Ahoy!, Newtons and other Nabisco snacks are on strike in at least five states — Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, and Virginia — over unjust demands for contract concessions. | Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union have rejected management's call for changes in shift lengths and overtime rules. The workers are also calling for the restoration of a pension plan, which Nabisco's owner, Mondelez International, replaced in 2018 with a 401(k) program after a cont…

Staff (2021-09-08). Venezuela Denounces Assault on Monómeros by Colombia's Superintendency. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, September 7, the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela denounced the flagrant assault on the company Monómeros, an asset of the Venezuelan State in Colombia, by Colombia's Superintendency of Corporations (SCC). | This was informed by Freddy àëañez, Venezuelan vice president of Communication, Culture and Tourism. | #COMUNICADO El Gobierno de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, denuncia que la Superintendencia de Sociedades de Colombia, ha asaltado de manera flagrante, un activo del Estado | venezolano, como es el caso de la empresa Monómeros. | Lea Aquí Staff (2021-09-08). Iván Duque Attacks Dialogue Between Venezuelan Government and Opposition (Monomeros). orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, September 7, Colombian President Iván Duque, one of the main allies of the extreme-right wing led by former deputy Juan Guaidó in Venezuela, lashed out against the partial agreements signed by the Venezuelan government and the extreme right opposition in the dialogue process that was held until Monday in Mexico. | In this regard, the Colombian president, referring to the issue through a couple of messages on his Twitter account, insisted on disqualifying the talks and reiterated his accusations against "the dictatorship" of Nicolás Maduro, as he usually calls the Venezuelan government. | Hours before…

teleSUR, JCM (2021-09-08). JEP de Colombia llama a diez militares por falsos positivos. telesurtv.net Los exoficiales tendrán que dar su versión sobre ejecuciones extrajudiciales en Huila entre 2005 y 2009.

scorinoco (2021-09-08). Venezuela on the Path to Political Consensus. orinocotribune.com As of September 3, the government of President Nicolás Maduro has resumed talks with the Venezuelan opposition to reach a consensus, demand an end to the sanctions imposed by the United States and other Western powers, establish an electoral timetable and build a Venezuela for all. | The eyes of the world are on Mexico, the neutral ground where this new round of talks, which began on August 13, is taking place behind closed doors and without press access. | Already on more than one occasion, the government representative in the talks, Jorge Rodríguez, has urged the international community to stop "threatening and…

Staff (2021-09-08). 21N Regional Elections: Diosdado Cabello Presents Report on Chavismo Nominations — Eduardo Samán Excluded. orinocotribune.com At a press conference on Monday, September 6, Diosdado Cabello, first vice-president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), reported that 183,806 persons were nominated by the party's bases to be candidacies for the regional elections of November 21. In this regard, he explained that all the candidacies of the Great Simón Bolívar Patriotic Pole (GPP) have already been registered with the National Electoral Council (CNE). | "All the nominated candidates of the Great Patriotic Pole are already registered, in all governorates, in all municipalities and in all municipal councils," informed Cabello. | Yout…

Staff (2021-09-08). Cape Verde Constitutional Court Green-Lights Saab Extradition to the US. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, September 7, Cape Verde's Constitutional Court ruled that the extradition of Venezuelan diplomatic envoy Alex Saab to the US is constitutional. Washington has asked for the extradition under pretenses of alleged money laundering crimes. | The constitutional court, which is the highest judicial instance of Cape Verde, the country where Saab has been detained since June 2020 at the request of the United States, deemed the appeal filed by the defense against the alleged unconstitutionality of Saab's arrest and extradition as "inadmissible." | The Constitutional Court published a 194-page resolution on it…

Ana Perdigón (2021-09-08). Following Long Delay, First Batch of COVAX Vaccines Arrive in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Early this morning, the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from the controversial United Nations COVAX initiative arrived in Venezuela, reported the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Health Organization's (WHO) regional office for the Americas. | This first shipment of COVID vaccines consists of 693,600 doses of China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine, which are included on the WHO emergency use list, and represents barely 6% of the total of vaccines paid for by the Venezuelan government. | "The vaccines were purchased through the Revolving Fund of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) with the count…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-07). Protestors launch Global Week of Action for Democracy in Swaziland and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at renewed protests in Swaziland with the launch of the Global Week of Action for Democracy; the members of a new 'caretaker' government appointed by the Taliban following the takeover of Panjshir; protests and counter-protests organized across Brazil as far-right President Jair Bolsonaro rallies his supporters to march to Brasilia; the partial agreements signed between the Venezuelan government and the right-wing opposition after another round of talks in Mexico; and the 'Kisan Panchayat' rally held by over 500,000 protesting farmers in India.

Jesús Santrich (2021-09-07). Bolivarianism & Marxism: Commitment to the Impossible in Defense of Utopia. mronline.org Socialist revolution throughout the world, looking to the horizon of the communist utopia, will have to collide with worldwide capitalism for that phenomenon to be overcome definitively. Socialist revolution surely will be breaking the imperialists' chain at its weakest link, as Lenin would have said.

Jesús Santrich (2021-09-07). Bolivarianism & Marxism—Commitment to the impossible in defense of utopia. mronline.org Socialist revolution throughout the world, looking to the horizon of the communist utopia, will have to collide with worldwide capitalism for that phenomenon to be overcome definitively. Socialist revolution surely will be breaking the imperialists' chain at its weakest link, as Lenin would have said.

César Torres (2021-09-07). Venezuela reaffirms commitment to strengthening bilateral relations with Mexico. mppre.gob.ve The Minister of People's Power for Foreign Affairs, Félix Plasencia, held a meeting on Monday with the Chargé d'Affaires of the United Mexican States to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Mauricio Vizcaíno. At the meeting, Vizcaíno delivered a letter sent by Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, who reiterated the friendly, cooperation ties and expressed his […] | La entrada

teleSUR, JGN (2021-09-07). México celebra acuerdos entre gobierno y oposiciones de Venezuela. telesurtv.net El economista Andrés Arauz llamó al FMI a desbloquear 5.000.000.000 de dólares a los que Venezuela tiene derecho.

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2021-09-07). Venezuela Rejects Coup d'État in Guinea — International Reactions (AFRICOM). orinocotribune.com Caracas, September 6, 2021 (OrinocoTribune.com)—In the midst of tension and uncertainty, the inhabitants of the Republic of Guinea face a new political crisis following the coup that overthrew the president, Alpha Condé, who had ruled the African country democratically since 2010. | Since last Sunday, September 5, insurgent military forces under the direction of Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, stormed the presidential palace in Conakry and illegally detained President Condé. The justification of the military coup plotters was the president's alleged lack of democratic principles, financial mismanagement, and the…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-09-07). Vacations Canceled! Governor of Anzoátegui State Returns to Venezuela. orinocotribune.com This Sunday, September 5, amid multiple complaints and ongoing investigations by the Public Ministry, the current governor of Anzoátegui state, opposition politician Antonio Barreto Sira, arrived in Venezuela from Miami, where he was on vacation, due to the flooding of the Neverí river. In addition, irregularities were revealed regarding his signing of official documents while he was in the state of Florida, in the United States. | The return of the Democratic Action politician was demonstrated by videos that circulated on social networks, in which the governor could be seen walking the hallways of the Simón Bolí…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-07). Venezuelan government and opposition reach partial agreements. peoplesdispatch.org Important advances were made during the second round of negotiations in Mexico. The dialogue process between the two sides is crucial as it could end years of political crisis and economic instability in Venezuela…

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2021-09-07: News Headlines

César Torres (2021-09-07). Venezuela reaffirms commitment to strengthening bilateral relations with Mexico. mppre.gob.ve The Minister of People's Power for Foreign Affairs, Félix Plasencia, held a meeting on Monday with the Chargé d'Affaires of the United Mexican States to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Mauricio Vizcaíno. At the meeting, Vizcaíno delivered a letter sent by Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, who reiterated the friendly, cooperation ties and expressed his […] | La entrada

teleSUR, JGN (2021-09-07). México celebra acuerdos entre gobierno y oposiciones de Venezuela. telesurtv.net El economista Andrés Arauz llamó al FMI a desbloquear 5.000.000.000 de dólares a los que Venezuela tiene derecho.

Anonymous007 (2021-09-06). Venezuela's Government And Opposition Work To Mend Fences, Without The U.S. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The United States has been focused elsewhere for a while and Venezuela appears en route to solve its problems on its own. | Two delegations — one representing President Nicholas Maduro's government and another the opposition under Juan Guaido met in Mexico in an attempt to mend fences."We have been working mainly on partial agreements, especially those related to serving the people of Venezuela," parliament speaker Jorge Rodriguez, who led the government delegation said. | Venezuel…

Daniela Jimenez (2021-09-06). President Maduro Explains What Back to School Will be Like. orinocotribune.com On Sunday, September 5, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced that school activities in the new academic year will be in person, within the 7 + 7 reopening scheme applied by the national government. This means that there will alternately be a week of in-person classes and a week of online classes. | During an interview on the TV show Aquí con Ernesto Villegas, the president stressed that the primary objective of return to classes is "to rescue sociability" among the students and between the students and the teachers, which was truncated by the COVID-19 pandemic that forced millions of students fro…

Staff (2021-09-06). President Maduro: Mexico Talks Resume Mutual Recognition of Political Forces of Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Sunday, September 5, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, emphasized that the Venezuelan National Dialogue process established in Mexico (Mexico Talks) resumes mutual recognition of Venezuela's political forces, highlighting the work of the new National Assembly in this process. "The people elected a new National Assembly that has known how to occupy the space of the country's Legislative Power as an eminently political, deliberative and legislative institution," said the head of state in an interview on the show Aquí con Ernesto Villegas, hosted by the Minister for Culture, Ernesto Villegas Poljak, and…

Staff (2021-09-06). CNE: Political Parties Validate First Week of Audits on Voting Machines Software. orinocotribune.com The political representatives who attended the audit of the voting machine software in the pre-electoral phase of the regional and municipal elections scheduled for November 21, have validated with their signatures the revision of the set of modules, security codes, databases, applications and software planned for the first week of this activity of the electoral schedule. This was reported by Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) on its Twitter account this Saturday, September 4. | pic.twitter.com/r7PO6smDmG | — cneesvenezuela (@cneesvzla) Daniela Jimenez (2021-09-06). Dilemma: Who is the Opposition Candidate for Governor in Miranda State? orinocotribune.com The electoral situation in the ranks of the Venezuelan opposition is becoming more striking every day. This Friday, September 3, Carlos Ocariz of Primero Justicia (PJ) and David Uzcátegui of Fuerza Vecinal, the two pre-candidates of the opposition for the governorship of Miranda state, offered opposing statements on the results of the mechanism agreed between Fuerza Vecinal and the so-called "Unidad" for selecting the unitary candidate to represent the opposition in the November 21 elections. | According to the news website Crónica Uno, Ocariz declared that he already had the results of two of the four surveys co…

Paul Dobson (2021-09-06). Venezuelan Government, Guaidó Opposition Resume Contentious Negotiations in Mexico. venezuelanalysis.com Two "partial agreements" were revealed on Monday night, with talks set to resume on September 24.

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