(2021-10-05). Colombia-Venezuela Border to Open for Trade October 5. orinocotribune.com As of this Tuesday, October 5, trade exchange will be opened on the Colombian-Venezuelan border, as reported by Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez. | In her statement from Miraflores Palace, Rodríguez stressed that commercial exchange must comply with strict biosafety measures. | "This should be a biosecure exchange. Let us remember that in Colombia there is a variant of interest to the WHO, which has had an impact on western states of Venezuela," the vice president recalled. Colombians have suffered from a mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the country has one of the highest death rates in the re…
(2021-10-05). Denuncian asesinato de cuatro líderes sociales en Colombia. telesurtv.net Indepaz informa que suman 133 los líderes asesinados durante 2021 y 1.248 desde la firma del Acuerdo de Paz.
(2021-10-05). Retoman en Colombia audiencias de caso contra àÅlvaro Uribe. telesurtv.net Se escucha a representantes de las víctimas. Tras oir testimonios de las partes, la jueza decidirá si archiva el caso o continúa con él.
(2021-10-05). Venezuela Reopens Border With Colombia More Than Two Years After Closure. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On October 5th, Venezuela is reopening its border with Colombia, which has been closed for over 2 years. | Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez announced the opening on October 4th. | Venezuela closed the border in February 2019 as the Venezuelan opposition, backed by Bogota and Washington, attempted to bring humanitarian aid into the country its land border with Colombia against the wishes of President Nicolas Maduro. | Venezuela is suffering from a multi-year, hyperinflationary ec…
(2021-10-05). Conmemoran cuatro años de la masacre de El Tandil, Colombia. telesurtv.net En los hechos de 2017 resultaron asesinados siete campesinos y 100 resultados heridos a manos de la fuerza pública.
(2021-10-05). Colombia: NATO consolidates beachhead in Latin America. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO and Colombia conduct high-level staff talks, reaffirm commitment to partnership NATO and Colombia reaffirmed their commitment to mutually beneficial partnership during High Level Staff Talks in Colombia, which ended on Saturday (2 October 2021)…. While in Bogota, [Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Bettina] Cadenbach…participated in an academic panel titled "NATO …
(2021-10-05). Forbes Reveals why the US Government is Trying to Extradite Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab. orinocotribune.com By Roger D. Harris — Oct 2, 2021 | 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 The US would far prefer to just quietly extradite Saab to Miami, use whatever means nec…
(2021-10-05). 200 Venezuelans Return To Their Country From Chile. telesurenglish.net In the early hours of Tuesday, 200 Venezuelans returned to their country on a chartered flight from the public company Conviasa. The repatriation of this group occurs days after Venezuelan migrants were victims of acts of xenophobia in Iquique City, Chile. | RELATED: | "Today 200 compatriots return to Venezuelan territory thanks to the "Return to the Homeland" program. Venezuela welcomes you with open arms. Missi…
(2021-10-04). Hearing In Paramilitary Case Against Ex-President Uribe Starts. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Bogota's Criminal Judge Carmen Ortiz began public hearings in the witness tampering case raised against Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010). | RELATED: | To determine whether the case continues or not, she will listen to the parties involved, Senator Ivan Cepeda's lawyer, former prosecutors Eduardo Montealegre and Jorge Perdomo, and the defender of Deyanira Gomez, the ex-wife of form…
(2021-10-04). Venezuela Announces Commercial Opening of Border with Colombia. telesurenglish.net The executive vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, announced Monday the commercial opening in the border zone with Colombia located in the state of Táchira. | "As of tomorrow, we will be opening trade between our countries," said the vice president at a press conference. | RELATED: | In this sense, she stated that in the border of the Táchira region, the countries maintain shared, but differentiated, responsibility regarding the protection of the border of both states…
(2021-10-04). Colombian Constitutional Court Extends Truth Commission Mandate. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Constitutional Court (CC) decided to extend the period of operation of the Truth Commission (CV), an institution created after the signing of the 2016 Peace Agreement between the Colombian State and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). | RELATED: | The Court supported with an 8-0 vote the report presented by Judge Jorge Ibañez, who recommended that the mandate of the Truth Commission be extende…
(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.
(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.
(2021-10-04). Colombia: A Threat to Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Pueblo en Armas In Colombia, state terrorism has deepened and is open. Social leaders, indigenous people, peasants, teachers, settlers are assassinated every day. The rich in Colombia hold on to power and maintain their model of accumulation by means of discriminatory violence against activists and their organizations. According to data from Global Witness, a Human…
(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.
(2021-10-04). Latin American and Caribbean Women Demonstrate in Support of International Safe Abortion Day. latinorebels.com Women took to the streets across Latin America and the Caribbean on Tuesday in recognition of the Global Day of Action for access to legal, safe and free abortion. Large demonstrations took place in Mexico, El Salvador, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Chile.
(2021-10-04). President Maduro Reports on New COVID-19 Cases, Vaccination and Reopening Measures. orinocotribune.com On Sunday, October 3, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, reported that 1,296 new COVID-19 infections were recorded in the last 24 hours in Venezuela; later, the number of recorded cases was later updated to 1,326 by Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez. | During a working meeting of the presidential committee on COVID-19, President Maduro informed that 75% of the COVID-19 cases throughout the country are concentrated in Caracas, Miranda, La Guaira, and Carabobo states. | "Cases have increased in Caracas, La Guaira, Miranda, and Carabobo," reported the president. "These four states recorded 75% of the…
(2021-10-04). President Maduro Insists that Spain Should Apologize for Colonial Era Massacres: 'Aznar is Racist' (+ AMLO). orinocotribune.com Caracas, October 3, 2021 (
(2021-10-04). Venezuela: Monetary Reconversion Hit Hard by Currency Speculation. globalresearch.ca
(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…
(2021-10-04). Venezuela: US-backed Guaidó Fails to Show Up in Court for $8.5 Billion ConocoPhillips Dispute. venezuelanalysis.com The opposition politician's lawyers made no appearances in Venezuela's most important international arbitration award case.
(2021-10-04). Venezuela Wins World Baseball Championship (U23). orinocotribune.com 
The Venezuelan baseball team defeated its Mexican counterpart 4-0 to be crowned winner of the third edition of the Men's Baseball World Championship, Under-23 category (U23), at the Sonora stadium in Hermosillo, Mexico. | The Vinotinto (Venezuelan national team) came out on the field determined to make history. The team, led by Carlos García, bet on the pitcher, Wilkelman Ramírez, who pitched the entire match and allowed only four hits. He always got the important outs when the hosts threatened to score. | In addition to the Venezuelan national team offense that was timely, two costly errors by the Mexicans in th…
(2021-10-04). Venezuela: Preparations for Oct. 10 Simulated Election Begin. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) began the distribution of the technological and biosecurity material required for the electoral simulation scheduled for Oct. 10. | RELATED: | The simulation will take place from 7.00 local time to 16.00 in 446 voting centers, where 1,366 polling stations will be set up. | "The voting simulation aims to test all the technical, logistical and operational elements that will be used for the Nov. 21…
(2021-10-04). Venezuelan Extreme Right Opposition Gives a Soap Opera Performance. orinocotribune.com By Nino Pagliccia — Oct 2, 2021 | Juan Guaidó, the self-appointed "interim president" (since January 2019) of Venezuela, could not be having a good time if he were really conscious and responsible. He is not, because he is only a puppet. Puppets' job is to hide the hand that makes them move and only to appear to be speaking according to the script of the puppeteer. | In real life, the puppeteer US, a.k.a the empire, has given the individual Juan Guaidó, who is not running any government, Venezuelan-owned companies outside Venezuela worth billions of dollars to "manage". The empire's job is to pick and choose…
(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…
(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.
(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…