2022-03-31: News Headlines

Andreína Chávez Alava (2022-03-30). Venezuelan Communist Party Demands Justice for Two Members Killed in Border Region. venezuelanalysis.com Communist leaders have denounced that political activists are targets of constant threats and harassment on the Colombia-Venezuela border.

teleSUR, JL (2022-03-30). Diputados venezolanos solicitan investigación sobre Operación Puma. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con la diputada, la Operación Puma financiada por EE.UU. pretendía implementar una acción militar para derrocar al gobierno de Venezuela.

Dakotah Lilly (2022-03-30). As Inflation Hits US Workers Hard, do Argentina and Venezuela Provide a Heterodox Toolbox to Confront It? (Part I). orinocotribune.com By Dakotah Lilly — Mar 27, 2022 | Part I: Introduction | Inflation is currently a problem in the United States. It is not a problem in the classical sense that inflation has been weaponized as in the past; as a trojan horse against popular, socialist, or nationalist governments in favor of neoliberal adjustment plans. Instead, inflation is a problem in the United States because it exemplifies a ramping up of an aspect of a class based warfare tactic by the oligarchic establishment in order to continue raking in huge profits and an ever increasing share of the capital-labor pie. How do we know this? Well, we…

Staff (2022-03-30). Colombia Approves First Fracking Pilot Plant amid Strong Criticism. orinocotribune.com The National Environmental Licensing Authority (ANLA) of Colombia approved, amid criticism from sectors of the political opposition and the social movements, the first fracking pilot project in Puerto Wilches, department of Santander, reported environmental organizations on Monday, March 28. | The project will be developed by the Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol, in an area of up to 4.67 hectares, where fracking will be carried out at a depth of 1.2 kilometers. | The Fracking Free Colombia Alliance denounced the licensing process which was completed "in less than five months, despite numerous objections, ser…

teleSUR, mcs, JL (2022-03-30). Revelan tarjetón electoral para las presidenciales en Colombia. telesurtv.net La Registraduría Nacional realizó el sorteo para elegir la ubicación de candidatos en la tarjeta electoral para las presidenciales de mayo.

teleSUR, mcs, JL (2022-03-30). Organización indígena exige investigar asesinatos en Puerto Leguízamo, Colombia. telesurtv.net "Solicitamos a la Procuraduría para que, en el marco de sus funciones, investigue disciplinariamente a los funcionarios que participaron en este caso", detalla la Opiac.

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2022-03-30). Progressive coalition campaigning in Colombia promises real change. peoplesworld.org On March 24, Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez registered as presidential and vice-presidential candidates in Colombia for elections taking place on May 29. On behalf of the Historic Pact coalition, Petro stated that "today is the first day of a campaign that promises to actually change the history of Colombia." He was, in effect, proposing …

teleSUR, SH (2022-03-30). Asesinan a un gobernador indígena en el Chocó, Colombia. telesurtv.net Desde la Mesa Indígena del Chocó exigieron a la Fiscalía de Colombia realizar las investigaciones pertinentes para esclarecer este asesinato.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-30). Vice-presidential candidate Francia Márquez receives death threats. peoplesdispatch.org The candidate for the vice presidency of Colombia for the left-wing Historic Pact coalition, Francia Márquez, on March 27, reported that she received death threats for the second time this month and demanded that the right-wing government of President Iván Duque guarantee her safety. | "As if the slander, racist demonstrations were not enough, but in less than a month, they have threatened to kill me twice, along with other social leaders. President Iván Duque, I request you to guarantee my physical integrity, that of my family and the leaders mentioned here," Márquez tweeted along with the photographs of two let…

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