Daily Archives: January 7, 2022

2022-01-07: News Headlines

Staff (2022-01-07). 'We're Going to Look for Them': Cabello Calls for 'Thief' Guaidó's Imprisonment. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's second most significant Chavista leader called for former opposition deputy Juan Guaidó and his allies to be imprisoned, and promised that justice will punish the "thieves and murderers." | "We are going to look for them…" said Cabello. "Here I have the list of the first, to whom surprises are going to come." The PSUV vice president made the comments this Wednesday, January 5, on his weekly television program Con el Mazo Dando. | Cabello did not mention Guaidó by name, but showed posters of his face, in addition to those of Freddy Guevara, Miguel Pizarro, and Stalin González, among other opposition…

Emir Sader (2022-01-07). 2022: Tiempos decisivos para Brasil y Colombia. globalizacion.ca El siglo XXI es el siglo de América Latina. En su primera década surgieron los únicos gobiernos antineoliberales del mundo, en Venezuela, Brasil, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia y Ecuador. En la segunda, la derecha recuperó la iniciativa, sin aliento, porque no…

teleSUR, JGN (2022-01-07). Gobierno de Venezuela culpa a la extrema derecha por ataque a sistema eléctrico. telesurtv.net El ministro apuntó que junto a los organismos de seguridad del Estado realizan tareas para dar con los responsables del atentado.

teleSUR, MER (2022-01-07). Cierran campaña candidatos a gobernador de Barinas, Venezuela. telesurtv.net La campaña inició el pasado 22 de diciembre y finaliza este 6 de enero a la medianoche, de acuerdo con el CNE.

teleSUR -HIM (2022-01-07). Colombia registra más de 72.000 desplazados en 2021. telesurtv.net Más de la mitad de las víctimas de desplazamiento forzado fueron afrodescendientes, y el 15 por ciento indígena.

Andreína Chávez Alava (2022-01-06). Venezuelan Gov't Demands Alex Saab Release, Return of Stolen Assets to Resume Mexico Talks. venezuelanalysis.com Alex Saab's Miami trial was postponed while the Maduro government accuses Washington of continuing to sabotage the dialogue process.

Editor2 (2022-01-06). Ignacio Ramonet's Complete Interview with Nicolás Maduro. orinocotribune.com "Neoliberalism is exhausted and new leaderships will surprise the world". | The year 2020 has been relatively clement to Venezuela, although it has been so frightening for the whole world. Sure, the blockades and attacks from abroad have not ceased, and have even, at times, intensified. But the Bolivarian revolution, which has just turned 22 years old, is seasoned in these battles. The remarkable thing is that here, contrary to what happened in almost all Latin America and particularly in neighboring countries (Colombia, Brazil), the Covid-19 pandemic has been controlled. Few infections, low mortality. Meanwhile,…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-01-06). Venezuela Aids Colombians Displaced by Violence in Arauca. orinocotribune.com Groups of displaced Colombians from the Arauquita municipality in the department of Arauca, Colombia, received proper care from the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) on the Venezuelan side of the border, reported Venezuela's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino. | Minister Padrino released images on Twitter showing the aid operation carried out by the military force. The FANB's objective is to receive and support people fleeing from the recently heightened violence in the conflict zone in Colombia, sparked by rival drug trafficking gangs fighting for territory. | Civil authorities also participated in the opera…

Nino Pagliccia (2022-01-06). A Recall Referendum in Venezuela will be a Failure if Attempted. orinocotribune.com By Nino Pagliccia — Jan 3, 2022 | The year 2021 has just come to the end and as tradition has it, at least in some parts of the world, many do a review of events of the year and many others more constructively start working on the so-called personal resolutions and more hopefully that the new year may bring the best for our fellow world dwellers. | Author Roger Harris offers a 2021 political

Staff (2022-01-06). Jorge Rodríguez Accuses Guaidó of Stealing $3.1 Billion, Demands Justice. orinocotribune.com This January 5, 2022, the president of Venezuela's parliament, Jorge Rodríguez, requested that the special commission formed in January 2021 to investigate crimes committed by the 2015-2020 parliament incorporate the recent announcement by Juan Guaidó among its list of offenses. On January 3, the self-declared "interim president" Guaidó stated that his fake national assembly will continue to claim legitimacy, despite the fact that its constitutional term expired one year ago. | The supposed "government" of Guaidó also announced its distribution of several million dollars, expropriated from Venezuelan funds frozen…

Staff (2022-01-06). Guaidó Comments on Possible Venezuelan Recall Referendum. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, January 5, former deputy Juan Guaidó assured that any recall referendum against the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, will result from an agreement between all opposition sectors. | Otherwise, Guaidó said, it will become a "false dilemma" that, in his opinion, the national government would take advantage of to further strengthen its position. | "The activation of an electoral process in competitive conditions must go through an agreement," Guaidó said, "because if not it will again be a false dilemma and the dictatorship will play with the Venezuelan times, which is one of hunger, pain, and…

Staff (2022-01-06). Jorge Rodríguez Accuses Guaidó of Stealing $3.1 Billion, Demands Justice. orinocotribune.com This January 5, 2022, the president of Venezuela's parliament, Jorge Rodríguez, requested that the special commission formed in January 2021 to investigate crimes committed by the 2015-2020 parliament incorporate the recent announcement by Juan Guaidó among its list of offenses. On January 3, the self-declared "interim president" Guaidó stated that his fake national assembly will continue to claim legitimacy, despite the fact that its constitutional term expired one year ago. | The supposed "government" of Guaidó also announced its distribution of several million dollars, expropriated from Venezuelan funds frozen…

Staff (2022-01-06). Venezuelan National Assembly Confirms Jorge Rodríguez and Iris Varela as President & Vice President. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, January 5, the Legislative Chamber of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN) held the first ordinary session of this year, in which it carried out the election and swearing-in of its Board of Directors, in accordance with Article 194 of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the AN's Internal Regulation of Debates. | By parliamentary majority, the plenary re-elected deputy Jorge Rodríguez as president of the Legislative Power for the 2022-2023 term. Parliamentarian María Iris Varela Rangel was re-elected as first vice president, while the youngest deputy in parliament, Vanesa Mon…

Fight Back (2022-01-06). Miami hearing for Alex Saab postponed to Feb. 16. fightbacknews.org Miami, FL – The hearing for Alex Saab, the Venezuelan diplomat being detained by the U.S. government, is postponed to February 16 in Miami, Florida. The delays in his case only benefit the U.S. government. Saab's lawyers are seeking a ruling on his diplomatic immunity that will end his illegal detention. | Saab is a unique man who has again and again outsmarted U.S. attempts to punish Venezuela through economic sanctions. The U.S. sanctions aim to shut down sections of the Venezuelan economy – the oil industry, mining and mineral sectors, as well as causing havoc to the water and electricity systems. However, Sa…

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