Staff (2022-03-04). Venezuela Approves Report on Crimes Committed by 2016-2020 Opposition Parliament. orinocotribune.com Earlier today, the special commission of the Venezuelan National Assembly (AN) investigating the crimes perpetrated against the country by the AN board of the 2016-2020 term presented the conclusions of its report. The report provided an account of the actions harmful to Venezuela that were carried out by the extreme right. | The document was approved unanimously, and the president of the commission, José Brito, during the regular session of Thursday, mentioned that there are 442 individuals involved in the investigation. Of these, 203 are former deputies. | The additional 239 are people designated by former depu…

Staff (2022-03-04). Venezuela to Increase Minimum Wage and Consider Bonuses as Part of Wage. orinocotribune.com On March 3, Venezuela announced an increase in the minimum wage to half a petro, and determined that bonuses delivered to public workers through the Patria System will be considered as salary. The increased minimum wage will impact the wage scales of public employees, those under collective bargaining agreements, and pensioners. | In addition, food bonuses will increase to Bs. 45 ($10.30 USD). With the price of the petro currently at $57.81, and the official dollar at Bs. 4.37, the minimum wage would be Bs. 126 per month (or $28.90). Adding the food bonuses, it would be Bs. 171 per month, equivalent to $39.20.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-04). Colombia's war crimes tribunal: 5,700 killed in political extermination. colombiareports.com Attempts to exterminate Colombia's Patriotic Union (UP) party cost the lives of more than 5,700 people, according to the war crimes tribunal. The latest number of victims of the political…

Michelle Begue (2022-03-04). Colombia legalizes abortion. america.cgtn.com There is a huge shift on the issue of abortion rights in Latin America.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-03-04). If the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Is Subverting Democracy—Why Aren't Some of the Left Media Calling It Out? covertactionmagazine.com NED's history should lead to it being renamed the "National Endowment for Attacking Democracy," as journalist Stephen Kinzer suggests. On …

Staff (2022-03-03). Venezuela's Foreign Minister Plasencia: Colombia Promotes Obsolete Cold War Agenda. orinocotribune.com Following joint military exercises by Colombia and the US, Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Félix Plasencia commented on the alignment of Colombia and the United States against Venezuela. | On Wednesday, March 2, Plasencia expressed his condemnation of last weekend's naval drills through his Twitter account, . | "It is not surprising that the misgovernment of Colombia, servile to warlik…

teleSUR- lvm, JL (2022-03-03). Venezuela respalda proceso de diálogo entre Rusia y Ucrania. telesurtv.net El presidente Maduro reiteró que las sanciones contra Rusia impiden al pueblo el pleno goce de sus derechos económicos.

Staff (2022-03-03). Benchmark Price for Venezuelan Oil Tops $80 (+Oil Production Increase). orinocotribune.com The benchmark price for Venezuelan oil climbed above $80 dollars per barrel yesterday, March 1, influenced by geopolitical tensions between Russia, the United States, and the European Union. Prices are also affected by problems in the supply chains of capital and consumer goods, by OPEC's decision to raise output by only 400,000 barrels per day, and by the demand for more fuel caused by the awakening of the economy of industrialized nations experiencing an easing in pandemic-related restrictions. | Prior to the closing of the markets, the Venezuelan Ministry for Petroleum displayed various prices of national crud…

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-03-02). Assassinations of Colombian social leaders shake communities. peoplesdispatch.org According to the Institute of Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ), during the past week, five social activists and two former combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerilla group were assassinated in the country…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-02). President Maduro Confirms Support for Putin During Phone Call. orinocotribune.com In a telephone conversation that took place this Tuesday, March 1, the Venezuelan head of state, Nicolás Maduro, ratified the support of the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for the Russian people and the administration of President Vladimir Putin, in the midst of the conflict with the Republic of Ukraine. | For this reason, the diplomatic services of the Eurasian nation reported on the phone call held by the president, as disclosed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, through social media platforms—at least those not censored by Washington and the European Union.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-02). Venezuelan Opposition Governors Met James Story in Colombia? orinocotribune.com A photograph of a meeting between Venezuelan opposition governors and Colombia-based "US ambassador to Venezuela" James Story is at the center of public debate in Venezuela. | The photograph shows Story in conversation with former deputy of the National Assembly, Stalin González; Manuel Rosales, governor of Zulia state; Sergio Garrido, governor of Barinas state; and Alberto Galíndez, governor of Cojedes. These last three are among the four opposition governors who were elected in the November 21, 2021 regional elections and the January 9, 2022 rerun election in Barinas. | Although the date of the meeting has not…

teleSUR, mcs, JL (2022-03-02). Venezuela rechaza ante la ONU sanciones impuestas contra Rusia. telesurtv.net "Hacemos un llamado al cese de la propaganda de guerra y discursos de la intolerancia guiados por ideologías de odio", aseveró Moncada.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-02). Caracazo- cornerstone of the Bolivarian Revolution. peoplesdispatch.org Hundreds of thousands of poor Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas against neoliberalism and decades of social injustice in the country for a protest action in February 1989 known as Caracazo. The protests gave a big blow to the capitalist system and pseudo-democracy in the country as well as paved the way for the Bolivarian revolution.

Staff (2022-03-02). UN Report: More than 7 Million Colombians Under Influence or Control of Armed Groups. orinocotribune.com A report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) indicates that more than seven million Colombians live under the influence or control of illegal armed groups. | The report, entitled "

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-02). Colombia's war crimes tribunal orders government to implement peace policies. colombiareports.com Colombia's war crimes tribunal JEP ordered the government to implement policies that would allow the dismantling of illegal armed groups. In a statement, the JEP blasted the government of President…

teleSUR, SH (2022-03-02). Exigen al gobierno colombiano garantizar seguridad de excombatientes. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a la Sección de Ausencia de Reconocimiento de la JEP, al menos 306 firmantes del Acuerdo han sido asesinados desde 2016.

teleSUR- lvm -HIM (2022-03-02). Corte de Colombia ordena incluir género no binario en documentos. telesurtv.net La Corte avala la apuesta por los derechos a la dignidad humana, a la personalidad jurídica, al libre desarrollo de la personalidad y a la libertad de conciencia.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-02). Colombia suspends human rights monitoring ahead of elections. colombiareports.com Colombia's ombudsman clashed with human rights officials over an order to suspend human rights monitoring in the field. Ombudsman Carlos Camargo ordered his employees to suspend "field commissions" that verify…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-02). Colombia's prison chief sacked amid corruption scandal. colombiareports.com The director of Colombia's prison authority was sacked after media reported that guards helped an extradited businessman leave jail. The director of La Picota prison was also fired after television…

scorinoco (2022-03-02). Francisco Maltés: 'For the First Time We Have the Possibility of an Alternative Government in Colombia'. orinocotribune.com Communicators from Forum on Communication for the Integration of Our America (FCINA) spoke with Francisco Maltés Tello, president of the CUT trade union confederation of Colombia. Vanessa Martina Silva (Diálogos do Sul), Mariano Vázquez (Colectivo Sangrre), Lautaro Rivara (Agencia Latinoamericana de Información-ALAI) and Javier Tolcachier (Pressenza press agency) participated in the conversation. | The president of the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores of Colombia emphasizes that the social unrest has laid bare social problems, along with the incapacity of the right-wing governments to solve them, and he therefore…