Monthly Archives: March 2022

2022-03-20: News Headlines

Mary Triny Mena (2022-03-20). NFTs help Venezuelan artists overcome soaring inflation. america.cgtn.com See how NFTs benefit Venezuelan artists.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-20). Duque seeks to ease tensions in Colombia after bungled elections. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Ivan Duque called an emergency meeting over the contested results of the congressional elections. In a statement, Duque said he would invite electoral authorities, independent observers and political…

teleSUR -HIM (2022-03-20). Gustavo Petro insta a repudiar invitación golpista en Colombia. telesurtv.net Como parte de irregularidades detectadas en el proceso comicial, la coalición Pacto Histórico dejó de recibir votos en 28.000 mesas electorales.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-19). Venezuela Criticizes UN's Politicization of Human Rights (+Bachelet). orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan government has thanked the United Nations' (UN) recognition for Venezuela's progress in the implementation of human rights, but has denounced the disqualifications—without evidence—that persist and smear the government's respect for and cooperation with international human rights mechanisms. | Héctor Constant Rosales, ambassador and permanent representative of Venezuela to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva, took part in the presentation of a report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. In said presentation, Constant declared that the Venez…

Staff (2022-03-19). Jorge Rodríguez: New Evidence Reveals Juan Guaidó's Links to Drug Trafficking. orinocotribune.com On Friday, March 18, the president of the National Assembly (AN) of Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez, presented new evidence about the links of former deputy Juan Guaidó and his Voluntad Popular (VP) party with Colombian drug trafficking. | At a press conference, Rodríguez showed evidence of Guaidó's links with Italian-Venezuelan drug trafficker Biagio Benito Garofalo Forte, who was arrested this March 14 in Colombia. The drug trafficker had an Interpol red alert against him in more than 190 countries. | Since 2006, Garofalo was part of an organization that introduced drugs into Spain through the company Top Tropical F…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-19). 2014: Beware the Ides of Mars. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com On the eleventh anniversary of the U.S. and NATO launching war against Libya. Stop NATOMarch 15, 2014 Ukraine, Syria, Venezuela and beyond: Beware the wars of MarchRick Rozoff In the 1930s it was a notorious fact the German government of Adolf Hitler chose the month of March to perpetrate its most daring moves in reasserting …

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-19). Dozens suspended after alleged drug lord breaks Bogota jail. colombiareports.com Colombia's inspector general announced the suspension of dozens of prison officials after the disappearance of an alleged drug lord. Inspector General Margarita Cabello said that among the 57 suspended officials…

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-03-19). Asesinan a líder social en Colombia, el número 42 en este año. telesurtv.net El cuerpo del activista fue hallado con síntomas de tortura en el kilómetro siete, ubicado al sur de la isla de San Andrés.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-19). Colombia announces dramatically revised Senate election results. colombiareports.com Colombia's national registry announced dramatically revised election results on Friday. The revision followed the scrutiny of Senate election results that were initially announced on Sunday. The "Historic Pact," the opposition…

Camilo Rengifo Marín (2022-03-19). La danza de los vicepresidentes y las denuncias de fraude de Petro. globalizacion.ca La campaña presidencial colombiana apenas comienza y aun cuando ésta le robó el protagonismo a las elecciones legislativas, resta la definición de las fórmulas vicepresidenciales, con plazo de vencimiento al 18 de marzo, mientras preocupan los denuncias de fraude electoral…

_____ (2022-03-19). A Black-Women-Led And Life-Based Project For A New Colombia. popularresistance.org Francia Márquez Mina, a 40-year-old Black female activist from the predominantly Black and forgotten region of the Colombian Pacific coast, is shifting the terms of political debate in the second 'Blackest' nation in South America. Francia, the first Black woman to run for the Colombian presidency, is leading a collective effort by women, LGBTQ+ communities, Black youth, peasants, and the poor in general to transform Colombia's insidious patterns of violence and socio-racial inequalities. According to Infobae , as many as 54.2% of Colombia's population face food insecurity, 42% are under the poverty line, and 10.

teleSUR, SH (2022-03-19). Colombia suma una nueva masacre en el departamento de Antioquia. telesurtv.net De acuerdo al balance de Indepaz, Colombia suma 23 masacres durante el 2022.

Staff (2022-03-19). Oman FM voices hope final steps will be taken in Vienna talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 19 (MNA) — In the phone call with his Iranian counterpart, Omani Foreign Minister bin Hamad Al-Busaidi expressed hope that the final stapes will be taken in the Vienna talks as soon as possible.

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2022-03-19: News Headlines

Staff (2022-03-18). Arrest in Colombia of Drug Lord Linked to Guaidó & Right-Wing Politicians. orinocotribune.com On Sunday, March 13, Migration Colombia announced the capture of the Italian-Venezuelan drug trafficker Garafolo Forte Biaggio Benito in the city of Cartagena, Colombia. An Interpol Red Notice issued in 2015 made Biaggio Benito a wanted man in 193 countries. Biaggio Benito maintains close ties with Venezuelan opposition politicians such as Henrique Capriles, Juan Guaidó, and the fugitive Ismael García. | Material released by the investigative blog La Tabla demonstrates the links between the drug trafficker and former deputy Guaidó, particularly through members of his Popular Will party, including former parliamen…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-18). Venezuela to Launch Social Media Platform (+CLAP). orinocotribune.com This Friday, March 18 is the launch date of Venezuela's new social media platform, announced President Nicolás Maduro. He expressed confidence that users around the world will be impressed with the news provided on the digital platform. | The head of state issued the comments during a working meeting about the economy, dedicated to the sixth anniversary of the Local Supply and Production Committees (CLAP). The CLAP food service provides subsidized food to millions of Venezuelan households. | "Venezuela is going to surprise the world with something that we are going to launch on Friday," Maduro said, speaking abou…

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-03-18). Venezuela recibe casi 5.000.000 de vacunas anticovid de Covax. telesurtv.net Venezuela mantiene en las jornadas reciente un control en los contagios, con solo 309 casos en las últimas 24 horas.

Staff (2022-03-18). Irán, Ucrania, Venezuela: El negocio del sabotaje en la guerra multifactorial. cubadebate.cu El sabotaje ha sido parte inherente a la guerra no convencional que se ha instrumentado desde el Norte Global para alinear a los países que no se pliegan al supremacismo con el que ellos han concebido la geopolítica. Se trata de grupos de avanzada cuya misión es generar el caos y desestabilizar para incubar o intensificar crisis sociales.

Staff (2022-03-18). Almost 5 Million COVID-19 Vaccines Arrive in Venezuela (+COVAX). orinocotribune.com This Thursday, March 16, 4,8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Venezuela through the COVAX program. The process was supervised by the Ministry of Health. No details have yet being given about the origins of this shipment, however, when Venezuela first reached an agreement with the United Nations to purchase vaccines, it was announced that they would be Sinopharm and Vero Cell, which are produced in China. | Minister Magaly Gutiérrez commented that these vaccines "will allow us to immunize the population through our reinforcement program, which was announced by the president of the Bolivarian Republic…

teleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-03-18). Piden a Duque aclarar si Colombia almacenará armas nucleares. telesurtv.net El senador Iván Cepeda solicitó al Ejecutivo aclarar las obligaciones adquiridas por Colombia ante posible designación sobre la OTAN.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-18). Election observers want recount of quarter of Colombia's ballot boxes. colombiareports.com Independent election observers asked the National Registry for a recount of congressional votes in a quarter of Colombia's polling stations. The Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) requested the recount after opposition…

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-03-18). Políticos de Colombia denuncian fraude en las legislativas. telesurtv.net La Registraduría Nacional comunicó que hubo algunos errores en los formularios E-14 durante los comicios legislativos del domingo pasado.

Staff (2022-03-18). Gana Olfides Sáez primer oro de Cuba en torneo internacional de halterofilia. cubadebate.cu Este viernes, Cuba alcanzó su primera medalla de oro en la edición 40 del Torneo Internacional de Halterofilia Manuel Suárez In Memoriam, con excelente actuación de Olfides Sáez en la modalidad de arranque en la división de 96 kilogramos (kg) de peso corporal.El cubano dominó en el último intento la competencia en dura porfía con Oscar Garcés, de Colombia.

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