Monthly Archives: April 2022

2022-04-02: News Headlines

Staff (2022-04-02). Venezuela Applauds UN Resolution against Coercive Measures. orinocotribune.com Venezuela has applauded the United Nations Human Rights Council's adoption of a resulution against unilateral coercive measures. | On Friday, April 1, the Human Rights Council of the United Nations adopted a resolution on "the negative impacts of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights" with a large majority. The resolution was approved by the UN human rights body with 27 votes in favor, 14 against, and 6 abstentions. | The Foreign Affairs Minister of Venezuela, Félix Plasencia, wrote on Twitter, "We applaud the adoption, by a large majority in the UN Human Rights Council, with 27 votes in f…

Roger D. Harris (2022-04-02). Illegally Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat Faces US Court Amid a Shifting Global Context. orinocotribune.com By Roger D. Harris — Mar 31, 2022 | Alex Saab's April 6 hearing takes place in the setting of a mercurial world situation, where events in Ukraine may have indirect bearing on his case and on the larger US economic war against Venezuela. | In a world where the US believes it makes the rules and the rest of humanity must follow its orders — what President Biden euphemistically calls the "

Ana Perdigón (2022-04-01). Anti-Chavista Henri Falcón Announces New Party Ahead of 2024 Presidential Race. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, March 30, with an eye on the 2024 presidential race, opposition leader Henri Falcón presented his new political party called Future. This announcement was made shortly after his departure from his former party, Progressive Advance. | During a press conference, from the àÅvila Hotel in Caracas, Falcón officially launched "Futuro" as party which seeks to focus on the technological and educational development of the country, ensuring that it emerges as an "unequivocally collective effort of opposition [to the current Government of Venezuela]." | "I proudly present this collective project to the…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-04-01). Venezuela and International Criminal Court Strengthen Cooperation. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, March 31, a series of meetings were concluded between Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro and the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, yielding advances in cooperation between the two entities. | In statements offered at the end of the meeting, the Venezuelan head of state confirmed that among the new mechanisms agreed upon was the installation of an ICC office in Venezuelan territory. | The office "will allow a more effective, real dialogue," President Maduro said, "a dialogue that permits the memorandum of understanding that we signed to continue its development."

Staff (2022-04-01). Webinar on Alex Saab Case Next Tuesday with Top Panelists. orinocotribune.com Alex Saab's trial starts April 6 in Miami. This webinar includes the latest updates on the case. Protests demanding his freedom will take place in Miami, Boston, New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Diego, Vancouver and Chicago. | The webinar is going to be held next Tuesday April 5, 7 pm ET, 6 pm Central Time. | Panelists: | ‚Ä¢ Alfred de Zayas, former rapporteur on Venezuela for United Nations Human Rights Council | ‚Ä¢ Suzanne Adely, President of the Nation…

teleSUR, MER (2022-04-01). Venezuela y CPI exploran mecanismos de cooperación y asistencia técnica conjunta. telesurtv.net Se establecerá una oficina de asistencia técnica de la Fiscalía de la CPI en el país, como parte del memorando de entendimiento firmado en noviembre de 2021.

teleSUR, MER (2022-04-01). Pdta. hondureña recibe credenciales de embajadora venezolana. telesurtv.net El Gobierno hondureño afirmó que el restablecimiento de relaciones con Venezuela es parte del respeto al Derecho Internacional.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-01). U.S. Decline in the Region Triggers SOUTHCOM Command Operations. libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad General Laura Richardson, head of Southern Command, greets Colombian General Luis Navarro, head of the Colombian Armed Forces (Photo: Juan Chiari / Southern Command). The U.S. Southern Command has been mobilizing in various spectrums of its low-intensity warfare in South America and the Caribbean. Since the beginning of the Russian Federation's special military…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-04-01). Colombia claims alleged military massacre was 'legitimate operation'. colombiareports.com Colombia's Defense Minister Diego Molano claims that victims of an alleged military massacre were guerrillas killed in a "legitimate operation." The defense minister made the controversial claim in response to…

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2022-04-01: News Headlines

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-04-01). Venezuela and International Criminal Court Strengthen Cooperation. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, March 31, a series of meetings were concluded between Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro and the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, yielding advances in cooperation between the two entities. | In statements offered at the end of the meeting, the Venezuelan head of state confirmed that among the new mechanisms agreed upon was the installation of an ICC office in Venezuelan territory. | The office "will allow a more effective, real dialogue," President Maduro said, "a dialogue that permits the memorandum of understanding that we signed to continue its development."

Staff (2022-04-01). Webinar on Alex Saab Case Next Tuesday with Top Panelists. orinocotribune.com Alex Saab's trial starts April 6 in Miami. This webinar includes the latest updates on the case. Protests demanding his freedom will take place in Miami, Boston, New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Diego, Vancouver and Chicago. | The webinar is going to be held next Tuesday April 5, 7 pm ET, 6 pm Central Time. | Panelists: | ‚Ä¢ Alfred de Zayas, former rapporteur on Venezuela for United Nations Human Rights Council | ‚Ä¢ Suzanne Adely, President of the Nation…

teleSUR, MER (2022-04-01). Pdta. hondureña recibe credenciales de embajadora venezolana. telesurtv.net El Gobierno hondureño afirmó que el restablecimiento de relaciones con Venezuela es parte del respeto al Derecho Internacional.

teleSUR, MER (2022-04-01). Venezuela y CPI exploran mecanismos de cooperación y asistencia técnica conjunta. telesurtv.net Se establecerá una oficina de asistencia técnica de la Fiscalía de la CPI en el país, como parte del memorando de entendimiento firmado en noviembre de 2021.

Ricardo Vaz (2022-03-31). Venezuela Sentenced to Pay 1.6 Billion Dollar Award to Agribusiness Corporations. venezuelanalysis.com Seed and fertilizer supplier Agroisleña was nationalized by the Hugo Chávez government in 2010.

Staff (2022-03-31). President Maduro to Visit South Africa (+Multipolarity). orinocotribune.com On Wednesday, March 30, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, highlighted his country's struggle for a multipolar and multicentric world during the farewell ceremony for the ambassadors of South Africa and Nicaragua, Joseph Khehla and Yaosca Calderón Martín, respectively, held in the Simón Bolívar Hall at Miraflores Palace in Caracas. | "Venezuela has been, is, and will be the epicenter of the struggles for a new world, an egalitarian world, which can already be seen on the horizon," said the president, recalling the anti-colonial and anti-imperialist legacy of the South American continent. | At the ceremon…

Staff (2022-03-31). Mexico Celebrates Rapprochement Between Caracas & Washington Amid Ukraine Conflict. orinocotribune.com It is a positive development that, after years of hostilities, the governments of Caracas and Washington seek agreement and conciliation as a result of the conflict in Ukraine, said the Mexican president. | "I was very pleased that it seems an agreement between the United States and Venezuela is on the right track, after so many things that have been said," Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said during his morning press conference on Wednesday, March 30. | "And why the arrangement?" asked AMLO. "Well, because of the situation in Ukraine and the increase in oil prices, the United States considers it convenient to…

Staff (2022-03-31). ParlaSur to Discuss Re-entry of Venezuela into Mercosur. orinocotribune.com The South American Parliament (ParlaSur) will address the issue of the re-entry of the National Assembly of Venezuela to Mercosur, the South American trade bloc. This came as an announcement by Oscar Laborde, the vice president of ParlaSur Argentina and president of the ParlaSur Democracy Observatory. | "America must be a pole, and that will only be achieved if we travel the path of the Great Homeland," said the Argentine parliamentarian, while pointing to the interventionism of other countries in the region that have joined the US coup agenda against Venezuela. | In particular, he referred to the fact that the A…

Stephen Gibbs (2022-03-31). Feminism movements in Venezuela. america.cgtn.com Venezuela is often portrayed as one of the more politically polarized countries in Latin America; with support, or opposition, to its radical leftist government permeating everything. And that includes the country's feminism movements.

teleSUR, jaa, JL (2022-03-31). Pdte. Maduro resalta lucha de Venezuela por un mundo multipolar. telesurtv.net "Venezuela ha sido, es y será epicentro de los combates por un mundo nuevo, un mundo igualitario, que ya se ve en el horizonte", resaltó el jefe de Estado.

teleSUR, hvh, DRL (2022-03-31). Denuncian como falso positivo masacre de Putumayo, Colombia. telesurtv.net La Red de DD.HH de Putumayo precisó la identidad de 6 de las 11 víctimas en Puerto Leguízamo.

teleSUR, DRL (2022-03-31). Candidatos a la Vicepresidencia de Colombia participan en debate. telesurtv.net La candidata vicepresidencial Francia Márquez recordó la responsabilidad del Estado colombiano en la continuidad de la violencia.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-31). Why is the Colombia right so afraid of Francia Márquez? peoplesdispatch.org Francia Márquez was at the forefront of a struggle against illegal gold mining in La Toma and led a 10-day march to the Capitol Bogotá in 2014.

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