Staff(2022-04-26). Nicaragua Expels OAS: Venezuela & ALBA Approve, Almagro Does Not.orinocotribune.com "This diabolical organization will not have offices in our country either," said Nicaragua's Foreign Minister Denis Moncada. "Its headquarters have been closed. Nicaragua is not anyone's colony." | Sunday, April 24, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua, Denis Moncada, announced his nation's expulsion of the Organization of American States (OAS) as a result of the interventionist actions carried out by the regional body within Nicaragua. | "We communicate that Nicaragua is expelling the Organization of American States," said Moncada. "The people and the government have denounced, and continue to denounce,…
Liberation Staff(2022-04-26). The United States designates Colombia as a NATO external ally.liberationnews.org The official designation was confirmed this Thursday, when Biden sent a letter to the presidents of both chambers of the Capitol, stating: "I notify my intention to designate Colombia as an Important Ally outside NATO."
_____(2022-04-25). President Maduro: Duque Plans Military Strikes In Venezuela.popularresistance.orgThe president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, denounced this Saturday in the framework of the V Congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), his Colombian counterpart Iván Duque of orchestrating a plan to assassinate police and military in the Caribbean country. | "Iván Duque is leaving and is desperate to harm Venezuela, he has activated plans with criminal gangs by states and infiltrating through the border, mafia groups that come to attack police and military, the Venezuelan public force", warned the president. | At the same time, the Venezuelan head of state asserted that the intelligence is gath…
Staff(2022-04-25). President Maduro: Colombian President Duque Plans to Assassinate Police and Military Agents in Venezuela.orinocotribune.comThis Saturday, April 23, President Nicolás Maduro warned Venezuelan society of the plans of outgoing president of the Colombian regime, Iván Duque, to assassinate Venezuelan police and military personnel, as well as to attack police and military posts, before August 7, the day his presidential term ends. | The head of state said: "Iván Duque leaves office on August 7, and he is irritated and desperate to harm Venezuela between now and August 7. Iván Duque has activated plans with criminals and criminal gangs of the [Colombian] state and introducing infiltrators along the border, along the paths, groups of mafioso…
teleSUR, ek, JGN(2022-04-25). Conoce la obra del poeta y humorista venezolano Aquiles Nazoa.telesurtv.netEl reconocido escritor, humorista y periodista Aquiles Nazoa, considerado el máximo exponente del humor venezolano del siglo XX, nació el 17 de mayo de 1920 y falleció a la edad de 55 años el 25 de abril de 1976, en Caracas, Venezuela.
Staff(2022-04-25). Conflictos frenan derechos de la mujer en mundo árabe.cubadebate.cuLos conflictos y las guerras frenan el acceso y el desarrollo de la mujer en el mundo árabe, afirma Aida Nasrallah, presidenta de la Liga para los Derechos de las Mujeres Libanesas, quien participará en el Congreso de la Federación Democrática Internacional de Mujeres (FDIM), que comenzará en Caracas, Venezuela.
Adriaan Alsema(2022-04-25). Colombia's army chief investigated over election meddling.colombiareports.comColombia's Inspector General will investigate the commander of the National Army after the general attacked a presidential candidate on Twitter, according to newspaper El Espectador. The preliminary investigation against General…
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). NATO chieftain to attend 20/40-nation meeting on Ukraine in Germany.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comNATOApril 25, 2022 The NATO Secretary General attends US-hosted meeting on Ukraine NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will attend a meeting of the Ukraine Security Consultative Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on 26 April 2022. The meeting is hosted by the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, and will focus on the …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). Constitution's pledge of NATO membership won't change: Ukrainian parliament chief.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comUkrainian News AgencyApril 25, 2022 Stefanchuk Assures Constitution Will Not Be Amended Regarding Ukraine's NATO Membership Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk is confident that parliament will not amend the Constitution regarding the course towards full membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). *** According to Stefanchuk, the relevant security guarantees of Ukraine should fundamentally …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). Pentagon: U.S. to provide more Stingers, Javelins, other arms to Ukraine.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comInterfax-UkraineApril 25, 2022 USA preparing to send Stinger, Javelin, other equipment to Ukraine — US Department of Defense The United States is preparing to send Stinger anti-aircraft systems, Javelin anti-tank missile systems and other equipment to Ukraine in April, the U.S. Department of Defense has said. "Our US Air Force Airmen prepare supply crates containing …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). No stranger to NATO wars: CV on new U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comOn Brink's work in Georgia a decade ago see this. Interfax-UkraineApril 25, 2022 Biden intends to nominate Brink as US ambassador to Ukraine — White House Biden intends to nominate Brink as US ambassador to Ukraine — White HouseU.S. President Joseph Biden intends to nominate Bridget Brink as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. *** Bridget A. …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). U.S. governors ready National Guard armored vehicles for Ukraine war.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comThe HillApril 24, 2022 State National Guards to send armored vehicles to Ukraine Multiple governors announced this week that their state National Guards would be sending armored vehicles to Ukraine in response to a request from the Pentagon. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) and West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) announced this week that their …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). Ukraine: We had no intention of offending the friendly people of Japan.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comKyodo NewsApril 25, 2022 Ukraine apologizes for juxtaposing Japan emperor to Hitler in video The Ukrainian government has apologized over a video shared on Twitter that juxtaposed a picture of the late Japanese Emperor Hirohito to those of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in describing Nazism and fascism. "We had no intention to offend the …
Staff(2022-04-25). President Maduro: Colombian President Duque Plans to Assassinate Police and Military Agents in Venezuela.orinocotribune.comThis Saturday, April 23, President Nicolás Maduro warned Venezuelan society of the plans of outgoing president of the Colombian regime, Iván Duque, to assassinate Venezuelan police and military personnel, as well as to attack police and military posts, before August 7, the day his presidential term ends. | The head of state said: "Iván Duque leaves office on August 7, and he is irritated and desperate to harm Venezuela between now and August 7. Iván Duque has activated plans with criminals and criminal gangs of the [Colombian] state and introducing infiltrators along the border, along the paths, groups of mafioso…
Staff(2022-04-25). Conflictos frenan derechos de la mujer en mundo árabe.cubadebate.cuLos conflictos y las guerras frenan el acceso y el desarrollo de la mujer en el mundo árabe, afirma Aida Nasrallah, presidenta de la Liga para los Derechos de las Mujeres Libanesas, quien participará en el Congreso de la Federación Democrática Internacional de Mujeres (FDIM), que comenzará en Caracas, Venezuela.
teleSUR, ek, JGN(2022-04-25). Conoce la obra del poeta y humorista venezolano Aquiles Nazoa.telesurtv.netEl reconocido escritor, humorista y periodista Aquiles Nazoa, considerado el máximo exponente del humor venezolano del siglo XX, nació el 17 de mayo de 1920 y falleció a la edad de 55 años el 25 de abril de 1976, en Caracas, Venezuela.
Adriaan Alsema(2022-04-25). Colombia's army chief investigated over election meddling.colombiareports.comColombia's Inspector General will investigate the commander of the National Army after the general attacked a presidential candidate on Twitter, according to newspaper El Espectador. The preliminary investigation against General…
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). WSJ: Expand NATO Article 5 to Southern Hemisphere, include colonies, territories.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comWall Street JournalApril 24, 2022 Expand NATO to HawaiiBy Arshan Barzani* Americans understand that an attack on one ally in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an attack on all. If Russia bombed Warsaw, Washington would be obligated to come to its aid. But if Pearl Harbor were attacked again, this rule wouldn't compel U.S. …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). Turkey conducts simultaneous anti-Kurdish attacks in Syria, Iraq.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comAhval NewsApril 24, 2022 Turkey escalates attacks on Syria's Kurds amid Iraq operation Turkey's military has launched a new series of air strikes on Kurdish-run parts of northeast Syria over the past week amid an ongoing ground and air campaign in northern Iraq, targeting the armed rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the Hasakah-based …
_____(2022-04-24). Liberated Donbass Cities Coming Back To Life.popularresistance.orgSonja van den Ende, an independent journalist from Rotterdam, Netherlands, returned to Donbass last week to chronicle the situation on the ground. She has been to Volnovakha, Mariupol and other cities and villages of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. | "My assessment of Volnovakha is that the city has come to life again, I was there two weeks ago and everywhere in the city, I saw the results of heavy fighting, ammunition and rubble on the streets, even mines, no people on the streets, a ghost town. The hospital was hit severely," Sonja van den Ende says. "The second time I came, last week, I was really…
rqorinoco(2022-04-24). US Media Are Lying About Russian Atrocities in Mariupol, Says Embedded Reporter at Ground Zero.orinocotribune.com Sonja Van den Ende — | Where shall I begin? | Can a man endure so much suffering? Can you write about so much suffering without getting emotional? | Probably not. | Mariupol has been wiped out, buildings have collapsed mostly due to rocket attacks and, of course, there have been bombings as well. | Devastation in Mariupol. [Source: rferl.org] | The Western media, of course, blame the Russians for these bombings, but Ukraine also has planes that drop bombs, so how on earth can you say a few thousand kilometers away that it is the Russians?
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). CNN: Austin, Blinken en route to Ukraine, Biden may follow.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comCNNApril 24, 2022 Zelensky says Blinken and Austin will visit Ukraine on Sunday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Kyiv on Sunday. "I don't think this is a secret that people from the US are coming to us tomorrow, State …
Ana Perdigón(2022-04-24). US Oil Companies Ask Biden to Authorize Resumption of Activities in Venezuela.orinocotribune.comSeveral US oil companies have asked US President Joe Biden to authorize them to restart oil drilling operations in Venezuela, as reported by Sources consulted by the news agency indicated that if they are allowed to resume oil activities in Venezuela, it could quickly ramp up production capacity beyond 1 million barrels per day (bpd). | Among the US firms that have make the request to Biden are Schlumberger, Halliburton, Baker Hughes and Weatherford Internationa…
Staff(2022-04-24). New Government of Costa Rica Evaluates Diplomatic Rapprochement with Venezuela (+Oil Needs).orinocotribune.comThe new government of Costa Rica, with President-elect Rodrigo Chaves at the helm, is considering diplomatic rapproachement with Venezuela, although the outgoing administration of President Carlos Alvarado had recognized Juan Guaidó following the failed US led "regime change" operation against the legitimate government of Nicolás Maduro. | On Friday, April 22, the designated Foreign Affairs Minister of the new government, Arnoldo André Tinoco, confirmed the intention to resume relations with Nicaragua, a country with which the Alvarado government had grown distant and did not appoint ambassadors in recent years,…
Adriaan Alsema(2022-04-24). Army chief takes sides in Colombia's election race.colombiareports.comColombia's opposition demanded the resignation of the country's army chief after the general got involved in the presidential election campaign. Colombia's constitution explicitly prohibits members of the military from participating…
Tanya Wadhwa(2022-04-24). ICJ rules in favor of Nicaragua in maritime case against Colombia.peoplesdispatch.orgThe International Court of Justice (ICJ), on April 21, ruled in favor of Nicaragua and against Colombia in a maritime case called "Alleged Violations of Sovereign Rights and Maritime Spaces in the Caribbean Sea." With ten votes in favor and 5 against, the majority of judges at the ICJ sided with Nicaragua, ruling that Colombia violated Nicaragua's sovereign rights by trying to control fishing activities and interfering with maritime research in parts of the Caribbean sea that are within Nicaragua's exclusive economic zone. The United Nations' court, by 9 to 6 votes, also ordered Colombia to immediately cease patr…
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). Turkey uses murderous assault in Iraq to inaugurate new combat drone.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comDaily SabahApril 24, 2022 Anti-PKK op in Iraq marks first engagement for Turkish combat Akƒ±ncƒ± drone The landmark combat drone Akƒ±ncƒ± has joined its first major operation ever as Turkey launched a military offensive against [Kurdish] targets in northern Iraq, the company said. Named "Operation Claw-Lock," the counterterrorism operation was launched last week from ground …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). Japan plans largest-ever drill with U.S. Marines, aimed at Russia, China.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comNikkei NewsApril 24, 2022 Japan weighs hosting largest-ever joint drills with U.S. MarinesBilateral military exercise in fall planned with eye on Russia and China Japan and the U.S. will hold joint military drills in Hokkaido this fall, with the two-week exercises expected to involve more than 4,000 personnel, Nikkei has learned. The Resolute Dragon exercises …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). Former foreign minister: Finnish media fueling war psychosis.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comYle NewsApril 24, 2022 Veteran MP: "Finnish media in war psychosis" Many people have taken to Finnish Twitter this weekend in reaction to MP Erkki Tuomioja's (SDP) Nato comments in a National Public Radio interview. The veteran Finnish politician told the US broadcaster that there was a "huge degree of emotions involved" in the public's …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). After barring ships, Turkey bans Russian flights to Syria.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comDaily SabahApril 23, 2022 Turkey closes airspace to Russian military aircraft to Syria: FM àáavu≈üoƒülu Turkey has closed its airspace to Russian military and civilian flights to Syria after notifying Moscow, Foreign Minister Mevlàºt àáavu≈üoƒülu said Saturday. "We were giving permissions in three-month intervals. The latest one was until April," the minister said in an …
"This diabolical organization will not have offices in our country either," said Nicaragua's Foreign Minister Denis Moncada. "Its headquarters have been closed. Nicaragua is not anyone's colony." | Sunday, April 24, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua, Denis Moncada, announced his nation's expulsion of the Organization of American States (OAS) as a result of the interventionist actions carried out by the regional body within Nicaragua. | "We communicate that Nicaragua is expelling the Organization of American States," said Moncada. "The people and the government have denounced, and continue to denounce,…
The official designation was confirmed this Thursday, when Biden sent a letter to the presidents of both chambers of the Capitol, stating: "I notify my intention to designate Colombia as an Important Ally outside NATO."
A turf war over the control over Colombia's Caribbean port cities has expanded to Santa Marta, one of the country's oldest drug trafficking hubs. According to the Ombudsman's Office, some…