Ana Perdigón (2022-06-28). G7: France Wants Venezuela & Iran's Oil Back on World Market. orinocotribune.com On Monday, June 27, a spokesperson for the government of the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, requested the diversification of the world's sources of oil. Specifically, the spokesperson requested that petroleum products from Venezuela and Iran begin to flow on the world market. The request provides new evidence of the boomerang effects caused by the economic blockade imposed on Venezuela by the US and its allies, including France. | Within the framework of the G7 Summit being held in Germany, sources from Macron's administration stated that France considers it essential that the entire international communit…

_____ (2022-06-28). Lessons From Colombia: A Victory For The People. popularresistance.org On June 19, Colombians elected the first leftist president and the first Afro-Colombian vice president in history. This was possible, despite being in a repressive state, because of a strong national social movement that organized an effective national strike in the spring of 2021. Clearing the FOG speaks with Charo Mina Rojas, an Afro-Colombian human rights defender and leader in the 2016 peace process, about this victory, the obstacles they faced and how they will counter efforts by the wealthy class to prevent further progress. Activists in the United States have much to learn from the Colombian people's movem…

Richard S. Dunn (2022-06-28). Winds of Change Sweeping Latin America. covertactionmagazine.com Repudiation of Biden administration at Summit of the Americas and Colombia's election of a left-wing presidenta signifies a new era …

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-06-28). Intento de fuga e incendio deja 52 muertos en cárcel colombiana. telesurtv.net Se produjo en horas de la madrugada en la cárcel de Tuluá con un incendio provocado que dejó también unos 30 heridos.

____ (2022-06-28). At least 51 dead in prison riot fire in Colombia: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) —At least 51 prisoners died after a fire started during a prison riot in southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, head of National Prisons Agency said on Tuesday, one of the worst incidents of recent prison violence in the country.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-06-28). Comisión de la Verdad llama a alcanzar la paz en Colombia. telesurtv.net El acto de entrega contó con la presencia del presidente electo, Gustavo Petro, quien recibió la primera copia del texto…

TeleSUR- hvh, JCM (2022-06-28). Presidente chino felicita a Petro tras victoria electoral en Colombia. telesurtv.net Xi instó fortalecer la cooperación entre Beijing y Bogotá con el fin de "profundizar en la confianza política mutua".

Staff (2022-06-28). Comisión de la Verdad de Colombia presenta informe final. telesurtv.net Después de 3 años de labores, la Comisión de la Verdad de Colombia presenta su informe final, y teleSUR te lo trae en directo.

WSWS (2022-06-28). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Some 17,000 US Costco warehouse workers have voted down a below-inflation contract agreement, while workers at the Siderúrgica Orinoco steel plant in Guyana, Venezuela carried out a sit-down strike over a promised pay increase.

Wolfgang Effenberger (2022-06-27). "Suenan los tambores de guerra": Los peligros de una "confrontación más larga y extendida" en Ucrania øHacia un mundo unipolar? globalizacion.ca Después de que el presidente del Consejo de la Unión Europea (UE), Charles Michel, propusiera que Ucrania y Moldavia fueran candidatos para la membresía de la UE, el proyecto de declaración final de la cumbre de la UE del 23…

Matt Sedlar (2022-06-27). OPEC Plus's Accelerated Oil Production Pales in Comparison to Lost Output from US Sanctions. cepr.net Biden has a significant opportunity in his hands to boost global oil production by breaking with Trump's failed "maximum pressure" campaigns, and ending unilateral — and likely illegal — sanctions against Iran and Venezuela.

Staff (2022-06-27). Petro Reiterates Willingness to Normalize Relations with Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The president-elect of the Republic of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, reiterated his desire to normalize relations with Venezuela in order to ameliorate the economic development of the region. | "Relationships need to be normalized," Petro said in an interview published Saturday, June 25 with Colombian news outlet

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2022-06-27). El plan del gobierno de Estados Unidos para dividir a Rusia en pequeños estados. El peligro de una guerra ampliada. globalizacion.ca Jens Stoltenberg, el títere de Washington en la OTAN, dice que las "negociaciones de paz", no la victoria rusa, pondrán fin al conflicto en Ucrania. Entonces, Stoltenberg cuenta con el Kremlin, cuyos líderes han dicho que nunca volverán a confiar…

____ (2022-06-27). At least 5 die, dozens injured in Colombia as stands collapse during bullfighting. ecns.cn At least five people died and dozens more were injured Sunday when the stands collapsed during a corraleja, or bullfighting festival, in Colombia's Tolima Department, local authorities said.

____ (2022-06-27). Bullfight stands collapse in Colombia. ecns.cn At least five people are died and dozens seriously injured when a full three-story section of wooden stands filled with spectators collapsed, throwing dozens of people to the ground, during a popular event at which members of the public face off with small bulls.

Ana Perdigón (2022-06-26). President Maduro Receives New Ambassadors of Mexico and Nicaragua to Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Friday, June 24, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, received the credentials of the new ambassadors of Mexico and Nicaragua. | Both ambassadors were received by President Maduro at Miraflores Palace, where he was accompanied by his wife, Cilia Flores; Minister of Communication and Information Freddy àëáñez, and officials from the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry. | The new ambassador of Mexico to Venezuela, Leopoldo de Givez de la Cruz, was received by President Maduro in the morning of Friday. He said that the appointment of the new ambassador by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexic…

Editor (2022-06-26). The Haitian Revolution Today and the Limits of Token Solidarity. scheerpost.com By Seth Donnelly / CounterPunch In 1826, the Congress of Panama was organized by Simon Bolivar, including representatives from Peru, Mexico, and what was then Gran Colombia (Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela) and the United Provinces of Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica). Bolivar, who had been given refuge twice in …

_____ (2022-06-26). How Latin American Women Are Winning Abortion Rights. popularresistance.org It was inconceivable, just five years ago, that ultra-conservative Colombia would decriminalize abortion, or that Catholic, neoliberal Chile would be gearing up to vote on a new constitution that enshrines sexual and reproductive rights, including on-request abortion. | Yet in February, Colombia's constitutional court removed abortion (up to 24 weeks) from the criminal code in response to a court case brought by Causa Justa—the spearhead of a wide-ranging social and legal campaign of more than 120 groups and thousands of activists. | Colombia is now "at the forefront of the region and the world," according…

Atilio Boron (2022-06-26). Petro, a Historic Victory. orinocotribune.com By Atilio Boron Jun 20, 2022 | With just over 98% of the electoral posts counted, the triumph of Gustavo Petro, candidate of the Historic Pact, in the second round of the Colombian presidential elections was confirmed. Petro

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-06-26). Presidente electo de Colombia nombra al próximo canciller. telesurtv.net Petro considera que Álvaro Leyva será de importancia en la lucha por erradicar la violencia endémica que vive el país.