(2022-08-11). Who Is Judge Federico Villena, Hijacker of Venezuela's EMTRASUR Plane in Argentina? orinocotribune.com The fate of the Venezuelan EMTRASUR Boeing 747 300-M now awaits the decision of Judge Federico Villena, who oversees jurisdiction at the Ezeiza international airport, in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the aircraft remains hijacked by the airport authorities and the Argentine judiciary. | As Judge Villena has declared, as long as the investigations and judicial process take place, the four Iranian crew members and three crew members of Venezuelan origin cannot leave Argentine soil. | The remaining 12 members of the crew were authorized to leave Argentina, but the ruling was appealed by Prosecutor C…
(2022-08-11). Venezuela to Resume Dialogue Only if Boeing 747 Is Returned From Argentina (+Alex Saab). orinocotribune.com 
The president of the Venezuelan Parliament says that as long as the Venezuelan jumbo jet unlawfully grounded in Argentina is not returned, there will be no dialogue with the opposition. | On Tuesday, August 9, Venezuela's national assembly president, Jorge Rodríguez, said that: "We are not going to move, neither in matters of dialogue nor negotiation, nor anything else for that matter. Very simply, just as we said with the kidnapped diplomat Alex Saab, we are going to tell them two things: you return the plane to us and we want our kidnapped brothers back." | Similarly, the also head of the official delegation fo…
(2022-08-10). ALBA-TCP Condemns US Attempt to Seize Venezuelan Jumbo Jet in Argentina. orinocotribune.com Monday, August 8, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America—Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA—TCP) condemned the United States intention to hijack the plane belonging to EMTRASUR, a subsidiary of the Venezuelan airline Conviasa, held in Argentina since June 6 under false allegations. | Through a statement, ALBA-TCP described as "illegitimate and illegal" the request of the United States Department of Justice to seize the aircraft. | "The illegitimate and illegal seizure order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia is a consequence of the uni…
(2022-08-10). President Maduro Sends Message to Colombia's President Petro After Inauguration. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, congratulated his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, on Sunday, August 7, after the ceremony in which Petro took office as the new president of Colombia. | "My congratulations to Colombia, to Gustavo Petro," Maduro said in a video broadcast on his social media accounts. "We have seen the entire inauguration ceremony via Telesur." | "And there we are: the sword, Bolívar, history," said Maduro, showing the moment in which one of the swords of the Liberator, duly guarded, left the Plaza de Bolívar in Bogotá, where the ceremony was held, while Petro, his wife Verónica…
(2022-08-10). Venezuela, Colombia to mend military ties. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) — Venezuela announced Tuesday that it plans to re-establish military ties with Colombia after years of deteriorating relations between the two countries.
(2022-08-10). The Unbroken: Evo Morales. indybay.org Recent events give hope for a resurgence of the left on the continent. Morales points to recent electoral victories in Peru, Chile, Colombia, as well as Lula's soon expected return to the Brazilian presidency. "These times are coming again," he says. "We have to work to consolidate these democratic revolutions, for the benefit of humanity. I have a lot of hope."