Daily Archives: August 14, 2022

2022-08-14: News Headlines

TeleSUR- lvm, JCM (2022-08-14). Denuncian asesinato de firmante de paz en Tolima, Colombia. telesurtv.net El líder social, quien era integrante del Comité Azodipaz de Santa Elena en el municipio colombiano de Ronces Valles en Tolima, fue asesinado por hombres armados que lo interceptaron…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-14). The US War on Drugs Isn't What it Seems — and Colombia's New President Wants to End it. libya360.wordpress.com Bradley Blankenship Gustavo Petro promises a major blow to US hegemony over Latin America Leftist Gustavo Petro was inaugurated as Colombia's new president on August 7, ushering in what will likely be an unprecedented political swing for what is a perennially right-wing government. In his first address, Petro mentioned many important issues that face Colombia including…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-14). Understanding Maduro's Successful Socialist Economic Strategy. libya360.wordpress.com Franciso Dominguez CHAVISTAS TO THE CORE: The 23 de Enero working-class neighbourhood in western Caracas, commemorates on July 28 2022 what would have been Hugo Chavez's 68th birthday. January 23 1958 was the day dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez was overthrown. After years of calling Venezuela's economy a dismal failure that demonstrates the dangers of socialism,…

TeleSUR- lvm- JL (2022-08-14). Venezuela anuncia recuperación paulatina de sistema eléctrico tras lluvias. telesurtv.net "Hemos recuperado la totalidad de la carga en la región capital", destacó el ministro Reverol.

TeleSUR- lvm, JCM (2022-08-14). Indepaz confirma nueva masacre en La Guajira, Colombia. telesurtv.net Indepaz aclaró que hasta el momento se desconoce la identidad de las víctimas.

Eferrari10 (2022-08-13). Venezuela and Colombia Appoint Ambassadors (Bilateral Relations). orinocotribune.com On Thursday, August 11, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, appointed Félix Plasencia as Venezuela's ambassador to Colombia, praising his "great diplomatic and political experience and capacity for relations." Within minutes, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced the appointment of Colombian Senator Armando Benedetti as the ambassador of his country to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. | President Maduro, during a ceremony held at the Simón Bolívar Park in La Carlota, announced that the Foreign Ministry of Venezuela "has requested the approval [of Félix Plasencia] from the Colombian Fore…

TeleSUR, mcs, JGN (2022-08-13). Denuncian el asesinato de un líder social en Cúcuta, Colombia. telesurtv.net La víctima mortal, el docente Édgar Rodríguez, constituye el líder 115 asesinado durante el año 2022.

Staff (2022-08-13). Premundial de béisbol femenino: Cuba inauguró el casillero de las victorias. cubadebate.cu El equipo cubano de béisbol femenino remontó un marcador adverso y derrotó a su similar de República Dominicana 6-4, en la segunda jornada del Campeonato Premundial que se efectúa en La Guaira, Venezuela. Este domingo, a las 6: 00 p.m., las cubanas rivalizarán con las anfitrionas venezolanas.

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-08-13). Inauguran Campeonato Premundial de Béisbol Femenino en Venezuela. telesurtv.net Este evento reúne a equipos de Cuba, México, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, República Dominicana y Venezuela.

_____ (2022-08-13). Colombian foreign minister visits Cuba, announces resumption of peace talks with ELN. popularresistance.org A delegation of the Colombian government, headed by Foreign Minister àÅlvaro Leyva Durán, visited Cuba on Thursday, August 11, and was received by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez in the capital Havana. The purpose of the visit was to establish contact with the leadership of the National Liberation Army (ELN), the largest leftist guerrilla group active in Colombia, in order to advance towards peace negotiations. | Following a meeting between the Colombian government's delegation, the ELN leaders, and the Cuban government's representatives at the El Laguito Protocol Hall, Colombian Foreign Minister Ley…

_____ (2022-08-13). Colombian Foreign Minister Visits Cuba. popularresistance.org A delegation of the Colombian government, headed by Foreign Minister àÅlvaro Leyva Durán, visited Cuba on Thursday, August 11, and was received by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez in the capital Havana. The purpose of the visit was to establish contact with the leadership of the National Liberation Army (ELN), the largest leftist guerrilla group active in Colombia, in order to advance towards peace negotiations. | Following a meeting between the Colombian government's delegation, the ELN leaders, and the Cuban government's representatives at the El Laguito Protocol Hall, Colombian Foreign Minister Ley…

Eferrari10 (2022-08-13). Intense Debate in Venezuela About Wages and National Budget Office Decisions. orinocotribune.com A diversity of voices demand greater clarity about the "ONAPRE instructions." | The substantial, expected, necessary and celebrated salary increase of March was followed, as appropriate, by the adaptation process according to collective agreements, tables, tabulators, rankings and scales of the different institutions, entities and agencies of the national public administration. | Through the Special Official Gazette No. 6,691 of March 15, 2022, the two presidential decrees that increased the mandatory monthly minimum wage, as well as the amounts of retirement benefits, pensions and the socialist basket ticket, we…

Misión Verdad (2022-08-13). Argentine Judge Orders The Theft of Venezuela's EMTRASUR Plane at US Request. orinocotribune.com The federal judge of Lomas de Zamora, Federico Villena, has made official the theft of the Venezuelan EMTRASUR aircraft at the request of the United States. | Villena's ruling implies an acceptance of the US blockade on Venezuela with regards to the Venezuelan aircraft, within the framework of an Argentina-US mutual legal assistance treaty signed more than 30 years ago, Villena also order the aircraft to be searched for the third time, but this time with…

Michelle Begue (2022-08-13). Indigenous leaders elevated to prominent positions in Colombia. america.cgtn.com Environmental rights activist Leonor Zalabata Torres makes history as the first Indigenous woman to represent Colombia at the UN. Find out more.

TeleSUR- lvm- JL (2022-08-13). Ministro venezolano anuncia recuperación paulatina de sistema eléctrico tras fuertes lluvias. telesurtv.net "Hemos recuperado la totalidad de la carga en la región capital", destacó el ministro Reverol.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-08-13). Gustavo Petro designa nuevas autoridades militares en Colombia. telesurtv.net El mandatario colombiano expresó que el principal objetivo del nuevo mando será incrementar la seguridad, la paz y el respeto a los derechos humanos.

TeleSUR, MER (2022-08-13). Gobierno colombiano reconoce legitimidad de delegación de diálogos del ELN para proceso de paz. telesurtv.net El Gobierno colombiano adoptará todas las medidas para garantizar las condiciones que permitan el reinicio de las conversaciones con el ELN.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-08-13). Venezuela repudia y califica de violatorio del derecho internacional secuestro de avión en Argentina. telesurtv.net La condena del titular de la cartera de Exteriores se suma al de otras instituciones y personalidades de la política venezolana y regional con relación al secuestro del avión.

Staff (2022-08-13). Despiden a buque mexicano que ayudó a en la extinción del incendio en Matanzas. cubadebate.cu Este sábado despidieron a la tripulación del buque Libertador, de la Armada Mexicana, que auxilió a técnicos cubanos y venezolanos en la extinción del incendio en la base de supertanqueros en Matanzas.

Mary Triny Mena (2022-08-13). Vaccine shortage puts Venezuela's children at risk. america.cgtn.com Many of Venezuela's children, especially in remote areas, lack the 10 recommended vaccines for their first year. See how a vaccine shortage is affecting children's health.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-08-13). Presidente cubano se reúne con representantes del proceso de paz en Colombia. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado ratificó el compromiso de Cuba con la paz en Colombia y la voluntad de profundizar las relaciones entre ambos países.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-08-13). Venezuela señala violatorio del derecho internacional secuestro de avión en Argentina. telesurtv.net La condena del titular de la cartera de Exteriores se suma al de otras instituciones y personalidades de la política venezolana y regional con relación al secuestro del avión.

WSWS (2022-08-13). Gustavo Petro praises capitalism, military and right wing in inauguration as president of Colombia. wsws.org His voters hardly thought that Petro's "love politics" would in fact be directed to the old right-wing politicians and the murderous military.

Staff (2022-08-13). Venezuela repudia secuestro del avión en Argentina, acto violatorio del derecho internacional. cubadebate.cu El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Venezuela, Carlos Faría, calificó este viernes de violación a la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y al derecho internacional el secuestro del avión y la tripulación de la estatal Empresa de Transporte Aerocargo del Sur (Emtrasur) en Argentina. Dicha acción vulnera la soberanía de Venezuela y, en correspondencia, va contra los principios del orden internacional.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-12). The Nobodies Take Office in Colombia: An In-Depth Analysis. libya360.wordpress.com Alina Duarte Fleas dream of buying themselves a dog, and the nobodies dream of escaping poverty: that one magical day good luck will suddenly rain down on them—will rain down in buckets. But good luck doesn't rain down yesterday, today, tomorrow, or ever. Good luck doesn't even fall in a fine drizzle, no matter how hard…

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