(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…
(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.
(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). 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…
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(2022-08-12). Understanding Maduro's successful socialist economic strategy. popularresistance.org IN ITS intensely biased coverage of Venezuela during the hard years of 2014-21 the mainstream media wheeled in every imaginable academic pundit to "demonstrate" that the country's economic woes were the result of President Nicolas Maduro overseeing Venezuela's slide "into authoritarianism and economic collapse" (the Guardian, January 24 2019) and not of cruel US sanctions. | In 2019, the Economist for instance, in line with US policy, published a front cover with a clench-fisted Juan Guaido titled "the battle for Venezuela's future," positing "the world democracies are right to seek change." Very rarely, if at al…
(2022-08-12). Venezuela: Oil Production Declines as Shipments to Europe Suspended. venezuelanalysis.com Iran began to ramp up lighter crude supplies to boost Venezuela's refineries and free domestic oil for blending and export.
(2022-08-12). The Nobodies Take Office in Colombia: An In-Depth Analysis. popularresistance.org People are crying, embracing, yelling, as the streets fill with joy. Horns honk and people dance in the middle of avenues. They can't believe that the news traveling by word of mouth, tweet to tweet, news show to news show, is really true. As the minutes and hours pass, they confirm that it is true: This June 19th they—the Nobodies—have won. | "I am tingling from head to toes, overcome with emotion because I know that this is an historic accomplishment for all of us to remember. What joy! What happiness! Until dignity becomes customary!" says Ana Yuli Gamboa with a big smile—an Afro-Colombian wo…
(2022-08-12). Colombia: Diálogos de paz con el ELN se retomarán en La Habana. cubadebate.cu Una delegación del Gobierno de Colombia viajó hoy a Cuba para "hacer contactos" con la jefatura del Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), con el propósito de avanzar hacia negociaciones de paz. El canciller colombiano destacó el papel de Cuba como garante del proceso de paz en Colombia y ratificó la intención de Petro de retomar los diálogos de paz.
(2022-08-12). Venezuela designa a excanciller Félix Plasencia como embajador en Colombia. cubadebate.cu Maduro, designó este jueves al excanciller Félix Plasencia como embajador en Colombia, de cara al restablecimiento de las relaciones bilaterales, interrumpidas en 2019. Durante una alocución pública, el mandatario precisó que la cancillería venezolana pidió el beneplácito al gobierno colombiano de Gustavo Petro en torno a la designación de Plasencia.
