Daily Archives: December 7, 2022

2022-12-07: News Headlines

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-12-07). Daniel Kovalik: 'World War III Has Begun'. orinocotribune.com The US lawyer and peace activist Dan Kovalik visited Donetsk, where the Ukrainian army bombed a school, a football stadium, and a monastery without the Western media reporting these war crimes. | The author of the book The Plot To Overthrow Venezuela: How The US Is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil reveals that the US military is directly involved in the war in Ukraine. | Mohsen Abdelmoumen: You are in Russia at the moment and you are following the conflict in Ukraine. Can you give us an update on the situation in the field? | Daniel Kovalik: I was in Donetsk and can say that the situation there is very stable. While…

____ (2022-12-07). Death toll from Colombia landslide rises to 34 as rescue work ends. ecns.cn The death toll from the landslide that buried several vehicles including a bus on a Colombian highway climbed to 34 as rescue efforts ended, local media reported Tuesday.

TeleSUR, MER (2022-12-07). Secretario de ALBA-TCP sostiene encuentro con António Guterres. telesurtv.net Llorenti resaltó que entre los temas tratados están los bloqueos impuestos a Cuba y Venezuela, así como las medidas coercitivas unilaterales contra Nicaragua.

TeleSUR, jaa, YSM (2022-12-07). Confirman proceso de pacificación con otros grupos armados en Colombia. telesurtv.net El mandatario colombiano explicó que se trata de un proceso de pacificación urbano.

TeleSUR, MER (2022-12-07). Presidente venezolano ratifica disposición al diálogo. telesurtv.net El mandatario venezolano reafirmó la importancia que de todos vayan juntos al mismo ritmo y hacia el mismo propósito por el bienestar del país.

TeleSUR, mcs, JCM (2022-12-07). Gobierno de Colombia convoca a consejo de seguridad en el Cauca. telesurtv.net La Defensoría del Pueblo ha emitido alertas tempranas por la situación de orden público en Cauca.

Narkys Blanco (2022-12-06). Cabello: We Are Waiting for the Venezuelan People's Assets to be Released. orinocotribune.com Despite the agreement with Chevron, PSUV has no hope that the US will change its policy towards Venezuela. | This Monday, regarding the return of Venezuela's seized assets to their rightful owner—as was agreed upon at the national dialogue table—the vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, said that they are still waiting for the money to be released. | He recalled that the seized money is in the hands of the right wing and urged the opposition to return the assets to the people: "We are here waiting for the money to appear… They say that they have it prote…

Ricardo Vaz (2022-12-06). Venezuela: Currency Reels to Spark Inflation Fears. venezuelanalysis.com Despite successive "monetary interventions" by the Venezuelan Central Bank, devaluation has continued apace.

Staff (2022-12-06). Vice President Rodríguez: Venezuela to Continue Economic Recovery in 2023. orinocotribune.com On Monday, December 5, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez led a meeting with the Venezuelan Confederation of Industrialists (Conindustria). Economic expectations and environments for the year 2023 were discussed, with Rodríguez stating that the country will have a favorable economic upturn. | She said that during 2022, positive economic results have been achieved "thanks to the public policies applied and the effort of the private sector to comply with those policies." | The vice president specifically referred to the economic development and prosperity program for Venezuela, saying that it has shown a pos…

____ (2022-12-06). 33 killed in Colombia landslide. ecns.cn The death toll climbed to 33 from a landslide that buried vehicles along a highway in Colombia over the weekend, Colombian Interior Minister Alfonso Prada said Monday.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-12-06). øCómo fue la primera victoria electoral de Hugo Chávez en 1998. telesurtv.net El 2 de febrero 1999, Hugo Chávez asumió la presidencia de Venezuela con un juramento que marcó el inicio de un profundo proceso de cambios en e país suramericano.

TeleSUR, DRL, MER (2022-12-06). Aumenta a 34 cifra de muertos tras deslizamiento de tierra en Risaralda, Colombia. telesurtv.net Entre los fallecidos fueron identificados ocho menores hasta el momento, indicó la Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres.

TeleSUR, odr, YSM (2022-12-06). Piden ante ONU reparaciones históricas a los afrodescendientes. telesurtv.net Francia Márquez propuso acciones de condonación de deuda externa como camino de reparación histórica para los pueblos afrodescendientes.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-12-06). Colombia registra masacre número 92 durante el 2022. telesurtv.net Tras la masacre, las autoridades del Norte de Santander reportaron que en las últimas semanas se ha redoblado la seguridad en la zona.

Anonymous103 (2022-12-05). USAID Boosts Funding To NGO's And Media In CIS countries to reduce Russian influence. southfront.org It is unlikely that Washington will be able to decouple Central Asia from Russia, even though it will falsely paint some trade initiatives as major successes or game changing. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded so-called "democracy support" to the tune of $248 million in the second half of 2022 in countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). In comparison, the "humanitaria…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-05). What is the Future of Venezuela's Communes? libya360.wordpress.com Owen Schalk A man walks past a mural depicting Venezuela's late President Hugo Chávez, Latin American independence hero Simon Bolivar and Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas. Photo by Marco Bello. The challenges facing the communes intensified after Hugo Chávez's death in 2013 One of the most compelling aspects of Venezuela's ongoing Bolivarian Revolution, founded…

Roger D. Harris (2022-12-05). The Volatility of US Hegemony in Latin America Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Haiti, and China (Part 2). orinocotribune.com By Roger D. Harris Dec 1, 2022 | The US has long considered Latin America and the Caribbean to be its "backyard" under the anachronist 1823 Monroe Doctrine. And even though current US President Biden mistakenly thinks that upgrading the region to the "

TeleSUR (2022-12-05). President Maduro Highlights Venezuelan Economic Prospects. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, President Nicolas Maduro highlighted the promising prospects for the nation that the current process of economic growth and prospects for oil production generate. | RELATED: | "We are recovering the Homeland with work, effort, and deep love for our people. Today we live in peace, joy and with a promising future for all," he said. | On Nov. 26, his administration and the opposition Unitary Platform (PU) signed…

UnitedEditor (2022-12-05). "First step in lifting sanctions altogether" unitedworldint.com By Douglas Bolívar / Caracas, Venezuela The US administration has loosened its sanctions targeting the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on November 26. The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) within the Treasury Department and responsible for applying sanctions, has granted the US oil company Chevron a license limited authorization to resume pumping oil from Venezuela …

____ (2022-12-05). The Volatility of US Hegemony in Latin America (Part 1). transcend.org 2 Dec 2022 – Latin America and the Caribbean are again taking on a pink complexion with June's historic electoral victory in Colombia over the US-backed rightwing and a similar reverse in Brazil in October. These electoral rejections of the rightwing followed left victories last year in Peru, Honduras, and Chile. And those, in turn, came after similar routs in Bolivia in 2020, Argentina in 2019, and Mexico in 2018.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-05). The Volatility of US Hegemony in Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Roger D. Harris (L to R) Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales, Lula da Silva and Rafael Correa. Mauricio Lima/ AFP. Part I: The Pink Tide Latin America and the Caribbean have again began to take on a becoming pink complexion, all the more so with June's historic electoral victory in Colombia over the country's long-dominant US-backed…

Laith Fadel (2022-12-05). New Colombian government seeks to end educational deficits. america.cgtn.com Colombia's new left-wing government under Gustavo Petro, has promised to tackle long-standing issues of inequality and poverty; however, the country has a long way to go to reverse decades of educational deficits while tackling new issues. CGTN's correspondent Michelle Begue has this story from Bogota.

TeleSUR (2022-12-05). Colombia: Landslide Leaves 27 Dead in Risalda. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, a landslide in the department of Risalda buried a bus and left 27 people dead. Rescue efforts continue and new bodies could be found. | RELATED: | "It is with sadness that I must announce that so far 27 people, including 3 minors, have lost their lives in the tragedy of Pueblo Rico, Risaralda," President Gustavo Petro said, adding that his administration will provide comprehensive support to the families o…

TeleSUR (2022-12-05). Colombian VP Asks for Historic Reparations for Afro-descendants. telesurenglish.net Francia Márquez participated in the inauguration of a week of meetings of the Permanent Forum of Afro-descendants at the UN European headquarters in Geneva, where she called for historical reparation actions for African and Afro-descendant populations. | RELATED: | Member States of the United Nations and the UN itself must establish historical reparation actions for African and Afro-descendant populations so that they "recover the dignity that was…

Marcos Salgado (2022-12-05). Realpolitik: Chevron vuelve a operar en Venezuela. globalizacion.ca Una imagen difícil de imaginar hasta hace poco. Funcionarios de la petrolera estadounidense Chevron, firmando un contrato con autoridades del gobierno de Nicolás Maduro en la sede de la petrolera estatal PDVSA, en Caracas. Y no cualquier acuerdo, sino el…

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-12-05). Petro: acuerdo con ELN permitirá regreso de indígenas desplazados. telesurtv.net Presidente colombiano valora que el regreso de los Embera a sus resguardos es un compromiso de su Gobierno y el Ejército de Liberación Nacional.

TeleSUR, JGN (2022-12-05). Presidente de Venezuela destaca recuperación del país. telesurtv.net El país ha experimentado un crecimiento económico del 10 por ciento, pese a la pandemia de la Covid-19 y de las medidas coercitivas unilaterales de EE.UU.

TeleSUR, jaa, JDO (2022-12-05). Prosiguen labores de rescate en bus sepultado por deslave en Colombia. telesurtv.net Hasta el momento hay tres víctimas fatales, se ha rescatado a nueve personas y se estima que falta por encontrar a algo más de 20.

TeleSUR, JGN (2022-12-05). Liberarán a jóvenes presos por protestas de 2021 en Colombia. telesurtv.net "Los gobiernos que ordenan a su policía matar, encarcelar, torturar y detener jóvenes no son gobiernos democráticos", afirmó Petro.

2022-12-07 04:45:17 | 04:45 EST | jz | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0