2023-02-19: News Headlines

Cecosesola, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2023-02-19). Building, Here and Now, The World We Yearn For. popularresistance.org Cecosesola was established in Barquisimeto, capital of the State of Lara, in the central western region of Venezuela, as a cooperative integration organization on December 17, 1967. It is a meeting place where more than 50 community organizations are active, integrated in a network of production of goods and services that brings together more than 23,000 members from the popular sectors. Through this network, we develop a wide variety of activities such as: agricultural production, small-scale agro-industrial production, funeral services, transportation, health services, financial services, mutual aid funds, dist…

Staff (2023-02-19). Chevron to Increase Shipment of Venezuelan Oil to US (+OPEC). orinocotribune.com Chevron has announced that it will raise its shipments of Venezuelan oil to the United States to 100,000 barrels per day in the month of February. In January, Chevron's oil shipment from Venezuela to the US was 75,000 barrels of crude per day. | According to a report

JANET (2023-02-18). Sat. March 18 — National March on Washington — On the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. iacenter.org No War in Ukraine! No to NATO! No Weapons, No Money for the Ukraine War Coinciding with the 20th anniversary weekend of the criminal U.S.-invasion of Iraq a major set of actions including a demonstration at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Saturday March 18 demanding "Peace in Ukraine — Say NO to Endless U.S. Wars" and "Fund People's Needs, Not the War Machine." Since 2003, the U.S. has engaged in sanctions (economic war) on more than 40 countries. These targets of U.S. economic warfare include the people of Cuba, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iran and many other nations. Even in the wake of…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-18). Daily Round-up | China calls for end to Iran sanctions, restoring nuclear deal & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of talks between Iran and China, the global campaign to free Mumia Abu-Jamal, a new agreement between Venezuela and Colombia, and a warning strike by airport workers in Germany…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-18). Presidents of Colombia and Venezuela meet at the border, sign new trade agreement. peoplesdispatch.org Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, on Thursday February 16, signed a new trade agreement, called the Partial Scope Agreement of a Commercial Nature No. 28. The agreement further strengthened the bilateral trade between the two neighboring countries. It was signed during a meeting held at the Tienditas International Bridge, an important vehicular and pedestrian border crossing connecting Colombia's Norte de Santander department with the Venezuelan state of Táchira. | After the signing of the agreement, President Petro stressed that this agreement "is one more step towards in…




Ricardo Vaz (2023-02-18). Venezuelan Opposition Schedules Presidential Primary Vote. venezuelanalysis.com Early tensions have flared up over a proposal to collaborate with the country's electoral authorities.

scorinoco (2023-02-18). Venezuela-Aruba Maritime Border Will Reopen on May 1. orinocotribune.com The maritime connection between Venezuela and the island of Aruba, a Dutch overseas territory in the Caribbean, will reopen on May 1, 2023, announced the foreign affairs minister of Venezuela, Yvan Gil. This comes about as a result of the recent negotiations between Venezuela and the Kingdom of Netherlands. | Minister Gil stated that the reopening of the maritime border will strengthen the commercial exchange between Venezuela and Aruba, which will bring economic benefit for both peoples. | pic.twitter.com/xYiCxcDKQM | — Yvan Gil (@yvangil) Staff (2023-02-18). March of the Red Carnations Commemorates Alí Primera in Caracas. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, February 16, thousands of Venezuelans marched from the National Pantheon to the Alí Rafael Primera Rosell square in honor of musician Alí Primera, who has left a patriotic legacy through his music and his acts of solidarity with people around the world. The march was to pay a well-deserved tribute to Primera, who passed away 38 years ago. | The marchers also sang in solidarity with the people of Syria and Türkiye, devastated by the recent mega-earthquake. | Ely Rafael Primera Rosell, better known as Alí Primera, was a Venezuelan singer, songwriter, musician, poet and political activist, who was…

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-02-18). Regresan a Venezuela brigadistas tras cumplir misión en Türkiye. telesurtv.net El contingente fue recibido por el ministro de Exteriores y por el embajador de Türkiye, Ayudan Karamanolu.

mforinoco (2023-02-18). USAID: The Humanitarian Face of Colonial Exploitation. orinocotribune.com By Amanda Yee — Feb 15, 2023 | The U.S. Agency for International Development was established by executive order under the Kennedy administration in 1961, tasked with the stated mission of administering humanitarian assistance or international development abroad. But make no mistake: USAID serves as a tool of U.S. capitalist and imperialist interests — it exists solely to direct the money and resources of the Global South into the pockets of the U.S. capitalist class. USAID now operates in 100 countries worldwide, mostly in Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, and has an annu…

Ricardo Vaz (2023-02-18). Venezuelan Opposition Schedules Presidential Primary Vote. venezuelanalysis.com Early tensions have flared up over a proposal to collaborate with the country's electoral authorities.

scorinoco (2023-02-18). Venezuela-Aruba Maritime Border Will Reopen on May 1. orinocotribune.com The maritime connection between Venezuela and the island of Aruba, a Dutch overseas territory in the Caribbean, will reopen on May 1, 2023, announced the foreign affairs minister of Venezuela, Yvan Gil. This comes about as a result of the recent negotiations between Venezuela and the Kingdom of Netherlands. | Minister Gil stated that the reopening of the maritime border will strengthen the commercial exchange between Venezuela and Aruba, which will bring economic benefit for both peoples. | pic.twitter.com/xYiCxcDKQM | — Yvan Gil (@yvangil) Staff (2023-02-18). March of the Red Carnations Commemorates Alí Primera in Caracas. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, February 16, thousands of Venezuelans marched from the National Pantheon to the Alí Rafael Primera Rosell square in honor of musician Alí Primera, who has left a patriotic legacy through his music and his acts of solidarity with people around the world. The march was to pay a well-deserved tribute to Primera, who passed away 38 years ago. | The marchers also sang in solidarity with the people of Syria and Türkiye, devastated by the recent mega-earthquake. | Ely Rafael Primera Rosell, better known as Alí Primera, was a Venezuelan singer, songwriter, musician, poet and political activist, who was…

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-02-18). Regresan a Venezuela brigadistas tras cumplir misión en Türkiye. telesurtv.net El contingente fue recibido por el ministro de Exteriores y por el embajador de Türkiye, Ayudan Karamanolu.

mforinoco (2023-02-18). USAID: The Humanitarian Face of Colonial Exploitation. orinocotribune.com By Amanda Yee — Feb 15, 2023 | The U.S. Agency for International Development was established by executive order under the Kennedy administration in 1961, tasked with the stated mission of administering humanitarian assistance or international development abroad. But make no mistake: USAID serves as a tool of U.S. capitalist and imperialist interests — it exists solely to direct the money and resources of the Global South into the pockets of the U.S. capitalist class. USAID now operates in 100 countries worldwide, mostly in Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, and has an annu…

teleSUR, JDO (2023-02-18). Colombia y Ecuador elevan vigilancia fronteriza a narcotráfico. telesurtv.net Más militares patrullan a ambos lados de la frontera para frenar el crimen organizado y en especial el narcotráfico.

teleSUR, SH (2023-02-18). Nueva masacre deja tres muertos en el Valle del Cauca, Colombia. telesurtv.net La Defensoría del Pueblo condenó el asesinato de los tres jóvenes en el Valle del Cauca y expresó su solidaridad con las familias de las víctimas.

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