2023-05-09: News Headlines

Ricardo Vaz (2023-05-09). Venezuela: Opposition Mayor Arrested for Alleged Hate Speech. venezuelanalysis.com Ernesto Paraqueima reportedly made disparaging comments about local children with autism.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-05-09). Venezuela celebrates the victory of the Red Army over fascism. plenglish.com Caracas, May 9 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro celebrated the victory of the Red Army over Nazi Germany, on the 78th anniversary of the triumph over fascism.

Ana Perdigón (2023-05-09). Motorist Drives SUV Into Group of Migrants in Texas: 8 Dead, Mostly Venezuelans. orinocotribune.com This Sunday, social media was shocked after the images spread of a man running over a group of migrants, mostly Venezuelans, waiting at a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas. The incident caused the deaths of eight people and left 11 injured. The victims' identities have not been disclosed by authorities. | In the early morning of Sunday, a Range Rover SUV driving at high-speed plowed into a group of at least 30 people waiting for a bus to arrive in front of the Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center migrant shelter. | The vehicle drove onto the sidewalk, where most of the victims were seated waiting for the bus, and…

Staff (2023-05-09). Venezuela Celebrates Syria's Return to Arab League. orinocotribune.com Venezuela celebrated Syria's return to the Arab League after the decision was made by the foreign ministers of member countries during a meeting in Egypt. | The information was released by the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry through its social media accounts, publishing a communique by the government of Venezuela welcoming the decision. | On Sunday, May 7, the Council of the League of Arab States held with foreign ministers in Cairo, Egypt, unanimously decided the return of Syria its seat in the Arab League. The resolution adopted by the foreign ministers bears the number 8914 and confirms that, as of May 7, the part…

teleSUR, MER (2023-05-09). Venezuela celebra decisión de Sala de Cuestiones Preliminares de CPI. telesurtv.net Venezuela continuará haciendo uso de las acciones y mecanismos previstos en el Estatuto de Roma y el Derecho Internacional para defender la verdad.

teleSUR, MER (2023-05-09). Venezuela y Guinea-Bissau consolidan relaciones de cooperación. telesurtv.net El mandatario Umaro Sissoco Embaló arribó el domingo a Venezuela para realizar una visita oficial de trabajo.


teleSUR, MER (2023-05-09). Presidente Maduro llama a mantener batalla para denunciar el saqueo de Citgo. telesurtv.net El mandatario recordó que Citgo es una empresa cotizada en unos 13.000 millones de dólares y que cuenta con más de 10.000 estaciones de gasolina en EE.UU.

teleSUR, MER (2023-05-09). Presidente Maduro llama al pueblo venezolano a mantenerse en batalla para denunciar saqueo de Citgo. telesurtv.net El mandatario recordó que Citgo es una empresa cotizada en unos 13.000 millones de dólares y que cuenta con más de 10.000 estaciones de gasolina en EE.UU.

José Luis Granados Ceja (2023-05-08). Venezuela Demands US Investigation After Driver Kills Eight Migrants in Texas. venezuelanalysis.com Venezuelans have faced significant hurdles and xenophobia as they attempt to reach the US.

Celina della Croce (2023-05-08). Activists demand US Representative Jim McGovern take action against sanctions. peoplesdispatch.org May 28, 2023 will mark exactly two years to the date of Rep. Jim McGovern's His…

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-05-09). Aumenta cifra de migrantes varados en frontera chileno-peruana. telesurtv.net Alrededor de 300 migrantes quedan todavía en zona fronteriza entre Chile y Perú, la mayoría de nacionalidad colombiana y ecuatoriana.

Nick MacWilliam (2023-05-08). On May Day, Colombians mobilize to defend the Petro government. therealnews.com The popular forces of Colombia have been at odds with the forces of their state for decades. Yet this year on May Day, crowds of people mobilized not in opposition to their government but in support of its labor reforms and efforts to produce a lasting peace. Swept into power last year in the aftermath of a popular uprising, President Gustavo Petro and Vice President Francia Márquez have prioritized an agenda to reform the country and build power for working people and oppressed groups such as Afro-Colombians and Indigenous peoples. While conservative elements continue to obstruct this agenda from within th…


Adriaan Alsema (2023-05-08). Paramilitaries threaten to kill judges of Colombia's war crimes tribunal. colombiareports.com Alleged members of Colombia's largest paramilitary organization AGC threatened to kill judges of the war crimes tribunal. According to the Special Jurisdiction of Peace (JEP), magistrate Alejandro Ramelli and his…

Saheli Chowdhury, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-05-09). AMLO Asks Biden To Stop USAID Financing Opposition Groups In Mexico. popularresistance.org The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, asked his US counterpart, Joe Biden, to stop his government from funding organizations that are "openly opposed to the legal and legitimate government" of Mexico, since "it is clearly an act of interventionism, contrary to international law and the respect that should prevail among independent and sovereign states." | During his morning press conference on Wednesday, May 3, in response to a question by journalist Nancy Flores of Contralínea, AMLO showed the letter he had sent to Biden the day before, asking the US president to stop the United States Agency for…

Adriaan Alsema (2023-05-08). Paramilitaries threaten to kill judges of Colombia's war crimes tribunal. colombiareports.com Alleged members of Colombia's largest paramilitary organization AGC threatened to kill judges of the war crimes tribunal. According to the Special Jurisdiction of Peace (JEP), magistrate Alejandro Ramelli and his…

Saheli Chowdhury, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-05-09). AMLO Asks Biden To Stop USAID Financing Opposition Groups In Mexico. popularresistance.org The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, asked his US counterpart, Joe Biden, to stop his government from funding organizations that are "openly opposed to the legal and legitimate government" of Mexico, since "it is clearly an act of interventionism, contrary to international law and the respect that should prevail among independent and sovereign states." | During his morning press conference on Wednesday, May 3, in response to a question by journalist Nancy Flores of Contralínea, AMLO showed the letter he had sent to Biden the day before, asking the US president to stop the United States Agency for…

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