Daily Archives: January 15, 2023

2023-01-15: News Headlines

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-15). Gobierno colombiano y ELN se reunirán en Caracas,Venezuela. telesurtv.net Las partes, entre otros temas, conversarán sobre el cese al fuego propuesto por el Gobierno colombiano y evaluado por el ELN.

Victoria Torres (2023-01-15). Chavista Teachers March in Caracas in Defense of the Bolivarian Revolution. orinocotribune.com

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-15). Reportan nueva masacre en la zona rural de Riohacha, Colombia. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con el Instituto de Estudios para el Desarrollo y la Paz (Indepaz) de Colombia con la masacre en la Guajira suman cuatro durante 2023.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-15). Lluvias causan dos muertos y 23 lesionados en Medellín, Colombia. telesurtv.net La ciudad fue afectada por precipitaciones torrenciales y vientos huracanados. Se atendieron cerca de 180 llamadas de emergencia.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-01-14). How Sanctions Contributed to Venezuela's Economic Collapse. orinocotribune.com

Janna Corredor (2023-01-14). US Treasury's OFAC Imposes New Sanctions Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Monday, January 9, the United States Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed a new unilateral coercive measure against Venezuela by extending License number 31, now named

Ricardo Vaz (2023-01-14). Venezuela: Metalworkers Block Highway, Protest for Better Pay. venezuelanalysis.com Sidor workers are asking for improved salaries as well as the reinstatement of health insurance and collective bargaining rights.

Staff (2023-01-14). President Maduro Announces 6 Lines of Work for 2023 in Annual Address to the Nation. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, January 12, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, in his Annual Address to the Nation, announced the six lines of work his government will implement in 2023. | The lines are: | 1- Consolidate economic growth, diversification of the economy and generation of wealth with equality. | The president stated that progress must be made in "healing the wounds" and "the inequalities that have been created as a result of the economic war and illegal sanctions." | 2- Expand protection and social security to all the Venezuelan people, especially the victims of the economic blockade. | Misiones and Grandes M…

Victor Castellanos (2023-01-14). ConocoPhillips Wants to Sell Venezuelan Oil in The US (+ Chevron). orinocotribune.com US oil company ConocoPhillips, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is supposedly in talks with the government of Venezuela to sell Venezuelan oil in the United States, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. | "ConocoPhillips, which left Venezuela after its assets were nationalized in 2007, is now open to a deal to sell the country's oil in the US," the report stated, citing "people familiar with the discussions between the company and Venezuelan representatives." | Breaking: ConocoPhillips is in talks with Venezuela to sell the country's oil in the U.S. after Caracas seized its assets in 2007, people fami…

Victoria Torres (2023-01-14). Venezuela's Banking System Reports Growth in 2022. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, January 10, during the yearly closing of banks, the president of the Bank of Venezuela (BDV) and deputy minister of Digital Economy, Banking, Insurance, and Securities, Román Maniglia, reported positive indicators for the Venezuelan national banking system. The minister highlighted a growth of 366% for deposits with the national financial system during 2022. | The total deposits of the banking system grew to 46.539 billion bolívars, with an increase of 28.06% during the last month of 2022. | La banca creció en depósitos, créditos y bajó su morosidad. La banca pública en los primeros lugares de estos i…

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-14). Colombia's prosecution blocks talks to dismantle paramilitary groups. colombiareports.com Colombia's prosecutor general's office on Friday refused to lift arrest warrants of paramilitary leaders, effectively blocking the government's peace process. Deputy Prosecutor General Martha Marcera wrote Peace Commissioner Danilo Rueda…

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-14). Investigan a 6 militares en Colombia por abuso sexual a menor. telesurtv.net El presidente colombiano Gustavo Petro, por su parte, se comprometió a investigar el hecho hasta determinar y castigar a los responsables.

James Patrick Jordan (2023-01-14). Peace! Peace! But in Colombia, There is no Peace. orinocotribune.com By James Patrick Jordan Jan 11, 2023 | Advocates for peace and justice around the world were thrilled to hear the proposal by Colombian president Gustavo Petro for a Total Peace Plan, an effort that was promptly approved by the congress. The plan is ambitious and deserves our support. Colombia's entire history from the Spanish colonization right up till today has been a story of violence, displacement, and repression. The country has been in the grips of armed conflict and civil war on several fronts for more than years. The 2016 Peace Accord between the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia[mdash…

scorinoco (2023-01-14). Brazil's Return to CELAC Brings Winds of Change. orinocotribune.com By Anahí Arizmendi Jan. 10, 2023 | Brazil has "fully and immediately" rejoined the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in the midst of a renewed interest in Latin America due to the energy and food crisis in the world. | After three years of Brazil's absence from the regional forum, the presidential victory of Lula da Silva, and that of Petro in Colombia, fuel expectations about the re-invigoration of the largest regional integration forum that is independent of the United States. | Re-launch of the environmental and economic agenda | The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States…

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-14). Venezolanos retornan de Perú mediante Plan Vuelta a la Patria. telesurtv.net Hacen el vuelo desde Lima un total de 251 connacionales. Hasta la fecha suman 9.761 los repatriados desde Perú mediante este programa.

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