Ana Perdigón (2023-06-30). Trade Between Colombia and Venezuela Soars by 76%: Venezuelan Exports More than Double. orinocotribune.com According to the Venezuelan-Colombian Chamber of Economic Integration (CAVECOL), trade between Colombia and Venezuela saw a significant boost, with a 76% increase compared to last year. Moreover, Venezuelan exports to Colombia more than doubled during the same period. | CAVECOL president Luis Alberto Russián stated in a recent interview that trade between Colombia and Venezuela increased from $106 million in 2022 to $187 million in 2023 — an increase of 76%. | "Trade grew by 76%, and in the same period, exports grew 150%, but we have to keep working," Russián stated. He added that the increase is mainly due…

Ana Perdigón (2023-06-30). Venezuela: Opposition Politician María Corina Machado to Unveil Economic Plan in New York Amidst Presidential Aspirations and Legal Uncertainties. orinocotribune.com

Staff (2023-06-30). Venezuela's Anti-Blockade Observatory: US Flight Ban Has Not Been Lifted. orinocotribune.com

Staff (2023-06-30). Ron DeSantis Tricks Venezuelan Migrants, Sending Them Far From Florida. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan migrants in the United States are once again in the news, having These migrants had entered through the US-México border and were subsequently taken fr…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-06-30). Colombia, Venezuela to launch Integration Commission. plenglish.com Both nations will seek to promote cooperation and joint development in neighboring areas, following the re-establishment of their political, diplomatic, commercial and economic ties past August when Gustavo Petro took the office. | At the end of the meeting, held at the San Carlos Palace, the two foreign ministers and respective delegations signed several agreements in virtue of strengthening bilateral ties. | "What we are doing today, which is to return to good neighborliness, to integration, to leave behind that mistake, is something that exalts both republics," said Leyva. | Colombian FM, on the other hand, no…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-06-30). Venezuela sets up Electoral Nominations Committee. plenglish.com Caracas, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan Electoral Nominations Committee, made up of 21 members, on Friday was set up at the headquarters of the National Assembly (Parliament), where its board of directors was elected by unanimous vote.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-06-30). México encabeza medallero de Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe. telesurtv.net Colombia, Cuba y Venezuela ocupan el segundo, tercer y cuarto lugar, en ese orden cuando se cumplió el séptimo día de competencias en las diversas modalidades deportivas.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-06-30). Parlamento venezolano juramenta comité que elegirá a CNE. telesurtv.net En la sesión ordinaria de este jueves se conoció a los integrantes del Comité de Postulaciones Electorales, encargados de renovar a las autoridades del poder Electoral venezolano.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-06-30). Venezuelan foreign minister arrives in Colombia for joint meeting. plenglish.com Bogotá, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil arrived in this capital on Friday to participate in the opening ceremony of the Commission for Good Neighborliness and Integration between the two countries.

Anya Parampil (2023-06-30). All Aboard the Gravy Train: An Independent Audit of US Funding for Ukraine. orinocotribune.com By Heather Kaiser, Anya Parampil and Max Blumenthal — Jun 27, 2023 | In the absence of official scrutiny of Washington's spending spree on Ukraine, The Grayzone conducted an independent audit of US funding for the country. We discovered a series of wasteful, highly unusual expenditures the Biden administration has yet to explain. | During a recent discussion with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Samantha Power, touted her organization's push to guarantee transparency for US taxpayer funds sent to Ukraine. | "We are inv…

Roselena Ramirez (2023-06-30). Climate Change Threatens Life on Colombia's San Andres Island. america.cgtn.com San Andres and Providencia are two Colombian Islands in the Caribbean Sea. Tourists travel from around the world…to experience this tropical paradise. But in November 2020, Hurricanes Eta and Iota destroyed or damaged most of their infrastructure. And it's been challenging to recover. Michelle Begue …

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-30). Defense of peace in Colombia at Logroño Summit. plenglish.com Madrid, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) Jorge Eduardo Londoño, former Colombian justice minister and current director of the National Training Service (SENA), highlighted the importance of education to defend peace in his country.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-06-30). Decretan emergencia económica y social en La Guajira, Colombia. telesurtv.net Presidente Gustavo Petro pidió a la Corte Constitucional apoyar la declaratoria de emergencia en La Guajira.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-06-30). Asesinan a otro firmante del Acuerdo de Paz en Arauca, Colombia. telesurtv.net El firmante fue identificado como Ángel Miguel Ariza Rojas.

teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-06-30). Reportan dos nuevas masacres en el sur y norte de Colombia. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con el Indepaz, la masacre registrada en Puerto Colombia fue la número 48, mientras la de Cali fue la 49 en el presente año de 2023.

teleSUR (2023-06-30). Petro Decrees Economic and Social Emergency in La Guajira. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Colombian President Gustavo Petro decreed a state of economic and social emergency in La Guajira, a department located in the northern part of the country that has been devastated by drought. | RELATED: | "It is absolutely necessary to declare the economic and social emergency because a public calamity is looming. All climate models are warning us about an impending drought that has never been seen b…

Jim McIlroy (2023-06-29). Venezuela shows Australia the way on housing. greenleft.org.au Four million low-cost homes were delivered to Venezuelan citizens in April last year, as part of a national social housing program, despite attempts by the United States to cripple the country's economy, reports Jim McIlroy.

Ana Perdigón (2023-06-28). UNT Party Considers Registering Manuel Rosales in Venezuelan Opposition Primaries. orinocotribune.com After registering a wild card candidate for the primary elections, Venezuelan political party Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT) stated that the primaries do not yet have the conditions to register the current governor of Zulia State, Manuel Rosales, as its candidate. | The vice-president of UNT, Luis Emilio Rondón, stated that Manuel Rosales' candidacy would be subject to the fulfillment of the primary elections' conditions. For this reason, they registered a wild card candidate while they decide whether to make the Zulia state governor the official candidate. | On Saturday, UNT registered a candidate at the last minute to k…

Ricardo Vaz (2023-06-28). Venezuela: Campesino Organization Welcomes Gov't Pledges to Support Production. venezuelanalysis.com President Maduro promised a new credit line and larger crop purchases from the state.

Staff (2023-06-28). Reports: US Lifts Flight Ban on Venezuela (+LATAM). orinocotribune.com The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cancelled its flight ban on Venezuela, according to the Air Navigation Services Directorate of the National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC), quoted by the outlet La Tabla. To date, neither the FAA or the INAC have issued official statements on the subject. | In May 2019, the US government imposed a unilateral restriction on commercial flights to and from Venezuela connecting with the United States. The ban was issued as part of the US's failed attempt to oust the socialist government of President Nicolás Maduro. Ironically, those affected the most by the decision…

Staff (2023-06-28). Venezuela Repudiates International Criminal Court as Tool of US Imperialism. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The ICC Pre-Trial Chamber noted that while it sees that the Venezuelan government has taken "some investigative steps," it considers that Vene…

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-06-28). México lidera medallero en los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe. telesurtv.net Colombia, Cuba y Venezuela se mantienen en la lucha en los XXIV Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe San Salvador 2023.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-06-29). Francia Márquez tomará posesión del Ministerio de Igualdad. telesurtv.net Esta cartera abordará problemáticas como el racismo, la discriminación, las desigualdades causadas por el cambio climático, las brechas entre el campo y la ciudad y las violencias basadas en género.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-06-29). Asesinan a otro líder social en Huila, Colombia. telesurtv.net El pasado 14 de marzo, el activista Nelson Medina Muñoz participó en un plantón cultural y de lucha contra las represas.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-06-29). Gobierno de Colombia entrega hectáreas para el pueblo Kogui y firmantes de paz en La Guajira. telesurtv.net El pueblo Kogui se benefició con 490 hectáreas y los firmantes de paz con 188.

Ana Perdigón (2023-06-29). Dan Cohen Confronts Iván Duque for Drug Trafficking Links. orinocotribune.com US journalist and activist, Dan Cohen, confronted far-right former president of Colombia, Iván Duque, over the course of a brief walk through the streets of Washington DC, in the United States, questioning the former president about his alleged links to drug traffickers and their financial support to his presidential campaign. | What Duque initially thought would be just a selfie, when Cohen greeted him this Monday, June 26, ended with an interrogation for his alleged ties to drug trafficker José Hernández, alias "àëeñe Hernández." | "He [àëeñe Hernández] paid for your campaign," the journalist told Duq…

Dan Collyns (2023-06-28). Peru coca leaf cultivation hits record high. america.cgtn.com Peru and Colombia are the world's largest producers of both the coca leaf and cocaine. The latest estimates show that current coca crops could have produced some 870 tons of the drug in 2022. The surge in growth is notably in protected lands and indigenous reserves in the Amazon.

Adriaan Alsema (2023-06-28). Future of Colombia's peace policy uncertain. colombiareports.com Colombia's constitutional court may strike down the flagship "Total Peace" policy of President Gustavo Petro. The court revealed it was studying a lawsuit that claimed Congress committed errors in the…

Hedelberto López Blanch (2023-06-28). El imperio tras el petróleo venezolano. globalizacion.ca