(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…
(2023-06-30). Venezuela: Opposition Politician María Corina Machado to Unveil Economic Plan in New York Amidst Presidential Aspirations and Legal Uncertainties. orinocotribune.com
(2023-06-30). Venezuela's Anti-Blockade Observatory: US Flight Ban Has Not Been Lifted. orinocotribune.com
(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…
(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…
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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…
(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 …
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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…