TASS (2023-08-25). Venezuela views BRICS as group of countries holding similar positions — diplomat. tass.com According to Sergey Melik-Bagdasarovt, a possible membership in BRICS opens additional opportunities for Venezuela in terms on investments into the national economy…

Blanca Eekhout, Peoples Dispatch. (2023-08-25). Venezuela's Experience Of Building Democracy Under Siege. popularresistance.org From the moment of their initiation, progressive and anti-imperialist projects face constant and enormous challenges. There is the urgent need to resolve the socio-economic problems of the people: hunger, unemployment, and access to health and education. But how can that be achieved without advancing the forces of production and development in the economy? At the same time, how can the economy be developed in a capitalist world without reproducing the exploitation of workers? And furthermore, how can this be accomplished in the face of resistance from a resentful local oligarchy and a determined imperialism, whic…

Misión Verdad (2023-08-25). President Maduro's Discourse at BRICS Summit: Key Points. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, participated in the recently concluded 15th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the BRICS, held in Johannesburg, South Africa. This was the first time that Venezuela participated in a meeting of the largest emerging economies' cooperation bloc. | The following are the key points of his speech, given at the event titled "BRICS+ Rapprochement Dialogue," held on Wednesday, August 23. | Venezuela advocates for new international financial system | "Venezuela joins the call for the creation of a new global financial system that would allow us to carry out our transacti…

Ariadna Eljuri (2023-08-25). Venezuela's Military Condemns Opposition's Call for Coup. orinocotribune.com The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) of Venezuela has condemned the call for a coup recently made by extreme-right politicians. In a message to the nation, broadcast on national TV, the minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino López, stated that the FANB's fundamental role is to protect the nation, as mandated by the Constitution. | "The FANB has a constitutional role to fulfill," said Defense Minister Padrino López. "No one can make use of the Armed Forces for such purposes. We reiterate that the FANB is here, ready and willing, to provide security for free and fair elections, with the greatest expression of…

Ana Perdigón (2023-08-25). US Considers Easing Oil Sanctions on Venezuela on Condition of 'Free, Fair Elections'. orinocotribune.com According to a recent report made by Reuters, the US government is reviewing easing oil sanctions on Venezuela. A spokesperson for the White House National Security Council revealed that the US government is drafting a proposal that could ease sanctions on Venezuela's oil sector. | The aim of the sanctions relief would be to allow more companies and countries to import Venezuelan crude oil. However, the US government imposes a condition for the sanctions relief: that the Venezuelan government has to "conduct free and fair presidential elections." | According to the sources consulted by Reuters, the White House is…

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-25). President Maduro Activated Peace Squads To Eradicate Violence. popularresistance.org

Adriaan Alsema (2023-08-25). Why "Macaco" matters to Colombia's peace processes. colombiareports.com Jailed drug trafficker and paramilitary chief "Macaco" says his influence went all the way up to Colombia's Supreme Court. Macaco, whose real name is Carlos Mario Jimenez, reiterated last week…

Marcos Silva Martínez C. (2023-08-25). Colombia — Paz total, conflicto socioeconómico-político, causas, responsables. globalizacion.ca La solución del conflicto socioeconómico-político colombiano, es imposible lograrla, solo con aprobación y promulgación de ley y designación de comisiones. La solución, demanda remover y revertir las causas que lo generaron y sustentan e implica la pérdida de privilegios, poder…

Ariadna Eljuri (2023-08-23). Venezuela Issues Arrest Warrant for Antonio Ledezma. orinocotribune.com

Celina della Croce (2023-08-23). How US Sanctions Are a Tool of War: The Case of Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By Celina della Croce — Aug 18, 2023 | On March 26, 2022, Francisco lay in a public hospital bed in Bolívar, Venezuela, roughly eight hours inland from the capital of Caracas. He had been waiting for more than twenty-four hours to be seen by a doctor for fluids filling his stomach in a hot room with no fan or air conditioning. By then he was stick thin, his skin clinging to his bones as he lay on his side, waiting. | When he was finally seen by a doctor and given a prescription, he was also told that the hospital did not have the medicines he needed. His family would need to try to find them on their own. At…

Staff (2023-08-23). President Maduro Activates 'Special Anti-Coup Plan' in Response to Antonio Ledezma's Confession. orinocotribune.com Emphasizing that "fascism cannot be allowed to fill the streets again with violence, with sterile confrontation," Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ordered the activation of the Peace Squads throughout the national territory in defense of peace, in response to the confessions made by opposition leader Antonio Ledezma, who stated from Spain that opposition leader María Corina Machado would be organizing a military and civil rebellion if she is not allowed to register as a presidential candidate. | "I have already been talking with comrade Diosdado Cabello, and I will immediately activate the Peace Squads: more t…

Staff (2023-08-23). Venezuela Condemns IACHR Questioning of Supreme Court Decisions (+PCV & Red Cross). orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The statement was made public by the minister of foreign affairs, Yván Gil, th…

Ana Perdigón (2023-08-22). María Corina Machado's Advisor Calls for Civil Disobedience, Military Uprising. orinocotribune.com A fugitive from Venezuelan justice and international advisor to María Corina Machado's primaries campaign, Antonio Ledezma, confirmed Machado's strategy to promote a military rebellion to force her registration if she wins the opposition primaries, scheduled for October 20. | In an interview this Sunday, August 20, Ledezma said that only with the "impulse of a process of civil disobedience will they be able to handle the exclusion of Machado's candidacy by the National Electoral Council (CNE)." He immediately elaborated on the military option. | "The only way to be able to carry out the registration of a woman wh…

Staff (2023-08-22). Centrist Bernardo Arévalo is Guatemala's New President, Venezuela Sends Congratulations. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( As shown in the final report by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), Arévalo obtained 2,441,661 votes (58.01%), while Sandra Torres of the National Unity of Hope party obtained 1,567,472 votes (37.24%). | On Sunday, Arévalo said that he accepted "with great humility this victory that the people of Guatemala have given us." | According to Guatemala's TSE, the elect…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2023-08-22). Venezuela: Opposition Begins Primary Race as Far Right Threatens 'Military Rebellion'. venezuelanalysis.com President Maduro announced the mobilization of "Peace Squads" in order to prevent the outbreak of violence by the opposition.

Fernando Dorado (2023-08-22). Colombia — Petro se enfrenta a Grupo Aval. globalizacion.ca Más rápido de lo que se pensaba se van mostrando y enfrentando las fuerzas, y se acercan momentos definitorios en Colombia. La oligarquía financiera no cede ante las reformas sociales (salud, pensiones, laboral) porque tocan su caja menor (Empresas Promotoras…