Juan M. Garcia (2023-09-24). Voices of dignity for Cuba, Venezuela against blockades in New York. plenglish.com New York, Sep 24 (Prensa Latina) A cry for dignity brought together activists in solidarity with Cuba and Venezuela, who met with President Miguel Díaz-Canel in this city on Saturday to demand an end to coercive measures against the two countries.

Staff (2023-09-24). Venezuela's Interior Minister: Criminal Gang Tren de Aragua Dismantled (+Niño Guerrero). orinocotribune.com The infamous organized criminal gang known as the Tren de Aragua has been totally dismantled as a result of the Gran Cacique Guaicaipuro Liberation Operation carried out by the Venezuelan security forces at the Tocorón Penitentiary Center in Aragua State, Venezuelan Interior Minister Remigio Ceballos announced. | "We have been able to definitively dismantle a criminal organization that committed crimes of all kinds, heinous crimes such as kidnapping, drug trafficking, human trafficking, homicide, contract killings, extortion, and impacted the lives of the people in the heart of the Venezuelan plains," Minister Ce…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-09-24). San Cristóbal y Nieves rechaza sanciones contra Venezuela. telesurtv.net En su intervención en la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, el primer ministro del país caribeño pidió retirar a Cuba de la lista de países patrocinadores del terrorismo.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-09-24). San Vicente y las Granadinas plantea reestructuración de la economía global. telesurtv.net En la jornada de debates del 78 periodo de sesiones de la Asamblea General de la ONU, Gonsalves llamó a levantar las sanciones contra Cuba, Nicaragua y Venezuela.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-09-24). Venezuela desmantela banda criminal en centro penitenciario. telesurtv.net El ministro del Interior, Remigio Ceballos, realizó un balance de la segunda fase de la Operación Gran Cacique Guaicaipuro, en el Centro Penitenciario de Tocorón.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-09-24). Venezuela insta a eliminar medidas coercitivas unilaterales. telesurtv.net Canciller de Venezuela aboga por la democratización de las Naciones Unidas y la creación de un nuevo orden y una nueva arquitectura financiera internacional.

teleSUR, nbb, JCM (2023-09-24). Venezuela destaca el avance de la cobertura sanitaria en el país. telesurtv.net Venezuela ha avanzado en la cobertura sanitaria universal. "Nuestra realidad de ser un país asediado, vulnerado, desde todo punto de vista del derecho internacional, afecta a los ojos del mundo como hecho público"

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-09-24). Venezuela propone a Guyana reunión con Caricom sobre Esequibo. telesurtv.net El mandatario acotó que los pasos que está dando el gobierno de Guyana violan la legalidad internacional y ponen en riesgo la paz de la región.

Editor (2023-09-23). Venezuela: Gov't to launch China-backed anti-poverty program. mronline.org The Social Equality and Happiness Mission will adapt the Chinese experience to the Caribbean country's reality to alleviate poverty and inequality.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-23). Campesinos as Scientists: PROINPA Combats Seed Dependency. libya360.wordpress.com Chris Gilbert, Cira Pascual Marquina A CEBISA lab researcher and PROINPA associate. (Voces Urgentes) PROINPA is a grassroots campesino organization promoting food sovereignty, endogenous seed production, and an agroecological transition. High up in Venezuela's Andes, the township of Mucuchies is home to a campesino-led initiative striving for sustainable agricultural production. Integral Producers of the Highlands [PROINPA, for…

JANET (2023-09-23). LIVE SATURDAY, SEPT 23, 7PM: CUBA & VENEZUELA SPEAK FROM NYC Inbox. iacenter.org TONIGHT, tune into Breakthrough News for a special broadcast, live from New York City, featuring Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of Cuba & Yvan Gil Pinto, Foreign Minister of Venezuela. Over the past two centuries, the United States has waged various wars, economic sabotage, coups, blockades, and sanctions across the Americas and the Caribbean to assert the interests of the U.S. business and political elite under the auspices of the Monroe Doctrine. The same forces that have carried out the Monroe Doctrine are now fighting for a rollback of fundamental civil rights in the United States. As we enter the 200th year of…

Ociel Alí López, Resumen English. (2023-09-23). Latin America's Progressive Bloc Lines Up Against Washington Sanctions. popularresistance.org The shift to the left that is currently taking place in Latin American governments could be felt in the presidential speeches at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UN), which is being held this week. | These governments were particularly unified in their disagreement with the application of U.S. sanctions against Venezuela and Cuba. There was also a consensus among them to protest the inclusion of Cuba in the "list of countries sponsoring terrorism" maintained by the U.S. Government. Since the inauguration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Colombian President Gustavo Petro…

Staff (2023-09-23). Venezuela's Attorney General: Dismantling Tocorón Prison a Blow to Criminal Mafias (+Alarming Videos). orinocotribune.com The attorney general of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, stated that the Cacique Guaicaipuro Liberation Operation carried out at the Tocorón Penitentiary Center in Aragua State, by officers of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) and other law enforcement agencies, was a resounding blow against criminal mafias operating from inside the prison. | Saab made the statement on Thursday, September 21, congratulating the Venezuelan security agencies for the success of the operation carried out at the Tocorón Penitentiary, in strict compliance with the human rights of the inmates. | *Fiscal General Tarek William Saab…

Staff (2023-09-23). Venezuela's Attorney General: Dismantling Tocorón Prison a Blow to Criminal Mafias (+Alarming Videos). orinocotribune.com

Staff (2023-09-23). Venezuela's Electoral Authorities to Provide Technical Assistance to Opposition Primaries. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( This was announced by CNE President Elvis Amoroso on Friday, September 22. Amoroso explained that this decision was taken unanimously by the CNE board of directors after receiving a letter from CNP head Jesús María Casal, dated June 5, requesting CNE's technical assistance for the primaries. | twitter.com/Mision_Ver…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-09-23). Parlamento venezolano informa al CNE de consulta sobre el Esequibo. telesurtv.net Asimismo, fue presentada, a la directiva de la AN, la conformación del CNE, cuyo presidente es el rector Elvis Amoroso.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-09-23). CNE de Venezuela decide dar apoyo técnico a primarias opositoras. telesurtv.net El CNE aprobó de manera unánime bridar servicio técnico integral, constitucional y legales a las organizaciones con fines políticos agrupadas en la Plataforma Unitaria.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-09-24). National Assembly of Venezuela rejects Guyana's declaration. plenglish.com Caracas, Sep 24 (Prensa Latina) The National Assembly (Parliament) of Venezuela strongly rejected and repudiated an insolent declaration by the Government of the "oil transnational Exxon Mobil in Guyana," according to a statement released here on Sunday.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-09-24). Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela rechaza declaraciones de Guyana. telesurtv.net El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro propuso al presidente de Guyana, Irfaan Alí, una reunión para retomar el Acuerdo de Ginebra de 1966, con la mediación de Caricom.

teleSUR, nbb, JCM (2023-09-23). Venezuela destaca el avance de la cobertura sanitaria en el país. telesurtv.net Venezuela ha avanzado en la cobertura sanitaria universal. "Nuestra realidad de ser un país asediado, vulnerado, desde todo punto de vista del derecho internacional, afecta a los ojos del mundo como hecho público"

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-09-24). Venezuelan Foreign Minister calls to refound the United Nations. plenglish.com United Nations, Sep 24 (Prensa Latina) The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Yván Gil, called yesterday to refound the United Nations (UN) and to strengthen it so that it is a democratic institution.

scorinoco (2023-09-24). Venezuela's Vice President Calls Out OAS Chief's Interventionist Comments on Essequibo Referendum. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez called out the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, for his interventionist comments on the Essequibo region. The region is disputed between Venezuela and Guyana. | "Venezuela has always defeated you and will continue to do so," Vice President Rodríguez wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, September 23, referring to Almagro. "You are a shameful stain for our region. You have participated in coups d'état, economic wars, and corruption. You are the godfather of regional extremism and the perverse mind of lawfare. Vene…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-09-24). Venezuela desaloja a más de 14.000 mineros ilegales del Parque Yapacana. telesurtv.net En la operación se destruyeron maquinarias y campamentos que estaban instalados a los pies del cerro Yapacana y también en la cima del monumento natural.

mforinoco (2023-09-23). President Maduro Speech at G77+China Summit in Cuba: All the Conditions Are Coming Together for the Peoples of the South To Raise the Flags of Independence and Sovereignty in This Century. orinocotribune.com The following is a speech given by President Nicholas Maduro: | Dear comrade Miguel Mario Díaz Canel Bermúdez. Dear comrade and maestro General of the Army, Raúl Castro Ruiz. We would like to convey our affectionate greetings and an ever supportive embrace to the heroic people of Cuba, who today, once again, is the host por excelencia of the peoples of the South, Havana, capital of the family of the Global South. It could not be better indeed that our organization G 77 plus China should meet precisely in the epicenter of the resistance of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean. Revolutionary Cuba, the Cub…

mforinoco (2023-09-23). President Maduro Speech at G77+China Summit: All Conditions Are Coming Together for the Peoples of the South To Raise Flags of Independence and Sovereignty. orinocotribune.com The following is a speech given by President Nicholas Maduro: | Dear comrade Miguel Mario Díaz Canel Bermúdez. Dear comrade and maestro General of the Army, Raúl Castro Ruiz. We would like to convey our affectionate greetings and an ever supportive embrace to the heroic people of Cuba, who today, once again, is the host por excelencia of the peoples of the South, Havana, capital of the family of the Global South. It could not be better indeed that our organization G 77 plus China should meet precisely in the epicenter of the resistance of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean. Revolutionary Cuba, the Cub…

Climate Action Network international. (2023-09-23). Civil Society Reactions To United Nations Climate Ambition Summit. popularresistance.org Several leaders made compelling statements at the UN Climate Ambition Summit today in New York. Leaders from Chile, Colombia and the Governor of California called out fossil fuels as the main cause of the climate crisis but some of the worst polluters- and among the richest countries — were conspicuous by their absence. They did not make the cut to speak at the Summit which was set by the Secretary General last year reserving the mic for those who had ambitious new commitments and were on track with their climate targets. The USA, the UK, Australia, Norway and Japan were absent as were many other G20 countr…

scorinoco (2023-09-23). President of Colombia Condemns Car Bomb Attack. orinocotribune.com The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, condemned a car bomb attack that took place in Jamundí, in the Colombian department of Valle del Cauca, 491 kilometers southwest of capital Bogotá, which left at least five people wounded. | "We continue to dismantle illegal economies, and the reaction is acts of violence," the president stated. "We will not give in. The security forces must be present effectively in the territory, and we as a government will reach these populations in a comprehensive manner." | According to police reports, the car bomb attack occurred near a police station in Jamundí on Friday, September…

Ana Perdigón (2023-09-21). OAS's Almagro Applauds Guyana's Attack on Venezuela's Sovereignty (+ VP Rodriguez). orinocotribune.com In a new display of interference in Venezuela's internal affairs, discredited secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, expressed his support for the illegal rounds of bidding held by Guyana for oil exploitation in the disputed Essequibo territory. | Through social media, Almagro acknowledged "Guyana's right" to welcome investors and affirmed that they must preserve their territorial integrity and security by taking the case with Venezuela to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). | Luis Almagro's statement on a bilateral issue between Guyana and Venezuela is yet another exa…

Orinoco Tribune (2023-09-21). Venezuela Condemns European Union's ruling on illegal sanctions. mronline.org The appeal was made against the European Union's broad and far-reaching unilateral coercive measures that have impacted the entire Venezuelan population.

Staff (2023-09-21). Lift the Blockade on Venezuela & Cuba: Colombian President Petro Warns U.S. Sanctions Are Driving Migration. democracynow.org In Part 3 of our interview with leftist Colombian President Gustavo Petro, he describes how hard-line U.S. policies are preventing the Americas from addressing issues like migration, calling on the Biden administration to "open up a plural dialogue" to bring the region closer together. He notes many people moving through Latin America to seek asylum in the United States are from Venezuela, a country that has been devastated by U.S. sanctions. He calls for an end to punitive economic sanctions against both Venezuela and Cuba, both to slow migration and to address historic injustice. "The scars of…

Staff (2023-09-21). Venezuela to Take 'All Necessary Measures' to Prevent Exploitation of Disputed Essequibo Region. orinocotribune.com

Staff (2023-09-21). Venezuelan Authorities Intervene in Tocorón Prison, Launch Second Phase of Cacique Guaicaipuro Liberation Operation. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan minister of the interior, Remigio Ceballos, has made a report regarding the intervention and seizure operations that took place in the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, located in Aragua State, and announced the beginning of the second phase of the Cacique Guaicaipuro Liberation Operation for the search, pursuit, and capture of fugitive criminals. | "[The Penitentiary Center] is totall…

teleSUR, JDO, YSM (2023-09-21). Honduras insta a cesar medidas restrictivas unilaterales. telesurtv.net Demandó la eliminación de la guerra económica contra Venezuela y Cuba.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-09-21). Venezuela rechaza injerencismo de la OEA en temas bilaterales. telesurtv.net Deplora el respaldo brindado por Luis Almagro a intento de Guyana y de petrolera Exxon Mobil de adueñarse de recursos que se hallan en Guayana Esequiba, territorio en disputa.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-09-21). Presidente de Venezuela recibe a su homólogo de Bolivia. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado, Nicolás Maduro indicó que "está sumamente contento por seguir entrelazando voluntades".

teleSUR, MER (2023-09-21). Venezuela y Trinidad y Tobago firman acuerdo de cooperación. telesurtv.net El mandatario Maduro recalcó que la firma del acuerdo para empezar a producir gas en mares venezolanos "es un mensaje inmenso de paz".

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-09-20). Venezuela-Cuba solidarity movement announces new meeting. plenglish.com Caracas, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuela-Cuba National Movement of Friendship and Mutual Solidarity, will hold its 13th Meeting from November 24th to 26th. Its central themes will be the condemnation of the blockade of the United States against Cuba.

Staff (2023-09-20). PDVSA: Russian Companies to Strengthen Cooperation With Venezuela's Oil Industry. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) reported on its official social media about Russian companies' interest in cooperating to strengthen oil production and refining in Venezuela and strategic areas of the oil industry. | "Russian companies are interested in relaunching oil cooperation with Venezuela in strategic areas such as oil production and refining, modernizing the power grid, and supplying petrochemicals including catalysts and additives," the PDVSA announced on Tuesday, September 19, posting a photo of the meeting between PDVSA President Pedro Tellechea and Russian Vice Prime Minist…

Staff (2023-09-20). Venezuela: Food Industry Reports 38% Growth in 2023. orinocotribune.com

teleSUR, DRL (2023-09-20). Venezuela lanza operación de seguridad en cárcel de Tocorón, Aragua. telesurtv.net El operativo forma parte de "la política de seguridad ciudadana de los Cuadrantes de Paz y en el marco de nuestra doctrina de unión cívico militar policial".

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-09-20). Presidente argentino critica ante la ONU el orden financiero mundial. telesurtv.net Fernández condenó el bloqueo estadounidense a Cuba y las medidas coercitivas unilaterales impuestas a Venezuela.

teleSUR, MER (2023-09-20). øCuáles son los sectores de desarrollo entre Venezuela y China?>. telesurtv.net En la XVII Comisión Mixta de Alto Nivel China-Venezuela fueron suscritos 31 nuevos acuerdos bilaterales.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-09-21). Foreign Minister of Venezuela to speak at UN General Assembly. plenglish.com United Nations, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) Minister for Foreign Affairs of Venezuela Yván Gil will give a speech in the 78th period of sessions of the United Nations General Assembly, where he will denounce the unilateral coercive measures by the United States.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-09-20). Venezuelan government informs of operation in penitentiary center. plenglish.com Caracas, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan Government informed today of the beginning of the Cacique Guaicaipuro Liberation Operation in the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, Aragua state, in which more than 11 thousand troops are participating.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-09-20). Venezuela restituye orden en cárcel de Tocorón, Aragua, tras operación de seguridad. telesurtv.net El operativo forma parte de "la política de seguridad ciudadana de los Cuadrantes de Paz y en el marco de nuestra doctrina de unión cívico militar policial".

A Guest Author (2023-09-21). China and Venezuela to Establish 'All-Weather Strategic Partnership'. workers.org Presidents Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and Xi Jinping of China in Beijing, Sept. 15, 2023. By Andreína Chávez Alava The following article was posted Sept. 15 on venezuelanalysis.com. Caracas Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has wrapped up a six-day visit to China with a meeting with President Xi Jinping at the . . . |

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-09-21). Venezuelan President recalls International Day of Peace. plenglish.com That is the path of the Bolivarian Republic and "we will always insist on building a world without hatred and violence, where human solidarity and social justice prevail," the head of State wrote on his X account, formerly Twitter. | The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared September 21, 1981, as the International Day of Peace, with the goal of commemorating the ideals of peace of every people and every nation. | The date makes special emphasis on social and economic development on issues such as poverty, hunger, health care, education, climate change, gender equality, water, sanitation, electricity,…

teleSUR, SH (2023-09-21). Impacto del discurso del Comandante Hugo Chávez en la ONU de 2006. telesurtv.net El líder de la Revolución Bolivariana advirtió en la ONU que EE.UU. busca imponer una falsa democracia con acciones armadas.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-09-21). Colombian government and FARC dissident group announce bilateral ceasefire. peoplesdispatch.org The Gustavo Petro government and the Estado Mayor Central, a dissident group of the demobilized FARC-EP guerrilla group, have reached an agreement for a 10-month bilateral ceasefire…

Staff (2023-09-21). Colombian President Gustavo Petro Denounces U.S. Intervention in Americas, from Chilean Coup to Drug War. democracynow.org Colombian President Gustavo Petro says the U.S.-backed coup in Chile 50 years ago, when General Augusto Pinochet deposed socialist President Salvador Allende, left a lasting scar across Latin America. Many progressives took up arms against corrupt governments, often led by "Nazis," Petro says, fueling decades of conflict that is only now beginning to fade. "Today, having closed out that cycle of weapons and violence, we need to rethink democracy," Petro told Democracy Now! in an exclusive interview this week at Colombia's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York. He also d…

Staff (2023-09-21). World Must Decarbonize Before "Point of No Return" on Climate Crisis: Colombian President Gustavo Petro. democracynow.org In Part 2 of our interview with Colombian President Gustavo Petro, he says climate change is a "vital matter" the world must address collectively. But unlike world trade, which is governed by a set of common rules, there is no organizing rubric for decarbonizing the world economy in time to prevent catastrophe. "There's no courts for this. There's no justice. So everybody can just slip by," Petro says. He says the amount of money rich countries have provided to hasten the clean energy transition falls far short of commitments made in the 2015 Paris Agreement and is a drop in th…

Staff (2023-09-21). Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Ukraine, Palestine & Why Latin America Rejects Western Hypocrisy. democracynow.org Colombian President Gustavo Petro joins Democracy Now! for an exclusive broadcast interview after his address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he spoke of the need to end wars and stop the climate crisis. Petro is the first leftist to ever govern Colombia. He was elected in 2022 after campaigning to fight inequality and poverty, increase taxes on the wealthy, expand social programs, restore peace and end Colombia's dependence on fossil fuels. He is a former M-19 guerrilla who went on to become the mayor of Bogotá and a senator before rising to the presidency. In Part 1 of the interv…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-09-20). In Cuba XI Ibero-American Congress of Project Engineering. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) Professionals from Russia, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico and Cuba attend today in Havana the XI Ibero-American Congress of Project Engineering, whose central theme is associated with artificial intelligence.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-09-20). Meeting on community energies in Colombia comes to an end. plenglish.com Bogotá, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) The International Community Energy Meeting in Colombia ends after debates, proposals and analysis on the importance of a fair energy transition with the participation of society.

Staff (2023-09-20). Colombian President Gustavo Petro: Charges Against Julian Assange Are "Mockery of Freedom of Press" democracynow.org At the United Nations General Assembly this week, multiple world leaders voiced support for the imprisoned founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, including Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Colombian President Gustavo Petro. We air an excerpt of Democracy Now!'s exclusive interview with Petro, who calls Assange's continued incarceration "the greatest mockery of freedom of press … brought to bear by the country that built the concept."…

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-09-20). Anuncian cese al fuego entre Gobierno de Colombia y EMC. telesurtv.net El inicio de la tregua bilateral está pactado para el próximo 8 de octubre.

teleSUR, lfb, DRL (2023-09-20). Colombia propone reformar el sistema financiero internacional. telesurtv.net El mandatario demandó acabar con esa "irracional guerra contra las drogas", dijo que disminuir el consumo no necesita de guerras, sino que necesita de una mejor sociedad, una más solidaria, más afectuosa.

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2023-09-20). Denuncian nueva masacre en Putumayo, Colombia. telesurtv.net "El uso de la violencia como mecanismo de coacción de la población civil o de control social sigue siendo una constante", remarcó la Defensoría del Pueblo.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-09-20). Asesinan a líder social en Sucre, Colombia. telesurtv.net Con el homicidio de Acota Zabaleta suman 125 líderes asesinados en lo que va del año 2023 y 1.539 desde la firma de los acuerdos de paz de 2016.

teleSUR, lfb, DRL (2023-09-20). General colombiano confiesa responsabilidad en casi 200 muertes. telesurtv.net Torres, el oficial de más alto rango imputado, confirmó ser el "máximo responsable" de 196 homicidios cometidos por militares bajo su mando.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-09-20). A whistle-blower says the CIA bribed experts to change their conclusion on likely origins of covid. expose-news.com One of the earliest gain-of-function experiments done at the Wuhan lab was funded by USAID. It's no surprise then a whistle-blower has come forward claiming that the CIA bribed their experts to …