Robert Inlakesh (2024-06-12). Chiquita Ordered to Pay $38 Million for Funding Colombian Death Squads. mintpressnews.com In a historic first, Chiquita Brands International has been ordered to pay the families of murdered Colombians after a court found the U.S.-based banana giant had privately financed death squads. | After a lengthy legal battle spanning 17 years, a Florida court
Staff (2024-06-12). Venezuela Reiterates Call to Guyana To Return to Negotiations Over Essequibo. orinocotribune.com Venezuela ratifies its commitment to defend its sovereignty over Essequibo while reiterating the call to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to return to the negotiating table to make effective the practical, acceptable and satisfactory solution by both parties to the territorial dispute, as stipulated in the 1966 Geneva Agreement. | This was said in a statement read by the permanent representative of Venezuela to the United Nations (UN), Samuel Moncada, who attended a meeting this Tuesday, June 11, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to discuss the issue of the territorial dispute over the Essequibo terri…
kwjorinoco (2024-06-12). It Is Impossible to be Neutral on Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By Rafael Hidalgo Fernández — Jun 9, 2024 | As is customary since Hugo Chávez Frías triumphed in the 1998 presidential elections, all electoral disputes to reach the Miraflores Palace have been subject to strong international delegitimization campaigns, without exception, always at the initiative of the hegemonic core of the international right wing, which operates from the White House. The presidential election of July 28 is no exception to this rule. | Given the importance of the Bolivarian Revolution in the articulation progressive forces at the international level, the act of expressing support for it or…
Staff (2024-06-12). US Court Finds Chiquita Guilty of Financing Paramilitaries in Colombia. orinocotribune.com The banana multinational Chiquita Brands, previously know as Chiquita Banana, was found guilty by a US court of financing paramilitary groups in Colombia. | After 17 years of legal process, a court in West Palm Beach (Florida) found the company responsible for financing the far-right United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), reported EarthRights International, a firm that provided legal support to the victims of paramilitarism, on Monday, June 10. | According to the organization, the jury's decision "confirms long-standing accusations," making clear that Chiquita Brands, in order to generate profits, "deliver…
Misión Verdad (2024-06-12). President Maduro Renews Call for Dialogue as Elections Draw Near. orinocotribune.com This Monday, during the broadcast of the Con Maduro+ program, President Nicolás Maduro expressed his commitment to convening a great national dialogue once the next elections on July 28 are complete. The president highlighted the importance of establishing a path for a future in which all sectors of Venezuelan society can actively participate. | "Once the National Electoral Council (CNE) reads the results on the night of July 28, that blessed day of victory, the first thing I will do as president of the Republic, already ratified by the people, will be to call for a great dialogue—cultural, business, social…
Ana Perdigón (2024-06-12). Elections in Venezuela: Opposition Candidate Edmundo González Refuses to Sign Agreement to Recognize July 28 Results. orinocotribune.com The far-right opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia ruled out signing an agreement that would recognize the results of the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for July 28. The agreement had been suggested by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) to prevent far-right violence after the elections, something that has happened several times in the past. | On Tuesday, June 11, a journalist asked González Urrutia whether he would sign the agreement proposed by the president of the National Assembly, PSUV Deputy Jorge Rodríguez. The agreement has been proposed by Chavismo in at least…
Brett Wilkins (2024-06-12). US jury holds Chiquita liable for Colombian death squad's murder of banana workers. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in In what case litigants are calling the first time an American jury has held a U.S. corporation legally liable for atrocities abroad, federal jurors in Florida on Monday found that Chiquita Brands International financed a Colombian paramilitary death squad that murdered, tortured, and terrorized workers in a bid to crush labor unrest in the 1990s and 2000…
Democracy Now! (2024-06-12). Democracy Now! 2024-06-12 Wednesday. democracynow.org Headlines for June 12, 2024; Sarah Leah Whitson: U.S. Ceasefire Push in Gaza Is Welcome, But "40,000 Dead Palestinians Too Late"; Hunter Biden: President's Son Convicted in Federal Gun Case, Faces Tax Evasion Trial Next; Bananas and Blood: Chiquita Ordered to Pay Colombian Families $38 Million for Backing Death Squads | Headlines for June 12, 2024; Sarah Leah Whitson: U.S. Ceasefire Push in Gaza Is Welcome, But "40,000 Dead Palestinians Too Late"; Hunter Biden: President's Son Convicted in Federal Gun Case, Faces Tax Evasion Trial Next; Bananas and Blood: Chiquita Ordered to Pay…
Staff (2024-06-12). Bananas and Blood: Chiquita Ordered to Pay Colombian Families $38 Million for Backing Death Squads. democracynow.org 
In a landmark case in Florida, a federal jury has ordered Chiquita Brands International to pay over $38 million in damages to the families of eight Colombian men who were killed by paramilitaries the banana giant funded. Chiquita previously pleaded guilty to paying the far-right United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia paramilitary group, or AUC, $1.7 million from 2001 to 2004. Though Chiquita argued the payments were meant to protect company employees, the AUC has been found responsible for committing mass human rights abuses and murdering civilians from 1997 to 2006. "Chiquita essentially had a partnership…
latintimes (2024-06-12). Some Venezuelan government allies are starting to drift to the opposition as elections near. latintimes.com Reports have documented different instances in which supposed allies have shown public support of president Maduro's challengers…
Editor (2024-06-12). Alfredo Maneiro, reader of Machiavelli. mronline.org 
VA columnist Reinaldo Iturriza explores Venezuelan political theorist Alfredo Maneiro's concept of exercising political power with "revolutionary quality."
Elsy Fors Garzon (2024-06-12). ALBA-TCP seeks to activate risk prevention and management system. plenglish.com Caracas, June 12 (Prensa Latina) The 10-member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) seek today to activate a joint system of risk prevention, management and attention.
Adriaan Alsema (2024-06-12). Colombia's teachers strike over pending education reform. colombiareports.com Teachers laid down work on Wednesday for the first major strike since Colombia's first leftist president in history took office. The strike was organized by teachers union Fecode in response…
teleSUR, MER (2024-06-12). Presidente Maduro alerta sobre violencia de la extrema derecha. telesurtv.net El mandatario le expresó al pueblo venezolano que es necesario cuidar la paz.
teleSUR, MS (2024-06-12). Gobierno colombiano y la Segunda Marquetalia inician diálogos de paz. telesurtv.net Las partes firmantes, representadas por el consejero comisionado de paz de Colombia, Otty Patiño, e Iván Márquez, exnegociador de los diálogos que condujeron al acuerdo de paz de 2016 de las disidencias de las FARC.
teleSUR, YSM (2024-06-12). Venezuela denuncia campaña mediática internacional para desconocer procesos electorales. telesurtv.net Jorge Rodríguez advirtió a la ultraderecha que no se permitirá la vulneración de la paz venezolana.
María Candela (2024-06-12). Aleida Guevara en Venezuela: No olvidar a los muertos, aquí veo multiplicado al Che (+Foto y Audio). radiohc.cu En el advenimiento del aniversario 96 del natalicio del Che, su hija, la Doctora Aleida Guevara March, sostuvo un emotivo encuentro con un grupo de colaboradores cubanos en Venezuela, y representantes de la Misión Diplomática de nuestro país en la nación hermana, así como integrantes del Movimiento de Amistad y Solidaridad Mutua-Venezuela-Cuba.
teleSUR, MER (2024-06-12). Presidente Maduro conversa con mandataria electa de México. telesurtv.net Ambas autoridades ratificaron los lazos de hermandad entre México y Venezuela, así como su disposición en fortalecer la Celac.
teleSUR, idg, JCM (2024-06-12). Venezuela y China muestran sintonía en agenda bilateral. telesurtv.net La visita es una invitación del ministro chino de Relaciones Exteriores, Wang Yi, miembro del Buró Político del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de China.
Sebastiana Romero (2024-06-12). ALBA-TCP busca activar sistema de prevención y gestión de riegos. radiohc.cu Caracas, 12 jun (RHC) Los 10 Estados miembros de la Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América-Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos (ALBA-TCP) buscan activar hoy un sistema conjunto de prevención, gestión y atención de riegos.
teleSUR, ahf, YSM (2024-06-12). Venezuela acogerá la Serie del Caribe en el año 2026. telesurtv.net La lista de sedes por año quedaría de la siguiente forma: Mexicali 2025, Venezuela 2026, Hermosillo 2027, República Dominicana 2028 y Puerto Rico 2029.