Daily Archives: January 25, 2025

2025-01-25: News Headlines

Elsy Fors Garzon (2025-01-25). Venezuela reiterates willingness to collaborate with Colombia's peace. plenglish.com Venezuela reiterates willingness to collaborate with Colombia's peace Caracas, Jan. 25 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela reiterated to Colombia its full willingness to collaborate in building and consolidating its peace, based on the successful experiences developed in the Bolivarian territory, a statement reported today.

Pressenza New York (2025-01-25). Venezuelan President Maduro Assumes a Third Term — Prospects and Problematics. pressenza.com The first thing greeting me as I disembarked from my flight in Caracas was a wanted poster for one Edmundo González Urrutia. The reward was $100,000. Not to be outdone, the US had slapped a $25 million bounty on the head of President Maduro and lesser amounts on other Venezuelan leaders. | By Roger D. Harris | Both González and the incumbent president, Nicolás Maduro, claimed that he would be the one to be inaugurated in two days. I had come to accompany the inauguration and for the concurrent antifascist festival. | History repeats itself — first tragedy, farce, and then silliness | From its inception with…

Staff (2025-01-25). Venezuela's Interior Minister: Far-Right Opposition Leads Network of Coyotes Taking Migrants to US. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan right-wing leaders are running a criminal organization from the United States to transport migrants from Venezuela to the US, denounced the Venezuelan Minister for Interior Diosdado Cabello. | During a new podcast that he co-hosts with Congresswoman Tania Díaz, Cabello said that these criminal organizations are hidden behind figures such as Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and are led by far-right politicians Carlos Vecchio, David Smolansky, Julio Borges, Leopoldo López, Juan Guaidó, and Miguel Pizarro. | "It's not that I'm going to leave Venezuela for Darién and go, no, no, if you go to Darién an…

Misión Verdad (2025-01-25). Rubio vs. Grenell: Two Different Approaches to Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Jan 24, 2025 | The new US administration is still calibrating its foreign policy approach towards Venezuela. At least, that is the impression that has been settled upon this week. | Since Donald Trump announced that Richard Grenell was going to be the "presidential envoy for special missions" last December, little has been discussed about the nature of his work in, This is due…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2025-01-25). Gustavo Petro's visit marks a news week in Haiti. plenglish.com During his stay, Petro stressed that "South-South cooperation must be one of the pillars of relations between countries such as the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Haiti." | The Colombian dignitary highlighted the excellent quality of the ties between the two States, based on the principles of friendship, solidarity and mutual respect. | Both parties renewed their commitment to the rule of law, democracy and the promotion of human rights. | Bogotá and Port-au-Prince are committed to finding a peaceful solution to the political crisis that is shaking the Caribbean nation. | Petro advocated for ending the…

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2025-01-25). Grupos políticos de Colombia rechazan agresiones de EE.UU. contra Cuba. radiohc.cu La Habana, 25 ene (RHC) El Partido Comunista y la Juventud Comunista Colombiana se sumaron hoy al rechazo que genera la decisión del gobierno de Estados Unidos de incluir otra vez a Cuba dentro de la lista de países supuestamente patrocinadores del terrorismo.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2025-01-25). Más de 40 mil desplazados por violencia en noreste de Colombia. radiohc.cu La Habana, 25 ene (RHC) El número de desplazados por la violencia que sacude a la región del Catatumbo, en el noreste de Colombia, se mantiene en ascenso, y ya son más de 40 mil las personas víctimas del éxodo, según estiman fuentes oficiales.

María Candela (2025-01-25). Inusual visita en Haití. radiohc.cu Haití, sumido en una desconcertante rivalidad de bandas armadas, debió frenar el flujo de invitados extranjeros, aunque recibió recientemente una visita desacostumbrada, la del presidente colombiano, Gustavo Petro.

Clau O'Brien Moscoso, Black Agenda Report. (2025-01-25). Zone of Peace In Haiti And The Americas. popularresistance.org Thank you for joining us for this critical webinar exploring the multifaceted tools of imperialism and their impact on the Americas, or rather, Our Americas or Nuestra América. This discussion will unpack how sanctions, soft power mechanisms like the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and USAID, militarization, and global banking systems are weaponized to uphold U.S. power and undermine sovereignty across the region. Panelists will analyze the historical and contemporary roles these tools play in destabilizing governments, fostering dependency, and suppressing popular people's movements for self-determination…

newarab (2025-01-24). US human rights advocates slam 'shameful' anti-immigration bill. newarab.com The Laken Riley Act, named after a Georgia nursing student murdered last year by a Venezuelan national living in the US unlawfully, was approved in the House of Representatives on Wednesday by a 263-158 vote. | Under the legislation, forces could detain undocumented immigrants accused of committing crimes such as theft…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2025-01-24). The Ayacucho Commune: Fisherfolk and Their Cooperative Practices. libya360.wordpress.com Chris Gilbert, Cira Pascual Marquina Mending the nets in a collective shelter. (Rome Arrieche) In Venezuela's Amazonas state, fishing has long been not just a trade but a whole way of life rooted in collaboration, knowledge sharing, and mutual aid. Now, under the US blockade, fishing has become an even more important source of food. At…

Staff (2025-01-24). Venezuela: Diosdado Cabello denunció que la oposición extremista comanda la red de coyotes que opera desde Estados Unidos. cubadebate.cu El primer vicepresidente del Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela aseguró que los opositores Carlos Vecchio, David Smolansky, Julio Borges, Leopoldo López, Juan Guaidó, Miguel Pizarro y otros son los que van al frente de esta organización criminal.

Adriaan Alsema (2025-01-24). Petro declares state of exception in Colombia's northeast. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Gustavo Petro signed off on a decree that gives the government extraordinary powers to respond to a major guerrilla offensive along the border with Venezuela. The so-called State…

newarab (2025-01-24). US human rights advocates slam 'shameful' anti-immigration bill. newarab.com The Laken Riley Act, named after a Georgia nursing student murdered last year by a Venezuelan national living in the US unlawfully, was approved in the House of Representatives on Wednesday by a 263-158 vote. | Under the legislation, forces could detain undocumented immigrants accused of committing crimes such as theft…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2025-01-24). Colombia's Fragile Peace Ruptures in Catatumbo. libya360.wordpress.com Zoe Alexandra Hundreds of more troops from the Colombian Army have been deployed to Catatumbo in the last week. Photo: Minister of Defense Colombia Social movements and community organizations demand peace as violence breaks out in the northeastern region of Colombia. In the last week, at least 80 people have been killed and over 32,000…

Zoe Alexandra (2025-01-24). Colombia's fragile peace ruptures in Catatumbo. peoplesdispatch.org In the last week, at least 80 people have been killed and over 32,000 people displaced in one of the deadliest bouts of violence in Colombia in recent years. The fighting in Catatumbo, a northeastern region of Colombia, broke out between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and an ex-FARC dissident group — Front 33. The violence in one of the most historically battered regions poses a serious threat to President Gustavo Petro's promise of total peace in the country. | In a heavily criticized move, Petro suspended the ongoing peace talks with the ELN on January 17, in light of the current fighting. | The situat…

Staff (2025-01-24). Cancillería de Cuba: Ningún miembro del ELN de Colombia ni de su Comando Central está en el país. cubadebate.cu Eugenio Martínez Enríquez, director general de América Latina y Caribe de la Cancillería cubana, a través de su cuenta en X, expresó: "Confirmo categóricamente, que en Cuba no se encuentra ningún miembro del Ejército de Liberación Nacional de Colombia (ELN), ni de su Comando Central. La mención a Cuba como uno de los países donde estos pudieran estar es una insinuación sin evidencias, porque no las hay".

Zoe Alexandra (2025-01-24). Colombia's fragile peace ruptures in Catatumbo. peoplesdispatch.org In the last week, at least 80 people have been killed and over 32,000 people displaced in one of the deadliest bouts of violence in Colombia in recent years. The fighting in Catatumbo, a northeastern region of Colombia, broke out between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and an ex-FARC dissident group — Front 33. The violence in one of the most historically battered regions poses a serious threat to President Gustavo Petro's promise of total peace in the country. | In a heavily criticized move, Petro suspended the ongoing peace talks with the ELN on January 17, in light of the current fighting. | The situat…

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