Colombian Authorities Update on Damage Caused by Heavy Rains
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-28
Colombia remains severely affected after heavy rains and landslides that hit the country last Tuesday, leaving eight dead and 14 missing persons so far. | RELATED: | UN Warns About Colombia's Endemic Violence | The departments of Bogota, Cauca, Caldas, Cundinamarca, and Santander have also reported landslides, collapsed roads, destroyed homes, and about a hundred evacuees. | In the Piedacuesta municipality, in the state of Santander, "a landslide caused by torrential rains devastated four roads,…
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If Venezuelan Embassy Protectors Are Retried, Jury Should Hear About US Crimes
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-27
On February 28, federal prosecutors will announce whether they plan to retry four people who spent 37 days in the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, D.C., in the spring of 2019 to protect it from an illegal invasion by the U.S. government. The first trial of Adrienne Pine, Margaret Flowers, Kevin Zeese and David Paul, who were charged with "interfering with the protective functions" of the Stat…
truthout.org/articles/if-venezuelan-embassy-protectors-are-retried-jury-should-hear-about-us-crimes/

Venezuela's Rejects Michelle Bachelet's Report at UNHRC
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-27
The Venezuelan government rejected on Wednesda the methodologies used by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, but confirmed its willingness to dialogue and cooperation. | RELATED: | Venezuela Reaffirms Cooperation With UN on Human Rights | "There is still a long way to go to achieve balanced documents and adhere to the principles that should govern the treatment of human rights issues," said Deputy Minister for Multilateral Issues of…
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UN Warns About Colombia's Endemic Violence
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-27
Last year, Colombia's continuous human rights violations were marked by record-breaking massacres and murders of social leaders that show that violence is endemic in that Latin American country, a United Nations (UN) report warned Wednesday. | RELATED: | Violence in Colombia Continues As Social Leader Assassinated | The national homicide rate in Colombia has risen to 25/100,000 people in 2019 and 36 massacres have killed 133 people, the highest figures recorded since 2014, accor…
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It's just business: US & Britain buying more and more oil from Russia
rt.com | 2020-02-27
Russia more than doubled crude oil supplies to the United States and Britain in 2019, data from the Federal Customs Service (FCS) has revealed. | A fall in prices for the Russian Urals oil, combined with US sanctions against Venezuela and Iran, were among the reasons for such an increase in purchases. | According to the data cited by business news outlet RBC, in October Russia became the second-largest supplier of oil and petroleum products to the United States. At the end of 2019, crude oil exports from Russia amounted to almost $2.2 billion, 2.4 times more than in 2018. In physical terms, the volume of oil e…
rt.com/business/481807-us-uk-russian-oil-purchases/

Venezuela Reaffirms Cooperation With UN on Human Rights
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-26
Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza ratified Wednesday his government's willingness to cooperate with the United Nations on human rights issues. | RELATED: | Majority of Venezuelans Against U.S. Sanctions, Poll Reveals | In a meeting with the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, the top diplomat said that his government assumes the protection and respect for fundamental rights as a state policy. | This is part of the minister's agenda during th…
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As media amplifies unrest in Venezuela and beyond, millions are quietly revolting in Colombia
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-02-26
Despite protests of historic proportions fueled by anger over corruption and a brutal right-wing crackdown, the unrest in Colombia has garnered remarkably little international media attention compared to Venezuela. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/26/as-media-amplifies-unrest-in-venezuela-and-beyond-millions-are-quietly-revolting-in-colombia/

Sure, but Venezuela is the Narco State
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-02-26
Venezuelan analyst Oscar Forero contextualises the accusation that Venezuela is immersed in illegal drug activity. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/26/sure-but-venezuela-is-the-narco-state/

One in three Venezuelans not getting enough to eat, UN study finds
news.un.org | 2020-02-25
Hyperinflation in Venezuela means that roughly one-third of the population

Venezuela files ICC lawsuit over US sanctions
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-20
international solidarity Paul DobsonIssue 1254 Venezuela ICC International Court of Justice US blockadeFebruary 20, 202…
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Embassy Protection Collective: "We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law"
Venezuela Analysis | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-06
In this exclusive interview, VA talks to the activists who defended the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC ahead of their trial.

Embassy Protection Collective: "We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law"