(2021-07-07). Group in Defense of UN Charter Officially Formed by 18 Countries (Anti-Sanctions Club). orinocotribune.com Through a joint statement read out by the Ambassador of Venezuela to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, the Group of Friends in the Defense of the Charter of the United Nations was officially created on Tuesday, July 6. Eighteen member countries of the United Nations subscribed to the group and ratified the statement. The event took place via a Consequently, a proposal that was previously presented by Venezuela has been consolidated…
(2021-07-07). Boston activists protest illegal U.S. arrest of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab. liberationnews.org 
The unprecedented extortion that Washington is employing to block Venezuela's food and medicine supplies is evidenced in the U.S. government's persecution of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab.
(2021-07-07). Cape Verdean Authorities Prevent Alex Saab from Receiving Medical Attention. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, June 6, Cape Verdean authorities prevented Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab's doctor from visiting him, which is a flagrant violation of the diplomat's human rights and a risk to his life, given his health condition. | This was informed by the Saab's legal defense team, explaining that Cape Verdean police had prevented medical personnel from entering the building where the Venezuelan diplomat is under house arrest, although the medics had complied with all the requirements necessary for permits to visit Saab, as demanded by the authorities of the African country. | It should be noted that on January 21,…
(2021-07-07). Boston activists protest illegal U.S. arrest of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab. answercoalition.org
(2021-07-07). Extradition of Alex Saab: US takes effort to starve Venezuelans to new lows. peoplesdispatch.org Venezuelan official Alex Saab was arrested over a year ago in Cape Verde and in March 2021 the country's Supreme Court approved his extradition to the United States…
(2021-07-07). International Criminal Court's Pre-Trial Chamber Recognizes Venezuela's Proactive Conduct. orinocotribune.com 
On July 2, the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), based in The Hague, Netherlands, acknowledged that Venezuela has maintained a proactive attitude during the preliminary examination being carried out by the Prosecutor's Office, and urged the organization to "maintain a meaningful dialogue" with Venezuela, reported the Attorney General of the Bolivarian Republic, Tarek William Saab. | The statement issued by the Venezuelan Attorney General's Office noted that the Pre-Trial Chamber requested the ICC Prosecutor's Office "maintain a meaningful dialogue with Venezuela, reject new requests, an…
(2021-07-07). DSA Delegation Meets with President Maduro—Uproar Already in US. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, July 6 (special for OrinocoTribune.com)—This past Friday, July 2, the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, received a delegation of representatives from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) at the Miraflores palace in Caracas, where they held a cordial meeting in which political and geopolitical issues were discussed along with history, on the occasion of the 200-year anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo that consolidated Venezuela's independence from the Spanish empire. | During the meeting, the activists told the president about their experience during their s…
(2021-07-07). Director of NGO Fundaredes Charged with Terrorism. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, July 6, the Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, informed that José Javier Tarazona, Omar Dios García and José Rafael Tarazona have been charged with incitement of hate crimes, treason and terrorism. | The Attorney General informed of the charges during a press conference held on July 6. | José Javier Tarazona, director of NGO Fundaredes, had been spreading serious accusations against the Venezuelan government, his only evidence being an undated photograph. Tarazona claimed that a direct link exists between institutions of the Venezuelan government and Colombian guerrilla groups such as…
(2021-07-07). Puebla Group Denounces Judicial Persecution of Duque's Opponents. orinocotribune.com 
On Tuesday, June 6, the Puebla Group expressed its concern over the opening of certain legal procedures by the Colombian Attorney General's Office and the Prosecutor's Office in regard to possible indictments against opposition politicians of Colombia. | In an official statement, the Iberoamerican progressive alliance warned of several investigations against parliamentarians, governors and mayors in Colombia, who have opposed the actions and policies of the government of President Iván Duque, such is Congresspersons Iván Cepeda, María José Pizarro, Alexander López and Wilson Arias. | Declaración del Grupo de Pue…
(2021-07-07). OAS Commission Issues Report on Colombian National Strike. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) presented a report on how President Ivan Duque has handled the National Strike against him. This multilateral institution concludes that his policies enhanced insecurity and violence in Colombia. | RELATED: | Since the start of demonstrations on April 28, the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) and the Army have harshly repressed citizens. As a result of State te…
(2021-07-07). Colombian Teachers Protest Against Return To in-Person Classes. telesurenglish.net Colombia's Federation of Education Workers (FECODE) called for a national sit-in on the outskirts of the Finance Ministry on Wednesday to protest against the lack of guarantees for the return to face-to-face sessions on July 15. | RELATED: | President Ivan Duque's administration has not considered biosafety protocols when ignoring physical distancing and increasing the number of students per classroom. So far, About 15…
(2021-07-06). United States Bribes Cape Verde $440 Million in Exchange for Alex Saab's Extradition. orinocotribune.com On the eve of Cape Verde's independence day, coincidentally the same day as Venezuela's—July 5—the United States government announced an investment of $439 million to build a new US embassy facility on a 4.5-hectare area of land adjacent to the Government Palace in Praia, capital of the West African country. Of that money $100 million will go directly into the Cape Verdean economy. | The project would "pay tribute to the long-standing relations" between Praia and Washington, US Ambassador to Cape Verde Jeff Daigle said when he made the announcement on Sunday,…
(2021-07-06). Alex Saab Case Exposes Lawlessness Of The United States. popularresistance.org Dan Kovalik, lawyer, human rights activist and pacifist, asserted that "the story of Alex Saab is very important because it really exposes the lawlessness of the United States. The US put pressure on Cabo Verde to arrest, detain and extradite Alex Saab for the crime of helping Venezuela overcome sanctions that are in themselves illegal."
(2021-07-06). With a Stern Warning to Oligarchies, Maduro Presides Over Venezuela's Independence Day Military Parade (Photos & Video). orinocotribune.com 
This Monday, July 5, with the firm conviction that sooner rather than later a new wave of liberation and emancipation of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean will arise, President Nicolás Maduro participated in the civic-military parade to celebrate 210 years since Venezuela's Declaration of Independence of Venezuela. | In this sense, he stressed that local oligarchies have momentarily managed to block the path of the people. "The criminal oligarchy, the mafia that governs Bogotá, has momentarily managed to separate the paths of two brother nations, Colombia and Venezuela," he said. | Maduro noted that…
(2021-07-06). 'They Make Unsubstantiated Accusations': Venezuela Calls UN Report Fallacious (Communiqué). orinocotribune.com In a This report is the result of a Resolution promoted by a small group of governments with serious domestic human rights violations, that conspired to satisfy the policy of "regim…
(2021-07-06). Is the CIA Preparing a False Flag Operation from Colombia? orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Jul 2, 2021 | Colombia's role in the already permanent regime-change operation against Venezuela is extensive and significant. Some recent events in Colombia may be worthy of attention and analysis, however, and give rise to a series of questions that help to clarify what is behind these events and where they are headed. | Perhaps the most curious event was the
(2021-07-06). Venezuelan Oil Exports Skyrocket in June. orinocotribune.com In June, Venezuela's oil exports increased by 66% in comparison to last year's figures. The crude has been moved via transshipments from Malaysia that have stimulated shipments to Asia. | Venezuela sold a significant amount of crude to Chinese buyers before June 12, when a new tax took effect that raised import costs by at least 40% for various types of fuel. | According to Reuters, the tax coincided with the restart of a crude upgrader operated by Petrocedeno between PDVSA, Total Energies, Equinor and an oil-mixing plant that processes extra-heavy crude from the Orinoco Belt for export, owned by PDVSA and China…
(2021-07-06). Brazil Rallies Against Bolsonaro as He Faces Court-Ordered Criminal Probe in 'CovaxinGate'. orinocotribune.com 
By Shobhan Saxena and Florencia Costa | CIA director William Burns' secret trip to Brasilia raises suspicion that the Biden administration may throw a lifeline to the beleaguered president for its geopolitical moves against China and Venezuela. | Sao Paulo: A day after a judge of the Supreme Federal Court ordered a criminal investigation against Jair Bolsonaro in the Covaxin scandal, hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets in 350 cities and towns to protest against the government and demand that the president be impeached. | On Friday evening, Justice Rosa Weber ordered the prosecutor general's of…
(2021-07-06). Human Rights Investigators Probe Deadly Colombian Government Crackdown on Protests. democracynow.org 
An international human rights commission has arrived in Colombia to investigate the right-wing government's brutal crackdown on protesters after a general strike was called in April. More than 80 people have died since the protests began, with many killed by police and paramilitary forces. We go to Bogotá to speak with Mario Murillo, an award-winning journalist and professor who has closely reported on Colombia for decades and says the current round of violence is "a continuation" of a right-wing backlash to the 2016 peace accords between the government and FARC guerrillas, which ended more than 50 years of confl…
(2021-07-06). Colombian Court Accuses Army Members of 120 Civilian Deaths. telesurenglish.net Colombia's special jurisdiction for peace (JEP) tribunal accused ten members of the military and a civilian of the disappearance of 24 people and killing another 120 while covering their true identity and reporting them as guerilla fighters who died in clashes. | RELATED: | "It was a pattern of macrocriminality, which is to say, the repetition of at least 120 murders during two years in the same region by the same group of p…
(2021-07-06). Biden y Duque se saludan. globalizacion.ca A finales de junio Iván Duque recibió un llamado telefónico de Joe Biden que fue muy comentado en Colombia ya que el presidente de los Estados Unidos tardó seis meses en levantar el teléfono para conversar con uno de sus…