2022-01-04: News Headlines

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-01-04). Venezuela Begins Booster Campaign Prioritizing Healthcare Workers. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's COVID-19 booster vaccination campaign began with healthcare workers this Monday, January 3, reported Vice President Delcy Rodríguez. | The announcement was made from the Miguel àÅngel Rángel University Hospital in Coche, Caracas, where the staff of 1,068 workers began to receive the reinforcement earlier today. | "This week we are going to vaccinate healthcare personnel, those in the front line, those who are fighting the battle," said Rodríguez, explaining that the vaccination booster is for people who received their second dose six months ago or more. | "As of this week, Monday, January 3, all…

teleSUR, SH (2022-01-04). øCómo se llegó a los comicios a gobernador del estado Barinas, Venezuela?>. telesurtv.net De acuerdo al cronograma del CNE, la campaña electoral en el estado Barinas se extenderá hasta el 6 de enero a medianoche.

teleSUR (2022-01-04). Colombia: 3 Construction Workers Killed In Jamundi Municipality. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Colombian Institute for Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ) denounced that three Venezuelan construction workers were murdered in the Jamundi municipality for opposing the behavior patterns imposed by paramilitary groups. This crime constitutes the first massacre of the year in Colombia. | RELATED: | Although the Colombian State and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia signed a Peace Agreement in 201…

teleSUR (2022-01-04). Venezuela: Arreaza Leads Massive Rallies In Barinas Campaign. telesurenglish.net The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) candidate to Barinas state governor Jorge Arreaza continues his political campaign for the elections to be held on Sunday. | RELATED: | On Monday, Arreaza took part in popular assemblies in Cruz Paredes, Obispos, and Barinas, where he listened to what citizens expect of him as governor and confirmed the effectiveness of government programs. | "Our policy proposals stem from suggestions made by citizens in these assemb…

teleSUR, JDO, JCM (2022-01-04). FANB de Venezuela eleva alerta ante violencia en Arauca, Colombia. telesurtv.net Buscan proteger al pueblo y responder de manera contundente ante cualquier agresión a la soberanía nacional.

teleSUR, SH (2022-01-04). Reportan la primera masacre del 2022 en Colombia. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a Indepaz los fallecidos en la masacre trabajaban en el sector de la construcción y vivían desde hace cinco años en Colombia.

Staff (2022-01-03). President Maduro: Washington Sabotaged the Mexico Talks (Ambassador Alex Saab). orinocotribune.com This Saturday, January 1, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, said in an interview with the renowned Spanish journalist Ignacio Ramonet that the US caused a breakdown in the dialogue processes in Mexico. | In this regard, the president decried that the United States government, by kidnapping Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, sabotaged the dialogue between the government and the opposition that was being carried out in Mexico in spite of Washington's opposition. | "The US stabbed the dialogue… the US had assured that it was not going to extract our diplomat Alex Saab," he denounced. | The president further…

Staff (2022-01-03). Bolsonaro Attacks Venezuela, Refuses Argentina's Aid Following Tragic Floods in Brazil. orinocotribune.com This Saturday, January 1, Venezuela's Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia demanded that the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, authorize air and land transfers to facilitate the return of Venezuelan nationals in Brazil who want to return to Venezuela. This within the framework of recent floods and Brazil's calamitous management of the pandemic. Venezuela's Vuelta a la Patria program facilitates the return of Venezuelans to their home country, providing transport and medical services free of charge. | Through a post published on his Twitter account, @PlasenciaFlex, the head of Venezuelan diplomacy pointed out that…

Staff (2022-01-03). President Maduro: Washington Sabotaged Mexico Talks (Ambassador Alex Saab). orinocotribune.com This Saturday, January 1, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, said in an interview with the renowned Spanish journalist Ignacio Ramonet that the US caused a breakdown in the dialogue processes in Mexico. | In this regard, the president decried that the United States government, by kidnapping Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, sabotaged the dialogue between the government and the opposition that was being carried out in Mexico in spite of Washington's opposition. | "The US stabbed the dialogue… the US had assured that it was not going to extract our diplomat Alex Saab," President Maduro said. | The president…

Staff (2022-01-03). President Maduro: Venezuela has Displayed Exemplary Control of the Pandemic. orinocotribune.com Referring to the country's 7+7 reopening plan, President Nicolás Maduro affirmed that Venezuela has displayed exemplary control of the COVID-19 pandemic, adapting to the variants detected in the country. | "We will not renounce the 7+7 Plan in 2022," President Maduro said. "I hope that by achieving the vaccination of 95% of the population, we will have a calm country, with a moderately normal life… The essential thing is caring for people." The 7+7 Plan is Venezuela's unique strategy that sees the country open up for seven days at a time, followed by seven days of lockdown. This policy has allowed Venezuela to…

teleSUR, JGN (2022-01-03). Venezuela inicia jornada de vacunación de refuerzo contra Covid-19. telesurtv.net El presidente Maduro indicó que el 91 por ciento de la población venezolana ya ha sido vacunada contra el coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-03). Ignacio Ramonet's Complete Interview with Nicolás Maduro. libya360.wordpress.com Ignacio Ramonet "Neoliberalism is exhausted and new leaderships will surprise the world". The year 2020 has been relatively clement to Venezuela, although it has been so frightening for the whole world. Sure, the blockades and attacks from abroad have not ceased, and have even, at times, intensified. But the Bolivarian revolution, which has just turned…

teleSUR, JGN (2022-01-03). Venezuela inicia jornada de vacunación de refuerzo contra Covid-19. telesurtv.net El presidente Maduro indicó que el 91 por ciento de la población venezolana ya ha sido vacunada contra el coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

Paul Dobson (2022-01-03). Venezuela Rolls Out Covid-19 Vaccine Boosters as Omicron Arrives. venezuelanalysis.com Maduro struck an optimistic tone concerning the pandemic and other topics, such as economic prospects for 2022.

teleSUR (2022-01-03). Venezuela Begins Booster Vaccination. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro announced that health personnel will begin to inoculate COVID-19 booster doses to the population from Monday. | RELATED: | "All Pending! On January 3, the booster vaccination against Covid-19 begins. We have already reached 91 percent of people vaccinated! Let's keep taking care of ourselves. Everyone's awareness has given us good results. Happy New Year, Venezuela! A big hug!

teleSUR (2022-01-03). Colombia: 22 Citizens Killed In the Arauca Department. telesurenglish.net The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Office (OHCHR) in Colombia denounced that paramilitary groups dedicated to drug trafficking and illegal mining activities murdered 22 citizens and detained 30 others in the Arauca department on Sunday. | RELATED: | "We express our deep concern over the escalation of the armed conflict in this department, in which gangs dispute territorial control," the office stated, addi…

teleSUR, lvm, JCM (2022-01-03). Deportarán a Colombia a un implicado en el magnicidio de MoàØse. telesurtv.net Marco Antonio Palacios, quien permanece en Jamaica, debe ser deportado el 3 de enero a Colombia.

teleSUR, lvm, JCM (2022-01-03). Deportarán a Colombia a un implicado en el magnicidio de MoàØse. telesurtv.net Marco Antonio Palacios, quien permanece en Jamaica, debe ser deportado el 3 de enero a Colombia.

sputniknews (2022-01-03). Over Dozen People Killed in Clashes in Eastern Colombia, Arauquita Mayor Says. sputniknews.com BOGOTA (Sputnik) – At least 17 people were killed in the Arauca Department in eastern Colombia, during clashes between dissidents from the defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and members of the radical left-wing armed group National Liberation Army (ELN), according to Etelivar Torres, the mayor of the Arauquita municipality.

teleSUR, JGN (2022-01-03). Enfrentamientos armados en Arauca, Colombia, dejan 17 muertos. telesurtv.net Según diferentes reportes, han ocurrido asesinatos tanto en Arauquita, como en otros municipios como Saravena, Fortul y Tame.

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