(2022-02-06). Caracas Court of Appeals Upholds Conviction of CITGO Six. orinocotribune.com The ninth circuit of the Caracas Court of Appeals upheld this Friday, February 4, the ruling of the Court of First Instance of Caracas that sentenced six former executives of Venezuela's CITGO Corporation, a subsidiary of state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), to prison terms between nine and 13 years, for acts of corruption. | Friday's ruling ratified the sentence against former president of CITGO, José àÅngel Pereira Ruimwyk, to serve 13 years and seven months in prison for committing crimes of fraudulent embezzlement and illicit agreement of a public official with a contractor, according to a press…
(2022-02-06). Duque Wants to Speak with Russian Ambassador about Violence in Colombia's Arauca. orinocotribune.com 
Colombian President Iván Duque said this Friday, February 4, that he will speak to the Russian ambassador to Colombia, Nikolay K. Tavdumadze, to clarify the objectives of Russia's military presence in Venezuela. | Thus, Duque has chosen to ignore the statement from the Russian embassy in Colombia, which had denounced unfounded allegations made by the Colombian Defense Minister, Diego Molano. Molano accused Russia of supporting and implementing technical assistance at the Venezuelan border, to carry out a foreign "intervention." The Russian embassy called these accusations irresponsible, as Molano did not provide…
(2022-02-06). Indepaz reporta masacre número 16 en Colombia en lo que va de 2022. telesurtv.net Según las investigaciones, un hombre le disparó a un Guardia Indígena en varias oportunidades cerca de la vivienda donde se encontraba reunida la comunidad.
(2022-02-06). Denuncian nueva masacre en Colombia, la número 17 en lo corrido del 2022. telesurtv.net En lo corrido del presente año, el país contabiliza 20 líderes sociales asesinados.
(2022-02-05). Venezuelan Authorities Announce New Phase of Vuelta a la Patria Program (+Xenophobia). orinocotribune.com 
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced this Wednesday, February 2, that a new phase of the Vuelta a la Patria program will start in March, to guarantee the safe return of Venezuelan nationals residing in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. | During a meeting at the Miraflores Palace, the president stated that starting from March the number of flights of the Plan Vuelta a la Patria will be tripled, and called on Venezuelans who are outside the country to return. | President Maduro explained that initially the program will serve Venezuelans who are already registered to return to the countr…
(2022-02-05). Extreme-Right Opposition Democratic Action Wants to Participate in 2024 Presidential Elections, Announces Candidacy. orinocotribune.com 
With two years to go before the 2024 presidential elections in Venezuela, Carlos Prósperi, the spokesperson for the Democratic Action (AD) faction led by Henry Ramos Allup, has called for all opposition sectors to organize as a single unitary platform. | Ramos Allup is thus making it clear that even those groups which have traditionally represented right-wing extremism in Venezuela that has recurred to violence, election abstention, and coups, now understand that the only option is to constitutionally adhere to the democratic electoral route. | "The healthiest thing would be for all opposition political organizat…
(2022-02-05). Reportan el asesinato de dos lideres sociales en Arauca y Putumayo, Colombia. telesurtv.net Con los dos nuevos asesinatos, Colombia llega a 19 homicidios de lideres y lideresas sociales en lo corrido del 2022.