2022-02-07: News Headlines

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-02-07). Venezuelans commemorate 30th anniversary of 1992 civic-military rebellion. peoplesdispatch.org The civic-military rebellion led by Commander Hugo Chávez against the government of president Carlos Andrés Pérez, despite its failure, marked the end of neoliberalism and the beginning of a new era of profound socio-political changes in the country…

Staff (2022-02-07). Diosdado Cabello to British Diplomat Having Fun in Venezuela: 'Return the Gold you have Stolen'. orinocotribune.com The vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, responded to the UK's Deputy Head of Mission to Caracas, Duncan Hill, asking him to return the gold that his country has stolen from Venezuela. Cabello made the statement in response to a tweet that Hill had posted on his Twitter account, in which he is seen enjoying the Naiguatá Peak near Caracas after enjoying a day of hiking. | "Return the gold you have stolen," wrote Cabello. "Venceremos!" | t.co/FNuHKRtGHg | — Diosdado Cabello R (@dcabellor) Saheli Chowdhury (2022-02-06). Alex Saab is Being Tortured in the US, Denounces Diplomat's Wife Camila (+Oscar López Rivera). orinocotribune.com February 5, 2022 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)—Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab "is suffering torture and inhumane treatment everyday in the United States," decried his wife Camila Fabri Saab during a "Today, as we are speaking here, another day passes in which my husband Alex Saab, a Venezuelan diplomat, remains kidnapped," she continued. Saab, a special envoy of the Venezuelan government to Iran and Russia, and…

Misión Verdad (2022-02-06). Pro-US Opposition Calls for Dialogue with Venezuelan Government: Another Turn of the Screw or Just a Guise? orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Feb 5, 2022 | A recently published

Staff (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…

Staff (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…

teleSUR, JL (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.

teleSUR, JCM (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.

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