2023-08-18: News Headlines

Narkys Blanco (2023-08-18). President Maduro Proposes Opening New Electoral Centers. orinocotribune.com During a tour of the La Ladera sector's La Hoyada neighborhood in La Vega parish, Caracas, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, proposed the opening of new voting centers. | "We have to create new electoral centers in the epicenter of each community, so that voters can go to vote with peace of mind," President Maduro said. | The president made the announcement during the celebration of the 10th Anniv…

teleSUR, lag, JDO (2023-08-18). Conviasa supera 6.300 vuelos durante primer semestre de 2023. telesurtv.net La aerolínea bandera de Venezuela implementó en 2023 nuevos vuelos directos a destinos como Damasco y Manaos.

Ricardo Vaz (2023-08-18). Venezuela: ExxonMobil Aims to Join CITGO Auction Over 77M Arbitration Award. venezuelanalysis.com The ongoing court-mandated share sale could lead to the breakup of Venezuela's most important foreign asset.

Staff (2023-08-17). President Maduro Receives Credentials From Ambassadors of Chile, France, and Colombia. orinocotribune.com Chilean diplomat Jaime Gazmuri Mujica has been appointed by the Chilean government as ambassador plenipotentiary—an ambassador with full authority to sign treaties or act otherwise on behalf of a state—to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, whose credentials were received by President Nicolás Maduro at Miraflores Palace. | The Chilean ambassador was appointed on May 25 by the government of President Gabriel Boric, assuming…

Staff (2023-08-17). UK Appoints New Chargé d'Affaires to Venezuela's Maduro Administration. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The UK imperialist approach toward Venezuela allows the UK to arbitrarily select who is the legitimate authority of Venezuela. When the UK makes decisions related to diplomatic and consular appointments and diplomatic relations, it chooses to formalize everything trough the only legitimate government headed by President Nicolás Maduro. However, when the UK has to deal wi…

Staff (2023-08-17). Venezuela: National Assembly in Permanent Session to Appoint Electoral Authorities. orinocotribune.com

teleSUR (2023-08-17). Venezuela Increases Oil Production Amid US Sanctions. telesurenglish.net In its latest report on the world market, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) highlighted that the Venezuelan oil production increased by 10.65 percent between February and August of this year. | RELATED: | In that period, the state company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) registered an average increase of 78,000 barrels per day. Between January and August, the average daily production went from 732…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-18). Colombian Drug Cartels Interested in Ukraine's Sea Drones. orinocotribune.com

teleSUR, DRL (2023-08-18). Gustavo Petro anuncia renegociación del TLC Colombia-EE.UU. telesurtv.net El propio mandatario recordó que renegociar el TLC con Estados Unidos fue una bandera durante su campaña a la Presidencia hace un año.

teleSUR, EN, YSM (2023-08-18). Franklin Lugo repitió etapa y es líder de la Vuelta a La Azulita. telesurtv.net En la categoría femenina, la colombiana Angélica Moreno logró la victoria.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-08-18). Asesinan a dos reconocidos líderes en Magdalena, Colombia. telesurtv.net Indepaz refirió que "la imposición de normas y otras formas de control social por parte de los grupos armados significan un permanente riesgo de violación a los derechos de la población".

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-08-18). Exjefe paramilitar revela nexos con exautoridades políticas y judiciales colombianas. telesurtv.net Carlos Mario Jiménez Naranjo compareció en el "Encuentro por la verdad para la no repetición", realizado en Bogotá. Pidió perdón por los crímenes cometidos por su grupo armado.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-08-18). Realizan Festival Petronio àÅlvarez en Cali, Colombia. telesurtv.net Participan al menos 1.500 artistas y grupos musicales se presentan en los diversos escenarios previstos del 16 al 21 de agosto .

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-08-18). Registran sismo de magnitud 6,1 en Meta, Colombia. telesurtv.net El epicentro del sismo se registró en El Calvario, Meta, a unos 47 kilómetros de Bogotá (capital).

Michelle Begue (2023-08-18). Training Colombia's military dogs. america.cgtn.com Meet the dogs behind some of Colombia's toughest military operations. CGTN's Michelle Begue visited the Colombian military school where these dogs are trained to see how these dogs are prepared for the field.

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-08-18). Revelan nexos entre paramilitares y autoridades colombianas. telesurtv.net Carlos Mario Jiménez Naranjo compareció en el "Encuentro por la verdad para la no repetición", realizado en Bogotá. Pidió perdón por los crímenes cometidos por su grupo armado.

teleSUR (2023-08-18). Two Well-Known Leaders Murdered in Magdalena, Colombia. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Colombia's Institute for Development and Peace Studies (Indepaz) denounced the murder of two social leaders in the department of Magdalena; there are already 107 social leaders murdered in 2023. | Related: | "Wilinton Tovar Gil was a recognized political leader and current candidate for the Council of the municipality of San Zenón, Magadalena. In addition, he was part of the campaign of the mayoral candid…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-08-17). Former paramilitary reveals plans against Colombian public figures. plenglish.com Bogota, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) Former paramilitary leader Carlos Mario Jimenez, alias 'Macaco,' who had requested some time ago to submit himself to transitional justice, revealed Thursday terrorist plans against public figures in the country.

Staff (2023-08-17). President Petro Announces Colombia has Begun FTA Renegotiation With US. orinocotribune.com Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced Wednesday that his government has begun to renegotiate its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, a trade instrument that has been in force between the two countries for 11 years. Since prior to his presidential campaign, Petro has questioned, among others, an imbalance in favor of the US within the agreement. | "I want to publicly announce that the renegotiation (of the FTA) has begun," said the head of state during a meeting with coffee growers in the town of Pitalito, in the department of Huila. | The Colombian president said that the decision was the res…

teleSUR (2023-08-17). 6.1 Quake in Colombia: One Person Dead, Severe Material Damage. telesurenglish.net An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale registered on Thursday in central Colombia left one person dead in Bogotá and severe material damage in the departments of Meta and Cundinamarca. | RELATED: | The mayor of Bogotá Claudia López said that in the Colombian capital there were no serious affectations, however, a woman died in the middle of the tremor after jumping from the window of her apartment in a buil…

Adriaan Alsema (2023-08-17). Colombia to renegotiate trade pact with US: Petro. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said his government is renegotiating a trade deal with the United States to benefit the South American country's agriculture sector. Petro made the announcement at an…

LEPAIO (2023-08-18). No More AFL-CIO Support For Coups On The 50th Anniversary Of The 1973 Chile Coup. indybay.org September 11, 2023 is the 50th anniversary of the US coup in Chile that cost the lives of tens of thousands of workers and people. The AFL-CIO leadership was centrally involved in this coup and continues to cover up it's role and also continues to take tens of millions of dollars from the National Endowment For Democracy NED for operations in over 62 countries. An educational conference will be held in Washington DC on September 10 and a rally at the AFL-CIO headquarters on September 11th to demand justice and against the continued funding of the AFL-CIO international operations by the US government.

teleSUR, lag, JDO (2023-08-18). Pdvsa reporta alza sostenida de producción pese a sanciones. telesurtv.net La estatal energética venezolana incrementa su producción hasta los 810.000 barriles diarios de crudo pese a guerra económica de EE.UU. y la UE.

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