2023-08-20: News Headlines

teleSUR, EN, JDO (2023-08-20). Lugo y Porras son los campeones de la Vuelta a La Azulita. telesurtv.net Con la disputa de las dos últimas etapas llegó a su final la edición XXVII de la Vuelta a La Azulita.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-08-20). Gobierno venezolano atiende a familias damnificadas por lluvias. telesurtv.net El Gobierno venezolano alerto en mayo pasado sobre los riesgos ante el comienzo de la temporada de lluvias, que incluyó el paso de 65 ondas tropicales.

Celina Della Croce, MR Online. (2023-08-20). How US Sanctions Are A Tool Of War: The Case Of Venezuela. popularresistance.org On March 26, 2022, Francisco lay in a public hospital bed in Bolívar, Venezuela, roughly eight hours inland from the capital of Caracas. He had been waiting for more than twenty-four hours to be seen by a doctor for fluids filling his stomach in a hot room with no fan or air conditioning. By then he was stick thin, his skin clinging to his bones as he lay on his side, waiting. | When he was finally seen by a doctor and given a prescription, he was also told that the hospital did not have the medicines he needed. His family would need to try to find them on their own. At the pharmacy, the initial prescription tota…

Ana Perdigón (2023-08-20). Venezuela: Opposition Uses Hatred as Electoral Strategy. orinocotribune.com

Ana Perdigón (2023-08-19). Venezuela and Russia Strengthen Military Cooperation. orinocotribune.com The Russian deputy minister of defense, Alexander Fomin, and Venezuelan deputy minister of defense for planning and development, Renier Enrique Urbáez Fermín, jointly reviewed the implementation of military and technical cooperation agreements between the two countries, during the International Military-Technical Forum, ARMY 2023, being held in Moscow, Russia. | The two deputy ministers also discussed future steps of this military cooperation through the Ministries of Defense of Russia and Venezuela. | "During the meeting," the Russian Defense Ministry announced in a statement, "the current issues of Russian-Vene…

Ana Perdigón (2023-08-19). Venezuela Expects Over 1 Million Foreign Tourists in 2023. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan minister for tourism, Alí Ernesto Padrón Paredes, has stated that the country expects to receive more than one million international tourists over the course of 2023. | In an interview, Minister Padrón stated that tourism in Venezuela has been gradually but significantly recovering. In 2022, about 656,000 people visited Venezuela from foreign countries, and the projection for this year exceeds one million foreign tourists. | According to data from the Ministry of Tourism, the average number of people entering the country daily during the first six months of 2023 has been 2,740. | Padrón noted that…

Ana Perdigón (2023-08-19). Venezuela's Industrial Production is Growing, Federation of Industries Says. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuelan Federation of Industries (Fedeindustria), Orlando Camacho, explained in an interview that the Venezuelan economy has grown progressively in the last months, due to an increase in consumption and commerce. | Camacho stated that the national economy is in the best shape of the last few years, and forecast economic growth of 5% in 2023, especially in the last three months, when consumption increases. | "In addition to…

Ariadna Eljuri (2023-08-19). Venezuela's Electoral Observation Mission Will Participate in Ecuador Elections. orinocotribune.com A Venezuelan mission of electoral observers, dispatched by the National Assembly of Venezuela, has arrived in Quito, Ecuador, to accompany the early presidential and legislative elections in the country. | The electoral observation mission, which will accompany the early elections in Ecuador to be held on Sunday, August 20, comprises Venezuelan National Assembly Deputies Enrique Ramos, Carolina García, Fernando Bastidas, Azucena Jaspe, Carlos Mogollón, and Nancy Ascencio. |

scorinoco (2023-08-19). Venezuela Upgrades Diplomatic Mission in Palestine. orinocotribune.com Venezuela has made upgrades to the level of its diplomatic mission in Palestine, turning it from an office to an embassy, according to an announcement made by the Palestinian Foreign Ministry. | In a statement issued on Thursday, August 17, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed Venezuela's decision, and highlighted the fact that Venezuela was the first country in Latin America to recognize the sovereignty of Palestine, back in 2009. | The Palestinian Foreign Ministry expressed its gratitude to the president, government, and people of Venezuela, for their unwavering support for the P…

teleSUR, lag, JDO (2023-08-19). 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.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-08-19). Asesinan a reconocido líder comunitario en Bolívar, Colombia. telesurtv.net Indepaz indicó que la víctima fue identificada como Herney Arrieta Meza, quien era promotor cultural y deportivo.

Hedelberto López Blanch (2023-08-19). Colombia — Un año de Petro, avances y desafíos. globalizacion.ca El gobierno del presidente colombiano Gustavo Petro ha logrado en solo un año avances en los frentes político, económico y social que no pudieron obtener los anteriores regímenes neoliberales que lo antecedieron. | Eso ha sucedido pese a las constantes campañas…

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-08-19). ONU denuncia coacción contra Unidad de Protección de Colombia. telesurtv.net La representante de la ONU en Colombia pidió a organismos internacionales a reforzar las actividades de acompañamiento a la UNP.

LEPAIO (2023-08-20). 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.

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