2024-01-17: News Headlines

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-01-17). Venezuela Now Produces 96.7% of its Food Domestically: President Maduro. orinocotribune.com In 2023, the Bolivarian government achieved a slowdown in inflation, a stabilization of the exchange market, and growth in the non-oil economy. | On Monday, President Nicolas Maduro presented his annual report to the Venezuelan nation. During his speech before the National Assembly (AN), he highlighted the achievements made by his administration in 2023 amid the US economic blockade and sanctions. | "Venezuela is one of the 19 countries whose economic, commercial and human rights have been illegally and systematically violated by the United States every day for nine years," the Bolivarian leader said. | Betwee…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2024-01-17). José Martí to be honored in Venezuela with multiple events (+Photo). plenglish.com Caracas, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelans will hold multiple political and cultural events to honor Cuban National Hero José Martí on the 143rd anniversary of his arrival in this country and his 171st birthday, on January 28, 1853.

teleSUR, JCM, JDO (2024-01-17). Delcy Rodríguez califica bloqueo de EE.UU. a Venezuela como genocidio económico. telesurtv.net La vicepresidenta ejecutiva en entrevista profundizó en algunos puntos económicos desarrollados en el mensaje anual de la nación por el mandatario Nicolás Maduro.

Staff (2024-01-16). President Maduro: Venezuela Suffers an Economic Genocide. orinocotribune.com A true economic genocide has been committed against Venezuela, said President Nicolás Maduro forcefully, during his annual message before the National Assembly, due to illegal sanctions that have been applied to Venezuela by the North American empire since 2015 and that continue to affect the Venezuelan people. | The head of state said this Monday, January 15, that due to the drop in oil production by 87 percent, due to the sanctions, 323 billion dollars have been lost only in oil production, which stopped entering the country. Oil production stood at more than 2.5 million barrels per day in 2015 and fell to 339…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2024-01-16). Special commission installed in Venezuela to investigate Citgo theft. plenglish.com Caracas, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) The special commission that will investigate the theft of the assets of company Citgo Petroleum Corporation, by representatives of Venezuelan right-wing political parties and representatives of the 2015-2020 legislature, was installed here today.

Staff (2024-01-16). Venezuela's Oil Sector Registers 13% Growth in Final Quarter of 2023. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced during his annual message to the nation that oil activity increased in the third quarter of 2023 by 13%, managing to reach the end of the year with an increase in oil exports of 60.5%. | "Our oil activity grew by 12.99% in the third quarter of 2023," said President Maduro on Monday, January 15, from the National Assembly, "with the extraction of crude oil and natural gas increasing by 14.60%, generating an increase in oil exports of 60.46%." | From the Protocol Chamber of the Federal Legislative Palace, headquarters of Venezuela's National Assembly, the head o…

teleSUR, JCM, MER (2024-01-16). Presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, presenta mensaje anual a la nación. telesurtv.net El mensaje anual a la nación se realiza de conformidad con lo establecido en el artículo 237 de la Constitución de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela.

teleSUR, JCM, JDO (2024-01-16). Delcy Rodríguez califica bloqueo de EE.UU. a Venezuela como genocidio económico. telesurtv.net La vicepresidenta ejecutiva en entrevista profundizó en algunos puntos económicos desarrollados en el mensaje anual de la nación por el mandatario Nicolás Maduro.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2024-01-17). Colombia reporta más de 140 incendios forestales en el 2024. telesurtv.net Se han llevado a cabo operaciones terrestres y aéreas para atender los incendios activos en los departamentos de Boyacá, Meta, Antioquia, Vichada, Cundinamarca y Cauca.

teleSUR, SH (2024-01-17). Designan a nuevo fiscal para investigación contra àÅlvaro Uribe. telesurtv.net El fiscal colombiano Gilberto Villarreal contará con 90 días para resolver qué debe pasar con la investigación contra el expresidente Álvaro Uribe.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2024-01-17). Suben a seis los líderes sociales asesinados en Colombia en 2024. telesurtv.net Libardo Rosero Tapia era un dirigente comunal, afiliado a las Juntas de Acción Comunal (JAC) del territorio.

Omar Ocampo (2024-01-16). A Working Class Victory on the Horizon in Colombia. counterpunch.org A working-class victory is on the horizon in Colombia. The Seventh Committee of the House of Representatives voted to approve 16 of the 98 articles of the landmark Labor Reform bill right before the start of winter recess. The bill will now advance to a second round of legislative debates that will resume next month.

Adriaan Alsema (2024-01-16). Colombia sends military reinforcements to border with Ecuador. colombiareports.com Colombia's armed forces said that it will send reinforcements to the border with Ecuador in response to a wave of violence n the neighboring country. In a post on social…

teleSUR, lvm, SH (2024-01-16). Colombia suma dos nuevas masacres en los primeros días del 2024. telesurtv.net Ambas masacres ocurrieron en medio de los diálogos de paz impulsados por el Gobierno colombiano y uno de los grupos de las extintas FARC.

teleSUR, hvh, odr, YSM (2024-01-16). Gobierno colombiano prorroga cese al fuego con el EMC. telesurtv.net La prórroga del cese el fuego temporal de carácter nacional regirá desde las 00H00 (hora local) de este martes.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-01-16). Ascienden a 38 los muertos por deslave en Chocó, Colombia. telesurtv.net "Se confirma la recuperación de dos cuerpos en la zona de la emergencia", manifestó el Ungrd.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2024-01-16). Suben a seis los líderes sociales asesinados en Colombia en 2024. telesurtv.net Libardo Rosero Tapia era un dirigente comunal, afiliado a las Juntas de Acción Comunal (JAC) del territorio.

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