Cira Pascual Marquina (2024-10-23). 'The Commune is nothing new here': The Rio Cataniapo Commune (Part I). mronline.org A socialist commune in the Venezuelan Amazon draws inspiration from the collective practices of its Indigenous members.

Editor (2024-10-23). Venezuela: Opposing the blockade is our main task. mronline.org The United States is waging an economic war against Venezuela.

María Candela (2024-10-23). Rusia apoya ingreso de Venezuela a los Brics. radiohc.cu Kazán, Rusia 23 oct (RHC) Rusia apoya el deseo de Venezuela de unirse al bloque de los Brics como país miembro, constató este miércoles Prensa Latina.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-10-23). Prorrogan inscripciones de aspirantes al Poder Ciudadano de Venezuela. radiohc.cu La Habana, 23 oct (RHC) El Comité de Postulaciones del Poder Ciudadano de la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela prorrogó hasta el 25 de octubre las inscripciones de aspirantes a ocupar cargos en el Poder Ciudadano, trascendió hoy.

Chris Gilbert, Cira Pascual Marquina, Venezuelanalysis. (2024-10-23). 'The Commune Is Nothing New Here': The Rio Cataniapo Commune. popularresistance.org Early in the last decade a set of communities along the Cataniapo River started to organize themselves to protect the river's ecosystem and bolster their agricultural and handicraft production. A few years later, in response to Chávez's call to build socialist communes, 15 community councils in the area came together to form the Rio Cataniapo Commune. | Today, approximately 1500 people participate in the Río Cataniapo Comune. They come from various ethnic backgrounds, but the majority identify as Indigenous and some still practice common ownership of land.

José David Delgado (2024-10-23). Maduro in Kazan: Venezuela is Ready for a New World. orinocotribune.com Upon his arrival in Kazan, the president said that "Venezuela comes to offer a portfolio to investors who wish to invest in the country with the largest oil reserves in the world." | The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, arrived this Tuesday in the Russian city of Kazan to participate in the 26th summit of the BRICS group that will be held until October 24. | Upon his arrival, President Maduro said that "the BRICS have become the epicenter of the multipolar world, and at the same time, they represent the hope that the countries of the global south, who aspire to development, have the possibility of accessin…

Ana Luisa Brown (2024-10-23). Venezuelan government slams terrorist attack in Türkiye. plenglish.com/feed/ Caracas, Oct 23 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela today strongly condemned the terrorist attack against the Turkish Aerospace Industries facilities, located in the district of Kahramankazan, in Ankara, which left four dead and several injured.

____ (2024-10-23). UNDP Calls for Phasing Out Harmful Subsidies to Combat Biodiversity Loss Amid $700 Billion Financing Gap. devdiscourse.com Countries striving to enhance biodiversity protections must prioritize the identification and elimination of subsidies harmful to nature, according to a recent report from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The launch of the BIOFIN Workbook 2024 coincides with the CBD COP16 currently taking place in Colombia, providing countries with a strategic roadmap to secure the financing necessary for expanding biodiversity protections.

thecommunists (2024-10-21). The Bolivarian Revolution: 25 years fighting imperialism. thecommunists.org Twenty-five years have passed since Hugo Chávez initiated Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution in February 1999. Twenty-five years of PSUV (United Socialist party) governments working to improve the economic, social and cultural conditions of the masses. Twenty-five years of participatory democracy; of empowering people to transform society on the road to socialism. Twenty-five years during which the …

Brant Roberts (2024-10-21). Venezuela's Public Ministry Has Attended to More Than 317,000 Complaints of Violence Against Women During 2017-2023. orinocotribune.com The attorney general of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, reported that the Venezuelan Public Ministry (MP) has received 317,584 complaints of violence against women during 2017-2023. These complaints were received through the ministry offices as well as at squares, parks, and neighborhoods where the institution has organised events to receive complaints from citizens. | Saab explained that based on these complaints, "we have been able to prosecute and charge 74,037 individuals who have committed these crimes against women, and 62,392 accusations have been processed, of which 6,788 have been for convictions that bec…

Adriaan Alsema (2024-10-21). Colombia inaugurates UN biodiversity summit. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, indigenous authorities and artists inaugurated a United Nations biodiversity summit in the city of Cali. The so-called Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the UN Convention…

Agence France-Presse (2024-10-21). UN chief seeks 'significant' funding at biodiversity summit to save nature. scmp.com Environmental delegates are gathering in Colombia for the two-week United Nations Biodiversity Conference, or Cop16.

nosihle (2024-10-21). SA participates in UN biodiversity conference. sanews.gov.za SA participates in UN biodiversity conference | Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Narend Singh, will lead the South African delegation to the 16th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD COP 16) in Cali, Colombia., , The delegation will actively engage in negotiations to promote global biodiversity conservation priorities, enhance sustainable use, and advocate for fair and equitable benefit-sharing from the utilisation of genetic resources and digital sequence information on genetic resources., , "We approach COP16 with a c…