(2022-04-13). Maduro says attacks on Russian culture, athletes pure Fascism. en.mehrnews.com Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called attacks on Russian culture and Russian athletes pure Fascism on Tuesday.
(2022-04-13). Venezuela: Thousands March to Commemorate Coup Defeat Anniversary. venezuelanalysis.com Twenty years ago, an outpouring of popular support overturned the coup attempt and secured the return of Hugo Chávez.
(2022-04-13). Venezuela's Army Captures Foreign Drug-Trafficking Aircraft. orinocotribune.com The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) of Venezuela has reported the retention of a foreign aircraft, allegedly belonging to drug traffickers, in the western state of Zulia. | Through a message published on his Twitter account, General Domingo Hernández, head of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB), announced on Tuesday, April 12, that FANB personnel in Zulia state shot down and captured a foreign aircraft linked to drug trafficking. | "Comprehensive aerospace defense exploration system detected a plane entering Venezuelan airspace without authorization and withou…
(2022-04-13). Minister Plasencia: Not Acknowledging Legitimacy of Government of Venezuela is a Failed Path. orinocotribune.com The Foreign Affairs Minister of Venezuela, Félix Plasencia, stated that countries that still insist on not recognizing the legitimacy of the government of Venezuela are walking a "failed path." | On Tuesday, April 12, during his participation in the International Summit against Fascism that is going on in Venezuela, Plasencia explained that in the United Nations (UN) there exists a committee that analyzes the legitimacy of a given government and evaluates the practices undertaken by that government to assert UN norms, and only a handful of countries in that committee still ignore the legitimacy of the governme…
(2022-04-13). Venezuelan Opposition Parties Request Technical Assistance from CNE for Primaries. orinocotribune.com Some Venezuelan opposition parties requested technical support from the National Electoral Council (CNE) to hold primaries and elect their internal representatives ahead of the 2024 presidential elections, they revealed during a press conference held on April 7. | COPEI, Alianza del Lápiz, Neighborhood Force (Fuerza Vecinal), Centrados, and Movement for Socialism (MAS) asked the CNE to provide technical support to carry out an open national consultation in which each party could elect candidates for the presidential elections. The documents of the opposition political parties were received by the rectors of the C…
(2022-04-13). Fraternal encuentro de Díaz-Canel con vicepresidenta venezolana Delcy Rodríguez (+ Video y Tuit). cubadebate.cu El primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista y presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, recibió este martes en el Palacio de la Revolución a la vicepresidenta ejecutiva de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez Gómez, quien realiza una visita de trabajo a Cuba como parte del chequeo de los acuerdos intergubernamentales entre ambas naciones.
(2022-04-13). Presidente cubano recuerda victoria popular sobre el golpe de Estado en Venezuela, a 20 años de los sucesos. cubadebate.cu Cuba celebra junto al pueblo venezolano el memorable y heroico suceso popular que devolvió al Comandante Chávez a la Presidencia, escribió este miércoles en su cuenta en Twitter el presidente cubano, Miguel Díaz-Canel, cuando se cumplen 20 años de la victoria contra el golpe de Estado que pretendió detener la obra de la Revolución Bolivariana.
(2022-04-13). Colombia's Duque Lobbies in Washington to Project Post-Presidency International Image. orinocotribune.com In a few months the President of Colombia, Iván Duque, will leave the Nariño Palace, the presidential seat of the country. However, he is not going to leave office without moving his chips in Washington and other centers of power. His aim seems to be set on leadership positions of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Yesterday he spoke at the United Nations Security Council, lauding himself for the successful implementation of the Peace Accords, while agreement signatories as well as social leaders and common people of Colombia cont…
(2022-04-13). Colombia's election authority failed to count 1.5 million votes: observers. colombiareports.com Almost 1.5 million votes that were cast in Colombia's congressional elections were omitted from the announced results, according to election observers. National Registrar Alexander Vega said Monday that a million…
(2022-04-12). The Venezuela Coup, 20 Years Later. cepr.net The enduring legacy of Venezuela's short-lived 2002 coup d'etat, and the subsequent countercoup, for US-Latin American relations On April 11, 2002, Venezuela's democratically elected government, headed by Hugo Chávez Frías, was ousted in a military coup d'etat. Then, dramatically, two days later, the coup was overturned by a mass mobilization of Venezuelans. They demanded the …
(2022-04-12). 20 Years Since Coup Against Chávez in Venezuela—a 'Trial' that Served to Overthrow Governments in Other Countries. orinocotribune.com RT interviewed Venezuelan journalist and minister Ernesto Villegas, author of the book April, Inside The Coup. | 20 years after the April 2002 coup against Venezuela's then President Hugo Chávez, the same violent and desperate blueprint continues to be applied to overthrow governments both in Venezuela and around the world. | Similar attempts by former deputy Juan Guaidó, in 2019, were not very different. Guaidó, alongside the national and international elements that promoted the action against Chávez, wanted to depose President Nicolás Maduro on several occasions, using various plans that were neutralized by Ven…
(2022-04-12). Venezuela Seeks Investigation by International Criminal Court (ICC) as to Whether U.S. Sanctions Constitute Crimes Against Humanity. libya360.wordpress.com Ryan Swan Adopted as part of regime-change operation, sanctions have killed at least 40,000 Venezuelans. Economic coercive measures, commonly known as economic sanctions, are a means of coercive pressure through disruption of trade relations and economic isolation. The use of sanctions under international law is governed chiefly by Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter,…
(2022-04-12). Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat Contests Extraterritorial Judicial Abuse. iacenter.org Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat Contests Extraterritorial Judicial Abuse US's Flaunting of Diplomatic Immunity Challenged in Court: by Roger D. Harris / April 11th, 2022 Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab's case took a dramatic turn as his legal defense team denounced the US government's flagrant failure to respect long-standing diplomatic immunity conventions. Saab's lawyer, David Rivkin, called the US government's arguments before the 11th Circuit Court in Miami "utterly dangerous." "The implication," he added is that "because you are a disfavored regime, because you're Venezuela under Maduro…we're going to treat y…
(2022-04-12). Repercussions of the Ukraine Conflict for Venezuela. libya360.wordpress.com Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein examines the global correlation of forces and its impact on the Latin American region. The daily reading of the international headlines shows a world struggling with what has been called "sanctions." In other words, the planet must struggle with the imperial decision to make the peoples of the world…
(2022-04-12). Pdte. Maduro: Con golpe de 2002 pretendían detener los cambios. telesurtv.net "El golpe de Estado al comandante Chávez fue un crimen nefasto de la derecha oligárquica contra la Constitución e institucionalidad", indicó el presidente.
(2022-04-12). President Maduro Warns Western Powers Aim to Destroy Russia to Stop 'Multipolar' World. libya360.wordpress.com José Luis Granados Ceja President Nicolás Maduro warned that a "media dictatorship" could lead to a "Third World War." Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro warned that a multifaceted campaign by Western countries to isolate Russia was aimed at destroying the country in order to deter the development of a "multipolar" world. "From Venezuela we denounce it,…
(2022-04-12). Exfutbolista colombiano está en estado crítico tras accidente. telesurtv.net El reciente parte médico detalla que el estado de Freddy Rincón es "extremadamente grave".
(2022-04-12). Colombia's most violent city suffering 'humanitarian emergency'. colombiareports.com 
Human rights defenders want the mayor of Buenaventura to declare a humanitarian emergency in Colombia's most violent city. The call followed the arrival of more than 500 people from two…
(2022-04-12). Colombia's army chief insists massacre victims were drug traffickers. colombiareports.com 
The commander of the national army insisted that the civilian victims of a military massacre in southern Colombia were guerrillas. General Eduardo Zapateiro took to Twitter to contradict evidence indicating…
(2022-04-12). Consejo de Seguridad tratará la ola de violencia en Colombia. telesurtv.net Organizaciones, movimientos sociales y fuerzas políticas de oposición han criticado la intervención de Iván Duque en el Consejo de Seguridad.
(2022-04-12). Changing the public's perception of coca leaves. america.cgtn.com 
In Colombia, one indigenous community is fighting to change perceptions over the use of coca leaves which is used as raw material to make the drug cocaine.