Tanya Wadhwa (2022-03-02). Assassinations of Colombian social leaders shake communities. peoplesdispatch.org According to the Institute of Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ), during the past week, five social activists and two former combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerilla group were assassinated in the country…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-02). President Maduro Confirms Support for Putin During Phone Call. orinocotribune.com In a telephone conversation that took place this Tuesday, March 1, the Venezuelan head of state, Nicolás Maduro, ratified the support of the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for the Russian people and the administration of President Vladimir Putin, in the midst of the conflict with the Republic of Ukraine. | For this reason, the diplomatic services of the Eurasian nation reported on the phone call held by the president, as disclosed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, through social media platforms—at least those not censored by Washington and the European Union.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-02). Venezuelan Opposition Governors Met James Story in Colombia? orinocotribune.com A photograph of a meeting between Venezuelan opposition governors and Colombia-based "US ambassador to Venezuela" James Story is at the center of public debate in Venezuela. | The photograph shows Story in conversation with former deputy of the National Assembly, Stalin González; Manuel Rosales, governor of Zulia state; Sergio Garrido, governor of Barinas state; and Alberto Galíndez, governor of Cojedes. These last three are among the four opposition governors who were elected in the November 21, 2021 regional elections and the January 9, 2022 rerun election in Barinas. | Although the date of the meeting has not…

teleSUR, mcs, JL (2022-03-02). Venezuela rechaza ante la ONU sanciones impuestas contra Rusia. telesurtv.net "Hacemos un llamado al cese de la propaganda de guerra y discursos de la intolerancia guiados por ideologías de odio", aseveró Moncada.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-02). Caracazo- cornerstone of the Bolivarian Revolution. peoplesdispatch.org Hundreds of thousands of poor Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas against neoliberalism and decades of social injustice in the country for a protest action in February 1989 known as Caracazo. The protests gave a big blow to the capitalist system and pseudo-democracy in the country as well as paved the way for the Bolivarian revolution.

Staff (2022-03-02). UN Report: More than 7 Million Colombians Under Influence or Control of Armed Groups. orinocotribune.com A report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) indicates that more than seven million Colombians live under the influence or control of illegal armed groups. | The report, entitled "

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-02). Colombia's war crimes tribunal orders government to implement peace policies. colombiareports.com Colombia's war crimes tribunal JEP ordered the government to implement policies that would allow the dismantling of illegal armed groups. In a statement, the JEP blasted the government of President…

teleSUR, SH (2022-03-02). Exigen al gobierno colombiano garantizar seguridad de excombatientes. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a la Sección de Ausencia de Reconocimiento de la JEP, al menos 306 firmantes del Acuerdo han sido asesinados desde 2016.

teleSUR- lvm -HIM (2022-03-02). Corte de Colombia ordena incluir género no binario en documentos. telesurtv.net La Corte avala la apuesta por los derechos a la dignidad humana, a la personalidad jurídica, al libre desarrollo de la personalidad y a la libertad de conciencia.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-02). Colombia suspends human rights monitoring ahead of elections. colombiareports.com Colombia's ombudsman clashed with human rights officials over an order to suspend human rights monitoring in the field. Ombudsman Carlos Camargo ordered his employees to suspend "field commissions" that verify…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-02). Colombia's prison chief sacked amid corruption scandal. colombiareports.com The director of Colombia's prison authority was sacked after media reported that guards helped an extradited businessman leave jail. The director of La Picota prison was also fired after television…

scorinoco (2022-03-02). Francisco Maltés: 'For the First Time We Have the Possibility of an Alternative Government in Colombia'. orinocotribune.com Communicators from Forum on Communication for the Integration of Our America (FCINA) spoke with Francisco Maltés Tello, president of the CUT trade union confederation of Colombia. Vanessa Martina Silva (Diálogos do Sul), Mariano Vázquez (Colectivo Sangrre), Lautaro Rivara (Agencia Latinoamericana de Información-ALAI) and Javier Tolcachier (Pressenza press agency) participated in the conversation. | The president of the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores of Colombia emphasizes that the social unrest has laid bare social problems, along with the incapacity of the right-wing governments to solve them, and he therefore…

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-03-02). Assassinations of Colombian social leaders shake communities. peoplesdispatch.org According to the Institute of Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ), during the past week, five social activists and two former combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerilla group were assassinated in the country…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-02). President Maduro Confirms Support for Putin During Phone Call. orinocotribune.com In a telephone conversation that took place this Tuesday, March 1, the Venezuelan head of state, Nicolás Maduro, ratified the support of the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for the Russian people and the administration of President Vladimir Putin, in the midst of the conflict with the Republic of Ukraine. | For this reason, the diplomatic services of the Eurasian nation reported on the phone call held by the president, as disclosed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, through social media platforms—at least those not censored by Washington and the European Union.

Staff (2022-03-02). UN Report: More than 7 Million Colombians Under Influence or Control of Armed Groups. orinocotribune.com A report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) indicates that more than seven million Colombians live under the influence or control of illegal armed groups. | The report, entitled "

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-02). Colombia suspends human rights monitoring ahead of elections. colombiareports.com Colombia's ombudsman clashed with human rights officials over an order to suspend human rights monitoring in the field. Ombudsman Carlos Camargo ordered his employees to suspend "field commissions" that verify…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-02). Colombia's prison chief sacked amid corruption scandal. colombiareports.com The director of Colombia's prison authority was sacked after media reported that guards helped an extradited businessman leave jail. The director of La Picota prison was also fired after television…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-02). Colombia's war crimes tribunal orders government to implement peace policies. colombiareports.com Colombia's war crimes tribunal JEP ordered the government to implement policies that would allow the dismantling of illegal armed groups. In a statement, the JEP blasted the government of President…

Staff (2022-03-01). Colombia, US & NATO Carry Out Naval Drill near Venezuela (+Nuclear Submarine). orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 28, 2022 ( The military drill was announced by Colombian Minister for Defense, Diego Molano, through a post o…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-01). ALBA Secretary Rejects NATO Presence in Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Executive Secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance (ALBA-TCP), Sacha Llorenti, spoke to RT en Español's Jessica Sosa in Caracas on regional integration, U.S. and NATO presence in the region, and Bolivia's search for justice for the 2019 coup. Llorenti served as Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations under President Evo Morales and sat on the UN Security Council…

Ana Perdigón (2022-03-01). Venezuela Denounces EU Censorship of RT & Sputnik. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan Minister of Communications, Freddy Alfred Nazareth àëáñez, has denounced the European Union's (EU) censorship of Russian media outlets such as RT and Sputnik, while expressing his solidarity with the employees of both companies. | Via a Twitter post, àëáñez questioned the freedom of expression and the press in Europe, suggesting these are illusions about the West that are crumbling in this era. "And what about freedoms of expression and of the press?" wrote àëáñez. "Another myth falls in the West during the 21st century. All of our solidarity is with the workers of RT and Sputnik. EU…

Julian Cola (2022-03-01). Plan Puma: When Argentina Ran Military Drills at the Behest of the US to Invade Venezuela. mintpressnews.com "As an active member of the Lima Group, Macri's government demonstrated an interventionist attitude in relation to Venezuela." — Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Tayana…

Misión Verdad (2022-03-01). PDVSA Continues Recovery with Help of China & Iran. orinocotribune.com Despite the hopeless outlook for the Venezuelan oil industry on international markets, according to "The Venezuelan oil industry has made an unexpected comeback at just the right time," stated the Latin American division of Bloomberg. "Venezuela, a founder of OPEC, home to the largest oil reserves on the planet, has doubled its production since the end of 2020, and there is still space for p…

Staff (2022-03-01). Venezuela Repudiates Washington's Aggression Before UN Human Rights Council (+Alex Saab). orinocotribune.com The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, spoke this Monday, February 28 at the 49th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council, and denounced any intention to use the international human rights system "to replace governments not aligned with Western hegemonic interests, imposing against the countries of the South formulas of judicial colonialism seeking to replace national systems with interventionist, colonialist, foreign mechanisms, contrary to the principles of sovereignty, self-determination and complementarity." | In his speech, he also repudiated the actions of the Bank of England which, with the sup…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-01). Venezuela's Representative to the UN Condemns US Role in the Ukrainian Situation. libya360.wordpress.com Speech by Samuel Moncada permanent representative of Venezuela at the UN General Assembly emergency special session on Ukraine.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-01). Ms R2P in Poland: Samantha Power meets with U.S. paratroopers, Brzezinski. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentOffice of Press RelationsFebruary 28, 2022 Administrator Samantha Power's Travel to Poland to Meet with Our Military and Ukrainan Communities and Refugees The below is attributable to Spokesperson Rebecca Chalif: ‚Äé Yesterday in Poland, Administrator Power met with Major General Chris Donahue and members of the 82nd Airborne Division, who briefed the …

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-01). Colombia's progressives seeking Liberal Party endorsement. colombiareports.com Progressive opposition candidate Gustavo Petro met with former President Cesar Gaviria on Monday to seek a Liberal Party endorsement ahead of the elections. Petro met with the leader of the…