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Amnesty International Urges US to Suspend Arms Sales to Colombia: Used to 'Repress Protestors'
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-21
The non-governmental organization heavily funded by Western countries and corporations documented that the Colombian security forces used the Venom multiple projectile launcher against demonstrators. | The organization Amnesty International (AI) urged the US government to immediately suspend the direct and indirect sale of arms, equipment, and technology to Colombia, because they have been used by police forces to repress citizens during the national strike that began three weeks ago in the Latin American country. | "The role of the United States in fueling the incessant cycles of violence committed against the p…
orinocotribune.com/amnesty-international-urges-us-to-suspend-arms-sales-to-colombia-used-to-repress-protestors/

Duque, Bolsonaro and Piñera: Between Guardianship and Crimes Against Humanity
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-21
Misión Verdad From the right, the presidents of Chile, Sebastián Piñera; Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro; and Colombia, Iván Duque together with the former presidents of Argentina, Mauricio Macri; Ecuador, Lenín Moreno; and Peru, Martín Vizcarra (Photo: Esteban Félix / AP). A few days ago some news portals reported that Colombian President Iván Duque was denounced before… Read…
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Jesús Santrich: The Laughter of a Bolivarian Cannot Be Easily Extinguished
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-21
By Néstor Kohanon — May 19, 2021 | The shots and grenades that took his breath away were from the Colombian army, as was the knife or razor with which they mutilated his lifeless hand. The orders came from Iván Duque, the little pigeon sponsored by "il capo mafia" àÅlvaro Uribe. Two equally genocidal Colombian lumpens, cornered by one of the most important popular rebellions that Colombia has experienced in the last decades. | But let no one be deceived. Let's speak without euphemisms. The strategy that guided this operation clearly comes from "higher up": the United States and Israel, two partner stat…
orinocotribune.com/jesus-santrich-the-laughter-of-a-bolivarian-cannot-be-easily-extinguished/

Amnesty International Urges US to Suspend Arms Sales to Colombia: Used to 'Repress Protestors'
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-21
The non-governmental organization heavily funded by Western countries and corporations documented that the Colombian security forces used the Venom multiple projectile launcher against demonstrators. | The organization Amnesty International (AI) urged the US government to immediately suspend the direct and indirect sale of arms, equipment, and technology to Colombia, because they have been used by police forces to repress citizens during the national strike that began three weeks ago in the Latin American country. | "The role of the United States in fueling the incessant cycles of violence committed against the p…
orinocotribune.com/amnesty-international-urges-us-to-suspend-arms-sales-to-colombia-used-to-repress-protestors/

National Strike in Colombia is Massive, Meets Violent Repression
W. T. Whitney | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-21
Colombia is afire with a National Strike mounted by working people young people, and the excluded. They are protesting neoliberal reforms that diminish lives and hopes. Tax-reform proposals from President Iván Duque's rightwing government triggered large demonstrations that began on April 28 and are continuing. Brutal repression has inflamed the rebellion. The government quickly withdrew…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/21/national-strike-in-colombia-is-massive-meets-violent-repression/

US Extradition of Alex Saab is Illegal & Unfounded: Lawyers & Legal Experts
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-21
Saheli Chowdhury & Steve Lalla Alex Saab: "I'm the object of an unprecedented legal persecution to oust President Nicolás Maduro." Venezuelan businessman and diplomatic envoy Alex Saab, held in Cape Verde and facing extradition to the US, is a victim of political persecution and his case is comparable to that of Julian Assange or Chelsea… Read…
libya360.wordpress.com/2021/05/21/us-extradition-of-alex-saab-is-illegal-unfounded-lawyers-legal-experts/

US Extradition of Alex Saab is Illegal & Unfounded: Lawyers & Legal Experts (International Delegation Proposed)
Saheli Chowdhury | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-21
May 20 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)–Venezuelan businessman and diplomatic envoy Alex Saab, held in Cape Verde and facing extradition to the US, is a victim of political persecution and his case is comparable to that of Julian Assange or Chelsea Manning. Saab, who had engaged in brokering deals that would evade the US economic blockade against Venezuela and bring fuel, food, and other needed materials to the South American country, was detained in the African island nation of Cape Verde last June. | Over the course of the past year, Saab's case has made waves on the African continent and in Venezuela, wh…
orinocotribune.com/us-extradition-of-alex-saab-is-illegal-unfounded-lawyers-legal-experts-international-delegation-proposed/

US Extradition of Alex Saab is Illegal & Unfounded: Lawyers & Legal Experts (International Delegation Proposed)
Saheli Chowdhury | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-21
May 20 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)–Venezuelan businessman and diplomatic envoy Alex Saab, held in Cape Verde and facing extradition to the US, is a victim of political persecution and his case is comparable to that of Julian Assange or Chelsea Manning. Saab, who had engaged in brokering deals that would evade the US economic blockade against Venezuela and bring fuel, food, and other needed materials to the South American country, was detained in the African island nation of Cape Verde last June. | Over the course of the past year, Saab's case has made waves on the African continent and in Venezuela, wh…
orinocotribune.com/us-extradition-of-alex-saab-is-illegal-unfounded-lawyers-legal-experts-international-delegation-proposed/

Mision Arbol: Ecosocialism In An Oil-Rich Nation
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-21
President Chavez was ahead of his time for a head of state, but was merely reiterating what thousands of activists and thinkers had been saying for decades. "But wait!" many readers and commentators alike may say; "Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution exported oil, so any claims of environmentalism must just be talk!". Nothing could be farther from the truth, as I will show in the following article how Chavez, his successor Nicolas Maduro, and the Bolivarian process as a whole has an outstanding record in terms of combating climate change and defending the environment. | The environment is the beginning and end o…
popularresistance.org/mision-arbol-ecosocialism-in-an-oil-rich-nation/

Venezuela's Attorney General 'Works Blindfolded' Due to Silence from International Criminal Court
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-21
The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, regretted the absence of communication from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to reports sent by the Public Prosecutor's Office, in which the office detailed progress made in legislative matters, and institutional adjustments that Venezuela has implemented following ICC recommendations. | "We emphasize once again that the Venezuelan state works completely blindfolded in its submission of information to the ICC Prosecutor's Office, since it has not received official notification from this body regarding the facts that are under investigation,"
orinocotribune.com/venezuelas-attorney-general-works-blindfolded-due-to-silence-from-international-criminal-court/

CNE Confirms Opening Date of Electoral Registry Ahead of 21N Regional Elections in Venezuela
José Manuel Blanco Diaz | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-21
With the approval of one thousand registry locations for the special day, the National Electoral Council (CNE) confirmed the approval of the opening of the Electoral Registry, between June 1 and July 15 of this year. | In this way, the electoral power will consolidate the data, by updating and registering new voters, in preparation for the regional and local elections scheduled for November 21 in Venezuela. | This was reported by the president of the CNE, Pedro Calzadilla, at the end of the board of directors' meeting. They defined the new steps to follow as part of the electoral schedule drawn up by the CNE auth…
orinocotribune.com/cne-confirms-opening-date-of-electoral-registry-ahead-of-21n-regional-elections-in-venezuela/

West Africa: ECOWAS Court Orders Cape Verde to Release Venezuelan Diplomat Saab
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-21
Abuja — Eight days after the African Bar Association's (AfBA) warning to Cape Verde Island over the detention of a Venezuelan diplomat, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court has ruled that the arrest and detention was illegal. | On Monday, the ECOWAS court in Abuja said diplomat Alex Saab should be released and paid $200,000 for unlawful detention. | The AfBA on March 8 had also ordered Cape Verde Island to immediately release Mr. Saab, an accredited Venezuelan special envoy and alternate permanent representative to the African Union. | Mr. Saab was arrested by the Cape Verdean author…
orinocotribune.com/west-africa-ecowas-court-orders-cape-verde-to-release-venezuelan-diplomat-saab/

PDF of May 20 issue
Workers World Party | workers.org | 2021-05-20
Download the PDF. Free, Free Palestine! U.S. backs Israeli terror in Gaza 'By any means necessary' Defend resistance! Global Solidarity; Susan Abulhawa on Zionism; Not one dollar for occupation! ALSO: 'Crown: Freedom' mural; MOVE remembrance; Justice for Tamir Rice; Maskless mandate danger. GLOBAL: Syringes for Cuba; Colombia. Tear down the . . . | Continue reading PDF of May 20 issue at Workers.org…
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Colombian National Strike Makes Duque To Engage In Dialogue
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
After 23 consecutive days of protests against Colombia's President Ivan Duque, the National Strike Committee (NSC) on Thursday announced that it will hold new talks with the government in Bogota. | RELATED: | Colombians Rekindle Their National Strike Amid State Terrorism | The Federation of Educators (FECODE), the Colombian Workers' Union (CUT), and the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) are some of the movements that will attend the meeting on behalf of the demonstrators.
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Strike-Committee-Announces-New-Talks-With-Government-20210520-0014.html

Colombian Police Crack Down On Protests With Long-Range Weapons
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
Colombians on Wednesday denounced that the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) cracked down on peaceful protests with long and short-range weapons. | RELATED: | Colombians Rekindle Their National Strike Amid State Terrorism | Videos posted on social networks show agents shooting at farmers in Bucaramanga. According to witnesses, at least 25 protesters were wounded. | In Caucasia, dozens of children, pregnant women, and elderly people had to take refuge from police brutality in La No…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombian-Police-Crack-Down-On-Protests-With-Long-range-Weapons-20210520-0001.html

United States Gives Former Deputy Guaidó Ultimatum to 'Remove' President Maduro
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-20
According to the ultra-conservative website PanamPost, Juan Guaidó is working on notice. The news outlet disclosed this Tuesday, May 18, that the US gave the "interim president" an ultimatum until December 1 of this year to "remove" President Maduro. If he is not able to do so within that deadline, his recognition by the US government and his access to the seized Venezuelan assets will be terminated. | This revelation has come out of a meeting between the US Ambassador to Venezuela who resides in Colombia, James Story, and the representatives of the so-called opposition G-4 in the Colombian capital, Bogotá. | The…
orinocotribune.com/united-states-gives-former-deputy-guaido-ultimatum-to-remove-president-maduro/

Panama Closes Its Borders to Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
Panama's Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday it is closing its border with Colombia starting today as hundred of Colombians are trying to migrate escaping the social unrest and police brutality in their country, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Colombian National Strike Makes Duque To Engage In Dialogue | "The National Government has determined to temporarily suspend the entry into the national territory by land, sea, and river routes of all persons coming from the bo…
telesurenglish.net/news/Panama-Closes-Its-Borders-to-Colombia-20210520-0019.html

United States Gives Former Deputy Guaidó Ultimatum to 'Remove' President Maduro
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-20
According to the ultra-conservative website PanamPost, Juan Guaidó is working on notice. The news outlet disclosed this Tuesday, May 18, that the US gave the "interim president" an ultimatum until December 1 of this year to "remove" President Maduro. If he is not able to do so within that deadline, his recognition by the US government and his access to the seized Venezuelan assets will be terminated. | This revelation has come out of a meeting between the US Ambassador to Venezuela who resides in Colombia, James Story, and the representatives of the so-called opposition G-4 in the Colombian capital, Bogotá. | The…
orinocotribune.com/united-states-gives-former-deputy-guaido-ultimatum-to-remove-president-maduro/

And Now the Health Reform Bill has been Struck Down in Colombia: 'Mobilization Does Work'!
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-20
On Wednesday, May 19, following 22 days of marches against the government of Iván Duque, the Colombian Congress shelved the recently proposed health reform bill. | With 27 votes in favor and 5 against, the seventh committees of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Congress of Colombia rejected reviewing the health reform bill proposed by the government of the country's president, Iván Duque. | "Attention, with 11 votes in favor and 2 against in the Senate, and with 16 votes in favor and 3 votes against in the House, Congress has just overthrown the health care reform," announced the Central Unitaria de…
orinocotribune.com/and-now-the-health-reform-bill-has-been-struck-down-in-colombia-mobilization-does-work/

Police Brutality Leaves 43 Citizens Killed in Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
The Institute for Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ) reported that 43 Colombians have died as a result of the actions that the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) and the Armed Forces have deployed to stop protests against President Ivan Duque. | RELATED: | Colombian Police Crack Down On Protests With Long-Range Weapons | Four of these murders were clearly recorded on video. This is the case of Nicolas Garcia, Marcelo Agredo, Santiago Murillo, and Brayan Niño, whose deaths inv…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Police-Brutality-Death-Toll-Climbs-To-51-Amid-Protests-20210520-0006.html

Port Resistance: The Autonomous Zone at the Heart of Colombian Protests
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-20
By Joshua Collins — May 17, 2021 | Meet the kids of Cali, who make up the soul of a national revolution |

| Cali, Colombia- A few hundred young women enter Puerto Resistencia, (Port Resistance) the heart of protests here in Cali, with their fists raised to the air in a gesture of defiance against the state that has been killing them in the streets for weeks. They are cheered by the dozens of primera línea, or "front line" protesters who defend the square — youths clad in improvised riot gear with homemade shields that have repelled countless police attacks on this autonomous zone they have ca…
orinocotribune.com/port-resistance-the-autonomous-zone-at-the-heart-of-colombian-protests/

Massive 'National Strike' in Colombia meets violent repression
W. T. Whitney Jr. | peoplesworld.org | 2021-05-20
Colombia is afire with a National Strike mounted by working people, young people, and the excluded. They are protesting neoliberal reforms that diminish lives and hopes. Tax reform proposals from President Iván Duque's right-wing government triggered large demonstrations that began on April 28 and are continuing. Although the government quickly withdrew the tax proposals and …
peoplesworld.org/article/massive-national-strike-in-colombia-meets-violent-repression/

Is Colombia's Military Displacing Peasants to Protect the Environment or Sell Off Natural Resources?
Justin Podur | zcomm.org | 2021-05-20
Corporations, not wildlife, stand to benefit from the emptied lands…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/is-colombias-military-displacing-peasants-to-protect-the-environment-or-sell-off-natural-resources/

Colombia's anti-government protests swell to historic proportions
Adriaan Alsema | zcomm.org | 2021-05-20
Colombia's anti-government protests grew to historic proportions in the capital Bogota…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/colombias-anti-government-protests-swell-to-historic-proportions/

The U.S. Must Stop Providing Weapons Used to Repress Colombia's Protests
commondreams.org | 2021-05-20
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commondreams.org/newswire/2021/05/20/us-must-stop-providing-weapons-used-repress-colombias-protests?cd-origin=rss

The roots of Colombia's crisis 2021
Andy Higginbottom | mronline.org | 2021-05-20
There has been a social explosion of the Colombian people against poverty and repression. President Duque's 'tax reform' package was the last straw that broke their patience. | May 20, 2021 | Newswire…
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Is Colombia's Military Displacing Peasants to Protect the Environment or Sell Off Natural Resources?
Justin Podur | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-20
Colombia witnessed a series of mass protests at the end of April following a call for a national strike in the city of Cali. Still ongoing, the protests have many causes: an apparent "tax reform" that was going to transfer even more wealth to the 1 percent in Colombia; the failure of the most recent…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/20/is-colombias-military-displacing-peasants-to-protect-the-environment-or-sell-off-natural-resources/

The roots of Colombia's crisis 2021
Andy Higginbottom | mronline.org | 2021-05-20
There has been a social explosion of the Colombian people against poverty and repression. President Duque's 'tax reform' package was the last straw that broke their patience. | May 20, 2021 | Newswire…
mronline.org/2021/05/20/the-roots-of-colombias-crisis-2021/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-roots-of-colombias-crisis-2021

FARC Leader Jesús Santrich Reportedly Killed Inside Venezuela
José Luis Granados Ceja | venezuelanalysis.com | 2021-05-20
The death of the left-wing rebel commander and former peace negotiator was confirmed in a statement by the FARC Segunda Marquetalia.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/15210

FARC Leader Jesús Santrich Reportedly Killed Inside Venezuela
José Luis Granados Ceja | venezuelanalysis.com | 2021-05-20
The death of the left-wing rebel commander and former peace negotiator was confirmed in a statement by the FARC Segunda Marquetalia.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/15210

Venezuela: Government Reviews Indigenous Development Projects
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
This meeting was headed by the Minister for Indigenous Peoples, Yamilet Mirabal and the Director of Cooperation with United Nations Agencies of the Office of the Deputy Minister for Multilateral Issues of the Ministry of People's Power for Foreign Affairs, Sergio Barasarte. | RELATED: | Venezuelan Indigenous Peoples Elect Their Three Lawmakers | The meeting on indigenous affairs was similarly attended by the Deputy Minister of Social and Institutional Planning of the Ministry of Peo…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Government-Reviews-Indigenous-Development-Projects-20210520-0024.html

Maduro's Administration Awards Housing to Family of Child Survivor of Accident Repatriated from Argentina
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-20
The Venezuelan government awarded a new home to the family of the baby boy Oliver Toro, who survived a fatal traffic accident in Argentina, in which his parents died. | Venezuelan Deputy Minister for Latin America, Rander Peña, informed that President Nicolás Maduro granted Oliver Toro's family a home so that the baby "grows up in a home full of love and happiness." | "After the tragedy suffered by the boy Oliver Toro in #Argentina where his parents and grandmother died, President Maduro reunited him with his family in Venezuela and gave a decent house where he can grow up in a home full of love and happiness. Go…
orinocotribune.com/maduros-administration-awards-housing-to-family-of-child-survivor-of-accident-repatriated-from-argentina/

Mexico Warns OAS, USAID From Interference in Midterm Elections
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador insisted on Thursday that his country will prevent interference from the Organization of American States (OAS) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in the upcoming midterm elections. | RELATED: | Mexico Is Willing To Accept Respectful Electoral Observation | In his morning press briefing at the National Palace, Lopez Obrador repeated that the OAS knows that Mexico is not a colony or a protectorate, Mexico is a fr…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Warns-OAS-USAID-From-Interference-in-Midterm-Elections-20210520-0022.html

Inflation in Venezuela at 24.6% in April, 10% Below April 2020 (Venezuelan Central Bank)
Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-20
Caracas, May 20 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)–This Wednesday, May 19, the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) released the consumer price index (CPI) for April 2021, a statistic through which inflation levels in the country can be measured. | According to Venezuela's monetary authority, the index suffered a variation of 24.6%, which brings the total to 183.8% for the first four months of 2021, with 46.6% in January, 33.8% in February, 16.1% in March and 24.6% in April. | A comparison between April 2020 and April 2021 shows a small decrease in the inflation figures. In April 2020 an inflation rate of 27.5% wa…
orinocotribune.com/inflation-in-venezuela-at-24-6-in-april-10-below-april-2020-venezuelan-central-bank/

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2021-05-20: News Headlines

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2021-05-20). Massive 'National Strike' in Colombia meets violent repression. peoplesworld.org Colombia is afire with a National Strike mounted by working people, young people, and the excluded. They are protesting neoliberal reforms that diminish lives and hopes. Tax reform proposals from President Iván Duque's right-wing government triggered large demonstrations that began on April 28 and are continuing. Although the government quickly withdrew the tax proposals and …

Andy Higginbottom (2021-05-20). The roots of Colombia's crisis 2021. mronline.org There has been a social explosion of the Colombian people against poverty and repression. President Duque's 'tax reform' package was the last straw that broke their patience. | May 20, 2021 | Newswire…

teleSUR (2021-05-20). Colombian National Strike Makes Duque To Engage In Dialogue. telesurenglish.net After 23 consecutive days of protests against Colombia's President Ivan Duque, the National Strike Committee (NSC) on Thursday announced that it will hold new talks with the government in Bogota. | RELATED: | The Federation of Educators (FECODE), the Colombian Workers' Union (CUT), and the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) are some of the movements that will attend the meeting on behalf of the demonstrators.

Justin Podur (2021-05-20). Is Colombia's Military Displacing Peasants to Protect the Environment or Sell Off Natural Resources? counterpunch.org Colombia witnessed a series of mass protests at the end of April following a call for a national strike in the city of Cali. Still ongoing, the protests have many causes: an apparent "tax reform" that was going to transfer even more wealth to the 1 percent in Colombia; the failure of the most recent

Staff (2021-05-20). United States Gives Former Deputy Guaidó Ultimatum to 'Remove' President Maduro. orinocotribune.com According to the ultra-conservative website PanamPost, Juan Guaidó is working on notice. The news outlet disclosed this Tuesday, May 18, that the US gave the "interim president" an ultimatum until December 1 of this year to "remove" President Maduro. If he is not able to do so within that deadline, his recognition by the US government and his access to the seized Venezuelan assets will be terminated. | This revelation has come out of a meeting between the US Ambassador to Venezuela who resides in Colombia, James Story, and the representatives of the so-called opposition G-4 in the Colombian capital, Bogotá. | The…

Editor2 (2021-05-20). Port Resistance: The Autonomous Zone at the Heart of Colombian Protests. orinocotribune.com By Joshua Collins — May 17, 2021 | Meet the kids of Cali, who make up the soul of a national revolution |

| Cali, Colombia- A few hundred young women enter Puerto Resistencia, (Port Resistance) the heart of protests here in Cali, with their fists raised to the air in a gesture of defiance against the state that has been killing them in the streets for weeks. They are cheered by the dozens of primera línea, or "front line" protesters who defend the square — youths clad in improvised riot gear with homemade shields that have repelled countless police attacks on this autonomous zone they have ca…

teleSUR (2021-05-20). Police Brutality Leaves 43 Citizens Killed in Colombia. telesurenglish.net The Institute for Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ) reported that 43 Colombians have died as a result of the actions that the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) and the Armed Forces have deployed to stop protests against President Ivan Duque. | RELATED: | Four of these murders were clearly recorded on video. This is the case of Nicolas Garcia, Marcelo Agredo, Santiago Murillo, and Brayan Niño, whose deaths inv…

Staff (2021-05-20). And Now the Health Reform Bill has been Struck Down in Colombia: 'Mobilization Does Work'! orinocotribune.com On Wednesday, May 19, following 22 days of marches against the government of Iván Duque, the Colombian Congress shelved the recently proposed health reform bill. | With 27 votes in favor and 5 against, the seventh committees of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Congress of Colombia rejected reviewing the health reform bill proposed by the government of the country's president, Iván Duque. | "Attention, with 11 votes in favor and 2 against in the Senate, and with 16 votes in favor and 3 votes against in the House, Congress has just overthrown the health care reform," announced the Central Unitaria de…

teleSUR (2021-05-20). Colombian Police Crack Down On Protests With Long-Range Weapons. telesurenglish.net Colombians on Wednesday denounced that the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) cracked down on peaceful protests with long and short-range weapons. | RELATED: | Videos posted on social networks show agents shooting at farmers in Bucaramanga. According to witnesses, at least 25 protesters were wounded. | In Caucasia, dozens of children, pregnant women, and elderly people had to take refuge from police brutality in La No…

commondreams (2021-05-20). The U.S. Must Stop Providing Weapons Used to Repress Colombia's Protests. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Adriaan Alsema (2021-05-20). Colombia's anti-government protests swell to historic proportions. zcomm.org Colombia's anti-government protests grew to historic proportions in the capital Bogota…

Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza (2021-05-20). Inflation in Venezuela at 24.6% in April, 10% Below April 2020 (Venezuelan Central Bank). orinocotribune.com Caracas, May 20 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)—This Wednesday, May 19, the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) released the consumer price index (CPI) for April 2021, a statistic through which inflation levels in the country can be measured. | According to Venezuela's monetary authority, the index suffered a variation of 24.6%, which brings the total to 183.8% for the first four months of 2021, with 46.6% in January, 33.8% in February, 16.1% in March and 24.6% in April. | A comparison between April 2020 and April 2021 shows a small decrease in the inflation figures. In April 2020 an inflation rate of 27.5% wa…

Staff (2021-05-20). Maduro's Administration Awards Housing to Family of Child Survivor of Accident Repatriated from Argentina. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan government awarded a new home to the family of the baby boy Oliver Toro, who survived a fatal traffic accident in Argentina, in which his parents died. | Venezuelan Deputy Minister for Latin America, Rander Peña, informed that President Nicolás Maduro granted Oliver Toro's family a home so that the baby "grows up in a home full of love and happiness." | "After the tragedy suffered by the boy Oliver Toro in #Argentina where his parents and grandmother died, President Maduro reunited him with his family in Venezuela and gave a decent house where he can grow up in a home full of love and happiness. Go…

David Swanson (2021-05-19). Chile and Colombia to Move Money Out of Militaries. counterpunch.org While the proposal for a global ceasefire during a disease pandemic has done the opposite of catching on, there are a few small signs of sanity and even of successful activism. While most big military spenders (including the super-mega-biggest one) have increased or kept their spending steady, the SIPRI numbers show a serious reduction from 2019 to

Staff (2021-05-19). A Letter to Puerto Resistencia, Cali, Colombia. orinocotribune.com By William Ospina — May 16, 2021 | We have always been together, but it is only now that we are really together. We have always known each other, but it is only now that we are just starting to know each other. Who are these unyielding and emphatic girls and boys who are now speaking to us for the first time? They are what we once were, they dream what we once dreamt; they are doing at last what we had always wanted to do. They have been here for centuries and yet, they have just been born, and through their lips speak these seas and through their hands run these rivers, and they are of all races: they were…

Yanis Iqbal (2021-05-19). Colombia's Rebellion against the Capitalist System. dissidentvoice.org Colombia has been burning with the flames of resistance ever since a national strike began on April 28, 2021. The initial impetus for the large-scale demonstrations came from a regressive tax reform. The tax bill came into being due to the necessity of the Colombian state to push down the rising fiscal deficit, which could …

Staff (2021-05-19). Selective Assassinations: The US Agenda for Colombia. orinocotribune.com By Anahí Arizmendi — May 18, 2021 | The assassination of social leaders in Colombia is an expression of the crisis of the Colombian political system and the influence of US government interests on its political agenda, interests that erase the possibility of ever reaching a stable peace in the country. Deaths that were previously concentrated in marginalized, impoverished regions, and occurred either at strategic production and distribution points for drug trafficking networks, or in hydrocarbon extraction areas, have now spread throughout the national territory as a result of the protests against the neolib…

teleSUR (2021-05-19). Colombian Minister of Defense Summoned for Censure Motion. telesurenglish.net The Colombian House of Representatives summoned the Minister of Defense, Diego Molano, to a censure motion debate on May 25 for the excessive use of force by the military and the police, in the context of the protests that the country has been experiencing since April 28. | RELATED: | The information came out through a communiqué from the board of the Colombian lower house, which informed that Molano will have to an…

Staff (2021-05-19). Death of FARC-EP's Jesús Santrich: Breaking News, False Positive, Uribismo Media Smokescreen or Colombian Violation of Venezuelan Territory? orinocotribune.com The alleged death "in combat" in Venezuelan territory of the Colombian guerrilla commander Jesús Santrich could end up being "breaking news" for Semana news magazine, but it is more likely that it will end up ranking in the top ten of fake news—which is saying a lot because the story concerns Colombia, a country where fabricating fake news, mounting false flag operations, and producing smokescreens is already part of the daily modus operandi of the ruling elite, inextricably associated with its media apparatus. | The alleged news is trending on social media networks and remains as such although, after twelv…

Forrest Hylton (2021-05-19). Colombians Want a New Government — And an End to Neoliberalism. zcomm.org For weeks, Colombians have remained in the streets challenging their nation's violent social and economic model…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-05-19). Jesús Santrich: The Laughter of a Bolivarian Cannot Be Easily Extinguished. libya360.wordpress.com Néstor Kohan JESàöS SANTRICH, a Colombian and Our-American revolutionary militant, has been annihilated. Honor to those who deserve honor. The shots and grenades that took his breath away were from the Colombian army, as was the knife or razor with which they mutilated his lifeless hand. The orders came from Iván Duque, the little pigeon…

Guest Contributor (2021-05-19). OPINION: Colombia Is in Crisis, and Vaccine Nationalism Is Making It Worse. latinorebels.com Under the pandemic, the number of people living in extreme poverty had already grown by 2.8 million.

The Associated Press (2021-05-19). Colombia Rebel Group Claims Leader 'Jesús Santrich' Slain. latinorebels.com BOGOTàÅ, Colombia (AP) — A rebel leader who abandoned the 2016 peace accord with Colombia's government and had been at large for three years was killed by Colombian troops in Venezuela, his new armed group said Tuesday.

Staff (2021-05-19). Venezuela Delivers 4th Report on Human Rights Cases in Venezuela to International Criminal Court. orinocotribune.com The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, reported this Tuesday, May 18, that his office delivered a new report, the fourth, to the International Criminal Court (ICC), which adds to the information provided to the ICC prosecutor regarding controversial human rights cases in Venezuela. | "Once again we point out that we work blindfolded in terms of providing official information to the ICC," wrote Saab on his Twitter account, "but with a will to collaborate, based on the commitments assumed by the Venezuelan State in our visit to The Hague on #4Nov 2020. This fourth report presents a new list, an upda…

Andreína Chávez Alava (2021-05-19). Venezuela: Lácteos Los Andes President Jailed on Corruption Charges. venezuelanalysis.com A worker from the dairy company denounced irregular practices during a live video conference with President Maduro, which prompted the investigation.

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