ecsorinoco (2023-08-07). The US Plot to Finalize the Theft of Venezuela's Oil. orinocotribune.com The U.S. has used its influence to steal another country's oil revenues. Venezuela is in the crosshairs because it dares to be socialist in the hemisphere the US claims as it's "backyard." | It was always about the oil. United States assertions that the government of elected president Nicolas Maduro was illegitimate were always a ruse needed to get US corporate hands on Venezuela's oil company, CITGO. | All the years of demonization, choosing an "interim president" who addressed Congress and met with US allies around the world, and collusion with corporate media to spread war propaganda, were all part of a bipart…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-08-07). Democrats Don't Care About Trump's Real Crimes: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | Ask an anti-imperialist what's the worst thing Trump did and they'll talk about real things like Yemen, Venezuela, Soleimani, Assange, the JCPOA, and the new cold war. Ask a Democrat what's the worst thing Trump did and they'll talk about pretend nonsense like Russian collusion and insurrection. | The US government is doing literally hundreds of things right now as you read this that are more harmful and concerning than a pretend "insurrection" that never at any time had a higher than zero percent chance of succeeding, but that's the issue liberals…

Ana Perdigón (2023-08-06). Lula Signs Decree Authorizing Brazil's Purchase of Electricity From Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has signed a decree reopening the country's ability to purchase electricity from Venezuela, a collaborative opportunity that had been suspended during the government of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. | The Brazilian minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, emphasized the decree's significance, stating that it will facilitate the "execution of contracts aimed at importing clean and renewable energy from Venezuela to Brazil from the Guri hydroelectric plant, which will once again play an important role in guaranteeing cheap and sustainable ene…

Staff (2023-08-06). Venezuela's VP Delcy Rodríguez Meets With India's Vice President and Foreign Minister in New Delhi. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, held a meeting with the vice president of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, in New Delhi, where they discussed the economic cooperation between the two countries. | The meeting took place on Thursday, August 3, after Rodríguez's participation in the 9th India, Latin America, and Caribbean Conclave in New Delhi, the capital of India. | The Venezuelan vice president posted on social media X (formerly Twitter) that new growth opportunities for both countries were discussed at the meeting. | H.E. Ms. Delcy Rodríguez, Executive Vice-President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venez…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-06). What is the OAS Doing in Guatemala, 70 Years After the Fatal and Irredeemable Coup d'Etat it Endorsed? libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the OAS, visited Guatemala and evaluated both presidential candidates. In March 1954, the U.S. government promoted and organized the X Summit of the Organization of American States (OAS), in Caracas, Venezuela, with the objective of punishment of the Guatemalan National Revolution (1944-1954). Two months after that Summit, where…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-08-07). Solidarity group with Cuba in Costa Rica to attend event in Honduras. plenglish.com San José, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) A group of four delegates will represent Costa Rica at the Central American Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba in Honduras, sheduled from August 11 to 13, the Yamileth López Bolivarian Circle (CBYLO) confirmed on Monday.

Adriaan Alsema (2023-08-07). Colombia's Supreme Court to elect new chief prosecutor. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Gustavo Petro sent the Supreme Court a shortlist of candidates to replace chief prosecutor Francisco Barbosa at the end of his term ends in February. All candidates are…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-07). Comisionado de la Paz propone corredor humanitario en Nariño. telesurtv.net Danilo Rueda propuso a los dos grupos insurgentes que hagan una tregua de 36 horas para permitir la creación de un corredor humanitario para proteger a la población.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-07). Asesinan en Cali a Luz Mery Tristán, leyenda del patinaje colombiano. telesurtv.net Revelan que la expatinadora Luz Mery Tristán se iba a casar con su presunto asesino en octubre, de acuerdo con versiones de prensa.

teleSUR, SH (2023-08-07). Nueva masacre deja al menos tres muertos en Cúcuta, Colombia. telesurtv.net Según Indepaz, la masacre ocurrió en el barrio Toledo Plata de la ciudad de Cúcuta cuando una persona disparó contra dos hombres y una mujer.

Staff (2023-08-07). øEn qué van las promesas de Cambio del presidente Petro?>. telesurtv.net Petro logró la victoria en las urnas bajo una fuerte campaña de oposición y de desprestigio basada en la construcción de una matriz de desinformación y falsas noticias.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-06). What is the OAS Doing in Guatemala, 70 Years After the Fatal and Irredeemable Coup d'Etat it Endorsed? libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the OAS, visited Guatemala and evaluated both presidential candidates. In March 1954, the U.S. government promoted and organized the X Summit of the Organization of American States (OAS), in Caracas, Venezuela, with the objective of punishment of the Guatemalan National Revolution (1944-1954). Two months after that Summit, where…

Ana Perdigón (2023-08-06). Lula Signs Decree Authorizing Brazil's Purchase of Electricity From Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has signed a decree reopening the country's ability to purchase electricity from Venezuela, a collaborative opportunity that had been suspended during the government of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. | The Brazilian minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, emphasized the decree's significance, stating that it will facilitate the "execution of contracts aimed at importing clean and renewable energy from Venezuela to Brazil from the Guri hydroelectric plant, which will once again play an important role in guaranteeing cheap and sustainable ene…

Staff (2023-08-06). Venezuela's VP Delcy Rodríguez Meets With India's Vice President and Foreign Minister in New Delhi. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, held a meeting with the vice president of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, in New Delhi, where they discussed the economic cooperation between the two countries. | The meeting took place on Thursday, August 3, after Rodríguez's participation in the 9th India — Latin America and the Caribbean Conclave in New Delhi, the capital of India. | The Venezuelan vice president posted on the social media X (formerly Twitter) that new growth opportunities for both countries were discussed at the meeting. | H.E. Ms. Delcy Rodríguez, Executive Vice-President of the Bolivarian Repu…

Margaret Kimberley (2023-08-05). The U.S. plot to finalize the theft of Venezuela's oil. mronline.org The U.S. has used its influence to steal another country's oil revenues. Venezuela is in the crosshairs because it dares to be socialist in the hemisphere the U.S. claims as it's "backyard."

Narkys Blanco (2023-08-05). Human Rights Organizations Urge Biden to Release Alex Saab. orinocotribune.com Over 180 social and human rights organizations from around the world have sent an open letter to US President Joe Biden calling for the release of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, currently detained illegally in a US prison. The signatories include two Nobel Peace Prize winners, the Tunisian League for Human Rights, the Observatory of Human Rights of the Peoples, the National Lawyers Guild of the United States, Brazil's Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) of Brazil, and Argentina's Frente Patria Grande. | The letter, dated August 2, 2023, proposes a prisoner exchange involving Saab for US citizens currently deta…

scorinoco (2023-08-05). Venezuela Secures Second Highest Exports Rank Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. orinocotribune.com Venezuela ranks second in exports in Latin America and the Caribbean, with 63% growth in exports last year, according to "We are on the right track! ECLAC data places Venezuela in second place with 63% growth in exports of goods in La…

Luigino Bracci (2023-08-05). Venezuela and Congo Sign 17 Cooperation Agreements in Strategic Areas. orinocotribune.com

Natalia Marques (2023-08-05). World's richest city says "no more room" left for desperate migrants. peoplesdispatch.org For the first few days of August, migrants seeking asylum from around the world converged outside a hotel in Midtown Manhattan, waiting for shelter openings. Around 200 migrants coming from countries such as Mauritania, Ecuador, Chad, Venezuela, Burundi, Peru, and Colombia resorted to sleeping outside on the city streets as they were denied entry into the overcrowded hotel. The city cleared the migrants and moved them using MTA buses to different city shelters on August 3. | New York City has a unique "right to shelter" law, which means that the city is legally required to provide shelter to those who ask. For ov…

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-05). Venezuela Fact Finding Mission: Preliminary Statement And Findings. popularresistance.org

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2023-08-05). The US Plot To Finalize The Theft Of Venezuela's Oil. popularresistance.org It was always about the oil. United States assertions that the government of elected president Nicolas Maduro was illegitimate were always a ruse needed to get U.S. corporate hands on Venezuela's oil company, CITGO. | All the years of demonization, choosing an "interim president" who addressed congress and met with U.S. allies around the world, and collusion with the corporate media to spread war propaganda, were all part of a bipartisan heist that would make a gangster blush. | Actually, the plot is the work of gangsters. Barack Obama began the process with the first tranche of sanctions against Venezuela.

teleSUR, MER (2023-08-05). Presidente venezolano recuerda aniversario del intento de magnicidio. telesurtv.net El mandatario resaltó que gracias a las investigaciones se logró la captura de los autores materiales y parte de los intelectuales.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-08-05). Venezuela e India revisan agenda de cooperación bilateral. telesurtv.net El encuentro fue oportuno para avanzar en temas de interés bilateral que impulsen el desarrollo de ambos países.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-06). Comisionado de la Paz propone corredor humanitario en Nariño. telesurtv.net Danilo Rueda propuso a los dos grupos insurgentes que hagan una tregua de 36 horas para permitir la creación de un corredor humanitario para proteger a la población.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-06). Asesinan en Cali a Luz Mery Tristán, leyenda del patinaje colombiano. telesurtv.net Revelan que la expatinadora Luz Mery Tristán se iba a casar con su presunto asesino en octubre, de acuerdo con versiones de prensa.

teleSUR, SH (2023-08-06). Colombia suma 100 lideres sociales asesinados en el 2023. telesurtv.net La senadora por el Movimiento MAIS, Aida Quilcué, exigió al presidente Gustavo Petro, medidas urgentes para proteger la vida de los líderes sociales.

People's Dispatch. (2023-08-05). Colombia Achieves Milestone In Peace Process; Right-Wing Escalates. popularresistance.org The Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN), the country's largest left-wing guerrilla group, on Thursday, August 3, began a 180-day bilateral ceasefire. The truce will remain in force until January 29, 2024. The historic step was agreed upon on June 9 during the third round of peace negotiations between the two sides in Havana, Cuba. | The development marked the most concrete progress to date for leftist president Gustavo Petro and his government's plan to bring "total peace" to the country and end over 60 years of internal armed conflict, during which more than 450,000 people were killed.

Michelle Begue (2023-08-05). Illegal contributions alleged in Gustavo Petro's presidential campaign. america.cgtn.com Nicolas Petro, the 37-year-old son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, made a startling confession in a live hearing this week. The prosecutor, Mario Burgos, quoted Nicolas Petro admitting that he received illicit campaign financing. See more.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-05). Colombia achieves milestone in peace process as right-wing intensifies destabilization campaign. peoplesdispatch.org The Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN), the country's largest left-wing guerrilla group, on Thursday, August 3, began a 180-day bilateral ceasefire. The truce will remain in force until January 29, 2024. The historic step was agreed upon on June 9 during the third round of peace negotiations between the two sides in Havana, Cuba. | The development marked the most concrete progress to date for leftist president Gustavo Petro and his government's plan to bring "total peace" to the country and end over 60 years of internal armed conflict, during which more than 450,000 people were killed.

teleSUR, SH (2023-08-05). Presidente Petro participará en la Cumbre Amazónica en Brasil. telesurtv.net Gustavo Petro viajará a Brasil acompañado por el Canciller, la Ministra de Ambiente y el Director del Departamento Administrativo de la Presidencia.

teleSUR, SH (2023-08-05). Juzgado colombiano deja en libertad al hijo de Gustavo Petro. telesurtv.net La investigación de la Fiscalía contra Nicolás Petro Burgos y su expareja Daysuris Vásquez continuará a pesar de ser les otorgada la libertad.