Jim McIlroy (2023-06-29). Venezuela shows Australia the way on housing. greenleft.org.au Four million low-cost homes were delivered to Venezuelan citizens in April last year, as part of a national social housing program, despite attempts by the United States to cripple the country's economy, reports Jim McIlroy.

Ana Perdigón (2023-06-28). UNT Party Considers Registering Manuel Rosales in Venezuelan Opposition Primaries. orinocotribune.com After registering a wild card candidate for the primary elections, Venezuelan political party Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT) stated that the primaries do not yet have the conditions to register the current governor of Zulia State, Manuel Rosales, as its candidate. | The vice-president of UNT, Luis Emilio Rondón, stated that Manuel Rosales' candidacy would be subject to the fulfillment of the primary elections' conditions. For this reason, they registered a wild card candidate while they decide whether to make the Zulia state governor the official candidate. | On Saturday, UNT registered a candidate at the last minute to k…

Ricardo Vaz (2023-06-28). Venezuela: Campesino Organization Welcomes Gov't Pledges to Support Production. venezuelanalysis.com President Maduro promised a new credit line and larger crop purchases from the state.

Staff (2023-06-28). Reports: US Lifts Flight Ban on Venezuela (+LATAM). orinocotribune.com The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cancelled its flight ban on Venezuela, according to the Air Navigation Services Directorate of the National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC), quoted by the outlet La Tabla. To date, neither the FAA or the INAC have issued official statements on the subject. | In May 2019, the US government imposed a unilateral restriction on commercial flights to and from Venezuela connecting with the United States. The ban was issued as part of the US's failed attempt to oust the socialist government of President Nicolás Maduro. Ironically, those affected the most by the decision…

Staff (2023-06-28). Venezuela Repudiates International Criminal Court as Tool of US Imperialism. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The ICC Pre-Trial Chamber noted that while it sees that the Venezuelan government has taken "some investigative steps," it considers that Vene…

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-06-28). México lidera medallero en los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe. telesurtv.net Colombia, Cuba y Venezuela se mantienen en la lucha en los XXIV Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe San Salvador 2023.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-06-29). Francia Márquez tomará posesión del Ministerio de Igualdad. telesurtv.net Esta cartera abordará problemáticas como el racismo, la discriminación, las desigualdades causadas por el cambio climático, las brechas entre el campo y la ciudad y las violencias basadas en género.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-06-29). Asesinan a otro líder social en Huila, Colombia. telesurtv.net El pasado 14 de marzo, el activista Nelson Medina Muñoz participó en un plantón cultural y de lucha contra las represas.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-06-29). Gobierno de Colombia entrega hectáreas para el pueblo Kogui y firmantes de paz en La Guajira. telesurtv.net El pueblo Kogui se benefició con 490 hectáreas y los firmantes de paz con 188.

Ana Perdigón (2023-06-29). Dan Cohen Confronts Iván Duque for Drug Trafficking Links. orinocotribune.com US journalist and activist, Dan Cohen, confronted far-right former president of Colombia, Iván Duque, over the course of a brief walk through the streets of Washington DC, in the United States, questioning the former president about his alleged links to drug traffickers and their financial support to his presidential campaign. | What Duque initially thought would be just a selfie, when Cohen greeted him this Monday, June 26, ended with an interrogation for his alleged ties to drug trafficker José Hernández, alias "àëeñe Hernández." | "He [àëeñe Hernández] paid for your campaign," the journalist told Duq…

Dan Collyns (2023-06-28). Peru coca leaf cultivation hits record high. america.cgtn.com Peru and Colombia are the world's largest producers of both the coca leaf and cocaine. The latest estimates show that current coca crops could have produced some 870 tons of the drug in 2022. The surge in growth is notably in protected lands and indigenous reserves in the Amazon.

Adriaan Alsema (2023-06-28). Future of Colombia's peace policy uncertain. colombiareports.com Colombia's constitutional court may strike down the flagship "Total Peace" policy of President Gustavo Petro. The court revealed it was studying a lawsuit that claimed Congress committed errors in the…

Hedelberto López Blanch (2023-06-28). El imperio tras el petróleo venezolano. globalizacion.ca

Staff (2023-06-28). Reports: US Lifts Flight Ban on Venezuela (+LATAM). orinocotribune.com The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cancelled its flight ban on Venezuela, according to the Air Navigation Services Directorate of the National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC), quoted by the outlet La Tabla. To date, neither the FAA or the INAC have issued official statements on the subject. | In May 2019, the US government imposed a unilateral restriction on commercial flights to and from Venezuela connecting with the United States. The ban was issued as part of the US's failed attempt to oust the socialist government of President Nicolás Maduro. Ironically, those affected the most by the decision…

Staff (2023-06-28). Venezuela Repudiates International Criminal Court as Tool of US Imperialism. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The ICC Pre-Trial Chamber noted that while it sees that the Venezuelan government has taken "some investigative steps," it considers that Vene…

teleSUR (2023-06-28). Venezuela Rejects Decision Adopted by ICC Chamber. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Venezuelan government expressed its disagreement with the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to authorize the resumption of an investigation against it. | RELATED: | "Venezuela expresses its disagreement with the decision adopted by the Chamber of Preliminary Matters of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to authorize the resumption of the investigation by the ICC Prosecutor's Office in the case known as 'V…

teleSUR, JGN (2023-06-28). Venezuela manifiesta su desacuerdo con decisión adoptada por Sala de la CPI. telesurtv.net El Gobierno venezolano anunció que recurrirá de esta decisión ante la Sala de Apelaciones, al tiempo que continuará haciendo uso de las acciones previstas en el Estatuto de Roma y el Derecho Internacional.

teleSUR, MER (2023-06-28). Entregan el Premio Nacional de Periodismo 2023 en Venezuela. telesurtv.net El mandatario hizo entrega del reconocimiento en diversas categorías como Televisión, Impreso, Radio, Imagen Gráfica, Opinión, Cultural, entre otras.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-06-28). México lidera medallero en los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe. telesurtv.net Colombia, Cuba y Venezuela se mantienen en la lucha en los XXIV Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe San Salvador 2023.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-06-27). Venezuela: Yukpa People Call for Justice for Detainees Amidst Protests. orinocotribune.com Indigenous communities from western Venezuela were injured during a crackdown while trying to reach Caracas to sell handicrafts. | Caracas, June 24, 2023 ( On June 15, Zenaida Romero, her husband Alfonzo Ramos Romero, and Francisco Romero were arrested after the National Bolivarian Police (PNB) attacked a group of Yukpas on the General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge ac…

Staff (2023-06-27). President Maduro Calls on CELAC to Build a Latin American Bloc With 'Its Own Identity'. orinocotribune.com This Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro called for the construction of a political, economic and social power bloc to unite the region and achieve a long-awaited Latin American identity. | "The construction of a Latin American and Caribbean identity positioned in the spirit of the continent's peoples will be a great opportunity to build a large block of political, social, cultural, economic and integral power in the region that will put us in the rhythm and at the level we need to be able to move forward in this 21st century and the centuries to come," said President Maduro on Monday, June 26, during his…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2023-06-27). Venezuela Rejects 'Instrumentalization of Justice' as the ICC Authorizes Resumption of Human Rights Probe. venezuelanalysis.com The Venezuelan government said it would appeal the decision, maintaining that the probe should be closed on the basis of complementarity.

_____ (2023-06-27). All Aboard the Gravy Train: An Independent Audit of U.S. Funding for Ukraine. strategic-culture.org In the absence of official scrutiny of Washington's spending spree on Ukraine, The Grayzone conducted an independent audit of US funding for the country. We discovered a series of wasteful, highly unusual expenditures the Biden administration has yet to explain | By Heather KAISER, Anya PARAMPIL, Max BLUMENTHAL | During a recent discussion with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Samantha Power, touted her organization's push to guarantee transparency for US taxpayer funds sent to Ukraine. | "We are involved in funding efforts…

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-06-28). Reportan nueva masacre en Cúcuta, noreste de Colombia. telesurtv.net El triple homicidio se produjo con arma de fuego y arma blanca, al parecer, por una banda de delincuencia debido al cobro de un mal negocio de microtráfico .

teleSUR, DRL (2023-06-28). Ocho oficiales en retiro reconocen 49 falsos positivos en Colombia. telesurtv.net Se trata de víctimas relacionadas con el patrón de "homicidio de campesinos de la región por prejuicio insurgente y de guerrilleros que habían depuesto sus armas".

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-06-28). Disminuye nivel de alerta de volcán Nevado del Ruiz en Colombia. telesurtv.net El nivel de actividad amarillo indica un comportamiento de menor inestabilidad.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-06-28). Reportan nueva masacre en Cúcuta, noreste de Colombia. telesurtv.net El triple homicidio se produjo con arma de fuego y arma blanca, al parecer, por una banda de delincuencia debido al cobro de un mal negocio de microtráfico .

teleSUR, DRL (2023-06-28). Ocho oficiales en retiro reconocen 49 falsos positivos en Colombia. telesurtv.net Se trata de víctimas relacionadas con el patrón de "homicidio de campesinos de la región por prejuicio insurgente y de guerrilleros que habían depuesto sus armas".

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-06-28). Disminuye nivel de alerta de volcán Nevado del Ruiz en Colombia. telesurtv.net El nivel de actividad amarillo indica un comportamiento de menor inestabilidad.