(2023-06-23). Iran Joins Forces With Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua To Blow Back US Sanctions. orinocotribune.com 
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell — Jun 19, 2023 | The president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, concluded this Friday in Havana, a trip to Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, that aimed to denounce the U.S. sanctions and imperialist policy suffered by the four countries, and to create new economic and commercial agreements to promote the development of their peoples. The tour succeeded in uniting forces between these countries, which are under heavy unilateral sanctions at a time of economic hardship. | Raisi was received with honors in Caracas by President Nicolás Maduro. This was the starting point of the leader…
(2023-06-23). Tension Rises Between Opposition Parties & National Primary Commission. orinocotribune.com With only one day to go before the closing of the nomination process for Venezuela's opposition primaries, the back and forth between the political parties and those responsible for the organization of the event is intensifying. | On this occasion, as of this Wednesday, June 21, the Justice First (PJ) and Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT) parties are at the center of the controversy, having proposed an extension to the deadline for the nominations of candidates for these elections. The opposition primaries themselves are scheduled to take place on October 22 of this year. | Although there is no official explanation as to the…
(2023-06-23). Venezuela's Parliament Approves Communal Councils Law Reform. orinocotribune.com 
The Venezuelan National Assembly (AN) has approved, by qualified majority, the Organic Bill for the Reform of the Organic Law of the Communal Councils. The minority opposition bench voted against the approval of this law. The law, passed this Thursday, June 22, was sent to President Nicolás Maduro for its approval, in accordance with Article 213 of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. | In this regard, Jorge Rodríguez, the president of the AN, congratulated the deputies who were in charge of the consultation process to carry out the reform of the law, as well as the spokespersons of the Commu…
(2023-06-23). The Visit That Could Reignite Talks Between Washington and Caracas. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Jun 22, 2023 | This week, various Venezuelan news outlets have The plane was reportedly carrying Roger Carstens, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the US State Department and current…
(2023-06-22). US Cuba solidarity activists arrested after trying to meet with Senator Bob Menendez, Sanctioner-in-Chief. peoplesdispatch.org Menendez spearheads policies that bring death and destruction to the people of Cuba and Venezuela. Activists were arrested for peacefully demanding he lift these policies…
(2023-06-22). Argentina: Repression Against Indigenous People in Jujuy (+Human Rights in Venezuela). orinocotribune.com 
Police repression of mass protests regarding provincial constitution reforms—threatening the right to protest and land workers' rights—have led to at least 68 people being arrested and 170 injured this Tuesday, June 20. The events in the lithium-rich province of Jujuy, Argentina, have mobilized spokespersons of the international community and human rights defenders around the world. | Reforms of the provincial constitution have deepened the differences between union organizations, indigenous communities, social movements, and the regional government of the opposition leader Gerardo Morales. Governor M…
(2023-06-22). Six US Citizens Indicted in Venezuela on Conspiracy Charges and Related Crimes (+Operation Gideon). orinocotribune.com According to a report by news outlet It is worth noting that six of the eight Americans detained are being prosecuted for conspiracy and related offenses. Two of the prosecuted have already sentenced to 24 years in prison each: Airan Berry and Luke Alexander Denman. According to…
(2023-06-22). US Non-Compliance With 'Mexico Talks' Agreement Affects Venezuela's Electrical Grid. orinocotribune.com When the "Second Agreement for the Social Protection of the People" was signed in Mexico, within the framework of the Dialogue and Negotiation Table, also known as the Mexico Talks, the priority consisted of addressing, with the expected unfrozen financial resources, the most decisive social and economic injuries to the Venezuelan population. These hardships occur as a consequence of the expansive and generalized use of US illegal "sanctions" including economic and wage limitations, difficulties in accessing food, reduced availability of vaccines and other supplies in public healthcare centers, and failures in bo…
(2023-06-22). Venezuela Completes First Phase of Dredging at Lake Maracaibo (+Oil Production). orinocotribune.com 
With the purpose of strengthening the country's aquatic sector, Venezuela's National Institute of Canalization (Incanal) successfully completed the first phase of its plan to bolster navigation in the Lake Maracaibo Lake, the Minister of Transportation Ramón Velásquez Araguayán announced. | Since December 2022, Chevron and other oil producing agents have complained about difficulties navigating the waters of the lake and its impact on oil-related operation and production. | A dredge is often needed to clean out the bed of water areas by scooping out mud, weeds, and waste so that vessels can travel. Shallow waters…
(2023-06-23). Petro asegura que capitalismo no resolverá crisis climática. telesurtv.net El mandatario colombiano aseguró, además, que las medidas propuestas por Bruselas son demasiado dependientes de la empresa privada.
(2023-06-23). Argentina envía carta a Biden pidiendo apoyo con FMI. telesurtv.net Los mandatarios firmantes son el brasileño Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, el mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador, el colombiano Gustavo Petro, el chileno Gabriel Boric, el boliviano Luis Arce y el paraguayo Mario Abdo Benítez.
(2023-06-22). Former investigator of Colombia's Truth Commission forced into exile. colombiareports.com A former investigator of the Truth Commission has fled Colombia after two robberies and escalating death threats. According to the investigator, Edgar Celis, the prosecution is not interested in investigate…
(2023-06-22). Support for Petro wanes in Colombia's Congress. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has lost significant congressional support during his first year in office. Consequently, several of the government's reform proposals failed to get congressional approval. When Petro took…
(2023-06-23). Argentina envía carta a Biden pidiendo apoyo con FMI. telesurtv.net Los mandatarios firmantes son el brasileño Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, el mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador, el colombiano Gustavo Petro, el chileno Gabriel Boric, el boliviano Luis Arce y el paraguayo Mario Abdo Benítez.
(2023-06-22). Former investigator of Colombia's Truth Commission forced into exile. colombiareports.com A former investigator of the Truth Commission has fled Colombia after two robberies and escalating death threats. According to the investigator, Edgar Celis, the prosecution is not interested in investigate…
(2023-06-22). Support for Petro wanes in Colombia's Congress. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has lost significant congressional support during his first year in office. Consequently, several of the government's reform proposals failed to get congressional approval. When Petro took…
