2022-05-08: News Headlines

Editor2 (2022-05-07). Mexico Calls for Latin American Lithium Alliance. orinocotribune.com The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has "There has been communication with the president of Bolivia (Luis Arce), he, in turn, has a relationship, like us, with the president of Argentina (Alberto Fernández), who also has lithium, and with the president of Chile (Gabriel Boric), with the purpose of creating an association to help each other mutually," said the Mexican president during his morning press conf…

teleSUR- lvm -HIM (2022-05-07). Congreso de Perú archiva proyecto para modificar Carta Magna. telesurtv.net Perú Libre subrayó que "el Congreso de la República está restringiendo al pueblo el derecho al referéndum".

Misión Verdad (2022-05-07). Hugo Chávez's Ideas Are Being Recycled by Latin America's 'New Progressivism'. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — May 6, 2022 | A spectre is haunting Latin America: the ideas of Hugo Chávez. A "new progressivism" is adopting them as their banner and claiming them as their own, thus invisibilizing Venezuela's role in attempts at promoting regional integration and sovereignty over the last two decades. | We can witness this in the current speeches of Lula da Silva, who was a protagonist of the "first progressive wave" in the 2000s along with the presidents of Venezuela (Hugo Chávez), Argentina (Néstor Kirchner) and Bolivia (Evo Morales). Perhaps the Brazilian leader could bear witness to the attempts a…

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-05-07). Organizaciones bolivianas reconocen apoyo de Venezuela. telesurtv.net En el encuentro se reafirmó la condena a EE.UU. por la exclusión de países a participar en la IX Cumbre de las Américas.

Staff (2022-05-07). Cuba and Venezuela Strengthen Ties of Cooperation and Exchange. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, May 5, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, at the Miraflores Palace, Caracas, with an aim of strengthening the ties of cooperation ties that the two countries nations have maintained for more than 20 years. | "It fills us with great joy to receive our Cuban brothers and sisters in our homeland," wrote President Maduro on Twitter, in reference to the visit of the Cuban minister. "I thank the Foreign Affairs Minister, comrade Bruno Rodríguez for his visit, with whom I had a pleasant and fraternal conversation. We have a deep…

Staff (2022-05-07). Colombia: Petro Receives Death Threats, Forced to Cancel Campaign Event in Cúcuta. orinocotribune.com Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate of Colombia's Historic Pact, was forced to cancel another campaign event scheduled for Thursday, May 5, after receiving death threats. | Petro was scheduled to meet with businesspeople in the city of Cúcuta, on the border with Venezuela, but received death threats from a drug-trafficking and organized crime group, reported a press release from the candidate's campaign group. | According to Petro's campaign's security team, the La Cordillera criminal gang, which operates in the coffee plantation region in the center of Colombia, was behind the threats. Petro, after receivin…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-05-07). Capriles Changes Position on Sanctions Ahead of 2024 Presidential Election in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Henrique Capriles Radonski, Venezuelan far-right political leader, stated that he has the determination and will to dialogue with the government of President Nicolás Maduro, and expressed that he is in favor of lifting of the unilateral sanctions imposed on Venezuela by the United States. | Capriles, who in recent times has shown a tendency to relax his hostile position, also recently announced his electoral aspirations for the presidential election scheduled to be held in 2024. | With this c…

Mary Triny Mena (2022-05-07). All-female taxi services gaining ground in Venezuela. america.cgtn.com Driving a car in Caracas can be a dangerous experience and for many women taking a taxi even more so. Which is why an all-female taxi service is growing in Venezuela ¥s capital. A group of Venezuelan entrepreneurs is breaking barriers through an exclusive all-female taxi …

teleSUR, SH (2022-05-07). El legado de Evita a 103 años de su nacimiento. telesurtv.net Evita fundó escuelas, hospitales y contribuyó a acortar la desigualdad social heredada de gobiernos conservadores y militares.

____ (2022-05-07). Chinese train maker to produce new-energy light rail trains for Argentina's Jujuy. ecns.cn SHIJIAZHUANG, May 7 (Xinhua) — CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd., a major Chinese high-speed train manufacturer, announced the signing of a new-energy light rail train project with authorities of Jujuy Province of Argentina on Friday.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-05-07). Iran wins 18 medals in Brazil Deaflympics. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) — The Iranian sportsmen and women have won 18 different medals at the end of the sixth day of the 24th Summer Deaflympics underway in Caxias do Sul, Brazil on Saturday.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-05-07). Realizan marcha en solidaridad por periodista baleada en Chile. telesurtv.net Francisca Sandoval recibió un disparo en la cabeza mientras cubría las manifestaciones del 1 de mayo por el Día del Trabajador.

teleSUR, MER (2022-05-07). Asesinan a dos líderes en departamento colombiano de Sucre. telesurtv.net Con los dos hechos denunciados por Indepaz, son 69 los líderes asesinados en Colombia durante este 2022.

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