Daily Archives: February 6, 2022

2022-02-06: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2022-02-06). China ready to usher in another brilliant 50 years of ties with Argentina: Xi. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Argentine President Alberto Fernandez Sunday, saying that China is willing to advance exchanges and cooperation in various fields and usher in another 50 brilliant years under the comprehensive strategic partnership with Argentina.

teleSUR- jaa, JL (2022-02-06). Pdte. de Bolivia confirma descubrimiento de gran reserva de gas. telesurtv.net El pozo Margarita-10 será el mayor productor de gas natural del país, informaron autoridades bolivianas.

Staff (2022-02-06). Duque Wants to Speak with Russian Ambassador about Violence in Colombia's Arauca. orinocotribune.com Colombian President Iván Duque said this Friday, February 4, that he will speak to the Russian ambassador to Colombia, Nikolay K. Tavdumadze, to clarify the objectives of Russia's military presence in Venezuela. | Thus, Duque has chosen to ignore the statement from the Russian embassy in Colombia, which had denounced unfounded allegations made by the Colombian Defense Minister, Diego Molano. Molano accused Russia of supporting and implementing technical assistance at the Venezuelan border, to carry out a foreign "intervention." The Russian embassy called these accusations irresponsible, as Molano did not provide…

Staff (2022-02-06). Caracas Court of Appeals Upholds Conviction of CITGO Six. orinocotribune.com The ninth circuit of the Caracas Court of Appeals upheld this Friday, February 4, the ruling of the Court of First Instance of Caracas that sentenced six former executives of Venezuela's CITGO Corporation, a subsidiary of state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), to prison terms between nine and 13 years, for acts of corruption. | Friday's ruling ratified the sentence against former president of CITGO, José àÅngel Pereira Ruimwyk, to serve 13 years and seven months in prison for committing crimes of fraudulent embezzlement and illicit agreement of a public official with a contractor, according to a press…

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-06). Presidente argentino aprueba ingreso a la Nueva Ruta de la Seda. telesurtv.net El Gobierno argentino alcanzó un financiamiento por más de 23.700 millones de dólares generando un nuevo hito en la relación bilateral con China.

Carlos Aznarez (2022-02-06). Argentina: An Agreement of More Submission. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Aznárez and Roberto Perdía — Jan 30, 2022 | On Friday last week, President Alberto Fernández announced the new agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by which he set the will of his government to extend the payment of the debts contracted by former right wing President Macri, and agreed to a series of commitments with the international financial organization where the US has the leading voice. | Since our incorporation into the IMF in 1956, this is the 22nd agreement, and in all of them there are mutual commitments to "lay the foundations for a sustained development". | In none of the…

Paulo Cabral (2022-02-06). Residents in Sà£o Paulo celebrate the start of 2022 Beijing Olympics. america.cgtn.com The opening of the Winter Olympics in Beijing was broadcast to a worldwide audience on Friday, including Sà£o Paulo. The Brazil-China Friendship Association in Sao Paulo and the city's government organized a viewing event, an opportunity for the Chinese community to get together and …

teleSUR, JCM (2022-02-06). Indepaz reporta masacre número 16 en Colombia en lo que va de 2022. telesurtv.net Según las investigaciones, un hombre le disparó a un Guardia Indígena en varias oportunidades cerca de la vivienda donde se encontraba reunida la comunidad.

teleSUR, JL (2022-02-06). Denuncian nueva masacre en Colombia, la número 17 en lo corrido del 2022. telesurtv.net En lo corrido del presente año, el país contabiliza 20 líderes sociales asesinados.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-02-06). Exlíder sindical asume dirección del Frente Amplio en Uruguay. telesurtv.net Fernando Pereira asumió este sábado oficialmente su cargo en un acto realizado en el teatro El Galpón de Montevideo.

Editor2 (2022-02-05). Honduran Garifuna Doctor who Graduated from ELAM Joins President Xiomara Castro's Cabinet. orinocotribune.com Dr. Luther Castillo Harry, who on March 17, 1999, received a scholarship to study at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in Havana, has been appointed Secretary of Science, Technology and Scientific Innovation of Honduras by President Xiomara Castro. | For Dr. Castillo, who comes from the Garífuna community, ELAM turned out to be "a paradise in the heart of the Caribbean, where the dreams of the children of the poor come true, and from where men and women of science and conscience graduate." | Coming from Moskitia, one of the most remote regions of Honduras and home to four of the nine indigenous and…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-02-05). Seven dead as tourist plane crashes in Peru: report. en.mehrnews.com Five tourists and two crew died on Friday when their plane crashed on a trip to view Peru's famous Nazca lines, the transport ministry said.

teleSUR, DRL (2022-02-05). Gobierno boliviano rechaza propuesta federalista opositora. telesurtv.net La propuesta del departamento de Santa Cruz se opone a la concepción plurinacional del Estado boliviano dice el Gobierno.

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-02-05). Outrage in Bolivia following femicide of two teenagers. peoplesdispatch.org The recent femicide of two teenage girls by a serial offender, released irregularly in 2019, sparked outrage in Bolivia. Hundreds took to streets demanding an end to violence and impunity for crimes against women due to judicial corruption…

Ana Perdigón (2022-02-05). Venezuelan Authorities Announce New Phase of Vuelta a la Patria Program (+Xenophobia). orinocotribune.com The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced this Wednesday, February 2, that a new phase of the Vuelta a la Patria program will start in March, to guarantee the safe return of Venezuelan nationals residing in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. | During a meeting at the Miraflores Palace, the president stated that starting from March the number of flights of the Plan Vuelta a la Patria will be tripled, and called on Venezuelans who are outside the country to return. | President Maduro explained that initially the program will serve Venezuelans who are already registered to return to the countr…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-05). Extreme-Right Opposition Democratic Action Wants to Participate in 2024 Presidential Elections, Announces Candidacy. orinocotribune.com With two years to go before the 2024 presidential elections in Venezuela, Carlos Prósperi, the spokesperson for the Democratic Action (AD) faction led by Henry Ramos Allup, has called for all opposition sectors to organize as a single unitary platform. | Ramos Allup is thus making it clear that even those groups which have traditionally represented right-wing extremism in Venezuela that has recurred to violence, election abstention, and coups, now understand that the only option is to constitutionally adhere to the democratic electoral route. | "The healthiest thing would be for all opposition political organizat…

WSWS (2022-02-05). Chilean and international capital praise Boric's cabinet picks. wsws.org Like SYRIZA in Greece and Podemos in Spain, the Chilean pseudo-left and Stalinist front has the task of dissipating seething opposition among workers and young people to capitalism.

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-05). Reportan el asesinato de dos lideres sociales en Arauca y Putumayo, Colombia. telesurtv.net Con los dos nuevos asesinatos, Colombia llega a 19 homicidios de lideres y lideresas sociales en lo corrido del 2022.

teleSUR- lvm -HIM (2022-02-05). Advierten situación crítica por hambre en Colombia. telesurtv.net El 42.5 por ciento de la población, lo que representa 21 millones de personas, vive por debajo de la línea de pobreza.

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