Monthly Archives: February 2022

2022-02-10: News Headlines

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-10). Nuevo primer ministro descarta ánimo de confrontación en Perú. telesurtv.net Pedro Castillo negó las acusaciones de ls oposición de que el gobierno se propone provocar el cierre constitucional del Parlamento.

teleSUR- jaa, JL (2022-02-10). Condenan a expresidente peruano por participar en Plan Cóndor. telesurtv.net En esta causa estuvo también implicado el coronel Martín Felipe Martínez Garay quien fue condenado a cadena perpetua por crímenes de lesa humanidad.

teleSUR, DRL, JDO (2022-02-10). México señala complicidad de OEA en golpe de Estado en Bolivia. telesurtv.net En noviembre de 2019, México ofreció asilo al derrocado presidente Evo Morales y lo rescató tras el golpe militar.

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-10). Arranca en Bolivia el primer juicio oral contra Jeanine àÅñez. telesurtv.net La Fiscalía boliviana ha solicitado la pena máxima de 10 años contra Jeanine Áñez por tomar irregularmente el poder en Bolivia.

Ana Perdigón (2022-02-10). Venezuelan Authorities Present Evaluation of Operation Guaicaipuro 2 (+El Koki). orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, February 9, Venezuelan Minister of Internal Relations, Justice and Peace, General Remigio Ceballos, offered an evaluation on the Guaicaipuro 2 operation. The operation was activated in Las Tejerías, Aragua state, and managed to capture 13 criminals and neutralize 5 during the clashes. Among them is Carlos "El Koki" Revette, a criminal leader long sought by Venezuelan authorities after the dismantling of his gang in Cota 905 of Caracas. | During a press conference, Ceballos indicated that Operation Guaicaipuro 2 included the deployment of law enforcement agencies and the National Armed Force (FANB)…

Staff (2022-02-10). President Maduro Appoints Four New Female Ministers. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, February 9, the President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro announced changes in his ministerial cabinet. The president announced that four women will lead four of the government's ministerial portfolios. | Through his Twitter account he announced that Clara Vidal will assume the leadership of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, a position previously held by Roside González, spokeswoman for the United Indigenous Movement of Venezuela. | La Lcda. Clara Vidal asumirá la jefatura del Ministerio del Poder Popular para los Pueblos Indígenas, con el fin de llevar a nuestras hermanas y hermanos originarios ate…

Martha Grevatt (2022-02-10). Big union win for Mexico's GM workers. workers.org Brazilian unionists outside GM plant in Silao, Mexico, where workers were voting for the first independent union, Feb. 3. General Motors workers in Silao, Mexico, have made history. They have voted in the first independent union in any Mexican GM plant, defeating the bogus company union by a wide margin. . . . |

teleSUR, JDO (2022-02-10). Liberan a líder mapuche Jaime Huenchullán en Chile. telesurtv.net Fue detenido este martes luego de brindar solidaridad a mapuches presos en el Centro Penitenciario de Angol.

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-10). Dictan prisión a militares chilenos por asesinato en protestas. telesurtv.net Los militares fueron formalizados por delitos de homicidio, homicidio frustrado, violencia innecesaria y lesiones por la muerte de Romario Veloz en octubre de 2019.

teleSUR, lvm, SH (2022-02-10). Convocan en Colombia a paro nacional contra gobierno de Duque. telesurtv.net Asimismo para el 28 de abril, en el primer aniversario del estallido, el Comité Nacional del Paro (CNP) invitó al pueblo colombiano a movilizarse pacíficamente.

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-10). Atentado contra base militar en Colombia deja al menos dos muertos. telesurtv.net El ataque bomba fue repudiado por el presidente Iván Duque, quien expresó que los responsables del atentado pagarán por su actos.

teleSUR, yart, JDO (2022-02-10). ONU insta a Estado colombiano a proteger a civiles e indígenas de la violencia. telesurtv.net Horas atrás fue atacada con explosivos una comunidad originaria Nasa en el departamento de Huila.

teleSUR, jaa, SH (2022-02-10). Amplían denuncia por entrega de multinacional en Uruguay. telesurtv.net La bancada del Frente Amplio alega que el Gobierno incurrió en delitos contra el patrimonio público por la concesión del Puerto de Montevideo.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-09). Peruvian President swears in fourth ministerial cabinet in six months. peoplesdispatch.org The political pressure from Peru's right-wing sectors, through smear campaigns in mainstream media, forced President Pedro Castillo to reshuffle his cabinet for the second time in a week…

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2022-02-09). Al menos 27 muertos dejan fuertes lluvias en Bolivia. telesurtv.net Hay 21.463 familias damnificadas en el territorio nacional, mientras que La Paz es el departamento más afectado.

Ana Perdigón (2022-02-09). El Nacional Headquarters Handed Over to Diosdado Cabello Following Supreme Court Order. orinocotribune.com The Third Civil Mercantile, Transit and Banking Court of First Instance of Venezuela has handed over the headquarters of El Nacional newspaper, together with the land in which it is located, to National Assembly (AN) deputy Diosdado Cabello. | The procedure was executed in compliance with a judicial order imposed on El Nacional as a result of a defamation lawsuit filed by Diosdado Cabello. | The judicial process began on August 11, 2015, when Cabello filed the lawsuit against El Nacional, claiming damages for its publication of a report in the Spanish newspaper ABC, in which the deputy was accused—without e…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-09). Reasons for Tax on Large Financial Transactions Law in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Law of Tax on Large Financial Transactions (IGTF) reform is being carried out by the Venezuelan National Assembly, with the aim of strengthening the bolívar in commercial and financial transactions, as well as creating stability in regard to the exchange rates of foreign currencies. | It is also supposed that there will be a positive impact on price stabilization, which in turn will be effective in reducing speculation once the country has overcome the hyperinflation induced by financial warfare mechanisms of the US-imposed blockade. | "Our intention is to charge more those who have more, and charge less or n…

Editor (2022-02-09). Alex Saab is being tortured in the U.S., denounces Diplomat's wife Camila (+Oscar López Rivera). mronline.org Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab "is suffering torture and inhumane treatment everyday in the United States," decried his wife Camila Fabri Saab during a solidarity event for the diplomat, hosted last Friday, February 3, by the US-based human rights organization Alliance for Global Justice.

gmsorinoco (2022-02-09). UN Requests Venezuelan Government and Opposition to Resume Mexico Talks. orinocotribune.com On Monday, February 7, the United Nations (UN) asked the government of Venezuela and the opposition to resume the dialogue in Mexico. | Farahn Haq, spokesperson for the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, stated, "The Secretary General urges the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Unitary Platform of Venezuela to resume negotiations and remain fully committed to an inclusive and meaningful dialogue." | Haq added that Secretary General Guterres urges the international community to support a negotiated solution to resolve the current situation in Venezuela. "The secretary-general reiterate…

Andreína Chávez Alava (2022-02-09). Trinidad & Tobago Coast Guard Kills Venezuelan Child, Maduro Gov't Demands Answers. venezuelanalysis.com Caracas rejected the fatal shooting against a boat with Venezuelan migrants, urging Trinidadian authorities to open a probe.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-09). President Maduro Condemns Indolence of Some Officials Toward Workers. orinocotribune.com With a tenacious call to end the indolence of some state institutions and private entities, President Nicolás Maduro asked for the support of Venezuela's working class through the functions carried out by the Productive Councils of Workers (CPT). | The statements were issued this Monday, February 7, during a meeting with workers of state-owned PDVSA subsidiary Pequiven. At the same time, President Maduro noted that Venezuela currently has sufficient funds to finance small and medium industries, including through the bank's credit portfolio. | "The assets are there, what is not there is a connection with the grass…

teleSUR- lvm, JL (2022-02-09). Presentan denuncia contra el expdte. ecuatoriano Lenín Moreno. telesurtv.net La denuncia pide investigar la desaparición de objetos adquiridos por el Gobierno de Rafael Correa y que desaparecieron después del mandato de Moreno.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-02-09). Organizaciones sociales marchan en Argentina contra acuerdo del FMI. telesurtv.net Ante la imposibilidad de cumplir los plazos de pago, el Gobierno negoció durante meses reestructurar la deuda, heredada de la gestión de Macri.

Paulo Cabral (2022-02-09). Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon hits a record high in January. america.cgtn.com Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon reached highest annual level in January this year. And this is the wet season in the Amazon that devastation tends to be less intense. Find out more.

teleSUR, yart, JCM (2022-02-09). Detienen en Chile al líder mapuche Jaime Huenchullán. telesurtv.net La detención del líder mapuche causó indignación en movimientos y colectivos sociales que condenaron el arresto de Huenchullán.

teleSUR, JL, JGN (2022-02-09). Aumenta a 16 cifra de muertos por deslizamiento en Colombia. telesurtv.net Los municipios afectados fueron Dosquebradas y Pereira, situados en el departamento de Risaralda.

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2022-02-09: News Headlines

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2022-02-09). Al menos 27 muertos dejan fuertes lluvias en Bolivia. telesurtv.net Hay 21.463 familias damnificadas en el territorio nacional, mientras que La Paz es el departamento más afectado.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-09). President Maduro Condemns Indolence of Some Officials Toward Workers. orinocotribune.com With a tenacious call to end the indolence of some state institutions and private entities, President Nicolás Maduro asked for the support of Venezuela's working class through the functions carried out by the Productive Councils of Workers (CPT). | The statements were issued this Monday, February 7, during a meeting with workers of state-owned PDVSA subsidiary Pequiven. At the same time, President Maduro noted that Venezuela currently has sufficient funds to finance small and medium industries, including through the bank's credit portfolio. | "The assets are there, what is not there is a connection with the grass…

teleSUR- lvm, JL (2022-02-09). Presentan denuncia contra el expdte. ecuatoriano Lenín Moreno. telesurtv.net La denuncia pide investigar la desaparición de objetos adquiridos por el Gobierno de Rafael Correa y que desaparecieron después del mandato de Moreno.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-02-09). Organizaciones sociales marchan en Argentina contra acuerdo del FMI. telesurtv.net Ante la imposibilidad de cumplir los plazos de pago, el Gobierno negoció durante meses reestructurar la deuda, heredada de la gestión de Macri.

teleSUR, yart, JCM (2022-02-09). Detienen en Chile al líder mapuche Jaime Huenchullán. telesurtv.net La detención del líder mapuche causó indignación en movimientos y colectivos sociales que condenaron el arresto de Huenchullán.

teleSUR, JL, JGN (2022-02-09). Aumenta a 16 cifra de muertos por deslizamiento en Colombia. telesurtv.net Los municipios afectados fueron Dosquebradas y Pereira, situados en el departamento de Risaralda.

teleSUR, JL (2022-02-08). Pdte. de Perú denuncia intentos golpistas contra su Gobierno. telesurtv.net "Me apena que grupos de poder promuevan de manera sistemática una innecesaria vacancia presidencial", denunció el mandatario.

Dan Collyns (2022-02-08). Fishmeal pollution in Peru. america.cgtn.com Peru's anchovy fishery is the world's major supplier of high-protein fishmeal. Fishmeal is one of the pillars of Peru's economy but there are knock-on effects in the city where it is the principal industry, Chimbote. Find out more.

Ana Perdigón (2022-02-08). Venezuela's Minister of Interior Rates Operation Guaicaipuro 2 as Success. orinocotribune.com On Monday, February 7, Venezuelan Minister of Interior Relations, Justice and Peace Remigio Ceballos qualified operation Guaicaipuro 2, carried out in Las Tejerías, as a success. The operation effectively dismantled the criminal organization it set out to confront, and made the region a safer place. | During an interview on Estado Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), "We were able to dismantle a danger…

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-08). Inflation in Venezuela Continues to Cool Down (+Tax on Transactions in US Dollars). orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 7, 2022 ( The graphic below, prepared by Orinoco Tribune's editorial team, demonstrates how the inflation rate has behaved in Venezuela since 2020, based on official figures repo…

teleSUR (2022-02-08). Venezuela Asks Trinidad & Tobago to Clarify Migrant Child Death. telesurenglish.net President Nicolas Maduro's administration rejected the incident in which a Venezuelan baby died while traveling on a boat that was intercepted by the Trinidad and Tobago coast guard on the night of February 5. | RELATED: | "The Venezuelan government extends its most sincere condolences to the infant's relatives and urges the Trinidad & Tobago authorities to carry out an exhaustive investigation to clarify the fact…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-08). Ecuador court upholds Indigenous rights against oil, mining projects and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we look at a major ruling by Ecuador's Constitutional Court protecting Indigenous peoples' rights to block resource extraction projects on their lands; another round of mass mobilisations against the military coup in Sudan as protestors reject negotiations with the junta; the deployment of troops to health centers amid a worsening COVID-19 crisis in the aged care sector; and an agreement reached between President Xiomara Castro's Libre Party and dissenting lawmakers to resolve the political crisis in the Honduran Congress.

Matt Sedlar (2022-02-08). A salvo del precipicio: Argentina y el FMI negocian un mejor acuerdo. cepr.net Si más estadounidenses supieran cuántos civiles inocentes mueren realmente como resultado de estas sanciones, øse permitiría lo peor de ellos?

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-08). Invocando la Doctrina Monroe, diputado de EEUU dice que Argentina es una 'amenaza', tras sus acuerdos con China. multipolarista.com El congresista derechista Matt Gaetz, un aliado de Donald Trump, calificó a Argentina como una "amenaza" para la "seguridad" de EEUU, y se quejó de que su alianza con China desafía la colonialista Doctrina Monroe.

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-08). Invoking Monroe Doctrine, US congressman calls Argentina a 'threat' over China alliance. multipolarista.com (
| An influential right-wing US lawmaker invoked the 200-year-old colonialist Monroe Doctrine on the floor of Congress and called Argentina a "threat" because of its alliance with China. | Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz, a key ally of former president Donald Trump, said in a

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2022-02-08). China respalda a Argentina en su reclamo sobre las Malvinas. telesurtv.net El conflicto de las Malvinas solamente puede encontrar un cauce favorable mediante el diálogo y las negociaciones.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-08). Argentina joins China's Belt and Road Initiative. peoplesdispatch.org On February 6, the governments of Argentine President Alberto Fernández and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a memorandum of understanding on collaboration under the Belt and Road Initiative, a global trade infrastructure project promoted by the People's Republic of China. | The memorandum, which promotes the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, was signed during President Fernández's official three-day visit to China. President Fernández visited China, at President Jinping's invitation, to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Winter Games on Februa…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-08). Brazilians demand an end to racist, xenophobic violence. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands of protesters hit the streets of several Brazilian cities on February 5 to demand justice for MoàØse Kabamgabe, a migrant worker living in Rio de Janeiro who was murdered on January 24. Participants who took place in protests in nine states denounced precarious work, racism, and xenophobia against immigrants.

Staff (2022-02-08). Headlines for February 8, 2022. democracynow.org Biden Vows to Halt Russia-to-Germany Gas Pipeline If Russia Invades Ukraine, Several Democratic-Led States Announce Plans to Roll Back Mask Mandates, Biden Administration Tests Four-Legged Robotic "Dogs" on U.S.-Mexico Border, Costa Rican Presidential Candidates Appear Headed for April Runoff Election, Ex-Honduran President Added to U.S. List of Corrupt Officials over Drug Trafficking, Brazilian Antiracist Protesters Demand Justice for Immigrant Killed over Unpaid Wages, Supreme Court Will Allow Alabama's GOP-Gerrymandered Congressional Maps to Stand, Jill Biden Confirms Free Community College W…

teleSUR, yart, JCM (2022-02-08). Deslizamiento de tierra en Colombia deja al menos seis muertos. telesurtv.net Al menos 21 personas resultaron heridas y fueron trasladadas hacia los hospitales de Pereira.

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