Daily Archives: March 8, 2022

2022-03-08: News Headlines

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-03-08). Report confirms human rights violations committed after 2019 coup d'état in Bolivia. peoplesdispatch.org The report established that during the last quarter of 2019 under the coup-installed regime, mass human rights violations occurred including the violation of the right to life, personal integrity, freedom, personal security, judicial guarantees and due process, freedom of expression, freedom of association, among others…

Fight Back (2022-03-08). Eyewitness report from Venezuela: Second day of PSUV Congress. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – The second day of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) 5th Congress, March 6, featured speeches and workshops about building the party among working people, while strengthening the role of women and youth. Facts and figures played an important part in educating the PSUV militants, with data and explanations appearing on giant video walls. However, it was the speaker's analysis of problems, and proposed solutions that kept everyone talking. | For example, there are 8 million registered to vote for the PSUV, but until now, no way to check how people participate in the party. There is…

Lucrecia Franco (2022-03-08). NGO promotes socioeconomic independence for Brazilian women. america.cgtn.com Well-known NGO "Favela Mundo" has created a project and focused on helping vulnerable women in Brazil. The latest official figures show that women earn 77.7% of what men receive. And they are overwhelmingly more likely to be victims of severe domestic abuse.

Staff (2022-03-08). Colombia Exports Mercenaries to Ukraine. orinocotribune.com 50 former members of the Colombian army took steps to join an "elite group" organized by the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. | Right-wing news outlet PanAm Post

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-08). Extremists threaten to kill Colombia's constitutional judges. colombiareports.com Far-right group "Aguilas Negras" reportedly sent a death threat to judges of Colombia's Constitutional Court for legalizing abortion. According to newspaper El Espectador, the death threat that was sent to…

_____ (2022-03-07). Venezuela: Communard Union Holds Founding Congress, Elects Leadership. popularresistance.org Caracas ‚Äí Venezuelan communards gathered on March 3 and 4 to officially launch a national organization. | More than 450 delegates were present in El Maizal Commune, Lara State, for the founding congress of the Communard Union. The collective aims to build a network of social organizations throughout the country. | The delegates, representing 48 communes and 12 other social movements, approved the organization's political program and internal statutes, which include a political structure and mechanisms for new organizations to join. The founding documents were collated by a provisional leadersh…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2022-03-07). US Officials Meet Maduro, Fail to Drive Wedge Between Venezuela and Russia. venezuelanalysis.com Washington is seeking to isolate Moscow from its allies in Latin America but Venezuela has maintained support for Russia.

teleSUR (2022-03-07). Congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela Begins. telesurenglish.net Several delegates filled the largest theater in the city of Caracas to participate in the inaugural session of the Congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), the largest political party in Latin America, founded by former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. | RELATED: | The Congress aims to update the party line to the new objectives outlined by the Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, for the next 8 years, summarized i…

Staff (2022-03-07). Senior US Officials to Meet with Government of President Nicolás Maduro: More NYT Fake News? orinocotribune.com Caracas, March 6, 2022 ( The first paragraph of the NYT hit piece claims that "senior US officials are traveling to Venezuela on Saturday to meet with the government of President Nicolás Maduro, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Biden ad…

Staff (2022-03-07). 'Senior US Officials to Meet with Government of President Nicolás Maduro:' More NYT Fake News? orinocotribune.com Caracas, March 6, 2022 (OrinocoTribune.com)—Yesterday, the New York Times (NYT) published a news piece signed by hardcore antichavista journalist Anatoly Kurmanaev, about an alleged visit of Washington top officials to Venezuela, in an attempt to weaken the solid alliance between Caracas and Moscow amid the Ukrainian conflict. | The NYT hit piece reads in its first paragraph that "senior US officials are traveling to Venezuela on Saturday to meet with the government of President Nicolás Maduro, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Biden administration steps up efforts to separate Russia from…

teleSUR (2022-03-07). Cuba Condemns Renewal of US Executive Order Against Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Venezuela repudiated the decision to renew executive order 13962 of March 8, 2015, as it lacks support and real evidence, and only worked for the United States to materialize a systematic blockade against Venezuela. | The Nicolás Maduro gov't rejected Washington's renewal of the 2015 executive order branding the South American country as an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to US national security.

Misión Verdad (2022-03-07). By trying to sanction the whole world, Washington backs itself into a corner. peoplesdispatch.org As the US loses Russia as a key supplier of oil, poor relations with energy giant Venezuela have a strong chance of backfiring…

Staff (2022-03-07). PSUV Congress Emphasizes Ethics & Fight Against Corruption. orinocotribune.com "Zero tolerance for corruption and the moral rottenness of a few," Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro said at the Fifth Congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) on Saturday. "If they are involved in acts of corruption, in criminal acts, wherever they are, whatever they have been," added the head of state, "they will be taken to court and to prison, and punished with the greatest penalties." | PSUV President Maduro recalled that the Venezuelan government, in recent months, has detained mayors, deputies, and other public officials involved in gasoline trafficking, and others implicated in drug t…

teleSUR (2022-03-07). Venezuela Gets 69 Tons of Drugs & Medical Equipment From China. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, Venezuela's Health Ministry received a 69-ton shipment of drugs and equipment for surgery and medical protection from the Chinese government. | RELATED: | "This shipment will allow health personnel to enhance its care for COVID-19 and other chronic non-communicable diseases patients," Venezuelan Institute of Social Security President Magaly Gutierrez stated. | In 2020, the Bolivarian government opened an air…

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-03-07). US, Venezuela hold talks on oil exports to replace Russia's. en.mehrnews.com The US is seeking to ease oil sanctions on Venezuela as part of a broader US strategy to temper oil prices that have skyrocketed due to Russia's operation in Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-03-07). California Assembly Bill 1655 – Juneteenth Paid Holiday for the State of California. indybay.org One block from Old Sacramento Supreme Court Chambers the auction block of "enslaved" prisoners of war were sold. All along the American River Parkway, in the shadow of the early California State Capitol construction, enslavement of people of African Descent, Genocide of Indigenous Nations, Kanakas, Mexicans, Chileans and anybody with melanin pigmentated skin were not a citizen in 1849. Throughout the State same song…

teleSUR (2022-03-07). Colombians Living Abroad Start Voting In Legislative Elections. telesurenglish.net From Monday to Sunday, 908,565 Colombian citizens living abroad will be able to cast their votes for the legislative elections in 250 voting centers installed in the consulates of 66 countries. | RELATED: | The Foreign Affairs Vice Minister Francisco Echeverri virtually attended the installation ceremony of the polling station of the Auckland consulate in New Zealand, which was the first to open since it has a 17-…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-07). Elections kick off for Colombia's diaspora. colombiareports.com Colombia's congressional elections began for almost a million citizens who live abroad and registered to vote. Colombians living in their native country will vote for a new Congress and candidates…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-07). The questionable power of Colombia's Char Clan. colombiareports.com The Char Clan has become one of Colombia's most powerful dynasties despite a flurry of corruption scandals. According to US magazine Forbes, the dynasty was the fifth richest family in…

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