Daily Archives: April 14, 2022

2022-04-14: News Headlines

Adriaan Alsema (2022-04-14). Colombia soccer legend Freddy Rincon dies after car crash. colombiareports.com Freddy Rincon, one of Colombia's most prominent former soccer players, died on Wednesday as the result of a car accident. Rincon, 55, was admitted to a hospital in the city…

Editor (2022-04-13). Lee Camp: They Just Admitted They're Lying to You. scheerpost.com The U.S. has a long history of lying to its people — Vietnam, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, Iran, Panama, Haiti, Guatemala, Chile. Ukraine is the latest example of that.

Staff (2022-04-13). Maduro says attacks on Russian culture, athletes pure Fascism. en.mehrnews.com Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called attacks on Russian culture and Russian athletes pure Fascism on Tuesday.

Staff (2022-04-13). Venezuela's Army Captures Foreign Drug-Trafficking Aircraft. orinocotribune.com The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) of Venezuela has reported the retention of a foreign aircraft, allegedly belonging to drug traffickers, in the western state of Zulia. | Through a message published on his Twitter account, General Domingo Hernández, head of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB), announced on Tuesday, April 12, that FANB personnel in Zulia state shot down and captured a foreign aircraft linked to drug trafficking. | "The comprehensive aerospace defense exploration system detected a plane entering Venezuelan airspace without authorization and wi…

Staff (2022-04-13). Venezuelan Opposition Parties Request Technical Assistance from CNE for Primaries. orinocotribune.com Some Venezuelan opposition parties requested technical support from the National Electoral Council (CNE) to hold primaries and elect their internal representatives ahead of the 2024 presidential elections, they revealed during a press conference held on April 7. | COPEI, Alianza del Lápiz, Neighborhood Force (Fuerza Vecinal), Centrados, and Movement for Socialism (MAS) asked the CNE to provide technical support to carry out an open national consultation in which each party could elect candidates for the presidential elections. The documents of the opposition political parties were received by the rectors of the C…

Ricardo Vaz (2022-04-13). Venezuela: Thousands March to Commemorate Coup Defeat Anniversary. venezuelanalysis.com Twenty years ago, an outpouring of popular support overturned the coup attempt and secured the return of Hugo Chávez.

Staff (2022-04-13). Presidente cubano recuerda victoria popular sobre el golpe de Estado en Venezuela, a 20 años de los sucesos. cubadebate.cu Cuba celebra junto al pueblo venezolano el memorable y heroico suceso popular que devolvió al Comandante Chávez a la Presidencia, escribió este miércoles en su cuenta en Twitter el presidente cubano, Miguel Díaz-Canel, cuando se cumplen 20 años de la victoria contra el golpe de Estado que pretendió detener la obra de la Revolución Bolivariana.

Staff (2022-04-13). Fraternal encuentro de Díaz-Canel con vicepresidenta venezolana Delcy Rodríguez (+ Video y Tuit). cubadebate.cu El primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista y presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, recibió este martes en el Palacio de la Revolución a la vicepresidenta ejecutiva de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez Gómez, quien realiza una visita de trabajo a Cuba como parte del chequeo de los acuerdos intergubernamentales entre ambas naciones.

Staff (2022-04-13). Minister Plasencia: Not Acknowledging Legitimacy of Government of Venezuela is a Failed Path. orinocotribune.com The Foreign Affairs Minister of Venezuela, Félix Plasencia, stated that countries that still insist on not recognizing the legitimacy of the government of Venezuela are walking a "failed path." | On Tuesday, April 12, during his participation in the International Summit against Fascism that is going on in Venezuela, Plasencia explained that in the United Nations (UN) there exists a committee that analyzes the legitimacy of a given government and evaluates the practices undertaken by that government to assert UN norms, and only a handful of countries in that committee still ignore the legitimacy of the governme…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-13). The Fog of War and the Global Paradigm Shift. libya360.wordpress.com Fabio Reis Vianna Perhaps the maxim of the Brazilian thinker José Luís Fiori that "expansionism and war are two essential parts of the machine that generates power and wealth in the interstate system" has never been so pertinent and seems to be confirmed at the exact historical moment we are currently witnessing. The extraordinary events…

Olivia Rosane (2022-04-13). Brazilian Amazon endured record deforestation in first three months of 2022. peoplesworld.org Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon during the first three months of 2022 has increased by 64 percent compared to the same time period last year, Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) said in a new report. That's a record increase in deforestation for January through March since data collection began in 2015. The report, …

Adriaan Alsema (2022-04-13). Colombia's election authority failed to count 1.5 million votes: observers. colombiareports.com Almost 1.5 million votes that were cast in Colombia's congressional elections were omitted from the announced results, according to election observers. National Registrar Alexander Vega said Monday that a million…

Misión Verdad (2022-04-13). Colombia's Duque Lobbies in Washington to Project Post-Presidency International Image. orinocotribune.com In a few months the President of Colombia, Iván Duque, will leave the Nariño Palace, the presidential seat of the country. However, he is not going to leave office without moving his chips in Washington and other centers of power. His aim seems to be set on leadership positions of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Yesterday he spoke at the United Nations Security Council, lauding himself for the successful implementation of the Peace Accords, while agreement signatories as well as social leaders and common people of Colombia cont…

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