(2022-08-27). President Maduro Urges Venezuelans Not to be Scammed by Increase in Black Market Exchange Rate of Dollar. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, August 25, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro referred to the recent rise in the black market exchange rate of the US dollar, pointing out that it is a "fictitious rise." He urged the Venezuelan people to keep up their fighting spirit and not be scammed by the sudden rise in the parallel exchange rate. He called on both the people and the merchants to maintain "maximum awareness," and emphasized that the price of the dollar as fixed by the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) must be respected. | "I ask the people for maximum awareness. I ask the merchants, maximum awareness. And the people: keep up the…
(2022-08-27). Presidente venezolano rechaza especulación financiera. telesurtv.net Solicitó a la población y a los comerciantes enfrentar la especulación con el llamado "dólar paralelo".
(2022-08-27). Presidente de Venezuela recibe al viceprimer ministro de Cuba. telesurtv.net El funcionario cubano, quien arribó el miércoles a la nación suramericana, se reunió también con la vicepresidenta venezolana, Delcy Rodríguez.
(2022-08-27). Ataque de mineros a estación policial deja dos muertos en Perú. telesurtv.net Los manifestantes asaltaron la estación "Nuevo Arequipa", ubicada en el kilómetro 108 de la carretera Interoceánica.
(2022-08-27). Continúa paro empresarial de transporte colectivo en Argentina. telesurtv.net El paro afecta a miles de argentinos, fundamentalmente a los trabajadores y sectores más vulnerables que son quienes más emplean el servicio de transporte público.
(2022-08-27). Exjefe paramilitar pide perdón a víctimas del conflicto en Colombia. telesurtv.net El exjefe paramilitar y dos excomandantes de las antiguas AUC solicitaron perdón públicamente ante 400 víctimas de actos violentos.
(2022-08-27). India respalda incorporación de Argentina al grupo Brics. telesurtv.net La Cancillería argentina resaltó que los países del Brics, en su conjunto, representan el 22 por ciento de la superficie continental y el 24 por ciento del PBI mundial.
(2022-08-27). Colombia Greenlights New Monómeros Board Proposed by Miraflores. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuela has regained definitive control of the PDVSA subsidiary Monómeros after being allowed to register the representatives of the new board of directors formalized by Petroquímicos de Venezuela (Pequiven), the governing authority of the PDVSA subsidiary. | The process was carried out before the Barraquilla Chamber of Commerce, in the Colombian city where Monómeros is located. The Chamber had previously refused to allow the procedure. However, it was obliged to allow it this time, given that Colombian President Gustavo Petro already announced that his government recognizes the authority of Pequiven over Monóm…
(2022-08-27). Presidenta de Honduras recibirá a jefe de Gobierno español. telesurtv.net Pedro Sánchez llega procedente de Ecuador y antes estuvo en Colombia, como parte de su gira por Latinoamérica.
(2022-08-27). Pueblo boliviano aboga por fortalecer su democracia y economía. telesurtv.net La marcha convocada por el Pacto de Unidad y la Central Obrera Boliviana constituye una victoria del pueblo boliviano.
(2022-08-27). Peronismo argentino mantiene vigilias en apoyo a vicepresidenta. telesurtv.net Militantes y simpatizantes kirchneristas continúan la vigilia frente al domicilio de la vicepresidenta argentina.
(2022-08-27). Argentina denuncia rol de EE.UU. en persecución judicial contra vicepresidenta Cristina Fernández. telesurtv.net El canciller Santiago Cafiero reiteró el respaldo a la vicepresidenta argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
(2022-08-26). What Would BRICS Expansion Mean for Emerging Markets. infobrics.org As emerging markets recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and face financial headwinds due to interest rate hikes in the US, the BRICS group — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — is looking to expand its membership to tackle shared challenges…
(2022-08-26). Colombian Government Launches Initiative for Protection of Social Leaders. towardfreedom.org Colombian Interior Minister Alfonso Prada reported the protection plan will cover the 65 municipalities hardest hit by violence in the country, reports People's Dispatch.
(2022-08-26). President Maduro Rejects Currency Speculation in Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro asked his compatriots not to allow the operation of speculators who are playing with the price of the U.S. dollar in the informal exchange markets. | RELATED: | "I ask people and merchants to be fully aware… Don't let yourself be robbed with the parallel dollar," Maduro said during the inauguration ceremony of the "Winds Park" in Falcon state. | Over the last week, the Venezuela…
(2022-08-26). Venezuelan President and Deputy Cuban PM Review Cooperation. telesurenglish.net "Today, August 26, I held a pleasant meeting with Alejandro Gil Fernández, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Planning of Cuba. We reviewed the broad map of cooperation that our countries carry forward in different sectors. Cuba and Venezuela, Unbreakable Brotherhood!" wrote President Maduro on Twitter. | RELATED: | The meeting is part of the work agenda that the deputy prime minister has been carrying out…
(2022-08-26). Peronists Are Mobilized in Support of VP Fernandez-Kirchner. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Justicialist Party (PJ) held an open town hall meeting in Buenos Aires to express its support for Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner, for whom prosecutor Diego Luciani requested 12 years in prison in a case of alleged corruption. | RELATED: | "We are going to continue to mobilize, we are going to be in the streets… We are going to defend democracy and the popular will," said Sen…
(2022-08-26). The Stakes In Brazil's Election Couldn't Be Higher. popularresistance.org After four years of a right-wing Bolsonaro government, Brazilians will vote for a new president on 2 October 2022. Former president Lula—currently high in the polls—is confronting an increasingly delirious incumbent, who appears to have threatened violent unconstitutional action should he lose. | Bolsonaro's victory came two years after the impeachment of Workers' Party president Dilma Rousseff in 2016, the first woman to be president. The Workers' Party (aka Partido dos Trabalhadores, or PT) had held office since 2003. | The period 2010-2016 was dominated by the 'credit crunch' crisis that sent the w…
(2022-08-26). Venezuelan Embrasur Aircraft Crew Meets With Relatives. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, 27 relatives of the 14 Venezuelan crew members of the plane held in Argentina left the Maiquetía International Airport for Buenos Aires to reunite with their loved ones. | RELATED: | Previously, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro activated a "special mission" so that the crew members of Emtrasur are reunited with their families. | "Our humanist and socialist government is in solidarity with those who n…
(2022-08-26). Colombian President's Security Delegation Attacked. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch The government of President Gustavo Petro is willing to negotiate peace agreements with all paramilitary groups to achieve total peace in Colombia. (Photo: Colombian Presidency/Twitter) President Gustavo Petro stated that the violence must end in the country and reiterated his government's commitment to achieve total peace On Wednesday, August 24, a security delegation…
(2022-08-26). Colombia welcomes its first black vice president. america.cgtn.com Francia Marquez became Colombia's first black vice president earlier this month, hope began to rise for the black community after years of struggle. Find out more.
(2022-08-26). Anvisa Approves Monkeypox Vaccine and Drug for Use in Brazil. telesurenglish.net Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) approved the registration exemption for the Health Ministry to import and use the Bavarian Nordic vaccine and the drug Tecovirimat. | Brazil's Ministry of Health approved the use of the Bavarian Nordic vaccine and the drug Tecovirimat against monkeypox virus in the country. Aug. 26, 2022.
(2022-08-26). Venezuela Makes Revolutionary Advances in Stem Cell Treatments. orinocotribune.com 
At a press conference on Wednesday, August 24, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, highlighted the progress that Venezuela has made in the development of stem cell treatments. | During a day dedicated to innovation and research for healthy living and sovereignty, Maduro guaranteed the Venezuelan government's support for the stem cell the…
(2022-08-26). Government of Venezuela Launches Mission to Reunite EMTRASUR Crew Members with Families. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, August 25, Venezuela's national government launched a special mission to reunite the EMTRASUR Boeing 747 crew members, who have been illegally detained in Argentina since June 6, with their relatives. | "On instructions from President Nicolás Maduro, we launched a special mission to reunite the EMTRASUR crew members with their families. Our humanist and socialist government is in solidarity with those in need. The fight for the release of the crew continues," the Minister for Transportation and president of the Venezuelan Consortium of Aeronautical Industries and Air Services SA (Conviasa), Ramón C…
(2022-08-26). Black Market Exchange Rate Turmoil Resumes in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Caracas, August 25, 2022 ( Since the second half of August a bigger gap between the official exchange rate published by the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) and the black market reference, usually reported by the @enp…
(2022-08-26). China's illegal timber business is stripping Suriname's forests. aninews.in Paramaribo [Suriname], May 22 (ANI): China's hunger for timber is stripping Suriname's forests.
(2022-08-26). Exhiben camiseta de Diego Maradona en exposición Legends. telesurtv.net Lothar Matthäus tuvo en su poder la histórica casaca de Maradona tras intercambiarla con el astro argentino después del partido de México 86, donde Argentina le ganó a los alemanes 3-2.
(2022-08-26). Tripulantes del avión de Emtrasur se reúnen con sus familiares. telesurtv.net El ministro de Transporte de Venezuela indicó que la operación para reunir a los tripulantes con sus familias fue ordenada por el presidente Nicolás Maduro.
(2022-08-26). Anuncian campaña para recordar a desaparecidos en Paraguay. telesurtv.net La jornada persigue luchar contra la desmemoria y honrar a los desaparecidos durante los años de la dictadura de Alfredo Stroessner.
(2022-08-26). Presidente Boric acepta dimisión e titular de Desarrollo Social. telesurtv.net El mandatario chileno dijo que nadie esta por encima de la ley y que su Gobierno tiene la voluntad de hallar una solución de fondo al conflicto que enfrenta la región sur del país.
(2022-08-26). Siete obras para recordar a Julio Cortázar en su nacimiento. telesurtv.net Los trabajos de Julio Cortázar incluyen artículos publicados en revistas especializadas argentinas; cuentos y libros reconocidos en el mundo.
(2022-08-26). Arrestan a líder mapuche chileno por presunto robo de madera. telesurtv.net El arresto de Héctor Llaitul tiene lugar a pocos días del plebiscito de aprobación de la nueva Constitución chilena.
(2022-08-26). Presidente argentino desmiente haber amenazado a fiscal Luciani. telesurtv.net El mandatario aseguró que "Luciani tiene que estar tranquilo porque nunca nadie de mi gobierno lo fue a visitar".
(2022-08-26). Admiten demanda contra Repsol por derrame de petróleo en Perú. telesurtv.net La indemnización que se pide a Repsol asciende a 4. 0 millones de dólares.
(2022-08-26). Chile: Entre el pasado y el futuro. globalizacion.ca Volver a los 17, cantó Violeta Parra. Así parece ser el movimiento en Chile, desde las manifestaciones más grandes de su historia, en 2019, protagonizadas y lideradas por jóvenes, por una nueva generación de activistas políticos. | Después de vivir un…
(2022-08-26). Petro encarga a Inteligencia combatir la corrupción en Colombia. telesurtv.net Presidente colombiano subraya que la DNI salvaguardará la soberanía y protegerá los derechos y libertades de la ciudadanía.
(2022-08-26). Aplazan audiencia judicial de la primera dama de Perú. telesurtv.net La Fiscalía pide 36 meses de restricción contra la primera dama peruana, mientras la investiga por lavado de dinero y organización criminal.
(2022-08-26). Paraguay reporta primer caso de la viruela símica. telesurtv.net Entre los síntomas las autoridades también señalan fiebre, cefalea intensa, inflamación de los ganglios linfáticos, dolor lumbar, sarpullido y cansancio intenso.
(2022-08-26). Colombia suspenderá bombardeos en campamentos donde estén menores. telesurtv.net El Gobierno de Petro ha fijado un nuevo rumbo para las Fuerzas Armadas en pro de la defensa de los derechos humanos y la paz.
(2022-08-26). Argentinos se manifiestan en apoyo a Cristina Fernández. telesurtv.net La vicepresidenta argentina precisó que fue presentada ante un pelotón de fusilamiento mediático-judicial, al impedirsele ampliar su declaración indagatoria.
(2022-08-26). Luis Arce recibe apoyo en marcha de movimientos sociales. telesurtv.net Tiene lugar en medio de las amenazas desestabilizadoras por parte de la oposición boliviana que protagoniza protestas.
(2022-08-26). Poder Ejecutivo uruguayo decreta incremento de tarifas de peaje. telesurtv.net En el documento se explica que las tarifas de peaje suben por primera vez desde el primero de diciembre del año pasado.
(2022-08-26). Government of Colombia Denounces Attack on Presidential Staff Convoy. orinocotribune.com On Wednesday August 24, the Colombian government, denounced the attack perpetrated against a convoy of presidential vehicles traveling to Norte de Santander to prepare for the visit of President Gustavo Petro. | Petro has been touring various regions of the country. His security team, made up of agents from the National Protection Unit (UNP), recently traveled to Norte de Santander. | The attack occurred on the road leading from Bucaramanga to the municipality of El Tarra, a region near the Colombia-Venezuela border, where three vehicles carrying government agents encountered an illegal roadblock set up by six ar…
(2022-08-26). Cuñada de presidente peruano enfrenta posible condena de cárcel. telesurtv.net El juez Johnny Gómez Balboa, quien estará a cargo de la audiencia final, precisó que se tomará un "plazo razonable".
(2022-08-26). Denuncian dos nuevas masacres en Colombia, registrando 68 durante el 2022. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a Indepaz, Colombia registra 68 masacres y 120 líderes sociales asesinados durante el 2022.
(2022-08-26). Bolivia Accumulates 55 Monkeypox Cases. telesurenglish.net Bolivia accumulated 55 monkeypox cases in less than a month after the first infection was recorded, with an average of two cases per day, the Ministry of Health and Sports announced Friday. | RELATED: | Three new cases were registered in the department of Santa Cruz, bringing the overall figure in that region to 47, with one recovery. | The department with the second most cases was Cochabamba with five, followed by La Paz with thre…
(2022-08-26). Venezuela's Road to Economic Recovery. orinocotribune.com The following is a translation of a guest lecture delivered by Venezuela's Ambassador in Bolivia, César Trómpiz, at the UMSA university in La Paz. | For 100 years, our natural market for oil exports had been the United States. In 2019, the US decided to stop buying oil from Venezuela for political reasons and that forced us to adopt a series of internal transformations in order to guarantee the subsistence of the Venezuelan population. | In 2019, the flow of oil from Venezuela to the east coast of the United States was permanently interrupted for the first time since 1917. More than 30% of the fuel for vehicles o…
(2022-08-25). Brazil: Is Lula Under Threat? libya360.wordpress.com Julian Cola "It's also in your hands to prevent the return of corruption and robbery to take hold of the country…It's you who can prevent the release of a prisoner [Lula] convicted of corruption" —Geraldo Alckmin speaking during his 2018 presidential campaign. Four years on, the former governor of Sà£o Paulo is now Lula's vice-presidential…
(2022-08-25). Is Lula Under Threat? Political Intrigue Grows As Right Suddenly Merges With Left In Brazil's Upcoming Presidential Election. covertactionmagazine.com "It's also in your hands to prevent the return of corruption and robbery to take hold of the country…It's you who can prevent the release of a prisoner [Lula] convicted of corruption" —Geraldo Alckmin speaking during his 2018 presidential campaign. Four years on, the former governor of Sà£o Paulo is now Lula's vice-presidential running matein …