2023-10-29: News Headlines

Chicago Alba Solidarity, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-10-29). Medea Benjamin Reveals Details Of Visit To Venezuela's Diplomat Alex Saab. popularresistance.org Activist and founder of the CODEPINK women's group, Medea Benjamin, stated that the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, kidnapped by the United States, "has a commitment to himself, to his dignity, to his honor and his major commitment is with the Venezuelan people." | Benjamin, who had the opportunity to visit the special envoy in the Miami federal prison recently, commented on her impressions during the most recent webinar of Hands Off Venezuela, organized by the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign of the Fire This Time Movement of Canada. | Medea Benjamin highlighted that Saab remains "firm, with his head held high."

scorinoco (2023-10-29). Venezuela's Oil Production Will Increase After Sanctions Eased, Energy Policy Expert Says. orinocotribune.com The United States implemented a partial and temporary lifting of the illegal sanctions imposed on Venezuela, after the signing of agreements between the Venezuelan government and a sector of the opposition in Barbados. | The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department issued an order specifically aimed at relaxing the coercive measures applied against Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) since 2019. | Over two-thirds of these general licenses, as Washington calls them, are directed at the oil and gas sector of Venezuela, which has been seriously harmed by the unilateral coercive measures that…

Staff (2023-10-29). Venezuela's Vice President Calls Out President of Guyana for Beating Drums of War. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said that the president of Guyana, Irfaan Ali, is beating the drums of war and is threatening the peace of Latin America and the Caribbean, violating CELAC declaration of the region being a zone of peace. | At an event in El Valle parish of Caracas on Saturday, October 28, the Venezuelan Vice President said that the Guyanese president has turned his back on the negotiations mandated by the 1966 Geneva Agreement on the Essequibo territorial dispute. Instead he is following verbatim the plan made by ExxonMobil to sow confrontation between Venezuela and Guyana. | Rodríguez f…

Staff (2023-10-29). Venezuela's Vice President Calls Out President of Guyana for Playing War Drums. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said that the president of Guyana, Irfaan Ali, is playing war drums and is threatening the peace of Latin America and the Caribbean, violating CELAC declaration of the region being a zone of peace. | At an event in El Valle parish of Caracas on Saturday, October 28, the Venezuelan Vice President said that the Guyanese president has turned his back on the negotiations mandated by the 1966 Geneva Agreement on the Essequibo territorial dispute. Instead he is following verbatim the plan made by ExxonMobil to sow confrontation between Venezuela and Guyana. | Rodríguez further…

teleSUR (2023-10-29). Heavy Rains Force the Displacement of Some 7,000 Brazilians. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, the heavy rains that have fallen in the southern region of Brazil intensified in the state of Parana, where approximately 7,000 people had to evacuate their homes due to flooding. | RELATED: | "The heavy rains brought a situation of calamity in several cities of Parana this month. Thousands of families were affected," Matheus Laiola, the Civil Police delegate, said and added that his team brought trucks of humanitarian…

Martin Hacthoun (2023-10-29). Colombians elect their local authorities. plenglish.com Bogotá, Oct 29 (Prensa Latina) Polls opened today in Colombia for around 39 million voters to elect 32 governors, 418 deputies, 1,102 mayors, 12,072 councilmen and 6,514 town councilmen for the term 2024-2027.

Martin Hacthoun (2023-10-29). More than 4,000 observers oversee elections in Colombia. plenglish.com Bogota, Oct 29 (Prensa Latina) The Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) has reportedly deployed a team of 4,073 voluntary observers who are overseeing local elections in 547 municipalities of Colombia.

teleSUR (2023-10-29). Colombia: Fire in Electoral Office Leaves 1 Dead, 4 Injured. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, Colombian Police Director Gen. William Salamanca informed taht one person tragically lost their life, and four others were injured after a mob set fire to the local branch of the National Registry in Gamarra, located in the department of Cesar. | RELATED: | Interior Minister Luis Velasco specified that two of the injured individuals are employees of the Gamarra Registry. Both of them, along with the two injured police officers, are in stable…

teleSUR (2023-10-29). Colombians Attend Territorial Elections Threatened by Violence. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Colombians head to the polls to choose mayors, governors, council members, deputies, and local representatives amidst an atmosphere of violence and insecurity, with 37 electoral violence-related murders recorded. | RELATED: | Historically, elections in Colombia have been marred by violence, but the 2016 Peace Agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) significantly reduced it in recent yea…

teleSUR (2023-10-29). President Petro Encourages Colombians to Vote in Peace. telesurenglish.net After casting his vote on Sunday, President Gustavo Petro urged Colombians to participate in the local and regional elections peacefully and to respect the results. | RELATED: | He voted at a polling station in the Puente Aranda neighborhood in the southern part of Bogota, not at Bolivar Square, the usual polling place for presidents and authorities. | From this voting station, the president assured that "all the…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-10-29). Venezuela respalda a la ONU para que Israel cese hostilidades en Gaza. telesurtv.net "Cese ya el asesinato de niños palestinos, de mujeres palestinas, cese ya esta política de exterminio", señaló la vicepresidenta ejecutiva Delcy Rodríguez..

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-10-29). Venezuela insta al diálogo a Guyana en diferendo por Esequibo. telesurtv.net Caracas resaltó que el mandatario guyanés, Irfaan Ali, muestra una conducta guerrerista y contraria al Acuerdo de Ginebra de 1966.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-10-29). Colombianos acuden a las urnas para elegir autoridades locales. telesurtv.net En la instalación de las mesas de votación, el presidente Gustavo Petro y la alcalde de Bogotá, Claudia López, dieron un mensaje a que se pueda vivir una jornada electoral en paz.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-10-29). Avanza con tranquilidad la jornada electoral en Colombia. telesurtv.net En la instalación de las mesas de votación, el presidente Gustavo Petro y la alcaldesa de Bogotá, Claudia López, dieron un mensaje a que se pueda vivir una jornada electoral en paz.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-10-29). Petro recibe a su par de Ecuador para abordar crisis energética. telesurtv.net Según la Presidencia colombiana, se tomarán acciones para enfrentar la actual crisis energética en el país vecino.

teleSUR, SH, JGN (2023-10-29). øCómo Venezuela logra la eliminación del analfabetismo. telesurtv.net La Unesco reconoció el 28 de octubre del año 2005 la labor del Gobierno venezolano, y dos años más tarde el país suramericano fue declarado territorio libre de analfabetismo.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-10-29). Colombia es el nuevo rey del béisbol panamericano. telesurtv.net Venció 9-1 a Brasil en la final. A continuación se ubicaron México, Panamá, República Dominicana, Cuba, Venezuela y Chile.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-10-29). Inicia jornada de Panamericanos con polémica en Marcha femenil. telesurtv.net La medición del trazado no fue la correcta y se eliminaron tiempos de las atletas rumbo a Juegos Olímpicos París 2024.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-10-29). Colombia ratifica intención de celebrar elecciones tranquilas. telesurtv.net Este domingo habrá comicios regionales y locales. Se elegirá a 1.102 alcaldes, 32 gobernadores, 12.072 concejales, 418 diputados y 6.885 ediles.

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