Staff (2023-10-11). President Maduro Condemns Genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. orinocotribune.com This Monday, President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro accused Israel of genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza strip. | "The Secretary-General of the United Nations issued a statement, which we read carefully, as a warning and alert about the genocide that has begun against the Palestinian people in Gaza," said President Maduro. "We have witnessed in the past massacres and brutal atrocities against the Palestinian people." He pointed out that the current situation is a "new apartheid system" against Palestinians. | President Maduro recalled that the UN in 1967 voted on the establishment of a two-states solution,…

Staff (2023-10-11). President Maduro Condemns 'Coyote Network' Linked to Opposition Leadership. orinocotribune.com This Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro condemned a "network of coyotes" promoting the illegal migration of Venezuelans to the United States. Behind the network are Venezuelan opposition politicians such as David Smolansky, Carlos Vecchio, Leopoldo López, and Juan Guiado, using social media platforms such as TikTok. | "That perverse quartet, fugitives from Venezuelan justice, is behind the coyote networks, and they enrich themselves" with it. "They have deceived thousands of Venezuelans into going to different destinations in South America. Now they take them in the worst conditions, charging them thousa…

kwjorinoco (2023-10-11). Rafael Correa Condemns Plot to Accuse Him of Villavicencio Murder. orinocotribune.com After at least seven people involved in the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio were executed in prison, the State Attorney General's Office (FGE) of Ecuador reported having the testimony of a witness. Former President Rafael Correa described the testimony as part of a maneuver to frame him. | The Ecuadorian Prosecutor's Office issued a statement on October 8 announcing that it collected the testimony of a witness of the execution of Fernando Villavicencio. This person "under oath described, among other things, the preparations and accounts offered by the intellectual authors" of the murder of…

Staff (2023-10-11). Venezuela: Opposition Deputy Suspended for Falsely Claiming to Represent Parliament on Israel. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The president of the National Assembly, deputy…

NPA, Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (2023-10-11). Solidarity faced with the murder of three doctors close to the PSOL in Brazil. internationalviewpoint.org "We offer our full solidarity to the comrades of the PSOL, of the MES in particular, and to Sâmia Bomfim." | – | / |

Nicolás Centurión (2023-10-11). Uruguay: infancias empobrecidas, futuro hipotecado. globalizacion.ca Los últimos datos de pobreza, correspondientes al primer semestre del 2023, presentados por el Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) proclaman que en Uruguay sobreviven casi 160.000 niños bajo la línea de pobreza. | Es decir que el 50 % de los…

Staff (2023-10-11). Venezuela's Vehicle Sales Increase in 2023, Still Far Below Pre-Sanctions Levels. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan Automotive Chamber (Cavenez) reported that in the first three quarters of the year, 5,019 new vehicles have been sold, one of the highest figures since 2020. | According to Banca y Negocios, an outlet specialized in financial matters, "390 [vehicles were sold] in January, 414 in February, 491 in March, 459 in April, 713 in May, 596 in June, 642 in July, 569 cars in August, and 655 in September." | The Chamber's perspective is that the fi…

Staff (2023-10-09). Venezuela Expresses Concern About Gaza Strip Crisis. orinocotribune.com

Chris Schiano, Unicorn Riot. (2023-10-09). No Charges For Georgia Troopers Who Killed Manuel 'Tortuguita' Terán. popularresistance.org Stone Mountain, GA — A Georgia prosecutor announced Friday, Oct. 6, that six Georgia State Patrol SWAT troopers — Brylend Myers, Jerry Parrish, Jonathan Salcedo, Mark Lamb, Ronaldo Kegel, and Royce Zah — will not face criminal charges in the January 18, 2023 shooting death of Manuel 'Tortuguita' Esteban Paez Terán, a nonbinary indigenous Venezuelan climate protester. Terán's family and fellow activists believe they were murdered that day in the South River Forest near Atlanta, and much of the publicly available evidence from the incident casts doubt on the official narrative. | Stone Mountain Ju…

Brasil De Fato, People's Dispatch. (2023-10-09). Bolivia's Ruling Party Confirms Evo Morales' Candidacy. popularresistance.org The split in Bolivia's ruling political party has become official. President Luis Arce and vice-president David Choquehuanca are no longer part of the MAS (Movement towards Socialism) party, which ratified the decision, informally announced on the 24, to present former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) as its candidate in the 2025 elections. | The MAS held its tenth congress from October 3-4 in the town of Lauca àë, a coca growing region in the center of the country. On that occasion, the party decreed the "self-expulsion" of Arce and Choquehuanca, for not attending the meeting, and of 20 other deputies alig…

NPA, Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (2023-10-09). Solidarity faced with the murder of three doctors close to the PSOL in Brazil. internationalviewpoint.org "We offer our full solidarity to the comrades of the PSOL, of the MES in particular, and to Sâmia Bomfim." | – | / |

Carlos Eduardo Sánchez (2023-10-09). Petro to Israeli Ambassador to Colombia: Killing Innocent Children Constitutes Terrorism. orinocotribune.com President Petro reacted to an interview given by the top diplomat in which the ambassador of the Israeli entity, Gali Dagan, strongly criticized the Colombian president. | "Killing innocent children constitutes terrorism, whether in Colombia or in Palestine," said Colombian President Petro. "I ask Israel and Palestine to go the negotiating table for peace and to allow the existence of two states and two free and sovereign nations, Israel and Palestine." | Through his official account on the social media network X, Petro responded to the Israeli diplomat after Dagan said in an interview, regarding Colombia, that D…

Adriaan Alsema (2023-10-09). Colombia postpones peace talks with EMC guerrillas. colombiareports.com Colombia's government and guerrilla group EMC postponed formal peace talks and a ceasefire that were supposed to begin on Sunday. Instead, the government of President Gustavo Petro and guerrilla leaders…

Adriaan Alsema (2023-10-09). Colombia urges talks to end conflict between Israel and Palestine. colombiareports.com Colombia's foreign ministry urged for urgent peace talks to end an armed conflict that has killed more than 1,200 people in Israel and occupied territories in Palestine since Saturday. In…

Carlos Eduardo Sánchez (2023-10-09). Petro to Israeli Ambassador to Colombia: Killing Innocent Children Constitutes Terrorism. orinocotribune.com President Petro reacted to an interview given by the top diplomat in which the ambassador of the Israeli entity, Gali Dagan, strongly criticized the Colombian president. | "Killing innocent children constitutes terrorism, whether in Colombia or in Palestine," said President Petro. "I ask Israel and Palestine to go the negotiating table for peace and to allow the existence of two states and two free and sovereign nations, Israel and Palestine." | Through his official account on the social media network X, Petro responded to the Israeli diplomat after Dagan said in an interview, regarding Colombia, that Dagan "expe…