Daily Archives: May 15, 2024

2024-05-15: News Headlines

infobrics (2024-05-15). Argentina threatens to involve US and China in Antarctic dispute with Chile. infobrics.org Milei is misguided in believing Washington will favour Argentina in the Malvinas issue.

infobrics (2024-05-15). Russia Gives Mixed Signals About Common BRICS Digital Currency. infobrics.org At the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit last year, the much-anticipated announcement of a common digital currency gave way to talk about using local currencies for cross border payments. Now BRICS has expanded from five to ten members and Russia is currently the organization Chair…

UMMID (2024-05-15). 'Mass Murderer, Genocidaire': Colombian President About Israeli PM Netanyahu. ummid.com In a strongly worded condemnation of Israeli war crimes against Palestinians, Colombian President Gustavo Petro Sunday called Benjamin Netanyahu a mass murder and genocidaire.

kwjorinoco (2024-05-15). President Maduro: Venezuela Is Transitioning to Socialism. orinocotribune.com By ensuring that Venezuela is on the path to socialism, the head of state, Nicolás Maduró, pointed out that the construction of a society with the principles of equality, peace, and solidarity "takes time, but we have advanced thanks to the ideology of Comandante Chávez." | President Maduro emphasized that thanks to the conscience and values of Venezuelan society, it has been possible to build an organized state of social well-being with a clear and human vision, according to a presidential press release. | "We have an important vanguard in the people, in the common man, in the common woman," said the president d…

latintimes (2024-05-15). 'Sowing Peace'? Colombia Program For War Criminals Stokes Debate. latintimes.com Like dozens of other alleged war criminals in the South American country, 61-year-old Torres is participating in an alternative sentencing program that some victims' families decry as a "mockery" of justice.

latintimes (2024-05-15). Bus Accident In Peru Leaves At Least 16 Dead. latintimes.com The bus was carrying more than 40 passengers high in the Andes, where such tragedies are not uncommon.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2024-05-15). Opposition parliamentary bench gathers signatures to impeach Boluarte. plenglish.com Congresswomen Ruth Luque and Susel Paredes, from the progressive "Juntos por el Peru-Cambio Democratico" party, announced the initiative, while another left-wing group, the "Peru Libre" party, analyzes the possibility of presenting a similar motion. | Luque said that the announced motion raises two charges: obstructing justice in the Public Prosecutor's Office investigations into the president's undeclared possession of expensive jewelry and the investigations into her brother, Nicanor Boluarte, for possible crimes of usurpation of office and other charges. | Luque further points out that the head of State lacks…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-05-15). UN experts on people of African descent visit Colombia. plenglish.com Bogota, May 15 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent is on a second day of work visit in Colombia on Wednesday until May 24.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2024-05-15). Uruguay passes bill for compulsory internment of drug addicts. plenglish.com The regulation includes the prior consent of the person who will be subjected to internment to treat their addiction. | The plenary of MPs voted 74 in favor and nine against, in a vote in which the Broad Front divided its votes. | In July, 2022 the initiative had been voted in the Chamber of Deputies only with the support of the Government coalition benches; in the Senate the bill underwent some changes, and in May, 2023 it received the green light only with the votes of the ruling party. | Now, it has finally been approved in the Lower House, and in its articles the goals of 'rehabilitation and social reintegrat…

Pedro Pozas Terrados (2024-05-15). Félix Díaz, a leader in the defense of indigenous peoples. pressenza.com Fighter for peace, defender of indigenous peoples, President of the Participatory Indigenous Consultative Council of the Republic of Argentina, lover of dialogue, declared apolitical, co-author with Araceli Maldonado of his biography "Qarashe. A fighter for his people and for the justice of his communities, a great friend, a brother, and a humanist who gives us lessons in coexistence, as we will see in this long interview that leaves no one indifferent. | We spent many hours talking, sending each other messages and photos, talking about the problems of the indigenous peoples of northern Argentina, and about the t…

Aram Aharonian (2024-05-15). Milei and Telesur: media censorship moves forward. pressenza.com This is neither a coincidence nor a surprise. For almost two decades they have been trying to silence Telesur, and from the moment we announced our intention to give the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean their voice, to see us with our own eyes and not with those of the North, the United States and their imitators, the offensive against the Latin American-Caribbean channel began in our countries. | The sad thing is that the current Argentinean president believes that by imposing media censorship against Telesur in Argentina, he is silencing the voices of those who have been left voiceless by the establis…

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-05-15). En La Habana xilografías de artista franco-argentina María Renati. radiohc.cu La Habana, 15 may (RHC) La exposición "Memorabilia. Trayectos invertidos", con grandes xilografías de la artista franco-argentina María Renati, está hoy abierta al público en la Sala Principal del Taller Experimental de Gráfica de La Habana (TEGH) hasta el 15 de junio.

Adriaan Alsema (2024-05-15). Colombia replaces foreign minister over passport scandal. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has replaced Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva, who was suspended over his handling of a controversial contract to print passports. Petro appointed Luis Gilberto Murillo as Leyva's…

teleSUR, JDO (2024-05-15). Presidente venezolano tiene respaldo electoral del 54.20 %. telesurtv.net La cifra de respaldo al jefe de Estado, revelada por la encuesta del Cmide, casi triplica la del candidato que le sigue.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-05-15). Permanecen 3.352 personas desplazadas por lluvias en Uruguay. telesurtv.net El organismo subrayó que en los departamentos del Cerro Largo, Tacuarembó y Treinta y Tres se está implementando el operativo retorno sin inconvenientes.

teleSUR, JDO (2024-05-15). Vicepresidenta de Ecuador culpa a Noboa de lawfare para removerla. telesurtv.net Sostuvo que el presidente Daniel Noboa y sus ministros presionan para destituirla y ratificó que no renunciará.

teleSUR, JGN (2024-05-15). Exigen liberación de exvicepresidente ecuatoriano Jorge Glas. telesurtv.net Edison Loayza, parte de la defensa de Glas (2013-2017), dijo que aún están a la espera de la fecha para celebrar la audiencia judicial.

teleSUR, DRL (2024-05-15). Presenta otra moción de vacancia contra Dina Boluarte en Perú. telesurtv.net Los congresistas que apoyan esta moción consideran que la presidenta debe comparecer personalmente ante el Congreso para dar explicaciones, en lugar de enviar a un representante legal.

kwjorinoco (2024-05-15). Venezuelans Use More Bolívars Than US Dollars. orinocotribune.com Commercial transactions in bolívars in Venezuela increased in February of this year while transactions in US dollars recorded their lowest monthly level since June 2019. This was highlighted in the most recent report issued by Ecoanalytica, cited by the platform Banca y Negocios. | The use of bolívars [Venezuela's national currency] represented 54.9% of the transactions, which is equivalent to an increase of 7.6 percentage points compared to the last report. Dollars were used for 32.7% of transactions (9.6 percentage points less than the last report). | Venezuela has experienced a decrease in recent months in inf…

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-05-15). Organizaciones argentinas alistan acciones contra medidas de Milei. radiohc.cu La Habana, 15 may (RHC) Organizaciones sociales, sindicales y defensoras de los derechos humanos en Argentina alistan hoy los detalles de acciones para rechazar la llamada Ley àìmnibus y el fuerte ajuste impulsado por el Gobierno de Javier Milei.

María Candela (2024-05-15). En Venezuela Reunión del Grupo de amigos en defensa de la Carta de Naciones Unidas (+Foto). radiohc.cu En Venezuela inició la Reunión del Grupo de Amigos en defensa de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, un concierto de voces contra el bloqueo, y las medidas coercitivas y sanciones contra los pueblos.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-05-15). Pueblo de La Guaira exige levantamiento del bloqueo contra Venezuela. telesurtv.net La marcha fue encabezada por la vicepresidenta Ejecutiva de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez y el gobernador del estado, José Alejandro Terán.

teleSUR, MER (2024-05-15). Presidente Maduro inaugura varias obras en el estado Yaracuy. telesurtv.net En esta jornada de trabajo, el Ejecutivo entregó obras para el sector educativo y de salud.

teleSUR, MER (2024-05-15). AN de Venezuela propone al Poder Electoral retirar invitación a la UE para comicios del 28J. telesurtv.net El presidente de la Asamblea Nacional, diputado Jorge Rodríguez, rechazó la postura de la Unión Europea.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-05-15). INEI: 29% de los peruanos alcanza condición de pobreza en 2023. telesurtv.net "Comparando con el año 2022, la pobreza se incrementó en el área urbana en 2,3 puntos porcentuales siendo altamente significativas las diferencias", recalcó el INEI.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-05-15). Yerno del opositor Ledezma se declara culpable de corrupción en EE.UU. telesurtv.net Según la información proporcionada, Vuteff recibió al menos 3,7 millones de dólares en comisiones como parte del esquema para pagar sobornos.

presstv.ir (2024-05-15). Pro-Palestinian protesters take to the streets in Chile. presstv.ir Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters march to the US Embassy in Santiago to protest the Gaza war.

presstv.ir (2024-05-15). Sanctions and war central axis of US foreign policy: Venezuela VP. presstv.ir Venezuela's Vice President states that the American imposed sanctions over the Latin American country are, along with war, the central axis of the foreign policy of the United States.

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