2022-02-21: News Headlines

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-02-21). Iran, Venezuela stress development of bilateral cooperation. en.mehrnews.com Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji and Venezuelan Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia in a meeting in Doha stressed the continuation of bilateral cooperation between the two countries in all fields.

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-21). Leopoldo López and Guaidó Party in Crisis: 100 Party Members Quit. orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 20, 2022 (OrinocoTribune.com)—This Saturday, February 19, a group of approximately 100 members of the Voluntad Popular party announced their decision in a public event to abandon the political party. Voluntad Popular was funded by Venezuelan fugitive Leopoldo López, and is also the party that former deputy Juan Guaidó belonged to when he was elected for the 2016-2021 parliamentary term with only 97,000 votes. | The speaker for the event, Javier González, announced the decision alleging a lack of institutionality and internal democracy, and a deviation from party principles. Without abandon…

WSWS (2022-02-21). Brazil's return to classrooms fills pediatric ICUs. wsws.org With hospitals already overloaded, the start of classes across the country since February 7 has yet to have its full impact on health care systems.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-02-21). ELN announces economic shutdown throughout Colombia. colombiareports.com Guerrilla group ELN announced its first economic shutdown since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The "armed strike" that will begin on Wednesday, the ELN said on a guerrilla website…

_____ (2022-02-20). Peru Is Engaged In A Political War. popularresistance.org The political landscape in Peru is pretty complicated these days. The country has been living a political crisis for years due to the desire of a small minority to control the country both economically and politically. From 2016 until today, five people have occupied the presidential chair. All of them have faced tremendous resistance from Congress, which impeached two of them and threatened to do it with the other two, including the current President Pedro Castillo. | The last remarkable event of these tireless attempts by Congress to impeach Castillo was unveiled by the weekly "Hildebrandt en sus Trece". Accord…

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-20). Presidente peruano rechaza planes de cerrar el Congreso. telesurtv.net Pedro Castillo afirmó que entregará el poder al terminar su mandato en 2026.

scorinoco (2022-02-20). National Lawyers Guild Calls for the Immediate Release of Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab (Statement). orinocotribune.com By National Lawyers Guild International Committee — Feb 16, 2022 | The National Lawyers Guild International calls for the immediate release of Venezuelan Special Envoy Alex Saab, imprisoned in a Miami federal prison by the United States in a violation of diplomatic norms and protections. The arrest, extradition and continued imprisonment of Saab is a reflection of the extent to which the US government will go in order to enforce its unilateral coercive measures and economic sanctions against Venezuela, Iran and other targeted nations. | Illegal Detention and Extradition (Kidnapping) of Alex Saab | The US gov…

Staff (2022-02-20). Venezuela Offers Brazil Assistance for Petrópolis Disaster. orinocotribune.com On Friday, February 18, the government of Venezuela expressed solidarity with Brazil for the catastrophe caused by torrential rains in the city of Petrópolis (southeast), in which 138 people have been reported dead so far. | The Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry announced that the Venezuelan government is ready to collaborate with the Brazilian authorities in whatever way possible in order to help the people affected by the disaster. | El Presidente Nicolás Maduro Moros, en nombre del Gobierno de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela manifiesta su absoluta solidaridad con el hermano pueblo del Brasil (1/4)…

José Mireles Alcalá (2022-02-20). Informe sobre el estado del caso Alex Saab. peoplesworld.org CARACAS, 16 febrero 2022 / Alex Saab, diplomático venezolano secuestrado por el gobierno estadounidense, enfrenta a un nuevo juicio ante las instancias de justicia del país norte americano; otra sorpresiva acusación es lanzada por el Departamento de Justicia, a quien fuera enviado especial de Venezuela para la negociación y adquisición de insumos alimenticios y de …

Editor2 (2022-02-20). Venezuela Pulls Plug on Lie that Alex Saab is DEA "Informer" orinocotribune.com Venezuela has pulled the plug on a false claim which circulated Wednesday that diplomat Alex Saab is working as an "informer" or "collaborator" of the United States and specifically of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). | President of the National Assembly Jorge Rodríguez When asked by a reporter following a press conference, Rodríguez called it strange that the United S…

teleSUR, JCM (2022-02-20). China y Argentina celebran 50 aniversario de relaciones diplomáticas. telesurtv.net El presidente chino, Xi Jinping, y su homólogo de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, intercambiaron este sábado mensajes de felicitación.

teleSUR, DRL, JL (2022-02-20). Bomberos brasileños apoyan combate de incendios en Argentina. telesurtv.net Los bomberos brasileños cruzaron la frontera con la facilidad del Ministerio de Seguridad y Aduanas argentinas.

teleSUR, DRL, JL (2022-02-20). Gobierno argentino estudia crear empresa nacional de alimentos. telesurtv.net El objetivo sería regular el precio final al consumidor mediante el control de costos de producción y comercialización.

Staff (2022-02-20). Díaz-Canel felicita a Cristina Fernández en su cumpleaños. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, felicitó este sábado a la vicemandataria de Argentina, Cristina Fernández, a propósito de su cumpleaños. Con una etiqueta convertida en tendencia en Twitter, personalidades políticas, militantes y admiradores de la vicepresidenta le enviaron hoy felicitaciones por su cumpleaños 69. Desde la madrugada comenzaron a sucederse los mensajes de cientos de seguidores que recuerdan a la exmandataria, le expresan su admiración y agradecimiento por sus convicciones y entrega a la patria.

teleSUR- lvm, JL (2022-02-20). Alertan por continuación de incendios en provincias argentinas. telesurtv.net Los incendios activos de Misiones se localizan en los departamentos de Concepción de la Sierra, Candelaria, Apóstoles, Santa Ana, San Javier y Montecarlo.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-02-20). Police and thieves threatening Colombia's Truth Commission. colombiareports.com Police and thieves are threatening the Truth Commission's investigations into the armed conflict. In a press release, the Truth Commission said Saturday that unidentified robbers stole recordings of interviews with…

teleSUR- lvm, JL (2022-02-20). Jubilados en Uruguay rechazan pérdida de valor de sus pensiones. telesurtv.net El gremio uruguayo insistió que los salarios de los trabajadores contratados han perdido el valor adquisitivo.

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