2025-01-28: News Headlines

Dan Collyns (2025-01-28). Chancay celebrates Chinese New Year. america.cgtn.com Chinese New Year celebrations started early in Chancay, the small Peruvian town that is now the hub for South America's biggest Chinese-built mega port. Dan Collyns reports.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2025-01-28). Elsa Vega Jiménez y su apego a las ideas de Martí (+Audio). radiohc.cu Autora de 18 libros, incluyendo textos universitarios estudiados en Cuba, Colombia, Ecuador y Venezuela, China, Elsa Vega Jiménez ha dedicado muchos años de su actividad investigadora al estudio de la obra de Martí, descubriendo algunas de sus facetas más desconocidas…

krish-rad_ind (2025-01-28). Venezuela Loses Multi-Billion Dollar ConocoPhillips ICSID Appeal. venezuelanalysis.com

Javier Arana Villasusa (2025-01-28). Another disappearance of youngsters in Ecuador points to the military. plenglish.com Quito, Jan 28 (Prensa Latina) The disappearance of two young people in Ecuador points again to the military, a case similar to that of the four children of Guayaquil who were taken by the uniformed and their bodies turned up weeks later.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2025-01-28). Alistan en Argentina Marcha Federal del Orgullo Antifascista. radiohc.cu La Habana, 28 ene (RHC) Organizaciones sindicales, sociales y de derechos humanos alistan hoy los preparativos de una Marcha Federal del Orgullo Antifascista y Antirracista, que tendrá lugar en Argentina el sábado 1 de febrero.

tvbrics (2025-01-28). Lula da Silva supports Rio de Janeiro and Niteroi to host Pan American Games in 2031. tvbrics.com Rio de Janeiro and Niteroi are the only Brazilian cities bidding to host the event…

aljazeera (2025-01-28). Neymar and Saudi team Al Hilal agree to terminate contract. aljazeera.com The often-injured Brazilian star, who joined Al Hilal in 2023, departs the club with seven months remaining on his deal.

newarab (2025-01-28). After 42 minutes this season Al-Hilal terminates Neymar contract. newarab.com Brazilian star "The club expresses its thanks and appreciation to Neymar for what he has provided throughout his career with

Adriaan Alsema (2025-01-28). Colombia's Air Force repatriates 201 migrants from US. colombiareports.com Colombia's Air Force repatriated the first 110 migrants who were supposed to be deported by US migration authorities as if they were violent criminals. Two aircraft of the Colombian Air…

Staff (2025-01-28). Gustavo Petro confirma llegada de 200 migrantes deportados por Estados Unidos a Bogotá. cubadebate.cu Dos aviones de la Fuerza Aérea del gobierno de Colombia llegaron este martes a Bogotá con unos 200 migrantes deportados por Estados Unidos, luego de superarse las tensiones diplomáticas con el gobierno de Donald Trump, confirmó el presidente Gustavo Petro.

Staff (2025-01-28). Colombia Backtracks After Deportation Tensions With United States. orinocotribune.com On Sunday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro's government announced that it is backing down from its conflict with the United States by announcing that it will accept the deportation of its citizens. Meanwhile, Donald Trump's administration stated that it "made itself respected." | In an official statement released on Sunday night by Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo, he stated that "we have overcome the impasse with the United States government." | Foreign Minister Murillo announced that in the coming days, he will travel with other officials to Washington to hold high-level meetings to follow up…

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2025-01-28). Congreso de Colombia analizará declaratoria de Conmoción Interior. radiohc.cu La Habana, 28 ene (RHC) La Cámara de Representantes y el Senado de Colombia se reunirán hoy para analizar el decreto de Conmoción Interior declarado por el Gobierno para acabar con el estado de inseguridad que atraviesa la región del Catatumbo.

Michelle Begue (2025-01-28). Colombia celebrates Chinese New Year. america.cgtn.com Colombians in Bogota celebrated the start of the Chinese Spring Festival the weekend of Jan. 25. An event hosted by the Chinese Embassy and the Colombian and Chinese Chamber of Commerce also marked the holiday. Michelle Begue reports.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2025-01-27). Presidente boliviano Luis Arce encabezará Consejo de Autonomías. radiohc.cu La Habana, 27 ene (RHC) El presidente Luis Arce encabezará hoy la reunión del Consejo Nacional de Autonomías (CNA) en Sucre, capital de Bolivia, donde se analizarán las actividades por los 200 años de fundación de Bolivia, según una fuente oficial.

Francisco Dominguez, Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. (2025-01-27). US Media Promotes Military Intervention In Venezuela. popularresistance.org The New York Times, the so-called US "newspaper of record," carried an opinion piece by one of its columnists promoting "military intervention" to promote "democracy" by overturning the democratically elected government of Venezuela. | The central tenet of the NYT piece is that the moral basis for deposing the current president is clear because it claims that he stole the election, terrorizes his opponents, and brutalizes his people with no sign of letting up, much less letting go. Every other option for political change, it contends, has been attempted. Not only that, but Venezuela maintains friendly relations w…

Luis Fuenmayor Toro (2025-01-27). Trump and Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By Luis Fuenmayor Toro — Jan 24, 2025 | Let me start by saying, to make it clear from the start, that if I have to choose between the interests of the United States and those of Venezuela, I would, without hesitation, choose those of Venezuela. If I have to decide between Trump and Maduro, I choose Maduro. | I will always be against any kind of armed intervention in Venezuelan territory, and it seems cynical and ridiculous to me that those who place their political hopes in this type of action try to disguise them as humanitarian interventions and defense of human rights, following the script of justificatio…

tvbrics (2025-01-27). Venezuelan rice production increases by 26% in 2024. tvbrics.com Rice cultivation in the Latin American country takes place during the rainy and dry seasons…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2025-01-27). Venezuelan police take control of Sucre municipality. plenglish.com Caracas, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan Ministry of Internal Relations, Justice, and Peace informed that units of the Bolivarian National Police Corps and the Armed Forces took control of Sucre municipality, in northern Miranda state, as part of operations to bring peace to that territory.

Roger Harris (2025-01-27). Maduro Assumes a Third Term: Prospects and Problematics for Venezuela. counterpunch.org The first thing greeting me as I disembarked from my flight in Caracas was a wanted poster for one Edmundo González Urrutia. The reward was $100,000. Not to be outdone, the US had slapped a $25 million bounty on the head of President Maduro and lesser amounts on other Venezuelan leaders. Both González and the

Pressenza New York (2025-01-27). US Media Promotes Military Intervention in Venezuela. pressenza.com The New York Times, the so-called US "newspaper of record," carried an opinion piece by one of its columnists promoting "military intervention" to promote "democracy" by overturning the democratically elected government of Venezuela. | By Francisco Dominguez and Roger D. Harris | The central tenet of the NYT piece is that the moral basis for deposing the current president is clear because it claims that he stole the election, terrorizes his opponents, and brutalizes his people with no sign of letting up, much less letting go. Every other option for political change, it contends, has been attempted. Not only that,…

Francisco Dominguez, Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. (2025-01-27). US Media Promotes Military Intervention In Venezuela. popularresistance.org The New York Times, the so-called US "newspaper of record," carried an opinion piece by one of its columnists promoting "military intervention" to promote "democracy" by overturning the democratically elected government of Venezuela. | The central tenet of the NYT piece is that the moral basis for deposing the current president is clear because it claims that he stole the election, terrorizes his opponents, and brutalizes his people with no sign of letting up, much less letting go. Every other option for political change, it contends, has been attempted. Not only that, but Venezuela maintains friendly relations w…

Luis Fuenmayor Toro (2025-01-27). Trump and Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By Luis Fuenmayor Toro — Jan 24, 2025 | Let me start by saying, to make it clear from the start, that if I have to choose between the interests of the United States and those of Venezuela, I would, without hesitation, choose those of Venezuela. If I have to decide between Trump and Maduro, I choose Maduro. | I will always be against any kind of armed intervention in Venezuelan territory, and it seems cynical and ridiculous to me that those who place their political hopes in this type of action try to disguise them as humanitarian interventions and defense of human rights, following the script of justificatio…

Pressenza New York (2025-01-27). US Media Promotes Military Intervention in Venezuela. pressenza.com The New York Times, the so-called US "newspaper of record," carried an opinion piece by one of its columnists promoting "military intervention" to promote "democracy" by overturning the democratically elected government of Venezuela. | By Francisco Dominguez and Roger D. Harris | The central tenet of the NYT piece is that the moral basis for deposing the current president is clear because it claims that he stole the election, terrorizes his opponents, and brutalizes his people with no sign of letting up, much less letting go. Every other option for political change, it contends, has been attempted. Not only that,…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2025-01-27). Workers denounce strong cuts in Argentina. plenglish.com In a statement, the general secretary of ATE, Rodolfo Aguiar, warned that the Executive intends to deepen the cuts with measures such as the elimination and merger of decentralized entities. | If this were carried out, basic and essential services would not be guaranteed. The 800 million dollars that the reduction of taxes on the countryside implies cannot be compensated with the massive dismissal of state employees and the closure of public organizations. This will necessarily have an absolutely negative social impact, he said. | By dint of cutting and not observing essential rights, in 2024 the Government reduc…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2025-01-27). Cubans in Argentina reaffirm support for the revolutionary process. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) The Union of Cuban Residents in Argentina (URCA) has reaffirmed its support for the revolutionary process in the Caribbean nation and demanded the end of aggressions perpetrated by the United States.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2025-01-27). Cubanos en Argentina reiteran respaldo al proceso revolucionario. radiohc.cu La Habana, 27 ene (RHC) La Unión de Residentes Cubanos en Argentina (URCA) ratificó su respaldo al proceso revolucionario en la nación caribeña y exigió el fin de las agresiones sostenidas hoy por Estados Unidos.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2025-01-27). Workers denounce strong cuts in Argentina. plenglish.com In a statement, the general secretary of ATE, Rodolfo Aguiar, warned that the Executive intends to deepen the cuts with measures such as the elimination and merger of decentralized entities. | If this were carried out, basic and essential services would not be guaranteed. The 800 million dollars that the reduction of taxes on the countryside implies cannot be compensated with the massive dismissal of state employees and the closure of public organizations. This will necessarily have an absolutely negative social impact, he said. | By dint of cutting and not observing essential rights, in 2024 the Government reduc…

tvbrics (2025-01-27). Putin and Lula da Silva outline Russian-Brazilian cooperation's vector of development. tvbrics.com The leaders of Russia and Brazil held a telephone conversation…

Staff (2025-01-27). "Anxiety and Fear": Immigrants Under Attack as Trump Militarizes Border, Ramps Up Deportation Flights. democracynow.org A dramatic standoff between the U.S. and Colombia unfolded Sunday with Colombian President Gustavo Petro turning back two U.S. military planes that were carrying deported migrants in shackles, saying immigrants should be treated with dignity. The two countries then traded tariff threats before announcing a deal in which Colombia would begin accepting flights of deported migrants. Meanwhile, Trump has sent 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, further militarizing the region. "We're very, very concerned," says immigration activist Fernando García of the El Paso, Texas-based Border N…

Adriaan Alsema (2025-01-27). Colombia agrees to Trump's deportation flights after major row. colombiareports.com The government of Colombia agreed to accept military deportation flights from the US after a major row over the treatment of deported migrants. In a press statement, Foreign Minister Luis…

Amy Goodman (2025-01-27). Trump Militarizes Border, Ramps Up Deportation Flights in Immigration Crackdown. truthout.org A dramatic standoff between the U.S. and Colombia unfolded Sunday with Colombian President Gustavo Petro turning back two U.S. military planes that were carrying deported migrants in shackles, saying immigrants should be treated with dignity. The two countries then traded tariff threats before announcing a deal in which Colombia would begin accepting flights of deported migrants. Meanwhile… |

Michelle Begue (2025-01-27). Colombians react to Trump's tariff threats after deportation conflict. america.cgtn.com The United States and Colombia have calmed down after coming close to a trade war on Sunday, Jan. 26. The two countries came to an agreement on Colombia's acceptance of a military aircraft carrying deported migrants. | But the threat that the U.S. would retaliate with tariffs and sanctions has left a lot of worry among Colombian citizens. | CGTN's Michelle Begue report.

Adriaan Alsema (2025-01-27). Trump orders huge tariffs on goods from Colombia amid deportation row. colombiareports.com US President Donald Trump ordered his administration to impose major tariffs on imported goods from Colombia in response to the country's refusal to receive military airplanes with deported migrants. In…

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2025-01-27). Cuba expresa respaldo a Colombia frente a arbitrariedad de EE.UU. radiohc.cu La Habana, 27 ene (RHC) El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, expresó su respaldo al mandatario colombiano, Gustavo Petro, frente a las acciones arbitrarias de Estados Unidos relacionadas con el tema migratorio.

SKWAWKBOX (2025-01-27). Video: Honduran President Castro threatens to close US military bases if Trump expels Hondurans. skwawkbox.org Honduras joins Colombia in standing up to Trump's bullying and posturing, as Trump tries to bully Denmark into giving up Greenland Honduran president Xiomara Castro has become the latest national leader from Central and South America to stand up to microwaved US president Donald Trump's bullying and posturing. Earlier on Sunday, Colombian premier Gustavo Petro …

Staff (2025-01-27). Presidente Díaz-Canel expresa apoyo de Cuba a Gustavo Petro. cubadebate.cu El primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba y presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, expresó el apoyo de la Isla al mandatario colombiano, Gustavo Petro, ante una nueva manifestación de arbitrariedad y chantaje de la Administración de Donald Trump.

Amy Goodman (2025-01-27). Trump Militarizes Border, Ramps Up Deportation Flights in Immigration Crackdown. truthout.org A dramatic standoff between the U.S. and Colombia unfolded Sunday with Colombian President Gustavo Petro turning back two U.S. military planes that were carrying deported migrants in shackles, saying immigrants should be treated with dignity. The two countries then traded tariff threats before announcing a deal in which Colombia would begin accepting flights of deported migrants. Meanwhile… |

Michelle Begue (2025-01-27). Colombians react to Trump's tariff threats after deportation conflict. america.cgtn.com The United States and Colombia have calmed down after coming close to a trade war on Sunday, Jan. 26. The two countries came to an agreement on Colombia's acceptance of a military aircraft carrying deported migrants. | But the threat that the U.S. would retaliate with tariffs and sanctions has left a lot of worry among Colombian citizens. | CGTN's Michelle Begue report.

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2025-01-25: News Headlines

Elsy Fors Garzon (2025-01-25). Venezuela reiterates willingness to collaborate with Colombia's peace. plenglish.com Venezuela reiterates willingness to collaborate with Colombia's peace Caracas, Jan. 25 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela reiterated to Colombia its full willingness to collaborate in building and consolidating its peace, based on the successful experiences developed in the Bolivarian territory, a statement reported today.

Pressenza New York (2025-01-25). Venezuelan President Maduro Assumes a Third Term — Prospects and Problematics. pressenza.com The first thing greeting me as I disembarked from my flight in Caracas was a wanted poster for one Edmundo González Urrutia. The reward was $100,000. Not to be outdone, the US had slapped a $25 million bounty on the head of President Maduro and lesser amounts on other Venezuelan leaders. | By Roger D. Harris | Both González and the incumbent president, Nicolás Maduro, claimed that he would be the one to be inaugurated in two days. I had come to accompany the inauguration and for the concurrent antifascist festival. | History repeats itself — first tragedy, farce, and then silliness | From its inception with…

Staff (2025-01-25). Venezuela's Interior Minister: Far-Right Opposition Leads Network of Coyotes Taking Migrants to US. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan right-wing leaders are running a criminal organization from the United States to transport migrants from Venezuela to the US, denounced the Venezuelan Minister for Interior Diosdado Cabello. | During a new podcast that he co-hosts with Congresswoman Tania Díaz, Cabello said that these criminal organizations are hidden behind figures such as Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and are led by far-right politicians Carlos Vecchio, David Smolansky, Julio Borges, Leopoldo López, Juan Guaidó, and Miguel Pizarro. | "It's not that I'm going to leave Venezuela for Darién and go, no, no, if you go to Darién an…

Misión Verdad (2025-01-25). Rubio vs. Grenell: Two Different Approaches to Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Jan 24, 2025 | The new US administration is still calibrating its foreign policy approach towards Venezuela. At least, that is the impression that has been settled upon this week. | Since Donald Trump announced that Richard Grenell was going to be the "presidential envoy for special missions" last December, little has been discussed about the nature of his work in, This is due…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2025-01-25). Cuban Revolution is highlighted in Argentina. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Revolution continues to be the beacon that lights up our struggle for a better world, said Rubén Zaccaro, president of the House of Friendship between Argentina and Cuba, in Buenos Aires.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2025-01-25). Destacan en Argentina ejemplo de la Revolución cubana. radiohc.cu La Habana, 25 ene (RHC) La Revolución cubana sigue siendo hoy el faro que nos ilumina en la lucha por un mundo mejor, aseveró el presidente de la Casa de Amistad entre Argentina y Cuba, en Buenos Aires, Rubén Zaccaro.

Rhoda Wilson (2025-01-25). Davos 2025: Milei slams Starmer's woke policy of jailing citizens for exposing Muslim rape gangs and Trump declares "America is back" expose-news.com Argentina's President Javier Milei addressed the World Economic Forum in 2024 and 2025, criticising global elites and their policies, and warning that the Western world is in danger due to abandoning freedom …

Elsy Fors Garzon (2025-01-25). Accusation against four former police directors stood out in Brazil. plenglish.com Brasilia, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) The accusation of the Federal Police (PF) against four former public order directors, of Highways (PRF), for alleged interference in the 2022 elections, stood out in Brazil in the week ending today.

Redacción Chile (2025-01-25). World Humanist Forum, of a permanent character. Words by Antonio Carvallo. pressenza.com We publish here the words with which Antonio Carvallo introduced today's virtual assembly of the World Humanist Forum: | "The Forum is an ambit of exchange and discussion among humanists and likeminded people around the world to study and develop positions on the global problems affecting us all today. Attending to the structural relationships among the phenomena of science, politics, art and religion. | This work requires freedom of consciousness and freedom from ideological prejudice. To build a body of knowledge, and understanding of the global culture and main issues of our time, and their possible approaches…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2025-01-25). Gustavo Petro's visit marks a news week in Haiti. plenglish.com During his stay, Petro stressed that "South-South cooperation must be one of the pillars of relations between countries such as the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Haiti." | The Colombian dignitary highlighted the excellent quality of the ties between the two States, based on the principles of friendship, solidarity and mutual respect. | Both parties renewed their commitment to the rule of law, democracy and the promotion of human rights. | Bogotá and Port-au-Prince are committed to finding a peaceful solution to the political crisis that is shaking the Caribbean nation. | Petro advocated for ending the…

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2025-01-25). Grupos políticos de Colombia rechazan agresiones de EE.UU. contra Cuba. radiohc.cu La Habana, 25 ene (RHC) El Partido Comunista y la Juventud Comunista Colombiana se sumaron hoy al rechazo que genera la decisión del gobierno de Estados Unidos de incluir otra vez a Cuba dentro de la lista de países supuestamente patrocinadores del terrorismo.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2025-01-25). Más de 40 mil desplazados por violencia en noreste de Colombia. radiohc.cu La Habana, 25 ene (RHC) El número de desplazados por la violencia que sacude a la región del Catatumbo, en el noreste de Colombia, se mantiene en ascenso, y ya son más de 40 mil las personas víctimas del éxodo, según estiman fuentes oficiales.

María Candela (2025-01-25). Inusual visita en Haití. radiohc.cu Haití, sumido en una desconcertante rivalidad de bandas armadas, debió frenar el flujo de invitados extranjeros, aunque recibió recientemente una visita desacostumbrada, la del presidente colombiano, Gustavo Petro.

newarab (2025-01-24). US human rights advocates slam 'shameful' anti-immigration bill. newarab.com The Laken Riley Act, named after a Georgia nursing student murdered last year by a Venezuelan national living in the US unlawfully, was approved in the House of Representatives on Wednesday by a 263-158 vote. | Under the legislation, forces could detain undocumented immigrants accused of committing crimes such as theft…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2025-01-24). The Ayacucho Commune: Fisherfolk and Their Cooperative Practices. libya360.wordpress.com Chris Gilbert, Cira Pascual Marquina Mending the nets in a collective shelter. (Rome Arrieche) In Venezuela's Amazonas state, fishing has long been not just a trade but a whole way of life rooted in collaboration, knowledge sharing, and mutual aid. Now, under the US blockade, fishing has become an even more important source of food. At…

Staff (2025-01-24). Venezuela: Diosdado Cabello denunció que la oposición extremista comanda la red de coyotes que opera desde Estados Unidos. cubadebate.cu El primer vicepresidente del Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela aseguró que los opositores Carlos Vecchio, David Smolansky, Julio Borges, Leopoldo López, Juan Guaidó, Miguel Pizarro y otros son los que van al frente de esta organización criminal.

Adriaan Alsema (2025-01-24). Petro declares state of exception in Colombia's northeast. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Gustavo Petro signed off on a decree that gives the government extraordinary powers to respond to a major guerrilla offensive along the border with Venezuela. The so-called State…

newarab (2025-01-24). US human rights advocates slam 'shameful' anti-immigration bill. newarab.com The Laken Riley Act, named after a Georgia nursing student murdered last year by a Venezuelan national living in the US unlawfully, was approved in the House of Representatives on Wednesday by a 263-158 vote. | Under the legislation, forces could detain undocumented immigrants accused of committing crimes such as theft…

tvbrics (2025-01-24). Vietnam strengthens ties with Brazil's state to create trade representative offices for boosting strategic partnership. tvbrics.com Both parties endorsed an initiative to create a dedicated space for showcasing Vietnamese and Brazilian products…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2025-01-24). Brazil: The Malê Revolt. libya360.wordpress.com Ana Lucia Araujo Maculele dance at the Tororó Dike in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil © Joa Souza On January 24, 1835, rumors that Africans were planning a revolt for early the following day started circulating in Salvador, the capital of the then province of Bahia, in Brazil. The news quickly reached the city's…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2025-01-24). Mexico and Brazil discuss how to strengthen CELAC. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reported today that she spoke with her Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, about how to strengthen the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).

A A (2025-01-24). Unintentionally, sociologist shows what went wrong with Catholicism in Brazil. strategic-culture.su

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2025-01-24). Colombia's Fragile Peace Ruptures in Catatumbo. libya360.wordpress.com Zoe Alexandra Hundreds of more troops from the Colombian Army have been deployed to Catatumbo in the last week. Photo: Minister of Defense Colombia Social movements and community organizations demand peace as violence breaks out in the northeastern region of Colombia. In the last week, at least 80 people have been killed and over 32,000…

Zoe Alexandra (2025-01-24). Colombia's fragile peace ruptures in Catatumbo. peoplesdispatch.org In the last week, at least 80 people have been killed and over 32,000 people displaced in one of the deadliest bouts of violence in Colombia in recent years. The fighting in Catatumbo, a northeastern region of Colombia, broke out between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and an ex-FARC dissident group — Front 33. The violence in one of the most historically battered regions poses a serious threat to President Gustavo Petro's promise of total peace in the country. | In a heavily criticized move, Petro suspended the ongoing peace talks with the ELN on January 17, in light of the current fighting. | The situat…

Staff (2025-01-24). Cancillería de Cuba: Ningún miembro del ELN de Colombia ni de su Comando Central está en el país. cubadebate.cu Eugenio Martínez Enríquez, director general de América Latina y Caribe de la Cancillería cubana, a través de su cuenta en X, expresó: "Confirmo categóricamente, que en Cuba no se encuentra ningún miembro del Ejército de Liberación Nacional de Colombia (ELN), ni de su Comando Central. La mención a Cuba como uno de los países donde estos pudieran estar es una insinuación sin evidencias, porque no las hay".

Zoe Alexandra (2025-01-24). Colombia's fragile peace ruptures in Catatumbo. peoplesdispatch.org In the last week, at least 80 people have been killed and over 32,000 people displaced in one of the deadliest bouts of violence in Colombia in recent years. The fighting in Catatumbo, a northeastern region of Colombia, broke out between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and an ex-FARC dissident group — Front 33. The violence in one of the most historically battered regions poses a serious threat to President Gustavo Petro's promise of total peace in the country. | In a heavily criticized move, Petro suspended the ongoing peace talks with the ELN on January 17, in light of the current fighting. | The situat…

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