(2023-04-22). Venezuela VP Delcy Rodríguez: Sanctions Are Imperialism's Attacks on Sovereign Countries. orinocotribune.com Imperialist countries go on testing new formulas to attack the economies of sovereign countries, and one such attack consists of the 929 sanctions imposed on Venezuela, Venezuelan Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez commented. | During her speech at the International Seminar on National Unity for the Recovery of the Venezuelan Economy Amid International Blockade, held on Friday, April 21, Vice-President Rodríguez pointed out that currently there are "929 sanctions [on Venezuela], 60% of them imposed by the United States government, which began with President Barack Obama." | These sanctions has caused the Venezuelan e…
(2023-04-22). International Conference on Venezuela: Colombia's President Petro Suggests Incorporating All Political Groups. orinocotribune.com Caracas, April 21, 2023 ( "In Venezuela, new forces have arisen, new groups that were not in the Unitary Platform, and I think tha…
(2023-04-22). ALBA Games 2023 Begin in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
The 5th ALBA Games 2023 was inaugurated this Friday, April 21, at the Jorge Luis García Carneiro baseball stadium in La Guaira, Venezuela, where delegations from the 11 participating countries paraded. The event was by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. | Athletes from Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Nicaragua, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela, and special guest country Russia, are participating in the Games. | The delegations were sworn in by the minister for Youth and Sports of Venezuela, Mervin Maldonado, who stated that at this moment "in…
(2023-04-22). BRICS Bank De-Dollarizing, Promises 30% Of Loans in Local Currencies, New Chief Dilma Rousseff Says. orinocotribune.com 
By Ben Norton — Apr 16, 2023 | The new chief of the BRICS bloc's New Development Bank, Brazil's leftist ex-President Dilma Rousseff, revealed they are gradually moving away from the US dollar, promising at least 30% of loans in local currencies of members. | The new president of the BRICS Bank has revealed that the Global South-led bloc is The New Development Bank plans to give nearly one-third (30%) of its loans in the local…
(2023-04-22). Enslavement of African Migrants 'Big Business' in Libya Thanks to EU Funding — UN. orinocotribune.com By Alexander Rubinstein ∑ Apr 17, 2023 | An investigation by the United Nations has concluded that money provided by the European Union to state entities in Libya has facilitated crimes against humanity ranging from forced labor and sexual slavery to torture. | Through its financial support of the Libyan Coast Guard and the Libyan Directorate for Combating Illegal Migration (DCIM), the European Union has aided and abetted crimes against humanity, according to a recent UN report. | On March 27, 2023, the United Nations released the findings of a three-year investigation, confirming that "arbitrary detention, m…
(2023-04-21). Just as in 2002, Venezuela Continues To Resist the US Drive for Illegal 'Regime Change'. orinocotribune.com By Tim Young — Apr 18, 2023 | "The period since Chavez's death has seen the most concerted efforts to oust the government & usher in a regime amenable to the US' political and economic agenda." | Twenty-one years ago this month the United States supported a coup in Venezuela to overthrow President Hugo Chávez's radical reforming government and preserve US strategic and business interests. | Chávez had won the presidential election in 1998 with 57% of the vote and set about to transform the country. A rigged two-party system had for forty years ensured a grossly unequal distribution of wealth, enriching both…
(2023-04-21). Guyana, Inc.: Subsidiary of ExxonMobil. orinocotribune.com 
By Misión Verdad — Apr 20, 2023 | The Ministry of Natural Resources of Guyana announced last week the extension of its deadline to July 15, 2023, for the submission of bids for the licensing of 14 oil blocks, the original deadline for which was scheduled for April 14 with the subsequent awarding of the contracts scheduled for May 31, 2023. This announcement by the Guyanese government continues its illegal policy of bidding with transnational oil companies in Venezuelan territory. | This change in the dynamics of the bidding rounds in Guyana follows a series of declarations made by the vice president of Guyan…
(2023-04-21). Study Exposes Poverty as 4th Leading Cause of Death in the US. orinocotribune.com A "Poverty kills as much as dementia, accidents, stroke, Alzheimer's, and diabetes," said David Brady, professor of public policy at the University of California, Riverside and lead autho…
(2023-04-21). TV BRICS and Telesur Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement. orinocotribune.com The international network of the BRICS countries, TV BRICS, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Latin American multi-state news outlet teleSUR to continue working on the expansion of the BRICS+ network of media partners in Latin America. | The executive director of TV BRICS Media Network, Janna Tolstikova, announced that "TV BRICS International Network sees the beginning of our cooperation with teleSUR as a strategic move, aiming to promote the Latin American and BRICS international agenda by joining forces and employing each other's capabilities to further strengthen and expand multilateral tie…
(2023-04-21). Zionism in Crisis: Palestinian Resistance Forges a New Horizon. orinocotribune.com By Palestinian Youth Movement — Apr 16, 2023 | For too long, the global solidarity movement has only understood Palestinians as victims of Israeli violence. The current moment calls us to question the invincibility of the Zionist project and reassess our struggle. | Over the past few weeks, significant events have been unfolding across historic Palestine. January 7, 2023, marked the start of Zionist protests in response to proposed Israeli judicial reforms. In parallel, we have also seen an intensification of the ongoing settler colonial violence perpetrated by the Zionist entity against Palestinians —…
(2023-04-21). Three New Arrests in PDVSA-Crypto & Cartones de Venezuela Corruption Investigation, One Dies in SEBIN Custody. orinocotribune.com Caracas, April 20, 2023 (
(2023-04-21). Venezuela and Bolivia Sign 13 Bilateral Agreements. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, April 20, 2023 ( Arce was received with a military parade this Thursday, April 20, by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil, at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, La Guaira state. "We welcome the president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Luis Arce, brother and ally of our people," Gil announ…
(2023-04-21). Taliban recognition not a focus of Afghanistan meeting, says UN. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-21). Commentary: Are US-Vietnam relations ready for a strategic partnership upgrade? channelnewsasia.com While signs are afoot that Hanoi is drawing a little closer to Washington, Vietnam will likely stick to familiar ground when managing its relations with the two largest powers, says ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute's Nguyen Khac Giang.
(2023-04-21). Biden, Macron talk to ease tensions after French leader's China trip. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-21). Kyiv says it terminates land lease deal with Russian Embassy. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-21). Russia regional governor quits after son dodges extradition to US. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-21). Russia ¥s Lavrov in Havana on Latam drive to shore up support. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-21). Continúan protestas contra la reforma judicial en Israel. telesurtv.net La ley pretende otorgar la facultad al Gobierno de seleccionar los jueces que integrarán la Corte Suprema.
(2023-04-21). In Germany, Left Party youth group calls for donations to the Ukrainian army. wsws.org Linksjugend (Left Youth) counts among the organisations belonging to the Left Party that aggressively support NATO's proxy war against Russia.
