2021-10-22: News Headlines

A Guest Author (2021-10-22). Kidnapped Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab speaks in court. workers.org Saab made the following statement in U.S. Federal Court in Miami on Oct. 16. The statement is lightly edited. My name is Alex Nain Saab Moran, with Venezuelan diplomatic passport number 045778720. I am a special envoy with diplomatic immunity to the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran . . . |

A Guest Author (2021-10-22). U.S. illegally extradites Venezuelan diplomat from Cabo Verde. workers.org The Free Alex Saab Committee issued the following news release Oct. 18. For more see afgj.org/free-alex-saab. The Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was renditioned and kidnapped to the U.S. on Oct. 16 without waiting for a final extradition decision. The action was taken in secret, without notifying his defense team and without . . . |

teleSUR (2021-10-22). Cuba To End Pandemic-Related Transport Restrictions. telesurenglish.net Since over 60,5 percent of the Cuban population has already been immunized against the coronavirus, the National Temporary Working Group to Fight COVID-19 approved the gradual restoration of all public transportation services from Nov. 1. | RELATED: | "Our office will remove all restrictions on car and bus traveling schedules and eliminate checkpoints at each province's entrances," the Transport Ministry's Passen…

teleSUR (2021-10-22). Haiti: The 400 Mawozo Gang Threatens To Murder US Missionaries. telesurenglish.net In a video posted on YouTube on Thursday, the 400 Mawozo gang leader Wilson Joseph threatened to execute 17 U.S. Christian Aid ministers whom he kidnapped on Saturday if Haitian authorities do not hand him a US$17 million ransom. | RELATED: | "I will put a bullet in the head of each of these gringos if you do not give me what I asked," Wilson stated. The missionaries were abducted in broad daylight while vis…

Staff (2021-10-22). Venezuelan National Assembly Authorizes New Committee to Normalize Relations with Colombia. orinocotribune.com During the special session of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN) called for this Thursday, October 21, the deputies approved the creation of a Similarly, a Parliamentary Friendship Group was approved "which must begin to take action to improve relations between the two n…

Staff (2021-10-22). Venezuela Objects to US Secretary of State's Visit to Colombia. orinocotribune.com "It is unfortunate that the US Secretary of State is in Colombia," said Delcy Rodríguez. "It is clear that he is planning aggressions against Venezuela." | On Thursday, October 21, the Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, rejected the presence of the Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, in Colombian territory. | In additi…

teleSUR (2021-10-22). Blinken's Visit To Colombia Is Part Of An Assault On Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Venezuela denounced that the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Colombia is part of a strategy of aggression against the Bolivarian people and institutions. | RELATED: | The White House disrespects Colombians when it tries to use their territory to attack Venezuela at a time when their country "is going through one of the worst social upheavals in its history," Venezuela's Foreign Affairs…

teleSUR, MER (2021-10-21). Esposa de Alex Saab: Todo el proceso ha sido ilegal desde su detención. telesurtv.net Camilla Fabri denunció que el diplomático fue víctima de torturas físicas y psicológicas durante su detención ilegal.

Editor2 (2021-10-21). The US Flies Alex Saab Out From Cabo Verde Without Court Order or Extradition Treaty. orinocotribune.com By Dan Kovalik — Oct 18, 2021 | On October 16, Colombian businessman and Venezuelan Special Envoy Alex Saab was in practical terms kidnapped for the second time, first by Cabo Verde under pressure from Washington, and now by the U.S., in flagrant violation of international law. | For nearly a year and a half, Saab had been imprisoned on the island nation of Cabo Verde, 400 miles off the northwestern coast of Africa in the Atlantic. As a Bloomberg article

teleSUR (2021-10-21). Cuba: AG Warns March Organizers of Potential Repercussions. telesurenglish.net Garcia and several members of his digital platform Archipiélago asked the authorities for a permit to hold a "peaceful" demonstration under the rights explicitly stated in the new constitution. However, their demand was turned down by the government, which described it as an "illicit" way of destroying socialism, which is signed as "irrevocable" in the Constitution itself. | RELATED: | Subsequently, the media outlet Cubadebate published…

Fernando Buen Abad Domínguez (2021-10-21). Cuba: Aquí se libra una guerra semiótica (también). globalizacion.ca Todas las ofensivas que prepara contra Cuba el imperio yanqui, disfrazado de "hombres y mujeres libres", es una emboscada de provocaciones infestadas con golpismo rancio y prédicas criminales. Nada nuevo. Viejo veneno en frasquitos nuevos. No vamos a cansarnos en…

teleSUR, SH (2021-10-21). Nicaragua recibe 1.2 millones de vacunas anticovid cubanas. telesurtv.net El lote de las vacunas Abdalá y Soberana 02 sera usada para la inmunización contra el coronavirus en niños entre dos y 17 años.

teleSUR (2021-10-21). French Solidarity Organizations Send Medical Donations to Cuba. telesurenglish.net In declarations to Prensa Latina, the president of the Montpellier Cuba Solidarité association said that the container was filled in the southern city, aid that will leave tomorrow for the Caribbean country, where it will arrive in the second half of next month. | RELATED: | The shipment destined to support Cuba's efforts in the fight against COVID-19 includes, among other means, 21 electric beds for hospital use, 1…

Editor (2021-10-21). Eyewitness report: Cuba's scientists, medical workers advance fight vs. COVID. mronline.org After a serious rise in Cuba of illnesses and deaths from COVID-19 during the summer, there are encouraging developments with a steady recovery and downward curve in illnesses and deaths.

teleSUR (2021-10-21). Venezuela to Begin Production of Abdala Vaccine in January. telesurenglish.net The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced Thursday that as of January 2022, the South American country would begin producing the Abdala vaccine in cooperation with Cuba to continue fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | "As of January 2022, Venezuela will start production of the Abdala vaccine in cooperation with the Republic of Cuba (…) its production will be carried out in a public plant and…

Jyotsna Singh (2021-10-21). Cuba-Vietnam: On the road to vaccine self-reliance. peoplesdispatch.org Cuba and Vietnam share a rich history of anti-imperialist struggles and are living examples of the daily battle against US hegemony. During the pandemic, they are paving the way for South-South solidarity and enhancing local production, a must for a self-reliant Global South…

Andreína Chávez Alava (2021-10-21). Advocacy Groups Blast US Treasury Sanctions Review for Failing to Address Civilian Harm. venezuelanalysis.com The US Treasury Department's sanctions review sparked criticism for focusing on how to "modernize" coercive measures.

Staff (2021-10-21). CNE Approves Regulations Governing 21N Election Campaign. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, October 19, in order to regulate the electoral campaigns and promotional material of more than 70,000 candidates, parties, and Indigenous organizations participating in Venezuela's mega-elections of November 21, the National Electoral Council (CNE) published Specific Regulations that will govern these activities, with the sole objective of maintaining a democratic and fair environment at all levels of the electoral process. | As stipulated in the document, shared with the public on the electoral authority's Twitter account, the electoral campaign period will formally begin at 6: 00 a.m. on the mornin…

teleSUR- jaa -HIM (2021-10-21). Pdte. venezolano respalda iniciativa de comisión con Colombia. telesurtv.net El mandatario resaltó la importancia de restablecer las relaciones con Colombia "respetando la vida política, las ideas" de ambos Gobiernos.

teleSUR, JCM (2021-10-21). Denuncian ante ONU persecución contra venezolanos en Colombia. telesurtv.net La vicepresidenta Rodríguez explicó que la violencia contra los connacionales en Colombia es el resultado de una campaña de xenofobia.

teleSUR (2021-10-21). IMF Drawing Rights Allocation Discriminates Against Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez accused the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of discriminating against Venezuela during the allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). | RELATED: | "Venezuela will continue to denounce that we are victims of discrimination… Our people are being denied the US$5 billion assigned to our country," Rodriguez said during the 7th Forum of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Dev…

teleSUR (2021-10-21). Venezuela Creates Group to Normalize Relations with Colombia. telesurenglish.net The National Assembly (NA) of Venezuela approved on Thursday the creation of a parliamentary commission to work together with the Congress of Colombia to reestablish relations between the two nations. | In a special session, the Assembly members approved the said commission members, which is chaired by Deputy Timoteo Zambrano, who is also in charge of the International Relations Commission of the NA. | RELATED: | In ad…

teleSUR, JDO, JCM (2021-10-21). Designan a Sandra Mason como primera presidenta de Barbados. telesurtv.net El Parlamento aprobó su nominación como jefa de Estado y puso fin a 396 años de gobierno británico.

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