(2021-05-13). French Association Asks Biden To Stop US Blockade Against Cuba. telesurenglish.net France's Cuba Cooperation Association (CubaCoop) on Thursday urged U.S. President Joe Biden to put an end to the 60-year-old blockade imposed by his country on the Caribbean island. | RELATED: | "If Biden wants to help the Cuban population, he would put an end to the over 240 unilateral sanctions imposed by his predecessor Donald Trump, who also reinforced the blockade against this neighboring country," CubaCoop stated.
(2021-05-13). When a Cuban Mother Sacrifices Herself for Venezuelan Mothers. orinocotribune.com 
By Yosdany Morejón Ortega — May 9, 2021 | The plane took off and a lump tightened in her throat as she evoked the figure of a son who had said goodbye to her minutes before. She was 27 years old and, until that moment, the separation between herself and her family would be limited to a few days; but this time it would be very different. | She thought of birthdays that she would not be celebrating, dinners where her presence would be a mere evocation, empty cutlery at the end of the table, laughter, hugs and tears that would dissolve into the nothingness of a prolonged absence. | She thought and thought until…
(2021-05-13). Venezuela to Receive Sputnik Light and Johnson & Johnson Single-Dose Vaccines. venezuelanalysis.com President Maduro said a mass Covid-19 vaccination campaign would take place between June and August to inoculate 70 percent of the population.
(2021-05-13). The Importance of Wages for the Millions of Working Venezuelans. orinocotribune.com By Pasqualina Curcio — May 10, 2021 | There are those in Venezuela who dismiss the salary issue as if it were not relevant, as if it were just one more aspect among many other issues. They lightly convey the message that as long as we continue to be besieged by the US there is not much that can be done to adjust them to decent levels. They do not propose solutions and in response to requests for wage increases the answer is: "you cannot distribute what does not exist, you have to produce, and for that you have to work," as if we do not do that every day. | We are almost 14 million active workers in Venezuela…
(2021-05-13). The Real Reason Why Former Deputy Guaidó now Wants Dialogue. orinocotribune.com "The bobolongo (former deputy Guaidó) comes out to say that he wants dialogue because he was left out of everything, isolated and defeated" Venezuelan head of state, Nicolás Maduro, stated emphatically on Tuesday. "Nobody will ask him anything, and the country's course is already set for a great mega-election this year of 2021." | With these words, President Maduro was reacting to a message circulated on social media networks in which the far-right former deputy changed his tack and, demanding invariably the departure of the legitimate government, now spoke of "reaching agreements." | For this reason, Maduro was…
(2021-05-13). Venezuela Seeks To Boost Its Economy Through E-Commerce. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday that his country will create an e-commerce system to boost businesses and stimulate the economy, which has been severely hit by the U.S. blockade and the pandemic. | RELATED: | "The Commerce to Person (C2P) system will allow the Venezuelans to free themselves from the use of paper money. This technological proposal will help us overcome the sanctions' impact and assist the needs…
(2021-05-13). Hinterlaces Poll Reveals the Most Unpopular Leaders of the Venezuelan Opposition. orinocotribune.com 
A recent opinion poll by Hinterlaces revealed the level of rejection by the people of Venezuela towards the main leaders of the opposition. | The Venezuelan research and analysis firm Monitor País Hinterlaces carried out this latest study between April 14 and April 25 this year, directed 15% to the strata A, B and C, and the remaining 85% to the strata D and E. | In addition, the poll was classified by gender, age, region of the country, socioeconomic condition, and educational qualification of the respondents, with a margin of error of 3%, according to the firm. | What was the poll? | The people who were consult…
(2021-05-13). Venezuela: Electrical Line Explosion in Galipán Leaves La Guaira Without Electricity Service — Sharp Deterioration of Public Utilities. orinocotribune.com A failure at the transmission level in the Cota Mil-Guaira 69 circuit, with a report of explosions in the heights of Picacho Galipán (El Avila mountain), Macuto parish, caused a loss of electrical service in almost 70% of La Guaira state for more than 14 hours this Wednesday. | The service interruption began around midnight, according to users' reports, and service was gradually reestablished beginning around 4 p.m. | Parishes such as Maiquetía, La Guaira, Macuto, Caraballeda, Naiguatá, and Caruao were affected and only Carlos Solublette, Urimare, Catía La Mar, Carayaca, and El Junko, that is to say areas in the…
(2021-05-13). Biden Administration to Review Sanctions Policy Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The administration of US President Joe Biden is reviewing its policy of illegal unilateral measures, also called "sanctions," against Venezuela, reported Bloomberg. | "The relationship between the United States and Venezuela is under quiet review, " wrote the US outlet. Bloomberg also claimed that US figures with access to the Biden administration are talking to the "inner circle" of the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Among them are House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks, former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, and World Food Program Director David Beasley. The latter is the executive…
(2021-05-13). Venezuela's Arreaza asks EFE for Respect and Quality: Guaidó's Last Attempt at Revival (+Luis Vicente León). orinocotribune.com The Spanish news agency EFE reported though its Twitter account that former deputy "Guaidó proposes to negotiate with the Venezuelan government and advocates lifting the sanctions." | The headline adorned with the animated gif format image displaying "Breaking News" is the smooth and convenient read of what was a 5.40 minute display of threats and blackmail by the former deputy of the National Assembly. | The information is such a deliberate makeup and that so without context, that Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza did not let it pass without a comment. This was within the context of a revival of…
(2021-05-13). The US Empire's Attempts to Retain Control Bring the Next Wave of Socialist Revolutions Closer. orinocotribune.com In the last year, the imperialists have had both one great defeat and one great victory. Last fall in Bolivia, the indigenous movement overpowered the CIA-installed coup regime and forced through an election which brought the country's socialist party back to power, losing the international bourgeoisie control over Bolivia's Lithium and destroying the strategic military advantage Washington was trying to build up around Venezuela. But then last month in Ecuador, the imperialists
(2021-05-13). USAID Admits to Venezuela Regime Change Fraud. orinocotribune.com By Anya Parampil — May 6, 2021 | Red Lines host Anya Parampil explores an internal USAID report admitting the agency's policy on Venezuela was driven by the State Department and National Security Council's push for regime change. | The report specifically investigated USAID's attempt to use the US military to force aid through Venezuela's border with Colombia on February 23, 2019.
(2021-05-13). Failed Venezuelan coup leader now wants dialogue. But here's what corporate media won't tell you. thecanary.co Juan Guaidó, the leader of the US-backed coup attempt in Venezuela, is now But there's an important reality that the corporate-owned press will surely leave…
(2021-05-12). 3rd clinical trial phase of Iran-made Covid-19 vaccine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) — The 3rd clinical trial phase of anti-Coronavirus vaccine jointly manufactured by Cuba's Finlay Vaccine Institute and Pasteur Institute of Iran began on Wednesday in the Provincial capital of Mazandaran Province Sari.
(2021-05-12). Cuba: Havana Starts Immunization Campaign with Abdala Vaccine. telesurenglish.net Cuba's Health Ministry on Wednesday kicked off Havana's immunization campaign with the Abdala vaccine, developed by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB). | RELATED: | The vaccination will begin in the municipalities of Regla, East Havana, San Miguel del Padron, and Guanabacoa, which are the most affected territories by the pandemic. | "Everything is set up to vaccinate the capital's people," Healt…
(2021-05-12). Caribbean Leaders Congratulate New CARICOM Secretary-General. telesurenglish.net On his Twitter account, the Cuban foreign minister extended his congratulations to the "community with which Cuba maintains relations of brotherhood and solidarity." | Venezuela's foreign minister, Jorge Arreaza, followed suit and said via Twitter: "Venezuela celebrates the historic election of the new CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, the first woman to hold such an important position. We hope to continue working hand in hand to consolidate the union of Latin America and the Caribbean. Venezuela is the Caribbean!" | Barnett was Deputy Secretary-General of CARICOM from 1997 to 2002 and will assume…
(2021-05-12). Cuba welcoms Iran-Saudi talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA) — The Director-General of Bilateral Affairs of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Emilio Lozada García announced that his country welcomes Tehran-Riyadh talks.
(2021-05-12). New Polling Shows that US Needs to Move Beyond Racist Insular Cases. latinorebels.com Essentially, the Insular Cases are the U.S. legal framework that justify a colonial relationship with territories like Puerto Rico American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the Virgin Islands.
(2021-05-12). China Urges the US to Lift Sanctions Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The government of China demanded an end to the coercive measures of the United States administration against Venezuela, calling the unilateral sanctions illegal and highlighting that the coercive measures were intensified amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the fact that the sanctions are violating human rights. | China's position was ratified by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hua Chunying, who pointed out that while Washington presents itself as a defender of legal guarantees and human rights, it nonetheless is intensifying its illegal measures, not only against Venezuela, but also agains…
(2021-05-12). Venezuela's popular Democracy under siege: A conversation with Elías Jaua. mronline.org 
Chavez's former Vice President and long-time minister talks about the internal dynamics of the Bolivarian process. | May 12, 2021 | Exchange…
(2021-05-12). Venezuela To Receive Sputnik Light, Speed up Vaccination Drive. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday that his country would receive Russia's Sputnik Live vaccine to advance the inoculation amid a COVID-19 upsurge. | RELATED: | "In May, vaccination will accelerate and have widespread growth, and June, July, and August will be the months of a vaccination offensive," the Venezuelan President said on national television as the authorities aimed to vaccinate at least…
(2021-05-12). Venezuelan Supreme Court Asks Extradition of Coup-Plotter Lopez. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's Supreme Court (TSJ) Tuesday approved to request the extradition from Spain of Leopoldo Lopez, who was sentenced to imprisonment for several crimes connected to internal destabilization in the Bolivarian nation. | RELATED: | Lopez is linked to the failed Gideon Operation undertaken by Colombian-backed paramilitary groups that intended to invade Venezuelan soil in May 2020. | The Supreme Court highlighted that…
(2021-05-12). Venezuela needs $77.6 bn to rebuild gas, oil industry. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA) — Venezuelan state-owned oil giant Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) believes it needs $77.6 billion investment to rebuild the country's oil and gas industry.
(2021-05-12). Economics of the new cold war and US 'super imperialism' with economist Michael Hudson. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton interview world-renowned economist Michael Hudson on his concept of American "super imperialism" and the economics of the new cold war on China and Russia. In this wide-ranging discussion on the Moderate Rebels podcast, Hudson addresses US sanctions on Venezuela and Iran, the policies of the Joe Biden administration, Beijing's economic model, cryptocurrencies, and dedollarization — the potential end to the dollar as the global reserve currency. Transcript Ben Norton 0: 03 Hello everyone, I'm …
(2021-05-12). Venezuela's Supreme Court Authorizes Leopoldo López Extradition Request from Spain. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, May 11, the Criminal Cassation Chamber of Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) admitted a request to the government of Spain for the extradition of the fugitive from the Venezuelan justice, Leopoldo López Mendoza, leader of the extreme right-wing political party Popular Will (Voluntad Popular). | The extradition request was executed for the fulfillment of the remainder of the right-wing politician's sentence to be served in Venezuela, which is eight years, six months, 25 days and 12 hours. | López was convicted of committing the crimes of inciting arson, inciting damages, public instigation, a…
(2021-05-12). Duque's Lightning Visit to Cali & the Stark Contrast with How He Addressed Venezuelans. orinocotribune.com The president of Colombia, Iván Duque, made a lightning visit early morning on Monday, May 10, to the city of Cali, the epicenter of the protests that have been going on in Colombia since April 28. The president stayed in Cali for hardly four hours to meet with the security council established there in the aftermath of the paramilitary attacks perpetrated against an indigenous minga [community reunion]. | On May 9, Duque was emphatic that he had no intention of visiting the capital of Valle del Cauca department; however, eventually he yielded to the pressure from the members of his Democratic Center party. At 3: 4…
(2021-05-12). Venezuela Condemns New Violent Actions Against the Palestinian People (Communiqué). orinocotribune.com 
The Foreign Affairs Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Jorge Arreaza reported, through a statement, that Venezuela expresses its strongest condemnation of Israel's new military actions against the Palestinian people, which have left at least 20 dead. | Through his official account on the social media network Twitter the senior official wrote: "Venezuela condemns the new violent actions against the Palestinian people by Israel, and calls upon the international community, reaffirming its historical position in defense of the sovereignty, independence, and self-determination of Palestine." | In the sta…
(2021-05-12). Venezuela to Hold Regional Elections as Opposition Groups Signal Intent to Participate. venezuelanalysis.com President Nicolás Maduro said US-backed Juan Guaidó's call for dialogue was a desperate attempt to avoid being marginalized.
(2021-05-12). Injerencismo de toga: Operaciones judiciales made in Washington. globalizacion.ca Los tentáculos judiciales de Washington en América Latina y el Caribe. La Corte Suprema argentina no es la única institución que se afana por proteger a los poderes concentrados e impedir la consolidación de proyectos soberanos. | Todos los países de…