January 12, 2021 – Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela

Vannesa Rosales is currently facing charges for helping a 13-year-old rape victim abort. (AlbaTV)

Health-Education-Sport-Culture-Technology News

Detention of Venezuelan Abortion Activist Prompts Continental Pressure Campaign

January 12, 2021 slorinoco #JusticiaparaVannesa, abortion, Argentina, Laws, Rape, Vannesa Rosales

Vannesa Rosales is facing charges for counselling a pregnant 13-year-old rape victim. By Paul Dobson Mérida, Venezuela, January 11, 2021—Grassroots

Father Melo photo: The Jesuit Post

Central America and the Caribbean Latin America and ALBA-TCP News

President of Honduras Consolidates Political Pact of Impunity

January 12, 2021 slorinoco COVID-19, Father Melo, Honduras, hurricane, impunity, Ismael Moreno, Juan Orlando Hernández, Politics

January 7, 2021 “Honduras ended the year under strong threats against its citizens, expressed in the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, unemployment,

AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko

Health-Education-Sport-Culture-Technology Opinion

Abortion, the Great Debt Owed to Women by Progressive Latin American Governments

January 12, 2021 orinocotribune abortion, Argentina, femicide, Feminism, Latin America, progressiveness debt, same sex civil unions, women rights, women vote

By Patricia Lee Wynne—January 9, 2020 This disastrous year closed with a historic event for Latin America: the legalization of

Featured image: Venezuelan Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino-Lopez on Guyana-US military threats. Photo courtesy of Ultimas Noticias.

News Security and Defense

Venezuelan Military Redoubles Air and Sea Patrols Due to US Military Threat

January 12, 2021 orinocotribune CEOFANB, Essequibo, FANB, Guyana, military threats, provocation, US decline, us military aggression, Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino Lopez

The Strategic Operational Command of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Armed Forces (CEOFANB) redoubled all naval and air patrols of the

Venezuelan communique on Guyana interfering in Venezuelan internal affairs

News Security and Defense

Venezuela Rejects Guyana’s Interference in its Internal Affairs

January 12, 2021 orinocotribune 1966 Geneva Agreement, communique, Essequibo, Exxon Mobil, Guyana, interfering in internal affairs, Jorge Arreaza, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, territorial dispute, Venezuela

The Government of Venezuela published a communique on Monday in which it rejects the recent statements of the President of

Featured image: The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, denounced the Government of Guyana for authorizing US military actions in the maritime zone in claim, (Photo: Vice-presidency of Venezuela.)

News Security and Defense

Venezuela Denounces US and Guyana’s Military Drills Near Essequibo Territory

January 12, 2021 orinocotribune Admiral Craig Faller, CELAC, Delcy Rodríguez, Exxon Mobil, Guyana, military drills, SouthCom, us military aggression, US provocations, Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino Lopez

This Monday, the Executive Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez, alerted the country and the region about joint military exercises being carried

Central America and the Caribbean Latin America and ALBA-TCP News

State Sponsors of Terrorism: Cuba Condemns Trump’s Hypocritical Designation

January 12, 2021 orinocotribune Bruno Rodríguez, Colombia, Cuba, ELN, Mike Pompeo, state sponsors, terror, terrorism, terrorists, US decline

Cuba condemns its inclusion in the US list of “state sponsors of terrorism” and sees in the measure the “political

Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion South America

Bolivia Approves Emergency Use of Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine

January 12, 2021 Editor2 Bolivia, CoronaVac, COVID-19, Covid-19 Vaccine, Luis Arce, Pfizer, Russia, Sinovac, Sputnik V

By Tanya Wadhwa – Jan 07, 2021 Under the leadership of Luis Arce, Bolivia has intensified efforts to combat and

International Opinion US/Canada

Non-MAGA Activists Caught in Social Media War as Twitter Begins Purge

January 12, 2021 Alan MacLeod activists, Parler, Social Media, Trump, twitter, US

By Alan Macleod – Jan 11, 2021 Almost immediately after the Twitter purge began, a number of non-Trump accounts began

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News South America

Peru: Ex-President Fujimori Sued Over Forced Sterilizations

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Editor2 Alberto Fujimori, crimes against humanity, Enrique Marroquin, Forced sterilizations, Human Rights, Magda Gonzales, Mamerita Mestanza, Maria Cedano, Milton Campos, Peru, Rafael Martin, Segundo Aliaga, Ulises Aguilar, Women's Rights

At least 244,234 Indigenous women were irreversibly sterilized as part of Alberto Fujimori’s family planning policies. January 11, 2021—The Peruvian