February 11, 2021 – Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela

Minister of Science and Technology of Venezuela, Gabriela Jiménez, in an interview with the local radio station Unión Radio, July 7, 2020.

International News

‘US Sanctions Obstruct Venezuelans’ Access to Medicines’

February 11, 2021 orinocotribune Carvativir, COVID-19, Gabriela Jimenez, internet, medicines, us blockade, US Sanctions, Venezuela

In a statement to the United Nations, Venezuela condemned the damages caused to the country by the United States’ coercive

Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion South America

Freedom of Expression According to the OAS: No News on the Front Lines

February 11, 2021 Iroel Sanchez Chile, freedom of expression, oas, protests, Repression, UN Human Rights Council

By Iroel Sánchez – Feb 9, 2021 “Curfew, with almost five hundred eye mutilations, with a constitutional state of emergency,

International Opinion US/Canada

Biden Should Let the ICC do its Job

February 11, 2021 Editor2 Biden, ICC, Palestinian Authority, peace process, US

By Amjad Iraqi – Feb 9, 2021 The White House is right in saying that Palestine is not a sovereign

Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion South America

Elections in Ecuador: The Road Ahead

February 11, 2021 Atilio Boron Andres Arauz, Carlos Rabascall, Ecuador, Ecuador 2021 elections, first round, Guillermo Lasso, Yaku Perez

By Atilio Boron – Feb 8, 2021 After negotiating innumerable tricky legal obstacles imposed by the National Electoral Council (following

International Opinion US/Canada

Media Frames Teen Using College Savings to Save Mom from Eviction as Uplifting Puff Piece

February 11, 2021 Alan MacLeod capitalism, media, Media Bias, Perseverance porn, US

By Alan Macleod – Feb 10, 2021 Corporate media outlets appear to have so completely internalized the grim logic of

Featured image: File photo courtesy of Twitter/Mark Hamill.

International Opinion US/Canada

The Monster Puts on Makeup, or How the Empire Renews Itself

February 11, 2021 Vladimir Acosta Biden, Bush Jr, democrats and republicans are the same, Eisenhower, jimmy carter, JKF, Nixon, Obama, Trump, US decline, US Imperialism

By Vladimir Acosta – Feb 10, 2020 At last with Trump out of power, the Monster that is the US

Featured image: Venezuelan Chancellor Jorge Arreaza. FIle photo.

Europe International News

Venezuela Condemns Disinformation Campaign by Germany’s DW

February 11, 2021 orinocotribune Cuba, Deutsche Welle, disinformation, DW, fake news, Germany, Imperialism, Iran, Jorge Arreaza, media warfare, Peter Limbourg, Tamara Suju, torture, UK, Venezuela

This Wednesday, February 10, the Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza, sent a letter to the General Director of

International News US/Canada

Assange Prosecution, Launched by Trump Justice Department, will Continue Under Biden

February 11, 2021 Editor2 Biden, freedom, Julián Assange, persecution, Trump, US, wikileaks

A Justice Department spokesperson indicated officials have no plans to abandon a case widely viewed as a threat to global

Asia International Opinion

Palestinians Accuse JCB of Complicity, as Israeli Army Demolishes Homes for the Third Time in One Week

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Editor2 Boycott divestment sanctions, Israel, JCB, Jordan Valley, Palestine, resistance

By Tom Anderson – Feb 10, 2021 On Monday 8 February, heavily armed Israeli soldiers entered the Palestinian Bedouin village

Ordinary Venezuelans are the ones suffering the lack of domestic gas, due to US blockade and sanctions but also due to corruption. File photo.

News Security and Defense

PDVSA Gas Comunal Case: Jacob Gray’s Alleged Accomplice Arrested

February 11, 2021 orinocotribune Catherine María Esté Rodríguez, Corruption, Emcomersa, Gas Comunal, Jacob Grey, Lombardo, Nevado Gas, PDVSA, Tarek William Saab, Venezuela

The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, reported this Wednesday, February 10 on the arrest of Catherine María Esté

Featured image: Aryenis and Alfredo with their relatives at home under house arrest. Photo courtesy of @aryenisyalfredo.

News Security and Defense

Former PDVSA Managers Aryenis Torrealba and Alfredo Chirinos Placed Under House Arrest

February 11, 2021 orinocotribune Alfredo Chirinos, Aryenis Torreealba, Corruption, good condition, house arrest, leak of information, PDVSA, rule of law, sentence, Tarek William Saab, Venezuela

In place of imprisonment, the court sentenced former managers of Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) Aryenis Torrealba, and Alfredo Chirinos