February 17, 2021 – Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela

Featured image: A football field-sized ‘freezer farm’ used for storing Covid-19 vaccines © AP.

International News

‘They are not Being Distributed Fairly’: UN Assures 10 Countries Monopolize 75% of Vaccines (COVID-19)

February 17, 2021February 18, 2021 orinocotribune Andrea Taylor, COVID-19, Duke University, European Union, Reuters, UK, united nations, vaccines, WHO

The United Nations recognized that the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines is very unbalanced, as the beneficiaries are industrialized countries or

Nicolas Maduro wears a protective mask following a press conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas on Feb. 17. Photographer: Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg

Health-Education-Sport-Culture-Technology News

On Thursday Vaccination of Health Care Personnel with Sputnik V Begins in Venezuela

February 17, 2021February 18, 2021 orinocotribune hoarding, mass vaccination, President Maduro, private market, Russia, Sputnik V, vaccines, Venezuela

On Wednesday, February 17, President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela attended the first press conference with international news outlets in 2021.

The president highlighted the strength of the Venezuelan electoral system.

President Maduro Supports Mega-Elections Proposal Raised by the Opposition

February 17, 2021February 18, 2021 orinocotribune aldermen, CNE, gobernors, mayors, mega elections, opposition proposal, President Maduro, state legislators, Venezuela

On Wednesday, February 17, during a press conference with international correspondents in the Miraflores Palace, President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro

International Opinion

The Real World And The Narrative World

February 17, 2021 Caitlin Johnstone awakening, manipulation, narrative, Propaganda

By Caitlin Johnstone – Feb 12, 2021 We each inhabit two very different worlds simultaneously: the real world, and the narrative

International Opinion US/Canada

Never Again Can US Lecture Other Countries about Censorship

February 17, 2021February 18, 2021 Steve Lalla censorship, GameStop, Julián Assange, US decline, US Imperialism

By Steve Lalla for Orinoco Tribune – Feb 15, 2021 Following the past month’s events, the US can no longer

Featured image: Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau explaining why they took vaccines from a UN fund dedicated to provide vaccines to low income countries (COVAX). Canada has been heavily criticized for hording anti covid-19 vaccines. Photo courtesy of Reuters.

International News

Mexico to Denounce ‘Hoarding of Anti-COVID-19 Vaccines’ at UN Security Council

February 17, 2021February 18, 2021 Carlos Arellán Canada, COVID-19, Marcelo Ebrard, mass vaccination, Mexico, security council, united nations, unsc, vaccines hoarding

By Carlos Arellán – Feb 17, 2021 Mexico will bring an important issue before the United Nations Security Council: the

Street artists as well as ordinary people expresed in different ways their anger for what they call the abjuction of Pablo Hasel in a clear case of freedom of speech vulneration. Photo courtesy of @joanjubany.

Europe International News

Streets of Spain on Fire – Protesting Pablo Hasél Detention (Freedom of Speech) #PabloHaselLibertat

February 17, 2021February 18, 2021 orinocotribune anti-monarchist, arrest, Barcelona, freedom of speech, Girona, Lleida, pablo hasel, protests, Spain, valencia

This Tuesday, angry citizens organized demonstrations in several cities in Spain in response to the detention of the rapper Pablo

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News South America

Bolivia Approves Amnesty Law for Those Persecuted by Áñez Gov’t

February 17, 2021February 18, 2021 Editor2 Andronico Rodriguez, Bolivia, David Choquehuanca, Evo Morales, Movement Towards Socialism (MAS)

The Amnesty and Pardon law frees more than 1,000 people from judicial processes, including former president Evo Morales. On Thursday,

Tricky Duque using COVID-19 as an excuse to extend his term. File photo.

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News South America

Narco-State Democracy: Colombia’s Duque to Extend His Term ‘Due to COVID-19’

February 17, 2021February 20, 2021 Patricia Ferrer Alvaro Uribe, Colombia, coup d’etat, COVID-19, dictator, extending his term, Ivan Duque, mass vaccination, Patricia Ferrer, shamelessness, US Puppet, Venezuela

Colombian president Iván Duque’s initiative to postpone the elections has caused controversy and doubt. If the proposal is accepted, Duque’s

International Opinion

From “Event 201” to “Cyber Polygon”: The WEF’s Simulation of a Coming “Cyber Pandemic”

February 17, 2021 Whitney Webb Cyber Polygon, Cyberattack, Cyberpandemic, event 201, Great Reset, Solarwinds, World Economic Forum

By Johnny Vedmore and Whitney Webb – Feb 5, 2021 Last year, the World Economic Forum teamed up with the

Featured image: Rodrigo Cabezas, former deputy Guaido and former Marea Socialista Nicmer Evans in a meeting days after Guaido's self appointing himself as "interim president," then they call themselve "critical Chavismo." In that meeting also participated Gonzalo Gomez (Aporrea), Hector Navarro (former minister), Olly Millan (former minister) and Edgar Lander (liberal intellectual). File photo.

Heavy Public Opinion Response to Letter Criticizing President Maduro by Former Finance Minister Rodrigo Cabezas,

February 17, 2021 orinocotribune Alena Douhan, Aporrea.org, critical chavismo, Enrique Capriles, Human Rights, marea socialista, Mario SIlva, Nicmer Evans, President Maduro, PROVEA, Rodrigo Cabezas, Trotskyites, UN Special Rapporteur, us blockade, US Sanctions

Rodrigo Cabezas, the former Venezuelan Finance Minister under Hugo Chávez, who betrayed the revolutionary ranks years back, published a letter

International Opinion US/Canada

US Finance Capital Edges Closer Towards Implosion Amid Cold War Escalations

February 17, 2021 Rainer Shea capitalism, currency, economics, finance, US, War

By Rainer Shea – Feb 11, 2021 During the rise of capitalism, the bourgeoisie were a revolutionary class, in that

Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion South America

Lula’s Arrest is “a Gift from the CIA”, Mocked Lava Jato Prosecutor

February 17, 2021 Editor2 Brazil, CIA, Dilma Rousseff, Jair Bolsonaro, Lava Jato Left, lawfare, Lula, US Imperialism

By Brasil Wire – Feb 9, 2021 The arrest and jailing of former Brazilian President Lula da Silva in April