May 2, 2022 – Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond

May Day march in Caracas with a contingent of Alex Saab supporters. Photo: Twitter/@machadodz.

International News US/Canada

US Courts Delay Decision on Alex Saab’s Diplomatic Immunity—Saab Remains Imprisoned

May 2, 2022 orinocotribune #FreeAlexSaab, Alex Saab, David Rivkin, diplomatic immunity, Judge Robert Scola, Venezuela

Monday, May 2, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Georgia, made public its ruling delaying the decision regarding

Chavista May Day march at the Urdaneta Ave. in Caracas, May 1, 2022. Photo: Twitter/@Mippcivzla.

Ideology-Commune-Labor News

May Day March in Caracas—Venezuela Issues $2,200 Bonus to Retirees (Photos)

May 2, 2022 orinocotribune #FreeAlexSaab, march, May Day, President Maduro, retirees, US and European sanctions, Venezuela

This Sunday, May 1, the day on which Workers’ Day is celebrated in most of the world, a large march

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International Opinion US/Canada

PayPal Blocks Multiple Alternative Media Figures Critical of US Empire Narratives

May 2, 2022 Caitlin Johnstone Anglo America, censorship, MintPress News, Official Lies and Narratives, PayPal, proxy war, Russia, sanctions, Ukraine, US, War

By Caitlin Johnstone – Apr 28, 2022 In what appears to be yet another escalation in Silicon Valley’s redoubled efforts

In a recent hearing of the JEP, ten retired soldiers admitted to murdering 120 innocent peasants and presenting them to the authorities as left-wing guerrilla fighters killed in combat between 2007 and 2008. Victims families still demand to know who gave the order? Photo: Kienyke.

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News South America

‘We Killed Innocent People’: Retired Colombian Army Officials Confess to Murdering Civilians

May 2, 2022May 3, 2022 Editor2 Alvaro Uribe, BISAN, colombian paramilitary, Colombian peace process, False positives, Ivan Duque, Juan Manuel Santos, Mobile Brigade 15 (BRIM15), norte de santander, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), States crimes

Ten retired soldiers and one civilian admit to kidnapping and murdering 120 innocent peasants, framing them as left-wing guerrilla fighters

Photo composition by Carlos Latuff.

International Opinion

Imperialism

May 2, 2022 John Parker Imperialism, Russia, Ukraine

By John Parker – Apr 27, 2022 The word imperialism has been used and misused often as the crisis in

Busy street in Caracas, Venezuela with most people wearing face masks. File photo.

Health-Education-Sport-Culture-Technology News OT Originals

Venezuela Defeating COVID-19: Only 27 Deaths in April

May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 orinocotribune China, COVID-19, Cuba, Delcy Rodríguez, heroic Venezuelans fighting COVID-19, Iran, Pandemic, Russia, Turkey, US and European blockade, Venezuela

Caracas, May 1, 2022 (OrinocoTribune.com)—Saturday, April 30, Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodríguez announced that 20 new cases of COVID-19 were

Several bolivar bills along a 20 dollar bill. File photo.

Transactions in Bolívars Increase after Tax on Foreign Currency Payments Implemented

May 2, 2022 Ana Perdigón Bolivar, currency exchange rate, dollar, IGTF, Large Financial Transactions Tax Law, Sudeban, Venezuela

This Friday, April 29, the Superintendence of Institutions of the Banking Sector (SUDEBAN) highlighted that electronic payments in bolívars have

Diosdado Cabello and a group of supporters at the Altamira bridge near La Carlota military base. Photos: Diario VEA.

News Security and Defense

Chavismo Commemorates 3 Years since Failed Coup Led by Guaidó and López (Photos)

May 2, 2022 orinocotribune Altamira bridge, Civic Military Union, coup d’etat, Diosdado Cabello, former deputy guaido, Leopoldo Lopez, Venezuela

This Saturday, April 30, three years after the People’s Victory Day against the failed coup, which took place on the