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Three Arrested for Violence Against Venezuelan Migrants in Chile

October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 orinocotribune Anti-migrant portests, Chile, cruelty to migrants, Iquique, Racism, Right Wing Incitement, venezuelan migrants, Venezuelans Abroad, xenophobia

On Monday, October 18, Chilean Police reported that three men have been detained for involvement in violent actions against Venezuelan

Camila Fabri, Alex Saab's wife during a public event rejecting Saab's kidnapping in Caracas last Sunday, October 17. Photo courtesy of RedRadioVE.

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Alex Saab’s Wife, Camila Fabri, Responds to Colombia’s Semana Magazine

October 19, 2021 Ana Perdigón Alex Saab, Camila Fabri, Colombia, diplomatic immunity, human rights violations, Kidnapping, President Maduro, Revista Semana, Semana, US decline, Venezuela

The wife of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, Camila Fabri, responded to the Colombian extreme-right magazine Semana, after it accused her

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‘Cuban Revolution: a Challenge to US Imperialism’

October 19, 2021 Editor2 anti-capitalism, anti-racism, Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, Cuba, Cuban Doctors, Cuban Revolution, Cuban vaccine, San Isidro group, US economic war, US Imperialism

By Martín Koppel, Mary-Alice Waters, And Róger Calero – Oct 25, 2021 Cuban representative speaks on US economic war, campaign

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In Defense of Socialism: On the Cuban Authorities’ Decision to Prohibit Marches

October 19, 2021 Arnold August color revolution, Cuba, Cuban Constitution, gusanos, Havana, mainstream media, marches, prohibition, socialism, us blockade, US Imperialism

By Arnold August – Oct 16, 2021 As a follow up to the July 11-12 protests, the same opposition figures

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Amajac Woman to Replace Columbus Statue in Mexico City

October 17, 2021October 17, 2021 scorinoco Claudia Scheinbaum, colonial crimes, Columbus statue, Diego Prieto, Human Rights, Indigenous peoples, indigenous women, Mexico, Mexico City, National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), racial discrimination, Racism, Reforma Boulevard, social justice, Young Woman of Amajac

The placement of the statue of an Indigenous woman in the Reforma Boulevard is considered an act of social and

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The Scramble for Catatumbo

October 17, 2021 Maria Fernanda Barreto armed conflict, bolivarian revolution, catatumbo, Colombia, Colombia always being a US ppupet, Colombia paramilitaries, control of natural resources, cucuta, drug routes, Drug Trafficking, European Union (EU), Extreme right opposition, Forced disappearance, hybrid war, Ivan Duque, Juan Guaido, Maracaibo, militarization of Colombia, narcoterrorism, norte de santander, Plan Colombia, sactions and looting of Venezuelan assets, uribismo, US Interventionism, US military bases, Venezuela, Zulia

By María Fernanda Barreto – Oct 15, 2021 The beautiful and strategic Catatumbo River originates in Colombia in the department

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Peru and Venezuela Reestablish Full Diplomatic Relations

October 17, 2021October 17, 2021 orinocotribune Alexander Yanez, Diplomatic Relations, Foreign Affairs Ministry of Venezuela, Lima Group, Nicolas Maduro, Pedro Castillo, Peru, Richard Freddy Rojas, Venezuela

The governments of Peru and Venezuela have reestablished full diplomatic relations through the appointment of their corresponding ambassadors. Alexander Yánez

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Vaccine Solidarity vs. Vaccine Diplomacy

October 16, 2021 Editor2 COVAX, COVID-19, Covid-19 Vaccine, Cuban vaccine, Nicaragua, Solidarity, US Sanctions

By Becca Mohally Renk – Oct 14, 2021 This week the Nicaraguan government announced that starting on October 20th it

Featured image: Venezuelan migrants returning home for free in a Vuelta a la Patria program flight before COVID-19. File photo.

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President Maduro Vows to Strengthen Vuelta a la Patria Program for the Return of Migrants

October 15, 2021 orinocotribune Children, Colombia, ICC, Ivan Duque, President Maduro, Targeted assassinations, Tibu, Venezuela, vuelta a la patria, xenophobia

On Wednesday, October 13, President Nicolás Maduro addressed the subject of the Venezuelan children murdered in the North of Santander,

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Afro-Indigenous People in Honduras are Being Forcibly Displaced. Washington is Complicit.

October 15, 2021 Editor2 Afro-Indigenous, Berta Caceres, Honduras, Human Rights, Indigenous peoples, migrants, OFRANEH, US Imperialism

By Miriam Miranda – Oct 13, 2021 On this Indigenous Peoples’ Day, I want to tell you about my people, the

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Homeless in Colombia Under Attack

October 14, 2021 Editor2 Bogota, Claudia Lopez, Colombia, ESMAD, police brutality, Puente Aranda, state repression

Colombian police allegedly set fire to temporary camps during an eviction operation in Bogotá. The fire consumed the huts and

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Luis Arce: An Anti-Imperialist Climate Agenda (Speech)

October 14, 2021 Editor2 Agroecology, Anti-imperialist Agenda, Bolivia, climate justice, Ecosocialism, Environment, Latin America, Luis Arce, Mother Earth, rights of the earth, speech

Thank you very much brothers and sisters, hugs to the city of La Paz, Bolivia and to everyone that follows

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Nicaragua Moves Forward

October 14, 2021 Editor2 2021 Nicaragua Elections, ALN, APRE, CCN, Daniel Ortega, FSLN, Ismael Sánchez Castillo, Nicaragua, PLC, PLI, Sandinistas, Supreme Electoral Council (CSE), YATAMA

By Ismael Sánchez Castillo – Jun 10, 2021 Little is reported in Europe about the social, political, and economic situation

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US Intervention and Capitalism Have Created a Monster in Honduras

October 14, 2021October 14, 2021 Editor2 capitalism, Drug Trafficking, elections, Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, Manuel Zelaya, militarism, Nicaragua, poverty, US Imperialism, Zedes

By W.T. Whitney – Oct 13, 2021 Chilean author and human rights advocate Ariel Dorfman recently memorialized Orlando Letelier, President

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The Curious Case of Haitian Pigs and Canadian Imperialism

October 14, 2021 Yves Engler African Swine Fever (ASF), Canadian food inspection agency, Canadian Imperialism, Haitian Pigs, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Moïse Jean-Charles, US Imperialism

By Yves Engler – Oct 11, 2021 Pigs and Canadian imperialism. Most people would have difficulty understanding the connection. But