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Ecuador’s Democracy Should not be Derailed by False Claims of Election Fraud

February 27, 2021 Mark Weisbrot Andres Arauz, Ecuador 2021 elections, Ecuador's CNE, Guillermo Lasso, Pachakutik, Yaku Perez

By Mark Weisbrot – Feb 26, 2021 Like Trump, the loser in Ecuador’s presidential election saw his early lead vanish

The moment of Pablo Hasel arrest. File photo.

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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel Calls for Pablo Hasél’s Release

February 27, 2021February 27, 2021 orinocotribune Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Argentina, freedom of speech, Human Rights, Nobel Peace Prize, pablo hasel, Pedro Sanchez, Spain

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentine activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner and defender of human rights, has raised his voice for Catalan

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“Air Vaccines”: Brazilians Denounce the Application of Empty Injections to the Elderly

February 25, 2021 Editor2 Air Vaccines, Brazil, Covid-19 Vaccine, Eduardo Pazuello, Jair Bolsonaro, Luiz Henrique Pereira, Pandemic

February 22, 2021 – In Brazil, cases of elderly individuals vaccinated with air have caused an outrage. Recent videos emerged

Featured image: Referential photo courtesy of AP. Colombia producing in 2020 more cocaine than during Pablo Escobar's era.

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Colombia Produces More Cocaine Now than in Pablo Escobar’s Era: Financial Times Dixit

February 25, 2021 orinocotribune Colombia, glyphosate, major cacaine producer, Medellin Cartel, narco-state, pablo escobar, Plan Colombia

An investigative article by UK propaganda outlet Financial Times began by describing the back-breaking labor of those employed to manually

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Luis Arce’s Bolivia and the New Regionalism in Latin America

February 23, 2021 Editor2 ALBA, Bolivia, Evo Morales, Indigenous, Latin America, Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), New Regionalism, President Luis Arce, Unasur

By Owen Schalk – Feb 16, 2021 Is the renewed ascendancy of leftism in countries like Bolivia and Ecuador a

Featured image: File photo courtesy of Pagina|12.

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Ecuador Elections: Arauz to Face Lasso in Second Round Under New Threats

February 22, 2021February 23, 2021 Marco Teruggi Andres Arauz, April 11, Ecuador, elections, Guillermo Lasso, lawfare, presidential Race, Second Round, Yaku Perez

By Marco Teruggi – February 22, 2021 The Comptroller’s Office and the Prosecutor’s Office will carry out audits of the

Andrés Arauz and Guillermo Lasso denounced an "attack on democracy" during the audit. | Photo: Radio LaCalle

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Second Round in Ecuador Under Threat: Arauz Denounces Moreno Government Interference in Presidential Elections

February 22, 2021 orinocotribune Andres Arauz, audit, Comptroller's Office, Ecuador, elections, Guillermo Lasso, interference in the elections, presidential Race, Second Round, State Attorney General, Yaku Perez

Ecuador’s presidential candidate Andrés Arauz considered the interference of state entities in the electoral process a blow to Ecuadorian democracy.

Featured image: Peruvians has been inoculated with xenophobia against Venezuelans by its government. Former president Vizcarra personally "supervised" weekly deportation of Venezuelans. Photo Peru 21.

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Xenophobia: Violent Mob Attacks Venezuelan Embassy in Peru – Strong Response from Venezuela

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 orinocotribune Embassy, Geneva Convention, Lima, Peru, Peruvian migrants, Venezuela, Venezuelan migrant, xenophobia, xenophobia in peru

This Saturday, February 20, dozens of individuals violently attacked the headquarters of the Venezuelan embassy in Lima, Peru. They were

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Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Arreaza Rejects Cynical UNHCR Whitewashing of Iván Duque

February 20, 2021 orinocotribune ACNUR, begging for international money to do nothing for venezuelans or colombians, Colombia, Ivan Duque, Jorge Arreaza, UNHCR, united nations, Venezuela, white washing Ivan Duque

This Friday, February 19, the Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza, criticized the position adopted by the UN Refugee

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Lava Jato Hacker Walter Delgatti Speaks

February 20, 2021 Editor2 authoritarism, Brazil, censorship, Jair Bolsonaro, Judge Sergio Moro, Lava Jato, lawfare, Social Media, Walter Delgatti

By Brian Mier – Feb 18, 2021 Facing a 300 year prison sentence, the man who hacked into chats between

Featured image: Guillermo Lasso also came second in the 2013 presidential elections. Photo by Reuters.

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Ecuador’s CNE: Lasso Will Be Arauz’s Rival in Second Round

February 20, 2021 orinocotribune Andres Arauz, delays, Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, legal resource, Pachakutik, presidential Race, second round set, Yaku Perez

After 12 days of waiting, the National Electoral Council of Ecuador confirmed that Andrés Arauz and Guillermo Lasso will face

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Brazil: Lula’s Reasons and Dilemmas

February 19, 2021 Emir Sader Brazil, Brazil elections, candidacy, democracy, Jair Bolsonaro, Lava Jato, Lula, political crisis

By Emir Sader – Feb 14, 2021 Lula De Silva is currently in a situation similar to what he lived

Featured image: Venezuelan President, Nicolas Madduro with his Minister for Defense, General Vladimir Padrino Lopez. File photo.

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Venezuelan Head of State Repeats Alert Concerning Iván Duque’s Attacks Against Venezuela

February 19, 2021 orinocotribune Colombia, FANB, hostility, Ivan Duque, President Maduro, provocation, Simon Bolivar, Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino Lopez

On Thursday, February 18, for the second consecutive day Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro brought attention to the Venezuelan and Colombian

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Don’t Let Some Puppet President Turn Colombia Into a Mafia State

February 19, 2021 Editor2 Colombia, Ivan Duque, Mafia, Mafia State, Narco State, peace process

By Adriaan Alsema – Feb 18, 2021 Colombia’s puppet President Ivan Duque will obstruct next year’s elections for the same

IMF kick out of Bolivia again. File photo.

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Bolivia’s Arce Rejects IMF Loan Negotiated Irregularly by Former De Facto Ruler Jeanine Áñez

February 18, 2021 orinocotribune BCB, Bolivia, Bolivian Central Bank, IMF, Independance, irregular negotiation, Jeanine Anez, loan, Luis Arce, SDR, special drawing rights

The IMF loan, agreed to under murky circumstances by Áñez, was for $346.7 million. With interest it had reached $351

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