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Featured image: Maduro's administration present trough its Vice President Delcy Rodriguez in the Ibero-American Summit this Wednesday, April 21, disregarding all the complaints of right wing governments. Photo courtesy of Prensa Presidencial.

Maduro’s Administration Present at the Ibero-American Summit: Delcy Rodríguez Asks that Venezuelan Funds Be Unblocked and Responds to Colombia’s Duque

April 21, 2021 Lucia Eugenia Cordova Andorra, CODIV-19, Colombia, colombia is a narco state, Delcy Rodríguez, Ibero-American Summit, inequality, Ivan Duque, narco Duque, Portugal, Spain, Venezuela, Venezuelan money looted by Portugal banks

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela participated at the XXVII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, which took place

Asia International News

Xinjiang Native Speaks Out: “Western Media Jeopardizing Uyghurs Interests”

April 21, 2021 Dan Cohen China, Gordon Gao, Propaganda, US, Uyghur, Xinjiang

Dan Cohen speaks with Gordon Gao, an ethnic minority and native of Xinjiang native on the realities of life in

International News US/Canada

USA: Shackling of Aged Inmate, Mumia Abu-Jamal, is Deplorable – UN Experts

April 21, 2021 Editor2 African-Americans, COVID-19, Human Rights, Mumia Abu-Jamal, political prisioners, racial discrimination, UN, US

GENEVA (20 April 2021) – UN human rights experts* expressed serious concerns about the treatment and welfare of Mumia Abu-Jamal,

Featured image: Sheremetevo Airport in Moscow. FIle photo.

Economy News

Caracas-Moscow: Conviasa’s New Non-Stop Commercial Passenger Flight

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 orinocotribune Caracas, commercial flights, conviasa, Inac, Moscow, Russia, Venezuela

Venezuela’s National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC) reported this Monday, April 18, through a statement, that during this week of

205 Venezuelan migrants return in a Conviasa free of charge flight within the Vuelta a la Patria program. Photo courtesy of MPPRE.

Health-Education-Sport-Culture-Technology News

205 Venezuelan Migrants Return from Peru Thanks to Vuelta a la Patria Program

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 orinocotribune conviasa, COVID-19, migrants, Olys Guárate, PCR test, Peru, Plan Vuelta a la Patria, President Maduro, Venezuela, xenophobia

The Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reported through its official Twitter account, @CancilleriaVE, that this Tuesday,

In the image, Miguel Díaz Canel, president of Cuba and the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, at the Miraflores Palace, Caracas. Photo: Presidential Press

Central America and the Caribbean Latin America and ALBA-TCP News

President Maduro Congratulates Díaz-Canel on Becoming New PCC First Secretary

April 21, 2021 orinocotribune Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, PCC, PCC First Secretary, PCC Secretary General, President Maduro, Venezuela

The president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, congratulated the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and his Cuban

Featured image: Bank of England (BofE) sequestering Venezuelan gold. File photo.

Europe International News

UK Plot to Steal Venezuelan Gold Revealed

April 21, 2021 orinocotribune Alan Duncan, Bank of England, Bloomberg, BofE, conspiracy, fraud, gold, Javier Blas, Mark Carney, pirates, UK, Venezuela

A conspiracy that took place in 2019 involving the former Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, and UK

Featured image: Leopoldo López in Caracas during the attempted military coup he led on April 30, 2019 (Photo: Rafael Hernández).

News Security and Defense

Venezuela’s Attorney General Requests Extradition of Leopoldo López from Spain

April 20, 2021 orinocotribune April 2019 coup d'etat, Extradition, fugitive, La Carlota, Leopoldo Lopez, Macuto, Operation Gideon, professional coup plotter, Spain, Supreme Court, Venezuela

Venezuela’s Public Ministry initiated a formal request to the kingdom of Spain to return Leopoldo López to Venezuela through an

Asia International News

Yemen’s Defense Ministry: Liberation of Ma’rib Closer Than Ever

April 20, 2021 Editor2 Hadi forces, Ma'rib, Yemen

Yemen’s Defense Ministry says the Yemeni armed forces and allied Popular Committees fighters are set to encircle Ma’rib from the western

Featured image: Referential photo. Iván Duque during the celebration of the Bicentennial of Independence in Colombia / Pablo Escobar in Netflix's show 'Narcos'. / Twitter. Photo: EFE.

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News South America

PDVSA’s Monómeros in Colombia may be Overproducing Urea for Pablo Escobar’s ‘Partners’

April 20, 2021 Daniela Jimenez Colombia, Doble Rueda, Fabio Ochoa, failed regime change operation, former deputy guaido, Guillermo Benzecry, Ivan Duque narco government, Jose Brito, Monomeros, Ochoa cartel, pablo escobar, PDVSA, Roberto Benzecry Izaguirre, Urea, US Imperialism, Venezuela

Venezuelan opposition deputy José Brito, president of the Special Committee appointed to investigate the events perpetrated by previous National Assembly

International News

Venezuela Signs Agreement with World Food Program during Executive Director Beasley’s Visit

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 Jose Manuel Blanco Diaz David Beasley, Food Assistance Program, Food Security, Jorge Arreaza, Jorge Rodriguez, Nicolas Maduro, united nations, us blockade, US Sanctions, Venezuela, WFP

On Monday, April 19, the Venezuelan government signed an agreement with the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) to ensure

Featured image: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro denouncing the US government for forbidding pharmaceutical corporations to sale anti COVID-19 vaccines to Venezuela. Photo courtesy of HispanTV.

International News US/Canada

President Maduro: US Escalates War, Prevents Vaccine Sales to Venezuela

April 20, 2021 orinocotribune COVAX, COVID-19, crimes against humanity, President Maduro, US and European blockade, us blockade, US Sanctions, vaccine hoarding, Venezuela

The Venezuelan president denounced threats by the US towards COVID-19 vaccine distribution companies, preventing them from trading with the Bolivarian