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Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza, amazed by expected answer from Colombia to Venezuelan call to the UN to help for better coordination amid violence incursions of COlombian paramilitaries in Venezuela. File photo.

Venezuela’s Arreaza Denounces Colombia’s ‘Unusual’ Response to Request for Dialogue to Fight Colombian Paramilitary

April 10, 2021 Carlos Arellán Apure state, Claudia Blum, Colombia, colombia is a narco state, Colombia response as expected, Colombian paramilitary violence, coordination is the least Colombia should do, ELN, farc, Jorge Arreaza, united nations, Venezuela

Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza described as “unusual” the position of Colombia regarding Venezuela’s request for dialogue made through

Opinion Politics

Summary of Latest Venezuelan Fake News

April 9, 2021 Carola Chavez Carola Chavez, Colombia, Colombian paramilitary violence, COVID-19, disinformation, displaced, DW, EL Coqui, fake news, Media Disinformation, morgue, UNHCR, USAID, Venezuela

By Carola Chavez – Apr 7, 2021 Last weekend, a thug from the El Coqui gang took a dip in

Featured image: Mayor Jose Maria Romero of La Victoria, Apure state, Venezuela. File photo.

News Solidarity and US Social Movements

April 15 Webinar: Armed Conflict on the Venezuela-Colombia Border – The Battle of Apure

April 9, 2021 orinocotribune Apure state, Colombia, Colombian paramilitary violence, Jose Maria Romero, La Victoria, Venezuela, webinar

The armed aggression of Colombian criminal groups against the civilian population in the state of Apure, Venezuela, involved drug trafficking

Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza, Caracas, Venezuela, 2020. | Photo:Twitter/@El_Ciudadan

International News US/Canada

Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister: Biden Acting ‘Irrational’ Towards Venezuela

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 orinocotribune Colombia, Colombian paramilitary violence, Elliott Abrams, Joe Biden, Jorge Arreaza, landmines, maximum pressure, sactions and looting of Venezuelan assets, united nations, us blockade, US Sanctions, Venezuela

In an interview with the international news agency AFP, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza called the position of US

News Security and Defense

After Attack with Explosives: Reconstruction of Apure Customs Post Begins

April 8, 2021April 9, 2021 slorinoco Apure, Colombia, Colombia Border, Colombian paramilitary violence, Drug Trafficking, FANB, La Victoria, Madeleine Garcia, SENIAT post, Venezuela

After paramilitaries from Colombia attacked the customs headquarters in La Victoria, Apure state, on March 23, the Venezuelan authorities have

Venezuela sent to Apure state bordering COlombia, fast deployment troops to repeal COlombian paramilitary and any kind of foreign incurssion in its territory. Photo courtesy of CEOFANB.

News Security and Defense

Venezuelan Army Reiterates Readiness to Respond Immediately to Colombian Threats

April 8, 2021 orinocotribune Apure state, CEOFANB, Colombia, Colombian paramilitary violence, FANB, Remigio Ceballos, Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino

The Strategic Operational Commander of Venezuelan Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB), Remigio Ceballos, reiterated that it is activated and ready

Venezuelan Army officers speaking face-to-face with the population of La Victoria in Apure state and holding people's assemblies. Screemshot from a RedRavioVE video on Twitter.

News Security and Defense

This is How the Venezuelan Army Dialogues Face-to-Face with those Returning to Apure from Colombia

April 7, 2021 orinocotribune Apure state, civic-military union, Colombian paramilitary violence, displaced, El Ripial, media warfare, no xenophobia, people's assemblies, SouthCom, Venezuela

Faced with the media attacks that have generated fear and anxiety in the populations of Apure state, on the border

Featured image: Venezuelan Chancellor, Jorge Arreaza in a press conference this Wednesday, April 6, explaining why Caracas is looking for UN assistance with Colombian planted antipersonnel mines but also opening channels of dialogue with the Colombian government that have rejected all attempts of coordination launched by Venezuelan authorities. Photo courtesy of Prensa Presidencial.

International News

Why is Venezuela Asking for UN Assistance to Deactivate Landmines Planted by Colombian Paramilitary Gangs?

April 7, 2021 orinocotribune Antonio Guterres, Apure state, Arauca, Colombia, Colombian authorities not wanting to coordinate with Venezuela, Colombian paramilitary violence, Ilene Cohn, Jorge Arreaza, landmines, Secretary General, UN as intermediary in coordination between Colombia and Venezuela, united nations, Venezuela, Wilfredo Cañizares

Colombian criminal gangs have tried to bring vice and crimes against humanity along a 2,219-km border territory with Venezuela, one

Featured image: UNFICYP announces that 18 suspected hazardous areas in Cyprus are declared mine-free on December 2019. File photo.

International News

Venezuela Requests UN Assistance to Deactivate Colombian Paramilitary Landmines in Apure – “More Displaced People than Population”

April 5, 2021 orinocotribune Antonio Guterres, Apure state, Colombian paramilitary violence, Ilene Cohn, Jorge Arreaza, La Victoria, land mines, united nations, Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino

This Monday, April 5, it was reported that the Venezuelan government requested United Nations (UN) cooperation to eradicate the antipersonnel

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News South America

Venezuelan Minister for Defense: Venezuelans Displaced by Colombian Narco-Paramilitary Violence Pressured by Colombian Authorities to Remain in Arauquita

April 5, 2021 orinocotribune Apure state, Arauquita, Colombia, Colombian paramilitary violence, displaced, Jose Maria Romero, La Victoria, Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino Lopez

The Mayor of Páez municipality in Apure state (Venezuela), José María Romero, complained that a group of Venezuelans are being

Featured image: Venezuelan Army (FANB) during chase and capture operations against Colombian paramilitary criminals in Apure state. File photo.

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News South America

Venezuelan Minister for Defense: Colombia is Using PsyOps and Media Warfare to Undermine Venezuelan Army

April 3, 2021April 3, 2021 orinocotribune Colombia, colombia is a narco state, Colombian paramilitary violence, fake news, Freddy Ñáñez, media warfare, smear campaign, Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino Lopez

This Friday, April 2, Venezuelan Minister for Defense, Vladimir Padrino López, denounced the use of psyops and media manipulation on

Featured image: Venezuelan military expelling Colombian narco paramilitary gangs and defending the population in Apure state. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

News Security and Defense

La Victoria and El Ripial Calm and Under Military Protection (Apure State)

April 3, 2021 orinocotribune Alejandro Guevara Hernández, Apure state, Colombia, Colombian paramilitary violence, El Ripial, FANB, La Victoria, Venezuelan

The commander of the Strategic Integral Defense Region (REDI) Los Llanos, General Alejandro Guevara Hernández, reported that the people of

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