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Sanctions Against Venezuela Are Flagrant Violations of International Law, Says Arreaza

June 10, 2021 Daniela Jimenez Alena Douhan, crimes against humanity, human rights violations, International Criminal Court (ICC), international law, Jorge Arreaza, sactions and looting of Venezuelan assets, unilateral coercive measures, United Nations Charter, United Nations Human Rights Council, us blockade, US sanctions on Venezuela

”The illegal nature of unilateral coercive measures, called sanctions, has been clearly established. They are a flagrant violation of all

A riot police officer in Cali. Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News South America

Still 91 Missing in Colombia’s Uprising (Desaparecidos)

June 8, 2021 orinocotribune Antonia Urrejola, bloody repression, Carlos Camargo, Colombia, Desaparecidos, ESMAD, human rights violations, IACHR, Ivan Duque, oas, uprising

Colombians are still looking for 91 people reported missing during the national strike and demonstrations which began on April 28

Featured image: Multitudinous demonstration in Colombia. File photo.

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News South America

Mobilizations in Colombia Persevere After Government Continues Militarization

June 3, 2021 orinocotribune #SOSColombia, Central Unitaria de Trabajadores, Colombia, Comite Nacional de Paro, CUT, Francisco Maltes, human rights violations, Ivan Duque Dictador, Nelson Alarcon, Paro Nacional

The National Strike Committee of Colombia announced that peaceful mobilizations will continue throughout country, as the government of Iván Duque

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News South America

Duque Denies IACHR Entry to Colombia, Social Media Users Remind Him of When he Asked for IAHCR Intervention in Venezuela

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 orinocotribune #SOSColombia, Colombia strike against Ivan Duque, human rights violations, IACHR, Ivan Duque, Luis Almagro, Marta Lucia Ramirez, oas, Paro Nacional, police repression

Stating the official version of the Colombian government regarding the ongoing serious social crisis in Colombia, Iván Duque’s vice president

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News South America

Duque’s Lightning Visit to Cali & the Stark Contrast with How He Addressed Venezuelans

May 12, 2021 orinocotribune Cali, Colombia, Colombia strike against Ivan Duque, human rights violations, Ivan Duque, police repression, Venezuela

The president of Colombia, Iván Duque, made a lightning visit early morning on Monday, May 10, to the city of

Featured image: Baltasar Garzon the same Spanish lawyer that get Pinochet sentenced wrote a letter to Colombia's Ivan Duque due to evident human right violations against protestors. File photo.

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News South America

‘Stones Against Guns’: Baltasar Garzón’s Letter to Colombia’s Iván Duque

May 11, 2021 orinocotribune Alvaro Uribe, Baltasar Garzon, Colombia, crimes against humanity, human rights violations, Ivan Duque, Paro Nacional, police repression

The Spanish legal expert Baltasar Garzón sent a letter to the president of Colombia, Iván Duque, in light of the

International News

Demonstrations Around the World in Solidarity with Colombian People and Against Duque’s Repressive Regime

May 10, 2021 orinocotribune #SOSColombia, Colombia, human rights violations, International solidarity, Ivan Duque, massacres, police repression, police violence, protests in Colombia, Stop the Massacres in Colombia, tax reform

The heavy repression against protesters in Colombia has become a matter of global outrage. Demonstrations are being held in cities

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News South America

Duque Regime’s Crimes Against Humanity to Reach ICC

May 9, 2021May 9, 2021 Editor2 #SOSColombia, Alvaro Uribe, Cali, Colombia, human rights violations, Ivan Cepeda, Ivan Duque, massacres, militarization, police repression, protests

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will soon receive a communication from Bogotá on the crimes against humanity committed by the

Europe International Opinion

Sweden is Nowhere Near a Paradise for Human Rights

March 19, 2021 Editor2 human rights violations, modern slavery, sexual violence, Sweden, UNHRC

The Kingdom of Sweden, in northern Europe, with thousands of coastal islands and inland lakes and a population of 10.4

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

Mass Protests in Paraguay Demand the Resignation of President Mario Abdo Benítez

March 8, 2021 Editor2 Alejandro Daniel Florentín, Carmen Elizabeth Liliana Oviedo Villalba, Colorado Party, COVID-19 in Paraguay, human rights violations, Mario Abdo Benitez, Paraguayan People’s Army (EPP), protests, state repression

By Zoe PC – Mar 06, 2021 Protesters expressed that the president has had an inadequate response to the COVID-19

Featured image: This Saturday, February 20, a concert was organized in Caracas to demand the liberation of Venezuelan diplomatic envoy. Photo courtesy of @justiceAlexSaab.

Africa International News

Alex Saab: I’ve Been Tortured and Denied Medical Attention (Interview)

February 22, 2021 orinocotribune Alena Douhan, Alex Saab, cancer, Cape Verde, diplomatic envoy, diplomatic immunity, ECOWAS, house arrest, human rights violations, international law, torture, UN Special Rapporteur, us puppet country

The Venezuelan diplomatic agent Alex Saab denounced his treatment in an interview with the Cape Verde’s major media outlet. Saab,