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China's permanent representative to the United Nations, Zhang Jun. Photo: Xinhua

China Denounces US Boycott of UN Summit Against Racism (+Israel)

September 24, 2021 orinocotribune #UNGA76, Abdulla Shahid, Antonio Guterres, China, Durban Conference against Racism, Durban Declaration, Israel, Racism, systemic racism, United Nations (UN), Zhang Jun

China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, denounced the absence of the United States and other Western countries

Bolivia's President Luis Arce during the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in New York city. Photo courtesy of RedRadioVE.

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News

UN: Bolivia’s Luis Arce Denounces OAS Destabilization & Coup Promotion

September 24, 2021 orinocotribune 76th Session, Bolivia, capitalism, coup, COVID-19, destabilization, inequality, Luis Arce, New York, oas, United Nations (UN), vaccines

On Thursday, September 23, at the 76th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce,

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia along with other top diplomatic representatives of 18 countries in favor of multilateralism (Photo: Foreign Ministry of Venezuela)

International News

Declaration Issued in NYC by 18 Countries of UN Anti-Sanctions Group

September 23, 2021 orinocotribune Anti Sanctions Club, Felix Plasencia, illegal sanctions, Multilateralism, New York, Samuel Moncada, UN Charter, United Nations (UN), US and European sanctions, Venezuela

The First Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends in Defense of the United Nations Charter, also know as the

UN Special Rapporteur on Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures on Human Rights, Alena Douhan, takes part in a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela February 12, 2021. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero.

International News

Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab Must be Released, Reiterates UN’s Alena Douhan

September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 orinocotribune #FreeAlexSaab, Alena Douhan, Alex Saab, collective punishment, crimes against humanity, Geneva, Hector Constant, United Nations (UN), US and European sanctions, Venezuela

This Wednesday, September 22, during her speech at the forum “The Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Realization

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addressing the UN 76th General Assembly. Photo courtesy of RedRadioVe.

International News

President Maduro at 76th UN General Assembly: ‘The World Needs a New UN’

September 23, 2021 José Manuel Blanco Diaz 21N, Alena Douhan, collective punishment, crimes against humanity, Mexico talks, President Maduro, Regional Elections, UN General Assembly, United Nations (UN), US and European sanctions, Venezuela

President Nicolás Maduro, in his speech at the 76th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN), condemned

US President Joe Biden addresses the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, September 21, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci) EVAN VUCCI AP.

International News

Venezuela Denounces Colombia’s Violation of Airspace & Biden Impugns Venezuela, Cuba & Belarus at UN

September 21, 2021 orinocotribune Belarus, Ben Norton, Burma, Colombia, Craig Faller, Cuba, Drone, Falso Positivo, FANB, Joe Biden, Syria, The Grayzone, United Nations (UN), US provocations, Venezuela, Zulia state

This Tuesday, September 21, Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) denounced the illegal entry into Venezuelan airspace of a remotely

Featured image: Syrian President Bashar Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin. Photo courtesy of The Moscow Times.

Asia International Opinion

Syrian Plan to Unite the Country Worked out in Moscow

September 18, 2021September 18, 2021 orinocotribune #Afrin, al-Qaeda, Bashar Al-Assad, Caesar Act, European Union (EU), Idlib, Refugees, regime change wars, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Nations (UN), US War on Syria, Vladimir Putin

By Steven Sahiounie – Sep 16, 2021 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet (Photo: Martial Trezzini / EPA).

International News

Bachelet Calls for Lifting of ‘Sectoral Sanctions’ Against Venezuela – Venezuela Questions her Complaints (Communiqué)

September 13, 2021 orinocotribune Alena Douhan, communique, COVID-19, crimes against humanity, Felix Plasencia, Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, NGO for Imperialism and Regime Change, OHCHR, sanctions, sectoral sanctions, United Nations (UN)

During the opening of the 48th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council This Monday, September 13, UN High

Virtual meeting of diplomats of illegally sanctioned countries with SPecial Rapporteur Alena Douhan. Photo courtesy of Twitter / @h_constant .

International News

UN’s Sanctioned Countries Club Unanimously Condemns Illegal Sanctions in Virtual Meeting with Alena Douhan

September 10, 2021 orinocotribune Alena Douhan, China, Club of Sanctioned Countries, collective punishment, crimes against humanity, Geneva, Héctor Constant Rosales, security council, UN Special Rapporteur on Sanctions, unilateral coercive measures, United Nations (UN), Venezuela

Hector Constant Rosales, Venezuelan ambassador to the United Nations and other International Organizations based in Geneva, reported that the countries

Shipment of anticovid-19 vaccines with a COVAX sticker. File photo.

Health-Education-Sport-Culture-Technology News

Following Long Delay, First Batch of COVAX Vaccines Arrive in Venezuela

September 7, 2021 Ana Perdigón COVAX, COVID-19, GAVI, mass vaccination, PAHO, President Maduro, Sabotage, Sinovac, United Nations (UN), US and European blockade, vaccines, Venezuela, World Health Organization (WHO)

Early this morning, the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from the controversial United Nations COVAX initiative arrived in Venezuela, reported

Asia International Opinion

Palestine’s Africa Dichotomy: Is Israel Really ‘Winning’ Africa?

August 30, 2021 Editor2 Africa, Africa Union, Colonialism, International Community, Israel, United Nations (UN), Zionism

By Ramzy Baroud – Aug 24, 2021 The decision by the African Union Commission, on July 22, to grant Israel observer status

Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion

Decolonizing Pan-Americanism

August 1, 2021 William Camacaro AMLO, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Biden administration, Bolivarian Process, Caribbean, CELAC, Cuba, Latin America, Luis Almagro, Mexico, Organization of American States (OAS), Pan-Americanism, United Nations (UN)

By William Camacaro and Frederick Mills “The reality is that we need not only a new system of human rights,

Ideology-Commune-Labor Opinion

Responsibility to Protect: Analysis of the Subject and its Objectives

July 31, 2021 Jorge Arreaza Montserrat China, Donald Rumsfeld, France, Human Rights, International Public Law, nato, NGOs, oas, Public International Law (PIL), Russia, second world war, United Kingdom, United Nations (UN), US, us blockade, US hegemony, US Imperialism, US Sanctions, USSR

By Jorge Arreaza Montserrat – Jul 25, 2021 “Our first objective is to prevent the emergence of a new rival. This