(2021-07-05). Why are the 3 Latin American Countries with the Fewest COVID-19 Deaths not in the News? orinocotribune.com By José Manzaneda — Jul 1, 2021 | Do you know which three countries have the lowest number of COVID-19 deaths per capita in Latin America? The data is provided by the US Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, yet curiously it is not headline news. Do you know why? Because they are Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela—countries subject to US blockade and sanctions, and with public-oriented healthcare policies. | Let's talk about press freedom in Russia and the USA. Vladimir Putin attended an hour-long press conference with all the Western networks to report on his recent meeting with Joe Biden. At the la…
(2021-07-05). President Maduro: 'Venezuela Has Vaccinated More than 11% of the Population' Without COVAX (+Ultimatum). orinocotribune.com On Sunday, July 4, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, informed that to date 2 million 508 thousand 201 people have been vaccinated in the country, representing 11.4% of the population. | During his speech on the weekly report of the fight against COVID-19, President Maduro stressed that 11.4% of the population has already been vaccinated, and the country is on the path to vaccinate 20% of its citizens very soon. | "We already have the vaccines to advance to our next goal, which is to vaccinate 20% of the population," said the head of state. | President Maduro affirmed that during July, August and Septemb…
(2021-07-05). Venezuelan crude exports soar 66% year-on-year. rt.com 
Crude oil exports from Venezuela inched up last month as traders rushed to sell Venezuelan crude to Chinese buyers ahead of the entry into effect of a new tax. | Reuters Yet Venezuela also reported a rare increase in production last m…
(2021-07-05). Venezuela immunizes its population against COVID-19 with Cuban vaccine. mronline.org Last week, Venezuela signed an agreement with Cuba for the purchase of 12 million doses of Abdala, just three days after the country announced and celebrated the success of its locally developed anti-COVID-19 vaccine | July 5, 2021…
(2021-07-05). What is Behind Arrest of Javier Tarazona from NGO Fundaredes? orinocotribune.com The arrest of Javier Tarazona, director of the NGO Fundaredes, became a trending topic this Saturday, July 3. The previous day, prosecutors had requested the arrest of Tarazona and two of his collaborators to the Third Court with jurisdiction in terrorism, for the crimes of incitement of hatred and terrorism, based on Venezuelan law. | According to the evidence presented, Fundaredes is nothing more than an entity that serves the interests of the Colombian government in its attempts to destabilize Venezuela from both sides of the border. This alleged NGO served to promote war propaganda from Apure state, when the…
(2021-07-04). 9th World Peace Forum opens in Beijing. ecns.cn The 9th World Peace Forum (WPF) opened at Tsinghua University in Beijing Saturday, with more than 100 scholars from 12 countries, former senior officials from countries and international organizations and diplomats participating online and offline.
(2021-07-04). Minnesota protesters condemn U.S. airstrikes in Iraq, Syria. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – Around 30 people lined the busy Lake Street-Marshall Avenue bridge over the Mississippi River between Minneapolis and Saint Paul, June 30, to protest the latest U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. The action was called by Women Against Military Madness and supported by the Anti-War Committee, the Minnesota Peace Action Coalition and other local groups. Peace vigils have been held at the bridge every Wednesday for over 20 years, regardless of weather. | This latest vigil followed the Biden administration's June 27 announcement that U.S. warplanes had dropped bombs on both sides of the Iraq-Syria bor…
(2021-07-04). Minnesota protesters condemn U.S. airstrikes in Iraq, Syria. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – Around 30 people lined the busy Lake Street-Marshall Avenue bridge over the Mississippi River between Minneapolis and Saint Paul, June 30, to protest the latest U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. The action was called by Women Against Military Madness and supported by the Anti-War Committee, the Minnesota Peace Action Coalition and other local groups. Peace vigils have been held at the bridge every Wednesday for over 20 years, regardless of weather. | This latest vigil followed the Biden administration's June 27 announcement that U.S. warplanes had dropped bombs on both sides of the Iraq-Syria bor…
(2021-07-04). President Maduro Denounces Assassination Plans Devised by the White House Coming From Colombia and Brazil. orinocotribune.com On Friday, July 2, in a ceremony for the promotion of the personnel of the Honor Guard and the General Directorate of Military Counter Intelligence (DGCIM), president and commander-in-chief of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB), Nicolás Maduro, decried that the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Southern Command of the US Army (SOUTHCOM) would try to commit assassinations again to achieve their long-dreamt of "regime change" in Venezuela. Here we reproduce the highlights of his criticisms. | "Former President Donald Trump, you know… because I had denounced it and showed it: he ga…
(2021-07-04). Venezuela's Arreaza Rejects Right Wing Attacks Against Cuba's Abdala Vaccine. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza rejected the criticisms and attacks by sectors of the Venezuelan extreme right against Cuban medical collaboration with the people of Venezuela, once again exposing their lack of credibility and connection with reality. | Arreaza listed the attacks in a Twitter post, where he also criticized the Venezuelan opposition groups questioning the recent agreement between Venezuela and Cuba for the supply of the Cuban COVID-19 vaccine Abdala. "The Venezuelan right wing is obsessed with Cuba: they are not doctors, they are sorcerers (2003) [refering to the year Misión Barr…