(2021-07-17). Venezuelan Oil Output Continues Slow Recovery as Washington Approves LPG Imports. venezuelanalysis.com The Treasury Department's license is unlikely to ease cooking gas shortages in the South American nation.
(2021-07-17). Caracas Metro Line 5 Restoration Works Continue: Bello Monte Station to be Completed Soon. orinocotribune.com Restoration work of the Caracas Metro system is now fully underway, not only for maintenance of parts and equipment for trains, but also in restarting the works for Line 5, thanks to Venezuelan labor and engineering. This was informed by Hipólito Abreu, Venezuelan minister for Transport, via his social media accounts. | In Minister Abreu's words, the restarting of the metro works represents "an act of sovereignty that is only possible when a people is determined to be free." He also stressed that these tasks are being carried out by Venezuelan engineers "in the midst of an atrocious blockade and without the tutel…
(2021-07-17). UK Supreme Court to Decide Soon on Seized Venezuelan Gold Dispute. orinocotribune.com On Friday, July 16, the lawyers representing the Constitutional Government of Venezuela confirmed that the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom will settle the dispute over Venezuela's gold reserves held by the Bank of England next week. | The seized gold case reached the British courts last year, after the Bank of England refused to hand over Venezuelan gold reserves back to the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), arguing that a similar request had come from a banking board appointed by the self-proclaimed "president" and former National Assembly deputy Juan Guaidó. | In the first instance, the London Commercial Cou…
(2021-07-17). Saturday 7/17: Sacramento: Good Trouble Vigil for Democracy and Voting Rights. indybay.org California State Capitol, 1315 10th St, Sacramento, CA 95814 | Peaceful event. Follow all current COVID guidelines.
(2021-07-17). Saturday 7/17: Oakland: Good Trouble Vigil for Democracy & Voting Rights. indybay.org Preservation Park at pavilion and fountain site, 1233 Preservation Park Way, Oakland 94612 | Peaceful event. Follow all current COVID guidelines.
(2021-07-17). Saturday 7/17: La Honda: Good Trouble Protest for Democracy & Voting Rights. indybay.org Post Office sidewalk, 8865 La Honda Road, La Honda, CA 94020 | Peaceful Action. Masks & follow all current COVID guidlines.
(2021-07-17). US Government Uses Colombia to Destabilize Latin America: Cabello Dixit. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, July 15, the First Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, referring to the assassination of Haiti's president Jovenel MoàØse, characterized the position of the government of Colombia as shameless, when, in an attempt to absolve the mercenaries, a high-ranking official of the Colombian National Police said that the detained mercenaries were going to arrest the president of Haiti. | Given this, Diosdado Cabello wondered aloud: at what cost were they hired to detain him? On what grounds could Colombia send a mercenary to arrest a president? Who could…
(2021-07-16). Venezuela and Switzerland Review Progress of Dialogue Process. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza, met with the head of the Peace and Human Rights Division of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation, Simón Geissbàºhler, to review the progress of the dialogue process in Venezuela. | The meeting between the representatives from both countries was held at Casa Amarilla, headquarters of the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry. The Venezuelan government has repeatedly promoted and encouraged the process despite constant attempts by sectors of the opposition to destabilize the government using illegal and undiplomatic maneuvers…
(2021-07-16). US Peace Activists In Germany Join Call For Withdrawal Of Nuclear Weapons. popularresistance.org A group of US peace activists has again joined protests at the Bàºchel Air Force Base in Germany, demanding the withdrawal of the remaining US hydrogen-bombs still deployed there. | On July 12 the anti-nuclear and anti-war campaigners, together with colleagues from The Netherlands and Germany, began an "International Week" of protests focused on ousting the last approximately 20 US Air Force nuclear gravity bombs known as B61s kept at the base.* In the depths of the cold war, there were 7,000 US nuclear weapons in Germany, so this remnant seems like hardly more than radioactive waste. | With the German group…
(2021-07-16). 'Humanitarian Aid' for Venezuela Was Used Fraudulently: USAID. telesurenglish.net In recent days, social networks have been the scene of an intense debate about what actually happened with the humanitarian aid that the United States allegedly sent to Venezuela through former lawmaker Juan Guaido. | RELATED: | From FY2017 to FY2019, President Donald Trump delivered US$507 million to this opposition politician to purchase goods and services aimed at alleviating the alleged humanitarian emergency in V…
(2021-07-16). Venezuela to Request Leopoldo López's Extradition from Spain. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro Moros, affirmed that his government will request, from the kingdom of Spain, the extradition of the fugitive from justice Leopoldo López, who has been protected in that European country since October 2020. | In this sense, the Head of State instructed the Minister of Foreign Relations, Jorge Arreaza, to establish contact with the new Spanish Chancellor, José Manuel Albares to present him with all the existing evidence on the case. | Maduro suggested that Arreaza "request the extradition of Mr. Leopoldo López , the main promoter of coups d'état, terrorist violence, and now, thi…
(2021-07-16). Venezuela's Arreaza: A Good Sign if US Recognizes International Criminal Court. orinocotribune.com Thursday, July 15, Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs Jorge Arreaza considered that Washington now recognizes the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) after Ambassador James Story sponsored an activity in which ICC prosecutor Karim Khan participated. | "A good sign that the US, through @usembassyve [James Story], recognizes the International Criminal Court and its jurisdiction, because there its officials will be investigated and tried for crimes against humanity derived from the illegal sanctions against #Venezuela," Arreaza wrote on his Twitter account. | The activity organized by the vir…
(2021-07-16). The Left Is "Reconquering" Latin America -Arreaza Says. telesurenglish.net "I am hopeful that by 2030 we will have conquered even more spaces than we did during the first decade of this century," Venezuela ¥s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said during an overview of the region in the special program Latin America in Dispute, broadcasted by teleSUR on Friday night. | RELATED: | The official reflected on the challenges faced by several countries in the region as investigations revealed the…
(2021-07-16). Cuba Wins and Will Continue to Win — with Truth, Peace and Social Justice. southfront.org 
Illustrative image | Originally published on In absolute unison with the revolutionary Cuban people, the Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity (REDH) calls on the entire world to remain alert and oppose the interference that the U.S. government and its cronies intend to apply in Cuba. We send a warning about the implications of the recent campaign for a "humanitari…
(2021-07-16). Venezuela's Minister for Defense: 'We Have Captured 11 Paramilitary Criminals in Apure State'. orinocotribune.com 
This Wednesday July 14, Venezuela's Vice President for Political Sovereignty, Security and Peace, General Vladimir Padrino López, referred to the arduous battle that the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) is fighting against Colombian terrorist and paramilitary groups. In this regard, he reported that the FANB have captured 11 criminals in Apure state, and they are already in Caracas. | "There are those who think that we have surrendered the sovereignty of Apure," said General Padrino. "No! We have not surrendered our sovereignty. We are doing the necessary work and since last Sunday (July 11) we have capture…
(2021-07-16). Venezuela Reports Newsletter. libya360.wordpress.com With conviction the Venezuelan people reaffirm their right to peace and stability, dismantling violent plans against our country. More in: "Venezuela Informa". Con convicción el Pueblo venezolano reafirma su derecho a la paz y la estabilidad, desmontando planes violentos contra nuestro país. Más en: ´Venezuela Informa ª Telegram: t.co/rnL6UyNLdjEs: t.co/z6a88aGobEEn: t.co/SOK6PsKScKFr: t.co/C7FcZgCTf1 — Jorge Arreaza M (@jaarreaza)…
(2021-07-16). US ties to suspected Haiti assassins follow long history of neocolonial intervention. thegrayzone.com As ties emerge between the US government and the suspected assassins of Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse, scholar Jemima Pierre analyzes MoàØse's legacy and murder within the long history of neocolonial US intervention in Haiti. A growing number of suspects in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse have US ties. At least one is a former DEA informant and several have received U.S. military training. Scholar Jemima Pierre of The Black Alliance for Peace discusses the unfolding mystery surrounding MoàØse's …
(2021-07-16). US Peace Activists in Germany Join Call for Withdrawal of US Nuclear Weapons. counterpunch.org A group of US peace activists has again joined protests at the Bàºchel Air Force Base in Germany, demanding the withdrawal of the remaining US hydrogen-bombs still deployed there. On July 12 the anti-nuclear and anti-war campaigners, together with colleagues from The Netherlands and Germany, began an "International Week" of protests focused on ousting the
