(2023-10-01). Congress Passes Stop-Gap Spending Bill, McCarthy Makes Deal For Separate Vote on Ukraine Aid. news.antiwar.com
(2023-10-01). Biden Tells Congress 'Stop Playing Games' and Pass New Ukraine Aid. news.antiwar.com President Biden on Sunday told Congress to "stop playing games" and authorize the additional $24 billion in Ukraine aid that he's requested, which would bring total US spending on the proxy war to about $137 billion. Biden's comments came after Congress passed a stopgap funding bill at the last minute on Saturday to avert a …
(2023-10-01). British PM Clarifies Defense Secretary's Comments About Sending Troops to Ukraine for Training. news.antiwar.com British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday said that comments made by his defense secretary about sending troops into Ukraine for training are part of long-term planning, not something the UK would do in the "here and now." British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps told the Sunday Telegraph that he was discussing the idea of moving …
(2023-10-01). Report: Saudis Determined to Get Defense Pact With US for Israel Normalization. news.antiwar.com Saudi Arabia is determined to secure a defense pact with the US in exchange for normalizing with Israel regardless of whether or not concessions are made to the Palestinians, Reuters reported Friday, citing regional sources. Riyadh is looking for a commitment from the US that it would defend Saudi Arabia if it comes under attack, …
(2023-10-01). US Signs Deal That Will Allow Military Deployments to Ecuador. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration has quietly struck a deal with Ecuador to deploy troops to the country and patrol the waters off its coast to combat drug cartels, the Washington Examiner reported on Friday. Select members of Congress were informed of the agreements on Wednesday during a closed-door briefing with Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso, who was …
(2023-10-01). Zelensky Pitches Arms Makers on Producing Weapons in Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday urged arms makers to produce weapons inside Ukraine in a speech opening Ukraine's first International Defense Industries Forum. "Right now, for the next decades, the most powerful defense-industrial complexes are being determined, what their priorities will be, and what the standard of defense in the world will be. It …
(2023-10-01). Before His Assassination, JFK Sought Peace With The Soviet Union. popularresistance.org We will never know the world that could have been had President John F. Kennedy's assassination never taken place, but an inkling of how things could have been different can be found in the final months of his life. In his new book, To Move the World: JFK's Quest for Peace, Jeffrey Sachs unearths JFK's final political campaign—to establish a secure and lasting peace with the Soviet Union. How far did JFK's efforts go? What sort of progress was made on ending the Cold War, not through the collapse of the Soviet Union, but rather through mutual cooperation and understanding? To answer these questions and more…
(2023-10-01). Russia in talks with Azerbaijan about its peacekeeping mission in Nagorno-Karabakh. infobrics.org The Armenians have excluded themselves from dialogue with Russia and relations only tend to get worse.
(2023-10-01). A Global Call For Peace In Ukraine Emerges At UN General Assembly. popularresistance.org As it did last year, the 2023 United Nations General Assembly has been debating what role the United Nations and its members should play in the crisis in Ukraine. The United States and its allies still insist that the UN Charter requires countries to take Ukraine's side in the conflict, "for as long as it takes" to restore Ukraine's pre-2014 internationally recognized borders. | They claim to be enforcing Article 2: 4 of the UN Charter that states "All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or…
(2023-10-01). Nagorno-Karabakh experiencing humanitarian crisis, says Pope Francis. plenglish.com Vatican City, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) Pope Francis on Sunday called for talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia to restore peace in Nagorno-Karabakh, adding that the region was experiencing a humanitarian crisis.
(2023-10-01). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.
(2023-09-30). With a call for peace the CPE Party began in Madrid (+Photo). plenglish.com 
Madrid, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) With a call for peace and against fascism, the 45th edition of the Communist Party of Spain (CPE) began in Madrid, the biggest political and recreational event in the country, which continues today with a multifaceted program of activities.
(2023-09-30). Black Alliance For Peace Says No To Cop City In Baltimore. popularresistance.org The Black Alliance for Peace Baltimore Citywide Alliance strongly opposes the proposal for a new $330 million joint training facility for Baltimore's police and fire departments on West Baltimore's Coppin State University campus. The contradictions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) fostering growing relationships with the state are sharpened with this proposal on a campus with access to the Department of Defense 1033 program budgets, which transfers military equipment to civilian law enforcement agencies. Any potential existence of a joint training facility for a police department currently…
(2023-09-30). Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace Accepts FARC Leader Simón Trinidad's Request of Inclusion (+US Imprisonment). orinocotribune.com The case of Simón Trinidad, leader of the former armed guerrilla organization Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), who was extradited to the United States in 2004 and sentenced to 60 years in prison in the US, was accepted by Colombia's transitional justice system, whose Amnesty and Pardon Chamber (SAI) will study his judicial situation. | Sources of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) announced on Thursday, September 28, that the appeal filed by Trinidad's defense was accepted and that the study of five criminal proceedings against him will begin, as well as the investigation of his possible invol…
(2023-10-01). A Plea for Peace in Ukraine. progressive.org Leaders from fifty countries are calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict at the U.N. General Assembly.
(2023-09-30). Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace Accepts FARC Leader Simón Trinidad's Request of Inclusion (+US Imprisonment). orinocotribune.com
(2023-09-30). Black Alliance For Peace Says No To Cop City In Baltimore. popularresistance.org
(2023-10-01). Iran Plans To Build Oil Refinery in Central Syria in Partnership With Venezuela. orinocotribune.com
(2023-10-01). US Academic Steve Ellner: Venezuela Needs More Checks and Balances to Fight Corruption and Abuse of Power. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( On this issue the US academic highlighted the importa…
(2023-10-01). Macrorrueda Colombia-Venezuela reúne a más de 900 empresas. telesurtv.net Unas 100 mesas de negociaciones fueron abiertas en las que sus participantes apuntalaron la exportación y el crecimiento económico binacional.
(2023-10-01). Venezuela y Rusia profundizan sus vínculos interparlamentarios. telesurtv.net Jorge Rodríguez y Viacheslav Volodin firman un acuerdo para ampliar y fortalecer los nexos de cooperación entre la Asamblea Nacional venezolana y la Duma Estatal rusa.
(2023-10-01). Vicepresidenta de Venezuela denuncia maniobras de EE.UU. contra la paz regional. telesurtv.net Sesiona IX Encuentro del Grupo de Puebla. Delcy Rodríguez insta a líderes regionales a rechazar cualquier forma de agresión a los pueblos y los bloqueos de EE.UU. contra Cuba y su país.
(2023-09-30). Cash, cars and gold bars — and the crooks who slander Cuba. iacenter.org September 27, 2023 Senator Bob Menendez, in the news recently, is nothing but a front man for the Cuban right-wing Gusanos, those worms who left Cuba after the 1959 revolution stopped their exploitation and theft. The Democrat from New Jersey is notorious for his furious rants against Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and any country that dares to pursue a socialist path. Menendez has taken up other despicable causes, such as backing the "Israel Anti-Boycott Act" that would criminalize free speech in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS). As recently as May 11, Menendez sent a vicious message…
(2023-09-30). 'Wuthering Heights' at four summits. iacenter.org By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein September 29, 2023 A Venezuelan international relations expert, Rodriguez Gelfenstein was previously Director of the International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country's ambassador to Nicaragua and an adviser for international politics for TeleSUR. X: @sergioro0701 Translation: John Catalinotto. The title of this article alludes to an extraordinary novel written by Emily Brontà´ in the middle of the 19th century and which, on many occasions, has been adapted for film and television. I saw the 1992 version directed by Peter Kosminsky…
(2023-09-30). Venezuela: Gov't to Launch China-Backed Anti-Poverty Program. By: Andreína Chávez Alava. midwesternmarx.com 
The Social Equality and Happiness Mission will adapt the Chinese experience to the Caribbean country's reality to alleviate poverty and inequality. Caracas, September 21, 2023 (venezuelanalysis.com) — The Venezuelan government has announced a new social program focused on fighting poverty and inequality, which will be supported by China's International Poverty Reduction Center.On Monday, during his weekly TV program, President Nicolás Maduro said  …
(2023-09-30). ExxonMobil and Hess to Stop Oil Exploration Operations in Disputed Waters of Essequibo. orinocotribune.com US oil companies ExxonMobil and Hess announced that they will exit the Kaieteur exploration block, in the disputed waters of the Essequibo region of Venezuela, off the coast of Guyana. | According to
(2023-09-30). President Maduro Gives Instructions for Reforestation of Venezuela's Yapacana National Park. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, instructed Vice President Delcy Rodríguez to design a special reforestation plan for the Yapacana National Park, in the state of Amazonas, to recover the region where illegal mining groups had caused deforestation and environmental damage. President Maduro made the statements during the celebration of the 18th anniversary of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (CEOFANB), in Tiuna Fort, Caracas. | The Venezuelan president stated that this plan will be aimed at "the recovery of equilibria" after the success of Operation Autana through…
(2023-09-30). Venezuela's Electoral Authority Proposes November 19 for Opposition Primaries With Its Assistance. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The CNE also proposed the use of automated voting equipment, voting center teams, data validation process, delivery of voting supplies, and the installation of the polling station…
(2023-09-30). Venezuela's Electoral Authority Proposes to Assist and Postpone Opposition Primaries. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The CNE also proposed the use of automated voting equipment, voting center teams, data validation process, delivery of voting supplies, and the installation of polling stations: t…
(2023-10-01). U.S. grants work permits to nearly half a million Venezuelans. america.cgtn.com 
The U.S. government gave legal migrant status and work permits to almost half a million Venezuelans amid a surge in illegal crossings at the southern border. | The policy, though welcomed by city leaders strained by the wave of new migrants, has others fearing that this will attract more undocumented migrants to the country. | CGTN's Nitza Soledad Perez reports.
(2023-09-30). V Biennial of the South, Peoples in Resistance begins in Venezuela. plenglish.com Las Tejerías, Venezuela, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) The V Biennial of the South, Peoples in Resistance, will open today in this town in north-central Venezuela and will last until December 15, with the attendance of 13 countries and more than 70 artists.
(2023-09-30). Macrorrueda Colombia-Venezuela reúne a más de 900 empresas. telesurtv.net Unas 100 mesas de negociaciones fueron abiertas en las que sus participantes apuntalaron la exportación y el crecimiento económico binacional.
(2023-10-01). On International Safe Abortion Day, women across Latin America march demanding reproductive rights. peoplesdispatch.org 
On September 28, hundreds of thousands of women flooded the streets across Latin America to commemorate the International Safe Abortion Day and to demand decriminalization and legalization of abortion in the region. Wearing green scarves, the women campaigned for Legal, Safe and Free Abortion. | Abortion is strictly regulated in the Latin American and the Caribbean region. Of the 33 countries in the region, only Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Guyana, some states in Mexico, and Uruguay allow elective abortion. Some countries such Chile, Ecuador, and Venezuela allow abortion in circumstances such as rape or health risk…
(2023-10-01). Russia and Venezuela Sign Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Agreement. orinocotribune.com 
The president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez, and the president of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russia, Vyacheslav Volodin, signed an agreement aimed at the strengthening of inter-parliamentary ties. | Rodríguez and Volodin highlighted the cooperation that has existed between Venezuela and Russia since the triumph of the Bolivarian Revolution in different areas especially in the defense of sovereignty. | Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez (left) and Russian State Duma President Vyacheslav Volodin (right) shake hands after the signing of the inter-parliament…
(2023-10-01). Venezuela rechaza postura de Guyana sobre Acuerdo de Ginebra. telesurtv.net Sobre este acuerdo el Gobierno reafirma que debe alcanzar una solución práctica y satisfactoria para ambas partes a través de las negociaciones políticas.
(2023-09-30). 'Wuthering Heights' at four summits. workers.org 
A Venezuelan international relations expert, Rodriguez Gelfenstein was previously Director of the International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country's ambassador to Nicaragua and an adviser for international politics for TeleSUR. X: @sergioro0701 Translation: John Catalinotto. The title of this article alludes to an extraordinary . . . |
(2023-09-30). Conviasa Inaugurates New Route to Barbados. telesurenglish.net The Minister of Transportation, Ramón Velásquez Araguayán, said that the Venezuelan airline has grown in 2023. This growth is in terms of flight connectivity. | RELATED: | The Venezuelan Consortium of Aeronautical Industries and Air Services (Conviasa) activated this Saturday a new route that will link Caracas with Bridgetown, on the Island of Barbados, as reported by the Minister for Transportation and president of Conviasa, Ramón Velásquez Araguayán…
(2023-09-30). Venezuela's Electoral Authority Proposes Assistance for November 19 Opposition Primaries. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The CNE also proposed the use of automated voting equipment, voting center teams, data validation process, delivery of voting supplies, and the installation of polling stations: t…