🇻🇪📰 NEWS 📰🇻🇪
RENEWED CLASHES IN COLOMBO-VENEZUELAN BORDER REGION LEAVE SEVERAL DEAD
A number of Venezuelan soldiers were killed amid renewed fighting between state security forces and Colombian “irregular armed groups” near the settlement of La Victoria in Apure state.
Media reports indicated that Venezuelan troops were ambushed Friday as two helicopters attempted to land near an improvised military base with several killed in the ensuing clash. The armed groups allegedly seized weapons and temporarily established control over the area, preventing the immediate recovery of the slain soldiers’ bodies.
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#Colombia #FARC #ArmedForces
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RENEWED CLASHES IN COLOMBO-VENEZUELAN BORDER REGION LEAVE SEVERAL DEAD
A number of Venezuelan soldiers were killed amid renewed fighting between state security forces and Colombian “irregular armed groups” near the settlement of La Victoria in Apure state.
Media reports indicated that Venezuelan troops were ambushed Friday as two helicopters attempted to land near an improvised military base with several killed in the ensuing clash. The armed groups allegedly seized weapons and temporarily established control over the area, preventing the immediate recovery of the slain soldiers’ bodies.
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#Colombia #FARC #ArmedForces
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AT LEAST TWO DEAD IN LATEST MARITIME ACCIDENT ON VENEZUELA-TRINIDAD MIGRANT ROUTE
While the details of the accident remain unclear, independent reports suggest that the death count has since risen to three, and that at least 24 people, including women and children, were traveling in the small vessel. At the time of writing, it is unclear if any passengers remain missing.
According to local reports, family members have claimed that the cause of the accident was a “strong wave” which “surprised” the ship’s crew. The five hour crossing to Trinidad is known for its perilous maritime conditions.
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#Migration #Trinidad #Accident
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AT LEAST TWO DEAD IN LATEST MARITIME ACCIDENT ON VENEZUELA-TRINIDAD MIGRANT ROUTE
While the details of the accident remain unclear, independent reports suggest that the death count has since risen to three, and that at least 24 people, including women and children, were traveling in the small vessel. At the time of writing, it is unclear if any passengers remain missing.
According to local reports, family members have claimed that the cause of the accident was a “strong wave” which “surprised” the ship’s crew. The five hour crossing to Trinidad is known for its perilous maritime conditions.
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#Migration #Trinidad #Accident
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🇻🇪🗣 OPINION 🗣🇻🇪
THERE'S NO BONUS IN VENEZUELA'S NEW SALARY SCHEMES
Improving the quality of life of Venezuela’s urban and rural workers has rightfully been a central element of the Bolivarian Process since its inception. Many studies have documented the undeniably progressive reforms achieved by the working class in wages, workplace conditions, grassroots organization, and social security during Hugo Chávez’s governments (1999-2013), while social indicators reflected their positive impact on the country and region.
Recently, however, workers have increasingly protested a number of systematic labor rollbacks and low salaries, with some bringing into question the class orientation of Chávez’s successor.
One of the lesser-documented rollbacks has been recent wage restructuring: a process known as bonificación.
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#Wages #Economy #May1
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THERE'S NO BONUS IN VENEZUELA'S NEW SALARY SCHEMES
Improving the quality of life of Venezuela’s urban and rural workers has rightfully been a central element of the Bolivarian Process since its inception. Many studies have documented the undeniably progressive reforms achieved by the working class in wages, workplace conditions, grassroots organization, and social security during Hugo Chávez’s governments (1999-2013), while social indicators reflected their positive impact on the country and region.
Recently, however, workers have increasingly protested a number of systematic labor rollbacks and low salaries, with some bringing into question the class orientation of Chávez’s successor.
One of the lesser-documented rollbacks has been recent wage restructuring: a process known as bonificación.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#Wages #Economy #May1
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VENEZUELA MOURNS LONGTIME CHAVISTA LEADER ARISTÓBULO ISTÚRIZ
Venezuela's Education Minister Aristóbulo Istúriz passed away on Tuesday following complications from open-heart surgery. He was 74 years-old.
Istúriz, a teacher and politician, was a key figure in the Bolivarian Revolution having held a number of key posts in the last 20 years.
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#Venezuela #SocialMovements #AfroDescendents
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VENEZUELA MOURNS LONGTIME CHAVISTA LEADER ARISTÓBULO ISTÚRIZ
Venezuela's Education Minister Aristóbulo Istúriz passed away on Tuesday following complications from open-heart surgery. He was 74 years-old.
Istúriz, a teacher and politician, was a key figure in the Bolivarian Revolution having held a number of key posts in the last 20 years.
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#Venezuela #SocialMovements #AfroDescendents
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RENEWED CLASHES IN COLOMBO-VENEZUELAN BORDER REGION LEAVE SEVERAL DEAD
The porous border between Venezuela and Colombia has created significant tensions between the two countries in recent years and the development of cross-border criminal operations including drug and fuel smuggling.
The heavy fighting has caused the displacement of several thousands to the town of Arauquita on the Colombian side of the border, with accusations of human rights abuses leveled against both sides.
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#Colombia #FARC #ArmedForces
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RENEWED CLASHES IN COLOMBO-VENEZUELAN BORDER REGION LEAVE SEVERAL DEAD
The porous border between Venezuela and Colombia has created significant tensions between the two countries in recent years and the development of cross-border criminal operations including drug and fuel smuggling.
The heavy fighting has caused the displacement of several thousands to the town of Arauquita on the Colombian side of the border, with accusations of human rights abuses leveled against both sides.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#Colombia #FARC #ArmedForces
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🇻🇪🗣 OPINION 🗣🇻🇪
CRISIS & CRITIQUE: THE IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT'S IMPACT ON VENEZUELA
VA columnist Ociel López highlights the de facto recognition of the Maduro government by Washington-aligned countries in the recent international event.
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#Opposition #Maduro #OcielLopez
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CRISIS & CRITIQUE: THE IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT'S IMPACT ON VENEZUELA
VA columnist Ociel López highlights the de facto recognition of the Maduro government by Washington-aligned countries in the recent international event.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#Opposition #Maduro #OcielLopez
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🇻🇪📰 NEWS 📰🇻🇪
VENEZUELA MOURNS LONGTIME CHAVISTA LEADER ARISTÓBULO ISTÚRIZ
"The death of Professor Aristóbulo Istúriz is a great blow to the people of Venezuela. The humblest in all the country's schools mourn today," President Nicolás Maduro said during the funeral on Wednesday, hailing Istúriz as “a guide for revolutionary people." The ceremony in the National Assembly Elliptical Hall was attended by ministers, military authorities and grassroots movements, who paid tribute to his life’s work.
Maduro awarded the longtime Chavista with the first-class Order of Libertadores and Libertadoras and a replica of Simón Bolívar’s sword, the highest distinctions given in Venezuela. Istúriz's wife and daughter received the condecorations.
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#Venezuela #SocialMovements #AfroDescendents
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VENEZUELA MOURNS LONGTIME CHAVISTA LEADER ARISTÓBULO ISTÚRIZ
"The death of Professor Aristóbulo Istúriz is a great blow to the people of Venezuela. The humblest in all the country's schools mourn today," President Nicolás Maduro said during the funeral on Wednesday, hailing Istúriz as “a guide for revolutionary people." The ceremony in the National Assembly Elliptical Hall was attended by ministers, military authorities and grassroots movements, who paid tribute to his life’s work.
Maduro awarded the longtime Chavista with the first-class Order of Libertadores and Libertadoras and a replica of Simón Bolívar’s sword, the highest distinctions given in Venezuela. Istúriz's wife and daughter received the condecorations.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#Venezuela #SocialMovements #AfroDescendents
@venanalysis
🇻🇪🗣 OPINION 🗣🇻🇪
CRISIS & CRITIQUE: THE IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT'S IMPACT ON VENEZUELA
Of the 22 countries that attended the recent summit, 18 had taken the bait with the “interim administration” and stopped recognizing Maduro's presidency. It is therefore curious that at the summit only four protested the presence of an administration that many of them do not officially recognize.
It is logical to think that a de facto recognition of Maduro's presidency, at least in most Ibero-American countries, took place on April 21. As a result, the break with the Guaidó “presidency” was formalized, something that had already happened with the European Union but not with Central and South American countries.
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#Opposition #Maduro #OcielLopez
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CRISIS & CRITIQUE: THE IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT'S IMPACT ON VENEZUELA
Of the 22 countries that attended the recent summit, 18 had taken the bait with the “interim administration” and stopped recognizing Maduro's presidency. It is therefore curious that at the summit only four protested the presence of an administration that many of them do not officially recognize.
It is logical to think that a de facto recognition of Maduro's presidency, at least in most Ibero-American countries, took place on April 21. As a result, the break with the Guaidó “presidency” was formalized, something that had already happened with the European Union but not with Central and South American countries.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#Opposition #Maduro #OcielLopez
@venanalysis
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RURAL PRODUCERS PROTEST 'FRAUD' AT SUGAR MILL
Some 450 sugar cane producers have staged protests outside the Cumanacoa Sugar Mill in Sucre State, eastern Venezuela.
The movement’s spokespeople allege that sugar cane growers have been “defrauded” by the company, currently run jointly by TecnoAgro (a private enterprise) and CorpoSucre (owned by the Sucre governorship). According to publicly released information, the sugar mill only paid 20 percent of the agreed-upon sum for the latest 21 thousand metric ton harvest.
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#Campesinos #Protest #Sugar
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RURAL PRODUCERS PROTEST 'FRAUD' AT SUGAR MILL
Some 450 sugar cane producers have staged protests outside the Cumanacoa Sugar Mill in Sucre State, eastern Venezuela.
The movement’s spokespeople allege that sugar cane growers have been “defrauded” by the company, currently run jointly by TecnoAgro (a private enterprise) and CorpoSucre (owned by the Sucre governorship). According to publicly released information, the sugar mill only paid 20 percent of the agreed-upon sum for the latest 21 thousand metric ton harvest.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#Campesinos #Protest #Sugar
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VENEZUELAN TRADE UNIONS, LEFT PARTIES BLAST 'PYRRHIC' MAY 1 WAGE INCREASE
A number of Venezuelan trade unions and left-wing parties firmly rejected the government’s May Day salary increase over the weekend.
Monthly incomes were upped by 289% from 1.8 million to 7 million bolivars (BsS) on Saturday, or from US $0.64 to $2.50 at the current exchange rate, respectively. The increase, which applies to public and private sector workers, will also be used to calculate pensions. Public sector workers likewise see an increase in additional food tickets from 1.8 to 3 million BsS, with their new monthly combined income of 10 million BsS equating to the cost of one carton of 30 eggs.
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#May1 #TradeUnions #Wages
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VENEZUELAN TRADE UNIONS, LEFT PARTIES BLAST 'PYRRHIC' MAY 1 WAGE INCREASE
A number of Venezuelan trade unions and left-wing parties firmly rejected the government’s May Day salary increase over the weekend.
Monthly incomes were upped by 289% from 1.8 million to 7 million bolivars (BsS) on Saturday, or from US $0.64 to $2.50 at the current exchange rate, respectively. The increase, which applies to public and private sector workers, will also be used to calculate pensions. Public sector workers likewise see an increase in additional food tickets from 1.8 to 3 million BsS, with their new monthly combined income of 10 million BsS equating to the cost of one carton of 30 eggs.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#May1 #TradeUnions #Wages
@venanalysis
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RURAL PRODUCERS PROTEST 'FRAUD' AT SUGAR MILL
The campesinos staged symbolic actions on Thursday and Friday by blocking access to the plant’s gates and pledged to continue their fight until authorities address their concerns. On Friday morning, a CorpoSucre commission arrived on-site and vowed to regularize the agreed-upon payments for the sugar harvest.
The struggle in Cumanacoa has also been backed by four local communes Las 5 Fortalezas, Chávez y Maduro, Chávez por Siempre and La Patria Joven.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#Campesinos #Protest #Sugar
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RURAL PRODUCERS PROTEST 'FRAUD' AT SUGAR MILL
The campesinos staged symbolic actions on Thursday and Friday by blocking access to the plant’s gates and pledged to continue their fight until authorities address their concerns. On Friday morning, a CorpoSucre commission arrived on-site and vowed to regularize the agreed-upon payments for the sugar harvest.
The struggle in Cumanacoa has also been backed by four local communes Las 5 Fortalezas, Chávez y Maduro, Chávez por Siempre and La Patria Joven.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#Campesinos #Protest #Sugar
@venanalysis
What do you think of Venezuela's recent minimum wage increase on May 1?
Anonymous Poll
24%
A 289% hike is impressive!
33%
It's insignificant and pyrrhic, $2.50 a month is nothing!
14%
Given the circumstances (pandemic, recession, blockade etc), it's acceptable.
29%
Its part of a strategy to force labor migration to private employers/dismantle the public sector
10%
None of the above
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🇻🇪🗣 OPINION 🗣🇻🇪
CHÁVEZ'S EXCESSES
Venezuelan analyst Reinaldo Iturriza asks what responsibility Chávez’s radical policies hold in Venezuela’s trend of political disaffiliation.
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#Chavez #Crisis #Maduro
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CHÁVEZ'S EXCESSES
Venezuelan analyst Reinaldo Iturriza asks what responsibility Chávez’s radical policies hold in Venezuela’s trend of political disaffiliation.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#Chavez #Crisis #Maduro
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🇻🇪📰 NEWS 📰🇻🇪
VENEZUELAN TRADE UNIONS, LEFT PARTIES BLAST 'PYRRHIC' MAY 1 WAGE INCREASE
At an alternative May Day rally outside the Labor Ministry, FNLCT National Coordinator Pedro Eusse told workers that “a revolutionary way out of this crisis of capitalism is needed” and that the working class “should play a leading role” in running the state.
“We are living through a destruction of wages and the imposition of workplace deregulation, flexibility in labor relations, the undoing of collective contracts, violation of union rights, (and) criminalization and persecution of labor struggles,” he went on to say.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#May1 #TradeUnions #Wages
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VENEZUELAN TRADE UNIONS, LEFT PARTIES BLAST 'PYRRHIC' MAY 1 WAGE INCREASE
At an alternative May Day rally outside the Labor Ministry, FNLCT National Coordinator Pedro Eusse told workers that “a revolutionary way out of this crisis of capitalism is needed” and that the working class “should play a leading role” in running the state.
“We are living through a destruction of wages and the imposition of workplace deregulation, flexibility in labor relations, the undoing of collective contracts, violation of union rights, (and) criminalization and persecution of labor struggles,” he went on to say.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#May1 #TradeUnions #Wages
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🇻🇪🗣 OPINION 🗣🇻🇪
US GOVERNMENT REPORT DOCUMENTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR VENEZUELA'S HUMANITARIAN DILEMMA
Solidarity activist Roger Harris reflects on sanctions against Venezuela and how they are viewed by the US government itself.
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#Sanctions #Blockade #Biden
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US GOVERNMENT REPORT DOCUMENTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR VENEZUELA'S HUMANITARIAN DILEMMA
Solidarity activist Roger Harris reflects on sanctions against Venezuela and how they are viewed by the US government itself.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#Sanctions #Blockade #Biden
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🇻🇪📰 NEWS 📰🇻🇪
VENEZUELA REITERATES ITS COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE IN ICC REPORT
The Venezuelan Attorney General’s Office submitted an updated report to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on April 30 detailing its efforts to address alleged human rights abuses by state officials.
In September 2018, Venezuela’s right-wing opposition, with support from the US and a handful of allied countries, filed a suit before the ICC accusing the Nicolás Maduro government of being responsible for “crimes against humanity” during violent anti-government protests in 2017.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#ICC #HumanRights #Corruption
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VENEZUELA REITERATES ITS COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE IN ICC REPORT
The Venezuelan Attorney General’s Office submitted an updated report to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on April 30 detailing its efforts to address alleged human rights abuses by state officials.
In September 2018, Venezuela’s right-wing opposition, with support from the US and a handful of allied countries, filed a suit before the ICC accusing the Nicolás Maduro government of being responsible for “crimes against humanity” during violent anti-government protests in 2017.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#ICC #HumanRights #Corruption
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