Monthly Archives: October 2023

2023-10-09: News Headlines

Staff (2023-10-09). Venezuela Expresses Concern About Gaza Strip Crisis. orinocotribune.com

Chris Schiano, Unicorn Riot. (2023-10-09). No Charges For Georgia Troopers Who Killed Manuel 'Tortuguita' Terán. popularresistance.org Stone Mountain, GA — A Georgia prosecutor announced Friday, Oct. 6, that six Georgia State Patrol SWAT troopers — Brylend Myers, Jerry Parrish, Jonathan Salcedo, Mark Lamb, Ronaldo Kegel, and Royce Zah — will not face criminal charges in the January 18, 2023 shooting death of Manuel 'Tortuguita' Esteban Paez Terán, a nonbinary indigenous Venezuelan climate protester. Terán's family and fellow activists believe they were murdered that day in the South River Forest near Atlanta, and much of the publicly available evidence from the incident casts doubt on the official narrative. | Stone Mountain Ju…

Max Colbert, DeSmog. (2023-10-09). Fossil Fuel Giants Have Committed £40.4 Million To UK Universities. popularresistance.org Many of these commitments have been accepted by institutions that have actively pledged to divest from oil and gas companies. | According to freedom of information requests submitted by DeSmog, more than £40.4 million has been pledged to 44 UK universities by 32 oil, coal and gas companies since 2022 in the form of research agreements, tuition fees, scholarships, grants, and consulting fees. | Most of the funding spans the current academic year, with a handful of projects running for a number years, up to as far as 2027.

Ashley Smith, Éric Toussaint (2023-10-09). Debt Abolition Activists Gear Up for Countersummit as World Bank and IMF Meet. internationalviewpoint.org

Collective (2023-10-09). Andorran women take to the streets to demand that abortion is no longer a crime. internationalviewpoint.org As part of the International Day for the Right to Abortion, a demonstration was held in Andorra on 30 September. Around 150 activists responded to a call from the Stop Violències association, which is fighting for the decriminalization of abortion, which in Andorra is considered a crime, even after rape. | – | / |


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2023-10-08: News Headlines

Ana Perdigón (2023-10-08). Venezuela and Saint Lucia Sign Air Connectivity Agreement, Boost Cooperation (+Sanctions). orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, met with prime minister of Saint Lucia, Philip Pierre, and signed bilateral cooperation agreement in different areas. Venezuela and Saint Lucia will begin direct flights connecting the two countries next month, as part of the cooperation agreements. | "We are opening air connectivity between Saint Lucia and Venezuela," President Maduro said after the signing of the agreements on Saturday, October 7. "We are connecting with the Caribbean, great news… And I am sure that these flights are going to be very successful, and they will increase tourism between our peoples and…

Ana Perdigón (2023-10-08). Venezuela: Poll Projects President Maduro's Victory in 2024 Presidential Elections. orinocotribune.com

Resumen Latinoamericano (2023-10-08). Venezuela: este sábado 7 se cumplieron 11 años del triunfo electoral de Hugo Chávez Frías. globalizacion.ca El líder de la Revolución Bolivariana se impuso a los intereses y planes de Estados Unidos. Este sábado se cumplieron 12 años de la victoria electoral del presidente Hugo Chávez Frías, que significó la segunda reelección del líder de la…

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