Josiah K’Okal, de 54 años y miembro de la Congregación de Misioneros de la Consolata, desapareció el 1 de enero después de salir de su casa en el estado venezolano del Delta Amacuro.
Tucupita, Enero 3.– Un sacerdote católico de origen keniata que denunció tráfico de indígenas en Venezuela fue hallado muerto esta semana, en un caso por el que comunidades nativas exigieron este miércoles una investigación “seria y creíble”.
Josiah K’Okal, de 54 años y miembro de la Congregación de Misioneros de la Consolata, desapareció el 1 de enero después de salir de la casa de esa organización en Tucupita, en Delta Amacuro (este), en la bicicleta en la que solía trasladarse.
Last week, the Royal Navy’s HMS Trent appeared off the coast of the South American nation of Guyana. While the vessel arrived for routine training with the Guyanese military, its presence served to ward off threats to Guyanese sovereignty, particularly Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro’s stated desire to absorb the Essequibo region in the country’s western reaches.
On December 3, Maduro conducted a referendum with small turnout that approved the annexation. Likewise, he appointed a governor for the future seized territory. Two days earlier, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Venezuela to “refrain from taking any action” to change the status quo in the Essequibo region.
Most probably, Maduro intends to regain popularity by appealing to Venezuelan nationalism and instigating an international conflict in the same way that the Argentinian military junta did in 1982 when it invaded Britain’s Falkland Islands. In both cases, the governments of Argentina and Venezuela suffered from a deep legitimacy and governance crisis. In the case of Venezuela, Maduro is very concerned with the high participation of Venezuelans in the primary elections and the overwhelming victory of Maria Corina Machado, a candidate the government barred from running. (Machado is currently appealing her proscription in the Supreme Court).
For the 65th anniversary of the Cuban revolution on January 1st, six of the most important dissenting officers in the regime’s history issue a historic warning on the global threat it poses and call on their former comrades to end "the corrupt tyranny subjugating and impoverishing the Cuban people."
The signatories of the remarkable open letter are a former member of the Central Committee of Cuba’s Communist Party and Chief of Staff for ten years of Raul Castro's office, a Brigadier General and Deputy Chief for Air Defense, three high-ranking officers of the Intelligence Directorate, and a Lieutenant Colonel who called for Fidel Castro's resignation. All live outside Cuba having broken their ties with the dictatorship; some are sentenced to death for alleged "treason."
Written by Mostafa Salem, Abbas Al Lawati and Rob Picheta, Tara John and Hande Atay Alam, CNN on .
More than 100 people killed in twin blasts near slain Iran commander’s grave
By Mostafa Salem, Abbas Al Lawati and Rob Picheta, Tara John and Hande Atay Alam, CNN
At least 103 people were killed Wednesday and 188 injured in the Iranian city of Kerman after twin blasts near the burial site of slain military commander Qasem Soleimani, in what officials called a terror attack.
The blasts, at least one of which was caused by a bomb, state TV said, came on the fourth anniversary of Soleimani’s death in a US air strike, and threatens to accelerate tensions in the region that have spiked since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
The first explosion was 2,300 feet (700 meters) from Soleimani’s grave, and the second was 0.6 miles (1 kilometer) away as pilgrims visited the site, IRNA added.
Soleimani was killed by a US airstrike ordered by former President Donald Trump at Baghdad International Airport four years ago Wednesday.
IRINN, another state television channel, reported that the first explosion near the grave of Soleimani was caused by a bomb placed in a suitcase inside a Peugeot 405 car, and appeared to be detonated remotely.
Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said the first explosion happened at 3:00 p.m. local time (6 a.m. ET) during an interview with Iran’s state news channel IRIB. Vahidi said the second, more deadly blast took place 20 minutes later, when other pilgrims came to help the injured.
Videos posted on Iranian state media showed large crowds running in the area after the explosion. Footage also showed bloodied bodies being transported from the scene, and ambulances leaving the site through large crowds. No group has claimed responsibility for the blasts, yet Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi blamed Israel for the explosions, saying it will pay a “heavy price.”...
Written by Beatriz W. de Rittigstein // Aurora-Israel on .
Según Assad, la cuestión del Holocausto “fue politizada para falsificar la verdad y luego preparar el traslado de judíos de Europa a otras zonas, a Palestina”.
Beatriz W. de Rittigstein
Hace poco vimos un video que MEMRI (Instituto de investigaciones de medios de comunicación en el Oriente Medio, por sus siglas en inglés) tradujo y publicó; se trata de un reciente discurso de Bashar Assad arengando a una multitud con el engaño de negar las pruebas sobre el Holocausto. El tirano sirio dijo: “Es cierto que hubo campos de concentración, pero es una cuestión politizada, no humanitaria ni real, es que hablamos de esos seis millones, pero ¿por qué no hablamos de los 26 millones de soviéticos? ¿Quiénes murieron en esa guerra? ¿Son los seis millones más valiosos?”. Señaló que “no existía ningún método específico de tortura o asesinato específico para los judíos. Los nazis utilizaron los mismos métodos en todas partes”.
Según Assad, la cuestión del Holocausto “fue politizada para falsificar la verdad y luego preparar el traslado de judíos de Europa a otras zonas, a Palestina”. Assad echó mano de un mito creado para restar legitimidad a un sector de judíos en su derecho a la tierra de Israel, así afirmó que “los judíos que vinieron a Palestina son jázaros del este del Mar Caspio, eran paganos que se convirtieron al judaísmo en el siglo VIII. Emigraron a Europa y de allí vinieron a esta región. No tienen nada que ver con el pueblo de Israel” de la antigüedad. Sin embargo, está demostrado científicamente que ello es otra calumnia más; los estudios genéticos y las investigaciones han encontrado que esa teoría es un fraude.