Political prisoner and former defense minister Raúl Isaías Baduel died. The IMF expects inflation in Venezuela to increase by 2,700% this year and an economic contraction of 5%. Two Venezuelan teenagers were murdered in Colombia after they were caught stealing from a store.
The EU made a neutral response after Josep Borrell's statement. The electoral drill on Sunday showed that resources were used to favor some political parties.
The Organización Nacional de Trasplantes de Venezuela estimates that 960 people haven’t been able to get transplants in Venezuela since 2017. 150 of those are children and teenagers.
24 players of the national soccer team denounced former coach Kenneth Zseremeta for sexual abuse, in addition to manipulation and threats.
Commercial activity between Venezuela and Colombia will restart today. Delcy said that the governments had a “shared but differentiated responsibility” in the matter.
The third currency denomination in 13 years takes place today, October 1st, 2021. Today's Daily Briefing has a brief explainer for you.
Venezuela reached new levels of poverty according to Encovi. 94.5% of the population is in poverty, out of which 76.6% live under extreme poverty. Only one-third of women are active in the economy, men make more money in all sectors, and in executive positions, the gap is 76%.
According to a document obtained by The Objective, PDVSA hired Garzón’s firm to interpose legal action against suppliers of BARIVEN, for alleged crimes of fraud. Eulogio del Pino, pending a trial for corruption, signed that order too.
During the 2017 protests, David Vallenilla was murdered by sargeant Arli Cleiwi Méndez Terán. The action was recorded in several videos and photos. Méndez Terán was charged with murder but on Monday, he was absolved by Maduro’s justice system.
Maduro mentioned Saab on TV for the first time yesterday. He admitted he was in charge of the CLAP program (that was denied by Saab himself in 2017, when he also said that he didn’t know Maduro) and said that Saab had been “kidnapped and tortured in Cape Verde.
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