Francisco José Virtuoso warned that the November elections could register a large abstention rate because it’s a process that doesn’t generate trust and the conditions aren’t good enough. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Michelle Bachelet asked the regime “to provide all conditions for free, fair, peaceful and independent elections. 81 healthcare workers died in June of COVID-19
The day after the National Electoral Council announced 20 new political parties had inscribed for the November election, including the Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD), Elvis Amoroso ratified potential candidates being barred from running because they didn’t submit their tax declaration.
CNE president Pedro Calzadilla announced on Tuesday that they approved inscriptions of 20 new political parties for the elections in November, including the Mesa de Unidad Democrática (MUD).
AP published a piece on Venezuelans who pay 3,000 dollars per person to coyotes that are promoting travel agency services for transportation to the U.S.
Provea explained that the communal city project “means approving a communal state, a political and territorial distribution different from what’s stated in our Constitution.” The Inter-American Development Bank explained that for every Syrian migrant the international community donated 100 dollars, while it’s 10 dollars per Venezuelan migrant.
The Comisión para los Derechos Humanos del Estado Zulia (CODHEZ) presented its first report on food insecurity. Henrique Capriles distanced himself from Juan Guaidó and called for negotiating an agreement. Oncology patients at Luis Razetti Hospital in Caracas denounced that they haven’t received biopsy results in six months.
From Moscow, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza exhorted Biden to rectify his sanctions policy on chavismo to establish a relationship of mutual respect. According to Arreaza, it’s been hard to pay for COVAX because of the sanctions. Arreaza said that asking COVAX for the money back could be an option, and then buying the vaccine from Russia, China or Cuba.
Healthcare workers demanded more vaccines and denounced the lack of information as state policy and the deaths in the sector. Oil minister and president of PDVSA Tareck El Aissami who assured long lines for gas will disappear soon because by the end of the year, they’ll quadruple oil production.
Venezuela was ranked the least peaceful country in the region and 152nd in security, out of 163 countries. UN High Commissioner for Refugees claimed that one of four Venezuelan children has been separated from his or her parents, one of four goes to bed hungry, and around two-thirds haven’t gone to school since the pandemic started.
Maduro’s regime asked COVAX to change the initial contract to get vaccines, said PAHO deputy director Jarbas Barbosa. U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that they’ve seen sustained growth in the numbers of Venezuelan migrants crossing the border with Mexico.
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