Vladimir Padrino López, said that “Colombia’s evils and violence are coming to Venezuela and nobody can contain that”; Colombian Border manager Lucas Gómez ruled out that Colombian authorities were blocking Venezuelans’ return; Luis Razetti Hospital patients didn’t get their chemotherapy treatments for the third week in a row.
Vladimir Padrino López blames Colombia for some of the tense situation in Apure state; Press workers in Venezuela must walk the minefield of State repression; PDVSA has plans to expand its gas and diesel production
CONAS and FAES officers arbitrarily detained Milagros Mata Gil and poet Juan Manuel Muñoz because she published a post on Facebook about the double wedding in Lechería, from which there were dozens of COVID-19 cases. The regime reported last night the highest number of cases and deaths they’ve admitted to, so far. There were 1,348 new cases of COVID-19 and 13 patients died on Wednesday.
Deputies said that there’s a 40% under-registration of the cases of COVID-19 at the least, which the regime has reported at a little under 158,000 in a year. Maduro thanked Russia for sending the vaccine but didn’t say when the 9.8 million doses that he bought last year would arrive. He talked about the other vaccine, EpiVac Corona, which will be tested on Venezuelans. March is ending and healthcare workers haven’t been vaccinated.
Maduro said that before temporarily suspending external debt, they need an “integral restructuring”. Yesterday, Venezuelans in Apure suffered a “new FARC terrorist attack” on a FANB checkpoint. After Maduro’s proposal to exchange oil for vaccines, Dr. Julio Castro said that the problem is political, not financial.
The day after chavismo announced that COVAX vaccines by AstraZeneca were forbidden, Fedecámaras president Ricardo Cusanno presented a vaccination plan that’s awaiting Maduro’s approval after months of negotiation; Provea said that Maduro is forbidding AstraZeneca for political reasons, while the Human Rights Council pushed for a resolution to guarantee universal access to the vaccine.
Delcy Rodríguez attacked the working table for the agreement to receive vaccines from COVAX; Alberto Fernández’s government announced they’re leaving the Lima Group; The partial rules of the new decree of law of identification states that passports will be valid for ten years.
Colombian Immigration, the Arauquita mayorship and HRW estimate that over 3,000 people have fled from Venezuela since Sunday, displaced by violence and repression; FAO and the World Food Programme warned on Tuesday that food insecurity in Venezuela will significantly increase during 2021; the IACHR will hold hearings to receive cases on criminalizing human rights activists in Venezuela and the situation of migrants during the pandemic.
At least 600 Venezuelan citizens arrived in Colombian town Arauquita, fleeing the recent combat and attacks in Apure; After the UN decided to temporarily suspend the cash transfer programs after harassment against NGOs in Venezuela; CENDAS estimated that a five-person household would need 446 minimum wages to buy the basic food basket.
“Fuel in Venezuela isn’t a matter of production, it’s a political strategy”; FEDENAGA president Armando Chacín warned about the low operative levels of the milk and cattle sectors; Violating their own decree on labor immovability, at least 800 workers of the National Assembly have been fired by Jorge Rodríguez, said Juan Carlos García, leader of the Assembly Guild.
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