ANC-imposed prosecutor general Tarek William Saab reported they had arrested three workers of PDVSA’s Gas Comunal. Journalist Kevin Arteaga, from El Carabobeño newspaper was served a subpoena by FAES officers. Chile authorized a military deployment on their border with Bolivia to control the flow of migrants, as a response to the death of two immigrants on Wednesday.
In 2020, the State only supplied 9% through programs like CLAP; El Carabobeño journalist Kevin Arteaga was subpoenaed and doesn't know why he's under investigation; journalist Lorena Arráiz informed that the last pediatric neurosurgeon in Táchira, Dr. Carlos Colmenares, died of COVID-19.
The new UN World Report on Human Trafficking revealed that the drop of the GDP in Venezuela since 2014 has influenced the increase of victims of people trafficking; According to the INAESIN’s Observatorio de Conflictividad Laboral y Gestión Sindical there were 1,350 protests in 2020, 31.2% more than in 2019.
UN Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan arrived to evaluate the impact of sanctions on human rights; the opposition hasn’t agreed on the composition of the Political Council that will restructure the caretaker presidency; Garzón’s lawyer denied his client had committed the crimes, spoke ill about the victim and revealed her identity, which had been kept anonymous to preserve her integrity.
Jacqueline Faría was fired; there was a clash between rival gangs in la Cota 905; Sudeban forbade banks issuing credits in foreign currency; Maduro’s AN approved the change of the internal debate rules.
José Brito went to the General Prosecutor’s Office to investigate 35 opposition deputies from the AN elected in 2015 and is accusing them of corruption; the Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic said that his country no longer recognizes the Assembly elected in 2015; The Venezuelan Embassy in the U.S. opened an online census for Venezuelan migrants who want to apply for the DED.
Maduro's Assembly wants to detain Guaidó; every speech from Maduro is now a mandatory broadcast; PDVSA paralyzed El Palito and Cardón refineries; Maduro was upset because YouTube censored VTV’s account because they posted about their medicine, Carvativir.
Banks started selling dollars and euros online; between 2015 and 2019 there were 14 deaths of human rights workers in Venezuela; a group of Venezuelan prisoners in Curaçao started a hunger strike to denounce their conditions.
The European Parliament reiterated on Thursday they recognize Juan Guaidó as caretaker president and exhorted member States to recognize the continuity of the National Assembly elected in 2015.
Consulting firm Anova presented “new evidence” to prove the effect of sanctions; Maduro’s National Assembly subpoenaed Juan Guaidó; The World Organization Against Torture demanded the release of five workers of NGO Azul Positivo.
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