Among other news, the CNE changed the electoral registry to reassign Jorge Arreaza and Claudio Fermín to new voting centers. The candidates used to vote in Caracas and Miranda and now they’ll now vote in Barinas, meaning they’re allowed to vote in two places in the same election, which is an electoral crime.
On Tuesday, Maduro’s regime used the power of the State to influence the electoral arena. There are six candidates for the Barinas election on January 9th, 2022.
Among other news, Sergio Garrido (Acción Democrática) would be the next candidate for the Barinas election on January 9th, 2022. The prêt-à-porter opposition nominated Claudio Fermín as a candidate for Barinas governor.
Among other news, Maduro admitted that public utilities fail in Venezuela and blamed the sanctions and incompetent officers. OAS commissioner David Smolansky said that there will be more Venezuelan migrants than any other country in the world soon.
Among other news, HIV+ patients don’t have access to the medicine necessary for their treatment and 643 people have died since 2020 because of a late diagnosis.
Among other news, Argenis Chávez resigned from the Barinas governorship and said PSUV should decide who’s the next candidate. MUD candidate Freddy Superlano rejected the decision by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) of a new election in Barinas.
Among other news, the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela ordered this Monday to repeat the elections in the State of Barinas, where Hugo Chávez was born-
Feminist organizations demanded justice and respect for women’s rights on Thursday. The regime’s messages on progress for women are defeated by the reality of the country with a complex humanitarian emergency, collapsed public services and without policies to guarantee women’s reproductive rights. Activists demanded the decriminalization of abortion, medical care for femicide survivors and obstetric violence. Between January and October 2021, there were 235 femicides in Venezuela.
Among other news, María Corina Machado proposed a great election to choose new opposition leadership that “leads Venezuela to freedom. Prosecutor General Tarek William Saab provided some more figures (that can’t be proven) to try to show that his administration has been a beacon of justice.
Among other news, the EU electoral observer mission determined in their preliminary report that the lack of judicial independence and disrespecting the Rule of Law negatively impacted the equality of conditions and the elections’ transparency.
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