Opposition parties announced that they’ll be participating in the November election, which would be their first participation since 2017. In his first public statement after his arbitrary detention, Freddy Guevara explained that it’s necessary to reach a negotiated solution. CEPAL reported that Venezuela will have negative growth (-4%) in 2021.
Vargas, Trujillo and Mérida have been the states most affected by the floods. Producers from the Andes denounced that their problems with the transportation of crops are caused by the lack of fuel and are worsened by the rains.
Juan Guaidó challenged Maduro to a presidential election. During the first six months of the year, there were 125 femicides in Venezuela. Erika Farías resigned to the Caracas mayorship.
In Merida, 18 people have died, six people are missing and over 400 families have lost everything due to the floods. There have been 671 protests in 2021.
Heavy rains on Monday and Tuesday affected at least ten states. Control Ciudadano warned that military participation increased in Maduro’s cabinet again. There were 140 attacks and security incidents against NGOs and human rights activists in July
Dr. Marino González said that having 70% of the population being vaccinated by November isn’t feasible without a solid vaccination plan. Farmers use their crops as payment methods because of hyperinflation, cash shortages and lack of trust in the bolivar.
Maduro announced via Twitter new changes in his cabinet. 30% of Professors said that the total family income doesn’t surpass $10. Bogotá mayor Claudia López created a police command against criminal structures composed of migrants.
Román Duque Corredor, former Magistrate cleared up some of the things Jorge Rodríguez said and highlighted how meaningful it was that Maduro’s regime accepted to discuss its own governability by signing the agreement memo.
174,000 people are victims of modern slavery in Venezuela, and a report by IOM region revealed that 21% of 4,600 respondents were forced to work without receiving any type of remuneration or were held against their will.
Maduro warned about new conspiracies by President Iván Duque, to sabotage the negotiation process with “criminals and sicarios.” Less than 7% of the country has been vaccinated against COVID-19.
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