Guaidó called on citizens and leaders to take to the streets and join a protest on June 5th called by the student movement. The U.S. said they’re donating 80 million vaccines to Latin America and the Caribbean, but Venezuela isn’t part of the list of the countries that will benefit from the donation because it lacks transparency in the distribution of vaccines.
There have been more complaints about the logistics of the regime’s vaccination plan across the country. PAHO hasn’t received confirmation on Venezuela completing payments to access COVAX. 57% of beds are occupied in the regime’s “sentinel” hospitals for COVID-19 patients.
CODHEZ's most recent report shows how Zulia is undergoing a terrible humanitarian crisis that only got worse because of the pandemic. There were 472 victims of alleged extrajudicial executions from January to March 2021 in Venezuela.
Enrique López Loyo, the president of the National Academy of Medicine, warned that Maduro’s regime must vaccinate between 300 and 350 thousand citizens a day to fulfill the promise of herd immunity this year. The Venezuelan Association of Agro Engineers warned about the decay of the food system and said that the inventory of raw materials has dropped while prices have increased up to 15%.
A group of almost 100 Venezuelan migrants received medical attention in Texas after crossing Río Grande. Tarek William Saab accused the ICC of violating Maduro’s regime’s right to defense.
Maduro said he agrees with Norwegian mediation but he mentioned his demands: lifting all sanctions, recognizing his authorities and illegitimate public powers and access to accounts and funds abroad: “You want to negotiate? These are my conditions and we’ll go wherever you want.”
The unitary platform with over 40 political parties insisted on the need to start a negotiation with the goal of holding free elections. The Assembly’s Delegate Commission condemned the vaccine black market in public healthcare centers and demanded a transparent vaccination system.
On Monday morning, hours of gunfire terrorized the La Vega sector in Caracas. The conflict in Apure has been going on for over two months and has a negative balance: murdered and displaced civilians and eight military officers kidnapped by FARC.
CICPC is the most lethal force with 65 executions and FAES ranks second most violent with 56 in the first quarter of the year. An investigation by the IVIC’s Molecular Virology Lab concludes that "every state presents the Brazilian variant since April". FAES chief in Guárico José Gregorio Palacios, was murdered in Cabruta by an alleged guerrilla group that has taken control of the area.
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Provea’s Marino Alvarado said that Maduro could become the first head of state to be investigated by the ICC for crimes against humanity. Juan Guaidó spoke on Jesús Santrich’s death and denied that it had been a product of an operation carried out by the Colombian Army. None of the versions on Jesús Santrich’s death has been confirmed by Colombian or Venezuelan authorities.
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