Venezuelan Migrants Streaming Across Rio Grande
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.
Briefing
Maduro: “You Want To Negotiate? These Are My Conditions”
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.”
40 Political Parties With A Common Goal: Free Elections
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.
‘La Vega Is Ours’
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.
“Security Bodies Have Committed 472 Extrajudicial Executions During Q1”
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. naky
“Maduro Could Become The First Head of State Investigated By The ICC for Crimes Against Humanity”
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.
The Death of Jesús Santrich
Jesús Santrich, one of the leaders of FARC dissidents was murdered in Venezuelan territory. Maduro’s regime ordered the DGCIM and SEBIN to transfer the custody of political prisoners over to the Prisons Ministry. The new oil tax system announced by China imposes a tax of almost 30 dollars per barrel on diluted bitumen.
Simonovis Resigned
Ivan Simonovis resigned to the position he held from 2019 as the caretaker government’s Security and Intelligence Commissioner. The Venezuelan Electoral Observatory expressed its concern for the calendar provided by the CNE to hold an election in 25 weeks. Venezuela has only applied 230,000 doses of the vaccine, a rate of 0.8 doses per 100 inhabitants.
The Goal of The Agreement is Free Elections
Maduro accepted sitting down with the opposition after Guaidó’s proposal. Out of nearly 550 deaths in the healthcare sector, 111 have been nurses. The conflict in Apure could extend to states like Bolívar, Amazonas and Zulia.
Opposition Agreement for the “Nation’s Salvation”
Juan Guaidó proposed an agreement between the caretaker government, the Assembly elected in 2015, the political parties in the unitary platform and chavismo, with mediation by the international community. The agreement would entail holding free elections, entrance of humanitarian aid and COVID-19 vaccines.
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