The Central Bank closed the year with 86 tons of gold reserves, the lowest in 50 years; the Venezuelan Communist Party led a protest for fair wages, right outside the Assembly; the Spanish government will extradite a Venezuelan citizen at the request of Maduro, even though he applied for asylum.
Iris Varela reiterated her suggestion of detaining traitors, including Juan Guaidó; the Delegate Commission warned that FARC dissidents are operating in Apure and Bolívar states and Maduro knows about it; Chile said they’ll expel around 100 Venezuelan migrants who entered the country illegally.
Colombian President Iván Duque announced that he’ll grant Temporary Protection Status to benefit almost one million Venezuelans and will be valid for ten years; Chilean president Sebastián Piñera reiterated he wants to end the immigration crisis, caused mainly by Venezuelans.
Pemones in Bolívar denounced that over 100 people invaded their territory for illegal mining; one dead and eleven injured inmates (some with gunshot wounds) was the result of a mutiny in a Merida Police jail; Médicos Unidos reported that at least 334 healthcare workers have died of coronavirus in Venezuela.
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.
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