Caretaker President Guaidó met with members of CTV. $100 million were raised yesterday at the OAS’ World Conference of the Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela. NGO Foro Penal denounced GNB tortures against people detained for protesting in January. Millionaire Richard Branson announces humanitarian aid concert for February 22nd in Cucuta.
PDVSA and CITGO get new boards of directors. Bulgaria froze accounts suspected of laundering Venezuelan money. A letter from the Pope addressed to Mr. Nicolás leaked in Italy. GNB caught several tons of “American marijuana”. Fujimori pardoned irrevocably nullified.
Venezuelans protested in 69 towns. Humanitarian aid will enter the country on February, 23rd and Guaidó keeps encouraging citizens to register as volunteers. Maduro sounded even more lost and confused in his speech than in the BBC interview, and that’s saying something.
One batch of humanitarian aid has been in the country for a few weeks and started being distributed to vulnerable Venezuelans, Elvis Amoroso announced he’s iinvestigating Guaidó, because he’s, you know, super qualified to point fingers. Today, we’re going back to the streets.
Around 90,000 people complied with Guaidó’s call for volunteers and registered on the VoluntariosXVenezuela website. Maduro keeps showcasing our military power in laughable videos on social media. Regular government spokespeople are erratic and incoherent.
Guaidó calls for Venezuelans to help with humanitarian aid, protesting on February 12th. AFP manipulates the truth to get more clicks. Maduro was literally powerless in Miraflores. The Vatican remains positively neutral regarding the Venezuelan crisis.
Humanitarian aid arrives in Cucuta. EU-led International Contact Group outmaneuvers Montevideo Mechanism and Uruguay shifts stance on Venezuela. U.S. revokes visas for ANC members and Colombia voids transit cards for regime regional and local authorities. Young man jailed for protesting dies in Uribana prison.
Las Tienditas Bridge was blocked with containers. “Neutral” countries keep pushing for dialogue. Maduro keeps talking about the power of the Armed Forces but shows evidence of quite the contrary. Almost the entire EU recognizes Juan Guaidó. Lula was sentenced to 12 years in jail.
AN lawmakers got a lot done, including blocking a $1.2 billion transaction from getting to Maduro’s pockets, approving the Law of Transition and offering details on the entry of humanitarian aid to the country. EU countries keep recognizing Juan Guaidó and Trump mentioned Venezuela in his SOTU speech.
Over 20 European countries recognize Guaidó as caretaker President. Humanitarian aid may force the Armed Forces to defy Maduro. The Lima Group ratifies support for the democratic cause and the opposition refuses dialogue initiatives.
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