🚨🇬🇾🇻🇪 Court of The Hague rules against Venezuela and will advance with the trial for Guyana's claim on the Essequibo:

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled this Thursday, April 6, against Venezuela, by rejecting the preliminary objection raised by the Government of Nicolás Maduro in the case related to the Arbitral Award of October 3, 1899, in the dispute with Guyana for the Essequibo.

"By 14 votes to one, the Court rejects the preliminary objection filed by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela," said the judge and president of the Court, Joan E. Donoghue, when reading the sentence from the La Paz Palace, in The Hague. .

In this way, the ICJ will advance with the analysis of the lawsuit filed by Guyana against Venezuela to resolve the dispute over the validity or otherwise of the Arbitral Award of 1899, which awarded the United Kingdom at the time the territory of Essequibo, a decision that Venezuela has protested ever since.

🇵🇾🤝🇷🇺 — Putin: Russians played an important role in Paraguay's development

Vladimir Putin, leader of Russia, stressed that Russian emigrants played a crucial role in the development of Paraguay's governmental systems.

After the Bolshevik Revolution of October 1917, many Russians who emigrated to Paraguay became heroes of the Chaco War. He also highlighted the contribution of Russian emigrants to the development of science, education and art in the Latin American country.

🇦🇹 Right-wing activist Martin Sellner faces the possibility of a three-year prison sentence in Austria for writing alleged "hate speech" in a Telegram post.

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⋯ Earlier on 22 March, the Secretary-General of Hezbullah said:

“Any Zionist aggression, whether military or security, that targets any area in Lebanon or person, whether he is Lebanese, Palestinian, or of any other nationality, the resistance will certainly & swiftly retaliate.”

⋯ The Lebanese Minister of Interior spoke against the non-Lebanese factions in the south, and stressed on the need to limit peace/war powers to the government.

⋯ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

"The internal debate in Israel will not prevent us from acting against [our enemies], in any place and whenever necessary. We will strike our enemies and they will pay a price for any act of aggression."