🇷🇺🇻🇪 Venezuela negotiates more flights with Russia and will participate in the international cruise fair in the US

The Minister of Tourism of Venezuela, Ali Padrón, reported this Wednesday that he is in negotiations with Russia to increase the number of flights between the two countries, up to four per week, to promote tourism in the country.

In addition, he pointed out that, after "many years" of having been "unilaterally excluded", Venezuela will participate in the "largest international cruise fair in the world", Seatrade, which will be held next March in Florida, United States, where the South American country is going to “present its proposal”.

Bloomberg: Reopening of the US embassy in Venezuela is not yet an item on Biden's agenda

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⚒️🔥Yesterday workers of **SIDOR,** the largest steel state-owned corporation continued another day of strike claiming for a better salary.

This is added to the new wave of protests organized by teachers all across the country.

The venezuelan regime that has made clear political victories against a weak and divided opposition, has not yet solved economic problems such as inflation and low salaries.

📓🇻🇪Today's protests organized by teachers in Maracaibo.

📓🇻🇪Teachers in State of Trujillo.

Human Rights Watch organization accused the governments of Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba of committing "aberrant abuses" in its most recent annual report, in which it urged Latin American leaders to exert pressure to achieve a democratic transition in those countries.

In its World Report, which was released on Thursday, HRW expressed concern about the upsurge in violence, poverty and the deterioration of human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean, stating that these problems have prompted millions of people to abandon their homes, which has deepened the migration crisis in the region

Nicolas Maduro demands “freedom" for Venezuela from the US government: "Lift criminal sanctions, enough of economic persecution"

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🇺🇸🇻🇪 ConocoPhillips is open to a deal to sell Venezuela's oil to the US as a way to recover nearly $10 billion in arrears stemming from the 2007 expropriations.

🏦🇻🇪💰 Maduro authorizes the increase in bank financing in foreign currency:

In his annual Memory and Account message to the National Assembly, President Nicolás Maduro announced that he authorizes the increase in foreign currency financing granted by the national Bank up to 30% of deposits in foreign currency, as well as instructed his economic team to present a decree to stimulate and lower the price of exports.

With this rule, the financing available in foreign currency goes from 10% of the current account portfolio to 30%.

⚠️ Venezuela registered a loss of gross income of 232 billion dollars, as a result of the sanctions, President Nicolás Maduro indicated during his Annual Message to the Nation.

📈 The president added that the property damage against the republic reaches 642 billion dollars.

💰 According to estimates, in the last eight years, the extremist sectors of the opposition have deprived the country of 411 million dollars per day.

From Misión Verdad (Chavista source)

🇵🇪🚩🚫🚶‍♂️ — Peruvian government prohibits demonstrations in the country, even if only in the form of a peaceful walk

We have that shit since late 2016... Noobs

🇺🇸 US official made "under-the-table" visits to Americans imprisoned in Venezuela

The presidential envoy for hostage affairs, Roger Carstens, visited Caracas shortly before Christmas accompanied by US consular officials to check the situation of Luke Denman, Airan Berry, Eyvin Hernández and Jerrel Kenemore, the US citizens who are still deprived of their liberty on the ground. Creole.

Carstens managed to arrange visits of about 30 minutes.