📓🇻🇪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.

🇧🇷The Supreme Court of Brazil authorized this Friday the Attorney General's Office to investigate former President Jair Bolsonaro for his alleged participation as the mastermind of the assault on the three powers of thousands of his supporters in Brasilia.

With this decision, Bolsonaro, who is currently in the US, where he traveled on December 30, two days before the end of his term, for reasons never explained, is now being formally investigated for the January 8 coup attempt in Brasilia.

Bolsonaro is also being investigated in four other criminal proceedings opened in the Supreme Court, but all of them are in the initial phase and no charges have been filed against the former president, who intends to return from the US at the end of this month, as he recently told CNN Brazil.

📣 Teachers in Portuguesa denounce that they were locked up to prevent them from going to protest

The teaching staff of the Nicomedes Castillo Basic School, located in Guanare, Portuguesa state, denounced that the director of this educational establishment, locked them up to prevent them from leaving and joining the day of protests that began last Monday, January 9.

The educators say they are willing to denounce the Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Education and the instances that are necessary to denounce the dealings of the school board.
"We are tired of her intimidating us."

🚫⛽Long lines in Mérida. No Fuel.

👮‍♂️Teachers break through police line. The chief officer: "How a bunch of old fart can with you?"

Colombian government delegation and the National Liberation Army (ELN) will have an "extraordinary meeting" in Venezuela starting next Tuesday to overcome the impasse over the announcement by Colombian President Gustavo Petro of a bilateral ceasefire without having agreed with the ELN at the dialogue table.

"The government delegation appreciates the hospitality of Venezuela to hold an extraordinary meeting with the ELN delegation next week," says a statement issued on Friday night (January 13) by the head of the Colombian government's negotiating team, Otty Patino.

Authorities decide to close Aquatica Park after death of Josua Pavón

The security authorities of the Maracaibo municipality applied an administrative measure to close Aquatica Park after a minor died in its facilities this Friday.

A commission made up of PoliMaracaibo, the Maracaibo Fire Department and Civil Protection applied the measure while the investigations into the event where he died are being carried out

The heads of these security forces appeared at the scene to apply the measure to the park while the death of little Josua Pabón is clarified.