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🇵🇪 Thousands of Aymara protest in Peru and warn of a "civil war"

🗣 "We are not going to get tired. For us the strike continues. For us there is no dialogue. The only thing we want is for Dina Boluarte to resign," David Yujra, of the Juli-Puno province fighting committee, said on Tuesday

The Puno region continues with the indefinite strike to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte and the call for early elections.

🇪🇺 966,000 people applied for asylum in the European Union last year, up more than 50% from 2021 and the most since 2016.

The largest nationalities represented were Syrians, Afghans, Turks, Venezuelans and Colombians.

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🇻🇪Venezuela occupies the sixth place with more public organizations and private companies sanctioned, adding 154 institutions. Ahead of Venezuela are Iran with 988, Russia with 339, Ukraine with 180, Syria with 177 and North Korea with 171 public and private institutions or organizations.

In Venezuela, Petróleos de Venezuela and all its subsidiaries and assets have been sanctioned; the public financial system including the Central Bank of Venezuela and the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (Bandes); the Venezuelan Corporation of Guyana; the Venezuelan Mining Corporation and the state airline, Conviasa.

Venezuela has 69 sanctioned vessels that severely affect the sale and distribution of oil. 39 vessels fly the national flag and the rest are foreign. This places Venezuela as the fourth country with the most sanctioned vessels, after Iran (205), North Korea (106) and Russia (88).

Venezuela is the second country in the world with the most sanctioned aircraft, having measures against 58 aircraft, of which 57 are state property. The coercive measures include a ban on flying at a certain altitude in Venezuelan airspace

🇨🇴 Two members of the Clan del Golfo accused of drug trafficking are arrested in Colombia

They were apprehended by the Colombian Army in the municipality of Tarazá (Antioquia) during a military operation. In the military operation, more than 300 doses of marijuana, 150 of cocaine and more than 500,000 pesos in cash (about 100 dollars) were also seized.

🇻🇪🚔⚠️ Police officers in Zulia are arrested for leaking video of the attack on Samba Supermarket

They would be, so far, the only ones arrested for the case.

🔥🇻🇪 Sinamaica Marketplace in the Guajira municipality, Zulia state, catches fire

On the night of this February 22, an alleged spark caused the flames in the government collection center to receive food from Clap, among others.

In addition to the facilities, the transformer is also affected.

Mérida, several days ago

⚠️ General Electrical Blackout in Maracaibo

(Yes, I'm using my phone's credit just to publish this)

🚫💡 All Zulia is with no electricity.

Electrical service's back 👍

Tal día como hoy de hace 42 años, 23-F-81, el Teniente Coronel D. Antonio Tejero Molina abortaba un autogolpe de estado intentado por la partitocracia y los usurpadores de la corona.

El régimen se ocupó de cambiar la historia, con gran acogida de público que aún hoy repite sus mentiras.

Maduro speaks for the first time about the attacks on businesses in Maracaibo:

"They attack a business, they take out the video and make it go viral to create insecurity and terrorism in the minds of Venezuelans, but there is the CICPC that acted and immediately captured three of the accomplices of that gang,"

From Pico Suárez

⚠️🔌🇻🇪 National Electric System works only at 30% of its installed capacity.

This was stated this Thursday, February 23, by Jesús Vásquez, director of the Monitor Ciudad organization.

He mentioned that the Guri produces 70% of the electricity that the country consumes but that this weakens other public services such as water.

Cities like Caracas, Valencia and Maracaibo depend on the National Electric System both to be illuminated and to receive water through pipes 🚰.

"At least 700 MW are needed to put the aqueducts and electricity service into operation in many cities," reported Versión Final.

🤝 Vásquez mentioned that the current National Assembly is discussing allowing the private sector to participate in companies that offer public services.

🇵🇪 Peru decrees a health emergency due to dengue outbreak

The Ministry of Health of Peru decreed on February 23 a state of health emergency in 13 departments of the country for 90 days, due to an outbreak of dengue that has already left 16 deaths so far this year.

Through Supreme Decree No. 002-2023-SA published in El Peruano, a state of health emergency was declared in 59 districts of 13 regions of the country located in the north, center, and southeast.

The National Center for Epidemiology, Prevention and Disease Control (CDC Peru) detailed that 11,585 cases of dengue and 16 deaths (12 confirmed and 4 under investigation) have been registered so far this year.

📉 Ecoanalítica warns that the "slowdown" of the economy will continue throughout 2023

"What we are seeing is the slowdown in the economy is a slowdown and even a drop in different indicators, which is an alarm sign that should keep the private sector on alert," said the director of Ecoanalítica, Asdrúbal Oliveros.

He explained that the "most striking" element of the economic slowdown is the drop in commercial sales in the country, which limited "was quite significant" since last October and lasted until January of this year, according to the latest data available from indicators. from the consultant.

Teachers in Aragua break the police security barrier that prevented them from continuing their journey to the headquarters of the Governorate, where they plan to deliver a document requesting salary claims

The negotiations for the reopening of the refinery in Curaçao to process Venezuelan crude failed

While the teachers, administrators and workers carried out the protest in front of the La Guaira Educational Zone on February 24, the retired teacher Miguel Guerra, who lives in Macuto, narrated his experience.

He stated that he was starving and burst into tears.

"I'm starving. If you want, do an evaluation," he said.

Colombia detains and deports a person involved in attacks in Maracaibo

https://www.laverdad.com/sucesos/208473