In the last week of August, the first two cases of fentanyl overdose were reported in Colombia. The news, spread by some media, alarmed the health authorities and the community.

The sociologist Julián Quintero, director of Acción Técnica Social, an organization dedicated to understanding the drug problem in the country, is emphatic in saying that what is happening is only due to an act of media irresponsibility.

🗨 "We do not know scientific evidence of these cases. A doctor who comes out to say that a patient consumed tusi and another who injected fentanyl. But we do not know anything about physicochemical analysis," Quintero, who has dedicated his entire life to the scientific and social study of psychoactive substances in the country.

Petro to those who want to throw out their Government: "Don't be Idiots!"

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, made this August 31 a call for dialogue between the different sectors of the country and to discuss the national project that is being sought. In addition, he sent a special message to those who wish to overthrow his Administration.

🇭🇳🇺🇸 Honduras asks for help due to the increasing transit of migrants:

According to the National Institute of Migration of that country, so far this year more than 239,500 people, mainly from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Cuba, Haiti and China, entered Honduras irregularly to continue on their way to the United States.

Many have crossed the Darién Jungle and have had to sleep in the streets and squares, since the shelters are collapsed.

🇨🇴 Two Colombians are sentenced in Spain for sending hidden drugs in toys

https://bit.ly/3Z2QYp3

🇻🇪shortage of medicines in Venezuela exceeded 27%, according to Convite

https://bit.ly/3PnMeHl

More Fentanyl in Ecuador

https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/seguridad/en-las-calles-de-guayaquil-se-evidencia-a-personas-con-sintomas-similares-a-los-que-causa-el-consumo-de-fentanilo-nota/

migration caravan in the Darien jungle

Deputy José Vielma Mora (PSUV) says that Nicolás Maduro "suffers" for not being able to raise salaries

🇻🇪🇨🇴A man was arrested in the Táchira State (Colombia border state) with 45 doses of fentanyl.

Venezuela's oil exports fell in August

https://buff.ly/3Z5ipPh

Colombia calls for regional co-responsibility to finance the exodus of Venezuelan migrants

“Venezuela welcomed millions of Colombians into its territory when they needed it and we will continue to promote not only regular and safe migration, but also initiatives that guarantee the social inclusion of all regularized Venezuelans. The objective is to guarantee the full integration of these new Colombians”, emphasized Carlos García Manosalva, director of Migration Colombia.

“Although migration policies remain the sovereign responsibility of States,“ most of the problems that must be addressed require a holistic vision that includes cooperation and coordination among all countries ”, he stressed.

🇻🇪🇨🇴FANB seize 1,200 kilos of food contraband from Colombia

https://cutt.ly/9tg1kdw

🇦🇷 Massa attacks Milei: "It's a horror that you want to allow the sale of organs"

Sergio Massa, presidential candidate and current Minister of Economy of Argentina, lashed out at Javier Milei, one of his rivals at the polls in next month's general elections, through a message posted this Saturday on his X account, in response to the statements of the politician where he criticized some of his proposals of an economic nature.

💭 "Horror is that you want to allow the sale of organs. People's lives are priceless,"

Fe y Alegría: "School dropout went from 4% to 2%"

The priest José Gregorio Terán assured that the school retention rate reached 98% in the 2022-2023 school year

https://www.laverdad.com/zulia/218350

from EFE

Bolívar Battalion incorporates another Venezuelan volunteer

🇻🇪422% Inflation reached the year-on-year rate in August 2023

According to figures from the Venezuelan Finance Observatory (OVF), in August 2023 the monthly inflation rate stood at 13.6%, which has represented the highest price increase so far this year.

With these results, the annualized and accumulated inflation rates stood at 422% and 144.6% respectively. In this way, Venezuela is entering a process of very pronounced acceleration of price rises.

🇻🇪🇨🇳 Venezuelan government seeks yet again money in China to boost the economy

https://alertas24.com/economia/bloomberg-gobierno-venezolano-busca-dinero-en-china-para-impulsar-la-economia/

🇪🇨💣⚠️ — JUST NOW: A bomb threat has been reported in a public building in Ecuador