🇻🇪🇬🇾Maduro, in the General Assembly of the Federal Council of Government with the participation of the Council of State and the Defense Council of the Nation, announces:

1. The creation of a new High Commission for the Defense of Guayana Esequiba.

2. Likewise, he instructed to immediately activate the debate and approval of the Organic Law for the creation of the state of Guayana Esequiba, within the framework of the five decisions (Yes) that were taken in the consultative referendum on Dec 3.

3. In that sense, he decreed the creation of the Guayana Esequiba Comprehensive Defense Zone, with administrative and military headquarters in Tumeremo.

4. Designated, provisionally, M/G Alexis Rodríguez Cabello as the Sole Authority of Guayana Esequiba, with administrative and military headquarters in Tumeremo.

5. Announced the creation of the PDVSA and CVG Essequibo Division, with all administrative and operational powers for the exploitation of resources in Guayana Esequiba.

6. Immediately, the new complete map (with Guayana Esequiba) must be delivered and disseminated in schools, high schools and universities in the country.

7. Announced a comprehensive social plan for the inhabitants of Guayana Esequiba, which includes identification cards.

8. Likewise, it established a period of three months for the withdrawal of companies/unilateral concessions in Guayana Esequiba.

9. In addition, he proposed the creation of a Special Law for the protection of Essequibo.

https://goo.su/vu9zU

“New" Map of Venezuela.

🛢 🇻🇪 🇧🇷 Maduro orders the 'immediate' exploitation of oil, gas and mines in Guyana's Essequibo

🔶️ Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday directed the country's state-owned companies to “immediately” begin to explore and exploit the oil, gas and mines in Guyana's Essequibo region, a territory larger than Greece and rich in oil and minerals that Venezuela claims as its own.

🔶️ In addition to the announcement regarding the exploitation of resources in Essequibo, Maduro announced Tuesday the creation of a new Comprehensive Defense Operational Zone, Zodi in Spanish, for the disputed strip, similar to the special military commands that conduct operations in different regions of the country.

🔶️ Venezuela’s commitment to pursue the territorial claim has fluctuated over the years. Its interest piqued again in 2015 when ExxonMobil announced it had found oil in commercial quantities off the Essequibo coast.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/maduro-orders-immediate-exploitation-oil-gas-mines-guyanas-105408312

Soon in Europe.
https://fxtwitter.com/songpinganq/status/1732397390282576060

The Central Bank of Italy, also known as La Banca d’Italia, and the Bank of Korea have recently unveiled their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signifying their commitment to revolutionise payment systems and information technology infrastructure as part of their Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) initiatives.

https://fintechs.fi/italy-and-south-korea-form-an-exciting-new-cbdc-partnership/

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France’s third-largest bank on Wednesday will debut trading of its own stablecoin, called EUR CoinVertible, on Bitstamp, an exchange based in Luxembourg.

https://www.ft.com/content/cd733a7c-2e74-412f-b234-6f495c118cc6

🇮🇹❌🇨🇳 Italy has officially informed Beijing of its decision to withdraw from President Xi Jinping’s flagship Belt & Road Initiative, ending months of speculation over a relationship that had irritated Rome’s western allies.

The formal decision comes three months after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni — who in the past had called Rome’s participation in the BRI a “mistake” — publicly confirmed that her right-wing government was considering a pullout, while affirming her determination to maintain “mutually beneficial” relations with Beijing. 

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/italy-tells-china-it-is-leaving-belt-road-initiative-sources-2023-12-06/