There have been 3 simultaneous forest fires in Macarao, Lomas de Eusebio Sector, one in the San Pedro de los Altos Mirandinos parish and the 3rd at the height of Tazón, such as on La Vega and Parque Caizs, towards the Carimao area.

Fire adjacent to Cota 905 in Caracas.

Reports that firefighters don't have enough supplies to go and contain it

El Nacional:
>National Assembly (AN) of Venezuela approved to transfer funds from the Central Bank of Venezuela in Citibank to the US Federal Reserve
— "In the parliamentary session on April 15, the National Assembly approved authorizing the transfer of the balance in dollars from a bank account in the name of the Central Bank of Venezuela at Citibank.

The funds will go to an account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which the BCV also owns."
https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/an-aprobo-transferir-fondos-del-bcv-en-citibank-a-la-reserva-federal-de-ee-uu/

A grenade launcher and 5 grenades for ammunition was found in San Ignacio de Yuruani, in Bolivar state.

This is reportedly one of the weapons Operation Aurora stole from the Luepa base in December

Interesting to note that it appears one of the Grenades has been used/fired

Bloomberg | Brazil Negotiating With Maduro to Repatriate Staff in Venezuela | 16-04-20
— "Brazil is negotiating with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to airlift diplomatic and military staff who are stranded after his government denied permission for a Brazilian Air Force cargo jet to land in Caracas, two people familiar with the matter said.

The plane was scheduled to land in the Venezuelan capital on Friday to pick up diplomatic officials and their family members as part of Brazil’s repatriation efforts during the coronavirus pandemic, said the people, who asked not to be identified because they are not authorized to discuss the subject publicly.

But Venezuelan military officials on Wednesday told the Brazilian embassy a permit to land would no longer be provided, without providing a reason. More than 50 embassy and consular employees and their relatives now don’t know if and how they will be able to leave the country, the people said."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-16/brazil-negotiating-with-maduro-after-venezuela-denies-airlift

No nico 😭 we need them as hostage

Panorama:
>Zodi-Zulia: "The trails through La Guajira are controlled"
— "The trails through the Guajira municipality are controlled," said General Carlos Ríos Urbano, commander of the Operational Zone of Comprehensive Defense for Zulia (Zodi-Zulia), at the press conference he offered this Thursday, 16-A , the General Staff of Health and Safety from the population of El Moján, Mara municipality.

He said that Venezuelans stopped mobilizing on "the green roads" because on the Colombian side "there was a lot of crime and armed groups that did not allow them to pass through," and for this reason, they have decided to enter Venezuela through access controlled by the Armed Forces Bolivarian National (FANB) where they are being received with the necessary logistics, transportation and accommodation, and health protocols by Covid-19."

https://www.panorama.com.ve/ciudad/Zodi-Zulia-Las-trochas-por-la-Guajira-estan-controladas-20200416-0067.html

Conflict Observer:
—"Venezuelan soldiers in Coro loading their fuel truck up with gasoline from a service station, whilst ambulances struggle to find gasoline"

#Venezuela #Coronavirus