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

U ain't see shit here in Maracaibo. 5 de Julio avenue is almost empty and Milagro Norte Avenue is completely empty (Both are the most important avenues in the city coz they connect North with South) since 2017's riots.

Reason? : Lmao fuck off fam there's no gasoline and fuel

Conflict Observer:
— Collapsing oil prices push Venezuela ever closer to a long anticipated moment: when President Maduro no longer has the money to pay the armed forces’ wages

Conflict Observer:
— "Maduro will be very worried looking at the oil prices collapse.

PDVSA (Venezuela State-owned Oil company) already offered heavily discounted oil, Maduro was already losing money for each barrel of oil produced, now oil prices have called further, Maduro might as well just burn whatever money he had left"

Mfw Imma gonna buy 1 million physical oil barrels

Fishermen and locals protesting over the fuel crisis in Sucre

From early today:
— In Ramo Verde since the dawn there is movement of the OSE, there is talk of attempted robbery of the weapons park by some captains, they are not confirmed captured at the time. The Panamericana was closed, it is already open both ways.

— On Today's Dawn, April 20, 2020, the Venezuelan Bolivarian Army (FANB) Captain Murillo, was detained this morning trying to steal Venezuelan Army weapons probably to send it for Insurgents | Rebels.

The Incident happened at detachment 411 in Puerto morocha.

Still no information on whether his actions were successful in stealing weapons from the armoury.

However, He was not acting alone but only he was caught by Counter-Insurgency forces.

Conflict Observer:
— "The fact that no official statement has been released suggests that it might have been successful/ they don’t know what’s going on.

With operation Aurora in December, they were quick to comment and say what happened, yet with this there is silence."