Chancellor Yván Gil announced the suspension of relations between Venezuela and the technical assistance office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (HR).

The official reported that the representatives of the international organization have 72 hours to leave Caracas.

"It is an administrative decision because that office has deviated from its mandate," he said at a press conference.

Gil added that despite this, they will continue to have communication with Geneva

🇻🇪🇦🇷 Maduro accuses Milei of having "stolen" the state-owned Emtrasur plane confiscated by the US.

https://alertas24.com/nacionales/maduro-acusa-a-milei-de-haberse-robado-el-avion-de-la-estatal-emtrasur-confiscado-por-ee-uu/

🇻🇪 Evangelical Christian dies after fasting for more than 50 days

https://alertas24.com/sucesos/muere-cristiano-evangelico-tras-ayuno-de-mas-de-50-dias/

Colombian Army denounces a new violation of the ceasefire by FARC

Only 2.60% of the national budget is allocated to public universities in Venezuela https://bit.ly/42PfdJq

Foreign Ministers of Venezuela and Bolivia held a meeting to strengthen cooperative relations

https://venezuela-news.com/venezuela-bolivia-fortalecen-relaciones-bilaterales/

Foreign Minister of Colombia, Luis Gilberto Murillo, confirmed that his country is carrying out diplomatic efforts to achieve a democratic agreement in Venezuela.

Regarding the recent news of Maduro's expulsion from the UN Office, the diplomat only said that they are in “dialogue with the government of Venezuela.”

Venezuelan military using a Starlink internet terminal at a remote military base.

🇪🇨🇷🇺 Ecuador cancels its decision to deliver Russian weapons to the United States

https://news.1rj.ru/str/SputnikMundo/72711

Maduro government suspends activities of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Caracas.

https://elpitazo.net/politica/claves-que-dió-la-onu-antes-de-que-su-personal-fuera-expulsado-de-venezuela/

🇨🇴🇻🇪 Former President Santos: "What has happened in Venezuela is a setback"

https://alertas24.com/internacionales/expresidente-santos-es-un-retroceso-lo-que-ha-sucede-en-venezuela/

Pepe Mujica said that Venezuela "has an authoritarian government" that "can be called a dictatorship" and questioned Delcy Rodríguez

The former president of Uruguay (and guerrilla murder), José Mujica, said this Friday that Venezuela "is an authoritarian government" that "goes to the other side" and questioned Delcy Rodríguez for her statements against the president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou.

🇺🇸🇧🇷🇦🇷🇻🇪 US Secretary of State will discuss the situation in Venezuela with Lula and Milei

https://alertas24.com/internacionales/secretario-de-estado-de-ee-uu-tratara-situacion-de-venezuela-con-lula-y-milei/

president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, referred to the determination of the Government of Nicolás Maduro to expel the UN Human Rights Commission from Venezuela.

“There are many enemies of the inter-American Human Rights system, we have seen it, they are within our borders,” he indicated.

“My position is the defense of an inter-American system of Human Rights and Justice, that in the face of the shortcomings of national justice or its politicization that many people are putting in jail and that can lead us to very high levels of violence, then act in a complementary way to end impunity,” he expressed.

“This impunity for the most serious crimes that the people can suffer, not only on an American scale but on a global scale. "We are sponsors of what was called at the time the Rome Statute, which today is the International Criminal Court," he stressed.

Today marks the centenary of the birth of Dr. Humberto Fernández Morán, founder in Venezuela of the first high-level scientific center and one of the first nuclear reactors in Latin America, created during the presidency of Marcos Pérez Jiménez.

in Mexico at this moment against President Manuel Lopez Obrador

Foro Penal counts 263 political prisoners in Venezuela, after the latest arrests

The NGO Foro Penal has recorded 263 political prisoners to date, a figure that includes the arrest of activist Rocío San Miguel.

Through its social networks, Foro Penal detailed that this figure was counted until February 12. He explained that of the 263 detained for political reasons, 244 are men and 19 are women.

116 civilians and 147 military personnel are identified in the group. All the prisoners are adults, of which 138 have already received sentences and another 125 have not yet.

Smolansky: "Since the sanctions were lifted in October 2023, more than 300 thousand Venezuelans have crossed the Darien"

The leader in exile David Smolansky assured this Sunday that "the forced migration of 8 million Venezuelans had nothing to do with the sanctions," but is a consequence of the systematic violation of human rights by the Chavista regime and the complex humanitarian emergency. that runs through Venezuela.

"People are fleeing from a tyranny that has been entrenched for a quarter of a century," said Smolansky, who highlighted that "since the license was granted to Chevron more than a year ago. and all sanctions were lifted in October 2023, more than 300 thousand Venezuelans have crossed the El Darién jungle, equivalent to almost the entire population of La Guaira.

Statements by the General Attorney Tarek William Saab. 18/02/2024

1. We have been moving forward to report on the participation of retired military personnel in the “White Bracelet” case; within the framework of the continued conspiracy that began several years ago

2. In this case, as we reported at the time, the arrest of the former soldier and terrorist Anyelo Heredia was key, which has allowed us to reveal who was involved

3. In this case, 15 people have been deprived of liberty; and another 4 have a precautionary measure. In addition, there are 15 arrest warrants pending to be executed (…) Among the first arrested in this case, was officer Guillermo Enrique César Siero, in whose residence a military document known as an "operation order" was found.

4. Where all the actions that were going to be carried out in the “White Bracelet” operation and those responsible were specified; in which Rocío San Miguel (RSM) explicitly appears as responsible for some activities

5. What would happen in the United States, Spain or one of the countries of the extinct Lima group? It is delicate to have an NGO as a front for those who practice terrorist actions. Is RSM a human rights defender? (…) The United Nations demands that all its actions must have a purely peaceful meaning

6. It is, therefore, absolutely incompatible to be a human rights defender and take part in a plan to assault barracks, kidnap authorities and initiate a subversive escalation with its consequence of deaths and violence

CITGO denies talks to reach agreements with plaintiffs in legal proceedings brought by former PDVSA workers https://buff.ly/3I1jRKK

🇻🇪🇧🇷 "I have no information about what is happening in Venezuela": Lula on the expulsion of UN employees

https://alertas24.com/internacionales/no-tengo-informacion-sobre-lo-que-esta-pasando-en-venezuela-lula-sobre-la-expulsion-de-employees-de-la-onu/