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VENEZUELA TO HOLD REGIONAL ELECTIONS AS OPPOSITION GROUPS SIGNAL INTENT TO PARTICIPATE
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) announced Tuesday that the country will hold regional “mega-elections” this year that will see voters choose authorities for 23 governorships and 335 municipalities.
The announcement comes after Venezuela's National Assembly (AN) appointed a new five-member CNE board, which includes representation from high profile opposition figures representing sectors that engaged in dialogue with the Nicolás Maduro government.
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#CNE #Elections #Vote
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VENEZUELA TO HOLD REGIONAL ELECTIONS AS OPPOSITION GROUPS SIGNAL INTENT TO PARTICIPATE
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) announced Tuesday that the country will hold regional “mega-elections” this year that will see voters choose authorities for 23 governorships and 335 municipalities.
The announcement comes after Venezuela's National Assembly (AN) appointed a new five-member CNE board, which includes representation from high profile opposition figures representing sectors that engaged in dialogue with the Nicolás Maduro government.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#CNE #Elections #Vote
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🇻🇪📰 NEWS 📰🇻🇪
VENEZUELA TO RECEIVE SPUTNIK LIGHT AND JOHNSON & JOHNSON SINGLE-DOSE VACCINES
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced the imminent arrival of single-dose Sputnik Light and Johnson & Johnson vaccines as well as a mass Covid-19 vaccination campaign.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine, produced by the Belgian pharmaceutical Janssen, would be acquired through the United Nations' COVAX program as part of the recent purchase made by the Venezuelan government.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#Covid19 #Vaccine #Sanctions
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VENEZUELA TO RECEIVE SPUTNIK LIGHT AND JOHNSON & JOHNSON SINGLE-DOSE VACCINES
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced the imminent arrival of single-dose Sputnik Light and Johnson & Johnson vaccines as well as a mass Covid-19 vaccination campaign.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine, produced by the Belgian pharmaceutical Janssen, would be acquired through the United Nations' COVAX program as part of the recent purchase made by the Venezuelan government.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#Covid19 #Vaccine #Sanctions
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🇻🇪🗣 INTERVIEW 🗣🇻🇪
COVID-19 AND VACCINATION IN VENEZUELA: A CONVERSATION WITH ELISABETH DAZA AND JOSÉ MIRELES (PART II)
Elisabeth Daza and José Mireles are frontline medical workers in Caracas. Daza is a resident doctor at the Angel Vicente Ochoa Ambulatory in the working class “Cementerio” barrio in Caracas.
Mireles, a third-year medical student at the Hugo Chávez University of Health Sciences, is the Regional Secretary of the Venezuelan University Student Federation and President of his university’s student center.
Last year we interviewed both Daza and Mireles about Venezuela’s then successful strategy against Covid-19. In this interview, we learn about Venezuela’s healthcare system – which was deficient before the pandemic and now further weakened by sanctions – and about the vaccination process underway.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
Read Part I 👉👉👉 here
#Covid19 #Healthcare #Sanctions
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COVID-19 AND VACCINATION IN VENEZUELA: A CONVERSATION WITH ELISABETH DAZA AND JOSÉ MIRELES (PART II)
Elisabeth Daza and José Mireles are frontline medical workers in Caracas. Daza is a resident doctor at the Angel Vicente Ochoa Ambulatory in the working class “Cementerio” barrio in Caracas.
Mireles, a third-year medical student at the Hugo Chávez University of Health Sciences, is the Regional Secretary of the Venezuelan University Student Federation and President of his university’s student center.
Last year we interviewed both Daza and Mireles about Venezuela’s then successful strategy against Covid-19. In this interview, we learn about Venezuela’s healthcare system – which was deficient before the pandemic and now further weakened by sanctions – and about the vaccination process underway.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
Read Part I 👉👉👉 here
#Covid19 #Healthcare #Sanctions
@venanalysis
🇻🇪📰 NEWS 📰🇻🇪
VENEZUELA TO HOLD REGIONAL ELECTIONS AS OPPOSITION GROUPS SIGNAL INTENT TO PARTICIPATE
CNE head Pedro Calzadilla said the electoral authority would invite international observers to accompany the process, and that the board had agreed to revisit the disqualifications of a number of anti-government figures.
Venezuela’s constitution mandates that regional elections must be held this year. The vote would be the 26th electoral process in 20 years.
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#CNE #Elections #Vote
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VENEZUELA TO HOLD REGIONAL ELECTIONS AS OPPOSITION GROUPS SIGNAL INTENT TO PARTICIPATE
CNE head Pedro Calzadilla said the electoral authority would invite international observers to accompany the process, and that the board had agreed to revisit the disqualifications of a number of anti-government figures.
Venezuela’s constitution mandates that regional elections must be held this year. The vote would be the 26th electoral process in 20 years.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#CNE #Elections #Vote
@venanalysis
🇻🇪📰 NEWS 📰🇻🇪
VENEZUELA TO RECEIVE SPUTNIK LIGHT AND JOHNSON & JOHNSON SINGLE-DOSE VACCINES
President Maduro highlighted that both Sputnik Light and Johnson & Johnson being single-dose jabs would allow a faster inoculation process than double-dose alternatives, opening the path for a mass vaccination campaign.
"In May, vaccination will accelerate and June, July and August will be the months of a vaccination offensive,” aiming to immunize 70 percent of the population (some 22 million people), he said in a live broadcast on state television on Tuesday.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#Covid19 #Vaccine #Sanctions
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VENEZUELA TO RECEIVE SPUTNIK LIGHT AND JOHNSON & JOHNSON SINGLE-DOSE VACCINES
President Maduro highlighted that both Sputnik Light and Johnson & Johnson being single-dose jabs would allow a faster inoculation process than double-dose alternatives, opening the path for a mass vaccination campaign.
"In May, vaccination will accelerate and June, July and August will be the months of a vaccination offensive,” aiming to immunize 70 percent of the population (some 22 million people), he said in a live broadcast on state television on Tuesday.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#Covid19 #Vaccine #Sanctions
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VENEZUELAN OIL PRODUCTION DOWN AS PDVSA TARGETS MAJOR INVESTMENT
Venezuela’s crude output fell in April after six months of steady growth.
The latest Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) monthly report placed the Caribbean nation’s April production at 445,000 barrels per day (bpd), down from 526,000 bpd in March, according to secondary sources. State oil company PDVSA’s directly communicated figures were not available at the time of the report’s publishing.
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#PDVSA #Oil #Sanctions
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VENEZUELAN OIL PRODUCTION DOWN AS PDVSA TARGETS MAJOR INVESTMENT
Venezuela’s crude output fell in April after six months of steady growth.
The latest Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) monthly report placed the Caribbean nation’s April production at 445,000 barrels per day (bpd), down from 526,000 bpd in March, according to secondary sources. State oil company PDVSA’s directly communicated figures were not available at the time of the report’s publishing.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#PDVSA #Oil #Sanctions
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🇻🇪🗣 INTERVIEW 🗣🇻🇪
COVID-19 AND VACCINATION IN VENEZUELA: A CONVERSATION WITH ELISABETH DAZA AND JOSÉ MIRELES (PART II)
"So far about 1.2 million doses have arrived here, between the Russian Sputnik V and the Chinese Sinopharm. A very limited number of the Cuban Soberana II (in the clinical trial phase) also arrived in Venezuela.
However, as healthcare personnel, one of our main concerns now is the slow deployment of the vaccination process. The process began with the immunization of people in public offices, some military personnel, and part of the healthcare personnel. However, not all medical personnel have been vaccinated so far. We are very concerned about this. Other countries such as Argentina vaccinated medical professionals first… That, of course, makes sense since we are the ones on the frontline!"
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
Read Part I 👉👉👉 here
#Covid19 #Healthcare #Sanctions
@venanalysis
COVID-19 AND VACCINATION IN VENEZUELA: A CONVERSATION WITH ELISABETH DAZA AND JOSÉ MIRELES (PART II)
"So far about 1.2 million doses have arrived here, between the Russian Sputnik V and the Chinese Sinopharm. A very limited number of the Cuban Soberana II (in the clinical trial phase) also arrived in Venezuela.
However, as healthcare personnel, one of our main concerns now is the slow deployment of the vaccination process. The process began with the immunization of people in public offices, some military personnel, and part of the healthcare personnel. However, not all medical personnel have been vaccinated so far. We are very concerned about this. Other countries such as Argentina vaccinated medical professionals first… That, of course, makes sense since we are the ones on the frontline!"
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
Read Part I 👉👉👉 here
#Covid19 #Healthcare #Sanctions
@venanalysis
🇻🇪🗣 OPINION 🗣🇻🇪
TALES OF RESISTANCE: FEAR IS NATURAL BUT NOT INEVITABLE
Following a spate of sexist violence complaints, Jessica Dos Santos recalls a story from her past.
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#JessicaDosSantos #Sexism #Abuse
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TALES OF RESISTANCE: FEAR IS NATURAL BUT NOT INEVITABLE
Following a spate of sexist violence complaints, Jessica Dos Santos recalls a story from her past.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#JessicaDosSantos #Sexism #Abuse
@venanalysis
🇻🇪📰 NEWS 📰🇻🇪
VENEZUELAN OIL PRODUCTION DOWN AS PDVSA TARGETS MAJOR INVESTMENT
Last month’s fall reversed a trend that had seen Venezuela recover from historic lows in the second half of 2020. However, output was still way below averages of 1.9 million, 1.354 million and 796,000 bpd in 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively.
The country’s most important industry has suffered from a brain drain, lack of maintenance, corruption and especially US sanctions. Following financial sanctions against PDVSA in 2017, Washington imposed an oil embargo and secondary sanctions while also targeting shippers and other intermediaries. The unilateral measures have been widely condemned and classed as “collective punishment.”
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#PDVSA #Oil #Sanctions
@venanalysis
VENEZUELAN OIL PRODUCTION DOWN AS PDVSA TARGETS MAJOR INVESTMENT
Last month’s fall reversed a trend that had seen Venezuela recover from historic lows in the second half of 2020. However, output was still way below averages of 1.9 million, 1.354 million and 796,000 bpd in 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively.
The country’s most important industry has suffered from a brain drain, lack of maintenance, corruption and especially US sanctions. Following financial sanctions against PDVSA in 2017, Washington imposed an oil embargo and secondary sanctions while also targeting shippers and other intermediaries. The unilateral measures have been widely condemned and classed as “collective punishment.”
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#PDVSA #Oil #Sanctions
@venanalysis
🇻🇪📰 NEWS 📰🇻🇪
RED CROSS TO MEDIATE RELEASE OF CAPTURED VENEZUELAN SOLDIERS ON COLOMBIAN BORDER
The Venezuelan government is reportedly liaising with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to coordinate the liberation of eight soldiers held by “irregular armed Colombian groups.”
While on-the-ground sources revealed that the soldiers were captured on the Colombo-Venezuelan border some two weeks ago, it was only confirmed by Caracas on Saturday after establishing communication channels and taking steps to secure their release.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#RedCross #ColombiaBorder #Fighting
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RED CROSS TO MEDIATE RELEASE OF CAPTURED VENEZUELAN SOLDIERS ON COLOMBIAN BORDER
The Venezuelan government is reportedly liaising with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to coordinate the liberation of eight soldiers held by “irregular armed Colombian groups.”
While on-the-ground sources revealed that the soldiers were captured on the Colombo-Venezuelan border some two weeks ago, it was only confirmed by Caracas on Saturday after establishing communication channels and taking steps to secure their release.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#RedCross #ColombiaBorder #Fighting
@venanalysis
Colombia, Venezuela and Nuestra America: A Conversation with Jesus Santrich of the FARC‐EP
https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14799
https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14799
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Colombia, Venezuela and Nuestra America: A Conversation with Jesus
In this VA interview, we talk to the FARC commander about the region’s geopolitics, with an emphasis on Colombia and Venezuela.
🇻🇪🗣 OPINION 🗣🇻🇪
CRISIS & CRITIQUE: NEW CNE, NEW POLITICAL SCENE?
VA columnist Ociel López looks at some of the ramifications and reactions surrounding the naming of the new electoral authority.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#OcielLopez #CNE #Elections
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CRISIS & CRITIQUE: NEW CNE, NEW POLITICAL SCENE?
VA columnist Ociel López looks at some of the ramifications and reactions surrounding the naming of the new electoral authority.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#OcielLopez #CNE #Elections
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🇻🇪🗣 OPINION 🗣🇻🇪
TALES OF RESISTANCE: FEAR IS NATURAL BUT NOT INEVITABLE
As I arrived in Chacaíto, I tried to board the first bus I saw. At this moment, my ex took out a pen from his pocket and stabbed me in the shoulder. I screamed in pain and we struggled. I ran to the police station on the corner. “Talk to him,” “go home and sort it out,” the officers told me. But, to save the day, a bus approached and the driver told me to get in, bringing out a baseball bat so my ex wouldn’t get any ideas.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#JessicaDosSantos #Sexism #Abuse
@venanalysis
TALES OF RESISTANCE: FEAR IS NATURAL BUT NOT INEVITABLE
As I arrived in Chacaíto, I tried to board the first bus I saw. At this moment, my ex took out a pen from his pocket and stabbed me in the shoulder. I screamed in pain and we struggled. I ran to the police station on the corner. “Talk to him,” “go home and sort it out,” the officers told me. But, to save the day, a bus approached and the driver told me to get in, bringing out a baseball bat so my ex wouldn’t get any ideas.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#JessicaDosSantos #Sexism #Abuse
@venanalysis
🇻🇪🗣 OPINION 🗣🇻🇪
THE VIOLENCE AND ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY US ECONOMIC SANCTIONS IN VENEZUELA
Gregory Wilpert and Joe Sammut thoroughly examine the impact of the sanctions on Venezuela.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#Sanctions #Blockade #Washington
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THE VIOLENCE AND ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY US ECONOMIC SANCTIONS IN VENEZUELA
Gregory Wilpert and Joe Sammut thoroughly examine the impact of the sanctions on Venezuela.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#Sanctions #Blockade #Washington
@venanalysis
🇻🇪📰 NEWS 📰🇻🇪
VENEZUELA: LÁCTEOS LOS ANDES PRESIDENT JAILED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES
A Venezuelan criminal court sentenced the president of state-run dairy company Lácteos Los Andes to jail on corruption charges Tuesday.
Colonel Luis Augusto Piligra Jiménez, appointed to the post in August 2019, was arrested on Friday after Venezuela's Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, revealed a corruption plot in the dairy company.
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#Corruption #Industry #Crime
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VENEZUELA: LÁCTEOS LOS ANDES PRESIDENT JAILED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES
A Venezuelan criminal court sentenced the president of state-run dairy company Lácteos Los Andes to jail on corruption charges Tuesday.
Colonel Luis Augusto Piligra Jiménez, appointed to the post in August 2019, was arrested on Friday after Venezuela's Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, revealed a corruption plot in the dairy company.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#Corruption #Industry #Crime
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🇻🇪📰 NEWS 📰🇻🇪
RED CROSS TO MEDIATE RELEASE OF CAPTURED VENEZUELAN SOLDIERS ON COLOMBIAN BORDER
The soldiers’ capture comes as part of continuing confrontations on the porous border, with Caracas pointing the finger at “irregular Colombian armed groups” operating close to La Victoria, Apure state, as well as the Bogotá government and Washington’s CIA and Southern Command. On Saturday, Padrino López referred to the captors as a “terrorist group dedicated to drug running, kidnapping and extortion which has declared war on the Venezuelan state.”
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#RedCross #ColombiaBorder #Fighting
@venanalysis
RED CROSS TO MEDIATE RELEASE OF CAPTURED VENEZUELAN SOLDIERS ON COLOMBIAN BORDER
The soldiers’ capture comes as part of continuing confrontations on the porous border, with Caracas pointing the finger at “irregular Colombian armed groups” operating close to La Victoria, Apure state, as well as the Bogotá government and Washington’s CIA and Southern Command. On Saturday, Padrino López referred to the captors as a “terrorist group dedicated to drug running, kidnapping and extortion which has declared war on the Venezuelan state.”
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#RedCross #ColombiaBorder #Fighting
@venanalysis
🇻🇪📰 NEWS 📰🇻🇪
FARC LEADER JESÚS SANTRICH REPORTEDLY KILLED INSIDE VENEZUELA
Seuxis Pausias Hernández Solarte, a key figure in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) guerrilla organization was reportedly killed Monday.
The death of Hernández, better known by his nom de guerre Jesús Santrich, was confirmed in a statement by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia Segunda Marquetalia, who pointed the finger at a Colombian army operation in Venezuelan territory.
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#JesusSantrich #ColombiaResist #FARC
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FARC LEADER JESÚS SANTRICH REPORTEDLY KILLED INSIDE VENEZUELA
Seuxis Pausias Hernández Solarte, a key figure in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) guerrilla organization was reportedly killed Monday.
The death of Hernández, better known by his nom de guerre Jesús Santrich, was confirmed in a statement by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia Segunda Marquetalia, who pointed the finger at a Colombian army operation in Venezuelan territory.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#JesusSantrich #ColombiaResist #FARC
@venanalysis
🇻🇪🗣 OPINION 🗣🇻🇪
CRISIS & CRITIQUE: NEW CNE, NEW POLITICAL SCENE?
The two principal CNE rectors belonging to the opposition (out of a total of five) come from currents with significant electoral weight that, until now, toed the abstentionist line dictated by Venezuela’s radical right.
On the one hand, Enrique Márquez, who was also appointed to be CNE vice president, comes from the opposition A New Era (UNT) party which is a member of the G4 coalition: the four largest opposition parties which boycotted recent elections.
Likewise, the appointment of engineer Roberto Picón as CNE rector is surprising. Picón, in addition to being a businessman, is an electoral advisor for the opposition and designed the Democratic Unity Roundtable’s (MUD) successful 2015 election strategy.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#OcielLopez #CNE #Elections
@venanalysis
CRISIS & CRITIQUE: NEW CNE, NEW POLITICAL SCENE?
The two principal CNE rectors belonging to the opposition (out of a total of five) come from currents with significant electoral weight that, until now, toed the abstentionist line dictated by Venezuela’s radical right.
On the one hand, Enrique Márquez, who was also appointed to be CNE vice president, comes from the opposition A New Era (UNT) party which is a member of the G4 coalition: the four largest opposition parties which boycotted recent elections.
Likewise, the appointment of engineer Roberto Picón as CNE rector is surprising. Picón, in addition to being a businessman, is an electoral advisor for the opposition and designed the Democratic Unity Roundtable’s (MUD) successful 2015 election strategy.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#OcielLopez #CNE #Elections
@venanalysis