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VENEZUELA: GASOLINE AND CRUDE PRODUCTION ON THE RISE WHILE INFLATION SLOWS DOWN
The latest Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) report placed the South American nation’s December production at 681,000 bpd, up from 661,000 bpd in November, according to secondary sources. The number supplied directly by PDVSA stands at 871,000 bpd, compared to the previous month’s 824,000 bpd.
Following last year’s positive trend, Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami has announced a new target of two million barrels per day by the end of 2022. The previous goal set by the government was one million bpd, which officials said was momentarily achieved in December.
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#PDVSA #Oil #Economy
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VENEZUELA: GASOLINE AND CRUDE PRODUCTION ON THE RISE WHILE INFLATION SLOWS DOWN
The latest Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) report placed the South American nation’s December production at 681,000 bpd, up from 661,000 bpd in November, according to secondary sources. The number supplied directly by PDVSA stands at 871,000 bpd, compared to the previous month’s 824,000 bpd.
Following last year’s positive trend, Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami has announced a new target of two million barrels per day by the end of 2022. The previous goal set by the government was one million bpd, which officials said was momentarily achieved in December.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#PDVSA #Oil #Economy
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🇻🇪🗣 INTERVIEW 🗣🇻🇪
WEAPONIZING THE ECONOMY: A CONVERSATION WITH PASCUALINA CURCIO (PART II)
"The inflationary curve hasn’t decelerated because there are more dollars available than before. In fact, inflation in Venezuela has decelerated because the attack on the bolívar is less intense now.
Neither the number of bolívares circulating nor the supply of foreign currency are key factors accounting for Venezuela’s inflationary trend. The bolívar’s fluctuations depend on the overt attacks coming from the US.
To the question, “Why has the inflationary spiral been contained?” I would answer: the attack on the bolívar slowed down, and that is why inflation is somewhat lower."
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Read Part I 👉👉👉 here
#Economy #Sanctions #Blockade
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WEAPONIZING THE ECONOMY: A CONVERSATION WITH PASCUALINA CURCIO (PART II)
"The inflationary curve hasn’t decelerated because there are more dollars available than before. In fact, inflation in Venezuela has decelerated because the attack on the bolívar is less intense now.
Neither the number of bolívares circulating nor the supply of foreign currency are key factors accounting for Venezuela’s inflationary trend. The bolívar’s fluctuations depend on the overt attacks coming from the US.
To the question, “Why has the inflationary spiral been contained?” I would answer: the attack on the bolívar slowed down, and that is why inflation is somewhat lower."
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
Read Part I 👉👉👉 here
#Economy #Sanctions #Blockade
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VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT, LAWMAKERS RENEW CALLS FOR GUAIDÓ’S ARREST
Leading members of the ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV) have reiterated calls for judicial authorities to arrest opposition politician Juan Guaidó.
The calls were made during a ‘Democracy Day’ march held on Sunday to commemorate the overthrow of the Marcos Pérez Jiménez dictatorship on January 23, 1958. At the event, President Nicolás Maduro told supporters that “it is taking some time to bring justice [against Guaidó], but justice will definitely come.”
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#JuanGuaido #23January #RecallReferendum
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VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT, LAWMAKERS RENEW CALLS FOR GUAIDÓ’S ARREST
Leading members of the ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV) have reiterated calls for judicial authorities to arrest opposition politician Juan Guaidó.
The calls were made during a ‘Democracy Day’ march held on Sunday to commemorate the overthrow of the Marcos Pérez Jiménez dictatorship on January 23, 1958. At the event, President Nicolás Maduro told supporters that “it is taking some time to bring justice [against Guaidó], but justice will definitely come.”
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#JuanGuaido #23January #RecallReferendum
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🇻🇪🗣 OPINION 🗣🇻🇪
CRISIS & CRITIQUE: FROM BARINAS TO THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
VA columnist Ociel López looks at some of the consequences of the opposition victory in the Chavista stronghold earlier this month.
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#OcielLopez #Crisis&Critique #Barinas
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CRISIS & CRITIQUE: FROM BARINAS TO THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
VA columnist Ociel López looks at some of the consequences of the opposition victory in the Chavista stronghold earlier this month.
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#OcielLopez #Crisis&Critique #Barinas
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VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT, LAWMAKERS RENEW CALLS FOR GUAIDÓ’S ARREST
In response, Guaidó struck a defiant tone during a parallel January 23 commemoration, urging supporters to hold street protests on February 12.
In his message, he claimed that Maduro has no moral authority to call for his arrest: “Nicolás, let me remind you that you are the one who is accused of crimes against humanity, with arrest warrants and rewards on offer for [charges of] drug running and terrorism.”
At the January 23 event, the opposition politician also stressed that the opposition’s main task this year is to build a unified platform to secure a presidential election “as soon as possible.” Referring to the ongoing presidential recall referendum bid, Guaidó accused Maduro of “savagely killing off” the process.
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#JuanGuaido #23January #RecallReferendum
VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT, LAWMAKERS RENEW CALLS FOR GUAIDÓ’S ARREST
In response, Guaidó struck a defiant tone during a parallel January 23 commemoration, urging supporters to hold street protests on February 12.
In his message, he claimed that Maduro has no moral authority to call for his arrest: “Nicolás, let me remind you that you are the one who is accused of crimes against humanity, with arrest warrants and rewards on offer for [charges of] drug running and terrorism.”
At the January 23 event, the opposition politician also stressed that the opposition’s main task this year is to build a unified platform to secure a presidential election “as soon as possible.” Referring to the ongoing presidential recall referendum bid, Guaidó accused Maduro of “savagely killing off” the process.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#JuanGuaido #23January #RecallReferendum
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VENEZUELA: UN MUST AVOID 'POLITICAL INSTRUMENTALIZATION' OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Venezuelan Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez called on United Nations (UN) Member States to abstain from using the human rights system for political ends.
“We must avoid, at all costs, the political instrumentalization of the human rights system,” Rodríguez told the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group on Tuesday.
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#UN #UNHRC #HumanRights
VENEZUELA: UN MUST AVOID 'POLITICAL INSTRUMENTALIZATION' OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Venezuelan Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez called on United Nations (UN) Member States to abstain from using the human rights system for political ends.
“We must avoid, at all costs, the political instrumentalization of the human rights system,” Rodríguez told the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group on Tuesday.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#UN #UNHRC #HumanRights
🇻🇪🗣 OPINION 🗣🇻🇪
CRISIS & CRITIQUE: FROM BARINAS TO THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
VA columnist Ociel López looks at some of the consequences of the opposition victory in the Chavista stronghold earlier this month.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#OcielLopez #Crisis&Critique #Barinas
@venanalysis
CRISIS & CRITIQUE: FROM BARINAS TO THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
VA columnist Ociel López looks at some of the consequences of the opposition victory in the Chavista stronghold earlier this month.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#OcielLopez #Crisis&Critique #Barinas
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VENEZUELA: OPPOSITION FAILS TO COLLECT SIGNATURES FOR PRESIDENTIAL RECALL VOTE
The Venezuelan opposition failed to collect the minimum number of signatures required to activate a recall referendum against President Nicolás Maduro.
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) announced on Thursday that only 42,421 people signed up at 1,200 voting centers set up across the country the day before for the process. The number fell significantly short of the 4.1 million signatures needed to move the referendum forward.
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#RecallReferendum #Maduro #Opposition
VENEZUELA: OPPOSITION FAILS TO COLLECT SIGNATURES FOR PRESIDENTIAL RECALL VOTE
The Venezuelan opposition failed to collect the minimum number of signatures required to activate a recall referendum against President Nicolás Maduro.
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) announced on Thursday that only 42,421 people signed up at 1,200 voting centers set up across the country the day before for the process. The number fell significantly short of the 4.1 million signatures needed to move the referendum forward.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#RecallReferendum #Maduro #Opposition
🇻🇪🗣 INTERVIEW 🗣🇻🇪
RADICAL LAND REFORM IN VENEZUELA: A CONVERSATION WITH JUAN CARLOS LOYO (PART I)
Juan Carlos Loyo held various posts in Chávez’s government, including Minister of Agriculture from 2010 to 2013. Today Loyo is a researcher and a professor of political economy at the Bolivarian University in Caracas.
In this two-part interview, he talks about the origin of Venezuela’s latifundia – large tracts of landed property, under a regime of low-intensity production – and the radical agrarian reform that Hugo Chávez tried to carry out during the heyday of the Bolivarian process.
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#LandReform #AgrarianReform #Campesinos
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RADICAL LAND REFORM IN VENEZUELA: A CONVERSATION WITH JUAN CARLOS LOYO (PART I)
Juan Carlos Loyo held various posts in Chávez’s government, including Minister of Agriculture from 2010 to 2013. Today Loyo is a researcher and a professor of political economy at the Bolivarian University in Caracas.
In this two-part interview, he talks about the origin of Venezuela’s latifundia – large tracts of landed property, under a regime of low-intensity production – and the radical agrarian reform that Hugo Chávez tried to carry out during the heyday of the Bolivarian process.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#LandReform #AgrarianReform #Campesinos
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VENEZUELA: UN MUST AVOID 'POLITICAL INSTRUMENTALIZATION' OF HUMAN RIGHTS
In her videoconference address, Rodríguez warned about a “hidden agenda” behind efforts to politicize the human rights system, which was aimed at justifying an intervention in the South American country.
Rodríguez made note of the fact that this latest review was taking place under the context of “failed assassination attempts, mercenary invasions, the sabotage of critical infrastructure” as well as increasing unilateral coercive measures against the Caribbean nation.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#UN #UNHRC #HumanRights
VENEZUELA: UN MUST AVOID 'POLITICAL INSTRUMENTALIZATION' OF HUMAN RIGHTS
In her videoconference address, Rodríguez warned about a “hidden agenda” behind efforts to politicize the human rights system, which was aimed at justifying an intervention in the South American country.
Rodríguez made note of the fact that this latest review was taking place under the context of “failed assassination attempts, mercenary invasions, the sabotage of critical infrastructure” as well as increasing unilateral coercive measures against the Caribbean nation.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#UN #UNHRC #HumanRights
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VENEZUELA: OPPOSITION FAILS TO COLLECT SIGNATURES FOR PRESIDENTIAL RECALL VOTE
With the result representing just 1.01 percent of the national electorate, “the request for a recall referendum is declared inadmissible,” stated the CNE on Twitter. The electoral authority added that a new initiative would not be permitted as determined by the Constitution.
“The attempt to activate a recall referendum against President Maduro fails. The opposition would need 83 days to achieve its goal [at this rate],” Communications Minister Freddy Ñañez wrote on Twitter.
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#RecallReferendum #Maduro #Opposition
VENEZUELA: OPPOSITION FAILS TO COLLECT SIGNATURES FOR PRESIDENTIAL RECALL VOTE
With the result representing just 1.01 percent of the national electorate, “the request for a recall referendum is declared inadmissible,” stated the CNE on Twitter. The electoral authority added that a new initiative would not be permitted as determined by the Constitution.
“The attempt to activate a recall referendum against President Maduro fails. The opposition would need 83 days to achieve its goal [at this rate],” Communications Minister Freddy Ñañez wrote on Twitter.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#RecallReferendum #Maduro #Opposition
🇻🇪🗣 INTERVIEW 🗣🇻🇪
RADICAL LAND REFORM IN VENEZUELA: A CONVERSATION WITH JUAN CARLOS LOYO (PART I)
The Land Law seeks to protect the weakest people in the agrarian structure: the campesino family and women in particular. That is why the law favors giving noscripts not to the “head of the family” but to whole families or to collectives.
Additionally, the Land Law bound the state to provide campesinos with the tools and equipment needed for farming. For a few years, implements, seeds, and even tractors were given to campesinos. The law bound the state to do so. All this was the outcome of a long struggle, and because of Chávez’s commitment to justice and raising production levels. It was made possible because the nation had gained control of its main resource: oil.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#LandReform #AgrarianReform #Campesinos
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RADICAL LAND REFORM IN VENEZUELA: A CONVERSATION WITH JUAN CARLOS LOYO (PART I)
The Land Law seeks to protect the weakest people in the agrarian structure: the campesino family and women in particular. That is why the law favors giving noscripts not to the “head of the family” but to whole families or to collectives.
Additionally, the Land Law bound the state to provide campesinos with the tools and equipment needed for farming. For a few years, implements, seeds, and even tractors were given to campesinos. The law bound the state to do so. All this was the outcome of a long struggle, and because of Chávez’s commitment to justice and raising production levels. It was made possible because the nation had gained control of its main resource: oil.
Read full article 👉👉👉 here
#LandReform #AgrarianReform #Campesinos
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VENEZUELAN MAYORS, DEPUTIES ARRESTED IN DRUG AND FUEL SMUGGLING CRACKDOWN
Two mayors, two National Assembly (AN) deputies and a number of alleged accomplices were arrested in high-profile security stings last week.
Official communiques in recent days informed of the developments under the operation codenamed “Iron Fist.”
According to Venezuela’s Anti-Drug Superintendency (SUNAD), the arrest was one of several that dealt “a heavy blow to a drug trafficking ring that operated in Zulia and Falcón states.
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#Venezuela #Corruption #DrugTrafficking
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VENEZUELAN MAYORS, DEPUTIES ARRESTED IN DRUG AND FUEL SMUGGLING CRACKDOWN
Two mayors, two National Assembly (AN) deputies and a number of alleged accomplices were arrested in high-profile security stings last week.
Official communiques in recent days informed of the developments under the operation codenamed “Iron Fist.”
According to Venezuela’s Anti-Drug Superintendency (SUNAD), the arrest was one of several that dealt “a heavy blow to a drug trafficking ring that operated in Zulia and Falcón states.
Read the full article 👉👉👉 here
#Venezuela #Corruption #DrugTrafficking
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🇻🇪🗣 OPINION 🗣🇻🇪
Tales of Resistance: ‘Don’t Eat in Front of the Poor’
In her latest column, Jessica Dos Santos sets her sights on careless ostentation amidst economic inequality.
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#TalesOfResistance #Inequality
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Tales of Resistance: ‘Don’t Eat in Front of the Poor’
In her latest column, Jessica Dos Santos sets her sights on careless ostentation amidst economic inequality.
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#TalesOfResistance #Inequality
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The Biden administration has begun expelling Venezuelan migrants to Colombia, United States officials confirmed on Monday.
Colombian Foreign Minister Marta Lucía Ramírez said that although there had been talks about Washington’s intention to send back Venezuelans who previously resided in Colombia, she was caught unaware of the new policy that expels them without a chance to seek asylum in the US.
“We don't have any information or an express request about [the new US policy]," Ramírez told local media.
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/15443
Colombian Foreign Minister Marta Lucía Ramírez said that although there had been talks about Washington’s intention to send back Venezuelans who previously resided in Colombia, she was caught unaware of the new policy that expels them without a chance to seek asylum in the US.
“We don't have any information or an express request about [the new US policy]," Ramírez told local media.
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/15443
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US Begins Expelling Venezuelan Migrants to Colombia
US efforts to turn away Venezuelans stands in contrast to US regime-change policy toward Caracas, considered one of the major forces driving migration.
Today marks 19 years since Chavismo defeated the Dec 2, 2002- Feb 3, 2003 oil lockout which halted oil production with an estimated $21B loss in revenue.
The 63-day elite-led oil coup came in response to the new Hydrocarbon Law which aimed to regain sovereignty over the nation’s resources.
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The 63-day elite-led oil coup came in response to the new Hydrocarbon Law which aimed to regain sovereignty over the nation’s resources.
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Today marks 19 years since Chavismo defeated the 2002-2003 oil lockout which halted oil production with an estimated $21B loss in revenue. The 63-day elite-led oil coup came in response to the new Hydrocarbon Law which aimed to regain sovereignty over the…
Venezuelan campesinos have secured land noscripts following years of struggle against unjustified dispossession, including the emblematic Los Tramojos case in Guárico state.
Speaking to Venezuelanalysis, Los Tramojos spokesperson Carlos Bolívar said that the rescued estate was a “resounding victory for the campesino people” five years since the eviction and following three and half years of legal efforts to recover the land.
In recent years, Los Tramojos land stead became a symbol of Venezuela’s ongoing campesino struggle for the right to work the land and against injustices in the countryside.
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Speaking to Venezuelanalysis, Los Tramojos spokesperson Carlos Bolívar said that the rescued estate was a “resounding victory for the campesino people” five years since the eviction and following three and half years of legal efforts to recover the land.
In recent years, Los Tramojos land stead became a symbol of Venezuela’s ongoing campesino struggle for the right to work the land and against injustices in the countryside.
Read more 👇
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Los Tramojos: Venezuelan Campesinos Rescue Land After Years-Long
The symbolic estate headlined 320 land noscripts handed by the Venezuelan government to campesinos “to strengthen food production”.
The “Caracazo” events pushed the Movimiento Bolivariano Revolucionario 200 (MBR-200) into action. It had been growing in the country’s military barracks since 1982 and it was not just a mere insurgency project. It was building the ideological base for a new country.
At the head of this movement was a rebellious soldier who on July 5, 1975, graduated as a second lieutenant of the armed forces while carrying a Che Guevara book under his arm.
After a decade of clandestine organizing, on February 1992, now Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chávez, flanked by patriotic soldiers and supported by civilian leftist movements, launched the first civilian-military rebellion in Venezuela.
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At the head of this movement was a rebellious soldier who on July 5, 1975, graduated as a second lieutenant of the armed forces while carrying a Che Guevara book under his arm.
After a decade of clandestine organizing, on February 1992, now Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chávez, flanked by patriotic soldiers and supported by civilian leftist movements, launched the first civilian-military rebellion in Venezuela.
Read the full article 👇
https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/15445
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February 4’s Revolutionary Seeds in Venezuela - Venezuelanalysis
No one knew for sure at the time, but in the early hours of February 4, 1992, Venezuelan history would be broken in two. A civilian-military uprising, led by then Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chávez would become the trigger for the Bolivarian Revolution. “Venezuela…
In Part II of this interview, Chávez’s agriculture minister talks about the problems that rural Venezuela faces in our time.
"These are complex times: imperialism put Venezuela under siege, which has severe implications when it comes to the country’s ability to purchase goods in the international market. On top of that, in Venezuela, most of the population lives in big cities. This means that it is urgent to think about an agricultural model that is efficient and satisfies the needs of the whole people."
(Read part one of the interview here)
https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/15446
"These are complex times: imperialism put Venezuela under siege, which has severe implications when it comes to the country’s ability to purchase goods in the international market. On top of that, in Venezuela, most of the population lives in big cities. This means that it is urgent to think about an agricultural model that is efficient and satisfies the needs of the whole people."
(Read part one of the interview here)
https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/15446
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Radical Land Reform in Venezuela: A Conversation with Juan Carlos Loyo (Part I) - Venezuelanalysis
Juan Carlos Loyo held various posts in Chávez’s government, including Minister of Agriculture from 2010 to 2013. Today Loyo is a researcher and a professor of political economy at the Bolivarian University in Caracas. In this two-part interview, he talks…
➡️ Venezuela has announced an ongoing dialogue process with bondholders to restructure its $60B debt after US sanctions have blocked all attempts since 2017. "We have made them [bondholders] a very powerful offer but the US gov’t is impeding it," President Maduro said Wednesday.
➡️ More signs of economic recovery in Venezuela. The central bank will allow financial institutions to lower reserve requirements from 85% to 73%. Local banks can now allocate 10% of deposits in foreign currency (some $74 million) to increase credit flexibility for productive sectors.
News recap 👇 Twitter thread 🧵
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➡️ More signs of economic recovery in Venezuela. The central bank will allow financial institutions to lower reserve requirements from 85% to 73%. Local banks can now allocate 10% of deposits in foreign currency (some $74 million) to increase credit flexibility for productive sectors.
News recap 👇 Twitter thread 🧵
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🧵An Iranian supertanker carrying 2M barrels of condensate has arrived in Venezuela, satellite images showed. This is the first known cargo of 2022 continuing last year’s swap deal. The light crude turns Venezuela’s heavy oil into exportable grades which has…
Venezuela’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced that two members of the armed forces implicated in the in-custody death of retired Navy Captain Rafael Acosta Arévalo were sentenced to 30 years in prison.
The country’s top prosecutor wrote on Twitter that the convictions and sentencing demonstrated Venezuela’s “commitment to full justice and punishment for those who violate human rights."
The in-custody death of Arévalo in June 2019 drew international attention and was one of a number of high-profile cases cited before the International Criminal Court (ICC) as evidence of alleged human rights abuses by the Venezuelan state.
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/15447
The country’s top prosecutor wrote on Twitter that the convictions and sentencing demonstrated Venezuela’s “commitment to full justice and punishment for those who violate human rights."
The in-custody death of Arévalo in June 2019 drew international attention and was one of a number of high-profile cases cited before the International Criminal Court (ICC) as evidence of alleged human rights abuses by the Venezuelan state.
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/15447
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Two Venezuelan Officers Sentenced to 30-years Over In-Custody Death
Attorney General Tarek William Saab said on Twitter that the conviction and sentencing demonstrated Venezuela’s commitment to human rights.