- Social network X remains blocked in Venezuela more than 10 days after Nicolás Maduro’s order. Daughter of former President Allende described the government of Nicolás Maduro as a “dictatorship.” Aruba extended the ban on flights to and from Venezuela until November | Main photo: EFE
On Tuesday, August 20, X (formerly Twitter) remains blocked in Venezuela more than 10 days after the blockade ordered by Nicolás Maduro.
On the international level, the social network X remains blocked in Venezuela more than 10 days after Nicolás Maduro’s order. The daughter of former President Allende described the government of Nicolás Maduro as a “dictatorship.” Aruba extended the ban on flights to and from Venezuela until November. For its part, the United States will demand justice against those who allow electoral fraud in Venezuela.
In addition, Aruba extended until November the ban on flights to and from Venezuela. And Panama deported a group of migrants on the first repatriation flight funded by the US.
In sports, footballer Kylian Mbappé has filed a lawsuit against the PSG team before the French league and UEFA.
Below are the most relevant news from Tuesday, August 20:
The social network X remains blocked in Venezuela on Tuesday, August 20, after the 10-day temporary suspension announced by Nicolás Maduro and without the authorities having provided any new information on the matter.
At least 12 days after the president’s announcement, it is still impossible to access this platform without the use of virtual private networks (VPNs), the anti-filtering programs that have become popular in the country to bypass the blocks imposed by the state-owned National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel).
Although Maduro and the President of Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez, spoke on Monday, August 19, about the “damage” caused by social networks, neither of them referred directly to the suspension of X. The measure was initially ordered due to the attempt by this platform to “sow violence” in the country, according to what the president said at the time.
2. The US will demand justice against those who allow electoral fraud in Venezuela
Brian Nichols, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, warned on Tuesday, August 20, that the U.S. government will demand justice against those who allow electoral fraud in Venezuela.
In his opinion, Maduro’s government is “hiding” the documents that confirm Edmundo González Urrutia’s victory in the presidential elections on Sunday, July 28.
Brian Nichols also called for respect for the political rights of Venezuelans and for ensuring the transparency of electoral processes.
On Tuesday, August 20, Aruba’s aviation authorities extended travel to and from Venezuela until November 2024.
According to the information, the measure came into effect on August 20 until November 17, 2024, for a total of three months.
This is the fourth extension so far this year. The last one was applied on July 20 until August 20.
4. Panama deported a group of migrants on the first repatriation flight funded by the US
The first return flight for irregular migrants who crossed the dangerous Darien jungle between Colombia and Panama, financed by the United States within the framework of an agreement with Panama, took off on Tuesday, August 20 from Panama City bound for Medellin, Colombia.
Approximately 30 Colombian migrants, mostly young people, and with criminal records, according to what they told EFE According to official sources, they arrived handcuffed at Marcos Gelabert Airport, better known as the Albrook terminal, where after a documentary search they boarded the aircraft.
The head of the National Migration Service (SNM), Roger Mojica, said at a press conference that the migrants on this first flight financed by the United States were returned to Colombia under the guise of deportation.
Among the Colombian citizens deported on Tuesday is a suspected “hitman” of the Colombian Clan del Golfo, who was identified through the biometric system used by Panamanian authorities in Darien, the official added.
Chilean Senator Isabel Allende Bussi, daughter of former President Salvador Allende, on Tuesday, August 20, described the government of Nicolás Maduro as a “dictatorship” and “authoritarian.”
Allende Bussi expressed her concern about the current situation in Venezuela, given the repression by the State security forces against people who have demonstrated against the results given by the National Electoral Council (CNE).
“It is clear that Maduro did not win the election and that all kinds of completely irregular actions have been carried out, which are far from the international democratic standards of a free, open and informed election. It was a fraud (…) he is resorting to the worst practices used by dictators who do not want to give up power,” Allende said in an interview with CNN.
French footballer Kylian Mbappé took the French Professional Football League (LFP) and UEFA to court on Tuesday, August 20, in a dispute that he has been facing for months against Paris Saint Germain (PSG), from whom he is claiming payment of a bonus and three months’ wages totaling nearly 55 million euros gross, according to the newspaper Le Monde.
On August 8, Mbappé submitted his complaint to the LFP’s legal committee, citing an article in the Professional Football Charter that stipulates that clubs must pay players by the last day of each month at the latest, the outlet reported in a post on Tuesday, August 20.
This legal commission is competent, when it detects non-payment to a player by a French team, to prohibit any new signing until the situation is regularised.
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2024-08-21 17:02:42
