- A global mobilization called by María Corina Machado was carried out. Venezuela suspended commercial flights with Chile. Actress Maggie Smith, Harry Potter’s Professor McGonagall, died | Main photo: EFE
This week, a global mobilization called by María Corina Machado took place. In addition, family members and teachers asked for the release of the adolescents detained in the post-election context.
The government of Nicolás Maduro suspended commercial flights with Chile. And the non-governmental organization (NGO) Center for Defenders and Justice recorded 134 attacks against human rights defenders and organizations in Venezuela during August 2024.
At the international level, the Argentine Justice ordered the capture of Nicolás Maduro for “crimes” against humanity. For its part, the Spanish government reported that it will not recognize Edmundo González, but hopes that the will of the Venezuelans will triumph.
Added to this, Category 4 Hurricane Helene left four dead in the United States.
Below are the highlights of the week:
1. A global mobilization called by María Corina Machado was carried out
Opposition leader María Corina Machado called for the “Great World Protest” for Saturday, September 28, 2024, two months before the presidential elections in Venezuela.
From 12:00 am, citizens gathered in Caracas and the main capitals of the country with tricolor flags and banners alluding to the release of political prisoners.
Thousands of Venezuelans inside and outside the country attended on Saturday, September 28, the “Great World Protest” called by opposition leader María Corina Machado.
In Caracas, the calls were held in Los Palos Grandes; Concentrations were also recorded in Mérida, Carabobo, Lara, Maturín and Zulia.
Furthermore, the Venezuelans abroad also gathered from Colombia, Argentina, the United States, Australia, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Portugal, New Zealand, Japan, among other countries, to reiterate their support for María Corina Machado and Edmundo González.
Edmundo González attended the rally in Madrid (Spain). He greeted all attendees but could not speak because, according to Antonio Ledezma, former mayor of Caracas, he suffered from hoarseness, and it was he who was in charge of reading a message from him.
Relatives and a group of teachers asked on September 26 for the release of the teenagers detained during the post-election protests in Venezuela. The protesters gathered in front of the main headquarters of the Public Ministry in Parque Carabobo, Caracas, to demand the immediate freedom of the minors.
In addition, they reported that the minors who are detained in the Caracas City Care Entity were victims of “torture and mistreatment” at the time of their arrest.
“They are innocent, they are not terrorists,” is one of the slogans expressed by the relatives of the detained teenagers in the post-election context in Venezuela.
The rally was called by the Committee of Mothers in Defense of the Truth. People came to the place with banners in which they asked for the freedom of the teenagers, as well as photographs of some of them, who have been detained since July 29.
The government of Venezuela suspended, for an undefined period, commercial air operations with Chile, a source from the Ministry of Transportation informed the EFE news agency on Wednesday, September 25.
According to a NOTAM (bulletin) issued by the National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC), attached to that State portfolio, “air-commercial passenger transport operations to and from the Republic of Chile are suspended,” without explaining the reason.
The authorities suspend these operations a day after the president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, in his speech before the United Nations General Assembly, called the Venezuelan government a “dictatorship”, which he accused of trying to “steal” the elections on December 28. July, in which Nicolás Maduro was proclaimed winner by the National Electoral Council (CNE).
On September 23, an Argentine court ordered the capture of Nicolás Maduro for alleged crimes against humanity, judicial sources in that country reported.
The decision was adopted by the Federal Chamber of the City of Buenos Aires in a case opened in early 2023, due to a complaint against Maduro presented by the Argentine Forum for the Defense of Democracy (FADD), based on the principle of universal jurisdiction. , which allows countries to prosecute serious human rights crimes regardless of where they were committed.
The Argentine court also ordered the capture of the Minister of Interior Relations, Justice and Peace of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, and other members of the Venezuelan Executive.
In response, the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) issued a preventive detention order against the president of Argentina, Javier Milei, for “aggravated robbery” and six other crimes related to the case of the Venezuelan-Iranian plane that was detained in Buenos Aires. and was sent to the US in February 2024.
On September 25, the NGO Center for Defenders and Justice recorded 134 attacks and security incidents against activists and human rights groups (HR) in Venezuela during the month of August.
This figure is equivalent to 78 more cases than those reported by the NGO in July, when they documented 56 attacks, according to the report published on September 24.
“In the post-electoral context, the policy of criminalization, repression and social control that affects actions to promote, defend and demand human rights deepened, which increased attacks and intimidation against those who carry them out,” the NGO indicated.
6. The Spanish government reported that it will not recognize Edmundo González, but hopes that the will of the Venezuelans triumphs
Spain will continue not to recognize Edmundo González as president of Venezuela while waiting for the will expressed by Venezuelans at the polls to triumph, a position that the Spanish government emphasizes is unitary of the European Union.
The Spanish position was ratified on Friday, September 27 in New York by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, in a press conference to take stock of the series of meetings and events that he has attended on the occasion of the Week of UN High Level.
Among those meetings there was one with the Venezuelan vice chancellor, Rander Peña, in which he demanded that Spain be able to provide consular access to the two Spaniards detained in Venezuela, José María Basoa and Andrés Martínez Adarme, as well as that the specific charges against them be communicated.
“Let no one have any doubt that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and I personally will not spare any effort until these two compatriots unjustly detained in Venezuela are where they always had to be, free and with their families,” he added before. to insist that their situation is “unacceptable.”
The passage of Hurricane Helene through the southern states of the United States left at least four fatalities: one in Florida, one in North Carolina and two in Georgia, according to official figures updated on September 27.
In Florida, the hurricane advanced with maximum winds of 225 kilometers per hour, which caused the fall of an advertising billboard, causing one of the deaths, while in Alamo (Georgia), the victims died as a result of the damage caused by a tornado. .
According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Hurricane Helene reached the United States from the Gulf of Mexico with strong winds, rain and storm surge, making it “life-threatening.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a news conference that emergency teams have not yet determined the full extent of the impact the hurricane had on the state.
“It is very likely that there will have been further loss of life and there will undoubtedly be property damage,” DeSantis said.
8. The Vinotinto futsal team qualified for the quarterfinals of the World Cup
The Venezuelan futsal team qualified for the quarterfinals of the Uzbekistan 2024 Futsal World Cup on September 25 by defeating Spain 2-1.
The Creole team not only surpassed the best performance it had in the 2021 edition in which they lost to Morocco in the round of 16, but is now ranked as one of the best eight teams in the world, according to the league’s qualifying tables. FIFA.
The Venezuelans’ next match will be on Sunday the 29th against Ukraine and will take place at the Humo Arena in the city of Tashkent.
British actress Maggie Smith, known for the Harry Potter films and the Downton Abbey series, has died at the age of 89.
Through a statement from her sons Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin, shared by the BBC, it was learned that the 89-year-old actress died in a London hospital on September 27.
“He passed away peacefully at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital early this morning. An intensely private person, he was eventually with friends and family. He leaves two children and five beloved grandchildren who are devastated by the loss of their extraordinary mother and grandmother,” reads the text from Smith’s children.
Additionally, in the statement they thanked the actress’s fans and friends for their messages of support and asked for privacy to overcome their loss.
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2024-09-30 01:48:29
