- Microsoft’s global crash has caused chaos at airports around the world. Media accreditation for Venezuela’s presidential election has been hampered. Argentina will not respond to Nicolás Maduro’s statements regarding Javier Milei | Main photo: Photo: @Gerashchenko_en
On Friday, July 19, the National College of Journalists denounced obstacles in the accreditation of media outlets for the presidential elections. For its part, the Institute of Advanced Trade Union Studies (Inaesin) pointed out that the main cause of labor conflicts in Venezuela is the deterioration of salaries.
On the international front, the global collapse of Microsoft caused chaos at airports around the world. In addition, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemned the damage to María Corina Machado’s vehicles in Lara.
Argentina will not respond to Nicolás Maduro’s statements regarding Javier Milei. And the Russian government sentenced American journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison.
Below are the most relevant news from Friday, July 19:
The global airline industry was one of the hardest hit by the Microsoft systems outage. The failure was caused by an update by the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, which caused incidents in companies and institutions around the world since the evening of July 18.
In the United States, all Delta, United and American Airlines flights scheduled for the early hours of July 19 were grounded as a result of the Microsoft incident.
In Europe, many airports and airlines have been affected, including Heathrow in London, one of the busiest airports. Contingency plans have been implemented at this airport to minimise the impact on travel.
2. Obstacles to media accreditation for presidential elections denounced
On Friday, July 19, the CNP denounced obstacles to the accreditation of journalists and media outlets by the CNE for the presidential elections.
The lack of accreditation cards from the CNE is a concern. We have been making arrangements, but they still have the card (from the CNP) that endorses them as media workers,” Delvalle Canelón, general secretary of the CNE.
Canelón said that the lack of accreditation is a violation of the right to freedom of the press and urged the media to report irregularities related to election coverage.
#Live | The lack of accreditation cards from the CNE “is a concern. We have been making arrangements, but they still have the card (from the CNP) that endorses them as media workers,” Delvalle Canelón, secretary of the CNP.#VPItv: https://t.co/tapy9fcvea pic.twitter.com/gtCaGeHidR
— VPItv (@VPITV) July 19, 2024
3. IACHR condemned the damage to María Corina Machado’s vehicles in Lara
On Friday 19, the IACHR condemned the damage to the vehicles of opposition leader María Corina Machado in Barquisimeto, Lara state.
“The IACHR condemns the attack reported by María Corina Machado, in which the brake cables of her vehicle were allegedly cut, which occurred on July 18 in Barquisimeto,” reads the publication that the organization made on X (formerly Twitter).
The international institution also urged the government of Nicolás Maduro to guarantee the safety of Machado and the rest of the political leaders in Venezuela.
4. Argentina will not respond to Nicolás Maduro’s statements regarding Javier Milei
The Argentine government said on Friday, July 19, that recent statements by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro once morest his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei, do not merit a response because they come from a “dictator” and an “imbecile.”
“Maduro is a character who has become – or has always been – a dictator. And the words of a dictator do not merit analysis because they come from a person who has distorted ethical and moral values and, of course, is once morest what we defend and preach, which is democracy,” said Argentine presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni at a press conference.
On July 18, at a campaign event ahead of the July 28 elections, Maduro spoke of an alleged plan to suspend the elections in the country.
“They want a catastrophe, a tragedy to shout ‘suspend the elections’. And the gringos would come out, that bastard Milei would come out, (Ecuadorian President Daniel) Noboa would come out, the right. We are prepared, nerves of steel, calm and sanity, and rain, thunder or lightning, on July 28 there will be presidential elections in Venezuela,” he said.
On Friday, July 19, Inaesin revealed that the main cause of labor conflicts in Venezuela is the deterioration of salaries, wages and pensions.
The Observatory of Labor Conflict and Union Management, an entity attached to Inaesin, pointed out that another reason is the “inefficiency” of institutional channels for solving problems.
“The government’s wage policy is widely rejected, and with good reason, since, among other aspects, the minimum wage has been frozen since March 2022 at what today barely represents 3.55 dollars per month. Consequently, the salary scales and labor benefits that are calculated based on the minimum wage have been affected,” said León Arismendi, general director of Inaesin, in a press release.
6. Russia sentenced American journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison
On Friday, July 19, the Russian Justice condemned the American journalist Evan Gershkovich, correspondent of the Wall Street Journalto 16 years in prison.
Russia’s Federal Security Service said that, on the instructions of US authorities, the journalist collected information that constitutes a state secret regarding one of the Russian military-industrial complex’s companies.
The American journalist of Wall Street Journal covering Russia, was arrested in Yekaterinburg on March 29, 2023.
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