- They reported human rights violations against Venezuelan children and adolescents to Unicef. Cendas-FVM reported that the family basket stood at $531.57 during September. Venezuelans occupied fifth place in the table of foreign workers in Spain. They confirmed the arrest of Pedro Tellechea, former Minister of Industries of Venezuela | Photo: EFE
Opposition parties in Venezuela denounced on Monday, October 21, before the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Madrid, Spain, the “serious violations” of human rights suffered by children and adolescents detained in the country.
The food basket for a family of five people reached $531.57 during September, according to the Center for Documentation and Social Analysis of the Venezuelan Federation of Teachers (Cendas-FVM).
Spain revealed that Venezuelans occupied fifth place in the table of foreign workers in that country with 168,019 employed in various sectors.
In international news, early voting has begun in eight states and most counties in Florida for the US presidential election.
Below are the most notable news from Monday, October 21:
On Monday, October 21, members of different opposition parties in Venezuela delivered a letter to the Unicef headquarters in Madrid, Spain, to denounce the “serious violations” of human rights suffered by children and adolescents detained in the country.
In the letter, the complainants indicated that there are 142 boys, girls and detained teenagers70 of them held in centers with “inhumane conditions”, which they consider to be unsuitable for their age and condition, in violation of international standards.
In the document they demand the immediate release of these young Venezuelans because the conditions include overcrowding, lack of access to basic health services, poor nutrition and lack of protection against physical and psychological abuse.
Furthermore, the opposition representatives indicated in the letter that the adolescents have been “tortured with electric shocks, beatings, lack of food or even sexual abuse.”
The Cendas-FVM indicated on Monday, October 21, that a Venezuelan needed $106.3 in September to cover basic food expenses.
Additionally, he noted that the cost of the food basket for a family of five reached $531.57, $7.59 less than in August.
Likewise, the organization specified that a Venezuelan household with five members needed 17.7 dollars a day to be able to buy the 60 products that make up the food basket in the country.
Venezuela was ranked fifth in the table of foreign workers in Spain with 168,019 currently employed in various sectors in that country. While Colombia occupied third place with 222,217.
In 2015, Venezuelans with work in Spain were 16,631 while Colombians had 54,690 affiliates in Social Security.
According to data published on Monday, October 21, by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration of Spain, Venezuelans rose from the nineteenth position in the table of foreign workers in the European country.
Tarek William Saab, attorney general of the Public Ministry (MP), confirmed on Monday, October 21, the arrest of Pedro Tellechea, former Minister of Industries in Venezuela, who on October 18 reported that he left that portfolio for “health reasons.”
The MP indicated that the former Venezuelan official was arrested in the early hours of Sunday, October 20, and is accused of committing “serious crimes that threaten the highest interests of the nation.”
Saab pointed out that Tellechea would have participated in the “delivery of the Automated Command and Control System, known as the brain of PDVSA, to a company controlled by the United States Intelligence Services.” In addition, the Venezuelan State will judge him for other actions that violated “national sovereignty.”
5. Presidential elections: early voting began in eight US states
Early voting in the United States presidential elections began on Monday, October 21, in eight states in the country and most counties in Florida, including the most populated, where attention will be focused on a race for the Senate in Washington and an amendment constitutional on abortion.
Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Idaho, North Dakota, South Carolina, Texas, and Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties in southern Florida, which join Georgia, a key state that began early voting last week. last week and already broke a participation record.
More than 60 voting centers opened their doors from 7:00 am (Venezuela time) in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. These centers will remain operational until Sunday, November 3
The Argentine journalist and writer Martín Caparrós revealed that he has been suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) for more than two years, a degenerative disease.
Caparrós indicated that on October 24, his memoirs First of all, in which he speaks for the first time about his illness. In an interview with the Spanish newspaper The Vanguard He expressed that he had not talked about the condition even with his friends, since he did not want them to see him “as a dying man.”
“Scientists don’t even understand how that biological process works. What they do know is that life expectancy is 3 to 5 years. At some point, you have trouble breathing or even speaking and you die. Which is not bad, because that’s how they tolerate certain things, like eating all the chocolate you want,” he said.
7. Neymar returns to play after recovering from an injury for a year
Brazilian forward Neymar, a player for Saudi Al Hilal, returned to the playing field on Monday, October 21, after overcoming the serious knee injury that has kept him out for a year.
Neymar suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left leg in the match that the Brazilian team played on October 17, 2023 against Uruguay. The footballer took to the field in the 77th minute of the Asian Champions League duel that pitted the Saudi team against Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates, reported the EFE news agency.
The Brazilian attacker, who turned 32 years old in February, had time to test the Al Ain goalkeeper. Neymar made a cross shot that narrowly missed after a quick combination with Serbian Aleksandar Mitrovic.
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