- María Corina Machado received the Václav Havel Human Rights Award from the Council of Europe. Spain confirmed that Venezuela revealed the identity of the detained Spaniards and the charges. The UN asked Venezuela to release lawyer Perkins Rocha | Photo: EFE/ Juan Carlos Torrejón
On Monday, September 30, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe awarded the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize to the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, reported that the Venezuelan government confirmed the identity and charges against the two detained Spanish citizens.
On the international scene, the Colombian government announced that it will allocate 326,926 million pesos (about 78.4 million dollars) to public hospitals and private clinics that care for migrants in that country.
Below are the most notable news from Monday, September 30:
On September 30, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize awarded each year by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
His daughter, Ana Corina Sosa, received the award on behalf of Machado, who became the first Latin American figure to obtain the distinction in this category.
“I deeply regret that I cannot travel,” said the president of the Assembly, Theodoros Rousopoulos, to the opposition leader, who connected to the event by videoconference.
In 2023, it was the Turkish journalist, activist and businessman, Osman Kavala, imprisoned since 2017, who won the award worth 60 thousand euros.
The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, reported that the Venezuelan government confirmed the identity and charges against the two Spanish citizens detained for allegedly attempting to carry out actions to destabilize the country.
In an interview on Catalunya Radio, the head of Spanish diplomacy explained that at the end of the week of September 23 he had official confirmation of the arrest and charges of the two Spanish citizens, as he had demanded prior to his arrest. Venezuelan counterpart, Yván Gil.
Albares specified that “diplomatic and consular protection” is being exercised for José María Basoa Valdovinos and Andrés Martínez Adasme so that they can return to Spain.
3. The UN asked Venezuela to release lawyer Perkins Rocha
The UN rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, urged this Monday the Venezuelan government to “immediately” release the lawyer Perkins Rocha, accused by the authorities of having helped opposition candidates during the last elections in Venezuela.
“I am seriously concerned that he may have been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while his whereabouts were unknown,” Satterthwaite said in a statement reported by the EFE news agency.
Rocha was detained by hooded state security agents on August 27, after having worked as a legal advisor to Venezuela’s main opposition coalition, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD).
4. Bolivia declared a “national disaster” due to forest fires
The government of Bolivia declared on Monday, September 30, a “national disaster” due to the magnitude of the forest fires that have left millions of hectares devastated in the Amazon and Chiquitania of the Andean country.
The Bolivian president, Luis Arce, explained that the declaration was made after learning of reports from “different instances” and after a meeting with several authorities in eastern Santa Cruz, the region most affected by the fires, reported the EFE news agency. .
With this declaration, the country opens itself to receiving more international support to contain the environmental crisis, the worst recorded in its territory since 2019.
5. Colombia will allocate more than 78 million dollars to medical care for migrants
The Colombian government announced that it will allocate 326,926 million pesos (about 78.4 million dollars) to public hospitals and private clinics to support them in providing medical care to migrants.
The Colombian Minister of Health, Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo, indicated on Monday, September 30, that this investment will be made especially in the centers of the border towns with Venezuela, where there is a greater population that uses these services. With this measure, 659 State Social Enterprises (ESE) and Health Service Provider Institutions (IPS) will benefit, reported the EFE news agency.
“What we want is to support hospitals that have not been adequately cared for so that they have resources,” Jaramillo said in a press conference. He added that “all migrants have the right to emergency services,” which is what they go to when they are not insured.
Hurricane Helene claimed the lives of at least 115 people in six states in the southeastern United States. Rescuers worked on Monday, September 30, to find hundreds of missing people in hard-to-reach areas, such as a completely isolated town in North Carolina. , and also in Tennessee, where there were Latinos who could not evacuate from a factory.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, indicated that the death toll from the cyclone exceeds one hundred and at least 600 missing people have been counted in the states of Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Virginia.
The US president, who has held talks with the governors of those states and announced that he hopes to be able to visit the affected area towards the end of this week, described Helene as “a storm that makes history.”
7. Former NBA player Dikembe Mutombo died of brain cancer
The legendary former basketball player Dikembe Mutombo died this Monday at the age of 58 due to brain cancer that he was diagnosed with two years ago, according to the NBA (National Basketball Association).
“Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life. On the court, he was one of the best shot blockers and defensive players in NBA history. “Off the court, he put his heart and soul into helping others,” league commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement reported by the EFE news agency.
Member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, the Congolese played 18 seasons in the NBA in which he stood out above all for his imposing defensive power.
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