- The OEV urged to condemn speeches that incite violence during the electoral campaign, Aruba extended the ban on flights to Venezuela, and reported that the concentration of Saharan dust in the country increased | Photo: EFE
On Saturday, July 20, the Venezuelan Electoral Observatory (OEV) urged people to condemn speeches that incite violence during the electoral campaign. Likewise, representatives of the Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA) announced that they will travel to Venezuela for the election day.
They also reported that 80% of nursing staff have resigned from their posts, and noted that Saharan dust has increased in concentration in the country. Meanwhile, Aruba has extended the ban on passenger, mail and cargo flights to and from Venezuela.
In international news, the Israeli army detected the launching of 45 rockets from Lebanon.
Below are the most important news of the day:
The OEV called on Saturday, July 20, to condemn any speech that “incites division or violence” during the electoral campaign for the presidential elections on July 28, which ends on July 25, and urged the use of constructive language oriented “towards the common good.”
In a statement, the NGO said that “political actors, especially representatives of the Venezuelan State, must promote public discourse and a political and social climate favorable to the development of a peaceful and participatory electoral process.”
He said that, on the eve of the elections, in which 10 candidates will compete – among them, the head of state, Nicolás Maduro – “the commitment to democratic principles, mutual respect and tolerance must prevail.”
Four former presidents of the Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA) will travel to Venezuela on Wednesday, July 24, to show solidarity with the Venezuelan people in the presidential elections scheduled for July 28.
Vicente Fox of Mexico, Mireya Moscoso of Panama, Miguel Angel Rodriguez of Costa Rica, Jorge Tuto Quiroga of Bolivia, as well as former Colombian Vice President Marta Lucia Ramirez, will be present on election day, IDEA said in a statement on Saturday.
The former presidents bring a word of hope, solidarity, and compliance with what those (the voters) freely decide at such a decisive moment in their history,” according to the IDEA note cited by EFE.
The government of Aruba has extended for one month the ban on passenger, mail and cargo flights between the Caribbean island and Venezuela.
According to aeronautical lawyer Rodolfo Ruiz, the measure came into effect this Saturday, July 20, and will expire on August 20.
#Aruba🇦🇼 renewed the NOTAM that prohibits all direct flights ✈️ from #Ven🇻🇪 towards that Island.
Curiously, he renewed it for only one (1) month and not for three months as he has been doing for the last few years.
The new NOTAM will expire on 20AUG24. pic.twitter.com/ZEHKcIVbcW
— Rodolfo Ruiz A. (@RodolfoRuizA) July 20, 2024
For his part, the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce of La Vela de Coro, in Falcón, Juan Gotopo, hopes that once this period is over, the ban on flights between the two countries will be “definitively” lifted.
4. María Corina Machado marched through Maturín as part of the electoral campaign
Opposition leader María Corina Machado said this Saturday, July 20, during a campaign event in Monagas —in front of thousands of people whom she asked to vote for Edmundo González Urrutia in the presidential elections on July 28— that the president and candidate for reelection, Nicolás Maduro, “is past” because the “defeat” has been confirmed in every corner of the country.
“They have no corner of the country left, in any part of Venezuela, (…) a moral defeat, a spiritual defeat, a political defeat has already been achieved, because today all of Venezuela is convinced that we are going to win,” the opposition leader explained to EFE during her tour of the town of Maturín, where, as she passed, the unanimous cry of “it is noticeable, it is felt, Edmundo president” might be heard.
She said that not even the officials of the State security forces are on Maduro’s side, despite the fact that, following orders, they are the ones in charge of trying to block the opposition’s passage when she travels around the country during the electoral campaign, so they “know regarding the corruption of the system.”
5. More than 80% of nursing staff in Venezuela have reportedly resigned
More than 80% of nursing staff in Venezuela have resigned due to low salaries, according to Ana Rosario Contreras, president of the College of Nursing of the Capital District, on Saturday, July 20.
He also referred to citizens’ right to health and mentioned the difficulties patients face in acquiring medical supplies.
“The Constitution says that health care is free (…). Today it has lost that character because patients have to buy everything,” he explained during an interview reported by Union Radio.
Venezuelan meteorologist Luis Vargas reported on Saturday, July 20, that there is an increase in the concentration of Saharan dust over Venezuela.
Vargas detailed through his account on X (formerly Twitter) that the natural phenomenon will affect most of the country’s territory from early Saturday morning until Monday, July 22, 2024.
The new layer of Saharan dust that advanced towards the Caribbean increased its concentration over Venezuela since last night and will remain over a large part of the national territory until Monday,” said Vargas.
7. Israel detected the launch of 45 rockets from Lebanon
The Israeli army detected the launching of 45 rockets from Lebanon on Saturday, according to a statement issued this followingnoon, in a new spike in exchanges of fire with the Shiite militia Hezbollah that began on Friday.
“Some 30 missiles were detected crossing from Lebanon, several were intercepted by air defence fighters and the rest fell in open areas,” the army reported of a barrage of attacks targeting the Golan Heights in northern Israel.
Some of the rockets damaged a factory in the kibbutz (farming community) of Amir, and in other parts of the region the fall of these projectiles triggered fires that firefighters are still trying to extinguish.
Shortly followingwards, another volley of 10 projectiles triggered Israeli alarm in the north-west of the country. “There are no casualties,” the army said.
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2024-07-21 03:09:01
