- Brian Nichols called for an end to intimidation against journalists in Venezuela. Biagio Pilieri’s wife denounced that the leader was charged with alleged “terrorism.” And Machado accused the Attorney General’s Office of being an arm of “persecution and state terrorism.”
On Thursday, September 5, the Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere of the United States, Brian Nichols, urged the Venezuelan government to end the “intimidation” against journalists.
The national coordinator of the political party Convergence, Biagio Pilieri, was charged with five crimes, including “terrorism”.
Opposition leader María Corina Machado accused Attorney General Tarek William Saab of being one of the main “harassers and violators of human rights” of Venezuelans.
At the international level, 135 political prisoners from Nicaragua were released following negotiations between Managua and Washington.
Below are the most important news from Thursday, September 5:
Brian Nichols, the US Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere, called on the Venezuelan government to end “intimidation” against journalists so they can carry out their work in Venezuela.
“In order for Venezuelans to know the true and accurate results of the July 28 elections and how the world is reacting, journalists must be allowed to do their jobs without fear of reprisals. Enough of the scare tactics,” Nichols wrote on September 5 on his X account.
The US official’s statements come in a context in which several arrests of journalists have been reported since the post-election protests that began on July 29.
2. Biagio Pilieri’s wife reported that the leader was charged with alleged “terrorism”
The national coordinator of the political party Convergence, Biagio Pilieri, said They charged His wife, Maria Livia Vasile, filed a complaint on Thursday, September 5, for five crimes, including “terrorism,” explaining that Pilieri was presented at a hearing without the presence of his “trusted lawyers.”
“My husband was brought before the court last Friday, August 30, without the presence of his trusted lawyers, with the assistance of a public defender. He was charged with five crimes: conspiracy, criminal association, incitement to hatred, terrorism and treason,” Vasile said on the social network X.
He also said that Pilieri has been in “unjust” detention for a week and that, so far, he has not been able to communicate with his family and defense team.
Opposition leader María Corina Machado accused Attorney General Tarek William Saab of being one of the main “harassers and violators of human rights” of Venezuelans.
“This Prosecutor’s Office is an arm of persecution and state terrorism in Venezuela; the appointment and performance of its spokesperson is not only illegitimate, it is a disgrace that history will judge,” he said on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, September 5.
Machado insisted on the victory of Edmundo González Urrutia in the presidential elections of July 28 and urged the country’s military and police to fulfill their constitutional duty.
“Edmundo González Urrutia is the President-Elect of Venezuela; Maduro knows it, the CNE knows it, the judges know it and the members of the National Armed Forces know it. Military citizens and police officers have a constitutional duty that they must fulfill,” he said.
To the Venezuelans,
Following the statements made by Tarek William Saab, in which he shows that he is one of the main harassers and violators of the human rights of citizens; I want to reaffirm my position:
1. This Prosecutor’s Office is an arm of persecution and terrorism…
— Maria Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) September 5, 2024
Clara Fuentes won the gold medal in weightlifting in the -50 kilogram women’s powerlifting category at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on Thursday, September 5.
The Venezuelan lifted 124 kilograms on her third attempt and broke a Paralympic record with her participation.
Venezuelan Marcos Blanco won a bronze medal in the men’s -60 kg J1 parajudo discipline.
Blanco defeated Indonesian athlete Junaedi Junaedi in the fight for third place 10-0, after beating Chinese athlete Shiwn Zhu 10-1 in the repechage.
The President of the Council of Ministers of Peru, Gustavo Adrianzén, stated on Thursday, September 5, that the Andean country has not recognized the Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González as the elected president of the Caribbean country, despite the fact that on July 30, the then Peruvian Foreign Minister, Javier González-Olaechea, indicated that this was the Peruvian position.
“(González Urrutia) cannot be the president-elect. We have no official communication from the Peruvian State recognizing that status for Mr. González Urrutia. We have asked for a recount to be done (…) because we also understand that it has to be within the framework of the electoral process where these voting records have to be reviewed,” Adrianzén told the RPP radio station.
On July 30, González-Olaechea, who was replaced on Tuesday, said that Peru recognized González Urrutia as the president-elect of Venezuela after the July 28 elections in which the National Electoral Council (CNE) gave victory to the current president Nicolás Maduro.
Argentine President Javier Milei described the political situation in Venezuela as a “dictatorship” during his speech at the Third Regional Meeting of the Madrid Forum, held in Argentina. He also accused Nicolás Maduro of turning the country into “a human cemetery.”
“Let us look at the murderous dictatorship of the criminal (Nicolás) Maduro in Venezuela, which at this point is directly a human cemetery where they are bringing forward Christmas to October to cover up the fact that they committed the highest electoral fraud in history and where they are now imprisoning the person who won the elections while the free world sits with its arms crossed,” said Milei in his speech on Thursday, September 5.
The president questioned the lack of action to support the situation in Venezuela. “We must understand once and for all that for evil to triumph, it is enough for the righteous to do nothing,” he added.
7. 135 political prisoners were released in Nicaragua
The Nicaraguan Democratic Concertation (CDN-Monteverde) and the NGO Collective Nicaragua Never Again celebrated the release of 135 political prisoners from Nicaragua, who were exiled to Guatemala after negotiations with Washington and Managua.
The CDN-Monteverde applauded “the release of 135 people that the Sandinista regime,” headed by Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo, “held imprisoned for political reasons,” according to a statement reported by the EFE news agency on Thursday, September 5.
The Nicaraguan opposition movement in exile thanked the governments of the United States and Guatemala for their efforts to free and welcome these Nicaraguans, “whose only crime is fighting for a better Nicaragua with democracy, justice and freedom.”
Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who participated in the marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympics, died on Thursday, September 5, in a Kenyan hospital. The athlete was admitted to the health center after being attacked by her boyfriend, who allegedly doused her with gasoline and set her on fire.
“Unfortunately, we lost her after all her organs failed last night,” said Dr Owen Menach, acting director of the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, in statements reported by the EFE news agency.
The Uganda Athletics Federation (UAF) also confirmed the death of the 33-year-old athlete.
Bolivia’s national team beat Venezuela 4-0 on Thursday, September 5, in the seventh match of the South American Qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be played in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Ramiro Vaca scored the first goal in the 13th minute of the first half, while the second was scored by Carmelo Algarañaz from a penalty in the 45+5 minute.
During the first minute of the second half, Bolivian Miguel Terceros scored the third goal for La Verde. And in the 88th minute, Enzo Monteiro scored the fourth for the Bolivian team.
The match between the Vinotinto, led by Argentine coach Fernando “Bocha” Batista, and the Verde took place at the El Alto Municipal Stadiumin Bolivia, at more than 4,000 meters above sea level.
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