- Amnesty International asked the ICC to investigate the commission of crimes in Venezuela. The government of Panama would be willing to offer political asylum to Maduro. El Diario published the winners of the Chronicles Contest | Main photo: Venezuelan Olympic Committee
On Friday, August 9, Amnesty International called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the commission of crimes in Venezuela. In addition, the non-governmental organization (NGO) Provea reported that Rocío San Miguel has spent six months in detention without the right to legitimate defense.
On the international level, the Panamanian government is reportedly willing to offer political asylum to Maduro. In addition, Smartmatic executives have been accused of bribery in the Philippines.
In culture and sports, The Diary published the winners of the Chronicles Contest. And the Venezuelan Keydomar Vallenilla received an Olympic diploma in weightlifting.
Below are the most relevant news from Friday, August 9:
Amnesty International on Friday, August 9, urged the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, to investigate the commission of crimes against humanity in Venezuela.
Erika Guevara Rosas, the organization’s senior director of research, advocacy, policy and campaigns, said in an open letter to the ICC that prosecutor Khan’s silence on the situation in Venezuela is “alarming.”
“Your Attorney General’s Office has witnessed the deaths of dozens of people at the hands of security forces and pro-government armed groups, as well as the arbitrary detention of more than two thousand people in just a few days, simply for opposing or being perceived as opposing the government of Nicolás Maduro,” reads the open letter published on August 9.
2. Provea reported that Rocío San Miguel spent six months in detention without the right to self-defense
On Friday, August 9, the NGO Provea reported that human rights defender Rocío San Miguel has been detained for six months without the right to self-defense.
According to the organization, San Miguel has not been allowed to appoint her defense attorneys despite being held in El Helicoide, in Caracas.
“Today, Maduro’s government accuses her (Rocío San Miguel) of terrorism and treason for her work as a human rights defender,” Provea criticized through X (formerly Twitter).
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino said on Friday, August 9, that his government “would be willing” to temporarily grant political asylum to Nicolás Maduro to promote a peaceful transition in Venezuela.
“If we have to offer our territory to be the bridge to make the transition from Venezuela to a third country, I do not believe that we can stay in Panama. If that is the sacrifice that has to be made, putting our land so that this man (Maduro) and his family can leave Venezuela, Panama would do it,” said Mulino in an interview for the program Café CNN.
Mulino said that the possibility had already been communicated to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva through the Foreign Ministry. In his statement, the Panamanian leader clarified that he does not support the idea of Maduro staying permanently in that country. “It would be very difficult to sell it to the population,” he said.
4. Smartmatic executives accused of bribery in the Philippines
Three executives of the technology company specializing in electoral processes, Smartmatic, including its president, Roger Piñate, have been formally charged in Florida (United States) with having participated in an alleged bribery scheme aimed at obtaining contracts for the 2016 Philippine elections.
In addition to Roger Alejandro Piñate Martinez, 49, of Venezuelan origin, Jorge Miguel Vasquez, 62, a U.S. citizen, and Elie Moreno, 44, a dual citizen of Venezuela and Israel, a federal grand jury in the southern judicial district of Florida indicted Juan Andres Donato Bautista, 60, who was the chairman of the Philippine Commission on Elections in 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Smartmatic, a technology and cybersecurity company founded in 2000 and headquartered in London, has provided services to electoral bodies in numerous countries, including Venezuela, where from 2004 to 2017 it provided “a 100% automated and reliable voting system,” according to its website.
Countries that have used their technology include Mexico, Germany, Canada, the United States, Kenya, Brazil, Albania, Belgium, Honduras, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Estonia, El Salvador, Norway, Italy, the Philippines, Uganda, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, Bulgaria and Haiti.
The Diary published on Friday, August 9, the names of the winners of the Chronicles Contest: Giving voice to silenced storiesan initiative to expose emerging narrative in Venezuela.
This first edition of autobiographical chronicles was intended to highlight the struggles, challenges, defeats and triumphs of individuals or groups who have been made invisible in Venezuela or anywhere else in the world. Stories in which narrative and narrator merge, and in which the whirlwind of a critical, changing and overwhelming reality is also captured.
Below are the winners of the Chronicles Contest:
-Carlés Soriana Brito (first place)
-Luis Enrique Ferrer (second place)
-Luza Medina González (third place).
In the same way, we decided to give honorable mentions to the following chronicles, in no particular order:
–Flourishing in Defeat, written under the pseudonym María Lionza.
–The Dragon on the 8th Floor, written under the pseudonym Arián La Roche.
–After the earthquake, written under the pseudonym Miguel Morey.
–Come and find your crazy woman, written under the pseudonym Stanley Olivos.
Once the bids were opened, the winners of the mentions were:
-Sweet Maria Ramos.
-Juan Carlos Diaz.
-Alejandro Vasquez Escalona.
-Andres Canizalez.
6. Paris 2024: Venezuelan Keydomar Vallenilla wins Olympic diploma in weightlifting
Venezuelan athlete Keydomar Vallenilla received the Olympic diploma in weightlifting on Friday, August 9.
Vallenilla received the award after participating in the 89-kilogram category.
The athlete finished the Olympic event with a total of 358 kg and placed eighth.
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