- A fire broke out in a house in the Maca sector of Petare. Inflation in Venezuela was almost 9% in the first half of 2024. Shakira will sing at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Copa América | Main photo: @CPabloPalacios
On Tuesday, July 9, a fire broke out in a house in the Maca sector of Petare, Miranda state. In addition, the use of public funds for the electoral campaign in Venezuela was denounced.
The Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) reported that inflation in the country was almost 9% in the first half of 2024.
On the international stage, Colombia will ask the United Nations (UN) to extend the implementation of the peace agreement. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Slovakia has returned to his duties following the attack once morest him.
In sports, Colombian artist Shakira will sing at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Copa América.
Below are the most relevant news from Tuesday, July 9:
The general commander of the Caracas Fire Department, Pablo Antonio Palacios, reported on Tuesday, July 9, regarding a fire in a house in the Maca sector of Petare, Sucre municipality (Miranda).
The official said that the flames affected other homes, so 142 people were evacuated as a precaution.
According to information published by Palacios on his X account (formerly Twitter), the house that caught fire also served as a carpentry shop. So far, no injuries or deaths have been reported in the incident.
On Tuesday, July 9, the non-governmental organization (NGO) Voto Joven denounced the alleged use of public funds for the electoral campaign in Venezuela.
Wanda Cedeño, national coordinator of Voto Joven, said that the use of state resources to finance the reelection of Nicolás Maduro constitutes a violation of electoral regulations.
The campaign has been carried out with certain details, especially related to the use of public resources. Mainly, in relation to the use of institutional accounts (on social networks) to promote specific candidates. (Accounts are used) of ministries and of the National Integrated Service of Customs and Tax Administration (Seniat),” said Cedeño in an interview for Circuito Éxitos.
Cedeño insisted that the National Electoral Council (CNE) should “supervise” the use of public resources in the campaigns and noted that the electoral body is obliged to inform voters regarding all the candidates that have been registered.
The BCV reported on Tuesday, July 9, that the country’s economy accumulated inflation of 8.9% in the first six months of 2024 and revealed that the consumer price index (CPI) was 1% in June.
According to the issuing body, the sector that registered the largest increase in June was food and beverages (1.5%), followed by education services (1.1%), health (0.9%), clothing and footwear (0.8%), miscellaneous goods and services (0.6%) and communications (0.6%).
The figures released by the BCV represent a variation of 1.4% with respect to the percentage increase in the CPI indicated by the Venezuelan Financial Observatory (OVF), which recorded 2.4% inflation in June of this year.
The observatory said in a report published on July 4 that cumulative inflation in the first half of 2024 was 18.1%. However, the NGO recorded a 1.5% decrease in the CPI in June compared to May, when the figure was 3.9%.
4. Colombia will ask the UN to extend the implementation of the peace agreement
The Colombian government will ask the UN Security Council to consider extending the implementation of the peace agreement signed in 2016 with the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group beyond the 15 years initially agreed upon, Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo said on Tuesday, July 9.
“We are proposing an adjustment to the implementation framework plan that was designed to be implemented in 15 years, and with the delays, we must seriously consider the possibility of extending the implementation period of that framework plan,” Murillo said regarding the proposal that President Gustavo Petro will present to the Security Council on Thursday.
For the time being, the possibility of extending the 15-year implementation period that was signed will be considered and work is being done in tables to work on “extraordinary and emergency measures” that will allow the implementation to be expedited because, as Murillo pointed out in a press conference: “It is very clear that we will not be able to comply with the agreement in the 15 years that were set out in the implementation framework plan and it will probably require an extension.”
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico returned to his duties on Tuesday, July 9, following being absent for almost two months due to the attack he suffered on May 15 in which he was seriously injured.
“Dear media, progressive liberals and opposition, I apologize for having survived, but I am back,” Fico wrote on his Facebook profile, along with a photo from his office.
Fico blamed the liberal opposition, independent media and foreign agents for his assassination attempt, arguing that they had created an atmosphere of hatred by encouraging massive anti-government protests.
Slovakia’s prime minister avoided journalists upon his arrival at the government headquarters, where he chaired a meeting of his team, according to the Slovak daily Sme. The newspaper reported that the head of state will chair a meeting of the Cabinet on July 10.
Colombian singer Shakira will perform at the 2024 Copa América final on July 14 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, United States, according to the announcement made by Conmebol on Tuesday, July 9.
“He is a superstar who believed in greatness and who represents and magnifies Latin American greatness in the world,” said Alejandro Domínguez, president of CONMEBOL, in a message on social media X.
Shakira’s song “Puntería” was chosen on May 15 as the official song for the 2024 Copa América.
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