- The UN announced the renewal of the mandate of the Fact Finding Mission in Venezuela; The Penal Forum counted 1,916 political prisoners in the country and Vinotinto tied 1-1 against Argentina in Maturín
This week, the Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN) announced the renewal for two years of the mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission in Venezuela. On the other hand, the non-governmental organization (NGO) Foro Penal reported that they have registered 1,916 prisoners for political reasons in Venezuela.
In other international news, Josep Borrell, high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, declared that he believes that the solution to the Venezuelan crisis has to arise from international pressure. In the United States, Hurricane Milton left several dead, injured and damaged in Florida.
In Brazil, the Supreme Federal Court (STF) authorized the social network X to resume its operations in the South American country.
Likewise, the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature and La Paz were awarded. In sports, Spanish footballer Andrés Iniesta and tennis player Rafael Nadal announced their retirement from their professional careers.
La Vinotinto tied 1-1 against Argentina at the Monumental Stadium in Maturín, Monagas state on the ninth date of the South American Qualifiers.
Below are the highlights of the week:
The members of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN) approved on Friday, October 11, the renewal for two years of the mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission in Venezuela.
The representatives of Chile and Argentina presented the resolution to be voted on before the council. In their speeches they broke down some complaints of possible human rights violations and crimes against humanity in Venezuela in recent years.
The delegates reviewed and voted to maintain support for the Office of the High Commissioner of the UN Human Rights Council in Venezuela.
The resolution received 23 votes in favor, 18 abstentions and 6 against.
The Institute of Higher Trade Union Studies (Inaesin) reported on October 8 that during the month of September they recorded 44 labor disputes, four times more than in August, when 11 cases were registered.
Workers in the education sector led the protests with 56.82% of the total, followed by labor complaints by employees in the health area, with 13.64%, while the remaining 29.54% were not specified by the non-governmental organization (NGO).
Additionally, during this time period, wage complaints led labor complaints with 35.69% and layoffs came in second with 23.82%.
The entities with the highest number of complaints in this quarter were the Capital District with 66.67%, Bolívar with 7.83% and Miranda with 5.98%.
The high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, assured on October 8 that the solution to the crisis in Venezuela has to arise from international pressure.
“The solution to Venezuela cannot be more than political. It has to arise from international pressure,” Borrell said in a statement to the EFE news agency after his intervention in a debate on the situation in the Middle East in the European Parliament.
The head of European diplomacy added that everything indicates that Nicolás Maduro’s plans are to take office again in January 2025, based on the electoral results of the July 28 elections. presented by the National Electoral Council (CNE), which most of the international community does not recognize.
“We do not recognize that it has democratic legitimacy. This is what the European Parliament has said and the next European Council, which is responsible for foreign policy matters, will say so,” Borrell concluded.
Gonzalo Himiob, vice president of the non-governmental organization (NGO) Foro Penal, reported on Wednesday, October 9, that they have registered 1,916 prisoners for political reasons in Venezuela.
Of this total figure, updated until October 7, the representative of the NGO indicated that 240 are women, 70 adolescents and 159 military personnel.
Furthermore, Foro Penal highlighted in its report that in one week 17 new detainees, 148 convicted and two released were reported.
The NGO specified that, of the total number of arrests, 1,784 were made after the presidential elections of July 28.
The Supreme Federal Court (STF) of Brazil authorized the social network X to resume its operations in the South American country on Wednesday, October 9.
The decision was made by Judge Alexandre de Moraes, who determined that the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) adopt measures to resume the platform service.
The network has been suspended in Brazil since August 30, 2024 due to repeated non-compliance with STF decisions.
The court indicated that the unblocking is “conditional” on the social network’s “comprehensive compliance” with Brazilian legislation and the “absolute observance” of judicial decisions on the elimination of profiles accused of spreading false news.
6. The 2024 Nobel Prize winners
Biochemist David Baker, neuroscientist Demis Hassabis and researcher John M. Jumper were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for “cracking the code of protein structures.”
For their part, scientists John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton won the Nobel Prize in Physics for fundamental discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.
South Korean writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.
American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were recognized with the Prize Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology for the discovery of micro-RNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. Finally, the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo won the Nobel Peace Prize 2024 for their efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons.
United States authorities reported that at least 16 people died as a result of Hurricane Milton in Florida.
The figure, according to the accounts kept by the news network CNNare added to at least a thousand rescues carried out by the relief forces until the night of October 10.
According to St. Lucie Sheriff Keith Pearson, multiple tornadoes caused by the hurricane left several dead after hitting a manufactured home community.
All their houses with them inside were lifted, moved, destroyed. I mean everything in the path of the hurricane or this tornado disappeared,” Pearson detailed in an interview with CNN.
8. Rafael Nadal and Andrés Iniesta announced their retirement
The Spanish Rafael Nadal announced his definitive retirement from tennis in the Davis Cup final that will be held in Malaga from November 19 to 24.
“I am here to inform you that I am retiring from professional tennis,” said the Spanish player in a video published this Thursday, October 10.
Spanish midfielder Andrés Iniesta also reported this week his retirement as a professional footballer, at a conference in Barcelona.
“I guess you’ll let me get excited today. But they are tears of emotion, of pride, not of sadness. They are the tears of that boy from Fuentealbilla who had the dream of being a professional soccer player. And I achieved it, with a lot of work and a lot of effort,” said Iniesta, who is 40 years old, at the beginning of the event.
The national team drew 1-1 against Argentina this Thursday, October 10, on the ninth date of the South American Qualifiers, ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, in a match that was played at the Monumental Stadium in Maturín, Monagas state.
The Albiceleste opened the match in the 13th minute with a goal from Nicolás Otamendi after a rejection by Venezuelan goalkeeper Rafael Romo.
However, Vinotinto tied the match in the 64th minute with a header from Salomón Rondón after an assist from Yeferson Soteldo.
With this result, the national team remains in sixth place in the standings, while the Albiceleste leads the classification.
In The Diary We present you a summary with the most important information of the day, which you should know at the national and international level.
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