- Elections in Venezuela Will Be Held on July 28
The Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) confirmed this Tuesday that the presidential elections will be held on July 28, date of birth of Commander Hugo Chavez.
The president of the CNE, Elvis Amoroso, announced in a press conference from the headquarters of the Electoral Power in Caracas that the board of the electoral authority unanimously approved the date of the elections.
The announcement takes place on the day that commemorates the 11th anniversary of the departure of the Eternal Commander. Amoroso also announced the most important dates of the electoral schedule.
The call for the elections will take place on March 5; special day of national and international electoral registration between March 18 and April 16; preliminary electoral registration cut-off on April 16; presentation of nominations between March 21 and 25; selection of the members of the subordinate bodies on March 20; the electoral campaign will take place between May 4 and July 25.
Source: Telesurenglish.net
Venezuela Rejects Being Defined as a US National Threat
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden extended for an additional year the “Declaration of National Emergency” that his country has maintained against Venezuela since 2015.
Through an Executive Order issued by then-President Barack Obama, this declaration asserts that the South American country “poses an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.”
The continued extension of the 2015 decree has allowed Washington to continue a blockade against Venezuela, exercised through hundreds of arbitrary and unilateral sanctions.
In response to the renewal of the Obama executive order and the unfair sanctions that come with it, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil issued the following statement:
“The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela vehemently rejects the renewal of the executive order that since 2015 has been used to justify a sustained campaign of aggression against the Venezuelan people, violating all norms of international law, constituting a case of collective punishment”.
With this unnecessary, absurd, and hostile action, it is demonstrated that the declining leadership of the United States is not capable of designing a coherent foreign policy that is not based on coercion, blackmail, or disrespect.
Source: Telesurenglish.net
PRESIDENT MADURO INAUGURATES MEGA SPORTS COMPLEX
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro inaugurated the Hugo Chavez Sports, Recreational, and Cultural Complex in the city of Coro in Falcon state.
“I am excited and happy to tour this mega sports complex in Coro, a beautiful city that overflowed with youth, joy and enthusiasm. We praise sport and our brilliant golden generation, which deserves the best. Let’s go for more works for the youth!,” he said, referring to a work built through the Great Youth Venezuela Mission (GMVJ).
The Venezuelan president explained that this sports complex is part of a larger project that includes the construction of a soccer stadium, an Olympic village, the Alonso Gamero Territorial Polytechnic University, park areas, and courts.
“Today we inaugurate the first of seventy infrastructure works that we will deliver to Venezuelans on July 28th, when we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the birth of Commander Hugo Chavez.”
Amidst the inauguration of the Coro sport complex, Maduro announced the holding of a national youth congress for April and called on all youth organizations to build a powerful movement that generates proposals for the development of Venezuela.
Source: Telesurenglish.net
Venezuela participated in the third meeting of south american foreign ministers: Venezuela’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yván Gil, participated this Thursday in the Third Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of South America.
Through his account on the social network X, the Venezuelan foreign minister indicated that this meeting aims to be a space “for dialogue and integration among South American nations”, in order to develop a common agenda in the region.
“We have participated in the III Meeting of South American Foreign Ministers, a space for dialogue and integration among South American nations that aims to establish a joint agenda to promote prosperity, strengthen relations and foster peace in the region,” he wrote on the social network.
This meeting is being held within the framework of the Brasilia Consensus, a mechanism established by the 12 countries that make up South America to promote cooperation through dialogue, respect for diversity, as well as commitment to the defense of democracy, human rights, sustainable development and social justice.
Source: ultimasnoticias.com.ve
Venezuela proposes the creation of an organization of gas exporting countries
Oil Minister Pedro Tellechea proposed to promote the Forum of Gas Exporting Countries to an Organization of Gas Exporting Countries “for the stability of prices required by the world market”.
This was expressed during his intervention in the 26th Extraordinary Ministerial Meeting of the Forum of Gas Exporting Countries, which is being held in Algeria, according to the state oil company’s X account.
Tellechea affirmed that “the energy markets are going through a complex situation, which, to a great extent, is created by anti-market measures and unilateral coercive measures by some imperial countries against energy exporting countries”.
He also said, according to another publication, “this meeting unites us as important energy suppliers. Vital for the social and economic development of the peoples of the world. Energy security is fundamental for the functioning of modern society, as reflected in PDVSA’s X account.
He indicated that “Venezuela has placed its liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon reserves at the service of humanity for the development of the peoples, under the framework of respect and a win-win relationship”.
Source: ultimasnoticias.com.ve
