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Venezuela Reports Ministry of People’s Power for Foreign Affairs Weekly Newsletter / May 14th 2021 TOPIC OF THE WEEK Dialogue and elections strengthen Of interest Venezuelan Democracy • The Bolivarian Revolution has always privileged dialogue and the electoral route As a result of the intense process of national dia- The CNE rectors unanimously approved the sched- to consolidate peace in the face of the logue and in a new demonstration of its democrat- ule for the mega-election, in which 23 governors violent plans of the extremist right. ic vocation, the Venezuelan people will elect this and regional legislative councils will be elected, as year the governors, mayors and members of the well as 335 mayors and municipal councils. • In 2014, the so-called “Guarimbas”, state and municipal legislative bodies, in a single The President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, sup- violent seditious actions, were defeated event which will take place on November 21. Due ported the announcement of the 26th election in with the installation of a dialogue table to the number of positions to vote for on a single 20 years and highlighted the importance of dia- with all sectors of the country. date, it is considered a mega-election. logue between those who are related to the Boli- The board of the National Electoral Council (CNE in varian Government and the democratic opposition. • In 2017, when the extreme right Spanish) announced this week that it is declaring The head of state reported that even groups that reactivated insurrectional violence, it was itself in permanent session to respond to the chal- have moved away from the electoral and constitu- neutralized with the call for the election lenges of these regional and local elections. In ad- tional path are now seeking approaches to partici- of the National Constituent Assembly. dition, it approved an audit of the automated vot- pate in the conversations and in the electoral event. ing system and the Electoral Registry, which will be “In the end, dialogue was imposed, those who did opened for new registrants and data updates. not want dialogue now call Maduro for dialogue, this year’s elections. Among those who have spoken The president of the CNE, Pedro Calzadilla, also they call the world for dialogue, in the end we were are: former presidential candidates Javier Bertucci, reported that the list of political parties will be right,” he emphasized. deputy for the Democratic Alliance; Henrique renewed and a broad international oversight pro- Capriles Radonski, from the political party Prime- gram will be guaranteed. Additionally, and depend- ro Justicia, and Henri Falcón, leader of Avanzada ing on other instances of the State with power in Fact: Progresista; as well as Bernabé Gutiérrez, deputy and the matter, the review of political disqualifications Opposition figures have also celebrated the recent secretary general of Acción Democrática. will be promoted. renewal of the Electoral Power, the starting point for Photo: Courtesy IN THIS EDITION DIPLOMACY HUMANITY ON THE MOVE BEATS OF OUR PEOPLE • Study reveals fraud on Twitter • Reject of repression • Youth at the fore • Research for action against Colombian brothers • Stop the violence against Palestine HEROIC ROOTS • Industrial modernization UNBLOCK • Rebel Afro-Venezuelan • Brotherhood with the Brazilian people • The blockade to health (and III) against Colonialism VENEZUELA IN IMAGES CAPSULE OF IDEAS UNCOVERING FAKE NEWS • A master of light • “... material and ethical ideals ...” • Operation “Mute” against the people May 14th 2021 / Page 2 NEWS BRIEF DIPLOMACY Study reveals social media fraud to prosecute Venezuela Investigation for action Techniques to make content viral, supported by ro- strate the fraudulent use of digital networks, in At a meeting called by the Bolivarian Alliance botized accounts, were used to build a false param- this case, Twitter, to “build the appearance of al- for the Peoples of Our America – People’s eter to bring Venezuela before the International leged crimes against humanity,” the Venezuelan Trade Treaty (Alba-TCP) with Think Tanks from Criminal Court (ICC), reveals a Big Data study made Public Ministry said in a statement. the Global South, Venezuela’s Foreign Minis- by independent experts on more than 70 million Thus, it is observed “how they amplify, how they ter, Jorge Arreaza, proposed the creation of a Twitter posts. create opinions, how they artificially create trends, critic research network to generate input for From that universe 15,345,683 tweets were ana- with what purpose? With the purpose of influenc- decision making by governments and popular lyzed, with more than 1,400,000 avatars and more ing those who have to take a decision in the Inter- organizations, in order to advance towards a than 31 million interactions. A very small nucleus national Criminal Court (on) an artificially created post-capitalist world. “It is not enough to think of profiles created through bots was detected to case, which has no basis in reality,” explained and reflect, we have to act,” he stated. amplify false opinions and influence the ICC; and Executive Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez. Photo: MPPRE at the same time, to promote the “lynching” of The Vice President urged the international commu- Venezuelan government representatives. nity to take this case as an example because any No more violence The study is included in the report sent by the nation can be a victim of this strategy, which seeks against Palestine Office of the General Prosecutor to the ICC on to supplant the ICC by the trial in social networks. Venezuela condemned new aggressions from May 6th, to expand the information in the case Therefore, she called on the Court to adhere to the Israel against the people of Palestine, as well as called “Venezuela I”. The specialized technical principle of the primacy of reality. the forceful displacement of inhabitants of the evaluation provides new elements to demon- Photo: Courtesy Sheikh Jarrah community and the bombings against civil population, a grave violation to Human Rights. In a statement, Venezuela also ratified its historic position in defense of the sovereignty of Palestine. Industrial modernization Representatives from the Venezuelan government and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), launched the Industrial Modernization Programme for Venezuela, planned in the 2018-2024 Nation’s Plan, which prioritizes agro industrial chains for corn, sugar, soy and legumes. Brotherhood with the VENEZUELA IN IMAGES Brazilian people A Master of light revolutionized Art Brazilian Ex-President Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva met with Venezuela’s Head of Mission in Brasilia, Armando Reverón was born in Caracas 132 years Reverón is one of the most important painters of and reiterated his solidarity to the Venezuelan ago. He settled his creative universe in the Castillete, the 20th century. Every 10th of May, the date when people. To that effect, Minister Jorge Arreaza in Macuto, on the Venezuelan coast. He explored he was born, Venezuela celebrates the Day of the thanked the Latin American leader and reiterat- currents such as expressionism, he was inspired by Visual Artist. ed the solidarity with the Brazilian people. landscapes, feminine forms and playing with light. Photo: Courtesy Year 1 / Number 8 May 14th 2021 / Page 3 UNBLOCK HUMANITY ON THE MOVE The blockade Reject of repression and massacre to health (III) As a consequence of the Unilateral Coercive Mea- against Colombian brothers sures (UCM) against Venezuela, the right to health Migrants established in Venezuela expressed their genocidal nature of Duque’s government, closely is one of the most affected, with the greatest im- support for the Colombian people who are pro- linked with former president Álvaro Uribe, ques- pact on vulnerable groups, including patients with testing against violence and a series of reforms to tioned for his relations with paramilitarism and chronic diseases. the detriment of the most disadvantaged sectors, drug trafficking. Among the numerous aspects affected is the block- while denouncing the brutal repression promoted Faced with this drama, the migrants request ade of 7,407,250 euros that prevented the acquisi- by the government of Iván Duque, which has left the dismissal of the commander of the Colom - tion of 2,469,083 dosage units destined to care for at least 47 dead and more than 500 missing as of bian Army, Eduardo Zapateiro, the intervention more than 823,000 patients with diseases such as May 9th. of Human Rights bodies of the United Nations high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular and The Migrant Network of the “We are Venezuela Move- and the return of those who disappeared in the kidney problems, whose treatment involves pro- ment,” the Association of Colombians in Venezuela protests. longed use of medicines. and the Bolivarian Movement of Colombians for The peaceful demonstration, they emphasize, “is As a result of the UCM, a transfer of 51,529 euros Peace warned that the neighboring country is ex- a right especially protected by international stan- that would be used to provide immunoglobulin to periencing a serious social situation, deepened by dards for the protection of human rights, because 257 children and adults was also blocked. Similar “the continuous massacres against the defenseless it represents a form of popular expression within actions also prevented the purchase of anti-tuber- Colombian people.” So far in 2021 alone, more than all the forms of possibilities of conduct offered by a culosis and antiretroviral drugs. 30 massacres have been reported. free and democratic society.” Between 2017 and 2018, the lack of treatment and They denounce in a statement the criminal and Photo: ArChive / Courtesy HIV screening tests led to an increase in the mortal- ity rate from this disease, as the UN Special Rappor- teur, Alena Douhan, outlined in her report on the CAPSULES OF IDEAS negative impact of the UCM on the enjoyment of Human Rights.
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