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GOVERNMENT

Maduro: "We must insist on an economy that sustains welfare plans"

President Maduro said that policy should be aimed at preserving welfare missions (File photo)

GOVERNMENT.  "We should continue on the way to a self-propelled productive economy that sustains the development of welfare missions," remarked Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday in a post on his Twitter account @Nicolasmaduro.  

INSECURITY

Eight police officers murdered this week in Venezuela

Officers of the Bolivarian National Police and other police corps have been murdered (File photo)

INSECURITY.  On Wednesday evening, Officer Yorman León (41) of the Bolivarian National Police was killed by a shot to the head in Antímano, west Caracas, on his way home.  

04/16/2015
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FREEDOM OF SPEECH

IAPA: No one can remain silent to closure of newspapers in Venezuela

The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) said that independent journals are hit when the government refuses to sell them foreign currency to buy newsprint, in the context of tight foreign exchange controls, or when the government withdraws advertising from some newspapers

04/16/2015
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Venezuelan Ambassador to Spain: "We demand respect" for Venezuela

Venezuelan Ambassador to Spain Mario Isea (File photo)
Venezuelan Ambassador to Spain Mario Isea questioned on Thursday Spain's interest in "debating (the issues of) a country located 8,000 miles away, even though there are other issues to be solved"
04/16/2015
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OIL

Uruguay seeks to pay oil to Venezuela with food items

Uruguay proposed to pay Venezuelan oil with rice, dairy, and chicken (...)
Uruguayan President Raúl Sendic said permanent flow of exports between Uruguay and Venezuela would be convenient because of "little availability of money in that country at the moment"
04/16/2015
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FINANCE

Price of Venezuelan bonds rises

The likely increase in the price of gasoline aimed at saving (...)
Investors regard as positive the reduction of expenditure in foreign currency
04/16/2015
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ELECTIONS

Top electoral body asked not to hold LatAm parliament vote

Venezuela's Congress Speaker Diosdado Cabello (Lenin Castillo)
An urgent motion passed under the Venezuelan Parliament rules of procedures establishes that Parlatino representatives will be elected by the National Assembly
04/16/2015
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DIPLOMACY

Ibero-American Secretary urges Venezuela, Spain to ease tensions

Rebeca Grynspan: Spain and Venezuela "have always been brothers" (...)
Rebeca Grynspan stressed that the Ibero-American General Secretariat (Segib) always sought the relation between the two members of the Ibero-American community to be "as harmonious as possible"
04/16/2015
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OPINION

Excerpts of column "Runrunes" (Rumors) of Thursday, April 16

Intermediate REASONS. There are many, some of which were discussed recently with Tamara Herrera, an economist and the director of think tank Síntesis Financiera; some others were expressed by Ramón Piñango, a sociologist working with the (...)

04/16/2015
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HUMAN RIGHTS

Colombian Senate calls for release of Venezuelan political prisoners

Plenary meeting of the Colombian Senate (Colombia's Senate Press (...)
"The (current) political and economic situation in Venezuela has become a serious emergency" with all local democratic principles "under threat," reads a document signed by the different political groups in the Colombian Congress
04/16/2015
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CNE

CNE head: schedule for parliament vote could be ready in two weeks

Lucena would not make remarks on possible changes in the election of (...)
Tibisay Lucena, the President of the National Electoral Council (CNE), explained that a project to change constituencies does not imply changes in electoral circuits, but it does involve migration of deputies and changes in the amount of parliamentarians elected in each circuit. She added that the Capital District is to drop one deputy
04/16/2015
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OIL

Venezuelan Oil Minister meets with OPEC member countries

Venezuelan Oil Minister Asdrúbal Chávez said he would show the (...)
Representatives from Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Ecuador, Iraq, Kuwait, Nigeria, Qatar, Iran, and Indonesia took part in the meeting
05:36 PM
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SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS

Obama: "The US will not be imprisoned by the past" in the region

President Obama delivered a speech during the plenary meeting of the Summit of the Americas (Efe)
The President of the United States, Barack Obama, said on Saturday during the plenary meeting of the Seventh Summit of the Americas that his country "will not be imprisoned by the past" when it comes to relations with Cuba and the region. He stressed that if bilateral dialogue between his government and Cuba continued, there would be progress despite (...)
03:50 PM
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SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS

President Maduro demands Obama to repeal his executive order on Venezuela

Most part of Maduro's speech was focused on disagreements with the US (...)
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, during his speech in the plenary meeting of the Seventh Summit of the Americas, demanded his US counterpart, Barack Obama, to annul an executive order imposing sanctions on seven Venezuelan officials for alleged human rights abuses and corruption.
11:37 AM
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SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS

Pope Francis asks for "sincere dialogue" in the Summit of the Americas

Pope Francis also referred to disparity of opportunities among (...)
Pope Francis said in a letter aired on Saturday by the Holy See and sent on Friday to Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela that he he hoped the 7th Summit of the Americas constituted a "sincere dialogue" allowing to overcome differences and tackle "with realism" the problems in the continent, such as inequality or immigration, Efe reported.
12:00 AM
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HYDROCARBONS

Petrocaribe's influence threatened by US energy initiative

US President Barack Obama met with members of the Caribbean Community (...)
US President Barack Obama met on Thursday in Jamaica with the 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) to promote an energy project that, if implemented, could change geopolitical relations in Latin America.
04:22 PM
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INSECURITY

Eight police officers murdered this week in Venezuela

Officers of the Bolivarian National Police and other police corps have been murdered (File photo)
So far in 2015, 44 police officers have been killed in the Caracas Metropolitan area
03:48 PM
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FREEDOM OF SPEECH

IAPA: No one can remain silent to closure of newspapers in Venezuela

The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) said that independent journals are hit when the government refuses to sell them foreign currency to buy newsprint, in the context of tight foreign exchange controls, or when the government withdraws advertising from some newspapers

02:17 PM
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Venezuelan Ambassador to Spain: "We demand respect" for Venezuela

Venezuelan Ambassador to Spain Mario Isea (File photo)
Venezuelan Ambassador to Spain Mario Isea questioned on Thursday Spain's interest in "debating (the issues of) a country located 8,000 miles away, even though there are other issues to be solved"
02:09 PM
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OIL

Uruguay seeks to pay oil to Venezuela with food items

Uruguay proposed to pay Venezuelan oil with rice, dairy, and chicken (...)
Uruguayan President Raúl Sendic said permanent flow of exports between Uruguay and Venezuela would be convenient because of "little availability of money in that country at the moment"
01:53 PM
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FINANCE

Price of Venezuelan bonds rises

The likely increase in the price of gasoline aimed at saving (...)
Investors regard as positive the reduction of expenditure in foreign currency
11:39 AM
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ELECTIONS

Top electoral body asked not to hold LatAm parliament vote

Venezuela's Congress Speaker Diosdado Cabello (Lenin Castillo)
An urgent motion passed under the Venezuelan Parliament rules of procedures establishes that Parlatino representatives will be elected by the National Assembly
11:13 AM
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DIPLOMACY

Ibero-American Secretary urges Venezuela, Spain to ease tensions

Rebeca Grynspan: Spain and Venezuela "have always been brothers" (...)
Rebeca Grynspan stressed that the Ibero-American General Secretariat (Segib) always sought the relation between the two members of the Ibero-American community to be "as harmonious as possible"
10:24 AM
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HUMAN RIGHTS

Colombian Senate calls for release of Venezuelan political prisoners

Plenary meeting of the Colombian Senate (Colombia's Senate Press (...)
"The (current) political and economic situation in Venezuela has become a serious emergency" with all local democratic principles "under threat," reads a document signed by the different political groups in the Colombian Congress
10:09 AM
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CNE

CNE head: schedule for parliament vote could be ready in two weeks

Lucena would not make remarks on possible changes in the election of (...)
Tibisay Lucena, the President of the National Electoral Council (CNE), explained that a project to change constituencies does not imply changes in electoral circuits, but it does involve migration of deputies and changes in the amount of parliamentarians elected in each circuit. She added that the Capital District is to drop one deputy
09:50 AM
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OIL

Venezuelan Oil Minister meets with OPEC member countries

Venezuelan Oil Minister Asdrúbal Chávez said he would show the (...)
Representatives from Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Ecuador, Iraq, Kuwait, Nigeria, Qatar, Iran, and Indonesia took part in the meeting
 

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Diplomatic Tensions


Venezuelan Ambassador to Spain: "We demand respect" for Venezuela

FOREIGN AFFAIRS Venezuelan Ambassador to Spain Mario Isea requested on Thursday "respect" for his country amidst Madrid-Caracas diplomatic tensions, sparked off by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's criticism against his Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy.

Ibero-American Secretary urges Venezuela, Spain to ease tensions

DIPLOMACY The Ibero-American General Secretary, Rebeca Grynspan, advocated "diplomacy and dialogue" as the best ways to settle differences between Venezuela and Spain.

Venezuelan FM reprimands Spanish ambassador for meddling

DIPLOMACY Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Delcy Rodríguez met on Wednesday with Spanish Ambassador to Venezuela, Antonio Pérez-Hernández y Torra, and requested the Spanish government to abstain from meddling in internal affairs.

Opposition


Lagos: Release of political prisoners is a struggle for democracy

HUMAN RIGHTS Former president of Chile Ricardo Lagos (2000-2006) stressed on Monday that the release of detained Venezuelan dissenters, including opposition leader Leopoldo López, Metropolitan Mayor Antonio Ledezma, and other political prisoners was "a struggle for freedom and the restoration of democracy" in Venezuela. According to the former socialist leader, human right violations are occurring, as shown by United Nations reports.

Former presidents and leaders ask "to stop silence on Venezuela"

SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS A total of 26 former presidents from Spain and Latin America signed a document asking the region to leave aside "obliging silence" and demand the upcoming parliament vote in Venezuela to be held without political prisoners and with electoral observation, as a possible answer to the Venezuelan political crisis.

Opposition MUD welcomes clarification from the US about Obama's decree

DIPLOMACY Opposition coalition Unified Democratic Panel (MUD) welcomed the initiative of the United States government of "clarifying" the terms of the executive order signed by US President Barack Obama imposing sanctions on Venezuelan officials, as a reply to the public claim the coalition had made, for considering that involving all Venezuelans in actions against seven people was inconvenient.

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Summit of the Americas


Differences in the Americas are noticeable in Panama

SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS For the first time, the leaders of the 35 countries of the Americas sat down at the same table. The unanimous message was the welcome to the historical inclusion of Cuba. In a new scenario, yet with the same script, old differences in the region emerged again.

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