TODAY VENEZUELA – Venezuela is to reopen its border with Colombia, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said in a state television address on Monday, October 4, 2021. Venezuela and Colombia appear to be willing to reopen border areas today, October 5, 2021 Rodriguez said in the speech that border trade would resume on Tuesday, today, October 5. #EnVideo || La Vicepdta. Ejecutiva @delcyrodriguezv, anunció que a partir del día de mañana martes #05Oct, se estará dando apertura comercial en la frontera de Colombia y Venezuela. #VacunaciónAbierta pic.twitter.com/lUoGnzZg0N — Vicepresidencia V ..read more

TODAY VENEZUELA (Q24N)  In a harsh tone, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, did not spare insults to his Brazilian counterpart, Jair Bolsonaro, during a speech to the nation Sunday afternoon. Taking stock of the covid-19 pandemic in his country, Maduro fired: “It is a disaster, the Brazilian mutant should be called ‘the Bolsonaro mutant’… Because he is to blame for abandoning his people and for being insensitive, insensitive, a psychopath. A psychopath! Insensitive!” “He doesn’t help the people of Brazil. He doesn’t do anything. He only cares about his madness. Look at the situa ..read more

TODAY VENEZUELA – The Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) announced Friday the introduction of three new banknotes: 200,000, 500,000 and one million bolivars. But with inflation skyrocketing, the highest denominated bill has a value of just $0.52 cents, according to the official dollar exchange rate. These new notes will circulate alongside the 10,000, 20,000, and 50,000-bolivar bills currently in use. But even the highest valued is worth only about $0.02 cents at current exchange rates. Why even use paper money? The new bills will begin to circulate “gradually” beginning Monday, according to a b ..read more

TODAY VENEZUELA – Former US President Donald Trump’s policy of maximum pressure on the Venezuelan dictatorship failed to dislodge the regime or alleviate the humanitarian crisis. If Joe Biden is to succeed, he will need a policy that makes life as burdensome as possible for the elite and as bearable and democratic as possible for ordinary Venezuelans. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro shows a small copy of the constitution of the republic while delivering his speech during the opening ceremony of the judicial year at the Supreme Court of Justice in Caracas, on January 22, 2021. (Photo by Yur ..read more

TODAY VENEZUELA – On the streets of Venezuela, dollar bills that have been punctured, erased, stained, scratched, discolored, or burned are bought for half their value. This is the new business emerging in the country due to the impossibility of exchanging foreign currency in banking institutions. On social networks and commercial areas in Venezuela, the exchange of dollars is offered without worrying about damages. The unusual commercial practice appears in the view of the refusal of businesses to receive deteriorated American bills. This was revealed by the Voice of America in a video showin ..read more

TODAY VENEZUELA – Venezuela has uncovered a plan to destabilize the situation in the country and disrupt the work of the parliament elected on 6 December, state-owned VTV channel reported, citing Interior and Justice Minister Carmen Melendez. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro earlier said Colombia was preparing a new attack on Venezuela at the end of the year, including against the military. According to Melendez, an operation called “Boycott the National Assembly” is being prepared, it was supposed to be carried out on 27 December – 5 January. The head of the operation, the minister said ..read more

TODAY VENEZUELA – The wood stove that Jesús Cova and his wife Luisa Cortez used to make soups on weekends with friends is now the only thing they have to cook due to the lack of cooking gas, an increasingly widespread evil in Venezuela, where there was no much to celebrate at Christmas and the New Year’s. Life in some parts of Venezuela is like a return to the past. AFP Although preparing meals with charcoal or wood was a common practice in moments of relaxation, the lack of cooking gas made this pastime custom now the only alternative for many Venezuelans. “The small gas stove is already full ..read more

TODAY VENEZUELA (Opinion) December 6 will go down in Venezuelan history as a somber day of defeat. The parliamentary elections held by the authoritarian head of state, Nicolas Maduro, are a disgrace for the South American country, run down over the course of decades by caudillos, dictators, and corrupt politicians. Both the government and the opposition emerged as losers on Sunday, the day of the election. All of Latin America and the international community lost, too, but the most painful loss is that of the 30 million Venezuelans who suffer daily under the endless crisis, and of those who f ..read more

TODAY VENEZUELA – A Venezuelan judge sentenced six former oil executives of US refiner Citgo to prison on Thursday on charges of corruption. Five of the men received jail terms of 8 years and 10 months. The interim president of Citgo at the time of his arrest, Jose Pereira, was given a 13-year 7-month term. “The evidence for the crimes they are accused of was not there, it did not even mention the six of them,” said defense lawyer, Maria Alejandra. “We were ready for this decision because they are political prisoners.” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had called for their release on Saturday ..read more

(Prensa Latina) The elections slated for next December 6th are centered on the need to propose solutions and make legislations based on the economic problems that exist in Venezuela today. Candidates related to the Bolivarian Government and also aligned with the opposition coincide in focusing the attention of the next National Assembly, to come into functions on January 5th, 2021, on the economic issue. The candidate to the legislative body for the Great Patriotic Pole Alexander Vargas posed the question of the recovery of the social economy as a primary task of the deputies. In statements t ..read more