Number of deaths due the accident on the Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho highway rises to 27

ELN agrees with government to suspend kidnappings in Colombia

https://acortar.link/UtKV4E

Venezuelan Armed Forces are prepared for any scenario in dispute with Guyana

The Minister of Defense of Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino, reiterated this Sunday that the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) is "prepared" for "any scenario" in the midst of the dispute with Guyana over the Essequibo, after both countries met on Thursday and agree not to threaten each other or use force.

«It was possible to return to the path of dialogue to resolve the conflict over the Essequibo territory. "This (...) does not mean at all a minimal renunciation of our claim, of our non-recognition of the International Court of Justice in this matter and much less does it mean that the Bolivarian National Armed Force is not prepared for any scenario," Padrino said.

India seeks to increase trade relations with Venezuela

https://acortar.link/Z04JsI

Venezuela is the country that registers the highest inflation in Latin America and the world in 2023

Venezuela accumulates 182.9% between January and November. Likewise, Venezuelan interannual inflation is 282.7%. Despite being the country with the most inflation in the world, values have been falling consistently.

Argentina is second in inflation: it accumulates 148.2% in the eleven months surveyed. Meanwhile, the Argentine Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 138.3% in the last twelve months.

Colombia accumulates 8.78% inflation so far this year. The year-on-year rate is 10.15%.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia:

Maria Zakharova:

We welcome the meeting between President of Venezuela and President of Guyana, during which they exchanged views on #Essequibo

🇻🇪🇬🇾 The presidents personally demonstrated their willingness to display restraint and build up trust

American citizens imprisoned in Helicoide since 2020 have been released

Sources indicate that they are still being held and waiting for a flight to the US.

At this time, North American citizens Airan Berry and Luke Denman who were political prisoners in Venezuela have already been released from the SEBIN Helicoide base. They have been delivered to the representatives of the United States so that they can leave the country.

However, minutes later, journalists reported that they were returned to their cells.

"There were no problems with the flight, it was because the US did not have the other negotiated party ready and Venezuela already had them in Maiquetía. Mexico will be carried out and today's extradition was for drug trafficking that was not political," said reporter Jesús Medina Ezaine .

🇦🇷 Argentina will not appoint ambassadors for Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela

https://elpublicotv.com/argentina-no-designara-embajadores-para-cuba-nicaragua-y-venezuela/

Venezuela activates oil business units in an area disputed with Guyana, intensifying the dispute over the Esequibo.

https://cutt.ly/CBAN50VTR

Reuters: PDVSA will settle debt with Curacao refinery by supplying fuel

The Venezuelan state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) will supply fuel to the Curacao refinery to settle the debts left by the oil company after ceasing its operations at the facilities on the Caribbean island in 2019, local media reported.

After the expiration of a contract that had allowed PDVSA for years to operate the 335,000-barrel-per-day refinery and neighboring oil facilities, millions of dollars in debt were identified in Curacao and Bonaire, where the company had managed the BOPEC oil terminal, he reported. the Reuters agency.

Álex Saab remains imprisoned in the United States despite a rumor of an exchange

https://alertas24.com/internacionales/alex-saab-sigue-preso-en-estados-unidos-pese-a-rumor-de-canje/

🇻🇪🇺🇸“We have no higher priority than bringing our fellow citizens ”:

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed the release of Alex Saab:

“This has been a priority for us in Venezuela, we want to ensure that our fellow citizens are free .”

He also highlighted that in the last two years they have achieved " the release of more than 30 Americans ."

In the same sense, the spokesman for the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, assured that:

“Sometimes you have to make difficult decisions to rescue Americans.”

He insisted that for President Biden “nothing is more important than the security of Americans abroad.”

TSJ gave the Comptroller's Office three days to present documentation on the disqualification of María Corina Machado

https://alertas24.com/nacionales/tsj-dio-plazo-de-tres-dias-a-la-contraloria-para-que-presente-documentacion-sobre-la-inhabilitacion-de-maria-corina-machado/

Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State: “We will continue working with partners to restore democracy in Venezuela.”