Chancellor of Chile: "At this moment not all the conditions are in place for free elections in Venezuela"

The Foreign Minister of Chile, Alberto van Klaveren, assured this Sunday that currently "not all the conditions are in place for free elections in Venezuela."

In an interview with TVN, the Foreign Minister said that one of the reasons why they consider it necessary to maintain diplomatic relations with Venezuela is to be able to have contact with all the actors within the country to promote presidential elections with democratic conditions.

A large number of young people at the CNE headquarters in Maracaibo one day before the electoral registration closes to vote in the presidential elections on July 28.

So far, there is no extension.

Juan Pablo Guanipa: "Maduro is seeking to divide us and impose candidates on us"

United States will reestablish sanctions on Venezuela due to lack of progress in free elections https://bit.ly/3xApwFv

Oil production increased 18% in Venezuela

https://acortar.link/Rs4VSi

María Corina Machado confirms that she planned to meet with Manuel Rosales:

"I have asked that on this occasion it be a meeting where the members of the different parties that make up the Unitary Platform are present."

"That meeting must take place as soon as possible. (...) I urge Governor Rosales to appear at the meeting."

Maduro to the United States in the face of imminent imposition of sanctions:

"You lose more. (...) Wanting to do us harm, you do yourselves harm. We are going to move forward with or without a license."

🇻🇪🇪🇨 Nicolás Maduro ordered the closure of the Venezuelan embassy and consulate in Ecuador and that all diplomatic personnel immediately return to the country.

🇦🇷🇻🇪 "We want to vote": Venezuelans protest at the Venezuelan Embassy in Argentina after they closed the process even though there are still Venezuelans in line.

Today was the last day. So far, there is no extension.

United States reiterates that if the Maduro Government does not comply with the Barbados Agreement they will reimpose sanctions:

"We are two days away from April 18. We have made it very clear that if Maduro and his representatives do not fully implement the Barbados Agreement, we would reimpose sanctions," said State Department spokesman Matthew Miller.

International Amnesty denounces “escalation in the policy of repression” in Venezuela

Venezuela is experiencing a “peak” of arbitrary arrests and forced disappearances, according to the complaint made by Amnesty International on its web platform.

The director for the Americas of the NGO, Ana Piquer, expressed her concern about “an escalation in the policy of repression” by the Maduro Government, this, after the arrest of six of the members of María Corina Machado's campaign command. and more recently, from the activist Carlos Julio Rojas.

"We will not stop being present on our Atlantic coast until this territorial controversy over our Essequibo ends in a practical and satisfactory solution for the parties, as stated in the letter and spirit of the Geneva Agreement," indicated the Venezuelan Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino López

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🇻🇪🇺🇸The United States restores sanctions on Venezuela due to non-compliance of the Barbados Agreement:

The United States reestablished sanctions against Venezuelan oil and gas and gave a deadline until May 31 for American companies to close operations in this matter.

This was established in General Ligency 44A, which replaced number 44, which had eased sanctions for six months on the condition that the commitments signed in Barbados last October were fulfilled.

In this sense, the Administration of President Joe Biden assured that "the United States will continue to evaluate the sanctions policy towards Venezuela in light of the actions taken by Maduro and his representatives as the country approaches the July 28 elections." .

OFAC clarifies that interested companies may request specific permits to operate in Venezuela and these requests will be studied "case by case." Chevron's license to operate in Venezuela is not affected by this decision.

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YPF (the Argentine oil company which is 51% owned by the Argentine state and 49% private) and Petronas will export LNG from Río Negro, Argentine energy exports continue to massively grow.

The president and CEO, Horacio Marín, announced that the company will begin exporting LNG in partnership with the Malaysian Petronas starting in 2026 from Punta Colorada.

Through the Vaca Muerta oil fields, two out of every three barrels of oil in the country leave the Neuquén Basin. The region's production exceeded 450,000 barrels per day, levels not seen in more than 20 years. Shale crude oil reached 357,000 barrels per day

Today YPF also announced that it will build a mega pipeline and confirmed that Vaca Muerta Sud will be put out to tender in the coming months further increasing extraction and refining capacity.

It's an excellent time for the energy industry in the country, and it's certainly giving a lot of headwind to the Milei administration in it's on-going fight to mantain the zero deficit.

Maduro signed a decree to export massive Venezuelan livestock

https://acortar.link/YbeEGb

María Corina Machado from San Antonio, Miranda state:

"This has to do with a Venezuela where people can emerge with their efforts. Here I don't want anyone begging for a box of food anymore, you will buy what you want, when you want and where you want , with their dignified work".

Floods reported in Valencia, Carabobo state, due to heavy rains.