🇻🇪🇷🇺 Nicolás Maduro announced progress in connecting Venezuela to the Russian Mir payment system.

During yesterday afternoon, the president stressed the importance of this new platform "to avoid economic sanctions."

Likewise, the president of the BCV, Calixto Ortega, reported that adjustments are being made to join the system .

Venezuelan payment terminals have also been upgraded to accept Russian Mir cards.

This system was created in 2014 as a response to the sanctions against Russia for the annexation of Crimea.

This platform was promoted after the cessation of Visa and Mastercard operations in that country.

Currently, 150 Russian banks are part of Mir, according to the Banking and Business portal.

In Venezuela, about 30% of payment terminals are expected to accept these cards issued by Russian banks 💳 .

Ambassador of the United States: The conditions are not given for the return of Venezuela to the OAS

https://alertas24.com/internacionales/embajador-de-estados-unidos-las-condiciones-no-estan-dadas-para-regreso-de-venezuela-a-la-oea/

Farmer Jhonar Barazarte detained for throwing his tomato crop into the river is released

The Trujillo farmer Jhonar Barazarte Trompetero was released this Wednesday, June 21, after being arrested a day ago for launching his harvest due to the impossibility of moving it for sale due to the shortage of fuel in the country.

"The farmer Jhonar Barazarte was released, after going viral with a video on the RRSS where he threw a crop of tomatoes into a river in Trujillo state because he could not get gasoline to transport the merchandise,"

Maracaibo admin here:

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🇻🇪🇺🇸US confirms that Roger Carstens, President Joe Biden's envoy for hostage affairs, traveled to Caracas "to discuss the well-being and security of US citizens unjustly detained in Venezuela."

“We continue to advocate for the immediate and unconditional release of all US citizens wrongfully detained in Venezuela,” said a Biden administration official.

El Palito refinery will be "fully operational" within 2 months

https://elpublicotv.com/refineria-el-palito-estara-totalmente-operativa-2-meses/

🇻🇪Deposits in dollars increase more than 50% per month in private banking

Deposits in foreign currency accelerated their increase and barely exceeded the barrier of one thousand 500 million dollars at the official exchange rate.

The economist Francisco Avella maintains that for every bolivar in circulation in the national banking system, one dollar and 20 cents is deposited.

A boy stabbed teenager in Monagas after an argument when they were playing:

https://alertas24.com/sucesos/nino-apunalo-a-adolescente-en-monagas-tras-una-discusion-cuando-jugaban-metras/

📉 Almost 40,000 Venezuelans abroad have registered to vote in the primary: Chile leads

Ten countries stand out in terms of the number of updates achieved, since the activation of the web application: Chile, Peru, Colombia, the United States, Spain, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Panama, concentrate the largest number of Venezuelans who have completed the data update process to vote in the primary election.

Santiago de Chile leads the list of cities in which the most updates have been registered with a total of 6,178 until Wednesday, when the most recent cut was made.

Marco Leal, director of the Curaçao Tourism Office for Venezuela, assured that in the coming days a delegation will visit the country with Dutch and Curaçao businessmen to evaluate business opportunities between the two nations.

"They will meet with Fedecámaras (...) there we will see what are the specific businesses in different sectors, industrial, hotel, gastronomic. We want to be more pragmatic and quick in negotiations," he explained.

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🇻🇪🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺🕎🔯 I wonder what will be the consequence of this "coup" in the politics of Venezuela and Latin America🤔

María Corina Machado officially registers her candidacy before the National Primary Commission

The pre-candidate for Vente Venezuela, María Corina Machado, formalized this Friday her registration as a candidate for the presidential primaries on October 22.

The leader arrived at the Latvia Center, a place enabled in recent days for the registration of candidates for the primaries, accompanied by militants from her party and organizations that support her such as Alianza Bravo Pueblo (ABP).

"This hope that exists throughout the country shows that the country has woken up," said Maria Corina, maintaining that her commitment to the nation "is to win and get paid" and that the children of many Venezuelan families can return to the country. He also promised to work for the primaries and invited the rest of the candidates to hold a high-profile debate.

Given the self-management that the National Commission of Primaries will assume, he pointed out: “We achieved primaries without the CNE and that they count paper by paper. The primaries are going and the goal is to build strength.”

"I say to all the democrats in the world: prepare for the defeat of Nicolás Maduro in 2024," Machado said.

Henrique Capriles officially registered in the opposition primaries:

https://alertas24.com/politica/henrique-capriles-se-inscribio-oficially-en-las-primarias-de-la-oposicion/

Government of Nicolás Maduro condemns "attempted armed insurrection" by the Wagner Group in Russia

https://alertas24.com/nacionales/gobierno-de-nicolas-maduro-condena-intento-de-insurreccion-armada-por-parte-del-grupo-wagner-en-rusia/

BREAKING: Juan Guaidó has declared himself the interim President of Russia.

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Supreme Court of Colombia opened an investigation against Armando Benedetti for alleged electoral corruption

🇨🇴🇻🇪 Consulate of Colombia in San Antonio del Táchira will open on July 3

The Colombian Consulate in San Antonio del Táchira (Venezuela) will be reactivated as of Monday, July 3, at the same location where it was located before the rupture of diplomatic relations between the two countries: on Carrera 20, between streets 3 and 4, in the Miranda neighborhood of San Antonio.

🇻🇪🇷🇺🔥 — Members of the Venezuelan political class fear that logistical guarantee of Venezuela's integrity after the clash between the Russian government and the Wagner Group

The Wagner Group has a chain of operations in Syria and Venezuela in order to guarantee the strategic sovereignty of both countries. However, this tactic was under the orders of the Russian government.

Now, with this insurgency, this guarantee is null and void, and may weaken the sovereignty of the Latin country.

Recently, countries like Ecuador and Peru have begun to mobilize American weapons and military presence, leaving neighboring countries wary, especially Colombia.

Period for applying for candidacies before the National Commission for Primary Education has ended:

14 Venezuelans will compete in the primaries on October 22 to face Nicolás Maduro in the 2024 presidential elections.

In alphabetical order the postulates are:

🔵 Andrés Caleca

🔵 Andres Velasquez

🔵 Carlos Prosperi

🔵 Cesar Almeida

🔵 Cesar Perez Vivas

🔵 Delsa Solórzano

🔵 Freddy Superlano

🔵 Gloria Pinho

🔵 Henrique Capriles

🔵 Jose R. Hernandez

🔵 Luis Balo Farias

🔵 Maria C. Machado

🔵 Roberto Enriquez

🔵 Tamara Adrian

From RT news

🇻🇪🇷🇺 Nicolás Maduro salutes Putin's success in overcoming an attempted armed rebellion

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro expressed his solidarity with Russian President Vladimir Putin by celebrating his success in overcoming an attempted armed insurrection in the country on Saturday.

💬 "I want to send [...] all our embrace of solidarity and support to Russia, which has been able to face an attempted betrayal, an attempted civil war, and is at this time at peace [...] From Venezuela, all our support for Vladimir Putin brother of Venezuela," said Maduro during an event to mark the Day of the Bolivarian Army.