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.

🛢️ PDVSA reactivates two oil production units in Lake Maracaibo

The Oil Minister and president of the state-owned PDVSA, Rafael Tellechea, visited a plant located on Lake Maracaibo, the largest in the country, where he witnessed the start-up of a production module of the Lama Comprehension Plant, reported the oil company in a press release.

The activated equipment "will allow the incorporation of 5,000 new barrels to the established goal, a victory that adds to the plan to increase the pumping of hydrocarbons from Zulia," the letter states.

Venezuela completely lifts the ban on sailing after the passage of storm Bret

https://elpublicotv.com/venezuela-levanta-totalmente-la-prohibicion-de-zarpe/

An older men, named José Ovidio Ochoa, was savagely beaten by a 16-year-old teenager in Rubio, Táchira state:

Vice Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Marianne Romero, visited the Tukuko Mission community to meet with the chiefs of this basin in the Sierra de Perijá, Zulia, but the meeting got out of control and was attacked by some Yukpas.

María Corina Machado invites Venezuelans abroad to register to participate in the primaries: "We all count and we all vote"

https://alertas24.com/politica/maria-corina-machado-invita-a-venezolanos-en-el-exterior-a-inscribirse-para-participar-en-las-primarias-todos-contamos-y-todos- we vote/

Colombian Foreign Ministry released the decree establishing the extension of the acceptance of the resignation of Armando Benedetti, who continues to be the Colombian ambassador in Venezuela.

🛢🇻🇪🇷🇺 Venezuelan Opposition recovers 49.9% of Citgo shares that were held by the Russian Rosneft

https://elpublicotv.com/oposicion-recupera-499-de-acciones-de-citgo/

Police detain 23 members of the Aragua Train in Colombia: 15 are Venezuelans

The Colombian Justice jails 23 people who are allegedly linked to the Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua in prison for the crimes of homicide, conspiracy to commit a crime, drug trafficking and extortion.

Maduro proposes to ban the general sale of electronic cigarettes (vapers) throughout the country.

ICC authorizes the resumption of the investigation for crimes against humanity in Venezuela

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has authorized this Tuesday prosecutor Karim Khan to resume his investigation into the alleged commission of crimes against humanity in Venezuela, considering that the "internal criminal proceedings" in Caracas "do not sufficiently reflect the scope" of the case and there are "unexplained periods of inactivity".

The ICC Pre-Trial Chamber noted that the focus of internal investigations "appears to generally be on direct and/or lower-level perpetrators" and considered that "limited investigative steps have been taken and that, in many cases, there appears to have been periods of unexplained investigative inactivity”.

Although he sees that Venezuela is taking "some investigative measures", he considers that "its internal criminal proceedings do not sufficiently reflect the scope of the investigation" as a whole, especially with regard to crimes of persecution and of a sexual nature.

"Internal investigations seem to not sufficiently address the forms of crime that the Prosecutor's Office intends to investigate, referring in particular to the discriminatory intent underlying the alleged crime of persecution and the apparently insufficient investigation of crimes of a sexual nature," the Chamber noted

Maduro's Government expresses its "disagreement" with the ICC decision to resume investigation for crimes against humanity in Venezuela

https://alertas24.com/nacionales/gobierno-de-maduro-manifiesta-su-desacuerdo-con-decision-de-la-cpi-de-reanudar-investigacion-por-crimenes-de-lesa-humanidad-en- Venezuela/

Venezuela and Colombia are the least peaceful countries in Latin America

https://bitlysdowssl-aws.com/venezuela/estudio-revela-que-venezuela-y-colombia-son-los-paises-menos-pacificos-en-latinoamerica/?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=social

Yukpas surrounded the courts demanding the release of their detained leaders

José Romero, one of the members of the ethnic group, reported that an agreement had been reached with the authorities a few days ago to proceed with the release of the detained leaders, as part of that agreement, explains the deponent, he was asked to the indigenous people to look for three guarantors to execute the process, however, when everything was finalized, those in charge of the highest court decided to annul the measure, which is why the ethnic group decided to go to the facilities of the place to find out the reasons that led the officials to change their decision.

✳️ Romero pointed out that at the moment the three detainees are being held in the command of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) located on the General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge.

US Judge Says He's Ready to Auction Citgo Assets

A US judge assured on June 26 that he is ready to continue with the sale of assets belonging to the Citgo Petroleum refinery, in order to respond to the claims of creditors and thus reject one of the main objections of the government of Nicolás Maduro.

This is the judge of the US District Court, Leonard Stark, who clarified that he will not request permission to launch the auction without having the shares of Citgo's parent company, PDV Holding, reported Reuters.

🇻🇪🇨🇳 Maduro reiterates his commitment to strengthen relations between China and Venezuela

The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, reiterated his country's commitment to strengthen relations with China and move towards a humanity with a common destiny, on the 49th anniversary of the establishment of relations between the two nations .

In March, after the re-election of President Xi Jinping, Caracas expressed its intention to work together to strengthen the comprehensive strategic partnership. Venezuela and China have signed more than 500 cooperation agreements, according to the government.

As part of the cooperation, these nations established an airlift in 2020 to send supplies to face the COVID-19 pandemic. The South American country received more than 420 tons of supplies from China to deal with covid-19, according to government data.

🇷🇺🇻🇪🛢 Russian company asks Pdvsa for an agreement similar to Chevron's to take control of exports

Roszarubezhneft, the Russian oil company that acquired Rosneft's assets in Venezuela, is asking PDVSA for authorization to take control of exports in its joint ventures, similar to the agreement with the American Chevron, according to a report by Reuters published on Tuesday.

"Roszarubezhneft is asking the Venezuelan state company PDVSA for permission to take control of the exports of its joint ventures in order to revive the cash flow of the five companies, which have been hit hard by US sanctions, said two people involved in the talks,"

María Corina Machado will present a plan to pay off Venezuela's debt:

https://alertas24.com/politica/maria-corina-machado-presentara-plan-a-tenedores-de-bonos-para-pagar-la-deuda-de-venezuela/

🇻🇪🇧🇷 Lula once again defended Maduro and criticized the "foreign interference" in Venezuela: "He was elected by the Venezuelans"

https://alertas24.com/internacionales/lula-volvio-a-defender-a-maduro-y-critico-la-interferencia-extranjera-en-venezuela-fue-elegido-por-los-venezolanos/

Sebin arrested five people in Barinas who helped in the logistics of María Corina Machado

TalCual journalist Víctor Amaya, who is covering Machado's tour, reported that the owner of the sound truck used for the rally is in custody, in addition to four other people who contributed to the logistics. The victims of this political persecution were transferred to the Sebin headquarters in the capital of Barinas.

✳️ On Wednesday afternoon, the liberal leader led massive rallies in the towns of Libertad and Sabaneta, the cradle of Chavismo.