Venezuela

Foro Penal, a local NGO, announced that they believe there are still 254 political prisoners yet to be released; the organization is one of the few to try and speak against the government’s actions

According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the country will proceed to strengthen economic relations and multilateral cooperation with Somalia

The UK denied President Maduro access to US$1.95 billion of gold stored in the bank of England; the Supreme Court stated that only opposition leader Juan Guaido can decide what to do with it, since the UK recognizes him as Venezuela’s legitimate leader

The national Afro-Venezuelan holiday of San Juan Bautista, which celebrates the birth of the Saint which the holiday is named after, has been officially recognised by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage celebration

The country set the world record for the largest orchestra contemporarily playing, made up of over 12.000 musicians

President Nicolas Maduro’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela won the regional elections held this past week, where the opposition participated for the first time in four years

President Nicolás Maduro openly stated that the United States’ concerns for the Venezuelan elections are insolent and interventionist “conspiracy theories” from the White House

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will probe the state over the crimes against humanity that were allegedly committed at the time of the country’s anti-government protests in 2017

For the first time in 15 years, the European Union sent EU observers to overlook the Venezuelan general elections that will be taking place in less than a month

Due to money laundering charges, the USA extradited Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman and one of the most powerful allies of President Nicolas Maduro, resulting in the Venezuelan government apprehending 5 US oil executives as a way of retaliation

For the first time in 6 years the country will reopen its borders to Colombia in order to reignite the commercial relationship with its neighbor

The country publicly rejected the recent report made by the United Nations Human Rights Council UNHRC depicting the state as severe violator of human rights in their justice system