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Delcy Rodríguez, interim president of Venezuela, seeks to gain international legitimacy and secure funding for the country's reconstruction by participating in global events and holding meetings with leaders from various nations, while facing criticism and demands for a genuine democratic transition. #Venezuela #DelcyRodríguez #elecciones (translated)

The former magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela, Bárbara César Siero, denounces that she was coerced by Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, who detained her relatives to force her to sign rulings that disqualified opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Henrique Capriles. #Venezuela #DerechosHumanos #Oposición (translated)

David Alandete wrote that Álvaro Pulido, a partner of Alex Saab, was in the custody of the United States and subject to judicial proceedings. According to Alandete, Pulido faced 13 charges in two cases for money laundering, related to schemes amounting to almost 2 billion dollars, bribery, and fraud in operations involving housing, food, and medicine for Venezuelans. He added that Pulido would appear before a judge on Tuesday and argued that this would allow for judgment in the 2019 case, regarding the facts for which Joe Biden pardoned Saab. #Venezuela #Corrupción #Justicia (translated)

Orlando Avendaño reported that the U.S. Attorney General, Todd Blanche, had announced the arrest of Álvaro Pulido, a partner of Alex Saab, and that Pulido was in U.S. custody. Avendaño noted that Pulido was accused of participating in a bribery and money laundering scheme linked to the Maduro regime. #Justicia #Corrupción #Venezuela (translated)

"This is a caricature that I did not fit into a year and a half ago, when they met in Alaska, and I fit even less after Trump did what he did in Venezuela and unleashed a war against Iran." Completely different is Gad Lerner's opinion, who contests the portrayal of Putin and Trump as "two pacifists who meet in Alaska and then call each other to make trade agreements on diesel" opposed to "a warmongering Europe." #Trump #Putin #Energia (translated)

The author noted that Pedro Passos Coelho would give an interview to Maria João Avillez on SIC Notícias, between 9 PM and 10 PM, and argued that his governance should be reassessed in light of the financial conditions he encountered. According to the author, Portugal had already requested external assistance when Passos Coelho arrived at the Government in 2011, and the adjustment program of 78 billion euros had been negotiated before he took office. He maintained that during the legislature, exports rose from about one-third of GDP to nearly 40% in 2015, including tourism, and that the tourism sector gained strategic momentum. Regarding privatizations, he acknowledged that some operations were questionable and warranted scrutiny but argued that they allowed the collection of billions of euros, the amortization of public debt, and reduce financing needs and interest burdens. He also considered that cuts in the public sector were painful but questioned what the alternatives would have been when the State could no longer finance itself normally. The author further highlighted that Portugal completed the financial assistance program in 2014 and returned to market financing without a precautionary program, recovering, in his view, decision-making leeway. He stated that Passos Coelho was the most relevant politician of the century in Portugal for having made unpopular decisions and contributed to an economic change whose effects surpassed his Government. #Portugal #Política #Economia (translated)

The author accused Donald Trump of violating Venezuela's sovereignty in the context of a oil agreement, and then claiming Greenland's sovereignty, where oil was also hoped for. He lamented that in both cases, "we" said nothing. He then wrote that Trump had chosen to trigger something, without specifying what in the provided text. https://t.co/1RlukrxCH3 #Venezuela #Souveraineté #Pétrole #VE #GL (translated)

Ibero-American governments, including Venezuela, have found numerous areas of understanding with Washington, especially in security and the fight against drug trafficking, which has boosted the creation of coalitions of interests in the region. #Iberoamérica #EstadosUnidos #Cooperación (translated)

Senator Enrique Gómez summarized the claims that, according to him, Eva Ferrer had made in an interview. He pointed out that Ferrer accused Verónica Alcocer of leading a network for trafficking drugs, weapons, and dollars that cooperated with the so-called "Italians" of Enrico Romagnoli, and of transporting 2.5 million dollars from Venezuela on an official plane. According to Gómez's summary, Ferrer asserted that Petro had benefited from that network through electoral support and logistics to organize demonstrations. He also mentioned the involvement of Manel Grau, Agmeth Escaf, Carolina Plata, and Mario Fernández Alcocer, cousin of Verónica Alcocer. Gómez added that Ferrer had spoken about the management of a supposed contribution of 50,000 euros from Papá Pitufo to Petro's presidential campaign in 2022, which Xavier Vendrell would have participated in. He claimed that the prosecutor in charge of the case had already indicated that there was interference from Petro's Government in favor of Papá Pitufo. He also noted that Ferrer mentioned the management of a contribution of at least 250,000 euros from Euclides Torres to the 2022 campaign. In the end, Gómez wondered if Petro had been, as Ferrer suggested, a puppet of Verónica Alcocer or if he was the head of the criminal gang. #Colombia #Política #Corrupción (translated)

Venezuela has allowed the commercialization of Starlink's satellite internet services on its territory, nearly ten months after the American interference and the arrest of President Nicolas Maduro, who had previously criticized Elon Musk. #Venezuela #Starlink #InternetSatellite (translated)

María Fernanda Cabal described Eva Ferrer's allegations in Semana as "very serious" and stated that Verónica Alcocer would have led a gang that transported millions of dollars and drugs from Venezuela on an official plane. She also claimed that there would have been money for campaign funding for cousins and disputes over those funds, and described Petro's environment as organized crime. Cabal questioned the morality that, she said, they preached regarding the alleged enrichment with drug trafficking money. #Colombia #corrupción #narcotráfico (translated)

Russy Millán stated that, after listening to an interview with Eva Ferrer, he once again concluded that the Petro-Alcocer formed a criminal gang. According to Millán's summary of what Ferrer said, Verónica allegedly transported drugs to Venezuela, received money from drug trafficking, trafficked in arms, and obtained funds from Papá Pitufo and illegal money from Euclides. She would also have had several front men, participated in the embezzlement of the UNGRD, and attempted to usurp the Presidency. #CrimenOrganizado #Narcotráfico #Corrupción (translated)