Venezuela: Maduro Orders Mass Arrests of Opposition Leaders
The regime of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro is conducting mass arrests of opposition leaders following nationwide protests over elections that campaigners believe the regime has stolen.
The situation across the country is continuing to deteriorate after the presidential election on July 28. The electoral authority, which is controlled by the government, declared Maduro the winner, but the opposition says it has proof that its candidate, Edmundo González, won by a landslide.
The electoral council has so far declined to publish a detailed breakdown of the result. The Maduro government has blamed a cyberattack for the delay.
Protesters took to the streets across the country after the result declaration, in what many saw as the biggest challenge yet to 25 years of socialist rule. The protests have, for the time being, subsided, but arrests of leading opposition figures have continued in an operation dubbed “Tun Tun,” or “Knock Knock.”
Last week, María Oropeza, an opposition leader, broadcast live on Instagram as police broke into her home and took her away. According to news outlet La Patilla, she was heard saying, “I ask for help, I ask for help from everyone I can, I did nothing wrong. I am not a criminal, I am just another citizen who wants a different country. God and the Virgin always accompany me.”
Meanwhile, Carlos Chancellor, an opposition politician in Bolívar state has also reportedly been arrested. He is the father of footballer Jhon Chancellor, who plays for the national team.
Pro-democracy group Foro Penal have calculated that there have so far been 780 verified arrests, although the real number may be much higher.
Western nations, and several South American governments, have questioned the official election results.
President Gabirel Boric of Chile said on Wednesday: “I have no doubt that Maduro’s government has attempted to commit fraud in Venezuela’s election.” He added that Chile would refuse to recognise the result.
Meanwhile, Santiago Abascal, president of the right-wing Spanish party VOX, has written to the presidents of all the groups in the European Parliament asking them to join him in calling for the EU to recognise opposition candidate Edmundo González as the legitimate president of Venezuela.
He escrito a los presidentes de todos los grupos del Parlamento Europeo con la petición de que se unan a nuestra exigencia a la Unión Europea del inmediato reconocimiento de @EdmundoGU como presidente legítimo de Venezuela frente a la posición actual adoptada bajo la influencia… https://t.co/e5pd6MLPWe pic.twitter.com/qXUHcm3qsR
— Santiago Abascal ?? (@Santi_ABASCAL) August 7, 2024
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The Bulgarian parliament has modified the country’s education law, banning the promotion of LGBT propaganda in schools.
The amendment to the law passed by a large majority, with 159 votes in favour, 22 against and 12 abstentions—meaning the changes had a strong cross-party backing.
The law now bans the “propaganda, promotion or incitement in any way, directly or indirectly, in the education system of ideas and views related to non-traditional sexual orientation and/or gender identity other than the biological one.”
Many of the lawmakers cited foreign-authored textbooks on sexual education for children as the instigators for the amendment of the education law.
Right-wing nationalist party Revival said that promoting socio-cultural models of non-traditional sexual orientation near schools does not align with Bulgarian tradition. Petar Nikolov of the centre-right GERB party said he rejects propaganda that imposes alternative sexual orientation on children, and he also highlighted Bulgaria’s “Christian essence.”
Yordan Tsonev from the liberal-centrist DPS party—which represents the interests of ethnic minority Turks—emphasised the importance of children’s upbringing according to binary gender principles. Former Socialist Party leader Kornelia Ninova said gender ideology was “creeping into and taking over Bulgarian schools.”
The main Europhile party, PP–DB, which has been accused by its opponents of serving the interests of the U.S. Democrat administration, rejected the amendment. MP Elisaveta Belobradova argued that the law represents “cheap populism” rather than addressing any real issues within the educational system.
Pro-LGBT protesters took to the streets on Wednesday, complaining that the law “breaches basic human rights,” and calling the move by the parliament a “witch hunt” against LGBT people.
The modification of the law received strong backing from across the political spectrum despite the political turmoil that has engulfed Bulgaria for the past few years. The Balkan EU member state is facing its seventh parliamentary election in three-and-a-half years in October, as left-wing and conservative forces consecutively fail to gain majorities in parliament. When they have succeeded in forming coalition governments, they have quickly fallen apart.
Bulgaria’s education law amendment resembles another EU country’s, Hungary’s “Child Protection Act” which was adopted three years ago, and prohibits or heavily restricts the promotion of homosexuality and gender transition in schools and media.
Bulgaria does not recognise same-sex marriage, and also refuses to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women, because it promotes gender ideology—the reason why other Central European states, such as Hungary and Slovakia have also not ratified it.
Spanish Police Federation Calls for Urgent Action as Madrid Airport Saturated with Migrants After Spike in Mauritanian Nationals
Madrid airport is running out of space in the designated holding areas for illegal migrants due to a surge in newcomers in recent weeks, the Spanish Police Federation (CEP) has warned.
The organization cited a large number of Mauritanian nationals leaving Morocco as a challenge currently facing border staff. Apparently, many undocumented migrants are landing in Spain, throwing away their passports, and claiming asylum.
Spanish police said the situation had started to become worrying at the end of June when arrivals of Mauritanians increased by 350 percent compared to the previous month.
They added that most of the arrivals are men under the age of 30. There are also some who claim to be minors, hoping that this will speed up the processing of their asylum applications.
The police union is asking the Spanish interior ministry to resolve the situation immediately, as between 140 and 170 illegal immigrants are currently arriving in at Barajas Airport every day and waiting in the reception rooms.
The authority is also demanding that the Spanish government take action to ensure that the flights on which these people arrive comply with the rules regarding security checks; this is demonstrably not happening, as most Africans do not even have transit visas without which they should not have been able to depart.
Police officers at the airport believe that the Mauritanian flights are as much the work of a migrant mafia as the open water entries, with the Canary Islands as the primary destination.
“Both the Home Office and the Foreign Office, as well as the European Union, need to take urgent action to stop the influx of illegal migrants before it becomes a more serious problem,” the police federation wrote in a statement.
“The system for asylum seekers at airports must be prevented from collapsing,” it added.
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