Venezuela will export natural gas to Trinidad and Tobago following a license issued by the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac) this Wednesday to the Caribbean island, Trinidadian Prime Minister Keith Rowle announced.
“My government is focused on the potential and possibility of developing, producing and processing Venezuelan gas in Trinidad and Tobago; We spent a lot of time, effort and energy negotiating a trade terms sheet in 2018, but development was halted due to the sanctions that the United States imposed in 2019,” Rowley said.
The prime minister of the neighboring country said that the license improves energy security for the region and Europe: “This means that the restrictions on the development of the PDVSA-Dragon gas field have already been eased and all parties can move forward with the plans. so that natural gas from Venezuela flows from these proven reserves to Trinidad and Tobago and then to the Caribbean, Europe and other markets, bringing many humanitarian benefits to the Venezuelan population and greater energy security in the Caribbean,” he stressed. .
Source: ultimasnoticias.com.ve
Venezuela and Cuba meet to strengthen bilateral relations
“The head of state, Nicolás Maduro, meets with his counterpart of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, to continue strengthening bilateral relations between the two nations, as a mechanism to fight and resist US sanctions,” said Venezolana de Televisión. Twitter, along with photos of the meeting.
The president of the largest of the Antilles arrived in the Caribbean country together with Trade Minister Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez.
Relations between Cuba and Venezuela strengthened when former President Hugo Chavez came to power in 1999.
Source: telesurenglish.net
President Nicolas Maduro receives credentials from the Spanish ambassador
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has accepted on Tuesday the credentials of the ambassador appointed by the Kingdom of Spain to the South American country, Ramón Santos Martinez.
“I received the credentials from the ambassador-designate of the Kingdom of Spain to Venezuela, Ramón Santos Martínez,” Maduro said via his official Twitter account.
Source: telesurenglish.net
Venezuela and Brazil discuss work plan to resume cooperation
Ministers of Foreign Affairs Yvan Gil (Venezuela) and Mauro Viera (Brazil) discussed a joint work plan to restore cooperation between their countries.
“The good times have begun!” said Gil, emphasizing that the meeting was brotherly. Relations between Brazil and Venezuela were severed in 2019 when former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro recognized opposition lawmaker Juan Guaido as President of Venezuela.
Following Lula da Silva’s triumph in the 2022 presidential election in Brazil, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro expressed his willingness to resume bilateral cooperation, which Lula da Silva finally approved on January 1.
Gil and Viera met in Buenos Aires, where the 7th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) began on Tuesday. At this summit, Lula da Silva defended the presence of Venezuelan delegates, which had been rejected by the Argentine extreme right.
Source: telesurenglish.net
Venezuela accuses the US of distorting human rights issues
“Through distorted narratives, the US aims to politically use human rights to justify the acts of political violence it has encouraged against Venezuela in recent years,” Gil tweeted.
“The Venezuelan people overcame violence and will continue to defeat all attacks,” he added.
The statement was in response to claims made by the US State Department that Venezuela had violated the human rights of a woman who had been imprisoned.
On January 16, Gil also responded to a statement by the US State Department that it would continue to impose sanctions or unilateral coercive measures against the South American country. The Foreign Minister described the sanctions as “a crime against humanity that puts (the United States) in violation of international law.”
Source: telesurenglish.net
Venezuela proposes the creation of the World Movement of Women for Peace
Venezuela raised in Iran the creation of the World Women’s Movement for peace, cultural diversity, social justice and self-determination of peoples.
This proposal was presented by the first fighter, Cilia Flores, at the 1st International Congress of Women of Influence taking place in that country, referred to a press release: “It is women who are most affected by the exploitative capitalist model, which causes effects of heavy. on public health, food and energy security, international security and environmental balance,” Flores told Congress.
For this reason, she pointed out, it is advantageous to take a political and historical consciousness to fight for social justice and building a better society.
Source: ultimasnoticias.com.ve
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