Venezuela Closes Its Embassy and Consulates in Ecuador

President Maduro confirmed that his country fully supports Mexico's proposal to expel Ecuador from the United Nations Organization.

On Tuesday, President Nicolas Maduro announced the closure of the Venezuelan embassy and consulates in Ecuador in rejection of the aggression against the Mexican embassy.

On April 5, Ecuadorian security forces violently entered the Mexican embassy in Quito, where former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas was staying.

The Venezuelan decision was communicated during the virtual meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). In this forum, Maduro asked that the original situation of Glas, who had received political asylum from Mexico one day before the assault on the embassy, be restored.

"I have ordered to close our Embassy in Ecuador, close the consulate in Quito, and immediately close the consulate in Guayaquil. I have ordered the return of diplomatic personnel to Venezuela immediately," the Bolivarian leader said.

Addressing the chargé d'affaires Pedro Sassone, Maduro ordered that he "close and return until international law is expressly restored in Ecuador."

The Venezuelan leader also confirmed that his country fully supports Mexico's proposal to expel Ecuador from the United Nations Organization.

"I have explained that this suspension must occur until Ecuador apologizes to the international community and restores the situation to its original legal status," Maduro said.

This request implies that the Andean country returns former President Glas to the Mexican embassy, recognizes his status as a political asylum seeker, and allows him to leave for Mexico. "It is Venezuela's position. We support the dignity of Mexico," Maduro emphasized during the CELAC extraordinary meeting held on Tuesday.

Corbyn, Galloway, and Webb sitting together in parliament 👀 socialist party when?

Ma get the camera, the decades are happening again

Great replacement white nationalists malding that a white sexpat's solution for Japan's declining population is to open up immigration for more white sexpats (CW: reactionaries):
https://nitter.poast.org/rossiadam/status/1779483075740651554

The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador expressed his gratitude to the president, presidents and prime ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean for their solidarity for the attack on the Mexican embassy in Ecuador.

AMLO: The lawsuit filed before the International Court includes the expulsion of Ecuador from the United Nations Organization as long as it does not offer a public apology and that there is no repetition of this shameful act that violates international law"

It should be recalled that the Ecuadorian police entered the Mexican Embassy and took Jorge Glas, who requested asylum in Mexico and is accused of embezzlement, that is, of taking resources from the treasury.

The CELAC Summit began on Tuesday and was led by the President of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, who recognized that Mexico has always provided support to migrants and criticized the actions of #Ecuador, which is currently led by Daniel Noboa.

Colombia's leader, Gustavo Petro, said that what happened in Quito unleashed a "global unease" to which we must pay attention because the lives of our people are at stake.

Gustavo Petro: "Capitalism refuses to be overthrown."

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro also condemned the "assault on the diplomatic headquarters" and expressed his solidarity with Mexico.

The President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro denounced that the United States Government has not complied with the agreements signed, particularly with the lifting of the illegal coercive measures imposed against the country.

The violent incident at the Mexican diplomatic legation in the Ecuadorian capital "is unacceptable," said Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launched the People's Land program to counteract the unequal land distribution process in the country.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel assured that ignoring the assault on the Mexican embassy in Ecuador would represent a serious precedent.

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Sanctions renewed.

The US government has announced that it will not renew license 44, which allowed Venezuela to sell oil to the market, easing the sanctions imposed by the US.

As a result, the sanctions are back in full force. The United States considers that the country has violated the Barbados agreements, which deal with democratic elections in Venezuela, by preventing opposition candidates from registering as candidates.

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🇮🇱🇮🇷 Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu instructed the army to propose targets in Iran, attacks on which would “send a signal,” but without casualties.

This could be a facility in Tehran or a cyber attack, writes the Washington Post.

Israel is discussing a response to the Iranian attack that will not anger allies and ruin the opportunity to build an alliance against Tehran, the article said.

And the Israeli Channel 13 reports that the Israeli Air Force has completed the development of its plans to strike Iran.

Meanwhile, CNN reports that Israel has postponed its ground operation in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah due to the Iranian attack.

According to the TV channel, the Israeli Air Force was planning to scatter leaflets in some areas of the city on April 15. Rafah is home to more than a million Palestinians, most of them refugees from northern Gaza.

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Nothing never happens gang stay winning

(Although I suspect if they meekly respond with a meaningless cyber attack the far right will leave the bibi government. I fail to see how this would please them)

(Also on the other hand if they fuck with Iranian infrastructure in a way that is economically destabilizing enough; no casualties may not necessarily mean this isn’t more escalation)

Israel launched a missile attack on a facility in Iran, ABC reports, citing an American official. Iranian media report explosions near the airport in Isfahan, writes Reuters

An explosion in the Iranian Isfahan was heard near the airport and the 8th Army Air Force Base , writes the Iranian news agency Fars. Israel on Friday notified the United States of its intention to retaliate against Iran within 24-48 hours , writes Bloomberg

Iranian air defense shot down several drones in the sky over Isfahan, Iranian TV reports. Iranian air defense forces worked in the sky over the city of Isfahan, Mehr agency writes and publishes a video

Iranian TV: The air defense targeted several small, unidentified drones in the airspace of Isfahan Governorate in the center of the country. CNN, about an American official: We understood from Israeli officials that they will not target any Iranian nuclear facilities. Iran's nuclear facilities in Isfahan are completely safe , says the Iranian Tasnim agency

What do people make of Mercouris' vague allusions to some unannounced weapon capability that Iran has? He seems petty unsettled just talking about it, is he talking about nukes? Does Iran have nukes or the ability to quickly assemble a warhead?

I've had never seen so much comments here....

Sergio Moro, the CIA-backed judge who jailed Lula da Silva, is currently in danger of being arrested for fraud.

Gabriela Hardt, who replaced Sergio Moro as Curitiba's head Lava Jato judge when he became Bolsonaro's Justice Minister, has just been removed from the judiciary and is facing a possible 26 year sentence for collaborating with US officials in a $682 Million embezzlement scheme.

In March 2019, the Lava Jato team attempted to bypass Brazilian law to take a $682 million USD kickback from fines levied by the US DOJ on Petrobras, to start a private NGO. 3 Judges from the TRF-4 Court in Porto Alegre have also been fired.

In the ruling by the National Justice Ombudsman, former New York Times anti-corruption golden boys, Lava Jato taskforce leader Deltan Dallagnol & Judge Sergio Moro were also implicated, but are not currently judges so will face charges in other spaces.

Dellagnol lost his congressman position when the court voted to impeach him. When that happened, he did a photoshoot in congress and fled to the US to become a business coach, leaving his wife and children behind.

He is being investigated for misuse of public funds during the 2022 elections and because he was trying to blackmail people investigated during the Lava Jato operation, extorting money from them.

Some shitty NAFO website is claiming that Russell Bentley was killed: https://russiavsworld.org/russell-bentley-texan-pro-putin-fighter-and-russian-propagandist-found-decapitated-in-russian-controlled-donetsk/

Redditors are rejoicing because they're all bloodthirsty nazis, of course.

poor syria , they gonna strike poor syria really hard wont they `?

A new tiktok divestment bill happened? Apparently the main difference is that they have 1 year to divest instead of 6months. Is there anything else important about this version of the bill?

Putting up a giant net to protect my city from drones

BREAKING: Israeli airstrike reportedly targeted site near Isfahan airport and an airbase

Fars confirms explosions heard in Qahjaverestan, Isfahan, near the airport and the Army's 8th Tactical Airbase. That's where the F-14s are.

Africanews: West African Sahel is becoming a drug smuggling corridor, UN warns, as seizures skyrocket

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In 2022, 1,466 kilograms, (3,232 pounds), of cocaine were seized in Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso, and Niger compared to an average of 13 kilograms (28.7 pounds) between 2013 and 2020, said the report from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.

The location of the Sahel, lying south of the Sahara desert and running from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, makes it a strategic transit point for the increasing amount of cocaine produced in South America and destined for Europe. The trafficking has detrimental impacts for both peace and health, locally and globally, said Amado Philip de Andrés, UNODC Regional Representative in West and Central Africa.

"The involvement of various armed groups in drug trafficking continues to undermine peace and stability in the region," said Andrés. The report said the drug trade provides financial resources to armed groups in the Sahel, where Islamic extremist networks have flourished as the region struggles with a recent spate of coups.

The report finds that drug trafficking continues to provide financial resources to armed groups in the region, including Plateforme des mouvements du 14 juin 2014 d’Alger (Plateforme) and Coordination des Mouvements de l’Azawad (CMA) in Mali, enabling them to sustain their involvement in conflict, notably through the purchase of weapons.