The Venezuelan opposition denounced that the Nicolás Maduro regime hinders the work of NGOs

The Venezuelan opposition denounced this Friday that the Nicolás Maduro regime is hamper the functioning of NGOs in the country asking them to report on their activities and beneficiaries, as well as information on their financial movements so that they are not “illegal”.

In a statement from the Office of the Leader of the Opposition Juan Guaidó, reference is made to a recently published standard in the Official Journal which establishes the requirements for the “Unified register of subjects obliged before the National Office against Organized Crime and the Financing of Terrorism“.

These “subjects” include business owners, legal representatives, board members, non-profit organizations and others.

We ask NGOs for a list of national and international organizations or entities from which it benefits or the list of foreign branches, as well as the statutes and identification of its members.

For the opposition, this is an obstacle ”optimal performance“NGOs in the country and said”vulnerable to a large number of people, including members of organizations, complainants who come to them and beneficiaries of their programs“.

The opposition pointed out that on various occasions the same plaintiffs or beneficiaries ask “confidentiality” for “security concerns, and all exposed to the same regime that regularly persecutes them“.

“We urge the international community to fix your attention on this new affront of the Venezuelan dictatorship against organized social movements in the country, the consequence of which could be the cessation of operations of many initiatives, due to fear or the consequences in terms of repression that could result from this measure, ”he added.

The anti-Chavismo added that he would bring this complaint to the “competent international” authorities.

Venezuelan Supreme Court ordered media outlet to pay Diosdado Cabello millionaire compensation

Venezuela’s Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) ordered the newspaper on Friday The National pay over thirteen million dollars to the number two considered of Chavismo, God gave hair, in compensation for “moral damage“.

According to the judgment of the Civil Cassation Chamber, the Venezuelan newspaper must pay Cabello 237,000 petros – a cryptocurrency launched by Nicolás Maduro in 2018 and which is sanctioned by the United States – at the exchange value of the day.

The Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) established this Friday that a petro is exchanged for 56.41 US dollars, so the amount it would have to pay The National a Cabello would be $ 13,369,170.

The ruling also orders that the case be referred to a civil court in Caracas to enforce the ruling.

This court notifies the parties and executes the judgment by setting a deadline for the voluntary payment of compensation. If it is not filled, this court can order the enforcement of the judgment respect for Venezuelan laws.

The National reacted by calling the decision “political persecution“And warning that Cabello has the”intention to carry out a disguised expropriation by which he would become the owner and editor-in-chief of this historical media“.

Cabello, now a member of the parliament of Venezuela, continued The National in August 2015, after the newspaper reproduced information from the Spanish newspaper ABC, which indicated that the chavist leader has been investigated by the United States for suspected links to drug trafficking.

In June 2018, the then member of the National Constituent Assembly Pedro Carreño reported that a Caracas court ruled in favor of Cabello and ordered The National pay 1,000,000,000 bolivars – approximately $ 12,500 at the current exchange rate – as compensation.

Next, Carreño claimed that if the payment of the indemnity was not made effective, Cabello would proceed with an “insurance measure” of the medium’s facilities, founded in 1943 by the Venezuelan poet Miguel Otero Silva.

Cabello also sued the shareholders, directors, editorial board and owners of the digital newspaper. La Patilla and the weekly As such, after these media echoed, as did The National, based on information published by ABC.

In June 2019, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Cabello and condemned La Patilla to pay you over $ 5 million.

(With information from EFE)

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