Christmas celebrations
On December 12, 2024, the Venezuelan Embassy in Singapore, led by Ambassador H.E. Jessica Maria Lopez, hosted a festive Christmas occasion that celebrated Venezuelan tradition and delicacies. In Diplomacy stories that the gathering featured conventional Christmas dishes. The occasion fostered neighborhood connections and cultural trade, concluding with music and a toast to the festive season.
Crude oil transportation
Venezuela’s state oil firm PDVSA has resumed a crude oil swap settlement with India’s Reliance Industries, which had been paused as a result of U.S. sanctions. Not too long ago, a supertanker carrying 1.9 million barrels of Venezuela’s Merey heavy crude sailed to India, marking a cautious revival of operations after a U.S. license was granted in July. In trade, Reliance provided 500,000 barrels of heavy naphtha to assist Venezuelan refineries course of their crude, Oil Worth stories. Though this settlement supplies crucial assist for Venezuela’s struggling oil sector, it stays contingent on sustaining compliance with U.S. laws. Beforehand, throughout India’s suspension of Venezuelan oil purchases as a result of issues over sanctions, Russia and China turned the first markets for Venezuelan oil.
Violent abduction
Eleven people, together with members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, are dealing with potential expenses for the violent abduction and beating of a pair at a Denver suburb condominium complicated. Eight suspects are in custody underneath federal immigration enforcement, whereas three stay at massive. The incident was linked to a viral video of a earlier altercation involving the spouse, main the suspects to extort and assault the couple for roughly 5 hours. ABC Information stories that the attackers certain and beat them, with the husband sustaining stab wounds, and likewise burglarized their condominium. Police are investigating additional connections to extortion amongst different residents.
Launch of protesters
Venezuelan Lawyer Normal Tarek Saab introduced the discharge of 200 extra protesters arrested throughout election protests, bringing the overall to 533 free of over 2,000 detained, The Gazette stories. Rights teams have verified just some releases, reporting not less than three protesters died in custody. Regardless of official claims of a third-term win for President Nicolas Maduro, the opposition contests the election outcomes with different tallies.
Visitors arrests
A 24-year-old unlicensed driver from Venezuela, Carlos Chirinos Oliveros, was arrested in Orlando for driving a silver Honda Pilot with out headlights on U.S. 301. In response to Villages Information, in the course of the visitors cease, he admitted to not having a U.S. driver’s license. He was charged with driving and not using a license and acquired a warning for the headlight violation. Oliveros was booked on the Sumter County Detention Heart with a bond set at $500, and his car was towed.
