- The Mexican comedian Chabelo died; the MP reported that 25 people have been arrested during the anti-corruption operation; the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit began in Santo Domingo; Nicolás Maduro said that he will not travel to the Ibero-American Summit; 23 people died from the passage of a tornado in the United States; Lula da Silva canceled trip to China due to bronchopneumonia
This Saturday, March 25, the attorney general of the Nicolás Maduro regime, Tarek William Saab, gave an assessment of the National Police operation against Corruption, in which 25 people have been detained so far. Meanwhile, the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit is being held in the Dominican Republic, with the presence of 14 heads of state and 8 foreign ministers.
One of those absent from the summit was Nicolás Maduro, who reported that he could not attend due to suspicions of an apparent covid-19 contagion. Another who also canceled international commitments was Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, suspending a visit to China to meet Xi Jinping due to bronchopneumonia.
Mexican television is mourning the death of actor and comedian Xavier López, who played the character of Chabelo for six decades. Meanwhile, in the United States, 23 people lost their lives due to the passage of a tornado that devastated several rural areas of western Mississippi.
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The attorney general of the Maduro regime, Tarek William Saab, revealed this Saturday, March 25, details about the special operation carried out by the Public Ministry together with the National Police against Corruption. He reported that to date they have arrested 25 people, in addition to requesting arrest warrants against another 11.
He highlighted the case of the corruption plot between the state company Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) and the National Superintendence of Cryptoactives (Sunacrip). There he confirmed the arrest of PDVSA’s Vice President of Commerce and Quality Supply, Antonio José Pérez Suárez, and the deputy of the pro-government National Assembly Hugbel Roa. Also seven other officials, five from PDVSA and two from Sunacrip, in addition to 11 businessmen with whom they formed a money laundering network.
He referred to the case of the former mayor of the Santos Michelena municipality (Aragua), Pedro Hernández, due to his ties to the Tren de Aragua and the gang known as El Conejo. He did the same with the arrest of judges Cristóbal Cornielles and José Mascimino Márquez for releasing a member of the Tren del Llano, as well as Falcón judge Yorwis Bracho, for negotiating the delivery of four vehicles seized by the MP. For all cases, the prosecutor asked the courts for the maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.
2. Integration, democracy and migration among the claims of leaders of the region at the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit
On Saturday, March 25, the plenary session of the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit, which is being held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, began. It was attended by 14 heads of state, as well as 8 foreign ministers and other senior officials from Spain and Latin America. Among the points of the people is the approval of a Financial Architecture Charter and three other documents on food safety, the environment and the digital transition.
During the plenary session, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Cepal) presented a document with 15 recommendations to promote economic growth in their countries. He emphasized, among other areas, cooperation between public and private agents. He proposed, among other actions, reconfiguring global supply chains, advancing in the energy transition and promoting green hydrogen. Also promote the exploitation of lithium, the circular economy and digital transformation.
On the side of leaders, there was strong criticism against the Daniel Ortega regime in Nicaragua. Presidents such as Gabriel Boric, from Chile, and Luis Abinader, from the Dominican Republic, condemned the withdrawal of nationality from exiled Nicaraguan opponents. Abinader also referred to the situation of violence that is currently being experienced in its neighbor Haiti, and agreed with the Costa Rican Rodrigo Chaves that the country must be pacified before it can hold its next presidential elections.
3. Maduro did not attend the Ibero-American Summit due to a false positive for covid-19
Nicolás Madurono will attend the Ibero-American Summit. The vice president of the regime, Delcy Rodríguez, affirmed that Maduro could not travel after testing positive for covid-19, although she suspects that it was a “false positive”, since this Saturday, March 25, he tested negative in two more tests.
“Yesterday, the president was informed by his doctors of a positive PCR-Covid result. This led to the suspension of his participation in the Ibero-American Summit. Two tests have been performed today with negative results. Everything indicates that it was a false positive,” the vice president said on Twitter.
Foreign Minister Yván Gil arrived in Santo Domingo on Friday for the summit and heads the Venezuelan delegation in the plenary session and in the discussion forums. The situation is reminiscent of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) held in Argentina in January 2023, and to which Maduro also canceled his attendance at the last minute, alleging an alleged threat against his integrity.
4. Lula canceled a trip to China due to bacterial and viral bronchopneumonia
The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, suspended his trip to China this Saturday, March 25. At least until he recovers from a bacterial bronchopneumonia caused by influenza A, and from which he is gradually improving.
“On medical recommendation, President Lula decided to postpone his trip to China. The postponement has already been communicated to the Chinese authorities with the reiteration of the desire to schedule the visit on a new date,” the government said in a note. According to EFE, Lula went to the hospital on Thursday with flu symptoms, after an intense schedule that took him this week to the states of Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro.
The president intended to travel to China, Brazil’s largest trading partner since 2009, with several of his ministers and a record delegation of 240 businessmen, as well as 50 congressmen. There he would hold a meeting with President Xi Jinping to sign some 20 agreements in the commercial area, phytosanitary protocols, technology, development, energy transition.
5. A series of tornadoes leaves at least 23 dead in the southern United States
The United States Emergency Management agency reported this Saturday, March 25, that at least 23 people were killed and dozens more injured after a tornado ripped through several rural areas of western Mississippi since the night before. Another 4 people are reported missing.
Search and rescue operations are working in Sharkey and Humphreys counties, according to the EFE agency. For his part, Governor Tate Reeves said on Twitter that the loss after this meteorological event “will be felt in these towns forever.”
The center of the destruction appeared to be less than 100 kilometers away in the town of Rolling Fork in Sharkey County. “Much of the city has been destroyed,” including every business on a commercial and retail stretch of a local highway, former city mayor Fred Miller said. Meanwhile, some 100,000 homes in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee were still without power as of early Saturday.
The renowned Mexican actor and comedian Xavier López, better known as “Chabelo”, died this Saturday, March 25, at the age of 88. On his Twitter account, it was reported that he left suddenly, due to abdominal complications.
“With a torn soul and knowing that many and many people have loved him for many years and that they will feel his departure. We ask you to pray for his rest and give us the opportunity to peacefully mourn the grief that overwhelms our entire family,” his family said in a statement.
Since 1950, López has played the character of Chabelo, a boy with a high-pitched voice and shorts, for Mexican television. In 1967, he premiered his En familia con Chabelo program, which obtained a Guinness record for staying on the air for 48 years, until 2015. Even so, he continued to play his character in other shows, in addition to participating, already with his normal voice, in different films.
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