Connect with us

INTERNACIONAL

La Misión de Determinación de los Hechos de Venezuela exige el pleno respeto a los derechos a días de la toma de posesión presidencial

Published

on


Cuando falta una semana para la asunción de Nicolás Maduro para un nuevo mandato tras haberse adjucado la victoria en las urnas, en unos comicios que la oposición afirma haber ganado y que tiene las actas que así lo demuestran, la Misión de Determinación de los Hechos de Venezuela de la ONU emitió un comunicado este jueves, en el que exige el pleno respeto a los derechos a días de la toma de posesión presidencial, el 10 de enero.

Las autoridades venezolanas deben respetar los derechos a la vida, la libertad y la seguridad personal de todos los venezolanos y liberar a todas aquellas personas que han sido detenidas arbitrariamente, dijo la Misión Internacional Independiente de Investigación sobre la República Bolivariana de Venezuela.

Advertisement

El rechazo del chavismo a una victoria opositoria obligó a los líderes de la oposición a exiliarse en el extranjero o pasar a la clandestinidad por temor a ser detenidos. Y un gran número de personas que salieron a manifestar en contra del régimen, entre ellos adolescentes y menores, fueron arrestados.

Todo indica que el 10 enero, las calles de Caracas podrían volver a agitarse con marchas de la oposición y del oficialismo con motivo de las dos juras presidenciales: la del opositor Edmundo Gonzáles y la del chavista Nicolás Maduro.

Nicolas Maduro. Foto: Bloomberg

La líder opositora María Corina Machado convocó a los venezolanos a manifestarse “estés donde estés’’ el 10 de enero para apoyar al presidente electo Edmundo González Urrutia, actualmente exiliado en España y de gira por América Latina (este viernes se encontraría en Argentina), quien prometió volver a Caracas para tomar posesión de su cargo.

Advertisement

“Hacemos un fuerte llamamiento a las autoridades para que los derechos a manifestarse y a expresarse libremente puedan ser ejercidos sin miedo a posibles represalias», dice Marta Valiñas, Presidenta de la Misión

Agrega: «recordamos que los cuerpos de seguridad responsables del mantenimiento del orden público deben comportarse con los más estrictos estándares internacionales en materia del uso de la fuerza”, y señaló que “toda conducta violatoria de derechos debe ser investigadas de manera pronta, exhaustiva e imparcial y juzgadas por tribunales independientes con pleno respeto al debido proceso.”

«Una de las crisis de derechos humanas más agudas»

Advertisement

En su más reciente informe al Consejo de Derechos Humanos, la Misión documentó la violenta represión contra la población que protestaba tras las elecciones presidenciales del pasado 28 de julio, que calificó como una de las crisis de derechos humanos más agudas de la historia reciente del país. Las protestas se produjeron tras el anuncio de los resultados electorales, que daban el triunfo al Presidente Nicolas Maduro.

Miembros de la Guardia Nacional Bolivariana realizan ejercicios. Foto: Reuters Miembros de la Guardia Nacional Bolivariana realizan ejercicios. Foto: Reuters

“Según ha determinado la Misión, el aparato represor sigue plenamente operativo”, dijo Francisco Cox, Experto de la Misión. “Entre agosto y diciembre de 2024, las autoridades detuvieron a al menos 56 activistas de partidos de la oposición, a 10 periodistas y a una defensora de derechos humanos. Tanto quienes ordenen detenciones arbitrarias y la imposición de torturas u otros malos tratos como quienes las ejecuten, son responsables penalmente de forma individual”.

A finales de diciembre de 2024, el Ministerio Público informó que 1.369 personas, de las más de 2.500 detenidas durante la represión postelectoral, según fuentes oficiales, habían sido excarceladas después de la revisión de sus casos.

Estos datos, sin embargo, no han podido ser corroborados. De acuerdo con los últimos datos de la organización no gubernamental Foro Penal, 1.849 personas permanecen actualmente en prisión por motivos políticos sometidas a irregularidades y restricciones múltiples que afectan su alimentación, su salud y el acceso a las garantías procesales indispensables en los procesos que se iniciaron contra ellas.

Advertisement

Junto con volver a exigir la puesta en libertad de todas las personas detenidas arbitrariamente y el respeto por las propias leyes venezolanas, la Misión reiteró la obligación del Estado de brindar una protección especial a las personas detenidas con problemas de salud, a los adultos mayores, así como considerar seriamente el interés superior de niños y niñas que aún afrontan procesos penales.

La Misión recuerda que cada día se suman personas capturadas y se cuentan en centenares quienes todavía permanecen en prisión sometidas a condiciones indignas, actos de tortura, así como a tratos inhumanos, crueles y degradantes.

“Las personas excarceladas, incluidos niños y niñas, permanecen sometidas a medidas cautelares y a procesos por delitos graves, como terrorismo o traición a la patria”, afirmó Patricia Tappatá, Experta de la Misión. “La persecución a las personas opositoras o a quienes el gobierno considera como tales, no sólo no se ha detenido, sino que ha tomado la forma de un ataque sistemático a la libertad de quienes piensan distinto.”

Advertisement

Conforme a su mandato, la Misión está prestando una atención especial a los sucesos del periodo anterior y posterior a la toma de posesión presidencial. La Misión investigará los casos de violaciones graves de los derechos humanos y delitos que pudieran ocurrir y analizará si se enmarcan en la política de Estado de silenciamiento de la oposición, ya identificada en sus informes anteriores.

Antecedentes:

En septiembre de 2019, el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas estableció la Misión internacional independiente de determinación de los hechos sobre la República Bolivariana de Venezuela mediante la por un año para evaluar las presuntas violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas desde 2014.

Advertisement

La Misión presentó su último informe anual durante un dialogo interactivo del Consejo en septiembre de 2024, acompañado de un documento de sesión con sus conclusiones detalladas. En su resolución 57/36 el Consejo prorrogó el mandato de la Misión internacional por dos años más, hasta octubre de 2026.

Advertisement

INTERNACIONAL

Trump critic Mark Carney poised to replace Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister

Published

on


Join Fox News for access to this content

You have reached your maximum number of articles. Log in or create an account FREE of charge to continue reading.

Advertisement
By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News’ Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive.

Please enter a valid email address.

Having trouble? Click here.

OTTAWA – Mark Carney has never held elected office, but for years has been touted as a future leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, and if the polling goes as expected, he is the favorite to win his party’s leadership race on Sunday.

Carney, the former governor of both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, and Goldman Sachs executive, is expected to win the race to succeed Justin Trudeau as both the 14th Liberal leader and 24th Canadian prime minister by the party’s nearly 400,000 members.

Advertisement

Carney recently criticized President Donald Trump as a «bully» in a statement he released in response to American tariffs being put on the northern neighbor. «Canada will not bow down to a bully. We won’t stand by as illegal U.S. tariffs hurt our workers and their families. As Canadians, we need to face this challenge as one united team.»

Canada’s CBC reported Carney compared Trump to Harry Potter’s Voldemort in reaction to the president’s comments on making Canada the 51st state.

«When you think about what’s at stake in these ridiculous, insulting comments of the president, of what we could be, I view this as the sort of Voldemort of comments… Like I will not even repeat it, but you know what I’m talking about.»

Advertisement

CANADA PUNCHES BACK AGAINST TRUMP WITH MAJOR TARIFFS OF ITS OWN AS TRADE WAR SET TO BEGIN ON TUESDAY

Mark Carney speaks at the Sustainable Finance conference, Nov. 28, 2024. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

More than half of the Liberals’ 153-member caucus in the House of Commons has endorsed him for leader over former Cabinet ministers Chrystia Freeland and Karina Gould, as well as past member of Parliament (MP) Frank Baylis – all three of whom served in Trudeau’s government.

Advertisement

On fundraising, Carney has amassed the most campaign contributions with $1.3 million – or more than double what Freeland, a former foreign affairs minister, collected last month.

Polls have also shown that Carney is the frontrunner to become the next Liberal leader. Should he hold that job and automatically become Canadian prime minister as Trudeau’s successor, he would help boost his party’s fortunes at the ballot box.

A survey by the Angus Reid Institute, released on March 5, found that a Carney-led Liberal Party was only three points (37%) behind the official opposition Conservative Party, at 40%. 

Advertisement

The results of a Leger poll, released on March 3, reported a slightly wider margin, with the Conservatives at 41% and the Liberals, with Carney as leader, at 33%.

However, the same recent Angus Reid poll also found that 43% of Canadians believe Carney would be best suited, as prime minister, to deal with Trump, compared to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, at 34%.

Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre

Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a «Spike the Hike – Axe the Tax» rally on March 27, 2024, in Edmonton, Alberta. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Even Poilievre has acknowledged that he will face the frontrunner in the Liberal race in the next general election, regularly calling him «Carbon Tax Carney,» with reference to the Canadian government’s consumer tax on carbon emissions that Carney initially supported. During his leadership run, the former central bank governor said he would replace it with an incentive program that rewards Canadians for «making greener choices,» such as purchasing an energy-efficient appliance.

Advertisement

In a Jan. 26 open letter to Carney, Poilievre asked him whether he would be «any different than the man you are trying to replace» and commit to «banning any prior Trudeau minister from serving in your Cabinet» or «pursue the same Trudeau agenda?»

TRUMP EXEMPTS MEXICO FROM TARIFFS FOR USMCA GOODS UNTIL APRIL 2 

Norman Spector, who served as chief of staff to former Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, views Carney’s political-rookie status as serving him well as prime minister when dealing with the White House.

Advertisement

«He doesn’t start out with any baggage with Trump, and I think that’s very, very important,» said Spector. He suggested that Carney meet with the president as soon as possible to address areas where Canada and the U.S. can closely collaborate, such as on continental security.

Mark Carney Launches Campaign For Federal Liberal Leadership

Mark Carney officially announced his bid for the Liberal Party leadership at Laurier Heights Community League in Edmonton, Canada, on Jan. 16, 2025. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Carney cannot appear to be «Justin Trudeau in a different set of clothes or with a different resume,» John Manley, a former Canadian Liberal deputy prime minister and finance minister, told Fox News Digital.

«He’s got to be a candidate for change and be seen as the serious dude who can take on Donald Trump,» while noting that the ballot-box question in Canada has shifted from the unpopularity in Canada of Trudeau to Trump.

Advertisement

No longer a member of Canada’s Liberal Party, Manley said Carney has «promised to move the party back toward the center and make the economy his focus, and those would both be welcome.»

Last Wednesday, Carney said he would remove domestic trade barriers between the 10 provinces and three territories that would expand the Canadian economy by up to $140 billion.

On the same day, Trudeau and the provincial and territorial premiers agreed to do the very same to reduce reliance on trade with the U.S. in response to the Trump administration’s tariffs on Canada.

Advertisement

Manley said the Liberals «have got to stop focusing on identity politics,» which he said is only «important to a small band of people.»

Trudeau in San Francisco

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waves as he leaves the offices of Salesforce on Feb. 8, 2018, in San Francisco. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

«We can’t keep fighting cultural wars. It badly hurt the Democrats in the U.S.»

He also said Carney needs to quickly call a general election before Parliament is scheduled to resume on March 24. 

Advertisement

Should he become Liberal leader on Sunday, Carney would also automatically become the prime minister-designate since the Liberals lead the government under Trudeau. 

The formal transition date for Carney to assume office has yet to be determined, but he would be the first Canadian prime minister to have never held elected office and would need to win a seat in the House of Commons. Therefore, the need for a national vote is also personal as it would enable Carney to run in a yet-to-be-determined riding (district) to become a member of Parliament.

TRUMP TELLS TRUDEAU FENTANYL CRACKDOWN ‘NOT GOOD ENOUGH’ TO STAVE OFF TARIFFS

Advertisement

Manley, who ran for the Canadian Liberal leadership in 2003, won by former prime minister Paul Martin, said Carney will need new faces in his Cabinet.

He also sees Carney – a Harvard and Oxford universities graduate with a doctorate in economics – as holding an advantage over Poilievre in the next election.

Born in Canada’s Northwest Territories, 59-year-old Carney was also a longtime Goldman Sachs executive, who additionally served as the United Nations special envoy for climate action and finance.

Advertisement
Canadian flag

Canada’s Liberals vote on a new leader on Sunday. (iStock)

By contrast, 45-year-old Poilievre has «done nothing but politics for his adult life,» said Manley.

The opposition leader was first elected as a Conservative MP for an Ottawa riding in 2004 when he was 24.

But Manley said, «Poilievre is a very effective communicator,» and Carney has to «prove that he can relate to the ordinary man on the street.»

Advertisement

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS

«Can he appeal to people who elect governments, many of whom don’t particularly read books – and may not even read newspapers?»

«Being a successful politician today requires a different skill set than it was even in my time,» he said.

Advertisement


Continue Reading

INTERNACIONAL

British PM criticized for blocking bill banning first-cousin marriage amid mounting health concerns

Published

on


A former British Conservative minister and current MP renewed his push in Parliament last week for legislation that bans first-cousin marriage, prompting opposition from the ruling Labour party, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and a British-Muslim MP.

The Conservative MP Richard Holden said during a parliamentary debate, «A marriage between first cousins carries significant health issues, many of which aren’t even knowable until post-birth.» He added, «When practiced generation after generation, there is a significant multiplier effect.»

Advertisement

Adverse health effects on the children of first cousin marriages have been established in medical research. Holden added that «the real impacts on the openness of our society and women’s rights in our country are significant. After all, there are significant dynamics in sharing the same set of grandparents.»

Holden urged Starmer to «think again» about blocking his legislation from moving forward. Starmer responded to Holden, stating «We’ve taken our position on that Bill, thank you.» 

‘TRUMP EFFECT’ ON DISPLAY AS UK’S STARMER BOOSTS DEFENSE SPENDING ON EVE OF US VISIT

Advertisement

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a press conference after hosting a summit of European leaders in central London on March 2, 2025. (Julian Simmonds/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

The Daily Mail reported that nearly 46% of females from the Pakistani community in Bradford, England had a «common ancestor,» according to a 2024 study. A government study showed that the number was at 62% 10 years earlier.

While the prime minister’s office did not say why they are against the bill’s codification into law, a spokesman for Starmer told Fox News Digital, «Expert advice risks on first-cousin marriages are clear. In terms of legislation and what the government set up in the King’s Speech after the election, so of course we do not want people to enter in cousin marriages.»

Advertisement

He continued, «We are focused on making sure every part of the govt is focused on delivering on issues that matter to the British public. We set out our legislative priorities in the King’s Speech.»

Given the large influx of migrants from the Middle East and North Africa to Scandinavian countries, the BBC reported that Norway has banned cousin marriage while a ban is expected to come into effect in Sweden next year.

View towards the Houses of Parliament, the Palace of Westminster and clock tower aka Big Ben on 12th June 2024 in London, United Kingdom.

The Houses of Parliament are seen in London on June 12, 2024. (Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

The failure to codify a ban on interfamily marriage among first cousins has outraged many prominent conservative voices in the United Kingdom.

Advertisement

Ben Habib, chairman of the Great British Political Action Committee, told Fox News Digital, «Liberalism in the U.K. is out of control. In the pursuit of allowing people to do whatever they like, sanity is being set aside. It matters not whether that which you wish to do is deeply damaging. If you’re a minority, you have a protective blanket put around you and encouraged to continue.»

BRACE FOR A ‘POLITICAL REVOLUTION’ IN EUROPE, UK’S NIGEL FARAGE SAYS AFTER VANCE’S SPEECH IN MUNICH

Bradford, England

Women walk by a store in Bradford, England. A recent UK study said the number of Pakistani women in Bradford involved in cousin marriage had dropped to 46%. Ten years earlier, that number was at 62%, according to a government-funded study. (Daniel Harvey Gonzalez/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Habib added that «marrying cousins was a practice which exited Western culture over a hundred years ago. It’s now back with a vengeance. Why? Because we’ve had mass immigration from cultures which haven’t kept pace with ours. Instead of requiring them to adopt our approach, the British government allows them to continue this debilitating practice. Liberalism is reversing cultural advancement. And our government is in on the act. This insanity must stop.»

Advertisement

During one of the parliamentary debates on the bill, Independent MP Iqbal Mohamed, who rejects a legislative prohibition on first-cousin marriage, admitted «there are documented health risks with first-cousin marriage.» He said this is an issue that «needs greater awareness.» He, however, said the way to address this «is not to empower the state to ban adults from marrying each other.» He does not think a ban would be «effective or enforceable.» 

According to medical experts, the children of first-cousin marriages are highly vulnerable to contracting an autosomal recessive genetic disorder, 

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Advertisement

Mohamed said, «The matter needs to be approached as a health awareness issue and a cultural issue where women are being forced against their will to undergo marriage.»

According to Mohamed, an estimated 35% to 50% of all sub-Saharan populations prefer or accept first-cousin marriage, and it is common in the Middle East and South Asia. In July 2024, British voters pulled the plug on the Conservative Party’s 14-year reign and voted in Starmer’s leftist Labour Party.

Advertisement


Advertisement
Continue Reading

INTERNACIONAL

Pope Francis responding well, showing gradual improvement as Vatican holds another Holy Year event without him

Published

on


Pope Francis is responding well to treatment and has shown a «gradual, mild improvement» in recent days as he remains in the hospital recovering from double pneumonia, the Vatican said Sunday.

«The night was quiet; the Pope is resting,» the Vatican said in a statement.

Advertisement

Francis, 88, was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Feb. 14 after a week-long bout of bronchitis worsened. Doctors first diagnosed the complex viral, bacterial and fungal respiratory tract infection and subsequently the onset of pneumonia in both lungs.

POPE FRANCIS SHOWS ‘SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT’ DURING FOURTH WEEK IN HOSPITAL, VATICAN SAYS

Pope Francis waves to believers as he leaves the Cercle Cite after a meeting Luxembourg’s Prime Minister during a four-day apostolic journey in Luxembourg and Belgium, in Luxembourg City on September 26, 2024. (Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP/Getty)

Advertisement

This is the fourth Sunday in a row that the pope will not appear for his weekly noon blessing, but the Vatican plans to distribute the message he would have delivered.

The pope’s condition has remained stable, as he has had no fever and good oxygen levels in his blood for several days, doctors said. The doctors said that his stability «as a consequence testifies to a good response to therapy.»

This marks the first time doctors have reported that Francis, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed when he was younger, was responding well to the prescribed therapies since he was admitted to the hospital more than three weeks ago.

Advertisement
Pope Francis in better health

Pope Francis waves from his popemobile after the weekly Angelus prayers, at Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican on October 20, 2024. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty)

But his prognosis remains «guarded,» doctors said, meaning he is not yet out of danger.

Despite Francis’ absence, the Vatican’s daily operations continued alongside celebrations of its Holy Year, the once-every-quarter-century Jubilee that brings pilgrims from around the world to Rome. The Holy Year is celebrating volunteers this weekend, and many are extending their pilgrimage to pray for Francis outside the hospital.

POPE FRANCIS CONTINUES TO REST IN HOSPITAL AS VATICAN’S HOLY YEAR PROCEEDS WITHOUT HIM

Advertisement
Pope Francis

Pope Francis attends a mass at the Esplanade of Tasitolu in Dili, East Timor, on September 10, 2024. (Tiziana Fabi/Pool/AFP/Getty)

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny will preside over the Holy Year Mass on Sunday for the volunteers.

The pope has been using high flows of supplemental oxygen to help him breathe during the day and a noninvasive mechanical ventilation mask at night.

Advertisement

The Associated Press contributed to this report.


Advertisement
Continue Reading

LO MAS LEIDO

Tendencias

Copyright © 2025 NDM - Noticias del Momento | #Noticias #Chimentos #Política #Fútbol #Economía #Sociedad