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Firefighters from Venezuela and France fight several fires in Bolivia

November 22 |
International assistance arrives to Bolivia to fight fires in the northern regions of La Paz and Beni. At least 30 Venezuelan firefighters are already in national territory and another 100 French firefighters will arrive in the country in the coming hours.
President Emmanuel Macron, wrote on his Facebook account, “I would like to express France’s solidarity with Bolivia, which is facing major forest fires. A hundred of our firefighters are preparing to leave in the coming hours to help their Bolivian colleagues.”
The firefighters will head to the towns of San Buenaventura and Rurrenabaque and will remain in the affected areas for as long as necessary.
These contingents have the mission to support their Bolivian colleagues who are overwhelmed by the large number of outbreaks, despite experiencing a reduction due to recent rains.
The drought has caused the forest fire season to last for more than four months, even making it necessary to suspend classes and delay and affect commercial flights, especially in the regions of Santa Cruz, Cochabamba and Beni.
Before the provision of aid, the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce was grateful and wrote in his X account: “We appreciate the gesture of solidarity of the president of France (…) today he has informed us of the forthcoming arrival of a hundred firefighters to support our fight against the fires. We emphasize the prompt responses of brotherly countries, which strengthen the bonds of cooperation between our peoples”.
It was also announced that another contingent of 40 Venezuelan forest firefighters will arrive later to reinforce the mitigation actions, these will arrive by order of President Nicolás Maduro. These firefighters are part of the Simón Bolívar Humanitarian Force, a group experienced in combating natural disasters.
The Bolivian government also met with ambassadors from Brazil, Spain, France, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Russia, China and with representatives of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to request international aid.
International
Trump urges Putin to reach peace deal

On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his desire for Russian President Vladimir Putin to “reach a deal” to end the war in Ukraine, while also reaffirming his willingness to impose sanctions on Russia.
“I want to see him reach an agreement to prevent Russian, Ukrainian, and other people from dying,” Trump stated during a press conference in the Oval Office at the White House.
“I think he will. I don’t want to have to impose secondary tariffs on Russian oil,” the Republican leader added, recalling that he had already taken similar measures against Venezuela by sanctioning buyers of the South American country’s crude oil.
Trump also reiterated his frustration over Ukraine’s resistance to an agreement that would allow the United States to exploit natural resources in the country—a condition he set in negotiations to end the war.
International
Deportation flight lands in Venezuela; government denies criminal gang links

A flight carrying 175 Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States arrived in Caracas on Sunday. This marks the third group to return since repatriation flights resumed a week ago, and among them is an alleged member of a criminal organization, according to Venezuelan authorities.
Unlike previous flights operated by the Venezuelan state airline Conviasa, this time, an aircraft from the U.S. airline Eastern landed at Maiquetía Airport, on the outskirts of Caracas, shortly after 2:00 p.m. with the deportees.
Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, who welcomed the returnees at the airport, stated that the 175 repatriated individuals were coming back “after being subjected, like all Venezuelans, to persecution” and dismissed claims that they belonged to the criminal organization El Tren de Aragua.
However, Cabello confirmed that “for the first time in these flights we have been carrying out, someone of significance wanted by Venezuelan justice has arrived, and he is not from El Tren de Aragua.” Instead, he belongs to a gang operating in the state of Trujillo. The minister did not disclose the individual’s identity or provide details on where he would be taken.
International
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“My father’s return to prison was based on an arbitrary and illegal ruling. It is also alarming that the judge who had granted him house arrest received threats,” José Carlos Zamora told EFE in an interview on Saturday.
The 67-year-old journalist was sent back to prison inside the Mariscal Zavala military barracks on March 3, when Judge Erick García upheld a Court of Appeals ruling that overturned the house arrest granted to him in October. Zamora had already spent 819 days in prison over an alleged money laundering case.
His son condemned the situation as “unacceptable”, stating that the judge handling the case “cannot do his job in accordance with the law due to threats against his life.”
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