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The vice president of Venezuela calls María Corina Machado a “scaser” and “dead mosquito”

The executive vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, called opposition leader María Corina Machado “faker” and “dead mosquito” on Wednesday, whom she accused of asking for sanctions and, at the same time, speaking in favor of the wage increase for workers, who was, according to the official, “hardly beaten” by those foreign measures.

“Who has called for the blockade against Venezuela? Leopoldo López, Julio Borges, Juan Guaidó, María Corina Machado, who then puts the voice of a dead mosquito, and then causes the tremendous damage to Venezuela and still today asks for more sanctions, (…) she then, every day, makes videos (saying): ‘dear workers, I am with you, worker, and now we are going to fight for Venezuela and your conditions,’” Rodríguez said.

“Draught to the US Government.”

She insisted that Machado, “dragged to the Government of the United States, calls for sanctions and blockade against Venezuela,” so the Minister of Oil pointed to the former deputy and the other opponents she mentioned as “tremendous fakes.”

Likewise, Rodríguez assured that the workers have been at the “vanguard” of the “active resistance against the criminal blockade imposed from Washington with the support of Western countries” for “the call made by the extremists and fascists in Venezuela,” in reference to anti-Chavista leaders and leaders.

The vice president charged against Machado a few days after the opponent expressed her “deep admiration and affection” to the educators, who, despite the “hunger waries”, have “remained at the forefront of this struggle, with an infinite vocation and dedication,” according to the former deputy.

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María Corina Machado says she fears for her “life”

Machado, who claims to be in “strandness,” fearing for their “life” and “freedom,” told teachers on Saturday – in an audio published on social networks – that the country “needs them organized and active” in “this decisive hour” in the struggle for a “free” Venezuela that “arrives soon”, in which “they will be protagonists” of the construction of the “best public education system in the world.”

Machado defends the victory that the majority opposition, grouped in the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), assures that its candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, obtained in the presidential elections of July 28, in which President Nicolás Maduro was proclaimed winner by the National Electoral Council (CNE), a result questioned inside and outside the country, and that was announced based on votes that are still unknown in a disaggregated way.

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Marco Rubio warns Venezuela against military action against Guyana

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Venezuela on Thursday that a military attack on Guyana would be “a big mistake” and “a very bad day for them,” expressing his support for Georgetown in its territorial dispute with Caracas.

“It would be a very bad day for the Venezuelan regime if they attacked Guyana or ExxonMobil. It would be a very bad day, a very bad week for them, and it would not end well,” Rubio emphasized during a press conference in Georgetown alongside Guyanese President Irfaan Ali.

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Ecuador oil spill worsens as containment dam collapses

The collapse of a containment dam holding back part of the 25,000+ barrels of oil spilled from a pipeline rupture nearly two weeks ago has worsened the environmental crisis in northwestern Ecuador, contaminating rivers and Pacific beaches.

The Ecuadorian government attributed the March 13 pipeline rupture—which led to the spill of 25,116 barrels of crude—to an act of sabotage. The spill affected three rivers and disrupted water supplies for several communities, according to authorities.

On Tuesday, due to heavy rains that have been falling since January, a containment dam on the Caple River collapsed. The Caple connects to other waterways in Esmeraldas Province, a coastal region bordering Colombia, state-owned Petroecuador said in a statement on Wednesday.

Seven containment barriers were installed in the Viche River, where crews worked to remove oil-contaminated debris. Additional absorbent materials were deployed in Caple, Viche, and Esmeraldas Rivers, which flow into the Pacific Ocean.

Authorities are also working to protect a wildlife refuge home to more than 250 species, including otters, howler monkeys, armadillos, frigatebirds, and pelicans.

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“This has been a total disaster,” said Ronald Ruiz, a leader in the Cube community, where the dam was located. He explained that the harsh winter rains caused river levels to rise, bringing debris that broke the containment barriersthat were holding the accumulated oil for extraction.

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Federal court blocks Trump’s use of Enemy Alien Act for deportations

A federal appeals court upheld the block on former President Donald Trump’s use of the Enemy Alien Act on Wednesday, preventing him from using the law to expedite deportations of alleged members of the transnational criminal group Tren de Aragua.

With a 2-1 ruling, a panel from the Washington, D.C. Court of Appeals affirmed previous decisions by two lower court judges, maintaining the legal standoff between the White House and the judiciary.

On March 14, Trump invoked the 1798 Enemy Alien Act, a law traditionally used during wartime, to deport hundreds of Venezuelans whom he accused of belonging to Tren de Aragua, a criminal organization that originated in Venezuelan prisons.

The centuries-old law grants the president the power to detain, restrict, and expel foreign nationals from a country engaged in a “declared war” or an “invasion or predatory incursion” against the United States, following a public proclamation.