/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-infobae.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CIPI4I7SHBC6ZNXRZK5VTKZLQA.jpg "Guaidó denounced that the Maduro regime blocked the portal that Parliament launched to report on the coronavirus in Venezuela")
Juan Guaidó denounced this Wednesday that Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorship blocked the digital portal recently launched by the opposition-majority National Assembly (AN) to report on the progress of the coronavirus in Venezuela.
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“In moments of emergency and uncertainty, information generates certainties. The dictatorship continues its attack on those who offer alternatives in times of need. Apparently they do not suffer the emergency and do not leave aside the pride that destroyed the country these 20 years, ”said the acting president through his Twitter account.
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Guaidó shared the message released by the civil association defending freedom of expression “Public space”, who reported that state-owned Cantv, the main provider of internet service in Venezuela, blocked access to the site http://coronavirusvenezuela.info.
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On that portal Parliament shares with the population information and recommendations to avoid contracting the virus, how to apply the isolation protocol and a medical guide, among other content. From the interim government, they also pointed out that through this website they seek to provide transparent and prevent the regime from hiding the true situation in the face of the advance of the pandemic.
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This comes amid growing concern about the spread of the coronavirus in the Caribbean country, where 36 cases have already been registered in less than a week.
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Guaidó announced last Monday “five priority measures from the government in charge” that it will take in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Among the announced measures, They are resuming humanitarian and food aid, approving a fund to support international health NGOs working in Venezuela, delivering 3,500 protection kits to health personnel, conducting an information campaign and creating a monitoring team.
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In his message to the Venezuelan population, the interim president maintained that the country “is a victim of a regime that has pulverized access to public services.” “The coronavirus can do untold damage if we don’t do what it takes. The State does not have the capacity to face it ”he warned.
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Guaidó announced his intention to “resume humanitarian aid for the population”, for which he said a “presidential aid commission has been created to contact the relevant international organizations and be prepared.”
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“If the situation is already critical, mass isolation will have a major impact on the issue of supply”He said a few minutes before Nicolás Maduro decreed collective quarantine across the country.
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The Venezuelan population views with extreme concern the spread of the virus in the country, which is currently experiencing a dramatic humanitarian and health crisis.
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In the last hours, the dictator Maduro asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan of 5 billion dollars to face the coronavirus. The body, however, dismissed that possibility. “Unfortunately, the Fund is not in a position to consider this request,” because “there is no clarity” regarding the international recognition of the government of that South American country, an IMF spokesperson said in a statement sent to AFP.
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This announcement caught the attention of Venezuelans because it represents a resounding change in Maduro’s stance on the IMF. “Whoever hands our country over to the Monetary Fund would be a great traitor and the people would have the right to go to the streets again, like that February 27 and 28, 1989. Now in a civic-military union,” the Chavista warned during an event. politician in 2015, alluding to the “Caracazo”, which was an episode of civil protests against economic measures by the Carlos Andrés Pérez government and clashes with the Armed Forces that left 276 dead and thousands of disappeared.
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In the last years of political, economic and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, Maduro has accused the IMF and other international institutions, including the World Bank, of being an agent in the service of Washington in its supposed “economic war” against Caracas.
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/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-infobae.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DX4PFZIECVHNZFDOCVGIPLX6UM.jpg "Agency confirmed trip of 400 Jaliscienses to the US who are at risk of contracting coronavirus")