he authoritarian regime in Venezuela held a referendum on Sunday in whic h, according to official sources, 95 percent of voters backed Nicolás Maduro’s claims over the oil‐​rich Esequiba region of neighboring Guyana. Although analysts speculate Maduro will not invade Guyana, there is no denying he has several strong reasons to do just that. By Daniel Raisbeck. Full Text -> CATO

Los ‘juegos de guerra’ arrancan con amplio despliegue de tanques, drones y francotiradores….Este tipo de eventos es propicio para la organización de un mercado armamentístico, que en el caso de Venezuela se convierte en el ‘mercado persa’ de armas teledirigidas. Diversos grupos de compradores, incluyendo organizaciones criminales, narcotraficantes y aventureros, se acercan para adquirir las últimas novedades en armas sofisticadas. By Ludmila Vinogradoff

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La información fue dada a conocer por el Centro para una Sociedad Libre y Segura, quien destacó en un informe que los ejercicios militares de guerra formarán parte de la edición 2022 de una competencia que han llamado “Sniper Frontier” y que Rusia organiza en alianza con diferentes países que han sido sede desde 2015. Texto Completo -> DiarioLasAméricas

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A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accuses Venezuela’s security forces of carrying out operations with the Colombian guerrilla group National Liberation Army (ELN), and of causing “a dramatic increase in violence in the first months of 2022” in the border departments of Arauca, in Colombia, and Apure, in Venezuela. The report Colombia/Venezuela: Border Area Abuses by Armed Groups was published on March 28. By Julieta Pelcastre. Full Text -> Dialogo

Traducción de cortesía -> Un informe de Human Rights Watch (HRW) acusa a las fuerzas de seguridad de Venezuela de realizar operaciones con el grupo guerrillero colombiano Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), y de provocar “un aumento dramático de la violencia en los primeros meses de 2022” en los departamentos fronterizos de Arauca , en Colombia, y Apure, en Venezuela. El informe Colombia/Venezuela: Abusos en Zona Fronteriza por parte de Grupos Armados fue publicado el 28 de marzo.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) echoed the UN and Catholic Church’s claims in a separate report released on Monday, saying fighting between ELN and dissident FARC forces in early 2022 had caused thousands to flee a “dramatic increase in violence” on the Colombia-Venezuela border. HRW also accused Venezuelan armed forces of conducting joint operations with ELN guerrilla fighters against FARC dissidents in the border area in early 2022, contributing to the violence in the region. By Jorge Engels and Stefano Pozzebon. Full Text -> EgyptIndependent

Traducción de cortesía -> Human Rights Watch (HRW) se hizo eco de las afirmaciones de la ONU y la Iglesia Católica en un informe separado publicado el lunes, diciendo que los combates entre el ELN y las fuerzas disidentes de las FARC a principios de 2022 habían provocado que miles de personas huyeran de un “aumento dramático de la violencia” en la frontera entre Colombia y Venezuela. . HRW también acusó a las fuerzas armadas venezolanas de realizar operaciones conjuntas con guerrilleros del ELN contra disidentes de las FARC en la zona fronteriza a principios de 2022, contribuyendo a la violencia en la región

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Although the Venezuela Venezuelan Navy has not been a top concern for the US Department of Defense, reports have emerged that China is supplying Venezuela with some rather powerful weapons that could shift the balance of power in the region. In September 2020, the Venezuelan government under President Nicolas Maduro released some propaganda videos that suggest that its warships have been armed with new Chinese-made anti-ship missiles that can target enemy vessels from over 100 nautical miles away, writes Peter Suciu for The National Interest. Full Text -> ANINews

Javier Tarazona, director of the NGO Fundaredes, reported via twitter that the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) of Venezuela and the FARC dissidents entered the truce stage, after more than two months of clashes in the Apure state, border with Colombia, where there has been an indeterminate number of deaths.
So far the whereabouts or progress of the talks for the return of the Venezuelan soldiers captured by the Tenth Front of the FARC is unknown. But this truce could indicate the beginning of the return of the captured soldiers. By OnVenezuela

The statement has an addressee: Diosdado Cabello. The second man of Chavismo, vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela and a retired Army captain, Cabello enjoys some ancestry within the Bolivarian Armed Forces for having participated in the military coups with Hugo Chávez in the 1990s. The kidnapped soldiers ask him to mediate in the conflict as a negotiator, despite the fact that he does not have any official position within the military structure. Full Text -> MarketResearchTelecast.

Eight Venezuelan soldiers have been captured during combat with “irregular Colombian armed groups” in the border state of Apure, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said on Saturday. Padrino did not specify when or where the soldiers were captured, but said the armed forces had received proof they were alive on May 9. A Venezuelan non-governmental organization, Fundaredes, reported on the detentions earlier this week, but Venezuelan officials had not previously commented. By Deisy Buitrago, Luc Cohen. Full Text -> USNews

Javier Tarazona, director of the NGO Fundaredes, showed photos of two pages of a supposed communique from the 10th front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombian (FARC) rebels in which they gave the names of the soldiers calling them “prisoners of war.” The document is undated and is addressed to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Full Text -> SwissInf