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Paraguayan President Santiago Peña said on Monday that the political and social situation in Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba should be a cause of “great concern” for the international community.

“A region that has been characterized by peace and freedom, but today our inter-American system is suffering from what is happening in the sister nation of Venezuela, what is happening in Nicaragua, what is happening in Cuba. It must be a cause of great concern for the entire international community,” Peña said in a statement after meeting with Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves in San José.

Peña, who made an official visit to Costa Rica on Monday, recalled that Paraguay experienced “the longest dictatorship in South America” ​​and that for this reason “it knows the debts we have had with our people.”

“We cannot repeat these injustices. That is why we must defend Paraguay’s position in favor of a free, sovereign and independent Latin America, but above all one that respects human rights, freedoms and the free exercise of politics,” said Peña.

In a joint statement issued after the bilateral meeting, Chaves and Peña expressed their concern about the political and social situation in Venezuela and expressed their solidarity with the Venezuelan people.

Both demanded “unconditional respect for the popular will expressed at the polls, reiterating the importance of guaranteeing democracy, human rights, the right to peaceful protest and the protection of life and personal integrity.”

Venezuela is experiencing a post-election crisis with opposition protests, in which more than twenty people have died, and repression by law enforcement forces that have arrested thousands of people.

Venezuela’s National Electoral Council, which has yet to publish the voting records despite growing calls for transparency inside and outside Venezuela, declared the re-election of President Nicolás Maduro on the same day of the elections.

The Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) published more than 80% of the voting records table by table on the Internet to prove its victory by a wide margin and claims that the winner was its candidate Edmundo González.

Last Friday, the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) approved by consensus a resolution demanding that Venezuelan electoral authorities publish the minutes of the July 28 elections.

That Friday, the European Union and 22 other countries called for the “immediate publication of all the original minutes” of the elections and the “impartial” and “independent” verification of the results of the elections in Venezuela.

Caracas / EFE

In a press release, the Ministry of National Defense, through the General Staff of the Gabonese Armed Forces, announces the upcoming recruitment of fifty (50) non-commissioned officers, via the entrance exam to the National School of Active Non-Commissioned Officers (ENSOA), from September 5 to 7, 2024 in Libreville. Applicants, of Gabonese nationality, must be at least 18 years old and not more than 25 years old and hold the BEPC, an equivalent diploma or the Baccalaureate.

Candidates for the ENSOA entrance exam, whose deadline for submitting applications is set for Friday, August 23, must provide a file including the following documents: a handwritten request for incorporation addressed to the Chief of General Staff of the Gabonese Armed Forces; a certified copy of the original of the diploma or certificate justifying the required level; a legalized birth certificate extract; four color identity photos on a white background; an extract from the criminal record dating from less than 3 months and a copy of the CNAMGS.

It is specified that the files must consist of certified copies of the original documents and that scanned documents or color copies will not be admissible. The posting of the lists of candidates authorized to compete, as well as the distribution of the convocation cards will take place from September 2 to 4, 2024.

The entrance exam to ENSOA will begin with the sports tests scheduled for September 5 to 6. The written tests, on Saturday, September 7, 2024, will focus on general knowledge for candidates at the BAC level, text study for candidates at the BEPC level or equivalent and mathematics depending on the level.

The results of the ENSOA entrance exam will be published on September 16, 2024. Final admission is conditional on successful completion of the various tests, a favorable character investigation and medical fitness.

Alph’-Whilem Eslie