Venezuela.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez held a news conference this morning to announce that “Spain officially recognizes Juan Guaidó, the leader of the National Assembly, as the interim president of Venezuela.”
Sánchez also announced that Spain will foster a humanitarian aid plan for Venezuela within the EU and United Nations.
Just minutes later, other countries including Britain and Austria officially recognized Guaidó as well.
Attempts by the EU to reach a common position in order to recognize Guiadó, have run into opposition from a group of countries led by Italy. The differing viewpoints among EU members have to do with the wording and the deadlines to recognize the National Assembly leader as the interim president of Venezuela until new elections are called.
But during a television interview with Spanish network La Sexta,President Nicholas Maduro said he was not contemplating either stepping down or calling new presidential elections: “I don’t take ultimatums from anybody he said .. International politics cannot be based on ultimatums. Why should the EU order a country around?
MW
The Kremlin said that moves by some European countries to recognize Juan Guaido as interim president amounted to foreign meddling and that Venezuelans, not foreign countries, should resolve their own domestic political issues.
New Speed Limits
The DGT has recommended speeds in town centres should drop to 20 kilometres an hour, a draft Royal Decree, or Bill of Law says this will be the maximum at which driving is permitted on roads where the pavement is on the same level and there is no kerb, a design growing in popularity in many urban hubs when roads are redeveloped.
Speed limits in town centres are likely to reduce to 30 kilometres per hour on single- carriageways and, for dual carriageways in these areas, to 50 kilometres per hour.
Penalties for breaking the limit will become much stiffer – at the moment, the maximum is €300 in fines and a loss of two license points, although ‘minor’ cases of speeding typically attract fines of €100, reducing to €50 if paid straight away.
Now, the maximum for speeding will rise to €500 and a loss of six licence points.
Elderly Victim
A 74 year old woman is in a serious condition after being brutally attacked by her 83- year-old partner in their home in Torrevieja.
The man who was arrested by the Guardia Civil, beat the woman with several blunt objects, including a hammer, and then threw her down the stairs on Saturday.
The woman was admitted to the Torrevieja University Hospital in a serious condition.