Reaffirming its social commitment and supporting education, sustainable development, and nation-building, Bancamiga successfully completed the third edition of its program: “Creating Ideas. Together for Venezuela.” “Together for Venezuela” is positively impacting more than 300 high school students in five institutions across Greater Caracas.

This educational program’s central objective is to foster creativity and critical thinking. Using design thinking methodology, the young participants identify challenges in their communities and propose innovative solutions that contribute to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

“At Bancamiga, we believe in innovation as the engine of social change. With ‘Creating Ideas Together for Venezuela,’ we are not only providing tools, but also empowering the next generation of leaders in the country; “Encouraging them to transform their reality and fostering their development as agents of change through critical and creative thinking,” stated José Simón Elarba, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bancamiga.

In this third edition, the initiative was implemented at the Madre Cecilia Cros School (Catia), the La Rinconada Technical School (Coche), the Pedro Emilio Coll High School (El Valle), the Padre Machado Fe y Alegría Technical School (Las Acacias), and the María Auxiliadora Private School (El Hatillo), during the school year that concluded last July.

Developing leaders among young people

In partnership with Aprendo y Emprendo (Learn and Start Up), workshops were held at each participating institution where students learned about the SDGs and how to apply them; they identified problems in their communities, as well as possible solutions, with the aim of generating innovative ideas that promote a positive impact in their communities.

Professor Gonzalo Rodríguez, job placement coordinator at the Padre Machado Technical School, maintains that the program “Besides being educational, academic, and formative, it raises awareness” among young people.

Furthermore, the program represents “an opportunity” for the students “to develop proposals based on their strengths and implement potential solutions in their communities,” stated Willians Venegas, director of the María Auxiliadora Private Educational Unit.

Positive community impact

Since its inception in 2024, “Creating Ideas. “Together for Venezuela” has increased its impact among students and their communities. The first edition was launched with the participation of 365 students between the ages of 14 and 16 in six schools in low-income areas of Caracas.

The second phase focused on institutional strengthening, training 76 teachers from 10 schools as facilitators and multipliers of the program, with the goal of ensuring the sustainability of the methodology in the classroom.

With this third edition, the educational program consolidates the social innovation model among students, and Bancamiga reaffirms its social commitment to education, investing in new generations to build a more prosperous and sustainable future.

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Through its World Food Programme, the United Nations hopes to collect $50 million in aid to assist some 500,000 people affected by the earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24.

Stephanie Hochstetter, head of the organization in the country, stated from La Guaira/Vargas State—the most devastated coastal region—that this amount “will not cover the entire disaster.”

According to the official, who spoke via videoconference, the WFP has already distributed emergency rations to thousands of people in the area. She also highlighted that the UN agency “currently has 3,000 metric tons of food stored in the country, enough to feed more than 10,000 families for two months.”

Hochstetter added that the program “is working on local purchases and coordinating with its teams in Colombia the rapid transfer of additional reserves. The goal is to scale up the response to cover half a million people in the coming months.”

The priority is to provide those affected with food, drinking water, shelter, medical assistance, and access to basic services. These efforts will complement the organization’s response during the earthquakes, when it “released $15 million in emergency funds and deployed more than 2,200 rescuers from 25 countries.”

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Today the world celebrates International Women’s Day. In this context, the United Nations is launching the theme: “Rights, Justice and Action for and by All Women and Girls,” to raise awareness about remaining challenges in areas such as labor rights, healthcare, equal justice, access to information and education, recognition of achievement, security, and respect.

According to the UN, “by 2026, women will only have 64 % of the legal rights that men have worldwide. In fundamental areas of life, such as work, money, security, family, property, mobility, business, and retirement, the law is systematically unfavorable to women.”

 

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Women still face everything from “harmful social norms to discriminatory laws. Women and girls continue to face entrenched obstacles, and even setbacks, in achieving equality before the law. If progress continues at the current pace, it will take 286 years to close the legal protection gaps. That is not a deadline; it is a surrender.”

The UN will celebrate International Women’s Day this Monday, March 9, and will focus on “equality before the law, deliberately coinciding with the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) (March 9–19).”

This intergovernmental forum will serve as a meeting point for representatives of Member States, United Nations entities, and civil society to negotiate conclusions on the theme of “Ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, including by promoting inclusive and equitable legal systems, eliminating discriminatory laws, policies, and practices, and addressing structural barriers.”

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Despite current tensions following US actions in Venezuela, Russia’s representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, indicated on Thursday, February 5, that they will continue to strengthen relations with the South American country.

According to Nebenzia, “Moscow will continue to support Venezuela and reinforce its strategic partnership with the South American country”. The announcement comes in a context of international tensions, marked by new US sanctions and the UN’s call to “respect the sovereignty of nations.”

Nebenzia assured that Russia’s support for Venezuela will continue in all areas of cooperation. For his part, the Venezuelan ambassador to Moscow, Jesús Rafael Salazar Velásquez, “confirmed that the strategic partnership treaty signed in May 2025 between the two countries remains in effect and is being implemented through joint projects in energy, defense, and technological development.”

Regarding the agreements between the two countries, Salazar stated: “We will continue to implement what has been established in the treaty in all areas.”

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The deadline for announcing the replacement for the current Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, is January 1, 2027. In this regard, the current President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, announced on Monday the formal registration of former President Michelle Bachelet for the position.

Boric, who will leave the presidency on March 1, when José Antonio Kast will assume the office, highlighted Bachelet’s track record, emphasizing that “she already has the support of Mexico and Brazil, the two most populous countries in Latin America.”

According to Boric, the Chilean former president’s candidacy represents a shared hope: “that Latin America and the Caribbean will make their voices heard in building collective solutions to the tremendous challenges of our time.”

In addition to Bachelet, other candidates from the region who announced their candidacy include “the former vice president of Costa Rica, Rebeca Grynspan, current head of Trade at the organization; and the current director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Argentine Rafael Grossi.”

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According to forecasts from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office in Venezuela, the South American country’s economy could grow by 5.8 %. Of that total, the oil sector is expected to grow by 13 % and non-oil activity by 3.4 %.

UNDP experts estimate that “the nation’s economy is showing signs of growth, mainly thanks to the momentum of the oil sector and the good performance of several other sectors.”

However, they warn that policies are needed to help stabilize prices and concretely improve the quality of life, beyond the positive signs following the change in US oil policy.

One of the most significant obstacles that, according to the organization, must be taken into account is inflation, which is expected to reach 275 % by 2025, coupled with “the loss of currency value and the decline in household purchasing power.”

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Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU), recently stated that in light of the dangers of fragmentation in the use of AI and its consequences for deepening inequalities, global regulation is essential.

The official told AFP that she “hopes that AI can truly benefit humanity.” To achieve this, it is urgent to consider “the risks posed by this rapidly evolving technology—including the fear of job loss, the spread of fake news and misinformation, and the deterioration of the social fabric—and she insisted that regulation is key.”

Her warning comes after US President Donald Trump presented an “aggressive, low-regulation strategy to ensure the United States has an advantage over China in AI.”

The United Nations must analyze the positions of various countries and companies on AI, its development, application, and regulation to establish measures that, far from slowing its progress, optimize its application and minimize risks.

“For Bogdan-Martin, it is key to have a dialogue between these different strategies,” bridging the gaps between countries.

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The United Nations’ humanitarian aid programs will suffer drastic cuts due to a lack of funding, especially from the United States.

With this cut, the organization’s aid to various countries for medicines, food, and vaccines will be slashed, impacting those most in need.

The decision was announced Monday by the UN, stating that “the new aid plan has a budget of $29 billion, far from the $44 billion the UN requested for 2025.”

New ways have been outlined to prioritize UN plans “to assist 114 million people worldwide instead of the initial plan of 180 million,” according to a statement from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

In relation to the humanitarian aid cuts, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) also announced the elimination of approximately 3,500 jobs.

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During the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, a cybersecurity agreement was announced between Venezuela, Russia, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Nicaragua, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, and Laos.

The signing of this agreement is an endorsement of the United Nations Convention on Cybercrime and will help members collect and share digital evidence, combat the use of cyberspace to commit crimes, and strengthen regulations in this field.

“The group urged all member states to sign the document during the official ceremony scheduled for Hanoi in 2025, and to work on the development of an additional protocol addressing other crimes enabled by digital technologies, in accordance with General Assembly resolutions 74/247 and 75/282.”

Venezuela and the 11 signatory countries urged the UN to establish a “Permanent Mechanism on ICT Security, to replace the current open working group on the peaceful use of information technologies (2021–2025). The objective would be to consolidate a stable, consensus-based institutional framework to address cybersecurity issues from the perspective of international peace and stability.”

The document is critical of sensitive issues such as the use of new technologies as tools for interference in internal affairs, “political destabilization, and manipulation through satellite internet networks.”

The twelve nations advocate multilateralism, non-interference, and respect for each state’s national legislation.

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Given the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032, the United Nations has activated the Planetary Security Protocol for the first time.

According to recent reports, the asteroid is approaching Earth and has a 1.5 % probability of impacting the planet in 2032.

Although it is recognized that this is a very small possibility, in view of the possible impact, the UN decided to activate said protocol, according to Juan Luis Cano, coordinator of NASA’s Planetary Defense Office.

European Space Agency keeps watch on asteroid 2024 YR4

The European Space Agency (ESA) said on Tuesday: “Asteroid 2024 YR4 is estimated to be larger than 50 m and has a probability of impact greater than 1 % at some point in the next 50 years. It therefore meets all the criteria necessary to activate the two UN-approved asteroid response groups: the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) and the Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG).”

Cano stressed that there are no strong reasons for concern. However, as space observers, agencies working with NASA must do everything possible to mitigate any possible risk, since “asteroid 2024 YR4 is now classified at level 3 on the Turin impact risk scale.” ESA believes that “it will likely remain on the risk list until it becomes observable again in 2028.”

Between April and May of that year, the SMPAG will meet again to reassess the situation. If it is confirmed that the diameter of the asteroid remains above 50 m “and the probability of impact remains above 1%, the SMPAG will issue a recommendation on additional measures to be taken to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)”.

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