927people charged with incitement to hatred since 2017, according to Foro Penal · Tally reported by VPItv on October 1
1,300MW Corpoelec promises to add in the last quarter of 2026 · Announcement by minister Rolando Alcalá reported by VTV
6people still detained under the Hate Law, according to Sergio Novelli · Al Día con Sergio, October 1
Delcy Rodríguez said on VTV: 'We have sent the National Assembly a proposal to reform the hate law, for democratic coexistence and for tolerance.' The state channel devoted special programs to the partial reform, which VTV says 'will strengthen civic coexistence', and recalled that the law was passed by the Constituent Assembly in 2017.
According to VPItv, Foro Penal reported that at least 927 people have been charged with incitement to hatred since 2017. Sergio Novelli reported that the Plataforma Unitaria demanded immediate repeal and that six people remain detained under that law. César Miguel Rondón asked why Delcy Rodríguez wants to reform it rather than repeal it.
«We have sent the National Assembly a proposal to reform the hate law, for democratic coexistence and for tolerance.»— Delcy Rodríguez (on VTV's La Noticia Vespertina), October 1, 2026 · watch
«The hate law cannot be repealed in installments, and neither can the long-awaited freedom of all political prisoners.»— César Miguel Rondón, October 1, 2026 · watch
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Journalist Sebastiana Barráez said on TalCual that there is 'information and evidence that there is an order to arrest Valentín Santana', leader of the La Piedrita colectivo in 23 de Enero, and that audio clips attributed to him have circulated for two days. David Placeres had said on September 30 that Diosdado Cabello 'is already pursuing and handing over the leaders of the colectivos'.
Placeres also said the FBI 'sent a team to Venezuela to carry out intelligence work' and that the National Guard 'is clashing with the ELN in an area of Táchira near the Colombian border'. These are the commentators' claims, which they attribute to their own sources.
«…they have received information and evidence that there is an order to arrest Valentín Santana.»— Sebastiana Barráez, journalist (on TalCual), October 1, 2026 · watch
«The FBI sent a team to Venezuela to carry out intelligence work.»— David Placeres, October 1, 2026 · watch
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VTV reported that the minister for Electric Energy, Rolando Alcalá, announced that 1,300 MW will be added to the national grid during the last quarter of 2026. David Placeres replied that 'while Caracas remains an island', in the interior 'blackouts are ever more evident, more frequent, and people are losing patience'.
VTV also reported that the preliminary commission of the nominations committee released the timetable for choosing the next Supreme Court justices. Carla Angola said the Supreme Court vote 'was for November and now they are pushing it to mid-December'.
«The minister for electric energy, Rolando Alcalá, announced that 1,300 MW will be added to the national grid during the last quarter of this year, 2026…»— VTV (newscast), October 1, 2026 · watch
«…blackouts are ever more evident, more frequent, and people are losing patience.»— David Placeres, October 1, 2026 · watch
