Mayelin Raquel Arias
Mayelin Raquel Arias was appointed as Minister of Popular Power of Urban Agriculture in 2018. She is the president of the Training and Innovation Foundation to Support the Agrarian Revolution (Ciara). She has held management positions in entities attached to the then Ministry of Agriculture and Lands. Three months after her appointment as minister, she was accused of alleged corruption and nepotism within the Ministry.
Missions
International "observers" and "experts" observe the 2024 Russian Presidential Elections
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The quote is taken from the Russian media Volga News. This statement was used to relativise any criticism of the 2024 Russian presidential elections from mainstream Western media. Instead, it created a narrative of a fair and democratic process. The participation of international observers was intended to lend credibility to the electoral process, encompassing both Russian territory and the Ukrainian regions occupied by Russia.
Among the international observers and experts who arrived in the Samara region are observer [...] Mayelin Raquel Arias, former Minister of Agriculture of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. [Translated from Russian]