On the 1st of May 2017, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro called for a constituent assembly invoking the articles 348, 70, 236 and 347 of the 1999 Constitution. This is in alignment with Maduro’s first line of argument (see Laura Jung’s blog post) that he acted according to the present constitution. However, there are many reasons to believe he is not acting according to the constitution.
After being elected in highly unfair and rigged elections on the 30th of July 2017 (see Hanna Buck’s blog post), the National Constituent Assembly started to work on the 4th of August. In a symbolical act, the newly elected members entered the Federal Legislative Palace – the meeting place of the Venezuelan Parliament – with portraits of the former President Hugo Chávez and P …
Habla el único gobernador que no quiso juramentarse en Venezuela: la oposición "no puede participar en procesos electorales sin verdaderas garantías"El opositor fue electo para ser el gobernador del poderoso estado Zulia, pero fue invalidado el jueves para asumir el cargo. Guanipa se negó a tomar juramento ante la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente (ANC), que la oposición no reconoce. Su negativa lo ha convertido en una referencia para los rivales del chavismo.
Boycott as Venezuelan governors sworn inEighteen socialist governors are sworn in but five opposition governors boycott the event.
In July 2017, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro convened a constituent assembly. In other words, an authoritarian president under pressure relies on what some theorists have referred to as the origin of all democratic rule. This raises one central question: Is this assembly really a constituent assembly, or is it one in name only? This first part of a three-part series on …
telegraph.co.uk – A parliamentary candidate, an opposition activist and a 13-year-old boy were among at least 10 people killed on Sunday as President Nicolas Maduro defied international pressure and internal strife to hold a controversial election.
Venezuela just defaulted, moving deeper into crisisVenezuela, a nation spiraling into a humanitarian crisis, has missed a debt payment. It could soon face grim consequences.
… The Spanish constitutional crisis is escalating, and it has now – finally – found broader attention, thanks to the referendum on 1 October and the violence of the Spanish police trying to prevent it from being held. Still, much confusion reigns on how to approach the crisis, apart from the obvious condemnation of the human rights violations…
