The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) condemned on Wednesday ”the lifting of the parliamentary immunity of deputies José Guerra, Tomás Guanipa, Juan Pablo García and Rafael Guzmán, ordered on August 12, 2019, which constitutes a clear attack on the only legitimate and democratically elected body in Venezuela and another challenge to the rule of law.”
Robert Serra, a young Chavista ruling party lawmaker, died after being stabbed in his home in Caracas in an intentional homicide, government officials said, in Venezuela's latest high-profile violent crime.