Tag: Venezuelan National Assembly

• Wednesday, January 13th 2016 - 05:34 UTC

  Venezuela's 'super majority' power struggle paralyzes government

  

  Venezuela sank deeper into a messy political crisis Tuesday as the opposition-controlled National Assembly suspended its session after the Supreme Court declared it null and void. Speaking before a nearly empty chamber, speaker Henry Ramos Allup, a fierce opponent of President Nicolas Maduro, declared the National Assembly lacked a quorum and would reconvene Wednesday morning.

• Tuesday, January 12th 2016 - 07:36 UTC

  Judicial and Legislative branches clash in Venezuela threatening institutional stability

  

  Venezuela headed into ever more complicated political waters on Monday as the Supreme Court declared the newly opposition-controlled legislature null and void and the opposition vowed to continue defying the judges.

• Wednesday, December 9th 2015 - 08:06 UTC

  It's official: Venezuelan opposition wins a two thirds majority in the legislature

  

  Venezuela said the opposition coalition MUD has won a two-thirds super majority in the country’s legislature, a major victory in Sunday’s elections.

• Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 09:10 UTC

  Now comes the main challenge for the fragile opposition coalition: running Venezuela

  

  Venezuela's fragile opposition coalition which managed to come together to achieve victory over the Chavista government on Sunday, now faces the test of trying to stick together and use its newly won congressional authority to address the country’s deep economic problems and political rifts.

• Monday, December 7th 2015 - 07:43 UTC

  In peaceful voting Venezuelan opposition wins by a landslide; Maduro admits defeat

  

  Venezuela's opposition won control of the National Assembly by a landslide, delivering a major setback to the ruling party and altering the balance of power after almost 17 years of populist rule.

• Friday, November 27th 2015 - 08:21 UTC

  Maduro blames killing of opposition leader to score-settling among gangs

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday the fatal shooting of an opposition leader appeared to be a gangland score-settling dismissing claim it was politically motivated ahead of elections. An attacker shot Luis Manuel Diaz dead on Wednesday evening in the central Guarico region at a campaign rally for the December 6 legislative elections, party officials said, ratcheting up fears that violence could erupt in the lead-up to the polls.

• Friday, November 27th 2015 - 06:28 UTC

  OAS calls for immediate end to violence in Venezuela

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS), secretary general Luis Almagro condemned the killing in Venezuela of an opposition leader during a political rally ahead of the 6 December legislative election, and called for an immediate end to violence in the country.

• Friday, July 31st 2015 - 06:41 UTC

  Maduro takes over brewers complex as Venezuela runs out of beer because of lack of barley

  

  Venezuela's largest food distributor on Thursday denounced the government occupation of a Caracas warehouse amid accusations that the company is hoarding goods. Soldiers took over the warehouse complex used by Empresas Polar late Wednesday just as Venezuela's federation of brewers announced that Polar's beer manufacturing subsidiary is shutting two of its six plants because of a lack of imported barley.

• Monday, March 16th 2015 - 10:48 UTC

  President Maduro will rule the rest of the year with decree powers

  

  Venezuela's parliament has granted President Nicolas Maduro decree powers for the rest of 2015 in a move he says is to defend the country from US meddling but opponents decry as evidence of autocracy. In a noisy National Assembly session, ruling Socialist Party legislators, who have a majority, applauded the “Enabling Law” as a legitimate response to a US declaration that Venezuela is a security threat and sanctions on seven officials.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 08:23 UTC

  Venezuelan opposition lawmaker and supporters cleared from square with tear gas

  

  Venezuelan troops dispersed opposition demonstrators with tear gas on Tuesday and blocked anti-government activist Maria Corina Machado, recently stripped of her seat in the National Assembly, from reaching the legislature.