The Daily Journal.- The process to select new justices for Venezuela’s Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) will start over under a mechanism that will expand civil society participation, according to Ramón López, a representative of the 2015 National Assembly delegation at the dialogue talks. In an interview with Caraota Digital, López said authorities will select […]
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The Daily Journal.— Interior Minister and PSUV Secretary General Diosdado Cabello sharply criticized sectors of the Venezuelan opposition that do not participate in the negotiating table with the government. According to Cabello, these groups seek to “implode” the dialogue process, which aims to advance a democratic transition and support the country’s recovery following the June […]
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The Daily Journal.— The release of Venezuela’s international reserve assets in gold held at the Bank of England will depend on the implementation of international audits and the transfer of the proceeds to a U.S. Department of the Treasury account, Ramón López, a delegate from the 2015 National Assembly, said in an interview with a […]
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Recovering the gold deposited in England and reshuffling the deck for the selection of Supreme Court justices are announcements that, if they materialize, would give the first dialogue process since January 3 an early victory. José Gregorio Yépez The resumption of negotiations between the Executive Branch and one sector of the opposition once again brings […]
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The Daily Journal – The Program for Peace and Democratic Coexistence, promoted by Acting President Delcy Rodríguez, announced Friday that courts had granted alternative measures to imprisonment to 131 people who had remained in custody over their alleged involvement in crimes against the country’s democratic order and peace. The country’s courts decided at the request […]
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The Daily Journal.- Acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Wednesday welcomed the first agreement reached in the dialogue process between her administration and the National Assembly elected in 2015. “I welcome and celebrate this first step in the dialogue process with the opposition sector represented in the National Assembly elected in 2015,” Rodríguez said in a […]
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The Daily Journal. — The administration of Delcy Rodríguez and the National Assembly elected in 2015 agreed to focus their efforts on recovering Venezuela’s international reserve assets held at the Bank of England, as part of the agreements reached during the first round of talks between the two sides. The commitment forms part of the […]
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The Daily Journal. — The Venezuelan government and the National Assembly elected in 2015 agreed to launch a new process to transform the justice system. The plan calls for reforms to the Organic Law of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), the renewal of the Judicial Nominations Committee, and a new call for candidates to […]
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By José Gregorio Yépez A new round of talks between the opposition and the government is about to begin. What can we expect? Judging by what Dinorah Figuera said over the weekend, this new dialogue seemed to begin with a phone call. Yet Jorge Rodríguez’s August 1 statement made one thing unmistakably clear: the talks […]
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The Daily Journal – The U.S. Embassy released an official statement on Thursday welcoming the arrival in Caracas of the 2015 Venezuelan National Assembly delegation, led by Dinorah Figuera, to begin direct, in-person talks with Venezuela’s interim government. Through the diplomatic mission, the U.S. administration described the meeting as a strategic opportunity to advance the […]
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