Venezuela: Congress Approves Constitutional Reforms Proposed by the President
(Nov. 2, 2007) On October 23, 2007, the National Assembly of Venezuela approved an increase in powers for the president of the republic as part of a constitutional reform in progress. Among the new...
View ArticleVenezuela: Consolidation of Administrative Powers in Executive Branch
(July 27, 2009) A new law issued on March 17, 2009, amends Venezuela's Organic Law on the Decentralization, Delimitation, and Transference of Competencies of the Public Power that was published on...
View ArticleUnited Nations; Venezuela: Alarm over Purported Draft Media Law
(Aug. 18, 2009) On August 10, 2009, Frank La Rue, who has served since August 2008 as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and...
View ArticleVenezuela: Twitter Users Arrested on Charges of Spreading Rumors
(July 14, 2010) Two individuals charged with “the dissemination over the social network Twitter of false rumors for the purpose of destabilizing the national banking system…and causing runs on banks,”...
View ArticleVenezuela: New Law Bans Some Internet Content
(Dec. 30, 2010) On December 20, 2010, after less than a week of consideration and with the support of the ruling party, Venezuela's National Assembly adopted the Law on the Social Responsibility of...
View ArticleMercosur; Venezuela: Venezuela Joins Trade Bloc
(Aug. 3, 2012) On July 4, 2006, Venezuela signed the adhesion protocol to Mercosur, which established a four-year term for full incorporation into the economic bloc. (Mercosul, Venezuela Consolida...
View ArticleVenezuela: Prohibition of Use of Cellular Phones and Internet by Inmates
(Aug. 25, 2016) The Venezeulan Congress recently passed the Law Regulating the Use of Cellular Phones and the Internet Inside Penitentiaries, prohibiting the use of cellular phones and the Internet in...
View ArticleVenezuela: President of the National Assembly Cites Constitutional Basis for...
(Jan. 31, 2019) On January 23, 2019, the president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, declared that he was assuming the office of the presidency on an interim basis on the basis of...
View ArticleColombia: Registration of Venezuelan Nationals for Legal Immigration Status...
(May 13, 2021) On May 5, 2021, the Colombian government began the first phase of registering Venezuelan citizens under the Temporary Statute of Protection for Venezuelan Migrants (TSPVM), which was...
View ArticleVenezuela: Congress Approves Constitutional Reforms Proposed by the President
(Nov. 2, 2007) On October 23, 2007, the National Assembly of Venezuela approved an increase in powers for the president of the republic as part of a constitutional reform in progress. Among the new...
View ArticleVenezuela: Consolidation of Administrative Powers in Executive Branch
(July 27, 2009) A new law issued on March 17, 2009, amends Venezuela's Organic Law on the Decentralization, Delimitation, and Transference of Competencies of the Public Power that was published on...
View ArticleUnited Nations; Venezuela: Alarm over Purported Draft Media Law
(Aug. 18, 2009) On August 10, 2009, Frank La Rue, who has served since August 2008 as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and...
View ArticleVenezuela: Twitter Users Arrested on Charges of Spreading Rumors
(July 14, 2010) Two individuals charged with “the dissemination over the social network Twitter of false rumors for the purpose of destabilizing the national banking system…and causing runs on banks,”...
View ArticleVenezuela: New Law Bans Some Internet Content
(Dec. 30, 2010) On December 20, 2010, after less than a week of consideration and with the support of the ruling party, Venezuela's National Assembly adopted the Law on the Social Responsibility of...
View ArticleMercosur; Venezuela: Venezuela Joins Trade Bloc
(Aug. 3, 2012) On July 4, 2006, Venezuela signed the adhesion protocol to Mercosur, which established a four-year term for full incorporation into the economic bloc. (Mercosul, Venezuela Consolida...
View ArticleVenezuela: Prohibition of Use of Cellular Phones and Internet by Inmates
(Aug. 25, 2016) The Venezeulan Congress recently passed the Law Regulating the Use of Cellular Phones and the Internet Inside Penitentiaries, prohibiting the use of cellular phones and the Internet in...
View ArticleVenezuela: President of the National Assembly Cites Constitutional Basis for...
(Jan. 31, 2019) On January 23, 2019, the president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, declared that he was assuming the office of the presidency on an interim basis on the basis of...
View ArticleColombia: Registration of Venezuelan Nationals for Legal Immigration Status...
(May 13, 2021) On May 5, 2021, the Colombian government began the first phase of registering Venezuelan citizens under the Temporary Statute of Protection for Venezuelan Migrants (TSPVM), which was...
View ArticleUnited States: Department of Justice Announces Charges Against Russian and...
On October 19, 2022, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York unsealed an indictment charging five Russian and two Venezuelan nationals with the illegal sale of U.S....
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