
As Venezuela’s Presidential Inauguration Looms, Church Calls for ‘Respect for Human Rights’
To date, various countries around the world have recognized González as the president legitimately elected by all Venezuelans.
To date, various countries around the world have recognized González as the president legitimately elected by all Venezuelans.
Since Tuesday in Caracas, the country’s capital, Christmas trees and other decorations have appeared in several of the city’s most emblematic monuments and government buildings.
Maduro’s announcement came just hours after the Venezuelan justice system issued an arrest warrant for Edmundo González Urrutia, who won the July 28 presidential elections by a wide margin.
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: Autocratic tendencies run deep in Latin American politics. But the same kinds of power grabs seem to be spreading like a virus to all corners of the globe, including here in the United States.
COMMENTARY: The Maduro regime has been an 11-year nightmare for the people of Venezuela.
Although the statement did not explain the reasons for the postponement, Venezuela is in the midst of severe disturbances following the July 28 elections.
For Cardinals Porras and Padrón, it is clear that the entrenched ruling party is immersed in the logic of a coup d’état, ready to perpetuate itself in power.
Devotion traces back to 1703 in Seville, Spain, when a Capuchin friar saw the Virgin Mary dressed as a shepherdess holding a shepherd’s crook.
The 60 teachers who will receive scholarships belong to 14 educational institutions in Carayaca.
The prelate considers that the result of the primary elections is so important that it could lead to ‘a kind of refounding of the country.’
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