Venezuela鈥檚 National Constituent Assembly (ANC) has approved a proposal to hold presidential elections before聽April 30.聽
The move came a day after the European Union announced sanctions targeting seven Venezuelan senior state officials on January 22.
In view聽of the December 10 municipal elections, communards and revolutionary activists closely associated with some of the most important initiatives in communal organisation in the country have been put forward as candidates for mayor.
Although we cannot say this is a mass phenomenon, it is undoubtedly a deeply significant event for various reasons.
Venezuela鈥檚 National Constituent Assembly (ANC) has denied permission to one of its grassroots delegates to stand as a mayoral candidate in聽the upcoming December 10 municipal elections.
Angel Prado was elected to the ANC on July 30 as a territorial delegate for his聽municipality of Simon Planas. Prado is also a leading member of the El Maizal commune in Lara state.
In an August 9 speech to parliament, Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson once again backed the right-wing campaign against Venezuela鈥檚 democracy and national sovereignty.
His statements follow a June 21 speech to the Senate, where he spoke out against what he claimed was an 鈥渋ncreasingly anti-democratic and corrupted government under President Nicolas Maduro鈥, while praising the 鈥渄emocratic and peaceful鈥 protests led by Venezuela鈥檚 right-wing opposition.