Venezuelan justice upholds the constitutionality of Maduro’s declared “economic emergency” - La Tercera

The Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela has declared this Saturday the constitutionality of the decree by which President Nicolás Maduro declared the state of economic emergency in the country for 60 days in response to the “unpublished and unprecedented trade war” unleashed by Donald Trump. The Constitutional Chamber of the TSJ has argued, after evaluating a petition by the president, that the decree “complies with the parameters establ…

The economist and university professor, Francisco Rodríguez, reported on the Economic Emergency Decree that President Nicolás Maduro «had extraordinary powers» between January 2016 and April 2021. He stressed that he did not believe that the Venezuelan government «can point out concrete evidence that this decree allowed him to take measures that he would not have been able to take [...] The entry Francisco Rodríguez: «Venezuela does not need ano…

The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) declared the constitutionality of the economic emergency decree signed by President Nicolás Maduro on April 8 and subsequently approved by the National Assembly (AN). The judiciary informed through social networks that it declared itself competent to review Decree No. 5,118 declaring a state of economic emergency throughout the national territory for a period of sixty days. The TSJ…

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, signed the decree that activated the Motor Telecommunications and New Technologies, a project aims to integrate young talents into the sector, democratize access to telecommunications and consolidate collaboration between public and private companies. More than 340 national and international companies dedicated to technological development attended the presentation, including operators such as Movistar…

The Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) declared on Saturday the constitutionality of the economic emergency decree signed by Nicolás Maduro, in response to the tariff policy of the United States, which imposed a rate of 15% on imports from Venezuela. The decision was issued by the Constitutional Chamber and announced through the official account of the TSJ on Instagram. Likewise, the decree was ordered to be published in the Official Gazette, in the…

The Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) declared "constitutional" on Saturday, April 12, the economic emergency decree that it signed in the middle of the week Nicolás Maduro, in order to deal with the tightening of sanctions and the application of new tariffs by the government of Donald Trump. In a statement, the highest court said that the Constitutional Chamber reviewed the application sent by the Executive. Therefore, it ruled through its decisio…