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2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly Election
Constituent Assembly elections were held in Venezuela on 30 July 2017 to elect the members of the 2017 Constituent National Assembly ( es, Asamblea Nacional Constituyente; ANC). Unlike the 1999 Constituent National Assembly, which was assembled following a referendum, the 2017 election was convened by the presidential decree of President Nicolás Maduro. Approximately two-thirds (364) of Assembly members were elected by municipal citizens while members of seven social sectors including trade unions, communal councils, indigenous groups, farmers, students, and pensioners elected the remaining one-third (181) of members. The new constitution proposed by the Constituent Assembly will be subject to approval by referendum. The opposition's refusal to contest the election meant that most candidates of the Constituent Assembly were likely to be supporters of the government. The upcoming regional and presidential elections may also be delayed from their planned dates under a new const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prodavinci
Prodavinci is a Venezuelan news site that provides analysis from historians, scholars and scientists. ''Foreign Policy'' called Prodavinci "a one-stop shop for Spanish-language analysis of the Venezuelan reality" while ''The Wall Street Journal'' described the website as having "serious political analysis". History In 2009, Angel Alayón, a Venezuelan economist out of the University of Chicago, created a personal blog and decided it needed more content, stating "I would read things in the New Yorker, or the Atlantic, or Slate (magazine), Slate, and I would wonder why Venezuela couldn’t have something like that". Soon after, friends and the intellectual elite in Caracas began to show desire on posting on his blog, with Alayón then naming his blog "Prodavinci" as a "reference to Leonardo da Vinci, DaVinci" and as "a call for a 'renaissance' of ideas in the country". Alayón describes Prodavinci as "a space for ideas, discussions and debates" though he doesn't want the website to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
