José Dionisio Brito Rodríguez (born 15 January 1973) is a Venezuelan

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and politician who serves as a deputy to the

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and former member of Justice First party.

Biography

Brito studied Business Administration at the Simón Rodríguez National Experimental University (UNESR). He was a member of the

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(MAS) party, and then joined the Podemos party. Having lost the race to become mayor of the

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in 2004 as a member of

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, elected councillor for the in the 2005 municipal elections through an alliance of opposition parties, a position he held until 2008. In the elections of 2013, he ran for mayor of the Simón Rodríguez Municipality with the support of the Democratic Unity Roundtable, obtaining 34% and 25,618 votes, losing to the PSUV candidate, Jesús Figuera. Under the banner of the Justice First party, he ran in the

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as a deputy for the

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State, a seat he won for the 2016–2021 period.

Controversies

The Armando.Info portal pointed to Brito as one of those implicated in alleged acts of corruption to "cleanse the reputation" of Colombian businessmen linked to the government of Nicolás Maduro and the network of embezzlement of social assistance funds of the

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(CLAP). In response to these reports, Brito said that 70 deputies demanded that

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the state of the resources received from the humanitarian aid. Guaidó said he did not know of any letter signed by 70 deputies. The same day, the

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(USAID) clarified that the interim government chaired by Guaido does not administer money from humanitarian aid. Days later on 2 December 2019, Brito said that "there is a rebellion in the Assembly" against the president of the parliament,

and will abstain in the vote for a new legislative president on 5 January 2020.

Sanctions

The

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sanctioned Brito,

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and others, "who, at the bidding of Maduro, attempted to block the democratic process in Venezuela," according to US Secretary of Treasury

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on 13 January 2020. The sanctioned have their assets in the US frozen and are not allowed to do business with US financial markets nor with US citizens.

References

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