Luis Tascón Gutiérrez (27 August 1968,

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, Táchira – 12 August 2010,

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n politician and member of the

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Biography

The son of Colombian-born parents, Tascón studied

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at the Universidad de los Andes in Mérida, Venezuela. He was a member of the political party ''Desobediencia Popular'' (Popular Disobedience) of Mérida from 1986 to 1992, and in 1998, founded the Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) chapter of the Táchira municipality, ''Independencia''. He was a member of the National Assembly since 1999, and became regional director of the Táchira state MVR in 1999. Tascón became a recognized public figures of the MVR after the events of 11 April 2002, when he helped charge some of the suspects in the Assembly with participation in the brief ousting of President

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. Tascón became part of a national scandal when he published on his website the signers of 2004 referendum to recall President Chávez, which became known as the

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. Tascón said he posted the list in order to support the verification of signatures. He later removed the list from his website, after widespread accusations that it was being used to discriminate against those who had signed the petition, noting that it was a crime to "persecute" people for signing. Years after Tascón published his list, President Chávez, during a national act transmitted live via television and radio, urged his ministers and any person of his administration in any position to accept, reject or fire employees, to stop using the

as an effective tool to perform political persecution. Luis Tascón was re-elected to the National Assembly in the parliamentary election of 2005, representing MVR and the Communist Party of Venezuela of Táchira state. In 2008 he was denied membership of the new PSUV party after he "denounced irregularities in the Ministry of Infrastructure under the management of

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" (brother of Diosdado Cabello). He subsequently formed the New Revolutionary Road party, which broadly supports the Bolivarian Revolution. Tascón died on 12 August 2010 of colon cancer. '' El Universal'', 12 August 2010
Muere diputado Luis Tascón
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References

External links

Official Luis Tascón Official Webpage from the National Assembly

Official Results of the 2005 Parliamentary Election
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tascon, Luis 1968 births 2010 deaths Venezuelan people of Colombian descent Members of the National Assembly (Venezuela) Deaths from cancer in Venezuela Deaths from colorectal cancer Fifth Republic Movement politicians Death in Caracas