OAS Permanent Council Condemns Violation of Parliamentary Immunity in Venezuela

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Interim President of Venezuela Juan Guaido gives a press conference concerning the previous night's arrest of Edgar Zambrano, First Vice President of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

OAS Permanent Council Condemns Violation of Parliamentary Immunity in Venezuela

On May 13, 2019, the OAS Permanent Council approved a resolution by consensus rejecting “the violation of the parliamentary immunity of representatives of the National Assembly of Venezuela,” and condemning the arrest of the First Vice President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Edgar Zambrano.

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