Pro-government Asembly – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Fri, 09 Oct 2020 13:15:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Pro-government Asembly – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Venezuela pro-government assembly approves law expanding Maduro’s powers https://onvenezuela.com/venezuela-pro-government-assembly-approves-law-expanding-maduros-powers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuela-pro-government-assembly-approves-law-expanding-maduros-powers Fri, 09 Oct 2020 13:15:15 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=6004

 Venezuela’s pro-government National Constituent Assembly on Thursday approved a law allowing President Nicolas Maduro to confidentially sign new oil deals with private firms and foreign nations, in response to U.S. sanctions. Maduro last week delivered the “anti-blockade” bill on Tuesday to the assembly, a parallel legislature he created to bypass the opposition-controlled congress. By Mayela Armas and Brian Ellsworth. Full Text -> Reuters

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