About This Book
Professor José Ignacio Hernández G., the former Special Attorney General of Venezuela, explains in detail the legal foundations of the international recognition of the interim president of Venezuela, deputy Juan Guaidó. From a comparative study of the Venezuelan Constitutional Law, the U.S. and U.K. Law, and the International Law, the book analyzes one of the most interesting cases of Government recognition in recent history. The book includes an introduction to the constitutional and legal framework of the Office of the Special Attorney General, the general principles on Government recognition, the rulings that in the U.S. and U.K. ratified the recognition of the interim president, the recognition of the interim president in the international arbitration and the Inter-American System of Human Rights, the general principles regarding the defense of Venezuela by the Office of the Special Attorney General regarding Maduro´s claims and the claims filed by the creditors of the legacy debt, as well as the legal study the PDVSA 2020 Notes case. The book presents a detailed legal analysis of the Venezuelan external debt and the explanation of the defense strategy adopted by the Office of the Special Attorney General. This legal analysis, focused between 2018 and 2020, is complemented with an account of the governance deficiencies within the National Assembly and the Interim Government that hindered the defense of Venezuela
