About This Book
This book is a compilation of all the studies written by professor Allan R. Brewer-Carías, between 2019 and 2023, regarding the process of transition towards democracy initiated in Venezuela in January 2019, after the National Assembly elected in 2015 declared inexistent the illegitimate reelection of Nicolas Maduro as President of the Republic that took place on May 2018. Because that decision, which received extended international support, in absence of a legitimately elected President that could take office for the term 2019-2025, following constitutional provisions the President of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó assumed as Interim President, being recognized as such by many countries, among them the United States and the United Kingdom. On February 2019 a Transition Statute towards democracy and for the restauration of the Constitution was approved, governing the actions of the Interim Government mainly for the protections of Venezuelan assets abroad. The Transition Statute was reformed in three occasions, the last of which in January 2023, eliminating the Interim Government and establishing a sort of “Parliamentary Government” that does not conform to the constitutional tradition of the country, assigning a parliamentary “council” the protection of foreign assets.
