Luis Parra person
also: interim president, Louis Parta, Parra, Pereiro
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Claims (12)
Luis Parra member_of
Primero Justicia book_quoted
“declared his last-minute candidacy for president. Not president of the country, president of the political party. A member of the Primero-Justica party, Pereiro's 11th-hour challenge from within the halls of the legislature came as a surpri…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 18:59
Luis Parra member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“Chavez's command to nationalize the property of foreign country companies in Venezuela's domestic oligarchy were often dictated on his weekly Sunday programs. He would talk about he had rambling like sometimes as much as eight hours of conv…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 30:37
Luis Parra member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“On February 7, 2010, in this building, Chavez pointing to a multi-storefront situated on the corner in Caracas, emblazoned with the words gold market in English. His colleagues informed him the building was the site of several jewelry store…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 31:09
Juan Guaidó attempted_coup_against
Luis Parra book_quoted
“Guaido and his allies capitalized on this sloppiness of the vote within minutes of its conclusion, accusing Parra of collaborating with Maduro and his party to carry out a parliamentary coup against the Venezuelan opposition bloc. But Parra…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 27:11
Luis Parra member_of
G4 Coalition book_quoted
“That only Kazandila and congressman from a congressman and another congressman from the Amazon area were not allowed inside. Other than that, everyone else got in that wanted to go in through the front door, not over the fence. The lawmaker…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 25:52
Luis Parra member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“as warring lawmakers exchanged charged words and resorted to physical blows. Parra declared victory amid the mayhem, claiming he had secured 81 of the 150 votes cast. Parra's swearing in was less than ceremonial. As he raised a hand and mad…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 23:46
Luis Parra member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“Rodriguez said that he estimated under normal conditions, not when they're having knock down, drag out brawls in the legislature, Guaido would have won reelection of the National Assembly by an 86 vote to Parra's 71. However, he noted that …”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 28:38
Luis Parra member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“So no matter what, he wouldn't have won. The 2020 vote for the AN president left Venezuelans' opposition permanently disfigured. Following the events of January 5th, 2020, contradictions between its competing factions were on permanent disp…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 29:08
Luis Parra member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“protest of Guaido's claim to authority. So basically, they disassociated themselves with him. While generating sympathy from the international press, Guaido's exhibition at the National Assembly fence left his colleagues in Venezuela unimpr…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 29:39
Luis Parra member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“Here's this guy trying to climb over the fence. It was hysterical. Perhaps he hoped that the foreign media, eagerly documenting his humiliation from below, might at the very least still consider him president of something. That's just crazy…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 30:06
Luis Parra succeeded
Juan Guaidó book_quoted
“as warring lawmakers exchanged charged words and resorted to physical blows. Parra declared victory amid the mayhem, claiming he had secured 81 of the 150 votes cast. Parra's swearing in was less than ceremonial. As he raised a hand and mad…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 23:46
Luis Parra member_of
G4 Coalition book_quoted
“Several opposition parties were boycotting legislative committee hearings in protest of Guaido, having recognized opposition lawmaker Louis Parta as the interim president. So they basically fired Guaido from the only semi-legitimate, becaus…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 15:14
Mentions (11)
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of the political party that supposedly put him in that position, he was going to be on significantly shaky grounds. The scenes that emerged from the January 5th vote for the AN political party were some of the most infamous of the entire Ju…
▶ 19:55
provided the base of Guaido's support in the legislature following his initiation of his self-declared presidency. Though Primero Justica had expelled Pera weeks before the AN vote because they were afraid of him, his willingness to break w…
▶ 20:22
It's important here to understand the rules and numbers of how Venezuela's legislature worked. In 2020, the National Assembly consisted of 167 lawmakers and required an 84-person quorum to carry out its function. To secure the AN presidency…
▶ 20:50
Seeing as Parra announced his candidacy mere minutes before the scheduled vote, however, Guaido did not have time to make the temperature of his peers or whip up support for his own leadership. Of course, simply refusing to show up for the …
▶ 23:46
as warring lawmakers exchanged charged words and resorted to physical blows. Parra declared victory amid the mayhem, claiming he had secured 81 of the 150 votes cast. Parra's swearing in was less than ceremonial. As he raised a hand and mad…
▶ 24:16
Parra's promise to uphold his civic duties were drowned out by the chaos. Though Guaido's attempt to prevent the vote was unsuccessful, his degrading show at the fence achieved a more important objective. Below are samples of the foreign me…
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G4 coalition, so he was even losing support among his own opposition leaders in Venezuela. Yet, as is customary with Venezuela politics, the AN leadership vote was a complicated affair. Opposition analyst Francisco Rodriguez produced a thor…
▶ 26:47
declared victory. He did not provide attendance records to certify his claim to the AN presidency. Rodriguez thus determined that since no roll call vote was taken, the vote was by a show of hands only. There was no direct way to verify the…
▶ 27:11
Guaido and his allies capitalized on this sloppiness of the vote within minutes of its conclusion, accusing Parra of collaborating with Maduro and his party to carry out a parliamentary coup against the Venezuelan opposition bloc. But Parra…
▶ 28:38
Rodriguez said that he estimated under normal conditions, not when they're having knock down, drag out brawls in the legislature, Guaido would have won reelection of the National Assembly by an 86 vote to Parra's 71. However, he noted that …
▶ 15:14
Several opposition parties were boycotting legislative committee hearings in protest of Guaido, having recognized opposition lawmaker Louis Parta as the interim president. So they basically fired Guaido from the only semi-legitimate, becaus…