Erika Farías

Venezuelan politician

Erika del Valle Farías Peña (born 30 October 1972) is a Venezuelan politician. She served as Minister for the Office of the Presidency three times as Minister for Urban Agriculture, Minister for the Communes and deputy to the 2017 National Constituent Assembly. She is a militant and member of the National Directorate of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), and is currently the mayor of the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality of Caracas.^[1]

Biography

Farías is a graduate of the Libertador Experimental Pedagogical University. National Director of the Francisco de Miranda Front (Venezuelan youth political organization, dedicated to social work). She was Minister of Popular Power for Food and Minister of Popular Power of the Office of the Venezuelan Presidency during the mandate of President Hugo Chávez,^[2] deputy of the National Assembly for Cojedes in 2010. On 16 December 2012, she won the governor elections for the Cojedes State, with 75,383 votes.^[3]

She was appointed Minister of People's Power for Communes and Social Movements by Nicolás Maduro in 2016.^[1]

Sanctions

On 9 August 2017, the United States Department of the Treasury placed sanctions on Farías for her position in the 2017 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela.^[4]

Responding to the May 2018 Venezuelan presidential election, Canada sanctioned 14 Venezuelans on 30 May 2018, including Farías,^[5] stating that the "economic, political and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela has continued to worsen as it moves ever closer to full dictatorship".^[6] The government said the 2018 presidential election was "illegitimate and anti-democratic",^[5] and sanctioned Farías, along with 13 other members of the ANC and TSJ.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Estos son los cambios del gabinete ministerial efectuados por el presidente Nicolás Maduro". 4 January 2017. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
^ "Erika del Valle Farías designada Ministra del Poder Popular del Despacho de la Presidencia". 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
^ "Érika Farías fue juramentada como Gobernadora del estado Cojedes". 27 December 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
^ "Treasury Sanctions Eight Individuals Involved in Venezuela's Illegitimate Constituent Assembly". United States Department of the Treasury. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Canada to impose sanctions on more Venezuelan officials". VOA News. Reuters. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
^ "Regulations amending the Special Economic Measures (Venezuela) Regulations: SOR/2018-114". Canada Gazette, Part II. 152 (12). 30 May 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
^ Trillo, Manuel (30 May 2018). "Canadá impone sanciones a la mujer de Maduro y otros trece cargos del régimen de Venezuela" [Canada imposes sanctions on Maduro's wife and thirteen other charges of the Venezuelan regime]. ABC International (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 April 2019.

Crisis in Venezuela

Protests against Nicolás Maduro
Venezuelan presidential crisis
History of Venezuela (1999–present)
COVID-19 pandemic

Events

Ongoing	Economic crisis Bolivarian missions Bolivarian Revolution Bolivarianism Censorship Chavismo Crimes against humanity Corruption Defections Devaluation of the Venezuelan bolívar Economic policies under Nicolás Maduro Energy crisis Human rights abuses Hyperinflation Illegal drug trade International sanctions Interventions of political parties Negotiations Refugee crisis and diaspora Resource shortages State protectors State-sponsored terrorism States of emergency in Venezuela Catatumbo campaign Pemon conflict Coronavirus pandemic
2010	Colombian diplomatic crisis Death of Franklin Brito PDVAL affair Parliamentary election III National Assembly of Venezuela
2012	Amuay tragedy Presidential election Regional elections
2013	Death of Hugo Chávez Presidential election Dakazo Municipal elections
2014	La Salida 2014 protests timeline Detention of Leopoldo López Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act
2015	Detention of Antonio Ledezma Colombian diplomatic/migration crisis Resolution 8610 2015 protests (timeline) Narcosobrinos affair Parliamentary election IV National Assembly of Venezuela
2016	Tumeremo massacre (first) Recall referendum movement 2016 protests (timeline)
2017	Detention of Gilber Caro Constitutional crisis Mother of All Marches Caracas helicopter incident Referendum National Assembly attack Constituent Assembly election Members Regional elections Municipal elections Attack on Fort Paramacay Death of Carlos Andrés García Law against Hatred 2017 protests timeline
2018	El Junquito raid Presidential campaign of Nicolás Maduro Valencia fire Panama diplomatic crisis Presidential election El Paraíso stampede Caracas drone attack Detention of Juan Requesens Economic reforms and Viernes Rojo Death of Fernando Albán Tumeremo massacre (third) 2018 protests (timeline)
2019	Inauguration of Nicolás Maduro Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 Plan País Humanitarian aid mission Amnesty Law Venezuela Aid Live Statute Governing the Transition to Democracy Murder of Alí Domínguez Widespread blackouts Detention of Roberto Marrero Disappearance of Gilber Caro 30 April uprising attempt Acarigua prison riot Death of Rafael Acosta Arévalo Attack of Rufo Chacón Death of Juan Carlos Márquez Murder of Edmundo Rada Operación Alacrán 2019 protests timeline
2020	National Assembly leadership election Death of Addy Valero Cagua fire Barquisimeto shooting COVID-19 pandemic Guanare prison riot Operation Gideon El Palito oil spill Detention of Alex Saab Parliamentary election V National Assembly of Venezuela
2021	La Vega raid Apure clashes
2022	Arauca clashes Recall referendum project
2023	Anti-Solidarity Law Barbados Agreement Unitary Platform presidential primaries Referendum Guyana–Venezuela crisis El Palito oil spill
2024	Detention of Rocío San Miguel Bulla Loca mine disaster Presidential election

Deaths during protests

2014	Bassil Da Costa Robert Redman Génesis Carmona Geraldin Moreno
2015	Kluivert Roa
2017	Paola Ramírez Juan Pablo Pernalete Armando Cañizales Miguel Castillo Paúl Moreno Orlando Figuera Neomar Lander Fabián Urbina David Vallenilla Xiomara Scott

People

Pro-Maduro	Nicolás Maduro F. Ameliach D. Cabello A. Chávez T. El Aissami H. Escarrá T. W. Saab C. Flores A. Istúriz E. Jaua T. Lucena I. Alfonzo N. Maduro Guerra C. Mata Figueroa C. Meléndez C. Alcalá Cordones until 2013 L. Ortega Díaz until 2017 V. Padrino López R. Ramírez until 2018 L. Parra H. Rangel Silva D. Rodríguez J. Rodríguez I. Rodríguez T. W. Saab I. Varela D. Vivas E. Amoroso B. Lugo M. C. Figuera until 2019 E. Farías F. Bernal I. Alfonzo
Anti-Maduro	Juan Guaidó Óscar Pérez C. Alcalá Cordones since 2013 J. Borges L. Ortega Díaz since 2017 Rafael Ramírez since 2018 María Corina Machado H. Capriles H. Falcón Adrián Arria Aveledo Caro F. Guevara A. Ledezma L. López Mantilla Mendoza Pérez Álvarez Pérez Vivas Ramos Allup J. Requesens R. Requesens F. Rosales M. Rosales H. Salas Feo V. S. Scarano L. Tintori J. Torrealba A. Velásquez J. L. Silva M. C. Figuera since 2019 D. Solórzano O. Barboza J. J. Rendón J. P. Guanipa T. Guanipa

Pro-Maduro

Anti-Maduro

Organizations

Pro-Maduro	Union of South American Nations Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas Political parties Great Patriotic Pole United Socialist Party of Venezuela PODEMOS People's Electoral Movement Media outlets Agencia Venezolana de Noticias Telesur Venezolana de Televisión State organizations Supreme Tribunal of Justice National Electoral Council Constituent National Assembly Bolivarian Intelligence Service Bolivarian National Guard Mission Barrio Adentro Local Committees for Supply and Production Carnet de la Patria Colectivos
Anti-Maduro	Organization of American States Mercosur Political parties Democratic Unity Roundtable Popular Will Justice First Democratic Action Un Nuevo Tiempo Come Venezuela Copei Movimiento al Socialismo Progressive Advance Agreement for Change National Assembly (majority) Capitolio TV

Pro-Maduro