(10 Apr 2025)
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Caracas, Venezuela – 10 April 2025
1. Various of Venezuela Vice-president Delcy Rodriguez and National Assembly president Jorge Rodriguez arriving at congress
2. Various of Delcy Rodriguez and Jorge Rodriguez signing and approving decree declaring state of economic emergency
3. Delcy Rodriguez walking towards podium to speak
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Delcy Rodriguez, Vice president of Venezuela:
"President Maduro has asked us as a people to join in preventively attending to what uncertainty does not yet allow us to glimpse, but which we know is going to be a very complex situation. And has signed the decree declaring a state of economic emergency throughout the national territory. It is the right thing to do."
5. Rodriguez sitting next to Jorge Rodriguez
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Delcy Rodriguez, Vice president of Venezuela:
"And I want you to know that, at this hour, Venezuela’s oil and gas production maintains and in process of recovery, by our own effort"
7. Lawmakers applauding
8. Delcy Rodriguez handing decree to Jorge Rodriguez
9. Delcy and Jorge Rodriguez listening to lawmakers
10. Lawmakers approving decree
STORYLINE:
Venezuela’s National Assembly on Thursday approved a decree declaring a state of economic emergency, granting President Nicolás Maduro special powers to manage the country’s economy as their financial crisis becomes steadily entrenched.
Vice President Delcy Rodríguez defended the measure before lawmakers, saying the government must act preemptively amid global uncertainty. “It is the right thing to do,” she said.
Rodríguez also insisted that the country’s oil and gas production remains stable and in recovery, “by our own effort.”
Following the legislative approval, the decree will be submitted to the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice for constitutional review, as is mandated by Venezuelan law.
The approval formalizes the emergency powers Maduro signed into effect earlier this week, allowing broad intervention in economic policy.
AP video by Juan Arraez
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