Venezuela congress passes bill to free jailed activists

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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/03/venezuela-congress-passes-bill-free-jailed-activists-160330051415723.html

Venezuela's opposition-led congress has passed an amnesty bill that aims to free more than 70 high-profile activists and politicians, setting up a fight with President Nicolas Maduro.

The legislation poses the biggest challenge to Maduro's socialist administration yet since the Democratic Unity Roundtable opposition coalition took control of the National Assembly following last year's election.

Foro Penal, a Venezuelan human rights group that backed the amnesty bill, passed on Tuesday, has logged about 4.000 detentions related to protests since 2014. Almost 400 of the detainees were minors or teenagers.
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And officials from Maduro's United Socialist Party said that if congress overrides Maduro's veto of the bill, the Supreme Court will block the legislation. The court has thwarted most congressional action this year.

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1. Yep. The Chavistas packed the Supreme Court in the 11th hour

once it was clear that they had lost the Legislature. If the Supremes continue to thwart the will of the Legislature and the legal structure they will wind up precipitating a confrontation that may well wind up spilling blood and/or wind up in a Military Dictatorship.