Raúl Baduel

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Raúl Baduel

Raúl Isaías Baduel (born July 6, 1955 ) is a Venezuelan politician , former general and former defense minister under President Hugo Chavez . Since 1982 he was one of Chavez's companions in the " Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement 200 " (MBR-200). In 2007 he left the government in connection with an upcoming referendum. Chavez later claimed he had fired him. Baduel became an important leader of the opposition to Chavez.

In 2008 he was accused by a military court of alleged infidelity in connection with an arms deal and arrested in 2009, which Baduel described as politically motivated. In its 2010 annual report, the global human rights organization Human Rights Watch named the case as an example of the persecution of political opponents of the president.

In May 2010 Baduel was sentenced to seven years and eleven months in prison. At the same time, he is never allowed to assume public office again for life. He still protests his innocence. On August 13, 2015, he was paroled after more than six years in prison. Shortly before the probation period expired in March 2017, Baduel was arrested again on January 12 of that year. He was accused of leading a group of eight conspirators to carry out a coup against President Nicolás Maduro . He faced another 25 years in prison.

At the end of June 2019, the Venezuelan government claimed that there had been an attempted assassination attempt against President Maduro, planned by high-ranking ex-military officials "with the support of the USA, Colombia and Chile". They wanted to replace him with Raúl Baduel.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Baduel, Raúl Isaías: Why I Parted Ways With Chávez . In: The New York Times , December 1, 2007. 
  2. ↑ HARDtalk with Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela , BBC News , 11:30 pm Friday 18th June 2010
  3. ^ Walter, Matthew: Chavez Ex-Ally Baduel Rallies Opposition to Constitution Change . In: Bloomberg , November 15, 2007. 
  4. ↑ Chavez foe held over 'corruption' . In: Al Jazeera , April 3, 2009. 
  5. ^ Carroll, Rory: Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez accused of turning tyrant . In: The Guardian . October 12, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  6. ^ Venezuela: Events of 2009 . Human Rights Watch. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  7. ↑ Human Rights acusa a Chávez de neutralizar al Poder Judicial . In: El Universal , January 21, 2010. Retrieved on February 1, 2010. “HWR también cuestionó los procedimientos judiciales iniciados contra el ex gobernador del Zulia y ex alcalde de Maracaibo, Manuel Rosales; y contra el ex ministro de la Defensa, Raúl Baudel, por considerarlos una demostración del uso de los tribunales para perseguir a adversarios del Gobierno. " 
  8. ↑ Brice, Arthur: Venezuelan protesters end hunger strike over prisoners . CNN. December 8, 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  9. ↑ Grant, Will: Venezuelan ex-defense minister Raul Baduel jailed . BBC. May 8, 2010. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  10. ^ Rueda, Jorge: More than 7 years in prison for Chavez critic . In: Associated Press , May 8, 2010. Retrieved April 16, 2013. 
  11. ↑ Venezuela releases former general-turned-Chavez critic: lawyer , AFP via Yahoo on August 13, 2015
  12. ^ Venezuela: Detainee held incommunicado: Raúl Isaías Baduel. Amnesty International, February 2, 2017, accessed March 2, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Daniel Lozano: El Chavismo cierra la puerta de la libertad al general Baduel. El Mundo, March 2, 2017, accessed March 2, 2017 (Spanish).
  14. ↑ 13 arrests after an alleged coup attempt in Venezuela. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . June 28, 2019, accessed June 28, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Baduel, Raúl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baduel, Raúl Isaías (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Venezuelan politician and military
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Las Mercedes, Guárico , Venezuela