Roger Rondon

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Roger Rondon
Federal officeholder
In office
2002–2004
Personal details
NationalityVenezuelan
OccupationPolitician
Known forPolitical activities during the Hugo Chávez presidency

Roger Rondon is a Venezuelan politician who held federal office 2002–2004.[1][2] Following the Llaguno Overpass events Rondon claimed that foreign gunmen were first arrested and then protected from prosecution.[3][1] Other sources pointed to the gunmen being Venezuelan Chavez supporters.[4] He has supported Hugo Chavez.[3] He sometimes opposed and sometimes supported Nicolas Maduro.[2] Rondon supported the arrest of Carlos Ortega. In 2004, he claimed that Venezuela's El Palito refinery was faking production. Rondon was removed from Venezuela's ruling coalition in June 2004 after accusing Rafael Ramírez of corruption. He subsequently got into a physical altercation with Maduro.[5][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "American navy 'helped Venezuelan coup'". The Guardian. London. 29 April 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2006.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Venezuela politicians in punch-up". BBC News. 6 October 2004.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Chirinos, Carlos (29 June 2004). "Venezuela: "bluff paramilitar"". BBC Mundo (in español).
  4. "Herido de bala concejal del Psuv Richard Peñalver, en incidente con conductor en San Bernardino". noticierodigital.com (in español). May 24, 2011. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019.
  5. "Venezuela: legisladores debatieron "a las trompadas"". infobae (in español). 10 October 2017.

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