Darío Vivas


Darío Ramón Vivas Velasco is a Venezuelan politician who is currently a member of the 2017 National Constituent Assembly and the Head of Government of the Distrito Capital since 2020. Vivas formerly served as National Assembly deputy representing the Capital District for two consecutive periods. He also served as its first vice president twice and and as vice president of the Interparliamentary Union World Cup in 2015.

Political career

He was part as Director of Tours and Events for the Fifth Republic Movement until 2006, when the party was renamed to the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, where Vivas currently holds the same position of Director of tours and events.
He was a deputy to the National Assembly of Venezuela for two consecutive periods from 2010 to mid-2017, separating from his position to run for the next election. On 30 July 2017, he was elected as a member of the National Constituent Assembly.
On 19 July 2020 he announced that he tested positive for COVID-19.

Laws

Laws promoted by Darío Vivas as Deputy to the National Assembly have been among others:

United States

On 9 August 2017, the United States Department of the Treasury placed sanctions on Vivas for his position in the 2017 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela.

Panama

On 29 March 2018, Vivas was sanctioned by the Panamanian government for his alleged involvement with "money laundering, financing of terrorism and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction".

Canada

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