Erika Farías

For the Argentine boxer, see Érica Farías.

Erika del Valle Farías Peña (born 30 October 1972) is a Venezuelan politician. She served as Minister for the Office of the Presidency three times as Minister for Urban Agriculture, Minister for the Communes and deputy to the 2017 National Constituent Assembly. She is a militant and member of the National Directorate of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), and is currently the mayor of the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality of Caracas.^[1]

Erika Farías in 2012

Biography

Farías is a graduate of the Libertador Experimental Pedagogical University. National Director of the Francisco de Miranda Front (Venezuelan youth political organization, dedicated to social work). She was Minister of Popular Power for Food and Minister of Popular Power of the Office of the Venezuelan Presidency during the mandate of President Hugo Chávez,^[2] deputy of the National Assembly for Cojedes in 2010. On 16 December 2012, she won the governor elections for the Cojedes State, with 75,383 votes.^[3]

She was appointed Minister of People's Power for Communes and Social Movements by Nicolás Maduro in 2016.^[1]

Sanctions

On 9 August 2017, the United States Department of the Treasury placed sanctions on Farías for her position in the 2017 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela.^[4]

Responding to the May 2018 Venezuelan presidential election, Canada sanctioned 14 Venezuelans on 30 May 2018, including Farías,^[5] stating that the "economic, political and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela has continued to worsen as it moves ever closer to full dictatorship".^[6] The government said the 2018 presidential election was "illegitimate and anti-democratic",^[5] and sanctioned Farías, along with 13 other members of the ANC and TSJ.^[7]

References

1. "Estos son los cambios del gabinete ministerial efectuados por el presidente Nicolás Maduro". 4 January 2017. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
2. "Erika del Valle Farías designada Ministra del Poder Popular del Despacho de la Presidencia". 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
3. "Érika Farías fue juramentada como Gobernadora del estado Cojedes". 27 December 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
4. "Treasury Sanctions Eight Individuals Involved in Venezuela's Illegitimate Constituent Assembly". United States Department of the Treasury. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
5. "Canada to impose sanctions on more Venezuelan officials". VOA News. Reuters. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
6. "Regulations amending the Special Economic Measures (Venezuela) Regulations: SOR/2018-114". Canada Gazette, Part II. 152 (12). 30 May 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
7. Trillo, Manuel (30 May 2018). "Canadá impone sanciones a la mujer de Maduro y otros trece cargos del régimen de Venezuela" [Canada imposes sanctions on Maduro's wife and thirteen other charges of the Venezuelan regime]. ABC International (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 April 2019.