Ismael García

For the Spanish wheelchair basketball player, see Ismael García Moreno.

Ismael García (born in 1954) is a Venezuelan politician. He was the leader of PODEMOS,^[1][2] a socialist party which won the second most seats in the National Assembly of Venezuela in the 2005 election.

Although the party formerly supported the program of President Hugo Chávez, it broke decisively with the ruling party over the 2007 constitutional referendum,^[3][4] and García was then heavily criticized by Chávez.^[1] In 2012, following a decision by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice that handed over the party's leadership to Didalco Bolívar, Garcia left PODEMOS and founded Progressive Advance with Henri Falcón. However, in 2014, Garcia left that party to become a member of Primero Justicia.^[5]

References

1. "Se bajaron del bus" (in Spanish). Spain: Semana. 27 February 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
2. "Podemos reclama que su tarjeta no aperece en boleta electrónica" (in Spanish). Venezuela: El Universal. 5 October 2004. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
3. "El tercer polo en Venezuela" (in Spanish). BBC News. 28 January 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
4. Schott, Ben (25 February 2010). "Boligarchs and the Bolibourgeoisie". New York Times. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
5. "Primero Justicia crece, mientras Avanzada Progresista y Un Nuevo Tiempo pierden figuras emblemáticas" (in Spanish). El Nacional. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.