Gladys Gutiérrez

Gladys María Gutiérrez Alvarado (born 16 April 1962) was the head of the Venezuelan Supreme Court from May 2013 until February 2017.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gutiérrez and the second or maternal family name is Alvarado.
Gladys Gutiérrez
President of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela
In office
May 2013 – 24 February 2017
Preceded byLuisa Estella Morales
Succeeded byMaikel Moreno
Personal details
Born
Gladys María Gutiérrez Alvarado

(1962-04-16) April 16, 1962
Punto Fijo, Falcón, Venezuela
Political partyFifth Republic Movement (former)
United Socialist Party of Venezuela (former)
Alma materCentral University of Venezuela
OccupationJudge

Career and education

Gutierrez studied law at the Universidad Central de Venezuela. She became member of the Constitutional Court on 9 December 2010.[1]

She was a member of the Fifth Republic Movement, a party that supported Hugo Chávez. She ran for governor of Nueva Esparta as a member of that party in 1998 but lost.

In 2003 the central government named Gutiérrez ambassador to Spain. She was also general consul of Venezuela in Spain and director of the Office for the Ministers' Council.[2]

From 2006 until 2011, she performed as Head Public Prosecutor of the Republic for former President Hugo Chávez.

Gutiérrez has taught law at the Universidad Santiago Mariño and the Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Rodolfo Loero Arismendi.

Gutiérrez became president of the Supreme Court in May 2013. Her election was contested by the opposition.[3]

Work as head of Supreme Court

In August 2013 she led the court that dismissed Henrique Capriles' election appeal.[4] Capriles had claimed the audit was a fake and did not correspond with the audit of actual ballots.

Gutiérrez presided the trial that sentenced mayor Vicencio Scarano Spisso to 10.5 months in jail for insubordination.[5]

Sanctions

Gutiérrez has been sanctioned by several countries.

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Gutiérrez and seven members of the Venezuelan Supreme Justice Tribunal (TSJ) in May 2017 for usurping the functions of the Venezuelan National Assembly and permitting Maduro to govern by decree.[6] The U.S. assets of the eight individuals were frozen, and U.S. persons prohibited from doing business with them.[7]

Canada sanctioned 40 Venezuelan officials, including Gutiérrez, in September 2017.[8][9] The sanctions were for behaviors that undermined democracy after at least 125 people were killed in the 2017 Venezuelan protests and "in response to the government of Venezuela's deepening descent into dictatorship".[8] Canadians were banned from transactions with the 40 individuals, whose Canadian assets were frozen.[8]

On 29 March 2018, Gutiérrez 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".[10][11]

See also

References
  1. "Biography of Gutiérrez". Archived from the original on 2014-03-20. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
  2. New ambassadors in Spain (ABC)
  3. Venezuelan Supreme Court Picks New Chief Justice (Wall Street Journal)
  4. "Venezuela top court rejects Capriles' election appeal". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2023-04-21.
  5. Opposition mayor sentenced to prison (Notitarde)
  6. "Estados Unidos impone sanciones a 8 magistrados del Tribunal Supremo de Venezuela a los que acusa de usurpar las funciones del Parlamento" (in Spanish). BBC Mundo. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  7. "Treasury sanctions eight members of Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice" (Press release). U.S. Department of the Treasury. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  8. "Canada imposes sanctions on key Venezuelan officials". CBC Canada. Thomson Reuters. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  9. Zilio, Michelle (22 September 2017). "Canada sanctions 40 Venezuelans with links to political, economic crisis". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 3 April 2019. Also at Punto de Corte and El Nacional
  10. "Estos son los 55 "rojitos" que Panamá puso en la mira por fondos dudosos | El Cooperante". El Cooperante (in European Spanish). 2018-03-29. Archived from the original on 2018-04-02. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  11. "Los 55 funcionarios sancionados por Panamá por 'blanqueo de capitales'". El Nacional (in Spanish). 30 March 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019. Also at Panama Economic and Finance Ministry Archived 2019-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
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