Consciousness is Dignity invites you to read and learn about the legal and political analysis carried out by your advisor, Professor Ramón Alfredo Aguilar Camero, titled “Venezuela: Trump, constituent tutelage and transition“in which he warns that, after the extraction of Nicolas Maduro On January 3, 2026, the country has entered a transitional phase marked by the exercise of “constituent power” by the United States government, which must be channeled towards democratic restitution and not only towards economic stabilization.
The transition has already begun, but it is uncertain. Contrary to the views of some academic sectors, Aguilar Camero clarifies that the transition is an initiated process and not an end in itself. The designation of interim figures by the TSJ under qualifications not provided for in the Constitution (such as “forced absence”) and the direct administration of Venezuelan resources from Washington, confirm that the constitutional order of 1999 is being replaced by a transitional institutionality under “remote control.”
From his reasoning, he indicates that there is no real transition as long as respect for human rights is not restored and persecution persists. “The full release of political prisoners is not a humanitarian gesture; it is a structural condition of viability”the report states. The cessation of repressive laws such as the “Law against Hate” and the promulgation of an Amnesty Law agreed upon with democratic forces are urgent steps to provide internal legitimacy to any governance arrangement.
Likewise, the analysis highlights the contradiction of seeking an economic recovery while maintaining the original structures of the regime that produced the crisis. With Venezuela in the last places of economic freedom and global transparency, he warns that injecting money into an administration that still maintains repressive military and police control (Dgcim, Sebin and collectives) is “turning the wheel of corruption.”
The document examines the dizzying and complex political, institutional and legal scenario that Venezuela is going through after the events of January 2026. When asked if the country is really in a transition towards democracy, Aguilar strongly warns:
“The Venezuelan transition cannot be reduced to an economic recovery or the reactivation of the oil sector without prioritizing the restoration of the rule of law, the release of political prisoners and the reconstruction of democratic institutions.”
Priority: Justice before oil
The analysis maintains that anticipating economic stability to a real political transition is an unsustainable error that reproduces past failures. The non-negotiable starting point must be the full and immediate release of all political prisoners and the cessation of judicial persecution.
On the other hand, Aguilar delves into the need for effective civil disarmament, pointing directly to the neutralization of the “collectives” and militias, the purging of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) and the immediate closure of the torture centers managed by the DGCIM and the SEBIN. Likewise, the expulsion of foreign “advisors” from Cuba, Russia, Iran, China and North Korea stands out as imperative.
Towards a new social contract
Among the most innovative proposals in the report are:
The creation of a transitional co-government, where the democratic opposition participates in bodies that temporarily reorganize and appoint the TSJ, CNE, the Prosecutor’s Office and the directives of PDVSA and the BCV, until new free and fair elections are held.
Regarding assets abroad; The strategy must be clear and precise for the protection of CITGO, the management of sovereign debt and the defense of the country in international litigation, for which it invokes the application or extension of Executive Order No. 14373 of President Trump (dated January 9, 2026) and invites us to be consistent with the US foreign policy manifested since 2020.
On the other hand, it is necessary to promote the return of the diaspora: the inclusion of the 8.7 million Venezuelans abroad as a foundation for the reconstruction of the country, along with the return of the leaders of the democratic forces in exile.
It would also be significant to undertake a labor and social reform, considering a profound restructuring of the system to restore dignity to the Venezuelan worker.
Illegitimacy of the current parliament
Finally, Aguilar criticizes the bills currently under discussion in the official assembly for lacking legitimacy of origin, highlighting that only a legitimate government with international support will be able to successfully manage the restructuring of the debt and the definitive economic rehabilitation of Venezuela.
Conscience is Dignity calls on Donald Trump’s administration and international actors to prioritize institutional change and respect for popular sovereignty expressed in the July 2024 elections. Without independent justice and the dismantling of the apparatus of oppression, any foreign investment will be, in the author’s words, “a bad copy of the movie that caused the humanitarian crisis.”
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