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Andean Group - May 2005 (ISSN 1741-4466)
'Cleansing' of judiciary gathers pace
Around one thousand of Venezuela's 1,700 judges could be removed from office as part of a drive to "clean up" the country's judiciary. The
announcement, made by the president of the judicial commission of the supreme court, Luis Velásquez Alvaray, followed a week in which 53 judges found themselves without a job.
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