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Aime Clarisa Nogal Méndez or Aime Nogal, officially Acme Clarisa Nogal Méndez, is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician who specialises in electoral processes. Nogal was a leader of Un Nuevo Tiempo. Nogal became one of the five rectors of the National Electoral Council (CNE) in August 2023. She was born in Caracas[1] in .
Nogal graduated in law, specialising in civil law, and in digital marketing and in search engine optimization at the Central University of Venezuela.[2]
Nogal became a leader of the Venezuelan political party Un Nuevo Tiempo.
Nogal provided training and advice to non-governmental organisations about electoral participation, negotiation and confidence-building.
Nogal was an advisor to the National Electoral Council (CNE)[3] from 2005 to 2012 or 2016.
In August 2023, she became one of the five CNE rectors. Nogal and were two opposition representatives out of the five.[4]
According to Armando.info, in August 2024, following the 28 July Venezuelan presidential election, Nogal stopped answering phone calls from leaders of the opposition.[5] El Observador stated that an anonymous source described working meetings of the CNE as having given the impression of having a ratio of four-to-one pro-government-to-opposition members rather than three-to-two. When contacted by Armando.info, Nogal only accepted the publication of two sentences: "I have not abandoned the opposition" (Spanish; Castilian: "yo no he abandonado a la oposición") and "I take responsibility for this downpour and will never speak ill of the opposition" (Spanish; Castilian: "yo asumo este chaparrón y nunca hablaré mal de la oposición").