Carmen Alguindingue Explained

Carmen Alguindingue
Ambassador of Venezuela to Andorra
Term Start:2019
Term End:2023
President:Juan Guaidó
Appointed:National Assembly of Venezuela
Nationality:Venezuelan

Carmen Eloisa Alguindigue Morles is a Venezuelan professor and activist. In 2019, she was appointed by the National Assembly as Venezuelan ambassador to Andorra. By 2022, she was one of four Venezuelan lawyers accredited to the International Criminal Court.

Career

Carmen Alguindingue has served as prosecution director at the Public Ministry and as a professor,[1] as well as a human rights defender at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) and the Metropolitan University. In 2014, she actively participated in the defense of students detained during the nationwide protests that year.[2]

During Venezuelan presidential crisis, in 2019, she was appointed by the National Assembly as Venezuela's ambassador to Andorra.[3] That same year, officers of the Special Actions Forces (FAES) raided her home.[2]

By 2022, she was one of four Venezuelan lawyers accredited to the International Criminal Court.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011-03-25 . INFORME ANUAL: La Fiscalía debió cerrar 76% de los casos de corrupción . 2021-08-03 . Reportero24.
  2. Web site: 2019-09-06 . Funcionarios de Maduro allanan vivienda de profesora defensora de DDHH . 2021-08-03 . NTN24.
  3. Web site: 2019-07-04 . Embajada en Andorra . 2021-08-03 . Presidencia Venezuela . es.
  4. Web site: ¿Qué poder tendrá la oficina que la Corte Penal Internacional abrirá en Caracas? . 2022-07-08 . Deutsche Welle.