Under Venezuelan law at the time, military officers and other personnel were forbidden from involving themselves in political affairs of any sort.

"Venezuelan laws don't foresee the emergency situation we are living through."

This legislation closed a gap in Venezuelan law, in which the internal trafficking of adults was not prohibited.

Venezuelan law says that any referendum held after Aug. 19 would succeed only in removing the president, not replacing him.

The problem was not Venezuelan law, he said, but environmental officials.

However, by Venezuelan laws, he was granted parole for being older than 65 years.

Under Venezuelan law, a citizen must be charged with a crime when he is arrested.

Under Venezuelan law, the court's ruling today eliminated further prosecution of the officers on the rebellion charges.