13 Facts About Freddy Guevara

Freddy Guevara was born on 3 April 1986 and is a Venezuelan politician.

Freddy Guevara was elected deputy to the Venezuelan National Assembly for Circuit 2 of the Miranda State representing the Democratic Unity Roundtable in the parliamentary elections of December 6,2015.

Freddy Guevara has been a key figure of the opposition to Nicolas Maduro, Guevara was arrested in July 2021 charged with crimes against the state.

Freddy Guevara has a major in communication from Andres Bello Catholic University and a graduate degree in public policy from Harvard Kennedy School.

In 2007, Guevara participated in the protests to end of the RCTV concession.

In those elections of December 2007, the opposition conquered its first electoral triump, and Freddy Guevara consolidated as political leader.

Freddy Guevara was announced, in June 2015, as a consensus candidate for the MUD by the Miranda State for the elections of the National Assembly, which were held on December 6,2015, as provided by the National Electoral Council.

Freddy Guevara was part of the executive team for the Command, along with Jesus Torrealba, Henry Ramos Allup, Julio Borges and Enrique Marquez, with the aim of leading the work of Venezuelan opposition candidates throughout the country, in conjunction with all members of the opposition coalition.

On January 14,2016, Freddy Guevara presented before the plenary of the National Assembly an agreement to exhort the Venezuelan State to comply with the decisions, resolutions, opinions and acts issued by international human rights organizations.

In July 2021, Freddy Guevara was arrested while on a highway in Caracas; he was live-streaming as he was arrested.

Juan Guaido, a Venezuelan opposition leader, ally of Freddy Guevara, and disputed Venezuelan president, was threatened by unidentified armed men in his apartment building parking lot the same day, but was not arrested.

Saab later specified that Freddy Guevara had been arrested by the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, Venezuela's controversial premier intelligence agency.

Freddy Guevara is expected to join the opposition negotiators in Mexico led by Gerardo Blyde, although he has said he was held in solitary and is unaware of whether or not he will participate.