162:, when multiple posters and effigies of toads with red berets were hung on the streets. Originally, Chavez and his cabinet justified the law as "anti-coup" and "anti-imperialist" for several days, but between June 7 and 8, Chávez initially declared that the law would be amended and subsequently announced its repeal on 10 June 2008; the repeal became effective in Official Gazette No. 38,949 in Decree No. 6156 just 14 days after its publication. Alfredo Romero, member of Foro Penal, stated that it was the first time in the history of Venezuela that an intelligence law existed and described the repeal as "a triumph of the citizenry". According to analysts, the purpose of the rectification was to regain the confidence of the public before the
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The law came into effect on 28 May 2008 after being published in
Official Gazette No. 38,940. Said law established the obligation for any person to comply with intelligence and counter-intelligence work in case of being requested by the authorities, with the penalty of being prosecuted by the
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that established the obligation for any person to comply with intelligence tasks if requested by the authorities, with the penalty of being prosecuted in case of refusal. The colloquial term in
Spanish comes from popular Venezuelan slang in which a
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Despite the repeal of the Snitch Law, its main directives were gradually applied until culminating in the
Articulation and Socio-Political Action Network, a social structure of espionage.
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Rivas
Alberti, Jhenny (June 2017). "Patriotas cooperantes o delatores".
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Revista ElectrĂłnica de
InvestigaciĂłn y AsesorĂa JurĂdica – REDIAJ NÂş 12
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702:Bolivarian Circles
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