Operación Alacrán

Operación Alacrán
Operación Alacrán
Operación Maletín Verde; Part of Crisis in Venezuela and the Venezuelan presidential crisis
	Top to bottom; Ongoing speaker Juan Guaidó trying to enter the National Assembly before the police blockade; Venezuelan National Guard officers blocking off access to the Palacio Federal Legislativo.
Date	November 2019 – 5 January 2020
Location	Venezuela
Goals	Prevent the re-election of Juan Guaidó as President of the National Assembly of Venezuela.
Methods	Corruption, bribery, embezzlement
Resulted in	Disruption of the 2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election Blockade and militarization of the Palacio Federal Legislativo.; Luis Parra declares himself as President of the National Assembly.; Separate session held, Guaidó reelected with 100 votes.;
Parties
IV National Assembly of Venezuela	PSUV-CLAP faction
Lead figures
	Juan Guaidó ; Edgar Zambrano ; Juan Pablo Guanipa ; José Guerra ; Delsa Solórzano Support:; Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) Luis Parra ; José Brito ; Franklyn Duarte ; Conrado Pérez ; José Gregorio Noriega Support:; Government of Nicolás Maduro

Operación Alacrán (English: Operation Scorpion), also known as CLAP affair or PSUV-CLAP faction, is the name given to a corruption plot which was denounced in 2019 by the members of the National Assembly of Venezuela. It would have sought to avoid the re-election of Juan Guaidó on 5 January 2020 as President of the Assembly, by obtaining the support of opposing legislators in exchange for millions of dollars. Legislators would have been asked to vote against Guaidó, or to not attend the election and thereby break the necessary quorum.

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