Vicencio Scarano Spisso
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Vicencio (Enzo) Scarano Spisso (born 1963) is a Venezuelan politician and entrepreneur.
Career
He was elected as mayor of the San Diego Municipality in 2004 with 33.09% of the votes.[http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/ Regional election results for 2004 (CNE)] In 2008 he was re-elected with 71.08% of the votes.[http://www.cne.gob.ve/divulgacion_regionales_2008/index.php?e=07&m=13&p=00&c=00&t=00&ca=00&v=02 CNE Election results for 2008] He was re-elected with 75.24% of the votes in 2013.[http://www.cne.gob.ve/resultado_municipal_2013/r/1/reg_071300.html Elections in 2013]
Scarano accused the national government during February's{{Clarify timeframe|date=November 2018}} demonstrations of excessive use of force against demonstrators.[http://www.zeit.de/politik/2014-02/venezuela-proteste-maduro Venezuela's protests] (Die Zeit)
On 19 March 2014 the Supreme Court tried him and sentenced him to jail for ten and a half months for failing to comply with a court order to take down barricades in his municipality.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305165210/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-venezuela-protests-idUKBREA2J03O20140320 Venezuelan protests (Reuters)]
Scarano is the leader of the Cuentas Claras party, currently annexed to Mesa de la Unidad Democratica, the main opposition coalition of political parties in Venezuela.
See also
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