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standards we hold dear In the face of terrorist violence and a brutal dictatorship in neighboring Venezuela that provides shelter and encouragement to both terrorist and criminal groups and caused the exodus...consensus on the importance of the rule of law and democratic governance Those actors helped Nicaragua Venezuela and Cuba turn away from...

and economic challenges from the pandemic These internal crises along with external actors like Venezuela China and Russia and an expanding illicit economy are destabilizing the political economic social...relations 5 FARC dissident groups continue to engage in violence and illicit activities in Colombia and Venezuela In early December 2021 on the...

bill the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil 14 Society Act was signed into law by the President providing him with the authority 15 needed to act against the government of Venezuela and military...information about 18 U S efforts to support democracy is able to pursue the peaceful resolution of 19 53 Venezuela s political crisis and bring...

and so we need to do what we can to increase production in this country rather than rely on the Venezuelas and Saudi Arabias even and certainly the Ira nian sources to backfill our own energy needs Ambassador...ministration has sought assistance from the Maduro regime in Venezuela Question What is Venezuela s excess oil production today Answer...

democratic backsliding in the region and welcomed more than 20 000 refugees fleeing the dictatorship in Venezuela Uruguay has historically played a key role in global peacekeeping efforts as one of the world s...

sources of imported crude in 2011 include Canada 988 million barrels 24 Mexico 440 million 10 6 Venezuela 345 million 8 3 Nigeria 298 million 7 1 and Russia 227 million 5 5 See U S Energy Information Agen...

into authoritarianism Within less than a generation Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro have turned Venezuela into a failed state Last year candidate Biden promised to use smart sanctions and greater multilateral...Central America and the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs was previously the charge d affaires in Venezuela So both of our witnesses have...

priorities for the State Department for the 11 coming year As the situations in the Ukraine Syria and Venezuela demonstrate never 12 has the need for American leadership and engagement in the world been greater...expression and human rights in our hemisphere from 11 Cuba to Venezuela and Ecuador should be a concern to us As the volatile situation...

will be ordered added to the list of 17 nominations 18 2 The first order of business is S 2142 the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights 1 and Civil Society Act It is a legislation that establishes in no uncertain...the Maduro regime demands a vigorous and swift 3 response and it is a sharp warning to members of Venezuela s government security 4 forces...

and regime violence in Cuba and authoritarian crackdown in Nica ragua humanitarian emergency in Venezuela and numerous chal lenges related to irregular migration the Western Hemisphere today is less secure...confirmed you will have no shortage of challenges especially the political and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela the growing violence and...