Statements from Members of the U.S. Congress about Venezuela
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Energy, U.S. Policy, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Title: | Dictator Chavez and U.S. Oil |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | American dependence on foreign oil poses a national security risk. It makes no sense at all. And why are we paying dictators and tyrants to supply us with energy? |
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Politics And Security, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Venezuela |
| Title: | Questions for the Record Submitted to Ambassador - Designate Larry Leon Palmer by Senator Richard G. Lugar |
| Author/Source: | Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-IN) |
| Brief: | A worsening of the situation in Venezuela should be of concern to all the Member States of the OAS as it is a clear violation of Venezuela's obligations under the American Convention on Human Rights and the Inter-American Democratic Charter. |
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Honoring Venezuelan Independence Day on July 5, 2010 |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | On their day of Independence, I urge the United States to stand in solidarity with the Venezuelan people in their struggle to preserve freedom and restore democracy. |
Friday, May 14, 2010
| Location: | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
| Category: | Europes Role, Narcotrafficking |
| Colombia Category: | Europes Role, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Report on European Contributions to Counternarcotics Efforts, Alternative Development and Judicial Reform in the Andean Region |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Submitted to the House Committee on Appropriations Pursuant to House Committee Report 108-599 accompanying the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005, as enacted in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, P.L. 108- |
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Honduras, Venezuela |
| Category: | Politics And Security, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Venezuela |
| Title: | Latin America |
| Author/Source: | Sen. George LeMieux (R-FL) U.S. Senate |
| Brief: | I believe that under President Lobo's leadership, we have got a good chance for Honduras reemerging on the stage in Latin America as a good and healthy democracy. |
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Politics And Security, Press Freedom |
| Title: | Venezuela mas cerca de regular internet |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Impedir el acceso a ciertos portales seria la principal medida que se tomaria para regular contenidos. |
Monday, March 1, 2010
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | SENATE RESOLUTION 428--EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT VIOLATIONS OF CIVIL LIBERTIES TAKING PLACE IN VENEZUELA AND COMMENDING THE PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA FOR THEIR STEADFAST SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACY |
| Author/Source: | Sen. George LeMieux (R-FL) U.S. Senate |
| Brief: | Whereas since his election as the President of Venezuela in 1998, Hugo Chavez has systematically weakened democratic institutions in Venezuela by restricting individual rights and the activities of political parties, discouraging the free exchange of ide |
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Honduras, Venezuela |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | President Obama's First Year in Office |
| Author/Source: | Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) U.S. Senate |
| Brief: | Indeed, Chavez has responded to friendly U.S. overtures by continuing to suffocate Venezuelan democracy, continuing to cooperate with Iran and Russia, and continuing to harass neighboring democracies, such as Colombia, where Chavez has funded vicious narc |
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
| Location: | Cuba, Venezuela |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009 |
| Author/Source: | U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | Iran is also working diligently across the Western Hemisphere to acquire uranium. This would, of course, not be possible without the help of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Jobs and the recovery |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | What if we actually developed our own oil and gas resources in America, became less dependent on Hugo Chavez and Venezuela or some of the other countries that frankly aren't real friendly to us? |
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
| Location: | Entire Region, Venezuela |
| Category: | Iranian Foreign Policy, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | [PDF] Iranian Penetration into the Western Hemisphere Through Venezuela |
| Author/Source: | Norman A. Bailey Institute For Global Economic Growth U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | The total of the announced investments of Iran in Latin America exceeds twenty billion dollars. The curious thing here is that there is no history whatsoever of Iranian involvement in Latin America prior to the current surge of interest |
Monday, October 12, 2009
| Location: | Cuba, Venezuela |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | The President's Admirers |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | Here is what some of the world's most notorious thugs, dictators and human rights violators have said about President Obama |