U.S. Government Statements and Reports about Venezuela
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
| Location: | Cuba, Venezuela |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Philip J. Crowley U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Governor Richardson is in Cuba on a New Mexico trade mission. We did have a conversation with him last week, brought him up to date on the status of the case of Alan Gross, and asked if he would raise it during his discussions with Cuban officials this we |
Thursday, August 5, 2010
| Location: | Cuba, Venezuela |
| Category: | Human Rights, Politics And Security, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Title: | Video: Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Philip J. Crowley U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | We want to see Ambassador Palmer confirmed. We value having an ambassador in Caracas to have direct conversations with the Venezuelan Government to try to clarify issues between us and improve our relationship. |
Monday, July 26, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | International Community, Relations with Venezuela, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Philip J. Crowley U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | We have no intention of engaging a military action against Venezuela. Last week here in Washington, Colombia presented a persuasive case and expressed directly their concerns about the presence of members of the FARC on the Venezuelan side of the border w |
Thursday, July 22, 2010
| Location: | Haiti, Venezuela |
| Category: | Natural Disasters, Politics And Security, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Venezuela |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Philip J. Crowley U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Hugo Chavez announced just a short while ago that he was severing all ties with Colombia over this FARC presentation that Venezuela was harboring FARC terrorists inside Venezuela. |
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region, Colombia, Bolivia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Hearing Testimonies: International Narcotics Policies: Do They Reduce Domestic Consumption or Advance Other Foreign Policy Goals? |
| Author/Source: | Dennis Kucinich, David T. Johnson, Adam Isacson,... Committee On Oversight And Government Reform |
| Brief: | With its drug-related violence worsening for years and defying attempts to control it, Mexico often gets compared to Colombia. If anything, though, Mexico resembles the Colombia of twenty years ago, the heyday of the Medellín and Cali cartels. |
| Location: | Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, Politics And Security, Public Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | International Counternarcotics Policies: Do They Reduce Domestic Consumption or Advance Other Foreign Policy Goals |
| Author/Source: | David T. Johnson U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Due to the continued high rate of drug use in the United States, our government has a "shared responsibility" to keep working closely with drug-producing and transiting countries, while also strengthening demand prevention and treatment programs |
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Press Freedom, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Venezuela |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Philip J. Crowley U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | It's a matter of dialogue between Colombia, Venezuela, arrive at a common understanding of how to work cooperatively on the challenges that we face, among them, security challenges. |
Monday, July 5, 2010
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Venezuela's Independence Day |
| Author/Source: | Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | The cultural ties between United States and Venezuela are deep and enduring, and it is fitting that we celebrate our independence anniversaries within one day of each other. |
Monday, June 14, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region, Cuba, Venezuela |
| Category: | Human Rights, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Philip J. Crowley U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | We welcome the news that Ariel Sigler Amaya has been released from prison in Cuba and we view this as a positive development. And we hope that this will lead to the release of additional prisoners of conscience. Prisoners should be released immediately an |
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- |
Thursday, May 6, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region, Brazil, Honduras, Venezuela |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Philip J. Crowley U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Many of them have gone to Tehran and they've come away empty-handed. And we're not saying that that will be the case with President Lula. We hope that he will come away with an understanding that Iran is actually going to change course. |
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Philip J. Crowley U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | It won't be the first time that the Chavez government has infringed upon freedom of expression. |
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Haiti, Venezuela |
| Category: | International Community, Natural Disasters, Russian Foreign Policy, U.S. Policy, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | FARC Hostages |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Mark C. Toner U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | We send our best wishes to them and to their families, and we continue to call on the FARC to release all its remaining hostages. And we also support President Uribe's efforts to secure the safe release of all hostages. |
Friday, March 26, 2010
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Human Rights, International Community, Press Freedom |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Philip J. Crowley U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | We, again, urge the Venezuelan Government to honor its commitment under the Inter-American Democratic Charter, to uphold the principle that respect freedom and rights, including freedom of expression, is essential to representative democracies. |
Monday, March 22, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | FARC International Links, Relations with Venezuela, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Posture Testimony: Clear and Documented Links between Government of Venezuela and the FARC |
| Author/Source: | General Douglas Fraser U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | There is indeed clear and documented historical and ongoing evidence of the linkages between the Government of Venezuela and the FARC. |
Monday, March 1, 2010
| Location: | Argentina, Chile, Entire Region, Venezuela |
| Category: | Border Disputes, Natural Disasters, U.S. Policy, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Philip J. Crowley U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | We have great concerns about the state of democratic institutions inside Venezuela, and concentration of power by the president. |
Thursday, February 25, 2010
| Location: | Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Remarks to the Press |
| Author/Source: | Philip J. Crowley U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | And I think when we look throughout the region, Venezuela is increasingly the outlier and they are playing a less than constructive role in the region. And so one has to have a basis upon which you can have meaningful dialogue. |
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region, Venezuela |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | [PDF] Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence |
| Author/Source: | Director Of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair The White House |
| Brief: | President Chavez continues to impose an authoritarian populist political model in Venezuela that undermines democratic institutions. |
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Venezuela, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Title: | Chavez destabilizes region; don’t blame U.S., Colombia |
| Author/Source: | The Hill |
| Brief: | Colombia is an important friend and ally, and the U.S.-Colombia DCA strengthens the already excellent partnership between our countries |
Thursday, November 19, 2009
| Location: | Cuba, Honduras, Venezuela |
| Category: | Elections, Human Rights, Politics And Security, Press Freedom, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Ian Kelly U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | CUBA U.S. Shares Many Concerns in Human Rights Report / Human Rights is at the Center of Cuban Policy / Has Launched Initiatives / HR a Real Priority for U.S. / Have not Seen Recommendations for HR Watch / Waiting for Cuba to Make Some Concrete Steps in |
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Defense Cooperation, Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Ian Kelly U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | COLOMBIA/VENEZUELA Regarding any disputes that Colombia and Venezuela may have, the U.S. continues to support cooperation in the region and will assist if requested/The U.S. has no aggressive intentions in Colombia and, through the Defense Cooperation |
Friday, November 13, 2009
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | U.S. Policy, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Venezuela, U.S. Policy, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Ian Kelly U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | VENEZUELA Dialogue with Colombia and Venezuela / In Everyone's Interest to Promote Dialogue and Peaceful Resolutions / Support for Colombia's Call for Dialogue / Encourage Dialogue |
Thursday, November 12, 2009
| Location: | Entire Region, Colombia, Honduras, Venezuela |
| Category: | Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Philip J. Crowley U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | HONDURAS Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Kelly in Honduras/ US Continues to Support the OAS Process and the San Jose Accords/ US Earnestly Pushing for a Free and Fair Election the International Community Can Support/ Most Imp |
Thursday, October 8, 2009
| Location: | Honduras, Venezuela |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Current Global Events and Issues: FPC Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Philip J. Crowley Foreign Press Center U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Even though our views are somewhat the same with regard to the situation on Honduras, Venezuela is not – Chavez is not particularly focused on advancing the interests of his people |
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Arms Transfers, Russian Foreign Policy, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Ian Kelly U.S. State Department |
| Brief: | We have concerns in general about Venezuela’s stated desire to increase its arms buildup, which we think poses a serious challenge to stability in the Western Hemisphere |