Denouncing the Maduro regime's efforts to hold fraudulent legislative elections, the absence of acceptable conditions to ensure free, fair, and transparent electoral processes in Venezuela, and the further erosion of Venezuelan democracy.
Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, Foreign Affairs Committee
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This resolution denounces efforts by the Nicolás Maduro regime to hold fraudulent legislative elections and joins members of the international community in rejecting the regime's efforts to carry out those elections. Further, it urges that elections in Venezuela be conducted as soon as possible according to international standards for free, fair, and transparent electoral processes. Additionally, the resolution calls on the Maduro regime to cease its persecution of Venezuala's independent political parties and release all political prisoners, and it calls for Nicolás Maduro and senior members of his regime to be held accountable for their actions.
Detention of personsDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadElections, voting, political campaign regulationFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionHuman rightsInternational organizations and cooperationLatin AmericaPolitical parties and affiliationProtest and dissentUnited NationsVenezuelaWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
Denouncing the Maduro regime's efforts to hold fraudulent legislative elections, the absence of acceptable conditions to ensure free, fair, and transparent electoral processes in Venezuela, and the further erosion of Venezuelan democracy.
USA116th CongressHRES-1202| House
| Updated: 11/9/2020
This resolution denounces efforts by the Nicolás Maduro regime to hold fraudulent legislative elections and joins members of the international community in rejecting the regime's efforts to carry out those elections. Further, it urges that elections in Venezuela be conducted as soon as possible according to international standards for free, fair, and transparent electoral processes. Additionally, the resolution calls on the Maduro regime to cease its persecution of Venezuala's independent political parties and release all political prisoners, and it calls for Nicolás Maduro and senior members of his regime to be held accountable for their actions.
Detention of personsDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadElections, voting, political campaign regulationFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionHuman rightsInternational organizations and cooperationLatin AmericaPolitical parties and affiliationProtest and dissentUnited NationsVenezuelaWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity