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Mariana Nava/Staff Writer
An action plan led by U.S. Congress Representatives was discussed to influence the U.S. government’s approach against Venezuela’s chavist regime on May 17 in GC Ballrooms.
With the purpose of examining Venezuela’s political turmoil and the U.S. government’s stance, the panel included U.S. senators and representatives, heads of organizations, and journalists with expertise on the subject.
They concluded that the Venezuelan people can altogether agree to a democracy that unifies them. Since they continue to believe in free press, free speech, private property, and individualism, for example, it demonstrates that 90% of Venezuelans are culturally unified.
U.S. Representative Mario Diaz Balart said that to fight a disease, a dictatorship, or terrorism, it is first important to understand what is being confronted.
“We have had a very difficult time getting our own president to understand the reality that is taking place in Venezuela for years,” said Balart.
Also, he referred to President Nicolas Maduro’s dictatorship as “a cancer” that is repressing and killing the Venezuelan people.
Marta Menor, President of Cultivamos Una Rosa Blanca, represented a Cuban perspective to the situation. She said Venezuela’s dictatorial regime is no more than the result of Fidel Castro’s regime.
Menor said that the Cuban people have empathy for the Venezuelans and that they are not to be blamed for Venezuela’s situation.
Also, it was discussed that every Venezuelan who immigrates to the U.S. for freedom and opportunities, are expecting the U.S. government to help them fight for their country’s democracy.
Some participates to the panel were concerned about the effects of U.S. government sanctions on the Venezuelan people.
However according to Venezuelan columnist for El Universal, Michael Rowan, the sanctions are targeting individuals, not the general Venezuelan people.
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