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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 965 

Condemning the actions and statements of Venezuelan president Hugo Rafael 

Cha ́vez Frı ́as. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 7, 2008 

Mr. ISSA (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. KING of New 

York, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. DANIEL E. 

LUNGREN of California, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. 

BILBRAY, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. BUYER, Mr. WILSON of 

South Carolina, Mr. KELLER of Florida, Mr. SALI, Mr. PITTS, Ms. 

FOXX, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, and Mr. 

CAMPBELL of California) submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the actions and statements of Venezuelan 

president Hugo Rafael Cha ́vez Frı ́as. 

Whereas on May 14, 2007, for the second year in a row, the 

State Department determined, pursuant to Section 40A 

of the Arms Export Control Act, that Venezuela was not 

fully cooperating with United States in antiterrorism efforts; 

Whereas other uncooperative countries include state sponsors 

of terrorism, such as Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and 

Syria; 


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Whereas State Department officials expressed concerns about 

groups and individuals in Venezuela with links to terrorist organizations in the Middle East; 

Whereas Venezuelan president Hugo Cha ́vez is seeking closer 

economic, military, and diplomatic ties with Iran and 

North Korea; 

Whereas in April 2006, the State Department asserted that 

the Cha ́vez government sought closer relations with Cuba 

and Iran in the agency’s Country Reports on Terrorism; 

Whereas President Cha ́vez persists with public criticism of 

the counterterrorism efforts of the United States and 

publicly championed Iraqi terrorist and insurgent groups; 

Whereas the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia 

(FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN) are 

on the State Department’s list of designated foreign terrorist organizations; 

Whereas President Cha ́vez publicly claimed FARC and the 

ELN are not terrorist groups, and defended their status 

as true armies that occupy real space in their country; 

Whereas the Cha ́vez government allowed units of FARC and 

the ELN to cross into Venezuela to rest and regroup 

with relative impunity; 

Whereas the Cha ́vez government allowed splinter groups of 

FARC and the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia, 

known as the AUC, involved in drug trafficking to operate in various parts of Venezuela; 

Whereas terrorist groups in Colombia have been found to be 

in possession of weapons belonging to official Venezuelan 

stocks and facilities; and 


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Whereas the Cha ́vez government continues to remain indifferent to the activities and movements of terrorist groups 

operating in Venezuela: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) expresses its support for the Venezuelan 

3 people and their continued self-governance in an 

4 open, democratic form; 

5 (2) calls upon the Cha ́vez government to imme6 diately implement measures to deny Venezuelan ter7 ritory and weapons from being used as resources by 

8 terrorist organizations; 

9 (3) urges the Cha ́vez government to police its 

10 side of the 1,400 mile Venezuelan-Colombian border 

11 to prevent the movement of groups of armed men 

12 and narco-terrorists; 

13 (4) encourages the Cha ́vez government to cease 

14 its supportive rhetoric toward anti-government gue15 rilla movements operating in neighboring countries 

16 and respect the sovereignty of those democratic gov17 ernments; 

18 (5) urges President Cha ́vez to resume full co19 operation with the United States on counter-terror 

20 measures; and 

21 (6) calls upon the United States to examine the 

22 extent to which Venezuela may be designated as a 

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1 tory of a country that is used by a terrorist or ter2 rorist organization under a government which ex3 pressly consents to, or with knowledge, allows, toler4 ates, or disregards such use of its territory. 

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