Condemning Nicolás Maduro's regime for its ongoing human rights abuses and crimes against humanity in Venezuela.

Bill: 117-hres-377
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2021-05-07
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Human rights

Latin America

Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Venezuela

War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration and International Economic Policy.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution condemns Nicolas Maduro's regime for its violation of Venezuelans' basic human rights, recognizes that these human rights violations amount to crimes against humanity, and calls on President Biden to take substantive action to ensure both Maduro's resignation and a peaceful transition to democracy in Venezuela.</p>

tv_txt: IV 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 377 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 7, 2021 Ms. Malliotakis (for herself, Ms. Salazar , and Mr. Gimenez ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Condemning Nicolás Maduro’s regime for its ongoing human rights abuses and crimes against humanity in Venezuela.

Whereas in September 2020, a United Nations mission found that Nicolás Maduro and his regime have carried out thousands of extrajudicial murders of peaceful dissidents and political opponents since Maduro’s rise to power in 2013; Whereas the Maduro regime is currently detaining at least 300 political prisoners in dangerous and inhumane conditions across Venezuela, including in the notorious El Helicoide in Caracas; Whereas the Maduro regime’s security forces continue to engage in torture and sexual abuse of political prisoners and members of their families to stoke terror and repress prodemocracy efforts in Venezuela; Whereas the Maduro regime has increased arbitrary detention and intimidation of journalists, frontline workers, and legislators to silence criticism of the regime’s mishandling of the COVID–19 pandemic; Whereas Venezuela’s kleptocratic elite, including the family of Hugo Chavez, possess a fortune estimated at over $4,000,000,000; Whereas the average Venezuelan lost 24 pounds of body weight in 2017 due to widespread poverty and food shortages; Whereas the Maduro regime has consistently restricted the ability of nonprofits and humanitarian aid organizations to assist Venezuelans in need of basic foodstuffs and hygiene items; and Whereas over 5,000,000 of Venezuela’s 32,000,000 people have fled Venezuela as refugees due to the failures and mass human rights violations of the Maduro regime: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1) strongly condemns Nicolás Maduro’s regime for its violation of the basic human rights of countless Venezuelans; (2) recognizes that the Maduro regime’s pattern of gross human rights violations amounts to crimes against humanity; (3) supports the people of Venezuela and their fight to achieve freedom and democracy; and (4) calls on President Biden to take substantive action to ensure Maduro’s resignation and a peaceful transition to democracy in Venezuela.