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Thank you for coming. Good morning welcome to the National Press club for todays newsmaker with the ambassador of the republic of venezuela to the United States. In the past president of the National Press club former International Correspondent for the associated press. Ambassador is here today to talk about the latest developments in venezuela in the midst of what is widely acknowledged to be constitutional, political crisis coupled with continuing strong us another International Sanctions under the venezuela population the ambassador was appointed to his post this past january by the leader of the National Assembly in his capacity as president of opposition to president Nicolas Maduro following the disputed election in 2018. Maduro ruled the country since the longtime leader in 2013. And more than 50 countries including the United States have recognized mister t9 the legitimate ruler of venezuela bought while russia and china and their allies continue to recognize president madero.
Humanitarian crisis at home, international involvement, and the effort to restore democracy. This is an hour. Thank you to the press club. It is an honor for me to be here to discuss the venezuelan crisis and have a q and a session with all of you. Before going forward, i would like to give you details on how i got here. Born in venezuela but in a small town, far away from the capital. A small village and i had the opportunity to go to a Public School in venezuela. I went to caracas because they didnt have a university in my small town. And had anolarship opportunity to come to the states. At 14, i was demonstrating on the streets, proclaiming venezuelan rights and in a certain way, warning to the venezuelans and the International Community that we were facing a dictatorship and in 2014, the regime decided to issue an order of arrest against me. Only for defending venezuelan rights. After that, i spend more than 100 days in hiding inside of venezuela. They were trying to capture me. Vi