Chairman risch Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order, please. I want to thank special representative abrams and Senior Deputy assistant administrator hodges for their service and for appearing here today to discuss the worsening crisis in venezuela. Its hard to imagine a more pressing National Security concern in the western hemisphere than the political, humanitarian, and economic crisis provoked by maduro and his cronies in venezuela. In the last several years maduro has dramatically deepened relation was the most dangerous forces in the world which were first established by his predecessor, hugo chavez. On his watch, cuba, russia, china, iran transnational criminal organizations, and u. S. Designated foreign terrorist organizations, have turned venezuela into their playground. Their activities are intolerable. Security threats to the United States and the hemisphere at large. And prolong the humanitarian crisis provoked by the socialist policies of the regime. Nearly
Testify in humanitarian assistance, upcoming election and influence from other countries. This is an hour and a half. Show of concern in the western hemisphere banned the political and humanitarian and economic crisis provoked by th moduro wih the most dangerous forces in the world over first established by his predecessor chavez. Cuba, russia, china, iran Transnational Criminal Organizations and four in designated organization to turn venezuela into their playground. Their activities are intolerable security threats to the United States and hemisphere at large and prolonged the humanitarian crisis provoked by the socialist policies of the regime. Nearly 5. 2 million have fled their homeland, placing a huge burden on the neighboring countries that generously accept that the refugees from maduros regime. 96 of those that stayed behind live in poverty with 80 facing extreme poverty. Prompting Food Shortages and dysfunctional Public Health system have condemned an entire generation to hun
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A u. K. Court declares venezuelas Opposition Leader one quite 0 as the interim president in a dispute over the goal. We begin in ethiopia where tensions remain high days after a popular singer and activist was killed by unnamed gunman a child who who was has been buried in his hometown was an icon for his countrys biggest ethnic group the aroma is modest but days of protests more than 80 people were killed in the violence now today reports now from nairobi. The funeral for thier pin singer john lewis was held in his native town as under arrest over his death spread from the region where he was seen as a hero. The crowds of almost one not as big as and dissipated many say they had been turned away by police and easy the funeral procession could turn into another protest. But the single was that in. The couple of the suburb on monday the motive for his killing remains unclear the musician and activist boarded those partitions of ethiopia slug just at the new group the omar his songs focu