A resolution condemning Nicolas Maduro and the Venezuelan regime's continued human rights abuses, political repression, and dismantling of democratic institutions, and recognizing the resilience of the Venezuelan democratic opposition under the leadership of Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez.
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Latest Action · July 28, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S4777: 1)
S. Res. 339 is a Senate resolution that condemns Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government for human rights abuses, political repression, and the dismantling of democratic institutions, while expressing support for opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez. The resolution details specific grievances including the regime's suppression of the July 2024 presidential election results (which independent tallies suggest Gonzalez won), mass arrests and alleged forced disappearances of opposition figures and activists, deaths of detainees in custody, and restrictions on civil society organizations. The resolution calls on the Maduro regime to release all political prisoners and wrongfully detained Americans, and urges the Trump administration to support a peaceful democratic transition in Venezuela. This is a symbolic measure expressing Congress's position on Venezuela's political situation rather than legislation that creates law or allocates funding.
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