We are concerned that the government of President Maduro is
violating Venezuela’s own constitution and is not allowing the opposition to
have their voices heard, nor allowing them to organize in a way that expresses
the views of the Venezuelan people. Our hemisphere has come together,
particularly through the Organization of American States in defense of
democracy and human rights in the region. We have taken formal steps to address
the situation in Venezuela by calling a minister-level meeting. Even as the
Venezuelan regime has announced its intent to withdraw from the OAS and to
rewrite the Venezuelan constitution to remain in power, we know the solution to
Venezuela’s problems is not less democracy, but more democracy. Leaving the OAS
will not solve Venezuela’s problems. And an autocratic, top-down authoritarian
exercise dressed up as a constituent assembly, now, having already lost
legitimacy at home and abroad, will not help either. More…
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