Venezuela also possesses 5,000 Russian-made, man-portable
surface-to-air missiles and is the largest operator of Russian arms and
military hardware in Latin America. The humanitarian crisis is not limited to Venezuela alone. The crisis
in Venezuela has led to mass immigration. Last year, the U.S. received
18,000 requests from Venezuelans seeking to escape the brutal regime. Waves of Venezuelan refugees have also fled to Chile, Argentina,
Colombia, and Brazil, threatening to create a regionwide migration
crisis. The regime refuses to accept humanitarian aid from the international
community, preferring instead to use its citizens as political pawns at
the expense of their health and safety. I commend the efforts of the Trump administration to take a
principled stand to support the Venezuelan people and sanction the most
dangerous actors in the Venezuelan Government.
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