[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 25, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H1925]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        THE CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

  (Mr. GARCIA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GARCIA. Mr. Speaker, as they have for weeks, thousands of 
Venezuelans continue to risk their lives, taking to the streets in 
protest of their failed government. The people of Venezuela have seen 
their economy collapse, family members kidnapped, friends murdered.
  While they plead for a better future for their country, the 
government brutally attacks its own citizens and clamps down on basic 
freedoms. This is not a democracy, and no conscientious nation should 
remain silent.
  It is our responsibility to make sure the world knows full well what 
is happening in Venezuela, and that the Venezuelan government is 
accountable for these blatant violations of universal democratic 
principles.
  As the protesters' latest motto goes, ``El que se cansa pierde''--he 
who tires, loses. The fight for freedom, justice, and human rights will 
never, never die.

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