The Case for Engagement With Venezuela
Foreign AffairsDEC 2024
This piece of legislation is needed to protect national sovereignty and defend Venezuela against foreign interference that harms its people and official through illegal sanctions. In the face of continued external aggression to destabilize the country, the Liberator Simón Bolívar Act will ensure national unity.
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There's a 79% chance that Edmundo González, the opposition candidate in the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, will be charged with a crime by Venezuelan authorities before the end of 2024, according to the Metaculus prediction community.