{"identifier":"/us/usc/t22/s9701","title":22,"num":"\u00a7\u202f9701.","heading":"Findings; sense of Congress in support of the Interim President of Venezuela","text":"\u00a7\u202f9701.\nFindings; sense of Congress in support of the Interim President of Venezuela\n(a)\nFindings\nCongress makes the following findings:\n(1) Venezuela\u2019s electoral event on\nMay 20, 2018\n(2) Given the fraudulent nature of Venezuela\u2019s\nMay 20, 2018\nJanuary 10, 2019\n(3) The National Assembly of Venezuela approved a resolution on\nJanuary 15, 2019\n(4) On\nJanuary 23, 2019\n(b)\nSense of Congress\nIt is the sense of Congress\u2014\n(1) to support the decisions by the United States Government, more than 50 governments around the world, the Organization of American States, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the European Parliament to recognize National Assembly President Juan Guaido\u0301 as the Interim President of Venezuela;\n(2) to encourage the Interim President of Venezuela to advance efforts to hold democratic presidential elections in the shortest possible period; and\n(3) that the Organization of American States, with support from the United States Government and partner governments, should provide diplomatic, technical, and financial support for a new presidential election in Venezuela that complies with international standards for a free, fair, and transparent electoral process.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t22/s9701.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s9701","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f9701."},{"t":"heading","text":"Findings; sense of Congress in support of the Interim President of Venezuela"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s9701/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Findings"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Congress makes the following findings:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s9701/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" Venezuela\u2019s electoral event on ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"May 20, 2018","tail":" was characterized by widespread fraud and did not comply with international standards for a free, fair, and transparent electoral process."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s9701/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" Given the fraudulent nature of Venezuela\u2019s ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"May 20, 2018","tail":" electoral event, Nicola\u0301s Maduro\u2019s tenure as President of Venezuela ended on "},{"t":"text","text":"January 10, 2019","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s9701/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" The National Assembly of Venezuela approved a resolution on ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"January 15, 2019","tail":" that terminated Nicola\u0301s Maduro\u2019s authority as the President of Venezuela."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s9701/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" On ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"January 23, 2019","tail":", the President of the National Assembly of Venezuela was sworn in as the Interim President of Venezuela."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s9701/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Sense of Congress"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"It is the sense of Congress\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s9701/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" to support the decisions by the United States Government, more than 50 governments around the world, the Organization of American States, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the European Parliament to recognize National Assembly President Juan Guaido\u0301 as the Interim President of Venezuela;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s9701/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" to encourage the Interim President of Venezuela to advance efforts to hold democratic presidential elections in the shortest possible period; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s9701/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" that the Organization of American States, with support from the United States Government and partner governments, should provide diplomatic, technical, and financial support for a new presidential election in Venezuela that complies with international standards for a free, fair, and transparent electoral process.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}