Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I don't think so, but you should try. You could do it by yourself. You can supposedly travel to Venezuela without any limitation if you just want to visit Venezuela. Recently we had the visit of two former Latin American presidents, the former president of Colombia and the form

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Let me add something else. A visit from any of you, or from this Parliament, to Venezuela to verify what we are saying would be a good thing to move forward. Also trying to push at the UN a visit from the UN human rights commission.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Let me add something about my case. I think they are having issues with monitoring by Interpol. Interpol knows more now about Venezuela. They know that Venezuela is using the judicial branch in order to catch people for political reasons. Interpol is taking care of that, but I ne

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I feel that the Venezuelan society is changing—not now—since a couple of years ago. It's changing. Normally you want a change immediately, but we have to understand that society needs time to digest changes. I don't have any doubt, and I'm fully confident that we are in the middl

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I would say, first, you have to clearly condemn the violation of human rights in Venezuela. You have to put Venezuela on the agenda of the Canadian government. That can be done by this Parliament, and particularly by this committee. If you raise awareness about Venezuela, about t

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  When somebody has committed a violation of human rights, you have to pay attention to it. Human rights do not have borders. They do not have a nationality. On the decision the U.S. took regarding sanctions against violators of human rights, I think we will see the effects soon.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Something very bad that we have had in the last 15 years is that it is the clear intention of the government to put the military force into politics. That's something we need to reject. According to our constitution the military forces are for protecting only the constitution and

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. I want to start by saying the following. When I got to this room, it hit me, I mean it's hard for me that I have to testify outside of my country in an institution that doesn't belong to Venezuela. I haven't had this opportunity in my country. Nobody in Venezuela has

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. They're arson, destruction of public offices, association to—

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  —to commit crime. And the last one....