May I add a couple of things? The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights pointed out in its report that it has not been invited into Venezuela. As Alexandra has indicated, Canada is a strong defender of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and of other human rights mechanisms of the inter-American human rights system--for example, the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression--and we very much encourage Venezuela to be open to receiving visits from the commission and from other mechanisms seeking to visit the country.
In her opening statement, Alexandra also made reference to our support for civil society, in particular through our Glyn Berry fund, which is run out of the Department of Foreign Affairs. That's functioning in the area of citizen engagement in the democratic process. The fund has spent roughly $1 million per year in the region for the last couple of years, and more than half of that has gone into funding civil society organizations in Venezuela.
Alexandra also made reference to the fact that this past year, for the first time, we ran the Canadian embassy human rights award out of the Canadian embassy in Caracas. This was awarded by an independent commission run by one of the main universities in Caracas. The winner was a man named Humberto Prado, who leads a prisoners' rights group. As part of the prize for winning, he certainly got a lot of extra publicity. He was received by the media and had numerous interviews on both radio and television in Venezuela. He was able to come to Canada, where he held various meetings with officials and visited various prisons. He has gone back to Venezuela to tour the Venezuelan regions and raise the profile of the issue of prisoners' rights in Venezuela, as well as to talk about what he learned in Canada.
I think this award certainly demonstrates that Canada has made efforts to raise the profile of human rights in Venezuela. I think we've seen pretty good results from it.