Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  As I said, Venezuela used to be a very rich country—a very, very rich country, but the problem is all the funding. The politicians get it into their pockets, and they didn't invest anything in the industries in Venezuela. They don't invest any money in the hospitals, in the schoo

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Juan Guaidó is the president of the National Assembly. The National Assembly is the last institution elected by the people. It's the last institution that we have as a legal entity. Right now, this Sunday, there is going to be a new election, but it's a fraud. They will just put

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  In political ways, he's making good work. He tries his best in the worst conditions that we have in our country.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Again it's like a political issue—

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  —but it's good, because maybe the Grupo de Lima can unite all the countries to listen to the humanitarian crisis that we live in Venezuela. It's a meeting or a group that exposed that humanitarian crisis. The political reason is that they are recognizing Guaidó on everything, but

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, maybe, because I think they don't have enough money even for the NGO that works in this field.... As Carolina said, it's a problem that is always under the carpet. In a lot of these women's cases, even in Trinidad last week and in the Caribbean, we know the problem is very

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  For the government, they see the NGOs as their competition. There is no link between government and the NGOs. They are totally apolitical, independent. There are a lot of low-profile people who work in Venezuela. You don't hear about them, but it's a lot of good social work, work

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  COVID is like a weapon for the government. They use the COVID situation to repress and control the population. They even control the food and the gas. Everything is about the sanctions from the United States. We may have a lot of gas for a few months, but there are long lines of

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It's not only women and girls, as Carolina said. There is always human trafficking of organs. Children are very affected by this.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  In Canada you have 45,000 Syrian refugees, and you are very proud of that. You have in Canada 1,500 Venezuelan refugees. We're asking Canada to open up a bit with the programs, with something that can help the Venezuelans to come to Canada with all the restrictions you want. We f

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  This is very important, because our NGO has an alliance with a Canadian NGO, and we sent in almost 8,000 meals to Venezuela in 2020. If we at least can guarantee the children food and education.... Maybe we can do some online education. Maybe in some programs we can give them som

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'm sorry, but I'll speak in English.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The problem is, for example, that in Colombia or on the border with Brazil, prostitution and sexual abuse and everything are sometimes the easier ways to get some money. I have even heard that some professionals who can't get jobs in their profession end up doing pornographic pho

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  There is no social distancing in the camps. The dining areas they had at the borders, for two or three years, have been closed. They don't have access to free food to support their families. They are on their own. They just closed the borders. It's dangerous in every country, but

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, remittances, but that's finished with the COVID because the people don't have jobs. The people in Venezuela do not work because there are no formal jobs, or very few of them. They stay home all day long. The children have no connectivity. They don't have classes and they don