María Corina Machado said that those who supported the cause will always be remembered in a “definitive” moment for the country
The founder of Vente Venezuela, María Corina Machado, expressed this Friday, December 20, her gratitude to several US senators for promoting initiatives in the United States Congress (US) “to support the political transition” in the country.
Machado, in a message published on his count in Xthanked Senators Richard Durbin, Rick Scott, Jim Risch and Ben Cardin, along with others, for supporting bipartisan proposals for change in Venezuela and said that those who took action for the democratic cause in Venezuela will always be remembered. a “definitive” moment for the well-being of the country.
On behalf of the Venezuelans who fight tirelessly for our Freedom in these decisive hours, I deeply appreciate the firm support of the United States Senators who promote legislative initiatives in Congress to support the democratic transition in…
— María Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) December 20, 2024
This Friday, Senator Durbin would ask for the right to speak in the Senate with the purpose of voting on a bill to cut the licenses of oil transnationals operating in Venezuela until the results of July 28 are respected, understanding that The US formally recognized Edmundo González Urrutia as president-elect.
What Durbin raised would continue what was approved by the US House of Representatives mid november, of the Law Prohibiting Operations and Leases with the Illegitimate Venezuelan Authoritarian Regime, known as the Bolívar Law.
This project, promoted by congressmen Mike Waltz and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, seeks to strengthen sanctions against the government of Nicolás Maduro and freeze additional assets under its control.
The approach of the bill is in line with what was recently said by the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, who criticized energy imports from Venezuela. «We don’t have to buy energy from Venezuela when we have 50 times more than them, what we are doing is crazy. “We will not rest until the United States is richer, safer and stronger than it has ever been,” he said.
In a press conference held on Monday, December 16, the president-elect of the United States highlighted that this country has significant oil reserves and that they will be used to lower the prices of energy products.
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