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  1. Murphy on CNN: Let's Admit the Insanity of a U.S. Economy That Runs on Oil Provided by Dictators

    March 08, 2022
    importing more from another brutal dictator in Saudi Arabia for instance or we may have to go to Venezuela for oil We should ultimately learn our lesson here and become energy independent and choose to invest... Read More

  2. Secretary of State Blinken to Restore Diesel Swaps in Venezuela, Provide Much Needed Humanitarian Relief...

    March 23, 2021
    Murphy Urges Secretary of State Blinken to Restore Diesel Swaps in Venezuela Provide Much Needed Humanitarian Relief March 23 2021 WASHINGTON U S Senator Chris Murphy D Conn a member of the U S Senate...Relations Committee on Tuesday urged the U S Department of State to restore crude for diesel swaps in Venezuela as a way to provide much needed humanitarian relief to the people there In a letter to Secretary...broader review of U S policy towards Venezuela Five years into the country s economic collapse 25 percent of the population is in need of humanitarian aid and Venezuela has produced more refugees than any... Read More

  3. Murphy Statement On Sham Elections In Venezuela

    December 07, 2020
    Murphy Statement On Sham Elections In Venezuela December 07 2020 WASHINGTON U S Senator Chris Murphy D Conn a member of the U S Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Monday released the following statement...statement on the sham elections in Venezuela To nobody s surprise the Maduro regime won the sham elections on Sunday in Venezuela Nothing about these elections were free and fair and without any credible electoral...access must be top of mind for the international community as we push for meaningful progress in Venezuela We should also explore some sanctions relief in exchange for a return to negotiations rather than... Read More

  4. MURPHY STATEMENT ON MAURICIO CLAVER-CARONE, TRUMP NOMINEE FOR INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

    August 17, 2020
    Bank IDB Mauricio Claver Carone who is well known for his hardline views with respect to Cuba and Venezuela policy The IDB has traditionally been led by someone from a Latin American country while a U S citizen... Read More

  5. MURPHY: U.S. VENEZUELA POLICY HAS BEEN AN UNMITIGATED DISASTER; WE PLAYED ALL OUR CARDS ON DAY ONE AND...

    August 04, 2020
    MURPHY U S VENEZUELA POLICY HAS BEEN AN UNMITIGATED DISASTER WE PLAYED ALL OUR CARDS ON DAY ONE AND ITS BEEN AN EMBARRASSMENT EVER SINCE August 04 2020 WASHINGTON U S Senator Chris Murphy D Conn a member...at a Committee hearing on Venezuela pressed U S State Department Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams on the administration s disastrous policy towards Venezuela that s left America in a...same case here in Venezuela And so our policy has been misguided by fundamentally flawed assumptions from the beginning Murphy continued W e just have to be clear that our Venezuela policy over the last... Read More

  6. MURPHY, DEM SENATORS TO POMPEO: CALL FOR FREE & FAIR ELECTIONS IN BOLIVIA; CRITICIZE INTERIM GOVERNMENT FOR ABUSIVE OVERSTEPS

    July 07, 2020
    The near silence concerning recent events stands in contrast to our approach in countries like Venezuela where the administration has rightly and consistently condemned human rights violations the senators...The near silence concerning recent events stands in contrast to our approach in countries like Venezuela where the administration has rightly and consistently condemned human rights violations Some of... Read More

  7. MURPHY: IF WE DON’T STOP COVID-19 EVERYWHERE, WE DON’T STOP IT ANYWHERE

    May 13, 2020
    not the people of that country And so we need to take a look at our sanctions policy in Iran or Venezuela to make sure that medicine and infrastructure necessary to keep people alive in those countries... Read More

  8. MURPHY, SFRC SENATE DEMS UNVEIL COMPREHENSIVE COVID-19 INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE AND RECOVERY ACT

    May 08, 2020
    pandemic Ensuring U S Sanctions don t Impede Delivery of Humanitarian Relief for the People of Iran Venezuela or North Korea Instructs the Trump Administration to take all the necessary steps to ensure that...the delivery and availability of humanitarian relief and medical equipment for the people of Iran Venezuela and North Korea Approving COVID 19 Humanitarian Assistance for West Bank and Gaza Authorizes the... Read More

  9. ANSWERS FROM STATE, DOJ, DNI ON ATTEMPTED RAID IN VENEZUELA BY MILITARY DEFECTORS, U.S. CITIZENS...

    May 07, 2020
    ATTEMPTED RAID IN VENEZUELA BY MILITARY DEFECTORS U S CITIZENS Senators Raise Concerns Regarding U S Policy Towards Venezuela May 07 2020 WASHINGTON Following reports of an attempted raid on Venezuela allegedly...inside Venezuela In a letter to Secretary Pompeo Attorney General Barr and Acting Director of National Intelligence Grenell the senators raise their concerns regarding U S policy towards Venezuela and demand...States to support diplomatic engagement in order to advance a negotiated and peaceful solution to Venezuela s political economic and humanitarian crisis Armed raids even if they are carried out by independent... Read More

  10. MURPHY: WE MUST PRIORITIZE THE IMMEDIATE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO COVID-19 WHILE ALSO REBUILDING INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS TO STOP THE NEXT PANDEMIC

    April 14, 2020
    Committee colleagues about 5 re examine U S sanctions policy especially with respect to Iran and Venezuela to see where we can help these countries meet the humanitarian crisis caused by COVID 19 and 6 set...on the administration to make sure that our sanctions policy especially with respect to Iran and Venezuela allows for the import of humanitarian assistance and medicine Right now our sanctions do not allow... Read More