Marco Rubio: Reversing Obama-Biden failed policies in Venezuela

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Marco Rubio: Reversing Obama-Biden failed policies in Venezuela
By Senator Marco Rubio
June 28, 2019

Just one month in to his administration, President Donald Trump sent a clear message to socialist authoritarian dictatorships in Latin America by imposing sanctions against the right hand man of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

Mark Feierstein, who served as President Barack Obama’s top national security adviser on Latin America, praised the Trump Administration’s action as “an overdue step to ratchet up pressure on the Venezuelan regime and signal that top officials will suffer consequences if they continue to engage in massive corruption, abuse human rights and [the dismantling of] democracy.”

Unlike the previous administration, Trump signaled he would hold accountable corrupt and criminal regimes in Latin America that strangle their people’s aspirations for democracy and self-determination, undermine the rule of law, and engage in systemic and egregious human rights abuses.

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