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European 合法博彩网站 resolution on the situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025

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鈥�听having regard to its previous resolutions on Venezuela,

鈥�听having regard to Rule 136(2) of its Rules of Procedure,

A.听whereas there is incontrovertible evidence that Edmundo Gonz谩lez Urrutia is the undisputed winner of the presidential election held in Venezuela on 28 July 2024; whereas his candidacy received the most votes by an insurmountable margin; whereas the will of the people proclaimed Edmundo Gonz谩lez Urrutia the legitimate newly elected President of Venezuela;

B.听whereas previous elections in Venezuela, including the 2018 presidential contest, have not received official recognition, amid allegations of widespread intimidation, irregularities and massive fraud by Nicol谩s Maduro鈥檚 regime;

C.听whereas since the presidential election, Maduro鈥檚 regime has escalated its crackdown on the political opposition;

D.听whereas, according to data from the authorities, peaceful mobilisations of citizens against the fraudulent election result have led to more than 2听500 arrests by the regime; whereas, according to the non-governmental organisation Foro Penal, more than 80 citizens have been arrested since the beginning of 2025; whereas Foro Penal estimates that around 1听700 political prisoners remain in prison;

E.听whereas on 2听September听2024, the office of Venezuela鈥檚 attorney general announced that a court had issued an arrest warrant against the opposition leader Edmundo Gonz谩lez Urrutia, accusing him of conspiracy and other crimes; whereas the Maduro regime鈥檚 repression of the opposition drove Edmundo Gonz谩lez Urrutia to leave the country and seek asylum in Spain, with the aim of protecting his freedom, his integrity and his life;

F.听whereas on 10 January 2025, Venezuelan opposition leader Mar铆a Corina Machado led the protests in Caracas and was violently kidnapped; whereas she was subsequently freed following an international outcry and condemnation by leaders all around the world;

G.听whereas the latest actions of the Venezuelan regime merely replicate the patterns of abuse and waves of repression already used by Nicol谩s Maduro and his allies; whereas past elections have been overshadowed by violence and intimidation of potential voters by gangs and other armed groups loyal to the Venezuelan regime;

H.听whereas armed groups have spread fear in both rural and urban areas, attacking voters and candidates, manipulating election results and restricting access to voting centres by imposing absolute territorial control; whereas these armed groups include the National Liberation Army (ELN), the Patriotic Forces of National Liberation (FPLN) and groups that emerged from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), operating mostly in border states and brutally enforcing curfews and regulations governing everyday activities;

I.听whereas over the past years, Nicol谩s Maduro鈥檚 regime has built a system of governance characterised by an alliance between the government and organised crime networks; whereas this is a symbiotic relationship, whereby non-state armed groups provide senior members of the regime with access to and total control over their areas of influence and, in return, the regime tolerates, and in some cases actively protects, the activities of these groups; whereas this system of governance is effectively sustaining Nicol谩s Maduro, Delcy Rodr铆guez, Tarek William Saab and other members of the regime in power;

J.听whereas on 10 January 2025, the EU adopted a new package of targeted sanctions against 15 high-ranking members of the Venezuelan regime; whereas these high-ranking individuals include Diosdado Cabello, Venezuelan interior minister, Caryslia Rodr铆guez, President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela (TSJ), Fanny M谩rquez, Vice-President of the TSJ, and Alexis Rodr铆guez Cabello, new head of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) and relative of the interior minister;

K.听whereas the Venezuelan regime is supported by international actors and countries, such as Cuba, Colombia and Nicaragua, most of them represented in the Foro de S茫o Paulo and the Grupo de Puebla; whereas Russia and Iran are also important political and military allies of Venezuela;

L.听whereas for many years the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and its international fact-finding mission have documented numerous killings, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions and instances of torture and ill treatment of opponents of the Maduro regime, which can be considered crimes against humanity;

M.听whereas the Venezuelan authorities have in recent years been harassing, persecuting and arbitrarily jailing politicians and members of civil society, such as union workers, journalists and human rights defenders, among many others;

N.听whereas the Venezuelan regime has stigmatised, harassed and repressed the media, closing dissenting outlets; whereas the civil society organisation Espacio P煤blico reported 261 violations of freedom of expression in 2023, with censorship and intimidation the most common;

O.听whereas political prisoners in Venezuela face inhumane prison conditions and systematic torture, and the regime is denying them critical healthcare;

P.听whereas on 10 January 2025, Nicol谩s Maduro was fraudulently sworn in as President of Venezuela, which should be considered a coup d鈥櫭﹖at by the international community;

1.听Acknowledges Edmundo Gonz谩lez Urrutia as the newly elected and legitimate President of the Republic of Venezuela and strongly condemns the coup d鈥櫭﹖at staged by Nicol谩s Maduro on 10 January 2025;

2.听Strongly condemns the extensive institutional repression and the systematic violations of human rights perpetrated by the Venezuelan regime following the presidential elections on 28 July 2024;

3.听Calls for the EU, in particular the Vice-President of the Commission听/听High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR), Kaja Kallas, and the Member States to recognise Edmundo Gonz谩lez Urrutia as the legitimate President of the Republic of Venezuela;

4.听Deplores the Venezuelan regime鈥檚 continuous repression, over many years, of opposition figures, including torture, enforced disappearances and killings; reiterates its firm and unconditional support for the Venezuelan people;

5.听Requests the unconditional and immediate release of all political prisoners unjustly and arbitrarily imprisoned by the Venezuelan regime; expresses concern for the state of health of those imprisoned, such as Alberto Trentini, an Italian volunteer helping people with disabilities;

6.听Deplores Venezuela鈥檚 alignment with Russia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran and other dictatorial regimes;

7.听Calls for the international community, the EU, in particular the VP/HR, and the Member States to impose further targeted sanctions against those members of the Venezuelan regime and its proxies responsible for violating the human rights of the Venezuelan people; calls for the EU to suspend all funds and projects destined for Venezuela; calls for the EU to freeze and confiscate, under a sound legal regime, all funds and economic resources on EU territory belonging to or owned, held or controlled by Nicol谩s Maduro or the Venezuelan state, or by any other members of the Venezuelan regime responsible for violations of human rights and electoral fraud;

8.听Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Vice-President of the Commission听/听High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and the Secretary General of the Organization of American States.

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