PRESS RELEASE For more information:                                   April 18, 2013                                                         Alex Cruz, 305-668-5994 Cellular 202-225-8200   Ros-Lehtinen Sends Letter To President Obama Urging To Not Recognize Election Results in Venezuela   (WASHINGTON) –U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging the Administration [...]

PRESS RELEASE For more information:                                                                                                                  April 17, 2013 Alex Cruz, 305-668-5994 Cellular 202-225-8200 Ros-Lehtinen Urges Secretary Kerry Not To Recognize Venezuela Election Results “The people provoking the violence in Venezuela are the Maduro regime and his cronies”   (WASHINGTON) – U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the Middle East and North [...]

CHAIRMAN MENENDEZ STATEMENT ON VENEZUELAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS Calls for full audit and recount of the vote WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the Venezuelan presidential elections: “I urge the Venezuelan electoral body to conduct a full audit [...]

In a statement, the Organization of American States said that its secretary general expressed “support to the initiative to conduct an audit and a full recount of the ballots” Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) José Miguel Insulza on Monday endorsed a request of vote recount made [...]

PRESS RELEASE For more information:                                                                                                                   April 15, 2013 Alex Cruz, 305-668-5994 Cellular 202-225-8200   Democratic Principles and Human Rights Continue To Be Under Threat in Venezuela, Ros-Lehtinen Says “Administration must not recognize these election results until a transparent and open review of the votes is conducted”   (WASHINGTON) –U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [...]

Source: Washington Post The United States has expelled two Venezuelan diplomats, a State Department official said Monday, a diplomatic tit-for-tat following the Latin American oil giant’s expulsion of two American military attaches last week. The two mid-level diplomats left the country Sunday, one day after the State Department notified the [...]