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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women’s Issues, will be holding a hearing tomorrow, March 17 on the crisis in Venezuela.
The hearing, entitled “Deepening Political and Economic Crisis in Venezuela: Implications for U.S. Interests and the Western Hemisphere,” will feature testimony from Obama Administration officials and non-government experts.
The following event will be live-streamed here.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
10:00am ET
Rubio to Hold Hearing on the Crisis in Venezuela
Senate Dirksen Building, Room SD-419
Washington, D.C.
WITNESSES:
Panel One
Mr. Alex Lee
Deputy Assistant Secretary for South America and Cuba
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C.
Mr. John Smith
Acting Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control
U.S. Department of Treasury
Washington D.C.
Panel Two
Mr. Douglas Farah
President
IBI Consultants
Mr. Santiago A. Canton
Executive Director of RFK Partners for Human Rights
The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
Dr. Christopher Sabatini, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University