U.S. Navy destroyer USS Carney, homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Florida after an eight-month deployment to the Middle East. This historic deployment saw 51 engagements with Iranian-backed terrorists, the most engagements with a foreign adversary by a Naval vessel...
The Office of the Surgeon General announced a public advisory warning of alarmingly high levels of parental stress. The advisory and the Surgeon General’s accompanying op-ed, offered a set of “solutions” that fail to address the actual wants and needs of struggling...
Casi dos meses tras las elecciones presidenciales en Venezuela, que dieron como resultado una victoria aplastante por parte de Edmundo González, el narco-dictador Nicolás Maduro mantiene su pretensión ilegítima de haber ganado los comicios. Desde las elecciones, la...
Almost two months after the presidential election in Venezuela, which resulted in the landslide victory of Edmundo Gonzalez, narco-dictator Nicolás Maduro maintains his illegitimate claim to winning the election. Since the election, the dictator has arbitrarily...
Dr. Gulshan Abbas, the sister of staunch international Uyghur advocate, Rushan Abbas, remains detained in a Chinese prison. U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and colleagues released a joint statement ahead of the six-year anniversary of Dr....
“Made in China 2025” initiative, nearing Beijing’s target, threatens U.S. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) September 10, 2024 Washington Post …[I]n May 2015, Beijing went public with a 10-year plan to dominate high-value, high-technology sectors…. [W]ith the decade...
During today’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing discussing the ongoing political crisis in Venezuela, Senator Rubio argued for the need to impose sanctions on the following 23 individuals he says are responsible for human rights violations in the country:
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Name
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Position
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Organization
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Aref Eduardo Richany Jiménez
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General Director
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Directorate of Armaments and Explosives (DAEX)
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Julio César Morales Prieto
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General Director
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Directorate of Armaments and Explosives (DAEX)
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Hugo Carvajal
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Director
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Directorate of Military Intelligence
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Iván Hernández Dala
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Director
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General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence
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Luisa Ortega Diaz
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General Prosecutor
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Office of the General Prosecutor
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Luis Alberto Arrayago Coronel
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Chief of the Regional Command Number 8
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National Bolivarian Armed Forces
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Miguel Vivas Landino
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Chief Strategic Region of Integral Defense of the Andes
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National Bolivarian Armed Forces
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Francisco Rangel Gómez
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Governor
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Governorship Bolívar State
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Alexis Ramírez
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Governor
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Governorship Mérida State
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Jose Gregorio Vielma Mora
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Governor
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Governorship Táchira State
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Henry Rangel Silva
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Governor
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Governorship Trujillo State
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Aquíles Rojas Patiño
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Commander of the “Guardia del Pueblo” Regiment
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Bolivarian National Guard
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Justo Jose Noguera Pietri
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Commander General
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Bolivarian National Guard
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Sergio Rivero Marcano
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National Commander, Guardia del Pueblo
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Bolivarian National Guard
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Antonio Benavides Torres
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Director of Operations
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Bolivarian National Guard
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Franklin Garcia Duque
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Chief of the Regional Command Number 1
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Bolivarian National Guard
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Arquímedes Herrera Ruso
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Chief of the Regional Command Number 2
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Bolivarian National Guard
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Manuel José Graterol Colmenarez
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Chief of the Regional Command Number 3
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Bolivarian National Guard
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Octavio Chacón
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Chief of the Regional Command Number 4
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Bolivarian National Guard
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Manuel Quevedo
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Chief of the Regional Command Number 5
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Bolivarian National Guard
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Gustavo Colmenares
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Chief of the Operative Zone of Integral Defense
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Venezuelan Navy
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Miguel Rodriguez Torres
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Minister
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Ministry of Interior, Justice, and Peace
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Marcos Rojas Figueroa
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Vice Minister of the Integral Police System
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Ministry of Interior, Justice, and Peace
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Hebert Garcia Plaza
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Vice Minister of Services
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Ministry of Defense
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Manuel Eduardo Pérez Urdaneta
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Director
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Bolivarian National Police
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Gustavo Enrique González López
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Director General
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Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia (SEBIN) (Intelligence Services)
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Manuel Gregorio Bernal Martínez
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Director General – removed on Feb 18
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Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia (SEBIN) (intelligence Services)
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