The welding, automotive, aviation maintenance, submarine, shipbuilding, and other defense-related trade industries are facing a workforce shortage. Many service members and veterans possess the skills to excel in trade jobs benefiting the defense industrial base...
The United States will host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, along with Canada and Mexico. Miami was chosen as one of the host cities to hold matches, with additional Florida cities serving as base camps for the competing national teams. The increased tourism activity across...
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The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, is a bipartisan commission that monitors and reports on international religious freedom. The commission’s authorization is currently...
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) office will host in-person Mobile Office Hours next week to assist constituents with federal casework issues in their respective local communities. These office hours offer constituents who do not live close to one of Senator Rubio’s...
U.S. government agencies have different criteria for sanctioning adversaries and preventing them from engaging in the U.S. economy. Our biggest foreign adversaries, like China, benefit from this lack of interagency coordination, which must come to an immediate...
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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